SENATE RESOLUTION

                         2000-8705

By Senators Gardner and Spanel

     WHEREAS, The Whatcom County Historical Society and the Bellingham Herald  co-published the healing works entitled:  Whatcom Memories, A Photo Album: Reflections From the Heart of a Small Community, a 204 page book that includes more than 800 photographs; and

     WHEREAS, Members of the Whatcom County Community, Danna Beach, Becky Beech Raney, Cindy Brown, Laura Jacoby, Gayle Landreth, and Dawn Landreth Buckenmeyer, formed the Maple Falls Memory Book Committee; and

     WHEREAS, The Maple Falls Memory Book Committee, which started in Maple Falls, and stretched to include the Mount Baker Foothills and everyone in between, created a place for history makers to express their feelings and recollections of over one-hundred and ten years; and

     WHEREAS, The community was brought together in their research, uniting their memories that will be cherished and archived for future generations to come; and

     WHEREAS, The legacy of Maple Falls and Whatcom County will live forever.

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the members of the Washington State Senate do hereby recognize and honor the talent and community involvement of the Maple Falls Memory Book Committee; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this resolution be immediately transmitted by the Secretary of the Senate to the Whatcom County Historical Society,  the Bellingham Herald, and the Maple Falls Memory Book Committee.

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate,

do hereby certify that this is a true and

correct copy of Senate Resolution 2000-8705,

adopted by the Senate February 9, 2000.

TONY M. COOK

Secretary of the Senate