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Development Lots of beachside fun at Discover Birch Bay Days is picking up in Blaine Residential building permits up 95 percent in first half of 2018 B y S t e fa n i e D o n a h u e
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s A fun run, crab derby, chainsaw woodcarving and parade, pictured, were just some of the entertaining activities offered at last weekend’s Discover Birch Bay Days sponsored by the Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce. See more photos on page 18.
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School board approves staff pay increases for 2018-2019 By Oliver Lazenby The Blaine school district board of directors unanimously approved pay contracts for staff at an August 31 special meeting. Teachers at the lowest level of the salary schedule will get a 5.7 percent raise and teachers at the highest level will get a 9.8 percent raise for 2018-2019. The following school year, teachers will get raises ranging from 4.3 percent to 5.3 percent. For 2018-2019, base teacher pay – which doesn’t include a professional learning sti-
pend or pay for optional workdays – ranges from $46,464 to $90,516, depending on education and experience level. The board approved one-year contracts with 3.1 percent raises for most other district employees. Salaries for principals and vice principals in the district this year range from about $100,669 to $131,944, depending on experience. They also get an additional day of personal leave this school year. Executive directors at the district, which includes the finance manager, the
Shellfish harvest restrictions lifted on 27 acres in Birch Bay Improved sewage management allowed the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) to remove commercial shellfish harvesting restrictions on 27 acres in Birch Bay. In a statement released on August 30, the DOH said nearly 700 acres of commercial shellfish beds throughout the Puget Sound will no longer be classified as prohibited. “Over the past 20 years, progress has been made to reduce the potential for sewage discharge from boats and this includes better waste-holding capacity in most boats, increased boat waste pump
out stations and the implementation of a ‘No Discharge Zone’ throughout the Puget Sound,” according to the statement. It continued, “The improvements have led to better water quality, a lower illness risk to people who eat shellfish and greater protection of public health.” The no discharge zone went into effect for all recreational vessels operating in the Puget Sound last May and banned the discharge of treated and untreated sewage. The zone includes all marine waters in Washington state that lie within the line
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between New Dungeness and Discover Island lighthouses and up to the Canadian border; Lake Washington and all water bodies that are connected it to Puget Sound are also included in the zone. Vessels are required to use a pump-out station or wait until they’re out of the zone. Most recreational boats have holding tanks or require a marine sanitation device. The rule was imposed as part of a larger effort by the DOH to upgrade or open approximately 1,000 acres of commercial shellfish beds for harvesting near marinas.
director of teaching and learning, and the director of federal and special programs, also get a 3.1 percent raise this school year. Employees represented by the Service Employees International Union (transportation, secretaries, custodians, security, etc.) and those not represented by unions also get a 3.1 percent pay increase with an additional 1.8 percent cost of living increase. More information about school district contracts is available at bit.ly/2ClU80F.
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City staff have the numbers to prove that development is on the rise in Blaine. In a mid-year report presented to the Blaine City Council on August 27, acting community development director Alex Wenger said 41 residential units were approved by the city between January 1 and June 30 – that’s a 95 percent increase from last year when 21 units were approved by the city during the same period. All buildings and structures that are erected, moved, added to or altered require a permit issued by a city building inspector. In 2017, a total of 48 residential units were approved by the city and Wenger predicts that well over 100 will be approved by the end of 2018. The last time more than 100 residential units were approved by the city in one year was in 2005 when 122 units were approved, he said. The figures reflect a growing housing and rental market in Blaine. “I think we’re just recovering from the economic downturn,” he said. “Good things are happening in Blaine.” Windermere real estate agent Mike Kent echoed that sentiment during a separate presentation to the city council on August 27. “Blaine’s reputation, and the things that are happening in Blaine, have reached well beyond our city limits,” he said. “In the real estate community, particularly the commercial world, we’ve kind of become the place to talk about in general.” Kent, along with Jeff Johnson, was
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The Northern L ght The Northern Light is published weekly by Point Roberts Press Inc. Locally owned and managed, the company also publishes the All Point Bulletin, covering Point Roberts, Mount Baker Experience, covering the Mt. Baker foothills area, and the summer recreation guide Waterside as well as maps and other publications. Point Roberts Press Inc. is a member of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association, Chambers of Commerce of Bellingham/ Whatcom County, Birch Bay, Blaine and Point Roberts and the Bellingham/ Whatcom County Convention and Visitors Bureau. The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors. Letters Policy The Northern Light welcomes letters to the editor. Please include name, address and daytime telephone number for verification. Letters are limited to 350 words and may be edited or rejected for reasons of legality, length and good taste. Thank-you letters are limited to five individuals or groups. Writers should avoid personal invective. Unsigned letters will not be accepted for publication. Requests for withholding names will be considered on an individual basis. Consumer complaints should be submitted directly to the business in question or the local chamber of commerce. Only one letter per month from an individual correspondent will be published. Email letters to letters@thenorthernlight.com. Publisher & Managing Editor Patrick Grubb publisher@pointrobertspress.com Co-publisher & Advertising Director Louise Mugar lmugar@pointrobertspress.com Editor Stefanie Donahue stefanie@pointrobertspress.com Copy Editor Kara Spencer kara@pointrobertspress.com Editorial Intern Mathew Roland PRPedintern@pointrobertspress.com Reporter Oliver Lazenby oliver@pointrobertspress.com Creative Services Ruth Lauman, Doug De Visser, Dailynne Reid production@pointrobertspress.com Marketing Intern Ethan Donovan Office Manager Jeanie Luna info@pointrobertspress.com Advertising Sales Molly Ernst, Janet McCall Catherine Darkenwald sales@pointrobertspress.com General Editorial Inquiries editor@pointrobertspress.com Contributors In This Issue Luca Williams The Northern Light 225 Marine Drive, Suite 200, Blaine, WA 98230 Tel: 360/332-1777 Vol XXIV, No 12 Circulation: 10,500 copies
