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Week of May 16 - 22, 2002

Raising momentum for the Stars and Stripes Across America fundraising rally that will take off from the Peace Arch on June 20 headed for ground zero in New York city, local corvette owners gathered at the arch last weekend.
Photo by Karl King

FRONT PAGE

Tech team brings experts to local problems Coming from all over the state and all levels of government, a team of specialists got together with proponents of a regional sewer and a heritage site at the base of Semiahmoo Spit to fast track the project and keep it on the right track.

Adult business zoning gets once-over from council Blaine city council took up the rules for the city’s adult entertainment overlay again after local business owner Jeff Robinson asked for changes to protect his employees.

Local teens in border drug busts At least half a dozen Blaine kids landed in jail last week for allegedly trying to smuggle B.C. marijuana across the border.

INSIDE

Social Sounds
With wine, harp music and quite a spread, the chamber held its first after work social at the harbor building.

Eager cleaners
In anticipation of Blaine cleanup this weekend, some local teenagers got started early on the Cain Creek footpath.

Newell arrested for drunk driving Blaine high school principal Dan Newell was arrested Sunday morning at 1 a.m. and cited to Blaine municipal court for driving while intoxicated, according to Blaine police.

After hours social proves fulfilling An after hours get-together sponsored by the Port of Bellingham and the Blaine Chamber of Commerce held last Thursday was a rousing success...

City working with property owners to improve appearance Along with one of the lienholders of the old SeaVue Theater property on Peace Portal Drive, the city is working on the first of three projects to improve the look of vacant lots in the downtown core.

Electric rates will take a dip Riding the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) roller coaster, Blaine will trim electric rates by four percent this month but are expecting to jack them up again in the fall..

In other city council business... Council unanimously approved a change to city rules about who can request a change in power service...

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