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Peace Run returns to Blaine, page 2
Designer approved for Birch Bay beach park
Primary school improvements, page 6
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s A family flies a massive kite over Birch Bay during the Birch Bay Kite Festival on June 19. See more photos on page 8. Photo by Ruth Lauman
Get ready for a lively Fourth of July By Sarah Sharp Every July 4, Blaine claims bragging rights for the largest show of patriotism in Whatcom County. The Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration will take place for its 15th year – with plenty of love for the stripes and stars. It’s Blaine’s biggest event of the year, attracting more than 10,000 visitors. The celebration just keeps on growing. The parade will now extend to the second block of 8th Street. The number of food vendors will increase from about 80 to 100, and more than
250 antique cars are expected to coast into the Show ’N Shine Car Show on Monday morning. Most activities throughout the day are free, unless otherwise noted. A pancake breakfast will kick off the day at the Blaine Community Center from 8 to 11 a.m. The price of the meal is $6 for adults and $4 for children. All proceeds benefit the Blaine Community Center. The Show ’N Shine Car Show will showcase blocks of vintage cars, trucks and motorcycles downtown on Martin and Fourth streets, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Slots in every category of the competition have been filled. Competitors pay a
Arts and music festival comes to Peace Arch Park The International Arts and Music Festival is returning to the Peace Arch State Park June 24-26. This is the fourth year the festival has been held in Peace Arch Park. Artists and musicians come from all over Washington and British Columbia to share their passion for the arts with the local community. Cosmos Bistro will be providing food for all three days of the festival. The Bellingham eatery has become one of Whatcom County’s most popular dining locations, thanks to its gourmet twists on classic comfort food like
macaroni and cheese and pulled pork sandwiches. Boundary Bay Brewery and Samson Estates Winery will provide beverages for the wine and beer garden. More than a dozen artists have signed up to sell their work at the festival, with artistic mediums as varied as painting, sculpting, woodworking, quilting and mixed-media pieces. This year’s musical performers will play an eclectic blend of styles from around the world. Local favorites Whisky Minstrels, JP Falcon, Lord Knapp and Sabrina y los Reyes will be joined by new acts such as
Baby Cakes, an experimental pop group, and Rocky Vasalino, a ’50s throwback group. Ocheami is returning this year to perform for younger audiences. The group performs traditional African music and folktales for children. Parking for the event is free and won’t require a Discover Pass. The International Arts and Music Festival will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, June 24, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 25–26. For more information and a complete calendar of events, visit peacearchart.org.
$10 registration fee but entry is free to car aficionados hoping to get a glimpse of some classics. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Arts and Crafts Street Fair will offer activities for children, including bounce houses, pony rides, face painting and a miniature railroad car. A new face will join the ranks of local artists presenting their work in street booths this year: Andrew Latham of Stardrive Paintings. Latham will perform a spray painting demonstration of his signature starry space landscape. Throughout the day, musical performances (See Fourth, page 3)
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Planning will start soon on Birch Bay’s long-awaited community park. Whatcom County Council voted unanimously to hire the Robert W. Droll Landscape Architect firm to design the Birch Bay Community Park for $50,000. The park is located at 7954 Birch Bay Drive, on the east side of the road just north of the Birch Bay Visitor Information Center. The Lacey-based firm will hold three public meetings after it does some initial site analysis and planning work. Tentatively, that will occur in the next four to six weeks, said Rod Lamb, design and development supervisor at Whatcom County Parks and Recreation. Aside from a requirement for parking and restrooms, the park is a blank slate for the firm. Robert Droll said the park’s design process will be shaped by public input. The park property is a 4.1-acre lot the county bought in 2014 for $2.5 million with money from its Conservation Futures Fund. The firm’s resume includes design work for sports complexes, urban plazas and forested parks throughout the state. The firm hasn’t worked for Whatcom County before, Lamb said, but it has worked for the city of Bellingham – most recently as a design consultant for Squalicum Creek Park. “Parks are what we do,” Droll said. “Ninety-five percent of our projects are in public parks.” Droll, whose firm was chosen out of five others, said he liked the project’s location. “It’s a nice site. It has fantastic views,” he said. “I like waterfront projects. It’s across the street from the beach but in my mind and, in others I’m sure, it’s viewed as a waterfront project.” Under the contract, Droll must finish the park’s design by the end of the year, if not earlier, Lamb said. The county will determine a construction schedule once the design is final.
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Peace Run visits Peace Arch Park By Steve Guntli The Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run is returning to Peace Arch State Park on June 26. The Peace Run is a torch relay that is held simultaneously in various locations around the world. Every other year since 1987, more than 100 countries on six continents participate in the relay in a symbolic display of peace and togetherness. Peace
Run International, a nonprofit organization founded by the late Sri Chinmoy, a noted speaker and activist, organizes the run. The North American leg of the run is currently on a 10,000mile journey through the U.S., Mexico and Canada. The Peace Run first passed through the Peace Arch in 2014. Local runners are invited to participate in the relay. The Blaine leg of the run is 4.2 miles and starts at the junction of
Sweet Road and Stadsvold Road at 11 a.m. From there, runners will travel to Harvey Road and up Peace Portal Drive and will finish under the Peace Arch. Runners can participate in a short ceremony under the arch before passing the torch on to the Canadian team, who will take the torch to White Rock. For more information on the run and how to participate, visit peacerun.org.
