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Border crackdown on Iranian travelers was a local initiative, CBP whistleblower says B y P a t r i c k G r u bb A Blaine-area Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer says the recent “extreme vetting” of travelers with Iranian backgrounds occurred under the direction of Blaine port managers. The allegation was revealed by local immigration attorney Len Saunders, a frequent commentator on border issues. As earlier reported by The Northern Light, more than 60 U.S. citizens and permanent residents of Iranian heritage were subjected to enhanced screenings on January 4 and 5 as they entered the U.S. at the Peace Arch border crossing. Many were returning home from an Iranian pop concert that had taken place in Vancouver. Following a U.S. airstrike on an Iranian military commander in Iraq, some of the travelers reported being detained for up to 12 hours, while others said they were turned away and refused entry due
to CBP’s lack of capacity to handle them. Border security was enhanced nationwide during the period of escalating military tensions with Iran. At the time, it was thought that the detentions were limited to the Peace Arch crossing, but the CBP whistleblower said Iranian-born travelers were detained at other border crossings in the Blaine sector as well. Saunders told The Northern Light that the CBP officer asked not to be identified due to concerns about retribution, with the officer citing the existence of a “blacklist” of officers blocked from career advancement. Travelers were selected for counterterrorism inspections based solely upon their national origin, the officer said, adding that there were no immigration or customs reasons to detain them. Once the detentions became national news, Blaine port director Kenneth Williams put out a directive on January 5 at 1 p.m. saying
the operation was suspended, the CBP officer said. According to the source, officers have been told not to talk to the press about the matter. (See Crackdown, page 2)
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The Blaine school district board of directors held a special meeting on January 13 to discuss updates to several policies – one relating to treatment of transgender students and others that govern access to school property for sex offenders. The board held a special meeting for the first readings of the policies because the district hopes to approve the policies by the end of the month. The board will hold a second reading and vote on the policies at its January 27 regular meeting. Gender inclusivity policy Under a new state law, school districts in Washington have until the end of the month to adopt a transgender student policy that incorporates language from the Washington State School Directors’ Association’s (WSSDA) model policy. The Blaine school district already has a gender inclusivity policy aimed at making sure students are not discriminated against based on gender. The school board considered several updates to the policy to comply with WSSDA’s recommendations. School district policies are often based on WSSDA’s model policies. Updates to the policy include: • The district will include information about how a student wants to be addressed in class and in correspondence with their parent/guardian in the student’s electronic record to inform school staff of the student’s preferred name and pronouns. • Blaine schools will allow any student, regardless of gender identity, to be given access to an alternative restroom if they request more privacy. • Schools will provide accommodations to allow the student to keep their gender status private. • The district will designate one person to be the primary contact regarding policy and procedure relating to transgender or gender expansive students. The primary contact must participate in at least one training opportunity offered by the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. Sex offender policies The district also approved a first reading of several policies relating to convicted
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sex offenders at the special meeting in order to have policies in place which are in line with other Whatcom County schools by
February 1. Superintendents from all Whatcom County public schools worked together on the policy update, Blaine superintendent Christopher Granger said at the meeting. If all the districts in the county approve the policy by February 1,
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the sheriff’s office can notify level 2 and 3 sex offenders that they’re not permitted on the property of any school district in the county. Level 2 and 3 offenders are those with a higher risk of reoffending. The policy update states that offenders can apply for permission to enter school grounds to participate in specific educational or recreational activities, or other purposes. School principals can
approve the requests and place extra conditions on the offenders. “We all want to keep our students safe, but we also know that offenders have children and they have the right to be a part of their child’s educational process, and we want to respect both pieces of that puzzle,” Granger said at the meeting. All seven Whatcom County school district superintendents
plan to approve similar policies, Granger said. County superintendents started working on these policies after parents of students at Northern Heights Elementary School in Bellingham became concerned about a convicted sex offender on that campus. The updated school district policies are on the school district’s website under the “Board Docs” link here: bit.ly/2FOfJxF.
