| Inside
Stories |
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Practicing
With the Birch Bay summer sandcastle contests
kicking off this week, Jordan Pickett and other
beachgoers were refining their technique. |
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Ready
for bed...
Community oyster farmers have 300 bags of
babies and two acres of nice clean mud ready to
receive them. |
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| Boblett
light top road priority Blaine’s top transportation
priority for the next five years is putting a stoplight
at the intersection of Boblett Road and state route
543, where a local high school student was seriously
injured in an accident in April. |
| City
hires new lawyers Blaine city council voted unanimously
to replace the law firm that has represented the city
for more than a decade. |
| Plover
to the rescue Richard Sturgill, captain of the Plover
foot ferry had an exciting first weekend running the
passenger ferry between Semiahmoo and Blaine marina. |
| Tosco
cleans up oil spill An oil tanker unloading Alaskan
crude spilled more than 1,500 gallons of oil into Georgia
Straight June 13. |
| Blaine
airport goes online Pilots heading to Blaine can
now check out the weather in Blaine before they head
out into the wild blue yonder. |
| Community
theater auditions The Blaine Community Theater is
holding auditions for the fall production of Moon Over
Buffalo. |
| Record
seizure at border Canadian customs agents at the
Pacific Highway Truck Crossing seized 49.5 kilograms
(109 pounds) and $65,000 in U.S. Currency on June 14.
It was the largest cocaine bust customs has made at
a land crossing in western Canada – the third largest
at a land. |
| AROUND
THE CITY
Information on free preschool...stray pets need food...wheelchairs
available...non-profit workshops. |
| VIEWPOINT
The Blaine police department and Bellingham-Whatcom
Humane Society have received an increase in the number
of reported attacks by vicious dogs within the City.
The City contracts with the Humane Society to provide
animal control and enforcement services. However, when
the Humane Society is unavailable or the matter is serious,
the Police Department also responds and conducts investigations.
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| AROUND
THE CITY
The city’s community and economic development
department has secured a $10,000 grant from the
state Coastal Zone Management program for improvements...The
city of Blaine has turned down a request by the Association
of Washington Cities (AWC) to contribute to lobbying
efforts against aluminum companies’ (Direct Service
Industry, DSI) efforts...Blaine city council will
hold a series of neighborhood meetings this summer
to find out what Blaine citizens have on their minds. |
| ON
THE WATERFRONT Things are pretty quiet for
the commercial fishing fleet out of Blaine Harbor. There
is an opening for crab fishing in Skagit Bay which is
not scheduled yet but is supposed to happen soon, and
the small draggers are fishing for sole on a day basis,
bringing their catch in to Sea K Fish. |
| SPORTS
Neil's Notes |