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Lamb said construction likely won’t start until after the Birch Bay Drive and Pedestrian Facility Project, also known as the Birch Bay Berm, is finished. That project is expected to be finished in spring 2018. The $50,000 for hiring Droll came from the county’s Real Estate Excise Tax II fund. The county doesn’t currently have money lined up to build the park, but county staff are applying for two $615,884 state matching grants that would reimburse the county for money spent on acquiring the land and could help fund construction, Lamb said.
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ferry, from Blaine to Semiahmoo Resort between noon and 8 p.m. If its storied past doesn’t compel you to take a ride, perhaps baby seals will – they often make an appearance to commemorate the occasion. Just be sure to arrange transportation after the firework show if you plan to watch the spectacle from Semiahmoo, as the ferry will not be making a late-night trip back to Blaine. The Plover ferry is also your ticket to a backyard clambake barbecue at Semiahmoo Resort from 4 to 9 p.m. The cost of the meal is $25.95. Finally, thousands of spectacularly timed sparks will launch from Blaine Marine Park for the 15th annual Fourth of July firework display at 10:15 p.m. The show is supported by proceeds from the Show ’N Shine Car Show and the 2015 Bite of Blaine event. For more information, visit the Blaine Visitor Center at 728 Peace Portal Drive, or go online to blainechamber.com.
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The Editor: The Blaine school district board of directors deserves an A+ for their unanimous, forward-thinking decision to push back grandstand construction. The bottom line for the school district certainly needs to be the remodel of a secure facility for our students (three entrances versus 46). Prioritizing that over the dream concrete structure grandstand that “would be the best in the county” should not have been challenged. I’m sorry the football players and supporters feel cheated but the board’s decision benefits the whole student body and faculty. I think that’s what the voters want. Wendy White Birch Bay The Editor: Before anyone in Canada can purchase or own a gun, they must apply to the government for a firearms license. If approved, a photo I.D. card is issued. Once issued, that person must produce the
card to purchase a gun[s] and or ammunition, whether purchased from a dealer or privately. It is illegal to do otherwise. A person must have the ID card available at all times, when guns are in his/her possession at a home or business, traveling to a gun club or hunting anywhere in Canada. In addition, the laws for storage for guns at home or business or anywhere are very stringent. They must be all-steel lockers with locks that only the owner with the I.D. card can open. Handgun “permits to carry” are not issued to the general public. Deaths by guns in Canada, including accidents and suicide are among the lowest per 100,000 population in the world... 25th. Jay James Birch Bay The Editor: I was saddened again to see how the Blaine school district board operates. It seems they don’t understand or care
about the students or their parents when it comes to spending money or financial planning. It began last year when they continued to ignore and fail to respect or address the busing concerns and lack of a school located in Birch Bay. The sole person who protested was Doralee Booth, who I am sure has no children attending Blaine schools but is probably the strongest supporter for the Birch Bay community. As I mentioned in my November 2015 letter to The Northern Light, I sent emails to every board member and did not receive one single reply. It probably was that I have no children attending their schools so they just blew me off. Customer service and relations does not seem to be a priority with them. They have yet to make a real effort to Continued on next page Please send letters to letters@thenorthernlight.com no later than noon on Monday.
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locate and buy land for a school to be located in Birch Bay and probably won’t address this issue for the next 10 years given the construction fiasco just published last week. Now the brilliant board is faced with a problem and they propose to solve it by removing a new athletic grandstand. As a retired CPA, I would describe their actions now and then as lacking accountability, failure to exercise due diligence and simply ignoring Birch Bay and Blaine athletes and their supporters. I don’t understand why they did not complete and have ready backup plans with several different options, such as
including the grandstand and cutting elsewhere or including the grandstand and delaying other parts of the construction or seeking advice, which they should have done at the beginning of the process and certainly should have gotten advice now before making their recent announcement. Where are the protests from the parents and students? If I were them I would insist on accountability and due diligence and if the board ignores them then recall all of them. I am a strong supporter of Birch Bay and hate to see all of this happening. Mickey Masdeo Birch Bay
school students, school has been out for about a week, the excitement of freedom has started to fade, and you are beginning to face in question, “What am I going to do for the next couple of months?” To help you answer that question, the Drayton Harbor Music Festival offers a one-week experience dedicated to the fact that music is a very cool art form, and that the people who play it are fun and interesting. Our students attend classes (See Letters, page 17)
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City of Blaine Notice of Public Hearing Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program 2017 – 2022
