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Week of April 18 - 24, 2002

Cheers! A coffee toast at the senior center’s pancake breakfast held last Saturday.
Photo by Jeanie Luna

FRONT PAGE

Commission aims to double airport in five years This weekend, the Blaine airport will celebrate its 55th year, and airport commissioners want to see a growth spurt before it hits 60.

Lincoln Road extension bogs down Birch Bay planning “From a purely transportation standpoint, extending Lincoln Road makes perfect sense, but when you factor in the expense, and the damage it will cause to California Creek wildlife habitat, it makes no sense at all,” said Loomis Trail resident John Sand, leader of a petition drive aimed at reversing a part of the Birch Bay Planning Committee’s transportation plan called “Lincoln Road – Stage II.”

Port, city, ponder necklace of sights Blaine City Council members and Port of Bellingham commissioners met together Tuesday afternoon at the port’s Blaine office to go over plans for the renovation of the breakwater and public pier at the end of Marine Drive, and Blaine’s plans to attract visitors to the area. In the end, the only questions each had of the other were about the Blaine Airport.

INSIDE

Spring Cleaning
It’s time to tidy up Birch Bay for the coming summer season. Start with donuts at the C-Shop this Saturday and finish with hot dogs at the park, with a little trash pickup in between. See Coming Up.

Taxed lunches On April 15 exhausted local accountants had lunch delivered by local Sterling Savings branch manager Larry Sutton, left, along with Jana Soloway and Adam Porter..

Boats get their fast lane back Last week the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service and Canada customs and immigration authorities announced their pre-clearance programs for U.S. and Canadian pleasure boaters were back in place for this year’s boating season.

All recreational crabbing closed On Monday the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) shut down all crab harvesting in all waters in Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

History lives in cottage reno Anita Bishop of Blaine remembers the local bowling alley, “Blaine Lanes, I think it was called. And that old motel was right next door, near where the library is now.” The bowling alley is gone, but the motel, or parts of it, is still around.

Chamber online The Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce can now be accessed via the web...

Brass brings class and concert Pacific Arts Association wraps up its season next weekend with classes and a performance by the Canadian quintet True North Brass.

Tips for a blooming fine container garden From traditional terra cotta pots to whimsical washtubs, more and more people are using containers – both conventional and avant-garde – to indulge their green thumbs.

Report from Olympia Representative Kelli Linville..

Chamber news The Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce invited John Cooper executive director of Bellingham – Whatcom County Convention and Visitors’ Bureau to their Tuesday meeting to explain a new tourist booster program..

Shafholt grads keep on coming Representative Kelli Linville..

Principal placed on sudden leave Representative Kelli Linville..

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