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Letters to the Editor -- March 14, 2002
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Study checks prostate cancer, nutrition link
A joint cancer prevention study by the National Cancer Institute, St. Joseph Hospital, Cascadia Clinical trials and Swedish Hospital is looking for local...
Firefighters celebrate successes
Fire district 13 marked its first year as part of North Whatcom Fire and Rescue Service at its annual award banquet last Saturday. A crowd of over 100 ...
The Blaine Boys & Girls Club recently selected Alex Lawrence as its 2001 Youth of the Year.Fourteen-year-old Alex has been a member of the Blaine club...
Gardner pushes for marker removal
Senator Georgia Gardner is quietly working to move the controversial Jefferson Davis marker beside the Peace Arch to the Semiahmoo museum and out of the...
Supersized cell in middle school
Three weeks ago Todd Apple’s seventh grade class didn’t know cells had parts. Today, they know what those parts are, how they work, and they ...
Volunteers needed for math match
You don’t have to be a math whiz to lend a hand at the 2002 Washington State Math Championship, where youngsters from across the state will match ...
Cleaning up their act, or just the facade?
There is no more mention of adult or XXX content on the outside of the Blaine Book Company. To read the building’s signs, it’s just another video...
Council hears somber financials
Despite a year of cuts and belt-tightening, Blaine still is paying out more than it’s taking in. “Our beginning fund balance for 2002 has declined...
St. Joseph Hospital’s Community Cancer Center is coordinating a free colo-rectal Cancer home-testing kit distribution until March 15. Hemoccult II...
A cel phone is not a marine radio
A recent search and rescue case off the Washington coast highlights the concern of Coast Guard officials over the reliance that boaters place on the use...
Crab feed fuels fastpitch team
The Blaine Force girls’ fast-pitch softball program gets underway this weekend with a benefit crab feed and dance at the Dakota Creek Roadhouse. &...
Five local businesses will participate in the Country Collection spring arts and crafts show at the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds in Lynden this weekend...
Birch Bay plan clears population hurdle
The Birch Bay steering committee has learned a potential snag in the utilities chapter of their community plan has disappeared.They heard on March 6 that...
Dip in electric rates due in April
Electric rates in Blaine are going down, at least for a while. At their March 11 meeting, city council members adopted a staff recommendation to pass along...
Transit sales tax hike squeaks by with low turnout
Whatcom County voters gave enough thumbs up to the proposed sales tax hike supporting public transit to pass the measure by 55 percent of the vote. With...
NEXUS to cost fifty dollars for five years
Details continue to trickle out about how, and when, the proposed new NEXUS commuter lane will be in place at local borders. The good news is, it’...
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Police Report -- March 14, 2002