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By Jared Paben and John Stark
Welcome to The Bellingham Herald's Politics Blog, where we cover politics and politically charged current events. Reporters John Stark and Jared Paben write for the blog.
Stark joined The Bellingham Herald in 1981, left to pursue parenting and teaching in 1989, and returned in 2000. He has a New Jersey birth certificate.
Paben has been a reporter for The Bellingham Herald since fall 2006, covering growth, transportation and other topics. He also writes for The BellinghamHerald's Traffic Talk blog. Before coming here, he worked for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., and various Oregon newspapers. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Oregon in 2006. He grew up in the town of Creswell, Ore., which is just south of Eugene, Ore., along Interstate 5.
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We provide no guarantee of anonymity. Public officials and political candidates should not use this forum to promote themselves or attack political opponents anonymously.
Thanks for reading!
Stark joined The Bellingham Herald in 1981, left to pursue parenting and teaching in 1989, and returned in 2000. He has a New Jersey birth certificate.
Paben has been a reporter for The Bellingham Herald since fall 2006, covering growth, transportation and other topics. He also writes for The BellinghamHerald's Traffic Talk blog. Before coming here, he worked for The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Wash., and various Oregon newspapers. He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Oregon in 2006. He grew up in the town of Creswell, Ore., which is just south of Eugene, Ore., along Interstate 5.
We appreciate your participation on the blog. We encourage expressions of opinion, rebuttals and criticism. To ensure everybody is comfortable participating and commenting on posts, we ask that readers refrain from posting personal attacks, and from bantering back and forth with one another, off-topic. We also strongly encourage people to use their real names when posting comments, just as we do.
We provide no guarantee of anonymity. Public officials and political candidates should not use this forum to promote themselves or attack political opponents anonymously.
Thanks for reading!
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April 30th, 2010 at 5:48 PM
Congratulations, Sam!
April 30th, 2010 at 6:45 PM
He has big feet!
April 30th, 2010 at 6:49 PM
Congratulations Sam! That is great!
April 30th, 2010 at 9:19 PM
Badger Taylor.
Congratulations!
May 1st, 2010 at 8:40 AM
Congrats Sam and Kathryn.
May 1st, 2010 at 9:11 AM
Yay!! Boys are the best!!!
May 1st, 2010 at 9:23 AM
Whoo hoo!
May 1st, 2010 at 11:02 AM
Good job !
May 1st, 2010 at 11:06 AM
Thanks for sharing his first photo. Congratulations to you both!
May 1st, 2010 at 12:52 PM
Very photogenic!
Congratulations.
May 1st, 2010 at 4:31 PM
Great photo! Hey, what’s that he’s clutching in his tiny hand? IT’S A PRESS PASS!
May 1st, 2010 at 10:48 PM
Mazeltov!
May 1st, 2010 at 11:11 PM
Sam, I’m excited for you as you walk down this path of fatherhood. Of all the things a person can do in their lives, raising a loving child is the most profoundly important single accomplishment a person can achieve IMO. The satisfaction of being trusted, admired and loved unconditionally will enrich your entire life and the love you give them will not only be returned to you, but more importantly to their children. You’re on your way to a lifetime membership in the big circle of life my man and I wish you all the best” Love is all there is….”
……M
May 2nd, 2010 at 9:09 AM
As an expecting parent, I’m sure you will quickly learn a new meaning to the idea of “minority rule”. Congrats. You know what is a great name? Riley.
May 3rd, 2010 at 12:59 AM
Awesome, Sam. thanks for sharing.
May 3rd, 2010 at 7:17 AM
Congratulations!!
May 3rd, 2010 at 7:43 AM
That’s awesome news! All the best.
May 3rd, 2010 at 8:51 AM
Hearty congratulations, Sam.
May 3rd, 2010 at 9:02 AM
It’s all kinds of these profound things crashing on you when your child arrives into the world. It’s like you’ve met your reason to live.
Johnny Depp
AFY!!theheelotsheepdog!!!
May 3rd, 2010 at 11:23 AM
Congratulations, Sam!
May 3rd, 2010 at 2:09 PM
AFY, funny, this is what I read from your post:
“It’s like you’ve met your reason to live; Johnny Depp.”
Talk about selective editing on my part!
May 3rd, 2010 at 3:35 PM
Shaun, that was eloquently and correctly stated.
May 4th, 2010 at 9:05 AM
How is little Sammy doing?
May 4th, 2010 at 10:59 AM
He’s doing great, Floyd. He’s about the size of a can of soda (and, incidentally, also weighs the same -12 ounces). He’s a mover and shaker, my wife is feeling lots of movement, though since he’s so tiny still I don’t get to feel it outside, which is too bad!