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Week of November 29 to December 5, 2001

Front Page Stories
Post 86 Legion Auxiliary president Liane Evans welcomed national and state luminaries to an Auxiliary lunch.
Photo by Jack Kintner
$30 million city budget for 2002 gets the nod
Faced with little hope of increased revenues and inexorably increasing costs, the city will hope for grants and loans to get the big jobs done and take a red pencil to a score of smaller items. ...
Commuter lane program fast-tracked but in future While momentum seems to be building to reestablish commuter lanes (DCLs) at local borders, there is still no timeline to get the lanes open. “I think it’s a pretty foregone conclusion NEXUS will be appropriate for implementation across the northern border,” said U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS)...
New breakwater gets the go-ahead After almost two years on hold, the Blaine breakwater replacement project is set to begin in April.
Inside Stories
Ho! Ho! Ho!
Greg Goff puts the finishing touches on the Goff Department Store Christmas tree.
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Giving thanks
Blaine primary students celebrated the Thanksgiving with stories and feasts..
Funding frozen for historic wharf Despite a hold on state funding, Drayton Harbor Maritime and Trillium will move forward with plans to renovate the Alaska Packers wharf at Resort Semiahmoo...
Council revises business fee structure At their November 26 meeting city council approved revisions to the city’s business license fees and application process designed to make the process and the cost more straightforward.
Student show at art center The Blaine Art Center at 481 Peace Portal Drive is showing work from students in Brian Smith’s advance placement art class daily from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. through December 7th.
Food bank celebrates its 30th! Thirty years ago several people got together to meet a local need. “I saw for the first time the words “food bank” and it struck me that I’ll bet there are people in Blaine who are going hungry too and that we ought to find and get a food bank going here,” said Trav Skallman, the visionary for the Blaine Food Bank.
Lights on! Santa Claus will be coming to town in traditional Blaine fashion – on a fire truck.
The December 8 tree lighting ceremony will start at 6 p.m. at the foot of H Street when they throw the switch on the city’s tree.
VIEWPOINT. With city and county council elections recently completed, now may be an opportune time to discuss a problem that has concerned me for several years.
The Borderite Report Brought to you by The Blaine School District...
SPORTS Neil's notes...Simpson, Heer receive football awards.
 


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