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Week of July 12 - 18, 2001

Front Page Stories

The Glory sank in a matter of hours while tied to the dock Sunday night in Blaine Harbor.
Photo by Pat Grubb

Birch Bay assault suspect shot by deputy A Whatcom County sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a 55-year-old Birch Bay man suspected of physically assaulting the woman he shared a home with.

Semiahmoo neighbors support city direction “We’re not there to debate or argue,” said Blaine city manager Gary Tomsic to 25 Blaine residents at the first in the city’s community meeting series. “You’re here to identify issues, not to judge. We’re here to listen, not to defend.”

Birch Bay planning takes a break The Birch Bay planning process is moving into its next stage, hanging the flesh on the basic plan developed by the Birch Bay steering committee and neighborhood committees through dozens of meetings held since January.

Inside Stories

	Keep shopping Mom Cassidy and Graham McKeown were happy to spend the afternoon at Olason’s Corkscrew Willow.
	Sky fire The Fourth of July was lit by natural and pyrotechnical brilliance. Photo by Jack Kintner

Last chance for summer lessons “We have to establish early in school children (and adults) the belief that music belongs to everyone and is, with a little effort, available to everyone,” said Zoltan Kodaly, Hungarian composer and teacher.

Exchange students need hosts Sophia Costima and Yumi Nakauchi have recently returned to their homes in Germany and Japan after spending 10 months with Blaine host families, the Nelsons and the Hoyes while attending Blaine high school.

Water negotiations on track The growing community of Birch Bay wants to ensure its future ability to grow.

Local kids looking for mentors Eight Blaine kids need a special adult to help them grow-up.

BHS student heads to D.C. Reilly Vinall, a 16-year-old student at Blaine high school, will travel to the U.S. capital city as a participant in an international conference, the Future World Leaders Summit.

Stores liven downtown streets Gretchen Budnick and Chris Olason have moved a little home into their new downtown store, and they’re selling it off a little bit at a time.

Open Studio inauguration Over 40 painters from Washington and British Columbia gathered at the premiere of the Open Studio in Blaine, Friday, July 13, 7 p.m., in an exhibition that celebrates freedom of expression and...

Rainbow maker opens art fest The three-day International Arts Festival at Peace Arch Park begins July 20 with something really unusual: Fred Stern, an internationally recognized artist, will create rainbows in the sky.

Japan world softball champs A record breaking 110,346 fans attended the nine day tournament which hosted a total of eighteen teams...

ON THE WATERFRONT The salmon fishing fleet has gotten much smaller, due to the license buy-back which took place during the last week of June. Licenses for non-Treaty Indian fishers who fished for Fraser river sockeye were bought by the state government to decrease the number of sockeye that would be caught by U.S. fishers.

SPORTS Neil's Notes...Force fights back for a win.