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Week
of November 1 - 7, 2001 | Front
Page Stories |  | The
Delta Dawn seiner burned while docked in Blaine Harbor early Monday morning. |
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| Fishing
boat a total loss after fire The 58 foot seiner Delta Dawn burned at the dock
in Blaine Harbor early Monday morning, and has been declared a total loss. |
| Border
patrol agents ease border congestion - for now Regular border-crossers have
noticed a change in the last week: more lanes are open and there’s green
mixed in with black and white uniforms. | | Keeping
shoppers close to home “We’re trying to get people to a shop in
Blaine – keep their dollars in town,” said chamber president Pam Christianson.
The Blaine chamber of commerce is signing up local businesses for a winter shopathon
program that rewards regular shoppers... |
| INSIDE
STORIES | | PACE
reopening unlikely At the Autumn Border Business Conference in Bellingham
last week local business people joined congressman Rick Larsen in asking the Immigration
and Naturalization Service (INS) to reopen PACE lanes with full inspections until
an alternative could be developed. The answer was, in a nutshell, no. |
| Their
take: council questions We asked Blaine city council candidates these questions
about how they would run the city. | | Help
bundle up for winter The Blaine Family Service Center also provides warm winter
clothing for local families and their supply is getting low. |
| What
a difference a day makes “It was a smash success,” said Blaine city
clerk Shirley Thorsteinson of this weekend’s Make a Difference Day in Blaine.
Over 70 people pitched in on Saturday, from cleaning up public areas to helping
a neighbor. | | Birch
Bay Chamber dinner a smash Judging from the laughter and applause from the
crowd of more than 75 enjoying the chicken and ribs dinner along with county executive
Pete Kremen and guest speaker state Senator Georgia Gardner, the annual Birch
Bay chamber dinner was a great success. | | OBITUARIES |
| ON
THE WATERFRONT The month of October has flown by, with high winds,
torrential rains, and some really beautiful sunny days. |
| SPORTS
Lady Bs in NCC...and
more... | | |
