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March 1 - 3, 2019

Northwest Washington Fairgrounds

Friday, March 1: 11am to 8pm Saturday, March 2: 10am to 8pm

Henry Jansen Ag Building

Sunday, March 3: 11am to 5pm

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This is 40th anniversary Home & Garden Show Beside booths, there’s a slate of speakers, plus evening live music LYNDEN — ­ This will be the 40th anniversary year of a Building Industry Association of Whatcom County Home & Garden Show on the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds. Parking is free outside the big Jansen building. Beer and wine tasting will be part of the experience, along with live music.

Over $5,000 in prizes will be given out.

The dates are March 1-3. The hours are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $8 at the door.

Also get an education on home topics, or even beyond, with some entertainment, from speakers each day.

Here’s the line-up for the stage in the indoor garden area:

Marianne Binetti is a Sunday noon speaker on “Garden Solutions.”

FRIDAY Noon to 2 p.m. — Franny Erickson, owner of Eartha Kitty’s Estate Liquidation Services in Bellingham, on “Hidden Treasures: Free Art and Home Decor Appraisals” Frances Erickson is a certified personal property appraiser with a focus on estate sales, downsizing sales and insurance replacement cost appraisals. She is a graduate of the Ashford Institute of Antiques and loves researching all things old and sharing her knowledge with clients and buyers. Franny was the owner of an antique store in Old Town. She’s attended thousands of garage sales, rummage sales and flea markets over the years. As an appraiser and estate sale professional, she’s conducted many, many sales and has participated in Antiques Road Show for senior centers and church groups within the region.

2:30 to 3:30 p.m. — Natalie Ransom, “Insider Tips on Using Local Flowers” Ransom, owner of Pozie by Natalie, is an award-winning florist in Bellingham. Originally from the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, she has called Bellingham home since 2001. Growing up on a farm instilled a strong work ethic and love of nature in her. Natalie uses locally sourced product whenever possible. Many people don’t know about the bounty of blooms available right here in Whatcom County and Natalie is working to change that.

3:45 to 4:45 p.m. – Celeste Patten, “Enrichment” Patten was the first certified professional dog trainer in Whatcom County.

She is a graduate of the renowned Academy for Dog Trainers in San Francisco.

She has trained several species from chickens to cats, but her first love is dogs.

She currently shares her home with Jonny, a collie/poodle cross that she loves to train and walk with. Find Celeste’s blog at www.theclevercaninenw.com.

6:30 to 7:45 p.m. — Ryan Sandholm & Friends, music and dancing to songs from the ‘60s through today.

SATURDAY 11:30 to 12:30 — Solveig Helene Johnson of Helene & Co., “What Do Trends Mean in 2019?”

Solveig is a Realtor and founder of the Urban Collective, a home décor boutique and real estate staging service in Whatcom County. As someone who

The home show runs this Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the fairgrounds. has loved interior design all her life, she has a great understanding of design elements and principles, “but I’m not afraid to think outside the box.” As a Realtor she will give clients design advice that can really help sales, and she has now had more than 160 transactions. “I feel like I really hear what buyers are looking for and how a seller should prepare their house for sale.”

Just recently, Solveig followed another one of her longtime dreams in opening a brick-and-mortar store called the Urban Collective. It is a way for her to combine her work as a Realtor, stager and boutique owner under one roof. As a real estate home stager, she assesses each property individually, styling it to fit the unique character it has and to ensure a quick and successful sale.

1:00-2:00 p.m. — Dana Brandt from EcoTech Solar Solar updates A native of Whatcom County, Dana returned home following completion of a Master of Science degree in Renew-

able Energy in Europe. Dana founded Ecotech Solar in 2004 as Whatcom County’s first solar contractor. His training as an electrical engineer, experience in off-grid and AC microgrid technology, years of international solar design, and his teaching and consulting experience have made him a leader in the field of renewable energy. He serves as President of Solar Installers of Washington, leading industry efforts toward good solar policy at the state level and also remains involved in international development projects.