NOTICE is hereby given that the Blaine City Council will conduct a public hearing on Monday, June 27, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at Blaine City Hall, 435 Martin Street. The following item will be considered: Six-Year Transportation Improvement Program for the City of Blaine, 2017 – 2022. Projects being considered for inclusion in this proposed program are as follows: • Boblett Rd Traffic Channelization and Corridor Improvements • I-5 Exit 274 Interchange/Environmental Review & Preliminary Design • Hughes Avenue Improvements – Peace Portal to I-5 Overpass • City Wide Safety and ADA Sidewalk Improvements • City Wide Pavement Preservation • ADA Transition Plan Development – City Wide • Semiahmoo Parkway Resurfacing - Drayton Harbor Rd to City Limits • Boblett Signalization and SR 543 improvements - Boblett to H St • Peace Portal Community Trail Phase 2 – Bayview to Hughes • Hughes Avenue Reconstruction – Phase 2- I-5 to Odell • Semiahmoo Spit Pedestrian Path Safety Improvements - Phase 1 • H Street School Safety Improvements - 6th to SR 543 • D Street Improvements - SR 543 to 16th • D Street/16th Intersection Realignment • H Street Reconstruction Phase 2 - Terrace to Harvey • Semiahmoo Spit Bike/Ped Path ADA Improvements - Phase 2 • Marine Drive - Phase 3 - LPWRF to Public Pier • Peace Portal Sidewalk Gap Elimination – Clark to Boblett • Grant Rd/ 14th Intersection Realignment • Mitchell Ave/H St Signalization • Peace Portal/Bell Rd Signalization All interested citizens are encouraged to appear and be heard or submit written comments regarding this proposal. Additional information is available from the Blaine Public Works Department at 1200 Yew Avenue, or by telephone at 332-8820. Blaine City Hall is an accessible facility. Anyone wishing to attend and participate who may need special accommodation to do so should contact the City Clerk’s office no later than 48 hours prior to the scheduled hearing. Sheri Sanchez – Administrative Services Director/City Clerk
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WTA seeks input on new routes The Whatcom Transit Authority (WTA) is looking for input from riders on how to better serve the community. WTA is working on its strategic plan, which will help determine the company’s plan of action for the next six years, and wants input via a survey on its website. Some of the questions the survey will address include whether
or not to increase services in more congested urban areas such as Bellingham, adding more routes to rural areas, ways to better accommodate both the elderly and younger people who choose not to own cars, and how best to reduce the impact on the environment. In addition to the survey, WTA will be hosting public meetings around the county to
discuss any needed or necessary changes. The first meeting will take place at the Bellingham Public Library on July 6 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. WTA hopes to implement any changes later this year. To participate in the survey and to see a calendar of upcoming events, visit wtastrategicupdate.com.
Primary school addition allows Early Head Start program to return to Blaine By Oliver Lazenby The 10,000-square-foot addition to the Blaine Primary School, which is now nearly complete, will allow space for an early learning program to return to Blaine. The $4 million primary school addition added eight new rooms to the school’s original building, including classrooms and space for occupational therapy, life skills, Title 1 programs, and offices for adjunct staff such as the district’s speech therapist. It will free up space throughout the school district campus. The main purpose of the addition is to accommodate state-mandated full-time kindergarten, but it will also allow
the Opportunity Council’s Early Head Start program to return to Blaine. The program serves three- to five-year-olds from low-income families and aims to develop kids socially and emotionally, according to its website. It looks at the whole child and aims to meet educational needs, develop grossand fine-motor-skill development and facilitate social interaction. The program also provides services for enrolled families, including health assessments, nutrition education, mental health services, social service referrals, home visits and family support services. The program operated in a Blaine church until water damage
forced it to move to Custer about five years ago. Many kids in the program live in Blaine and the Opportunity Council has been looking for a chance to move the program back, said Kim Walbeck, Opportunity Council’s child services coordinator, at a school board meeting in May. All that’s left for the primary school project, which started last fall, is finishing the new music room and enclosing the covered play area, district facilities supervisor Alan Pomeroy said. Tiger Construction was the lead contractor on the primary school project and Bellingham-based Zervas Architects designed the project.
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City pairs with Beckwith Consulting to foster growth By Steve Guntli The name “Beckwith Consulting” has been floating around at a lot of public meetings in recent months, but many are still unclear as to what Beckwith’s role is in Blaine. City manager Dave Wilbrecht recently took time to clarify the firm’s role in the city. On June 1, Wilbrecht spoke at a Blaine Chamber of Commerce meeting to discuss the city’s partnership with La Conner-based Beckwith Consulting and what the city expects out of the relationship. According to Wilbrecht, the city has teamed with the company to foster economic growth and facilitate long-held plans for the city. Company principal Tom Beckwith and his staff specialize in city planning and development. The company was established in 1983 and has worked on many projects, ranging from urban
planning and designs to shoreline restoration. Wilbrecht said bringing Beckwith into the fold has helped the city implement some of their ideas. “We started a committee, the economic development advisory committee (EDAC), to help encourage growth in the city,” he said. “We’ve had a lot of great ideas, but we didn’t have a solid plan in place. We needed a community planner like Beckwith to help solidify those plans and get them in motion.” One of the city’s first priorities is the derelict buildings along Peace Portal Drive. According to Wilbrecht, as of March 22, 22 buildings in Blaine were considered derelict. Wilbrecht said the city has begun issuing letters to the owners of abandoned or rundown buildings throughout the city, informing them they need to get their structures up to code or
