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Week
of March 22 - 28, 2001
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The
first day of spring, and it was balmy on the shores
of Birch Bay. Photo by Meg Olson |
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| Power
crunch may mean cutting projects Faced with a substantial
jump in the cost of wholesale power as early as July,
Blaine city council is considering its options to keep
the city’s electric utility financially viable. |
| Discovery
Days threatened by chamber disarray The seven-member
board has lost four of its directors, including the
president and the treasurer, since the beginning of
the year, and chamber members are scrambling to get
hands on deck to keep chamber projects alive. |
| Regulating
the signs of the times In a continuing effort to
draw up a workable sign ordinance, the city’s land
use committee had the first of at least two workshops
last week to seek public input into the drafting process;
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| Inside
Stories |
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Opening
the past
Richard Sturgill gives a tour of the Semiahmoo Museum,
scheduled to be up and running again this summer. |
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Not
in a house, not
with a mouse... Blaine elementary principal Deb
Cummings does not like green eggs and ham, and she’s
tried them. |
Hear
ye! A bit of jolly old England is headed to downtown
Blaine this summer, complete with jesters, jousters
and general jocularity.
The Blaine Kiwanis have put together a summer-long Olde
English Market to be held in the parking lot next to
the Red Caboose on Peace Portal Drive – at least
for starters... [MORE] |
| Insurance
options for kids More
than a year after its inception, Washington state’s
Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), along
with other medical assistance programs, has met with
some success in Blaine and Whatcom County. |
| Come
talk to me, counselor says “Wouldn’t it
be nice if you could go through life without having
to fight with each other to get what you want and without
having to struggle for understanding?” |
| Congrats!
Dean's list congratulation.... |
| Torture,
escape, laughs Blaine middle school drama students
will present Tim Kelley’s “Help! I’m
Trapped in High School,” this weekend, treating
audiences to a rollicking ride through the high school
from hell. |
| SPORTS
Jamboree was pure baseball fun...Fastpitch: a season
of seasonings...'Cudas first in Ferndale, and more... |
| Learn
something new! Stafholt Good Samaritan Center will
be offering its nursing assistant training program beginning
March 27. ALSO Whatcom Community College Spring 2001
registration...Writer's Workshop at Resort Semiahmoo
[MORE] |
| Poetry
Night II Following the success of its first venture
into public elocution, the Blaine community theater
has planned a second Poetry Night at the Blackberry
House. |
| Semiahmoo
museum to open
About two miles southwest of the city of
Blaine, remnants of a significant era of the town’s
heritage are gathering dust, hidden from public view.
By
Memorial Day, Drayton Harbor Maritime (DHM) and Whatcom
County Parks and Recreation want to lift the veil of
years since the Semiahmoo Museum closed. |
| Jorgensen
to teach local fishing secrets Jim Jorgensen has
a fish story or two he’d like to share with local
sport fishers. Jorgensen, who has operated a charter
service for 34 years, is conducting his “salmonar”
for the 26th year. |
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