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The Editor: Senator Ericksen’s latest PR piece is titled “Senator Doug Ericksen’s environmental successes you may have missed in your local media.” This may be because they didn’t really happen. As Ericksen’s piece claims, he did indeed co-sponsor SB-5939. But instead of “saving the solar industry in Washington” it was actually a tax incentive bill and provided a method of recycling renewable energy components. But it also ended the Renewable Energy Cost-Recovery Incentive program effective two years ago. This was a significant boost to the renewable energy industry in Washington, so instead of saving it, he actually helped curtail solar energy’s appeal. The PR piece also claims sponsorship of SB-6248, that he says protects rate payers and workers at coal-burning facilities as they are closed down. But the workers are all in Montana coal mines. Plus, SB-6248 actually has nothing to do with coal. Instead 6248 was a bill that allows community colleges and technical schools to award high school diplomas to
qualified students. I guess mistakes happen when people in Texas fund (and write?) your campaign material. Jack Kintner Blaine The Editor: The days of Earth are numbered. And yet what emerges, grows, and blossoms here is immeasurable, a gift from the infinite journey of existence. What are Earth’s moods and expressions as it orbits the sun in a seemingly endless cycle of day and night? Earth can be happy in sunshine and blue sky one moment and cloudy, wet, and cold the next. Yes, just like us, Earth can cry tears, can be icy and cold, and can be sunny and warm or darn hot! And Earth can be petulant beyond words in her earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods and forest fires. What care does Earth need from me, from you, from all human beings? How do we protect and honor all of Earth’s gifts to life? For example, how can we begin to appreciate the role of trees on this planet, the role of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere and its
effects in water, the effect of toxic human waste in Earth’s air, soils, oceans, rivers and lakes? And do we appreciate the gifts of all of Earth’s other creature such as insects, spiders, worms, birds, fish, other mammals, flowers, trees and weeds – essentially the Tree of Life which also includes all human beings. As summer ends and we experience a change of the seasons, reflect on the “gifts of care and renewal” you can give to Earth and to others. Kay Burrough Birch Bay The Editor: We are helping reclaim the future for millions by participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s. Our Team name is NARFE District 2. The Walk to End Alzheimer’s event will be held on Saturday, September 15 at Pine Square (Continued on next page) Please send letters to letters@thenorthernlight.com no later than noon on Monday.
Civic Meetings Birch Bay Water & Sewer District: Second and fourth Thursdays, 4:30 p.m., district offices, 7096 Point Whitehorn Road, Birch Bay. Info: bbwsd.com.
Birch Bay Watershed & Aquatic Resources Management District: Third Wednesday, 6 p.m., location varies. Info: bbwarm.whatcom county.org.
Blaine City Council: Second and fourth Mondays, 6 p.m., Blaine City Council chambers, 435 Martin Street. Info: ci.blaine.wa.us.
Blaine Park and Cemetery Board: Second Thursday, 4 p.m., Blaine City Council chambers, 435 Martin Street. Info: 360/332-8311, ext. 3330.
Blaine Planning Commission: Second and fourth Thursdays, 7 p.m., Blaine City Council chambers, 435 Martin Street. Info: blainepc@ cityofblaine.com. Blaine-Birch Bay Park and Recreation: Second Tuesday, 5:30 p.m., Birch Bay Chamber Office, 7900 Birch Bay Drive, Birch Bay. Info: blainebirchbayparkandrec.org.
Blaine School Board: Fourth Monday, 7 p.m., Blaine school district offices. Info: blaine.wednet.edu. North Whatcom Fire & Rescue: Third Thursday, 1 p.m. Blaine Fire Station. Info: nwfrs.net.
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September 6 - 12, 2018 • thenorthernlight.com (Continued from previous page) (First and Pine) Mount Vernon, WA, 98273. Registration begins at 8 a.m., the opening ceremony is at 9 a.m. and the walk starts at 9:30 a.m. I am very fortunate to belong to an organization, the National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) which was financially supported Alzheimer’s research since 1985 through donations to the Alzheimer’s Association and are again sponsoring a Walk to End Alzheimer’s team this year. Currently, more than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s and that number is expected to grow to as many as 16 million by 2050. Our future is at risk unless we can find a way to change the course of this disease. The end of Alzheimer’s disease starts with you. Please join our Walk or just make a donation to help the Alzheimer’s Association advance research into methods of treatment, prevention and, ultimately, a cure. You can also register or donate online at act.alz.org. Hope to see you there! Steven Roy, Everett chapter team captain Blaine The Editor: What’s happening at the Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce? The all-volunteer, unpaid, Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce works hard to put on wonderful events that draw thousands of people to our area. The kite festival, sand sculpture competition, rollback weekend and Discovery Days events enhance our summers and benefit our economy, so it’s important to have a well-functioning chamber board. However, at its August 20 board meeting, several vendors registered concerns and complaints about aspects of rollback weekend, two boardmembers resigned verbally and left immediately after the public comment session (hopefully they’ll return), its vice president was removed from his position during the meeting after the public comments, the chamber president has had serious complaints filed about him with a call that he be removed from office before the Discovery Days event, and there was discussion about cutting summer events to two from the current four. The general membership may not be aware of recent board issues, but to maintain the good work done in the past should perhaps start asking, “What’s going on?” Chamber board meetings are open to the public. Chuck Kinzer Birch Bay
The Editor: John McCain excelled at being a human being. As a statesman, he held to a code which included truth, justice and fair play. As a politician, he was a rarity! His most valuable asset in this arena may have been his ability to admit he made a mistake. And survive. He wanted to solve problems and errors do not accomplish this. To make fewer of them, he sought to understand, and sometimes withstand, opposing points of view. When he turned out mistaken, he fixed it openly. He then set forth to solve a new problem that arose from the new facts. If only this behavior could inspire the rest of us. We might then stop jumping to conclusions in thinking the worst of our opponents and trying to gain at their defeat. We could work to make a better system where trust can become a reasonable option again. As it is now, any admission of guilt even by an honest mistake is usually pounced on with accusations, outrage, manipulations, slanderous suggestions, lawsuits or even jail time. And this is true for all those in power and becoming true for us all. Such actions can cause people to hide their errors, take defensive action or cover for each other – all of which make justice even harder to find; this leads to harming the innocent with no corrections made, letting the guilty go unseen and free, and keeping the problem intact or making it worse. In short, John McCain was an honest man with enough courage to behave like one. That should not be only for a maverick! Sharon Robinson Blaine The Editor: Justin Boneau is the Democratic candidate running to become our 42nd District state representative, Position 1. He is a U.S.
