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Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, December 3, 2014

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Everson-Nooksack Winter Festival brings Santa to town this Friday Event features Santa, free hot chocolate, music, treat bags for first 150 kids

By Brent Lindquist reporter@lyndentribune.com

Santa Claus will return to Everson for this year's Everson-Nooksack Winter Festival on Friday, Dec. 5 in Everson City Park. (Lynden Tribune file photo)

EVERSON — Santa Claus is coming to town, or more specifically, Everson and Nooksack.

The Everson-Nooksack Winter Festival returns to Everson City Park on Friday, with Santa and his elves set to arrive at 6 p.m. to hear the wish lists of the kids in attendance.

There will be free hot chocolate for everyone who attends the festival, and the first 150 kids who visit with Santa will receive a Christmas goodie bag.

There will also be a bake sale happening during the festival, from 6 p.m. to whenever the festival concludes.

“Proceeds go to the beautification of downtown,” event organizer Kelly Isfeld said.

This beautification includes the seasonal decorations in downtown Everson.

The Nooksack Valley High School band and choir will be present playing Christmas music.

Local businesses will host Winter Festival open houses throughout the day.

Additionally, the popular Everson McBeath Community Library Silver Tea, an annual tradition, will be on Sunday, Dec. 7.

Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, December 3, 2014

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Everson man’s book details Sir Francis Drake’s supposed landing in Bellingham Photographs taken 14 years ago led to research on 16th century voyage

By Brent Lindquist reporter@lyndentribune.com

EVERSON — On a photography trip to Bellingham’s Post Point about 15 years ago, Everson’s Laird Nelson discovered something that astounded him.

With his initial interest piqued by his background as a commercial fisherman, Nelson was researching the Spanish names of the islands in the area. On one of his trips,

he found a rock carving of an index finger pointing west.

“I could still make out the date on it from the pictures I took,” Nelson said.

According to the date on the carving, he said, it’s about 430 years old, and through a great deal of research detailed in his book “Port of the Dragon: The Lost Harbor of Sir Francis Drake,” Nelson deduced that famed English privateer Sir Francis Drake had landed in Bellingham Bay. The hand carving, Nelson said, is actually a smaller part of a much larger monument carved into a three-ton rock nearby, depicting Henry VII and his sixth wife, Catherine Parr.

Nelson said Drake covered more of the

On a photography trip to Post Point in 2000, Everson's Laird Nelson discovered rock carvings that he believes suggest that explorer Sir Francis Drake landed in Bellingham Bay on a voyage kept secret by Queen Elizabeth. His book, "Port of the Dragon," details these findings and his years of research on the subject.

(Courtesy photos/Laird Nelson)

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Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, December 3, 2014

EVERSON-NOOKSACK NEWS globe than Magellan, making a daring three-year voyage around the world in the late 16th century. He returned to England with a ship called the Golden Hind, loaded with plundered Spanish treasure.

Drake was knighted by Queen Elizabeth I, the only child of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. However, Nelson said, he and his crew were sworn to secrecy under penalty of death, and the queen seized all of his travel logs, which Nelson said were never seen again. Furthermore, Elizabeth did not allow any publications of his voyage during her lifetime.

He said Elizabeth wanted to cover up the voyage because Drake had dedicated “Nova Albion,” the name he gave the new country he had discovered, to her father.

“My personal thought is that it has something to do with his monument,” Nelson said. “That was her realm, not her father’s, because she probably just didn’t want it to be known that he dedicated a new country to Henry VIII.” Information did, however, leak out, Nelson said.

In “Port of the Dragon,” Nelson details Drake’s landing in three different bays in northwest Washington.

“I spell it all out in the book,” he said.

“Port of the Dragon: The Lost Harbor of Sir Francis Drake” is available at www.

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This map, drawn by Jodocus Hondius circa 1603, shows a landing point of Sir Francis Drake in Nova Albion, the name he gave to the English claim to North America. (Courtesy photo/Wikipedia)

Santa Claus is coming to town!

