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Week
of August 30 - September 5, 2001
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Page Stories |
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Amanda
Harger, hard at work on boardwalk mural... Photo
byChristine Callan |
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| Beautification
efforts pick up steam People of Blaine are pulling
together to make their city one to be proud of. Amanda
Harger, 19, is one of those people. |
| Eager
beavers get their crab and seizure, too Washington
state department of fish and wildlife (DFW) officers
seized a commercial crabber’s catch and gear for
jumping the gun on a 24-hour opening for tribal fishers,
and found a whole lot more. |
| Council
backtracks on zoning idea Spurred by their wish
to accommodate one property owners’ request to
put a manufactured home on a single lot, city council
has backtracked and allowed them on all lots in the
planned residential zone. |
| INSIDE
STORIES |
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Happy
B-day, Bess!
It’s not often we get to share the good fortune
of someone celebrating their 99th birthday. |
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School
spirit
The Blaine Service Center’s Andre´
Marcus loads up the car with backpacks donated
by Cost Cutter to be distributed to needy students.. |
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| Don't
worry, be happy Bess McMillan, who celebrated her
99th birthday Friday, attributes her long life to enjoying
each day and not worrying about tomorrow. . |
| Pornagony...
Blaine city council will keep mulling a city ordinance
that would relegate adult entertainment businesses to
manufacturing zones, after a packed public hearing couldn’t
come up with whose backyard to put them in. |
| Whirly-birds
on their way Blaine’s airport is on its way
to becoming a heliport. At their August 27 meeting Blaine
city council approved a lease with Silver Star/United
Helicopters to establish helicopter operations at the
airport. |
| Gamble
a helping hand The Semiahmoo Ladies Club fundraising
juggernaut is rolling again, generating dollars to support
local charities. This year the group’s fundraising
bash will be a casino night at the Loomis Trail clubhouse... |
| 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... |
| VIEWPOINT
ON September 18, 2001 Blaine voters will be asked to
approve funds for the construction of a new station.
The present station, located on H Street, has been declared
seismically unfit for further use and has been vacated... |
| SPORTS
Neil's
Notes...Golf Classic, Football Jam and more |
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