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Week
of April 25 - May 1, 2002
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| Standing
in as city council members and mayor during Youth
in Government Day April 22 were, from left, Micah
Vitaliz, Hannah Hathaway, Brenda Jones, Ben Mallahan,
Kyle Teutsch, Becky Riddle and Anna Sticklin.. |
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| FRONT
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| City
council adopts five-year stormwater plan Seeking
to avoid debt financing, the city has set moderate
goals for its five-year stormwater capital improvement
plan. |
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Border bill holds good news,
bad news for local staff A bill recently approved
in the United States Senate and expected to sail
through final approval in the House of Representatives
this week tightens up control of visas but contains
measures that could ease cross-border movement.
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| Whoo,
whoo, chug, chug, chug Motorists forced to
endure long waits at the Marine Drive railroad
crossing will soon see some respite, at least
for those southbound trains which had been tying
up the tracks. |
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| INSIDE |
 Good
work!
Ben Warner lends a pair of untiring hands
during Birch Bay’s spring cleanup held
Saturday, April 20. |
 They're
here! The annual influx of artwork
for the international sculpture exhibit
has been taking place over the last week.
What’s your favorite one? |
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A
school, a farm and the environment all benefit
Don Hrutfiord planted 200 trees along a small
un-named creek on his Blaine Road cattle farm
last Saturday with the help of 25 or 30 friends,
and plans to add another 220 later.
A
blank canvas and a spade for a brush Spring
offers gardeners a blank canvas. A clean, empty
bed is more than space to line up your lettuces.
Birds of a Feather
Did you know a hummingbird’s heart beats
1,260 times per minute? And that if the average
man had a metabolism comparable to that of a
hummer, he would have to eat 285 pounds of hamburger
every day to maintain his weight?.
Get out and run!
Blaine’s own race will have its inaugural
running next weekend.
Get
out and fish! A Washington tradition that
goes back at least 50 years gets underway once
again on April 27.
Join
in! The Close-Up trip to Washington D.C.
may have been cancelled because of security
concerns, but the Close-Up talent show is still
on...
SPORTS
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AROUND
THE CITY
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