2:30 to 3:30 p.m. — Dalia Monterroso, Backyard Chickens for Beginners Dalia Monterroso (aka the President of Chickenlandia) shares the ins and outs of getting started with your very own backyard flock. Dalia owns and operates Welcome to Chickenlandia, an education and entertainment business on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and welcometochickenlandia.com. She is associated with Scratch and Peck Feeds See Show on D4

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and loves to share her knowledge of beginner chicken keeping in northwest Washington.

In 2017, Dalia gave a TEDX Talk at Western Washington University, in which she urged her audience to accept one another through humankind’s delightful common denominator: the chicken. Dalia believes that being among her flock has brought a peace and significance into her life and she wishes to share that with everyone she meets.

Home stager Solveig Johnson is a Saturday speaker on 2019 trends in real estate. (Courtesy photo)

4 to 5 p.m. — CJ Huxford, of Northwest Rain Solutions, “Water Filtration and Rain Catchments Systems” This presentation will discuss water quantity and quality issues people experience in Western Washington and will demonstrate simple everyday solutions people can employ to provide clean and manageable water at their residence or business.

Northwest Rain Solutions is one of the first contractors to specifically offer

design, installation and maintenance services for rainwater catchment and low-impact development (LID) stormwater management systems. Huxford, the principal owner, has a bachelor’s degree in planning and environmental policy. His research and profession are to understand how rainwater can serve as a reliable and clean source of water. CJ has more than 10 years’ experience with rainwater harvesting and stormwater management solutions.

6:30 to 7:45 p.m. — Ryan Sandholm & Friends, music and dancing to songs from the ‘60s through today.

SUNDAY Noon to 1 p.m. — Marianne Binetti, on “Garden Solutions from Around the World” Marianne has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University, is the author of a dozen garden books and writes one of the longest running gardening columns in the country. She appears on radio and TV including HGTV and the Discovery Channel and gardens on two acres in Enumclaw. In her spare time she

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1:15 to 2:15 p.m. — Antoni Stevens from My Garden Nursery, “Garden Jeopardy” How well do you know your garden?

Join Antoni in a game of Jeopardy and test your knowledge on home and garden trivia to win prizes or cash. Antoni has been in the horticultural industry for over 25 years. He moved here from Vienna, Austria, where he did a two-year stint as a gardener in the baroque gardens at Schonbrunn Palace. He loves nothing more than assisting others in creating a beautiful garden.

2:30 to 3:30 p.m. — George Berkompas of the the Whatcom/Skagit Bonsai Society With a pair of pruning shears in hand, George Berkompas strolls around his backyard — his personal oasis — tending to his approximately 120 miniature potted plants. He has thoughtfully placed each pot outside to thrive in the temperate, usually moist Bellingham environment. Berkompas considers himself an artist , with his art form being bonsai plants.

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Seal Team One specializes in cleaning and sealing the natural stone, porcelain, ceramic tile and grout in your home. The company cleans and seals countertops, backsplashes, grout lines, floors, entryways, showers, fireplaces and all other stone surfaces.

Lori Thompson, an associate at the company’s Bellingham location, said Seal Team One has also started to offer other services as well.

“We’ve started stone restoration for things like marble, travertine and granite,” Thompson said.

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‘The house that works for you’ Susie Landsem brings to home show concepts of Aging in Place by Design As inevitable as aging is, there are ways to plan well for it, Susie Landsem believes.

Or at least to plan for staying safe and happy, for as long as possible, in the space called home.

Landsem’s Bellingham-based consulting service, called Aging in Place by Design, will have a booth at the BIAWC Home & Garden Show, a first for her.

She has been involved in the design and construction industry for 16 years. Her husband Douglas runs an architectural firm that is always dealing with accessibility and safety issues in drawing up multi-family and commercial buildings.

