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Education Under the Ax – Skagit schools brace for state budget cuts
Skagit County public schools and Skagit Valley College will take significant cuts next year as Gov. Chris Gregoire
and the state Legislature work to patch a $1.1 billion deficit in the existing budget and prepare for a projected $4.6
billion shortfall in the 2011-13 budget...
Skagit Valley Herald, December 27, 2010
http://www.skagit.edu/imageuploads/file2549.pdf
State budget: Schools knew this day was at hand
Wenatchee Valley College has been saving up, too. The college is facing a $1.1 million cut under Gregoire’s budget… High enrollment, along with careful saving should allow the college to maintain its current class schedule next year…
Wenatchee World, December 29, 2010
http://www.wenatcheeworld.com/news/2010/dec/29/state-budget-schools-knew-this-day-was-at-hand/
Sequim native learns to see herself as ‘artist’
Gosling started painting three months ago after signing up for a class at Peninsula College with Michael Paul Miller.
Gosling earned a 3.9 grade-point in the class and credits Miller for “helping me to find a voice in painting.”
Sequim Gazette, December 29, 2010
Publisher finds zen in zine
Independent Edmonds poet (and Edmonds Community College instructor) finds big freedom in tiny design
The Enterprise, December 29, 2010
http://heraldnet.com/article/20101229/ETP15/712299950/-1/NEWS01
Port Townsend AAUW recognizes Women of Excellence
Deborah B. Johnson of Peninsula College's Fort Worden campus is a 2010 recipients of the American Association of University Women Port Townsend Women of Excellence Award
Peninsula Daily News, December 28, 2010
New Whatcom workshops make 2011 the year of the writer
The other new program, the Chuckanut Writers Conference, is a joint venture by Whatcom Community College and Village Books.
"The idea was born because all of our writing faculty got together and said, 'What can we do to better serve our community?'" said Linda Howson, program coordinator for community education at the college. "It's one of those ideas that just took on a life of its own."
Bellingham Herald, December 28, 2010
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/12/28/1480993/new-whatcom-workshops-make-2011.html
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