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7/31/2010

Updated: 7/2/10
EIGHT YEARS OF PLANNING, FOUR YEARS OF FUNDRAISING, ELEVEN MONTHS OF CONSTRUCTION----THE NEW FERNDALE BOYS & GIRLS CLUB IS OPEN!!!!
The grand opening of the new Ferndale Boys & Girls Club took place on June 16, 2010. Over 400 community members attended the event, emcee’d by State Senator Dale Brandland. Honored guests included State Representatives Kelli Linville and Doug Ericksen, Whatcom County Executive Pete Kremen, Ferndale Mayor Gary Jensen, past Mayor Jerry Landcastle, and members of the Ferndale City Council. Featured speakers included Branch Director Josh Wilund, Executive Director/CEO Lynn templeton, Branch Board President Steve Oliver, Doug Thomas of the Rotary Club of Whatcom County North, and Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County Corporate Board members Bill Gorman and Ward Fridrich. The celebration included a Lummi blessing and words from Les Nichols, Vice President of Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
The building crew—including designers and architects Susie and Doug Landsem, green architect Alistair Jackson, General Contractor Mark Pottle, engineers Ken Kok, Ken Gaston, Gary Benson, and Greg Ebe, Superintendent John McGrath, Project Manager John Daniels, General Foreman Carl Dietrich—and all the craftswomen and craftsmen in attendance were recognized and thanked. Over 40 people participated in the ribbon cutting. Many thanks to the Silver Reef Casino and Resort for catering the large gathering.
The 21,134sf Clubhouse is located at the corner of Second and Cherry Streets in Ferndale’s Pioneer Park. The facility adjoins the Pioneer ballfields and includes the full sized BP gymnasium, electronics control room, storage cabin, utility center mezzanine, front mezzanine and training center, athletic storage, games room/activities center, the Dick Metcalf Teen Center, arts lab, the NPCE Teen Tech room, the media and music room, the St. Luke’s health education center, the ConocoPhillips technology center, front entry and counter control, staff offices, coat check, and a full sized/commercial grade kitchen.
Total cost of the facility- including pre construction, permits, inspections, off-site, architectural and engineering—is $4.8 million. Funds were raised as the centerpiece of the “Campaign for Kids,” a $5 million capital-development campaign of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Whatcom County. Our deepest thanks go to the Ferndale Branch Board, Steve Oliver, Carol Brumet, Elie Samuel, Ron Dahl, Mary Wilson, Kathey Chambers, Rick Staeb, the Corporate Board, Club staff, volunteers, patrons, Christine Destry, Katherine Freimund, Barbara Martin, Scott Nelson, the Washington State Boys & Girls Club Alliance, the Board of Governors, Lloyd Tolle, Chet Lackey, Bill Unrein, and the many contributors and patrons who supported the project.
The Club will be the site of the June 16th Auction, and will be fully open for kids on June 28th.


 
Chairman’s Circle:
BP Cherry Point Refinery
The City of Ferndale
The Norcliffe Foundation
M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust
North Whatcom Rotary
Scott D. Nelson
Thomas & Irene Nelson
Senator Dale Brandland
Representative Kelli Linville
State of Washington-CTED
Bill Tsoukalas
Elie Samuel
Greg Ebe
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
Greg Falk
 
President’s Club:
ConocoPhillips
St. Luke's Foundation
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation
Diamond Builder:
Kim and Lynda Alfreds
The Boeing Company
The D.V. and Ida McEachern Trust
The Medina Foundation
Exxel Pacific
 
Platinum Builder:
Dr. Ron & Sue Dahl
Industrial Credit Union
Unigard Insurance
The Charlotte Martin Foundation
The Unity Group
Key Foundation
Landsem & Associates
Whatcom Community Foundation
 
Gold Builder:
Brent and Cherie Walker
Brad Parberry
Elizabeth and Greg Grant
Rosemarie Francis
Kristi and Pete Coy
Lisa and Bob Bailey
The Norman Archibald Charitable Trust
Bryan and Daphne Johnson
Rick and Sylvia Haggen
Horizon Bank
Ferndale Ready Mix
Drew and Tracy Wilkins
 
