The parents of the Western Washington University student who died last month have established a memorial fund at the University in their son's honor.

Jerry Crossan and Susan Flores established the Timothy Crossan Memorial Fund in memory of their son who died April 16 after falling from the top of Nash Hall. The Whatcom County Medical Examiner ruled the incident a suicide. Timothy was 19 at the time of his death.

The endowment was set up by his parents with a gift of $25,000. The Fund was established to increase and promote counseling services on campus for students in need of emotional and mental health support while attending Western, the university said in a press release.

“Western would like to recognize and thank Jerry and Susan for their generosity, which will enhance counseling services for Western students,” said Eileen Coughlin, vice president for Enrollment and Student Services at Western. “We are humbled by their willingness to give to support other Western students.”

Speaking of meetings, the City of Bellingham is also holding an open house tomorrow to discuss the city's Pedestrian Master Plan, which is now available as a draft for review and comment.

The meeting will be held tomorrow, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Bellingham Public Library. At the meeting, members of the Pedestrian Master Plan Steering Committee, city staff and consultants will highlight parts of the plan, and answer questions.

“The Pedestrian Master Plan is Bellingham's action agenda to create a safer, more walkable and healthy city," said Mayor Kelli Linville. “Implementing this plan is key to enhancing our quality of life, fostering economic vitality, and protecting our environment. Most importantly, this plan builds a sense of community. When we walk, we connect more with others and with our environment. Let's work together to make the vision in this plan a reality!”

Happy Mother's Day! 

We are in for some wonderful weather for getting outside. 

Plan on sunny skies today with highs in the mid-70s to low-80s in many spots.  The warmest areas will be in the south Sound.

The strong ridge of high pressure will stay locked in for Monday with highs rising a few degrees.

Even Tuesday is looking mostly sunny with a few high clouds toward the end of the day.  It isn't until late Wednesday that the ridge breaks down enough to allow a stronger onshore flow to bring us more clouds and cooler temps.  By Thursday morning we could even have some areas of mist.

Theron Zahn
The KOMO4 Forecast Team