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Week of March 7 - 13, 2002

The Thunderhorse drum and dance group from the Nooksack Indian Tribe performed Minitink and Pretty Boys at the Blaine high school cultural unity club annual talent show.
Photo by Meg Olson

FRONT PAGE

National Guard at border next week? National Guard troops to help with local border security may be moving from rumor to reality.

Transit tax hike raises only lukewarm local interest Next Tuesday county voters will be asked to raise the sales tax by a fraction of a percent to support current public transit levels. While the proposal has sparked some heated debate in other parts of the county, the issue has sparked more ho-hum than heat in Blaine and Birch Bay.

No sewer without water, district says While a mid-February lobbying trip to Washington, D.C. may have increased the chances of a federal appropriation for a regional sewer plan, the Birch Bay Water and Sewer District (BBWSD) is considering putting the brakes on the project until they have a water contract with the city.

INSIDE

Back on top...
Boys and girls basketball teams won district crowns and are headed for the top of the heap at the state finals. Page 8.
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Sunny & cold...
It looks like spring but it feels like winter. Add a few layers and some fuzzy mittens and it’s fine weather for a pedal down Marine Drive.

Pinoy rock veterans start local band Four rock musicians with 20 years’ experience and two gold albums between them have gathered together to form a new local band.

No fee for credit card payments at Birch Bay district Birch Bay Water and Sewer District commissioners have opted for the district to pick up the cost of customers paying their bills by credit card..

Bill to rename highway dies The bill to rename highway 99 after black civil war soldier William P. Stewart instead of confederate president Jefferson Davis died in the hands of the state Senate transportation committee Monday.

Local students climbing the scholastic ladder Isaac P. Gilman, son of Suzanne and Eric Gilman of West 44th Street in Vancouver, formerly of Blaine, has been named to the Merit List at Kenyon College for the first semester of the 2001-2002 academic year.

Math mavens on road to state In a sea of 132 teams from 30 schools participating in the Whatcom County math championships last Saturday, Blaine students stood out.

MATURE ADULTS
Help with housing decisions - Choosing housing or long term care solutions can be a tricky business for older adults, but two recent publications can give you the information you need to make the right choice.
Caregivers seminar planned- Elder Service Providers is hosting its 7th annual Caregiver Conference, Saturday, March 16 at the Best Western Lakeway Inn & Conference Center in Bellingham from 8:30 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
No idle hands here! - .

The numbers on drinking and driving Of the 41,821 fatalities in motor-vehicle crashes in the United States in 2000, 40 percent involved the use of alcohol...

Alleged child abuser arrested Blaine police investigating allegations of child molestation gathered enough evidence last week to arrest 25-year-old Blaine resident Byron Weatherly, who will be arraigned this Friday on two counts of first-degree child molestation.

Help out! Volunteer firefighter Judd Woodell and his family are getting a little help from their friends.

Lend an ear and a hand to a neighbor According to a survey done by the U.S. Department of Education, one in five adults in Whatcom County is illiterate.

SPORTS - Boys top LC to win district...and more.

BORDERITES GOING TO STATE...