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Week of August 16 - 22, 2001

Front Page Stories
WWU Summer Stock performed their tribal interpretation of the classic Shakespeare tragedy “Romeo and Juliet” at the Inn at Semiahmoo Tuesday.
Photo by Mikael Kenoyer
New crash punctuates Boblett safety discussion A meeting between state and city officials to address ongoing safety concerns at the Boblett Street crossing of the truck route took place against a grim backdrop.
Volunteers question how new fire service will work “If you want your solutions to these concerns and not someone else’s, you’ve got to come to the table now.
Birch Bay gets go-ahead to serve BP More than 10,000 feet of sewer line is currently being installed along Grandview and Whitehorn roads to redirect domestic sewage from the BP Cherry Point refinery to the newly upgraded Birch Bay Water and Sewer District plant..

Inside Stories
Summer tradition
Custer Days wouldn’t be the same without racing lawnmowers.
Lush life
Art lovers got to browse in a serene setting at the Spooner Creek art show and sale last weekend. Page 6.
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City council endorses fire bond City council officially endorsed the bond levy which would fund a new fire station for Blaine.
Young skipper lives in the past Eighteenth-century sailing is not just a hobby for 21-year-old, Ryan Meyer. It’s a lifestyle. “This is where I reside, he said.”
Teaching about the beach Jerry Larson, a life-long Birch Bay resident, pointed to an old fir tree on the beach and said “That’s where Vancouver first stepped ashore in 1792 and named this Birch Bay.”.
ON THE WATERFRONT The summer commercial Fraser River sockeye season has been and gone. So far there was one day of salmon fishing for the commercial fleet. The treaty Indians got...
BUSINESS BRIEFS Happenings in the area businesses...
VIEWPOINT The rescue of a capsized boater by the Plover ferry inspired me to write a few words on the virtue of lifejackets and basic boating safety.

 
 


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