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Week of March 1 - 7, 2001

Front Page Stories
Chef Gary Carson from Harbor Cafe serves up alder smoked king salmon as a guest at the Blaine chamber’s Bite of Blaine dinner looks on in anticipation.
Quake shakes the state Just before 11 a.m. Wednesday, Blaine got shaken - not stirred - by an earhtquake centered in the south Puget Sound area.
City examines early link to Birch Bay sewers Anticipating early approval of the express feeder electrical project by the Army Corps of Engineers, city staff is looking at the feasibility of tying in the first steps of regionalizing sewers..
Proposed rules would give signs a low profile The Blaine Planning Commission is reviewing a set of sign regulations that would reduce permit fees and end an expired six-month moratorium on off-premise, highway and billboard signs.
School asks voters for $20 million It’s official: Blaine School District will ask voters to pass a $19.7 million bond issue May 15.
Inside Stories

Comin' through!
Both Borderite teams battled it out at bi-district this week.

Strike up the band
The brass that keeps the Canadian 15th Artillery Field Regiment on it’s toes is coming to get Blaine music lovers out of their seats.
Pamphlet helps age gracefully The Washington Association of Housing and Service for the Aging (WAHSA) has produced a new resource to help older adults find a retirement community...
Motivating with oysters Drayton Harbor is poised to be the only body of water in the state’s history where oysters are planted in a prohibited area as an incentive to clean the water up.
Covering all the sewer bases To seek federal funding for a solution to Blaine’s wastewater treatment problems, city manager Gary Tomsic met with Washington’s congressional delegation including senators Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and representative Rick Larson...
Council hopefuls line up So far five local residents have applied to fill John Hobberlin’s spot on city council when he steps down at the end of March.
Blaine’s own jazz giants The sound of jazz rang through the University of Idaho’s campus last weekend as 300 bands from across the US and Canada played at the Lionel Hampton Jazz festival.
License office moving The Bellingham Driver Licensing office is moving to a new location.
Bring on the brass Some of the best of Canada’s regimental brass will march into the Performing Arts Center this weekend in support of the Peace Arch Park international sculpture exhibition.
Blaine treasures at home show Imagine standing in front of a beach, with sandy cliffs in the distance and a weather beaten fence off to the side; birds flit about in the cloudy sky and just the sight of the water reminds you of the ocean air’s salty bite...
The season for scrubbing Spring is in the air. Grass is greener, birds are singing, and it’s time for spring cleaning.
HOME IMPROVEMENT SECTION Who said you have to suffer to live beautifully?...

SPORTS Defense earns Chimacum win... Lady B's top T's in bi-district...and more!

VIEWPOINT Commercial fishing is a rather chancy business as perhaps many of you know, making it alluring to those independent spirits who make a living this way.

 


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