Two things strike her as she looks at some of the requirements, however. First, the results can look institutional. Second, they may not really solve everything.

“I started Aging in Place by Design because we can do better for people who want to stay in their homes for a long time,” she says.

In the mix of things to be considered for smart aging-in-place, of course, would be level access (no stairs), openness of layout (eliminating walls and barriers), and grab bars in key places (aiding balance especially on slippery surfaces). Also, how about good lighting for fading eyes? How about the size of door frames? How about faucet handles?

“Safety is really the first part,” Landsem says, although the overall goal is “the house that can work for you.”

She will do a first home visit for free, then come back a second time with a measuring tape and start getting specific, including budget. From that, Landsem will develop several possible design elements to be considered and ranked. “The home owner is the decider,” she said.

She knows how to work with suppliers and builders to achieve a construction, or reconstruction, design goal.

Landsem has almost completed the steps to becoming a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist with the National Association of Home Builders.

With good planning, the homeowner can stay much longer in the favored place called home and the situation can work to everyone’s advantage as well, she believes.

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Susie Landsem is dedicated to working out long-term solutions for staying as long as possible, safely and productively, in one’s own home. She works out of the office of her architect husband, Douglas. (Courtesy photo/Aging in Place by Design)

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Ecotech keeps showing how solar works 15-year-old company has been a regular at Lynden event Dana Brandt understands that here in the famously rainy Northwest “it’s not intuitive” that solar power should work.

He’s encountered that mindset plenty over the 15 years of his Ecotech Solar company of Bellingham. He counters it by noting, for one thing, that on summer days in Washington the sun is shining more hours than in California or Florida.

The Meridian High School grad went on to study electrical engineering at Seattle Pacific, then got a master’s degree in renewable energy in Europe that involved a thesis stint in Uganda, Africa. He returned to his geographical roots in 2004, but also realized that any venture into solar here in Whatcom County would have to start small and grow slowly.

Through a few moves, the office and shop operations are now in the Haskell Business Center for the firm that employs 14.

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Owner Dana Brandt recently relocated his Ecotech Solar business into larger space for all needs at the Haskell Business Center. (Calvin Bratt/Lynden Tribune)

Ecotech Solar recently completed a 12 kW commercial installation atop Woods Coffee’s Boulevard Park building. (Courtesy photo/Ecotech Solar)

design and installation, not manufacturing. For modules, Brandt relies mostly on Silfab Solar, a Canadian maker of photovoltaic cells with a presence in Bellingham.

Every project will be a customized design by Ecotech, as the sun exposure varies for every location and every building, Brandt said. “Every roof is a little different depending on pitch, orientation of the house, any trees,” he said. During a site visit, a solar access reading is taken.

Ecotech will help a property owner look at payment for a system and the electrical cost recovery that can be achieved.

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And there’s the ecological appeal of it too.

“People love to save money,” Brandt said. “And it feels good to make your own clean energy.”

The company has been a regular at the BIAWC Home & Garden Show in Lynden over the years. The event is “one of the ways that we have really gotten the word out” about the viability of solar, he said.

The discussion with an inquirer is often back to those basic questions: Does solar work here? And then, how?

Brandt has been the president of a solar installers association of Washington state, helping along the cause and promoting understanding and good laws among legislators and the general public.

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VanderYacht Propane brings outdoor display to Home & Garden Show Expect to find some propane deals, discounts VanderYacht Propane of Lynden will be on hand at the BIAWC Home & Garden Show with its popular outdoor display featuring a variety of services, products and deals.

“It’s our opportunity to kind of give some deals,” said Denver VanderYacht, sales and marketing manager. “Everybody hands out some deals. We’ll be doing discounted residential fills, complimentary swap-outs, new construction. Then we’ll have some fun fire pits on display, barbecue utensils, all that.”

