The Bellingham Herald

• Fly-fishing school honors spirit of pipeline victim
  Ten years after his death, Liam Wood's spirit lives on in the school created to honor his passion for fly-fishing and his deep love of the natural world.
  Since 2004, the Liam Wood Flyfishing and River Guardian School in Bellingham has used the art of fly-fishing to connect students to the ecology of fish, rivers and watersheds in the hope that getting them outdoors will spawn a connection to nature and a desire to protect it.
  The Liam Wood Flyfishing and River Guardian School works to pass on Liam's love of fishing to youths, students and other members of the community through sessions taught by Leo Bodensteiner, an associate professor in the Department of Environmental Science at WWU. Bodensteiner has studied fish, habitats and stream ecology for about 30 years.
  

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• Trash drop-off program this week for WWU students
  The second annual Neighborhood Trash Pick Up will be from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 10, to Saturday, June 13, in Happy Valley, Sehome, South Hill and Samish neighborhoods. The program, which gives students a way to discard unwanted items, is intended to minimize lit-ter in the neighborhoods near Western Washington University.
  

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• Bellingham discusses sanctuary city idea
  Residents have gathered at the Municipal Court building to discuss a proposal that would protect AWOL soldiers from being arrested by local law enforcement.
  At 7 p.m. the courtroom was packed with standing room only in the back. Many more people were lined up outside to sign the speaking sheet. Moonwater, executive director of the Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center, said that more than 100 people had signed up to speak. If everyone takes their 3 minutes the hearing could take more than 5 hours. At 7:20 p.m. it was announced that the capacity of the room had been exceeded and fire officials asked that once a person speaks that they leave.
  The sanctuary city group is composed of Western Washington University students who argue that military deserters don’t deserve to be jailed for being absent without leave from what the group believes is an illegal Iraq war.
  

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• WWU grad chosen for commencement address
  Rick Dale, a Western Washington University graduate and an expert in building 911 communications systems, will be the keynote speaker at the university's graduation ceremonies Saturday, June 13.
  Dale is the chairman and CEO of iXP Corp., a company that develops complex emergency communication systems, including the 911 call center for the New York Police Department. Dale, who earned a degree in Business Administration/Computer Science, will speak about the value of ethics and integrity in business.

Seattle Times

• Is WWU professor provocative, or an abusive bully?
  Over the years, Western Washington University professor Perry Mills has referred to an overweight student as a "400-pound canary who warbles nothingness"; slapped the nickname "Precious" on a male colleague he believed to be gay; and called a female colleague a "bimbo" and "slut" to her face.
  Those remarks were just for starters, according to university records.