face heavy fines. So far, 38 letters have been issued, and of those, 17 have been acknowledged and 12 have been resolved. The remaining nine business owners have yet to respond to the notices. Wilbrecht said Beckwith will help the city prioritize the many citizen requests for improvements around the city. “We’ve had people from the Salishan neighborhood, for example, who have taken a keen interest in preserving the waterfront views along Peace Portal,” Wilbrecht said. “They’ve been very organized and have worked out a whole plan of action for how they see that happening, but we haven’t been able to give them a solid timeline. Beckwith will help us get things organized, so we can tell people in that neighborhood where they stand.” Beckwith is using the city of Chehalis as a model for its work with Blaine. In 2008, city offi-
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The Indoor Report: The best bad movies By Steve Guntli I love a good bad movie. I’m not talking standard issue bloated summer blockbusters, which are usually more dull than truly bad. I’m talking horrendous, ill-advised, unintentionally hilarious bad movies. There’s something cathartic about getting together with a group of friends and sharing a laugh over a totally inept motion picture, and I’ve become something of a connoisseur of the genre. Next time you want to get some friends over for a good laugh, check out one of these disaster pieces. Troll 2 (1990) Directed by Claudio Fragrasso The granddaddy of the modern terrible movie, “Troll 2” is something of a miracle. Not one single frame is accidentally competent, not one performance is even slightly good, not one directorial decision isn’t the worst possible decision. It’s the anti- “Citizen Kane,” exact zero on the bell curve, and that makes it truly special. Couched as a sequel to the forgotten 1986 “Gremlins” knock-off “Troll,” “Troll 2” distinguishes itself early by not having any actual trolls. In fact, the beasties roaming around the movie in burlap sacks and dollar store rubber masks are goblins. Their nefarious plans involve consorting with a local witch to turn a milquetoast family vacationing in the quaint town of Nilbog into trees. Or something. Even after more than a dozen viewings, the plot is still rather opaque, but it truly does not matter. All you need to know is there’s a young psychic boy receiving dire missives from his dead grandpa, an inscrutable subplot involving tainted milk and a mind-boggling seduction scene involving a whole lot of corn, which, as we all know, is the sexiest of all vegetables. Despite how genuinely awful it is, there’s an underlying cando spirit to “Troll 2” that makes the film endearing. There are no professional actors in the film, just residents of the small Utah town in which it was shot.
There’s no malice or cynicism in the production, just a whole lot of misguided enthusiasm, which is why the film has earned a devoted cult following. For a fascinating, in-depth look at the making of the film and the lives of the people involved, check out the fantastic documentary, “Best Worst Movie.” The Room (2003) Directed by Tommy Wiseau Tommy Wiseau is a source of unending mystery. No one knows exactly where he’s from; he claims to be born and bred in the bayous of Louisiana but his thick accent and broken English betray an Eastern European heritage. He’s fantastically wealthy but no one really knows where his money comes from. There are some who speculate, only half-jokingly, that he’s an honest-to-god vampire. So what happens when a guy as inscrutable and strange as Wiseau makes a feature film? “The Room” is the answer. “The Room” plays like an adult melodrama written by a crazy person with a young child’s understanding of human relationships. Wiseau plays Johnny, who we know is a good guy because everyone loudly expresses that sentiment any time he enters a room. He is loving and faithful to Lisa (Juliette Danielle), but she’s spoiled and fickle and decides she’s in love with Mark (Greg Sestero), Johnny’s best friend. Passions flare, friendships are betrayed and a whole lot of unappealing man-butts are revealed. Every scene is a treasure trove of inept choices and memorably bad moments, from a tuxedoed football game to Wiseau’s now-iconic line, “You’re tearing me apart, Lisa!” Characters come and go without explanation, one actually replaced by a different actor midway through the movie. Subplots, like Lisa’s mother’s cancer scare and a run-in with an intimidating drug dealer named Chris R, are introduced and dropped completely from the film. It’s a baffling experience, and it absolutely shouldn’t be missed.
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Fateful Findings (2013) Directed by Neil Breen Neil Breen, a former Las Vegas real estate broker and now multi-hyphenate filmmaker, is one of the most bizarre forces to hit modern cinema in a long time. His self-funded movies, which include titles like “Pass-Thru” and “I Am Here …. Now” (fourdot ellipses his), play like bargain-basement David Lynch films, only without any clear guiding principles or even the basest cinematic knowledge. His surrealist leanings, nonsensical scripts and penchant for misusing bad green screen technology turns his films into singular experiences. “Fateful Findings” is Breen’s weird backwards masterpiece. Breen wrote, directed, produced, edited and stars in the film, and his character, Dylan, has almost as many jobs. Dylan is a bestselling author, a computer hacker, a political activist and a mystical shaman who gets embroiled in political intrigue, kidnapping plots and some business involving a magical pebble. But the broad strokes aren’t nearly as interesting as the bizarre details: a shower love scene in which Breen is sporting a full-face, bleeding bandage; an office desk with at least six obviously broken laptops; a cow skull that chatters like it’s in a Bugs Bunny cartoon and a mystical head-space that’s clearly a storage unit lined with garbage bags. It all culminates in a screamingly funny, out-of-leftfield finale that quite literally knocked me out of my chair. “The Room,” “Troll 2” and “Best Worst Movie” are available through the Whatcom County Library Service or on the streaming platform of your choice. Fateful Findings can be found on Amazon.