Bring the family & join the fun in Everson City Park at the

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Santa and his Elves will arrive in the park at 6:00 p.m. to visit with all the children.

There will be FREE hot chocolate for everyone and the first 150 children who visit with Santa will receive a Christmas goodie bag.

In the event of inclement weather the event will be moved inside the Everson Community Center.

The Winter Festival will also include: Business-hosted Holiday Open Houses Holiday Bake Sale 31st Annual Silver Tea Sunday, December 7

Hosted by the Friends of the Everson McBeath Library

Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, December 3, 2014

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Nooksack Valley Middle School gets a new totem pole

Nooksack Valley Middle School has a new addition on its campus in the form of a new totem pole donated by the Nooksack Indian Tribe. Master carver George Swanaset Sr. carved the pole out of a cedar log, with each image on the totem representing a different part of its story. (Courtesy photos/Nooksack Valley School District)

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Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, December 3, 2014

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December is packed at the Everson Library Annual Silver Tea, present-making, used book sale, storytime, computer help round out month's events

EVERSON — The Everson McBeath Community Library has a wide variety of events coming up in December, from mainstay clubs to holiday-specific offerings.

Customized Computer Help: Computer problems? Receive one hour of individual help from Paul Goff. This is assistance by appointment; check with a library staff member. For: Adults.

Throughout December by appointment.

Play and Learn Storytime: An hour of fun, stories, songs and fingerplays followed by a playtime with math, science, and literacy toys. Bring your 3- to 5-year-olds for this weekly program and we’ll supply the toys. Mondays through Dec. 8, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Kept in Stitches: Join this good-natured group for an evening of knitting, laughter, crocheting, needlework and more. For: All Ages/Family. Tuesdays, 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Book-a-Librarian: Let us help you! Bring any questions or challenges you have. Receive one-on-one assistance/tutoring with Cynthia. She has experience helping individuals with job searching, computer skills, email, craigslist and Facebook accounts, eBook help, library catalog use, medical information, adult and homeschooling online learning opportunities. Or bring your laptop, tablet or smartphone and take advantage of a personal, one-onone tech session. All ages welcome, all topics welcome. Schedule a half-hour

Friends of the Everson Library received the Outstanding Friends Service Award at a recent gathering of support groups of the Whatcom County Library System. Pictured from left are: front, Nima Isner, Kathy Waters (Everson Friends president), Eileen Shaw (Everson Library manager), Barb Lynch, Sandra Koivisto; back, Don Bronsema, Reg Wilford and Christel Bronsema. (Courtesy photo/Whatcom County Library System) appointment by calling the Everson Library at 305-3600. For: All Ages/Family.

Wednesdays, 2 to 3 p.m. No session Dec. 24.

Everson Library Silver Tea: "Our Christmas Heritage" is the theme for the 2014 annual Silver Tea at the Everson Library. Mingle with your friends while

you enjoy cookies, tea and musical entertainment. Craft making for kids. Free pictures with Santa! Sponsored by the Friends of the Everson Library. For: All Ages/Family. Sunday, Dec. 7, 2 to 5 p.m.

Let's Make Presents: Make great gifts for family and friends. For: Grades K-5. Saturday, Dec. 13, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Used Book Sale: Do some last-minute Christmas shopping in the book sale room behind Peoples Bank. Sponsored

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Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, December 3, 2014

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Country Partners live nativity returning to Everson this year Elenbaas Feed hosting annual event, which was in Bellingham last year EVERSON — The Country Partners 4-H club’s live animal nativity scene wasn’t in Everson last year, having relocated to Bellingham.

That will change this year as the nativity scene will return to Everson on Friday, Dec. 12.

Sponsored by Elenbaas Feed, the scene will feature calves, sheep, goats and possibly more animals. It will be held in the front parking lot at Elenbaas in Everson. The business is planning a sale and an open house that day as well, featuring free olie bollen from 3 to 7 p.m. The nativity scene starts around 5 p.m.

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Lynden Tribune | Wednesday, December 3, 2014

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