Friends of the Club:
Earl Bell
Gerrit Byeman
Troy Clark
Loch Clark
Erik Dyrland
Willard Edison
John Huntley
Mills Electric
Ken Imus
Cy Lindberg
John Lira
Sati Mookherjee
Steve Oliver
Kris and Christine Palmerton
Christine Parkes
Carl and Marjorie Reichhardt
CM Robbins
Audrey Seaholm
Mike Seilo
Christopher Smith
Molly Simon
Rick Wilson
Heidi Wilson
Josh Wilund
Pete Wolkin
Grandview Men’s Golf Club
Julie and Dennis Moody
Bill and Taimi Gorman
D.A. Davidson & Co.
John Canterbury
John Cruikshank
OneBeacon Insurance
Bank of America
Pearson Construction
Richard Hempler
Larry Hoffman
Chet Lackey
John and Marcia McWilliams
Ted Mork
Erik Morris
Joe and Ann Pless
Angie Ritchey
John Daniels
Leena Kirschman
David Kleiber
Michael Kohl
Pete Kremen
Bruce and Linda Mooney
Adam Nelson
Eric Oman
Ronald Peterson
Ted Pratt
Patricia and Robert Russell
Mark and Kim Rutledge
Steve Salstrom
Mike Schacht
Dick and Sharon Skeers
Troy and Shelia Slayton
Steve Spitzer
Wade Stringfield
Patrick Uy
Dan Washburn
Wayne Weed
John Wilson
Frank Zurline
Harbor Lands Co.
Wilfred Gunderson
Ron and Kim Cowan
Emily Culpepper
Georgia Donovan
Katherine and Jeremy Freimund
Emily Herold
Anthony McLeod
David Morse
Abram Thalhofer
Ken Weber
Jamie Webster
Larry and Mary Ann Johnson
David and Terrie May
Donald Paton
Whatcom County Cruising Association
Central Elementary School
Eagleridge Elementary School
Ferndale High School ASB
Mary Dyrland
Christopher Koch
Jeri Miller
Kelly Davenport
Cardinal Rebekah Lodge 154
Mark Mendenhall
Ferndale Kiwanis
Kibble & Prentice
Jean & Jack Gardner
Ed Thorpe
Sherry Cline
Jerry & Sherry Landcastle
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

In Kind Donations:
Applied Digital Imaging
CB Wholesale
Reichhardt & Ebe Engineering
Pacific Surveying & Engineering
Compass Point Surveying
K Engineering
JD Construction
Geo Test Services
Belcher, Swanson, Lackey
Drayton Archaeological Research
Ebe Farms
Ferndale Ready Mix
NPCE Engineering
Freeman & Sons
Price & Visser Millwork
Ludtke Pacific Trucking
Mt. Baker Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
Pottle & Sons Construction Inc.
VECA Electric
Volvo Rents
 
Silver Builder:
Lucky Seven Foundation
Robb and Geri Dale
Ward and Tetelle Fridrich
Don Gustafson
Max and Loren Legg
Troy Muljat
Fairhaven Realty
Lynn and Sharon Templeton
Bob and Susan Plumb
Sue and Ron Anderson
Annette Booth
Christine Destry
Dave and Joan McEachran
Peter Paulsen
Rick Staeb
Kathey Chambers
Emerald Bay Events
David Ramsay
Gregor Hodgson
John and Sarah Rindlaub
Dave and Patti Ennen
Samuel's Furniture
Mario Bonilla
Brown and Cole
Dick and Ardith Stark
Donna and Steve Edquist
Ron Bennett
Donna Charbonneau
Terri McKee
Rick Stack
Dewey Griffin GMC
Terry Beardsley
Barry & Brenda Hanson
Coastal Industrial Services
Alan and Rose Knutson
Quilting Hands
Puget Sound Energy
Thomas McKeon
SONIC Drive-In
Mt. Baker Dental Society
 