VanderYacht said the biggest goal in being at the show is to give back to the community. Some end-of-winter propane pricing See VanderYacht on D14

Vander Yacht Propane couldn’t slow down delivery of propane to homes and farms during the recent local wintry spell, either. (Courtesy photo/VanderYacht Propane)

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In addition to providing such discounts and having home products on hand, VanderYacht said he works with contractors on propane deals at the show.

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The last third of 44 total Semiahmoo Shore home lots will be for sale at the 2019 BIAWC Home & Garden Show. Mike Kent of Windemere Real Estate is the seller of homes in two styles in the Semiahmoo high-end development. Two model homes are open daily. (Courtesy photos/Semiahmoo Shore)

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WECU, local money helping local people Not-for-profit credit union aims to ‘make dreams possible’ In 2018 WECU (formerly Whatcom Educational Credit Union) completed a re-brand. That involved a complete re-

build of the website and updating the online banking platform and internal banking system.

“Our re-brand came about because through conversations with members and the public, there wasn’t a clear understanding of ‘who’ WECU was and what we stood for,” said Keith Mader, program manager of public relations

and content. “The re-brand was meant to clarify that.

“We landed on the tagline of ‘We are all in this together.’ It is our hope that this tagline communicates the true nature of who we are. We are a cooperative, notfor-profit credit union — not a bank. As a cooperative, we don’t have owners, we have members. We make all of our

decisions with our members in mind, not shareholders. Also, we are a part of our community and we give back to our community out of mission, not obligation.”

WECU was founded in 1936 by a group of Bellingham teachers who pooled their money together after the Great Depression. From a real shoe box

A team concept drives the WECU way of operating, as all are members in the credit union cooperative. (Courtesy photo/WECU)

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Today, it has grown to be open beyond educators to all in the general public who live, work or worship in the state of Washington.

The question that was asked, and answered, in the re-brand was: “How do we serve who our members are today and who they will be in the future?”

Going forward, WECU will continue to look at the bigger picture and the future. Since all members are “equal,” they have lower fees, higher savings rates and lower loan rates, Mader said.

While those coming to the BIAWC Home & Garden Show may already have a project in mind or be dreaming of future projects to improve their homes, “the message we have for them is ‘we can make those dreams possible.’ We offer home equity products with no annual fee, no pre-payment penalty, and no closing costs.”

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Washington Tractor bringing small equipment a homeowner might need Popular 1025R subcompact tractors to be on hand, along with special-edition Gator Lynden’s Washington Tractor offers tractors big and small, and at the BIAWC Home & Garden Show the emphasis will be on merchandise perfect for homeowners.

“We’ll have nothing over probably $20,000 there,” store manager Tom Lagreid said. “Nothing big, but they’re all good tools.”

One particularly popular item on the Washington Tractor lot is the John Deere 1025R subcompact utility tractor. It touts a diesel engine, a premium operator station and easy attachments. Washington Tractor will bring a loader-and-backhoe combination 1025R to the show as well.

Washington Tractor will also bring a special-edition black Gator vehicle to the show, boasting its unique paint job and special wheels and tires.

“It’s all-black and it looks like a racecar,” Lagreid said. “It’s still a John Deere and it still has the Gator logo on the side, but it’s all black and chromed out.”

In addition to the Gator and the 1025R tractors, the dealership will bring Stihl chainsaws, Honda walk-behind mowers and John Deere riding lawnmowers.

Lagreid said Washington Tractor’s financing options are a big draw when it comes to the equipment carried by the store. Payments are low, and there are a wide variety of timed zero-interest offers, including a 72-month term on 1025R tractors.

Lagreid said the annual Home & Garden Show in Lynden is a valuable way for Washington Tractor to reach out to customers who might not think of walking into the business on any given day.

“It gives us an opportunity,” he said.

“It’s hard to go knock on doors down the road with people. It’s kind of nice to have everybody come to you. It’s a good marketing deal. It gets that consumer crowd that is harder to access with marketing and ads and what-not.”