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City sponsors chalk art event July 9 The city of Blaine is hosting Chalk It Up! Blaine on July 9. Teen artists are being sought to create sidewalk art in downtown Blaine. Artists entering grades 9-12 this fall are encouraged to submit an entry. The youth art event is free, but participation is limited. Artists should visit the city’s website, cityofblaine.com, to download an entry form and submit it to the community development department for consideration by July 5. Teen artists will create an art panel on the day of the event based on the theme of “By the Sea.” Cash prizes will be awarded in a variety of categories. “The chamber of commerce is excited to partner with the city in creating another event to bring Blaine community members
downtown, because downtown only works if the community is there,” said Blaine Chamber of Commerce vice president Laura Hedges. “This is a great opportunity for teen artists to show off their talent because, weather permitting, the art will be on display for weeks, including during the Drayton Harbor Music Festival, which starts the next day,” said community development director Michael Jones. The event is actively seeking businesses to sponsor art panels to help with the cost of chalk, lunch, and other supplies for the artists. Art panels can be sponsored at $50 per panel. Interested businesses should contact Jones at 360/332-8311. Also taking place on July 9 as
part of Chalk It Up! Blaine will be the creation of a community chalk art wall mural. Nationally recognized artist and Blaine resident Brian Major will create a “chalk by numbers” mural for completion by community members. Children and adults are welcome to participate in completing the wall mural on July 9 at the corner of Peace Portal Drive and H Street. Just stop by between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and join in the fun. Thanks to a grant from the Blaine Tourism Advisory Committee, Chalk It Up! Blaine will be the first of several small events this summer designed to bring community members out to enjoy downtown and parks.
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Semiahmoo Resort’s Beach Activities Center opens for summer By Oliver Lazenby A new activity center at Semiahmoo Resort has kayaks, standup paddleboards and bicycles for rent at the entrance of Drayton Harbor. It’s a scenic spot with flat water ideal for people trying out kayaking or paddle boarding for the first time, said beach activities attendant Kindra Bade. “Drayton Harbor is so calm,” Bade said. “It’s a great place for people who have never done it before.”
For most paddlers, watching seals lounge on the breakwater at Semiahmoo Marina is the highlight of a trip in Drayton Harbor, Bade said, but the location makes every outing scenic. This is the first year that Semiahmoo Resort has operated the beach activities center, though Pedal and Paddle Adventures of Birch Bay ran a similar business on Semiahmoo spit in past years. The activity center is open to the public and features dozens of new boards, single and tandem
Blaine eighth grader honored by Johns Hopkins By Oliver Lazenby Blaine resident Jenna Walters was honored by the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth (CTY) last month for her “exceptionally high” test scores. Walters, who just finished eighth grade at Lynden Christian Middle School, took the SAT college admissions test as part of CTY’s annual talent search program and scored high enough to earn an invitation to the program’s awards ceremony. Walters was one of more than
30,000 students worldwide who participated in the talent search. Of those, about 30 percent earned an invitation to the awards ceremony, according to a press release from CTY. The ceremony took place at Seattle Pacific University on May 21. The CTY is a nonprofit that identifies young people with academic promise and aims to aid their education through summer programs, online courses and other resources.
kayaks and bicycles in one of the refurbished old cannery buildings at Semiahmoo. Resort guests get a one-hour free rental and several package deals at the resort also come with free rentals. The majority of activity center users are resort guests, but it’s getting more popular with the public, Bade said. The activity center is open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday to Sunday.
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Recon Racks: A bike rack for the ends of the earth, made at the edge of the U.S. By Oliver Lazenby Bike rack anxiety goes like this: you’re bouncing up a dirt road to the trailhead. A rack full of bikes is bouncing along with you, and they could be worth more than the car they’re hitched to. After every bump and rut you sneak a glance in the rearview mirror to check for signs of movement and to affirm the bikes are still there. Brandon Weekley found a bike rack to ease that anxiety, and it came out of a garage in Blaine, Washington. The rack was the second version of a homemade rack with a unique design – it holds bikes vertically from the front tire, using a triangular basket that touches only the tire. Even on a rough road, the rack doesn’t rub against bike frames, wheels or other metal parts. “My friends and I all have $10,000 downhill bikes and putting five or six of them on one of those racks and driving to Canada to go to Whistler, it’s a long way on the freeway,” Weekley said. “But through the years I’ve learned to trust the rack.” The rack’s creator, Cody Fuks, started making bike racks for himself in his garage. A few years ago Weekley and others in the local mountain bike community noticed them on the back of Fuks’ truck at the trailhead or outside
the bike shop. Now, four years after Fuks moved to the Northwest from South Dakota and came up with his signature design, he has reluctantly turned his side project into a business called Recon Racks. He credits his friends and the local bike community for forcing him to start his company. “I never considered going into business with it,” he said. “They pushed me into the business because they refused to not have a rack. They were stashing money into my glove box as deposits.” Fuks has operated Recon Racks since 2014. On January 1, 2016, he quit his day job and the company “almost instantly blew up.” In the first three months of this year, he sold as many racks as he did in all of 2015. Evidently, he can barely keep up with demand; once in April, he resorted to putting his bike in the back of his truck to go ride after selling his personal rack. Fuks, 43, builds the racks in his garage on a suburban cul de sac in Blaine, where red camp chairs serve as seating and the waffle print of his shoe soles is stamped into steel shavings on the cement floor. Compact with thick, tattooed forearms and a salt-and-pepper beard that sticks out under his welding hood, Fuks is a harsh critic of his work. He sees the things that could still