Navy veteran, Western Washington University graduate, father of a young daughter and supervisor of a crew of Ecology Youth Corps. Justin personally experiences the situation of working families struggling to pay increasing rent in Whatcom County. He supports living wage jobs, increased health care access, affordable housing and child care, and public pre-K. He understands the need to protect our environment and is a gun owner who supports common-sense safety measures. His incumbent Republican opponent has voted against equal pay for women and a ban on bump stocks. Against phasing out toxic chemicals from food packaging and measures to reduce the escape of non-native fish from fish farms. She also voted to exempt state legislators from public records laws. We need a change of representation! Justin is not a polished politician. He is authentic and plain-spoken. We need his values and fresh perspective in the state legislature. I invite you to join me in voting for Justin Boneau! Myra Ramos Lummi Island
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Sports By Oliver Lazenby
Blaine crushes Earl Marriott 65–0 in football season opener In its first game, Blaine varsity football got the inspiration it needed coming off a disappointing 2017 season, beating Earl Marriott Secondary School from Surrey 65–0. “It was a great start – a good confidence booster,” said Blaine head coach Jay Dodd. “There’s a lot of things we want to change from last season and every indication from Friday night shows we’re changing those things.” The game was a particularly good test for Blaine’s defense, Dodd said. The Borderites held Earl Marriott to a negative 2 yards of total offense. “We really swarmed the ball and executed on defense,” Dodd said. “We got a lot of tackles for a loss and we had a lot of sacks. That’s a tribute to our linebackers.” Because Blaine racked up its score on relatively few plays, the Borderites offensive didn’t get quite the same test, Dodd said. Oscar Caridad, Jacob Westfall, Danyil Tkachov and Thaiyron Foeung rushed in touchdowns, and Westfall, Chase Abshere and Derek Machula caught
passes in the end zone. Machula also returned a kickoff for a touchdown and Hudson Reid scored on a blocked punt. New sophomore quarterback Will McKinney completed 6 of 7 pass attempts for a total of 60 yards. “He was very efficient with the ball. He’s executing at a very high level and he still has so much room to improve,” Dodd said. “When you see him throughout the season he’s just going to get better and better.” While many of Blaine’s returning starters played well, some new guys also stood out. “A lot of players stepped up and were surprises for us,” he said. “Derek Machula is a terrific football player. I could see it in practice, but when you get out there and see it in a game – he’s a very smart football player, and he understands what we’re doing.” Machula, a senior, transferred to Blaine High School this year. “Ryan Turnberg and Zane Rector were also surprises,” Dodd said. “Zane blocked two punts and Ryan made a couple big spe-
s Blaine’s Derek Machula (No. 3) makes a tackle in Blaine’s season opener against Earl Marriott High School.
cial teams tackles, and those are things that we haven’t seen from them before.” Earl Marriott is not in Blaine’s conference, and Friday night’s win may not be a gauge for how Blaine will do against other oppo-
nents. On one hand, Earl Marriott’s JV team beat Blaine’s. On the other, the varsity team suffered several minor injuries and was playing with a backup quarterback by the end of the second quarter.
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Blaine plays next at 7 p.m. on Friday, September 7 at Redmond High School against Cedar Park Christian School (1–0). The Borderites’ next home game is at 7 p.m. on Friday, September 14, against Lynden Christian.
Experienced but with a new style, Blaine volleyball team is back Blaine High School’s varsity volleyball team has its sights set on returning to the playoffs after coming up one game short of the state tournament last year. The team has a lot going for it; it returns six varsity starters and five athletes who played club volleyball in the off-season. The Borderites’ six returning starters are sophomore setter Kylah Wilskey, junior Cassidy Condos, and seniors Brynn Hallberg, Kati Newton, Sydney Feenstra and Ashley Dickerson. “This team is going to compete for sure. They definitely have the experience,” new head coach Jacquie Wilskey said. Those six returning starters remember the sting of last year’s Presented by the Edmonds Arts Festival
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season-ending 3–0 playoff loss to Lynden, a loss they said was more of a mental defeat than a physical one. They got behind early and couldn’t recover as Lynden rallied. To give it an edge, the team is working on its mental toughness, Wilskey said. “I really feel like this is going to be a successful year for them,” she said. “Staying mentally strong and believing in themselves is really going to get them far. They have the skills; they have a solid foundation.” Still, replacing Josie Deming and Camryn Vosloh won’t be easy. Both play college volleyball now and made a big impact on Blaine’s team last year, especially on offense. To make up for those losses, the Borderites are playing a different style of volleyball, with more emphasis on defense. “It will be a different style of play. I think it will be a quicker defensive game,” Hallberg said. Hallberg and teammate Dickerson both said they expect this team to improve upon last year’s record of 10–8 and make it to playoffs.
“I feel like we’re going to be better than last year,” Dickerson said. “We don’t have as strong of hitters – and we do definitely have really strong hitters – but the defense is better and more of a focus for us.” Wilskey has coached the team as an assistant the past five years and was “patiently waiting her turn” at head coach, she joked. “I was thrilled to get the opportunity and the girls know me well, so it just felt like a natural fit,” she said. She’s coached for 18 years total, including eight years at Bellingham. She’s had a smooth transition to leading the team since the girls already know her, but her style is different from that of former head coach Bryan Clausen. “I really want to promote strong female leadership,” Wilskey said. “We have a coaching staff that is primarily female and that’s partly because we want these girls to see some really strong female role models.” Wilskey is working to grow leaders on the court, who can summon the motivation to turn games when opponents rally. Her seniors are stepping up, and the
team’s tight bond could also help carry them mentally. “Everybody gets along really well and we have a different mental bond with each other than we did last year,” Hallberg said. “I think that is a big part of our
game because volleyball is 80 or 90 percent mental.” Blaine’s season started with a jamboree on September 4. The Borderites’ first home game is at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 18, against Ferndale.