Friends of the Club:
Robert and Betty Tull
Bill and Kae Unrein
Rick Victor
Gracom Masonry
Division 9, Inc
Windermere Foundation
BP Fabric of America Fund
Barbara Martin
Barbara Kremzner
Connie and Gene Shannon
Mike and Deanna Byemen
Beverly Busch
Robert Knudson
Lynn McLane
Phil Multop
Terry Terry
Frederick Wong
Danielle Fritch
Dianne Blakesly
Cascade DAFO
Paul and Colleen Lahr
Bruce and Donna Pederson
Jim and Marion Schaeffer
Linda and Jason Tyler
Lisa Wochos
Jerry Anderson
C. Frederick and Winifred Miller
Donna Duling
Richard Maneval
Chelsea Merris
Ardis Rieland
Rhonda Shaffer
David VanderYacht
Christina Abundis
Carol Brumet
Patrick Camarillo
David Ebenal
Sheriff Bill Elfo
John and Kersten Fairbairn
Mark Galvin
Paul Hansra
Greg Helgath
Mary Hudson
Pamela Jardine
Carlotta and David Jarratt
Debbie Kiene
Roland King
Debby Joshue
Ed Wahlgren
Dale Sprague
Fritz Willits
Matrix Services
Ronald Spanjer
Alcoa
Mary Grybeck
Darren Barsalou
Eagle Ridge fundraiser
Ferndale Firefighters
North Cascade Golf Tourney
Jeremy Lovelace
Chyerl Wolfe-Lee
John and Mimi Ferlin
Karin Schulhauser
“A Moment in Time”
Chief Michael Knapp
Rick Anderson
Wilson Motors
VECA Electric & Communications
Ludtke-Pacific Trucking
Canfor USA
Jim Stitt
Judy Arntsen
Iain Buchanan
Kenneth Cargile
Nancy Hammons
Ina Newton
Kenneth Sager
Randy and Rebecca Brethauer
Dick Bedlington Farms LLC
Carol Skinner
Roland Peterson
John Zaremba
Pure Potato LLC
Starbucks Coffee Company
Elizabeth and Thomas Ormond
Frances and Arthur Bryant
Gary Russell
Dr. Mike Nelsen
Richard and Linda Platt
Jonathan and Patricia Dubiel
 
 
 
 
 
 
THANKS TO OUR SUB CONTRACTORS
Our thanks to the highly skilled and talented craftsmen and craftswomen
who constructed the new Ferndale Boys & Girls Club 2010:
Pottle and Sons Construction Inc.
B & B Paint Co.
Acousti-Co.
Reichhardt and Ebe Engineering
K-Engineers
Engineering Services Inc.
GB Design and Consulting
Landsem and Associates, AIA
O’Brien and Company, AIA
John Daniels- JD Construction
GEO Test Services
Pacific Surveying and Engineering
Compass Point Survey Group
Colacurcio Brothers Construction
Ferndale Ready Mix and Gravel
Visser Cabinetworks
Belcher, Swanson, Lackey Law Firm
Skyline Electric
Blueprint Design Consultants
NPCE Engineering
Mt. Baker Mechanical
Lyndale Glass
OSO Lumber
Pioneer Log Siding
Price and Visser Millwork
Red Built
W.H. Cress Co.
KeyBank
Louws Truss Inc.
Bekins Northwest
AVX- Audio Video Excellence
School Specialty Supply
Rice Insurance
Drayton Archaeological Research
Custer Concrete and Construction
De Wilde’s Nurseries
Fullner Food Service
Hytech Roofing Inc.
Kamps Painting Co.
Masonry Works
Moncreiff Construction
Northwest Insulation
Northstar Stone and Landscaping
Overhead Door Co.
S & S Concrete
Security Solutions
Grandview Signs
BRC Acoustics and Technology Consulting
Traditional Hardwood Floors
Andgar Corp.
Bay Engraving
Construction Supply
North Pole Products
Van Beek Drywall
Trico Office Interiors
R & P Hood and Duct Services
Commercial Fire Protection
Anderson Paper and Packaging
Northwest Insulation
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