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be improved, rather than the successes that caused his friends to beg for racks of their own. “I started really pushing for him to make something out of it because I love the design,” Weekley said of Fuks. “He just wanted to sell a few of them here and there and I pushed him to go big time. It was hard. He definitely fought me for a while.” Fuks started learning fabrication as a high school senior in the flat farmlands of southeastern South Dakota. He spent 13 years welding parts for four-wheel-drive forklifts. The work was “highspeed, factory-style welding.” When he started mountain biking at age 30 – a struggle that involved lots of travel to ride decent trails – he started building his own bike racks. In fact, he’s never actually bought a bike rack. “I’ve been driving home with broken racks in the back of my truck trying to figure out a good rack system for the last two decades,” Fuks said. His concept of a good bike rack changed after he moved to Blaine at age 39 in search of a better quality of life. In the Northwest, he found people rode in bigger groups; in South Dakota he only knew a few other mountain bikers. That challenged him to build a rack that could hold five bikes while still surviving the journey to the trails deep in the woods that he likes to ride. Now that his racks are out in the world, he delights in the photos and videos people send him of his racks hard at work, including a recent video of a Recon Rack firmly attached to the back of a truck stuck axle-deep in mud. “The worst conditions possible is what I want
these racks to stand up to,” he said. He also gained more welding and fabrication skill after moving to the Northwest. At first, he worked at TriVan Truck Body in Ferndale, doing higher precision fabrication. Most recently, he worked for Architectural Elements, a firm that does artistic and architectural metal work: $10,000 picture frames, one-of-akind copper fire bowls and planter boxes, for example. “That’s kind of where I learned details and precision,” Fuks said. Though Fuks is talented with a welding torch, Recon Racks’ greatest asset is simple design. They’re intuitive, with few moving parts. The core of each rack is the basket that holds the front wheel – something Fuks thought of while sitting at a stoplight and staring at the bike rack on a metro bus. Those racks also held bikes by only the tires, but in a different way. “It’s definitely the easiest rack to load and unload. You just pick the bike up, put it in, do the strap around the wheel and you’re good to go,” Weekley said. The bikes also don’t rub against each other or the rack – “bike sex,” Weekley calls it. It’s a design so simple Fuks hesitates to claim responsibility. He says he stumbled on it. That metaphor elicits a parallel to humans discovering fire – a resource harnessed, not invented. “I don’t even know if I can take credit for it,” Fuks said. “It just kind of fell together for me.” Going into business came with new challenges. His racks had to be shippable, and individual parts had to be replaceable. He’s still
uncomfortable with the idea of marketing and advertising, preferring when people discover the racks on their own or through a friend. “You know you walk into a shoe store and someone talks you into a pair of shoes you might or might not have wanted and you go, ‘oh crap?’” he said. “I don’t ever want someone to spend $1,000 on a rack and have it not be what they wanted.” Yes, that is what they cost, depending on size and options. Recon Racks’ popularity in the industry has helped it grow. After Fuks sold a rack to a Cannondale rep, word spread throughout the company. Early this year he got a call from Cannondale’s demo team, people who drive around the country with 40 brand new demo bikes. They wanted a rack system for their trailer. Fuks built them a wall-mounted rack in 10 days, and now the demo trailer is cruising around the country. Fuks is constantly changing his rack. He says he still hadn’t built a dozen of the same version, and he’s always coming up with new ways his racks can hold tools (they can even hold wheelbarrows) and trying to perfect the mechanism that allows the rack to fold for rear door access. He recently finished a new prototype with a streamlined basket design and it’s time to test them. For that, he’s turning to the same community that pushed him to start the business. “I’m going to give it to some of the worst drivers I know and tell them to go beat the crap out of it,” he said. For more information, go to recon-racks.com.
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October 26, 1946 – June 19, 2016 Jeryl Leslie Lindal, 69 of Riverside, WA, passed away Sunday, June 19, surrounded by family. Jerry was born in Bellingham, WA on October 26, 1946 to Magnus and Bernice (Allen) Lindal. He graduated from Blaine High School and was nearly a lifelong resident of Blaine. He was retired from the Carpenters Union 756 local (Bellingham) and the Haynie Fire Department. Jerry loved all sports and enjoyed attending high school sporting events. He was an avid huntsman and loved anything with the outdoors including snowmobiling, ATV’ing and fishing. In his later years, he enjoyed wintering in Arizona and playing golf with friends from all over the USA. Jerry was preceded in death by his parents Magnus and Bernice Lindal, sister Janice Lindal of Blaine, and wife Carol (Furthmyre) Lindal of Blaine, WA. He is survived by his wife Dianne (Dolan) Lindal of Riverside, WA; daughters Shannon (Randy) Southland of Jerusalem, Israel, and Tamera (Michael) King of Blaine; step-sons Dan (Belle) Rucker of Blaine, Keith Nawman of Blaine, and Ives (Kristen) Nawman of Bellingham; step-daughters Dena Rucker of Hoboken, NJ and Dionn Rhodes of Blaine; grandchildren Amber Rucker, David Rucker, Brayden King, Alyssa Southland, Sam Southland, Jorden Nawman, Griffen King, Lauryn King, Leigh Southland, Destiny Rhodes, Van Nawman, and buddy Spike. A Celebration of Jerry’s Life will take place on Saturday, June 25 from 1-4 p.m. at 3777 Haynie Rd., Blaine. In lieu of flowers please donate to Whatcom Fire Fighters Benevolent Foundation P.O. Box 5401, Bellingham, WA 98227.