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I have always had a soft spot for predators. Us wildlife biology majors called animals like bears, wolves and orcas “charismatic megafauna.” When I moved to the Puget Sound region 22 years ago and first saw orcas in the wild, it blew my mind. I have seen them hunt humpback whales in the waters of southeast Alaska, and throw their salmon dinner around them in play here in Puget Sound. Recently, I joined many of you and people around the world, watching with dismay and empathy as the mother orca, Tahlequah carried her dead newborn calf on her head for a week. Then two weeks. It would slip off her head, she’d dive to catch it, and rise up again, at last releasing the calf’s disintegrating body after 17 days. This unprecedented behavior has countless interpretations. I call it grief. On the periphery of the spotlight shone on Tahlequah, J50 – another of the 75 remaining Southern Resident orcas – was found on the brink of starvation, bones protruding from her head. Lummi Nation tribal members, scientists and others mobilized to feed her Chinook salmon, orcas’ most important food source, with limited success. Her chance of survival is still unknown. Although their collective plight is telling and visceral, this isn’t just a story about orcas. This is a story about water and everything that happens upstream, in cities, in rivers and creeks, before that water joins with the Salish Sea. And it has everything to do with the hot, dry, smoky weeks we just experienced. Water equals food Endangered southern resident orcas face three primary threats: exposure to toxic pollution, increasing vessel traffic, and a dwindling supply of Chinook salmon to eat. The last is the trickiest to address. The first two threats often get the lion’s share of attention. Toxins that stay in the environment for decades, even ones banned years ago like PCBs, climb up the food chain and build up in orca tissue. Large, loud ships going through
orca habitat cause them to stay on the move, eating and communicating less, as they have trouble locating prey amid the competing noise – not to mention the risk of oil tankers spilling. That brings us to salmon. They, too, face a swath of contaminants in both their river and ocean homes, but they face an even more basic, challenge: even in the rainy Pacific Northwest, there is very little water in many streams during the summer. Salmon get stranded, without a way to reach important spawning grounds, keeping their populations low. Those low numbers cannot adequately feed the Salish Sea’s orcas while also keeping our fishing economy and tribal fisheries thriving. Summer is when water is also in greatest demand by agricultural and household users. Ever since settlers’ westward expansion, whenever human interests (seemingly) compete with those of salmon, endangered salmon often get the short end of the stick. But their needs are our needs, and orcas’ needs: abundant, cool, clean water. Summer is a season of extremes. It means more outdoor recreation and bountiful food production. It also means wildfires, heat waves, and water shortages across the American West, which are worsening with climate change. And even though we get lots of rain the rest of the year, we are not exempt from drought. To salmon, having enough cold, clean water to travel and reproduce in is as basic a need to us as clean air. And right now, nearly all of the watersheds that feed the Nooksack River – and ultimately, northern Puget Sound – don’t meet the state’s minimum streamflow standards for salmon health. No easy fix, but plenty of tools With a growing population and warming planet, our water supply problem will continue to get worse if we don’t fix it now – for orcas, for the salmon they rely on, for the people that rely on salmon, and for farms who rely on irrigation water. The good news is it’s entirely within our power to work together and find solutions that make sense for Whatcom County. By addressing the disadvantages orcas and salmon face, we are also solving human problems. Even if our orcas and Chinook salmon were thriving, it is vital to make sure our local water supply is balanced for farms, fish,
and people who would serve us – and our grandchildren. People want to conserve water. Many of us conserve in our own homes and on our farms. We can use this shared desire to have enough water – and to have enough salmon for a thriving fishing economy and tribal fisheries – to earnestly collaborate with each other. Our current system of managing water supply has not been successful at recovering wild salmon populations, and orcas and fisheries have paid the price. It is time to bring that balance back. The overall solution might seem a little, well, dry: bring water users to the table and agree to use accurate, measurable scientific information to create future policies. Local solutions will be specific and unique – projects our community can really take ownership of, like protecting and restoring local wetlands to naturally release water over time, improving habitat for salmon in and along rivers and streams, incentivizing more efficient crop irrigation and indoor water systems, and all kinds of other creative ideas. RE Sources and other environmental advocates are part of an effort known as the Watershed Resource Inventory Area 1 Planning Unit. This group of local and state governments, tribes, agriculture, private well owners, and others with a stake in our water, has existed since 1999. Since January, we have been working on a plan to address rural water use for the next 20 years. Rural water use is just one piece of the puzzle. If we are successful in coming up with that plan, I know we can look even bigger picture and find solutions to increase stream flows in the Nooksack River and its tributaries while meeting the current and future water needs for Whatcom County. If we should take one thing from the unprecedented behavior of Tahlequah, it is that things are out of balance. Returning to a place where we are all thriving will take equally unprecedented action, creativity, and dedication. We must take a hard look at how, where, and when Whatcom County is using water. Status quo is no longer an option. To learn more about the Planning Unit and efforts to restore stream flows in the Nooksack watershed, visit wria1project. whatcomcounty.org.
U.S. Air Force veterans to reunite at former station in Blaine Veterans of the 757th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron will return to the former Blaine Air Force Station for a reunion on Saturday, September 15. All who were stationed at the former radar site, as well as lo-
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Force Station, the site is now called Bay Horizon Park and is used as a community space in Birch Bay. Guests are encouraged to bring photos for display. The reunion will move to American Legion Post 86, 4580 Legion Drive, after 2 p.m.
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What to look for in the fall An excerpt from ‘A Nature Guide to Boundary Bay’ by Anne Murray Gradually the trees change color, the mornings are heavy with dew and spiders’ webs appear suddenly throughout the garden. Sunny days at this time of year are some of the nicest times for a walk along the bay or through the woods. There is once again a bustle of activity among birds and animals, fungi are sprouting up everywhere in all their wonderful variety of form and colour and berry bushes are heavy with fruit. The leaves of deciduous trees turn from green to yellow, gold, red and brown, before falling to the ground. Chlorophyll production, a process which accounts for
the green color, is reduced as a response to cooler temperatures and shorter daylight hours, and the underlying yellow pigment then becomes more visible. Trees stressed by drought, pollution or low levels of nitrogen produced the glorious red coloration as a “sunscreen” so that leaves can linger longer, helping the tree survive. Out in the farmland, sweet corn ripens and pumpkins swell orange in the field. Rolls of hay and silage in white plastic rolls stand around like a giant marshmallow harvest, and flocks of Canada geese fly in to feed on the stubble. Waterfowl numbers build steadily in September as skeins of ducks fly in from northern and interior regions. A succession of shorebirds arrives on mudflats, shores and upland fields around Boundary Bay, including unusual visitors, like sharp-tailed, stilt and buff-breasted sandpipers. Warblers pass through quickly, difficult to spot in their drab non-breeding plumage. Finches and sparrows gather into flocks to spend the winter roaming hedgerows and weedy fields. Squirrels can be seen everywhere, preparing for winter by searching for nuts and finding dens. Garter snakes become torpid and retreat to hibernacula. Warm, misty September days
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About the book... “A Nature Guide to Boundary Bay” covers all of Boundary Bay and its watershed, including Burns Bog, North Delta, Tsawwassen, Ladner, Surrey, White Rock, Langley and Richmond in British Columbia, and Blaine, Point Roberts and the Drayton Harbor watershed in Washington state. It is the first comprehensive book about the wildlife of the dramatic and diverse coastal landscape that connects B.C. with Washington state. It contains over 170 color photographs by Dr. David Blevins. B.C. author Anne Murray has also published a companion book, “Tracing Our Past: a Heritage Guide to Boundary Bay” which focuses on the ecological history of the same transboundary area and also features David Blevins’ photos. The books may be purchased through Anne Murray’s website, natureguidesbc. com, local booksellers in the Delta area and at some Indigo stores. They are distributed by Surrey, B.C.-based Hancock House Publishers. Readers will find items of interest on nature and accompanying photos taken by Anne Murray on her nature blog, natureguides.wordpress.com.