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Washington Tractor will bring a variety of home-oriented products to the Home & Garden Show, including compact tractors and lawnmowers.

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Habitat keeps up awareness of affordable housing ‘Sign a Stud’ for $1 or $5 is this year’s booth promotion For the sixth year in a row, Habitat for Humanity in Whatcom County will be showcasing its work at the BIAWC Home and Garden Show.

The main attraction for the booth this year will be a “Sign a Stud” fundraiser. People can either sponsor or write a blessing on 2x4 studs that will be used in the construction of interior walls of upcoming Habitat for Humanity home builds. A person can sponsor an entire stud for $5 or sign a blessing on one for $1.

“That can be anything like, ‘Best wishes for you and your family,’ or any sort of good message to the homeowners who will be living in these homes,” said Hillary Pritchard, community outreach director for Habitat for Humanity. “We’ll build all these good blessings and wishes into the walls of the house.”

Habitat hopes to use its booth this year to increase everyone’s awareness about the work of the local chapter and

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grow its volunteer base.

Pritchard said one thing most people forget about is the Habitat for Humanity store, located on 1825 Cornwall Ave. in Bellingham. In it, expect to find everything from new and used furniture to home décor and building supplies.

Pritchard will decorate the booth with items from the Habitat store, namely furniture, and will have a TV with a PowerPoint that shows photos of past home builds and facts about the nonprofit organization.

The aim is to continue to get the Habitat name out there and ramp up production, she says.

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“There’s a lot of people who need housing and there’s a shortage of affordable housing. So we want to create more permanent affordable housing to help fill some of that gap.”

There are many ways volunteers can help out, even if they are unable to swing a hammer or install an electrical box.

“One of the things that helps us create affordable housing is we have a lot of volunteers who have been helping in the office, in the store and on the build sites.”

Volunteers will be manning the Habitat for Humanity booth and also working the main ticket entrance of the Home and Garden show.

At the home show you can sign a stud for $1 or $5 and be a part in spirit of a future home construction project. (Courtesy photos/Habitat For Humanity) You need not have any experience building to volunteer. The organization will train volunteers to complete tasks correctly, she said, and anyone over 16 can come to a build site, with minimal restrictions.

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Home & Garden Show Preview 2019

Taylor’s bringing array of hot tubs to show Show is a valuable way for company to connect, reconnect with past and future customers Taylor’s Backyard Center doesn’t do a lot of business in the winter, so the BIAWC Home & Garden Show is something of a kickoff to the year’s busiest time.

“We kind of shake the dust off and get going,” company vice president Jesse Taylor said. “Then we’re busy from after the show until Halloween.”

Taylor’s Backyard Center does a lot of construction throughout the year, but those projects are difficult to showcase in any venue that doesn’t actually feature the construction, Taylor said. So here at the Lynden show the company primarily focuses on hot tubs.

“We bring in a truckload of tubs for this event,” Taylor said.

The products on hand will include portable hot tubs, a swim spa and possibly a custom hot tub, though the latter depends on the weather.

For Taylor’s Backyard Center, the Home & Garden Show is a valuable way to present retail products for a business that doesn’t really boast a sizable retail space.

“For our business, because we don’t have a large retail store to sell product out of, and we are more a construction company than we are a retail store, it’s a really good way to put our retail products, specifically hot tubs, in front of customers,” Taylor said.

Even the larger hot tub stores throughout Whatcom County don’t carry as many hot tubs on display as Taylor’s Backyard Center will have at the home show. Taylor expects 10 to 20 hot tubs for people to peruse.

This makes the show a valuable way to connect — and reconnect — with customers.

“It is in our hometown,” Taylor said.

“We do get to talk to a lot of our previous customers because everybody in Lynden goes to the home show on one of the three days.”

— Brent Lindquist

Taylor's Backyard Center will bring a sizable selection of hot tubs to the Home & Garden Show. (Courtesy photo/Taylor's Backyard Center)

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