Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, December 17, 2014 | Ferndale Record
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Ed Henken ends 46 years on Lynden fair board Former county engineer also has deep ties to his successor Ron Polinder’s family By Calvin Bratt editor@lyndentribune.com
Ed Henken, left, and Ron Polinder talk near the draft horse barn on the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds. Henken had a relationship with the Polinder family from his youth that started him on a lifetime of draft horse raising. (Calvin Bratt/Lynden Tribune)
WHATCOM — A connection between the Polinder and Henken families goes way back, preceding even Ed Henken’s record 46 years on the Northwest Washington Fair board of directors. So it’s extra meaningful to the two Lynden families that the person replacing Ed on the board is Ron Polinder. Voting by fair association members happened a few weeks ago. Henken, raised in Lynden, was a young civil engineer working back on his home turf in the 1960s, first for the city of Bellingham and then Whatcom County. That meant he could also pursue what had been his boyhood love of the big draft horses of Whatcom County. He remembers joining other kids who could get into the Lynden fair for
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