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Locals stay fit at Anytime Fitness Keen on revamping the gym and rolling out new programs for seniors, 22-year-old Mike Andes recently purchased Anytime Fitness at Birch Bay Square. Prior to purchasing the business, Andes worked at the gym as a trainer. “We have over 1,000 members from the community and are set to become the leading authority in health and wellness for Blaine,” he said in an email.
Andes added, “Our goal is to create a safe, un-intimidating atmosphere for our community members to realize their healthiest self. Personally, I hope to inspire young people to start their own business and grow our local economy in Blaine.” On September 4, Andes gave The Northern Light a sneak peek of a workout class. Here’s a look. Photos by Mathew Roland
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B y L u c a W i ll i a m s As I plan my annual backpack trip, I think about what lured me to backpacking in the first place. Yes, I loved planning trips and the beauty that I saw every step of the way. I loved the friendships that grew after miles of walking and talking. But most of all I loved the simplicity. An experienced backpacker carries only the most essential items for food, water and a dry, warm place to sleep and leaves everything else behind (except maybe an amazing novel, wine and chocolate). But now backpacking feels so complicated and I keep wondering why. I haven’t been out on a trail for more than an overnight in years. Life got more complicated with C-sections, kids (all-consuming football practice and games), sickness, aging parents, house projects, work, and many other unpredictable events. Or maybe these are all excuses and my head just got out of the game? Regardless, I found that every year since 2010, I backpacked less and less until an integral part of my life was on the back burner. In the last couple of years, I decided to contain the chaos and simplify my life. Just as in backpacking, I decided to carry only the essential items and ditch the ones that were just too heavy – physically and mentally. As I have crossed hobbies, businesses and an extra house off my list, my pack got lighter and my chest felt freer. Another of my other hobbies that took the back burner during those chaotic years was yoga. As my life got busier, finding time for an hour-long yoga session (Continued on next page)
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(Continued from previous page) stopped feeling attainable. Fortunately, stretching and yoga are so simple they require no gear at all. All you need is a 3-by-7-foot area and a minute here and there. I started thinking about wild animals and the way they stretch; cougars and bears don’t stretch for an hour straight, they stretch all through the day. Stretching is part of their lives and their routine. When they wake up they stretch, when they play with their cubs they stretch, after they eat they stretch. Identifying this helped me simplify stretching in a way that makes it more engrained in my life. At times of injury or stress I find myself stretching more, but ordinarily my stretching routine is simple and peppered throughout my day so that I can feel limber and get everything else done on my list. Stretching through the day helps us open our chests, which have collapsed from texting, driving and working at computers. I wish I would have known about stretching my chest and arms when I was backpacking for work as a wilderness ranger and
trail crew worker. It would have saved me from years of neck pain and finger numbness. One of the most useful stretches for backpackers is the cactus stretch. Try it in your daily life or during a backpacking trip. After you ditch your pack for a break, walk around a little and do some simple backwards arm circles and shoulder rolls. After you are loosened up a little, stand with your core engaged by bringing your belly to your spine. Gently contract your upper abdominal muscles to pull the front of your rib cage downward and inward, which lengthens and straightens your lower back. Do this movement while exhaling and feel how your deeper abdominal muscles subtly draw together. From this gentle core engagement, bring your arms up into a cactus position (see photo). For some of you, after years at a desk, or a shoulder or arm injury, this may be difficult, but do your best. Do not let go of that core, but keep breathing out your nose. By doing cactus stretches, you stretch your chest while “knitting” your shoulder blades back together.
If the stretch feels too difficult, come in and out of it, holding it for 3-5 seconds. Otherwise, hold it for 15 seconds at a time and repeat three times. It is crucial that you have your core engaged lightly for this stretch to be effective. If you feel that you are arching your back, start over and engage your core again. You should
not be arching your back in order to get your arms up. I am hoping that this year’s backpacking trip will help me identify the essentials of my present life so that I can simplify, simplify, simplify, and get rid of the excess baggage that weighs me down, allowing me to breathe easier and really enjoy the im-
portant things. Luca Williams is a Certified Rolfer in Glacier. She helps snowboarders, skiers, and other outdoor enthusiasts to get aligned and out of pain. Website: lucasrolfing.com blog: movingwithgravity.wordpress.com. Originally published in the fall 2018 issue of Mount Baker Experience.
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A step-by-step guide to eating healthier Whether you are a child or an adult, when it comes to choosing healthy foods, practice makes perfect. If you’ve spent much of your life snacking on junk food, it may feel difficult to make the healthy changes you’d like. The key is to start slowly and keep practicing healthy behaviors. - Rather than eliminating all snack foods at once, try steadily substituting some of those snacks for organic fruit and vegetable snacks into your diet. Over time, you can tip the balance, adding healthier foods and fewer processed foods. - To shift away from sugary carbonated drinks, try replacing one soda a day with organic fruit juice. You’ll still be getting a lot of sugar, but you will be slowly eliminating the chemicals found in soda.
