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Week of February 14 - 20, 2002

Happy Valentine’s Day from kindergarteners Ameira Kidwell, left, and Spenser Smith in front and second graders Devi Johnson, left, and Luke Feenstra.
FRONT PAGE
June plans for NEXUS at Peace Arch? Surveyors and technology teams were milling around the Peace Arch port of entry Tuesday, trying to work out the kinks to getting a NEXUS commuter lane operating...
Finding the cash for new off-ramp won’t be easy From the half-dozen federal agencies that monitor what goes across the border, to highway engineers and Blaine city council members, several dozen people answered a General Services Administration (GSA) invitation to get a first hand look at the problems they face squeezing a bigger border station into a tight spot..
Hundreds take big bite of Blaine The Bite of Blaine might have been better named the Big Gulp this year, as hundreds of lip-smacking diners gobbled their way around the Blakely at Resort Semiahmoo, leaving nothing but crumbs and empty serving dishes in their wake.
INSIDE
Tasty bites Chef Kent Gillespie of the Legend Room at Birch Bay golf club dishes out mushroom ragout.
Living well
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LIFE BEGINS AT 50
Stronger, faster, fitter: Strength training program get raves - Last August a new weight and resistance training program began at the Blaine Senior Center as part of a strategy to help keep older people independent longer by improving their health and fitness.
As the ads say, Just Do It! - Limited, yet limitless – sometimes life for mature adults is a bit of a paradox.
A journey through life in words...In her six-week session at the Blaine senior center, “Writing the Story of Your Life - a Spiritual Journey,” Jackie Hollett teaches more than putting one word in front of the other.

BP super on state board - Governor Gary Locke has appointed Captain Craig Lee, port superintendent for BP Cherry Point Refinery, to the state board of pilotage commissioners.

Stretch your brain, tone your attitude The Chicken Soup for the Mind series, sponsored by the Ladies Club of Semiahmoo, is continuing on a theme of physical and mental well-being and delves into the secrets behind Olympic gold. .

VIEWPOINTS:
Frank Thompson - Although I have entered the U.S. at the Peace Arch crossing numerous times since moving to Vancouver from Seattle in 1975, it was not until 1999 that I noticed the monument standing six feet from the road as one drives into the U.S...

Senator Georgia Gardner - I often remind folks here in Olympia that I have to drive the entire length of the Puget Sound “gridlock zone” – a trip of 175 miles – to get home to Blaine. Needless to say, being in my car for almost four hours gives me plenty of time to think about how transportation in our state is interrelated.

SPORTS - Blaine wrestlers advance to state...Lady Bs upset three foes...and more.



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