Dwight Clark is Missing

I know I'm rather late to the party with this blog post about a missing Western student named Dwight Clark, but I figured since this is indeed happening between Bellingham and Blaine it deserves to be on my blog.

I will attempt to summarize the concrete information that exists about Clark's disappearance, which has been gleaned from the Bellingham Herald and my alma mater's student-run newspaper, The Western Front.

Clark allegedly disappeared in the early morning hours of Sunday, September 26 after walking back from a party on Indian Street, north of Western's campus. A reportedly prolific text-message sender, Clark has sent no text messages from his phone since 2 a.m. on Sept. 26. That's just more than a week ago.

Extensive searches by Bellingham Police and volunteers of the downtown area of Bellingham have turned up no clues to his disappearance. Police at this point have no reason to suspect foul play, and have officially called off their search efforts. They are continuing to follow up on leads and pursue the matter with their detectives. Volunteers, family and friends continue to organize search parties in attempts to find Clark.

In the most recent developments, the Front reported on a man who was seen on the evening of Oct. 4 scribbling a disturbing message on a flyer announcing Clark's disappearance. The message alluded to Clark's death after being stabbed. According to the Front, Bellingham Police say the man is not a viable suspect.

A well-written summary of Clark's disappearance and the subsequent search efforts published in the Front, with input from his roommates and family, can be found here. 

Support can be offered to Clark's family and friends through the FIND Dwight Clark Facebook page. Anyone with any information regarding the disappearance should contact the Bellingham Police Department.

St. Francis Antique Car Show

For my inaugural post on From Bellingham to Blaine, I'm presenting a few photos I took at the St. Francis Antique Car Show. The show took place at the St. Francis of Bellingham nursing care facility near St. Joseph Hospital.

The show featured about 15 classic and antique cars, some living up to the "antique" moniker more than others. The cars varied in age from the 1910s on up through the 1960s and 70s. The people at St. Francis also provided free food in the form of hot dogs and chips. Even without the cars present, I found it difficult to pass up the opportunity for free food.

My paltry 23 years on this planet put me in the younger age range of the roughly 30-strong crowd at the show. Hell, all the cars were even older than me. Car show culture is always something with which I've been incredibly fascinated. The love of the automobile and the freedom it brings its owner seems to be uniquely American.

Without further ado, here are some photographic highlights. You can check out the entire album here.

This was one of the three Ford Model-Ts in attendance.

The oldest car at the show: a 1913 Model T Speedster.

Controls don't get much simpler than that.

A 1958 Corvette. According to the owner, 1958 was the only year they offered the car in this "Panama Yellow."

A classic Ford Thunderbird. 

Well, that's all the pictures I'm going to cram into this post. Once again, you can find the entire album here.