- Once you’ve made the switch from soda, you can start trading juice for unsweetened tea or water with lemon, both healthier choices. Here are a few more ideas to help you take steps toward a healthier diet: - Eat one less meal at a fastfood restaurant per week. Try easy healthier alternatives such as making a sandwich at home or choosing a supermarket salad. - Eat an extra serving of fruit every day. Blend frozen fruit into a smoothie or add fresh berries to yogurt for a yummy dessert. - Eat an extra serving of veggies every day. It is easy to add a side salad to your evening meal, for example. - Eat one serving per week of seafood. Try a tuna salad sandwich instead of deli meat. - Try to cut out one or two servings of potato chips or other salty
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hired by the city to list and sell the approximately 6 remaining acres of the city’s former airport property, often referred to as the Gateway parcel. “I think the numbers speak for themselves,” Wenger said. “I agree with Mike Kent on that.” According to the report, combined residential and commercial construction values, for new construction and commercial improvements, have exceeded midyear totals for 2017. Residential construction values totaled $9,031,242 and non-residential construction values totaled $2,899,367 by June 30 of this year. Last year, residential construction values totaled $5,871,863 and non-residential construction valued $925,000 during the first half of the year. Several projects are currently underway, including a tenant improvement at 2256 Odell Road called BioPlex 2 valued at $250,000; construction of a new 18,826-square-foot building at 1649 Boblett Street by Chuckanut Bay Foods, valued at $1,494,522; construction of 1,246-square-foot duplexes at 404 B Street, valued
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O B I T U A RY Carol Ruth Nelson
April 20, 1936 - August 4, 2018 Carol Ruth (Hovik) Nelson was born April 20, 1936 to Roy and Charlotte Hovik in the family home in Lakewood Washington. Carol was the older of the two Hovik girls. Her younger sister, Phyllis arrived when Carol was 4 years old. Carol grew up enjoying the many activities that the Lakewood and Marysville communities had to offer. She loved to tell stories about raising her bandy chickens and picking strawberries in the local fields. She enjoyed family outings and spent many days with her numerous cousins and friends especially enjoying her times at Spee-Bi-Dah where she would eventually occupy the family home built by Roy and Charlotte in the late 1960’s. She attended Marysville High School and graduated in 1954. She briefly attended WSC and always enjoyed being a “Coug”. Carol met and married Richard Nelson and they had 4 children. Brett Richard Nelson, Keith Roy Nelson, Duane Peter Nelson & Andrea Carol (Nelson) Hougan. Making sure that her kids were always busy was quite the task and her life’s work. Carol’s love of the local area and its people led her to become the family historian. If she met you, she could remember your name, where you were from, what you did, who your family was related to, your likes, dislikes and you were officially in her “collection” of friends. Carol loved crafting. She could knit you a handbag or scarf, make you a fleece blanket, create jewelry, color a picture or paint you a picture. She could do it all and had the supplies to outfit several studios. She always had a camera at hand and was a master scrapbooker. Above all else, the most important people to Carol were her family, especially her grandchildren. They are Heather and Drew Nelson; Garrett Nelson, Spencer Nelson (and his wife Lisa Marie Hanning) Walker Nelson; Haily Nelson; Chelsea Hougan and Evan and Hans Hougan. They were all special in her eyes and she knew everything about their school lives, activities and their interests. She always made sure every grandchild received something special for every holiday and birthday. She was at her happiest when she had a full house. This was especially so with the addition of daughters-In-law, Lois Nelson, Alyson Nelson, and Tonia Thrift; and her granddaughters of the heart, Megan Thrift and Kacie Little. Also celebrating any occasion with her sister Phyllis, brother-in-law Paul McCoy; nephews Douglas McCoy and his wife Monica, Tyler McCoy and his wife Jennifer, and Phyllis’s grandchildren Langlie Morgan, Kendall Kent, Ahnna, Brady and Joe McCoy. Carol was a true Northwest treasure. She lived her entire life in the western Washington communities of Lakewood, Marysville, Mercer Island, Birch Bay/ Blaine, and Bellevue, at the beach in Spee-Bi-Dah and in Granite Falls. She lived a full and rewarding and loved life. She passed peacefully after a short illness, surrounded and comforted by her family on August 4, 2018. There will be a celebration of Carol’s life at one of her favorite places, The park at the beach in Spee-Bi-Dah, Washington on Saturday, September 15, 2018. Service begins at 2 p.m. Use the address of 10632 Birch Dr. NW, Tulalip WA 98271 for directions. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in Carol’s name be made to the Marysville Historical Society, P.O. Box 41, Marysville, Washington 98270.
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August 27, 12:32 p.m.: Abandoned vehicle on School Drive. August 27, 5:40 p.m.: Driving without a license on 2nd Street. August 27, 5:45 p.m.: Missing person on H Street. August 29, 2:43 p.m.: Possession of cocaine in Blaine. August 29, 10:00 a.m.: Parking problem on Ruby Street. August 29, 5:13 p.m.: Blaine warrant on H Street. August 30, 12:44 a.m.: Suspicious circumstances on Peace Portal Drive. August 30, 1:18 p.m.: Traffic, parking problem on Grant Avenue. August 30, 3:40 p.m.: Second degree burglary on Runge Avenue. August 30, 7:55 p.m.: Blaine warrant on H Street. August 30, 10:53 p.m.: Motor vehicle theft on Cherry Street. August 31, 12:25 a.m.: Assist fire department on Semiahmoo Parkway. August 31, 11:48 a.m.: Suicidal subject on H Street. August 31, 2:07 p.m.: Traffic, parking problem on Ludwick Avenue.
August 31, 3:26 p.m.: Assist fire department on Semiahmoo Parkway. August 31, 4:13 p.m.: Welfare check on D Street. August 31, 9:08 p.m.: Informational report on H Street. August 31, 9:28 p.m.: Dog complaint on C Street. August 31, 9:32 p.m.: Third degree theft on H Street. September 1, 6:23 a.m.: Violation of a no contact order on Marine Drive. September 1, 8:00 a.m.: Civil matter on Harrison Avenue. September 1, 2:40 p.m.: Parking problem on Grant Avenue. September 1, 8:10 p.m.: Collision on Peace Portal Drive. September 2, 9:15 a.m.: Theft of auto parts on Marine Drive. September 2, 10:50 a.m.: Suspicious circumstances on Harrison Avenue. September 2, 12:15 p.m.: Trespass issued on Peace Portal Drive.