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Police Reports June 16, 7:53 a.m.: A passerby called to report a man yelling and behaving strangely at a bus stop in the 500 block of Peace Portal. Officers contacted the visitor and he advised that he had been visiting a friend in the area and was just taking a walk in hopes of relieving his back muscle spasms. He denied screaming and was quite well mannered for someone not feeling well. He declined police or medical assistance and continued with his therapy regimen. June 16, 12:45 p.m.: Port of Bellingham staff at Blaine Harbor found a couple living on a boat without the vessel owner’s permission. They helped the pair move their belongings off the ship and escorted them off port property. Officers found that the gentleman was wanted on a municipal court arrest warrant. The warrant was confirmed and the man was arrested and booked in to jail. June 16, 5:47 p.m.: Blaine Police were asked to find and check the welfare of a senior citizen who had left Blaine without notice. A friend reported the lady had medical conditions, needed assistance in daily activities and was possibly at risk in the company of a relative who is under a domestic violence court order to have no contact with her. Blaine police investigated and located the
missing woman in Arizona the following day. Police and Adult Protective Services there are assisting her and she was separated from the named party in the no contact order. Blaine police cleared the attempt to locate from national databases. June 16, 5:50 p.m.: Police were advised of a safety concern at an apartment complex where a tenant had made or exchanged gestures and comments with kids playing in the area. An officer met with and interviewed the resident senior citizen/disabled driver, who has limited mobility. He explained that recently while motoring in to and from his home he had been frightened by and had to stop for youngsters running out in front of his car. He was afraid one of the kids would get hurt, and believed his remarks to the children about their safety were possibly misinterpreted. He agreed to contact police or the apartment management if he had further concerns. June 17, 6:27 p.m.: The occupants of a vehicle reported they had suffered a road rage attack which began as they were approaching Blaine on the freeway and ended on the truck route in the border lineup. The driver advised that the suspect leaped from his vehicle, dented their car’s hood with his fist, reached through their open
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window at the victim and then ripped the victim’s driver side mirror off its mount. Witnesses to the incident are being interviewed and evidence collected. The suspect vehicle was identified and its driver located and interviewed. A report is being completed for forwarding to the city prosecutor for review and charging as appropriate. June 19, 11:47 a.m.: Officers were dispatched to the 400 block of Peace Portal Drive for a man reportedly performing a solo martial arts routine replete with shouts and screams. Police contacted the gent and again explained to him that his stress relief techniques were just passing his angst onto people passing by. He again apologized and said he was staying in Blaine just a couple more days. June 19, 6:47 p.m.: Police responded to a report of a subject attempting to break in to a large pleasure boat at Blaine Marina. An officer and border patrol agents arrived and contacted the gentleman, who was being watched by a team of vigilant Good Samaritans and the Port’s security officer. The 27-yearold transient was arrested and transported for processing. This report is provided by the Blaine police department. A full listing of the week’s police report can be found at thenorthern light.com.
Tides June 24 –June 30 at Blaine. Not for navigation. 49° 0’ 0”N - 122° 46’ 0”W
DATE TIME HEIGHT TIME HEIGHT Fr 24 3:26 am 5.9 7:22 am 7.1
2:37 pm -0.6 10:13 pm 9.8
Sa 25 4:20 am 5.3 8:22 am 6.6
3:19 pm 0.1 10:49 pm 9.8
Su 26 5:16 am 4.5 9:38 am 6.1
4:03 pm 1.1 11:23 pm 9.8
Mo 27 6:10 am 3.5 11:08 am 5.8
4:55 pm 2.3
Tu 28 12:01 am 9.8 7:06 am 2.4
12:50 pm 5.9 5:55 pm 3.5
We 29 12:41 am 9.7 8:00 am 1.1
2:32 pm 6.5 7:05 pm 4.7
Th 30 1:23 am 9.7 8:50 am -0.0
3:56 pm 7.4 8:21 pm 5.6
Weather Precipitation: During the period of June 14 to June 20, 0.46 inches of precipitation were recorded. The 2016 year-to-date precipitation is 16.95 inches. Temperature: High for the past week was 75°F on June 20 with a low of 46.3F on June 17. Average temperature for the week was 57.8°F. Courtesy Birch Bay Water & Sewer Dist.
