BELLINGHAM - American Legion Post No. 7 is hosting a free Christmas turkey dinner for veterans on Thursday, Dec. 20.
The event is 5 to 7 p.m. at 1688 W. Bakerview Road near Bellingham International Airport.
The meal is open to homeless veterans, veterans and their families facing difficulties or veterans separated from family this time of the year.
For more information, contact Tony Halbert at 360-510-0642.
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FERNDALE - Tom Elbrecht, whose friends rebuilt a 1940s hot rod for him after he was stricken with leukemia, died Friday, March 22.
Elbrecht, 64, was diagnosed in May 2012. The following month about 30 friends began the rebuild of the 1940 Hudson Business Coupe Elbrecht had purchased just months earlier with a dream of restoring it.
The friends were constant companions for Elbrecht as they worked on the car for months. They took it on its inaugural drive in January, but Elbrecht was too ill to ride along. The event was chronicled by The Bellingham Herald.
Mike Novotny, the team leader at Bellingham Vet Center, presides over a new class for veterans who want to write about their time in the military.
He isn't there to discuss the mechanics of writing. Someone with a master's degree in English does that. Rather, he's there to counsel the six people in the class, most of them Vietnam vets, whenever talking about or writing their memories becomes too much to bear.
"It's pretty emotional to start writing about events, even of long ago," said Novotny, who served four tours of duty in Vietnam. "You're refreshing them in your mind when you bring them up to write them down."
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FERNDALE - Motorists should expect some delays on Main Street around noon Saturday, May 18, as 150 or more motorcyclists ride through Ferndale to honor a former resident and Vietnam War veteran who died April 24.
John Fassett, a 67-year-old Sandy Point resident, was a motorcycle enthusiast who graduated from Ferndale High School in 1963, joined the U.S. Army and served a tour in Vietnam.
Fassett also worked at the ARCO Cherry Point Refinery for 25 years, served as a volunteer firefighter for Ferndale, and volunteered for Old Settlers Association and Ferndale Heritage Society.
Brian Flannelly, a 55-year-old Bellingham firefighter, has never lost a burning enthusiasm for Ski to Sea.
"You could say that," he said with a laugh.
Flannelly, by rank a captain based at the Fairhaven fire station, has competed in every Ski to Sea race since 1990.
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