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Live Music at The Vault: Friday, September 7, 7–9 p.m., the Vault Wine Bar, 277 G Street. Featuring Selena Rogers and Mark Williams. Info: 360/392-0955. Blaine Gardener’s Market: Saturday, September 8, G Street Plaza. Now in a new location for the fall season, stop by the gardener’s market for fall harvest goodies, including apple cider pressed on location. Mended Hearts Awards Ceremony: Saturday, September 8, 10 a.m., St. Luke’s Community Health Education Center, 3333 Squalicum Parkway. Ceremony to honor the national and community-based nonprofit dedicated to improving quality of life for health patients. Free. Big Bucks Bingo: Saturday, September 8, 1-3 p.m., Blaine Senior Center, 763 G Street. Open to the public. Early bird game at 12:30 p.m. and regular bingo at 1 p.m. Cost is $15 for eight games with three cards per game. Cash prizes. Lunch at noon for $6.
Semiahmoo Women’s Club Luncheon: Thursday, September 13, 11:15 a.m., Palmer Room in Semiahmoo Golf Course Clubhouse, 8720 Semiahmoo Parkway. Women from all communities are welcome to join the club. A $25 ticket covers buffet lunch plus a free draw. Speaker is new police chief Allen Schubert. RSVP by 5 p.m. on Monday. Info: 817/600-4192 or young.drum@hotmail.com. Run With The Chums: Saturday, September 15, 10 a.m., BP highlands, 5042 Grandview Road. Fun, free event for all ages through the scenic Lake Terrell watershed. Kids’ 1K smolt sprint at 10 a.m. and 5K run/walk at 10:30 a.m. Free t-shirts to first 300 participants. Travel to Australia with Lawrence Pang: Saturday, September 15, 1:30-3 p.m., Blaine Public Library, 610 3rd Street. World traveler Lawrence Pang will take you on a virtual tour of his visit to Perth and Sydney, Australia. Info: 360/305-3637. Bellingham Traverse: Saturday, September 15, starts at Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave, Bellingham. Get Hooked on the Bellingham Traverse, a fun relay race that celebrates the journey of wild salmon. Live Music at Peace Arch City: Wednesday, September 19, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Peace Arch City Cafe, 658 Peace Portal Drive. Featuring Wicked Timing every Wednesday in September.
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Pianist John Nilsen in Concert: Friday, September 7, 7 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church, 7215 Valley View Road, Ferndale. Music compositions include jazz, classical and hymns. Free and for all ages.
Build a Cider Press: Wednesday, September 12, 4-6 p.m.; repeats Saturday, September 15, 10 a.m.-noon., Blaine Public Library, 610 3rd Street. Learn how to build an economical press from simple everyday supplies. Capp Connors and Phil McRee will discuss apple varieties, bottling, and what products to make from apple juice. Info: 360/3053637.
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Live Music at Bay Breeze: Friday, September 7, 6–9 p.m., Bay Breeze Restaurant and Bar, 7829 Birch Bay Drive. Featuring Lost at Last. Info: 360/922-7902.
Clean-up for Science: Sunday, September 9, 1-3 p.m., Semiahmoo Park, 9261 Semiahmoo Pkwy. Come clean up local beaches and parks. Collection supplies provided, but volunteers can bring their own. Light snacks and drinks provided. Info: beaus@re-sources.org.
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An Evening with Gary Giles: Friday, September 7, 6-8 p.m., Blaine United Church of Christ, 885 4th Street, Blaine. A family-oriented multi-media presentation by master storyteller Giles, narrating his recently published children’s book, Wondabubba and the Big Splash, using multiple character voices and accompanied by a large screen presentation of the book’s illustrations. Info: Laurie, 360/332-6906.
Haynie Grange Breakfast: Sunday, September 9, 8 a.m.-noon, 3344 Haynie Road. Come for pancakes, French toasts, biscuits and gravy, eggs to order, ham and beverages. Cost is $6 for adults.
Temperature: High for the past week was 76.9°F with a low of 49.7°F on September 2. Average high was 75.2°F and average low was 53°F.
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Blaine Community Theater Auditions: Now until September 9. Audition for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher and directed by Nick McDonald. Private auditions being scheduled now with rehearsals will begin the following week. Performances October 19-21 and 26-28. Email blainecommunitytheater@gmail.com to schedule an audition time.
Live Music at The Vault: Saturday, September 8, 7–9 p.m., the Vault Wine Bar, 277 G Street. Featuring Chad Peterson. Info: 360/392-0955.
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Bellingham SeaFeast 2018: Friday-Saturday, September 21-22, Downtown Bellingham & Squalicum Harbor. Seafeed, live music, beer garden, kids’ activities, maritime arts and more! Fall into the Holidays: Saturday, September 22, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Birch Bay Activity Center. A vendor and artisan craft event. All proceeds go toward children’s programming for the park district. Gear Heads Classic Car and Motorcycle Show: Saturday, September 22, Blaine Senior Center, 763 G Street. Pancake Breakfast: Saturday, September 22, Blaine Senior Center, 763 G Street. Angels Descending Benefit Concerts: Sunday, September 23, 3-8 p.m., The Vault Wine Bar and Event Space, 277 G Street. Benefit concerts featuring vocalists Wendy Donaghy and Sharon Mayson. Concert from 3–5 p.m. benefits Healthy Youth Coalition, North County and the concert from 6–8 p.m. benefits the Drayton Harbor Music Festival. Tickets: $35 include concert, appetizers and glass of wine or beer. Reservations required. Info :360/392-0955.
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Discover Birch Bay Days The Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce hosted Discover Birch Bay Days on September 1 and 2. The event featured food and craft vendors, a parade, live music, the Discover Days Dash, a crab derby, chainsaw woodcarving and more. Photos by Chuck Kinzer.
