Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, December 17, 2014 | Ferndale Record
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Henken: Longest-serving board member in fair history Continued from C5 delivered groceries to its customers (including the Polinders) in the old-style way into the 1970s. “When I turned 16, they put me to work delivering groceries,” Ed remembers. And Art also served on the Lynden City Council for a tenure that not even Ed’s can beat — 49 years, to his death at age 89 in 2003. In honor of him the Lynden Library is officially named the Arthur Henken Building. Jim Baron, fair manager, confirmed that Ed Henken is the longest serving board member in the fair’s 104-year history. “I had the privilege of serving with him first as a fellow board member in the 1980s and, of course, more recently as the manager hired by the board. I always appreciated the leadership Ed provided to the board. When he served as board president, he was always very organized and efficient. Serving the fair over four decades, he saw many changes, but always his focus was on what was going to be best for the people that come to the fair,” Baron said. For the most part, care of 11 Northwest Clydesdales is now in the hands of son Raymond and especially daughter-
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Ed Henken still interacts with the bay-colored Clydesdales on his family’s Northwest Road property. (Calvin Bratt/ Lynden Tribune)
in-law Monica still on the same family property on Northwest Road. Monica
has developed a new twist on the use of draft horses — she trains and exhib-
its them as a drill team doing choreographed maneuvers together.
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