Books and Bites: Friday, June 24, 1–2:30 p.m., Blaine Public Library, 610 3rd Street. Bring a lunch if you’d like and join the lively conversation at this book discussion opportunity. Discussing Mink River by Brian Doyle. Pick up your copy at the library. Info: 305-3637. International Arts and Music Festival: Friday–Sunday, June 24–26, Peace Arch International Park, Blaine. Fine art, gourmet food, live music, beer and wine garden. Info: peacearchart.org. Clam Digging 101: Friday, June 24, 2–4 p.m., BP Heron Center, Birch Bay State Park. Learn all about clamming at Birch Bay State Park. Discover or day-use pass required for parking. Info: fobbsp.org. Sea Links Community Garage Sale: Saturday, June 25, 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m., Birch Bay-Lynden Road and Sea Links Drive. Rain or shine. An Affair to Remember: Saturday, June 25, 5 p.m., Settlemeyer Hall, 3010 Lindburgh Avenue, Bellingham. Gala dinner, silent and live auctions, music and dancing, all James Bond-style. Tickets $100. Info: alzsociety.org. Junior Ranger Program: Saturday, June 25, 6 p.m., Birch Bay State Park Wildlife Theater. Children learn about nature and parks from state park rangers. Discover or day-use pass required for parking. Info: fobbsp.org. Hunters of the Sky: Saturday, June 25, 7 p.m., Birch Bay State Park Wildlife Theater. See a variety of birds up close while learning about their habitats, roles in the environment and more. Discover or day-use pass required for parking. Info: fobbsp.org. 5k Memorial Run: Sunday, June 26, 10 a.m., Blaine Marine Park whales. Free kids run at 9:45 a.m. Entry fee $20, first 100 entries receive a perennial flower with their loved one’s name. Trophies for the top five finishers. Live DJ. Info: facebook.com/blainerunnersgroup. International Peace Run: Sunday, June 26, 11 a.m., Sweet Road. Run a 4.1-mile relay from Sweet Road to Peace Arch Park to join runners from White Rock to pass the International Peace Torch. Info: peacerun.org. LEGO Club: Monday, June 27, 1–4:30 p.m., Blaine Public Library, 610 3rd Street. Note new time – now come play for the whole afternoon! It’s free, it’s fun, and LEGO bricks are provided. For ages 4–11. Info: 305-3637. On Your Mark, Get Set, READ with Blaine Police: Tuesday, June 28, 10:30–11:30 a.m., Blaine Public Library, 610 3rd Street. Officers from the Blaine Police Department will bring a vehicle for demonstration and read a story. For ages 3-11. Info: 305-3637. Teen Tuesdays - Coding, YouTube and More: Tuesday, June 28, 3–4:30 p.m., Blaine Public Library, 610 3rd Street. Code, make apps, mix videos or set up a YouTube channel. Grades 6–12. Info: 305-3637. Learn to Play Chess: Tuesday, June 28, 6:30–8 p.m., Blaine Public Library, 610 3rd Street. For K–12, and parents too! Info: 305-3637. Play and Learn Drop-in: Wednesday, June 29, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., Blaine Public Library, 610 3rd Street. Preschoolers and their adults are welcome to drop in for free play with games and activities. Info: 305-3637. Pete’s Auto Repair Open House: Friday, July 1, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., 6209 Portal Way, Ferndale. Info: petesautorepair.net. Literary Lunchtime Story Time Fun for Adults: Friday, July 1, 1–2 p.m., Blaine Public Library, 610 3rd Street. Listen to a book excerpt, short story, or maybe a few of your old children’s favorites. Then make a simple related craft. Bring a lunch. Info: 305-3637. Friends of the Book Sale: Saturday, July 2, 10 a.m.–5 p.m. and Monday, July 4, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Blaine Public Library, 610 3rd Street. Find some fantastic summer reads while supporting library programs and services. Donations accepted, but contact the library for guidelines. Info: 305-3637. American Legion Post 86 Picnic and Barbecue: Saturday, July 2, 1 p.m., 4180 Legion Drive, Blaine. Officer installation and membership drive – all open to the public. Social hour, live music, and barbecue dinner. Adults $12, children 11 and under $6. Info: 371-7311. Low-tide Critter Search: Sunday, July 3, 9 a.m., Birch Bay State Park BP Heron Center. Guided beach walk with naturalists. Info: fobbsp.org. Carnival and Fireworks: Sunday, July 3, Birch Bay Bible Community Church. Carnival at 7:30 p.m. with games, prizes, cakewalk, bake sale, fire pit, cotton candy, popcorn and live music. Licensed pyrotechnic fireworks at 9:45 p.m. Info: birchbaychurch.com. Pancake Breakfast: Monday, July 4, 8–11 a.m., Blaine Senior Center, 763 G Street. Pancakes, waffles or French toast, plus scrambled eggs and sausage, coffee/tea and orange juice. Adults $6, children under 12 $4. Blaine’s Old Fashion Fourth of July: See ad on page 2 for festivities. Dance Camps and Dance Sessions: Classes begin July 5. Ultimate Dance Camp, August 1-5, Ballet Stories Camp, August 8-12; Dance Around the World Camp, August 15-19. Info: daytodaydance.com. Building With Jesus Day Camp: July 5–8, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., Northwood Alliance Church, 580 C Street. Bible-centered day camp for children ages 5-11 filled with games, crafts, songs and learning. Cost: $24. Info: 332-8610. Celtic Roots and Dancers: Friday, July 8, 6:30 p.m., Birch Bay State Park BP Heron Center. Celtic music and dancers. Bring a chair or blanket. Free. Discover Pass required to park. Info: fobbsp.org. Tribute to Creedence Clearwater Revival at the Haynie Opry: Friday and Saturday, July 8–9, 7 p.m., Haynie Grange, 3344 Haynie Road, Blaine. Matt Audette and the Circle of Friends Band perform classic CCR songs. Tickets $10. Saturday, July 9, 3 p.m., Gospel matinee, $5. Info: 366-3321. Chalk It Up! Blaine: Saturday, July 9, downtown Blaine. Teen artists (entering grades 9–12 this fall) enter to create a chalk art panel. Entry forms are due by July 5. Info: cityofblaine.com. Toga Party: Saturday, July 9, Wheel House Bar & Grill, 746 Peace Portal Drive. T-shirt giveaways plus prizes for best toga. Presented by Billy Sandell and Beau Rogers. 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