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By Meg OlsOn Whatcom County Council has approved changes to county code that will eliminate 1 exemptions to mandatory garbage pickup in Point Roberts. At their June 5 meeting, council heard from an almost evenly split 15 community members on the proposal, which would establish a mandatory minimum service level of a 32-gallon can of garbage to be picked up twice-monthly and billed through the property tax roll. Opponents of the proposal cited a number of reasons for their opposition, primarily that the minimum service level was too high. “This exceeds the needs of 80 percent of those surveyed (in a 2016 online survey sponsored by the county solid FREE Community Newspaper of Blaine and Birch Bay July 27 - August 2, 2017 waste division) who self-haul or use tags,” Kimberly Butts said. HHHECRWSSHHH Postal Customer PRSRT STD 1916. On June 20, they had since Ken Calder, also opposed to the chang- s Back in 1976, a group of civic-minded people got together to plan a 4th of July celebration, the first U. S. Postage reunion at Ruby White’s house. See story, page 16. Standing, from l.: Fred DeHaan, Rosy Negron, Carla Scherer, Pauli DeHaan, George PAID IN THIS es, submitted a petition signed by 364 sea- aScherer, Pat Jorgensen, Doreen Peltier. Seated: Norma Peltier, Ruby White, Kris Manning. Photo by Shelley Damewood Permit NO. 87 sonal and full-time residents asking that Blaine, WA 98230 council delay the decision until September to allow a recently formed solid waste subcommittee of the Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee to continue to look at the issue. Cites client base and “increasing erts hospital district on June 26 that Unity according to Unity Care. Those in favor of the change as well as Care NW would end its contract to proThe number of people being served at community turmoil” county staff pointed out that PRCAC had vide services on the Point as of December the Point Roberts Clinic, as well as the been pondering the garbage collection B y M e g O l s O n 31, 2018, but would provide services on a number of visits, have been declining, acfor over two years, held numerous public a n d P a t g r u B B month-to-month basis if needed until June cording to the resolution. The number of meetings, sponsored an online survey and 30, 2019 and help with a possible transi- visits per year shrank from 1176 to 1033 sent out a mailer. Unity Care NW is done with the Point tion to an alternative service provider. between 2015 and 2017, which is de“There have been numerous opportuni- Roberts clinic. According to the June 25 resolution, the (See Hospital, page 8) ties to put in their two cents’ Citing declining use, a disproportionate Point Roberts Clinic does not fit with B y S t e fa n i e D O nfor a hpeople ue worth,” Arthur Reber said. “This process administrative burden and “communi- the other clinics Unity Care NW operAre impact fees revital-and collaborative,” ty turmoil,” the board of directors of the ates in Ferndale and Bellingham, which has the beenkey veryto thorough izing downtown incentivizing said and taxpayers’ association president Mark non-profit health care provider voted at its it described as “patient centered medigrowth in Blaine? Robbins. Chamber of commerce president June 25 meeting to discontinue the con- cal homes.” Close to half of the visits to allpointbulletin.com The question was at the heart of an Dee Gough said her association also sup- tract to operate the Point Roberts Clinic. the Point Roberts clinic are for urgent facebook.com/allpointbulletin hour-long discussion between Blaine City ported the proposal, agreeing that mandaNotice was delivered to the Point Rob- care, and not for primary medical care, Council and city staff at a special meettory trash pickup was the obvious solution ing held July 24. Not yet ready to make to thevoted perennial problem of dumping gara decision, council unanimousbage on the roadsides. Classifieds ........................................ 20 ly during a separate meeting that evewith the Whatcom County ning to request thatJeff cityHegedus staff draft a proComing Up ...................................... 19 Health Department said by establishing a B y M e g O l s O n running three weekends in August. posal based on four types of impact fees Garden ............................................. 15 mandatory Kiniski’s Reef Tavern is partnering with and incentive programs – minimum the councilservice level for all Library ............................................ 18 developed “The Point Roberts Arts and Music the foundation, offering a location, planwill either approve, deny orproperties, modify theas determined by which properties have a water connection, Festival is back on the water,” says Arts ning assistance and funds for this year’s Obituaries ........................................ 22 proposal in a few months. would lead to vendor Impact fees areit one-time charges that stability because Foundation founder and festival organizer event. “We decided to make it longer so Opinion .............................................. 4 more users would support the system. Craig Jacks. more people can enjoy it,” said tavern counties, cities and towns impose on deSeniors ............................................ 18 After being put on the shelf for a year, manager Allison Calder. The first weekend velopers. The funds are used to extend Tides ................................................ 10 (See Arts & Music, page 14) public services to support growth. (See In Garbage, page 7) the festival will be back for its 23rd year, Washington state, impact fees can be used on public streets, roads, publicly-owned parks, open space, recreation facilities, school facilities and fire protection facilities. Impact fees and other development incentives have already been written intoTHE AFTER PARADE FAMILY ACTIVITIES: BEGIN DAY AT THE s Droves of sand sculptors took part in the Birch Bay Sand Sculpture contest July 22-23. More photos on page 15. Photo by Chuck Kinzer the Blaine’s comprehensiveCommunity plan, which de-Center 1437 Gulf Rd. H Breakwaters Bar & Grill STARTS AT 12 NOON along tails how to accommodate growth over the POINT ROBERTS MARINA at Point Roberts Marina. Pancake Breakfast 7:15-11:15 am PREP benefit next 20 years. Gulf Rd. from Marine Dr. to Tyee Dr. AT 10:30 PM Flagbeen Raising Ceremony 11:30 am featuring PR Winds H Kiniski’s Reef Tavern “These are things we’ve looking at for a while,” said community development director Michael Jones. “The comprehensive plan and what you’ve already adopt- B y O l i v e r l a z e n B y child will be turned away on the basis of a not being able to pay for lunch, included recognizes the idea that there has to be zero or negative balance account.” ing anything from stamping kids’ hands enough financial capacity of the city to conIn some school districts, if a stuThose guidelines aren’t new, but they’re as a reminder to bring money, to denying tinue to do its job and provide the services dent doesn’t have lunch, they don’t in writing for the first time in response to them a lunch tray. Blaine’s guidelines say students won’t and things that it needs to do while taking eat. In others, they get a cheese sand- new U.S. Department of Agriculture regwich to eat in front of their classmates ulations that require school districts to get turned away at the lunch counter, even this into consideration.” The city has already started developing who are toting trays of corndogs, baked communicate, in writing, what they’ll do if they already have a negative balance a revised impact fee ordinance out of a re- beans, fruit and vegetables. when students can’t pay for lunch. on their account. Instead, they’ll either The new federal rules are aimed at end- get a regular meal and some more debt quest from the state legislature for all citFor the most part, that’s not the case at Blaine schools. The district’s guidelines for ing “lunch shaming,” a term for a variety (See Fees, page 2) dealing with unpaid lunch debt state, “No of practices that single students out for (See Lunch, page 6)
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