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nadians since last year, describing the ERs as outrageous and contrary to the Immigration and Nationality Act and past government practice. CBP’s Seattle Office of Field Operations, headquartered in Blaine, is responsible for 54 ports of entry along the northern border from Washington to Minnesota. The Office of Field Operations director overseeing the ports is Adele Fasano, who was named to her position in the spring of 2019. She was previously port director for New York and New Jersey and director of field operations in San Diego. While in San Diego, Fasano was named in a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security brought by former CBP officer Julia Davis, who claimed that Fasano had engaged in retribution after Davis had made a whistleblowing disclosure to the FBI. While in New Jersey, her office was the subject of complaints by documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras for being repeatedly harassed when returning from over-
seas. Poitras won the 2015 Academy Award for best documentary feature for Citizenfour about Edward Snowden. In 2018, Fasano was reported to receive a base salary of $187,000 which puts her in the top 10 percent of the highest paid CBP officials. There has been significant backlash to the reports that people of Iranian heritage were subjected to harsh vetting. National and international media have picked up the story, while The Seattle Times published an editorial on January 17 calling for answers from CBP. Governor Jay Inslee and other politicians have criticized CBP on the matter, while the Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) disclosed that it was opening an investigation into the incidents. A request for comment made to CRCL was unanswered at press time. Saunders said he had yet to be contacted by the office, nearly two weeks after he reported being an eyewitness to the detentions.
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The CBP officer also addressed the issue of expedited removals (ERs), saying assistant port director John Dahm was behind the recent increase in the number of ERs being imposed on Canadians crossing the border. ERs typically mean that individuals are banned from entering the U.S. for a period of time, usually five years. In December, the CBC reported that ERs on the northern border had jumped 97 percent to 616 from October 2018 to September 2019, compared to 312 in the previous 12-month period. According to Saunders, CBP’s Seattle Field Office accounted for 309 and 91, respectively, of those numbers, about 50 percent of the total in 2019 versus 29 percent in 2018. There are four field offices on the northern border. The CBP officer said there was very little support from line officers for the ERs that the Blaine area has been imposing on Ca-
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Suspicious incidents in Birch Bay prompt citizen concerns By Jami Makan The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) is increasing their patrols of Birch Bay, and plans to add another deputy to the area, after many residents have reported a recent surge in suspicious incidents including vehicle prowls, mail and package thefts, home and vehicle breakins and burglaries. In recent months, many Birch Bay residents have reported seeing suspicious individuals walking or driving around in their neighborhoods and attempting to enter homes and vehicles by checking for unlocked doors. The suspicious individuals, who are sometimes dressed in construction clothes, have also stolen property from local residents ranging from mail and packages to bicycles, wallets and even firearms. It is believed that the suspects, some of whom are believed to be juveniles or homeless individuals, are looking for cash or items to sell for cash, in order to fund their expenses and drug habits. In addition to reporting the incidents to WCSO, residents have been sharing their stories with neighborhood groups on Facebook and apps including Nextdoor and Ring Neighbors. Some of the residents have even shared still photographs or security or doorbell camera footage capturing the suspects’ faces, license plates or attempted crimes. While WCSO said that photographs and camera footage are often helpful, they are sometimes not enough to make an arrest. “These are helpful but do not make it 100 percent that we would have a suspect,” said WCSO chief deputy Kevin Hester. “If good camera footage is obtained, sometimes we can identify the suspect and then use this to go after them. We still have
to prove a case and have enough evidence to establish probable cause for an arrest. Just a photo of someone is not enough to arrest, but it does help us investigate.” Birch Bay deputy Todd Damon confirmed a recent rise in vehicle prowls and burglaries, including in the neighborhood bordered by Harborview Road, Lincoln Road, Anderson Road and Glendale Drive. He said that two suspects were arrested for those vehicle prowls, and that one of them, a juvenile, is believed to be responsible for most of the criminal activity in that area. He also said that over the holidays, there was a “significant” increase in package thefts. “We had some cases with video, but it wasn’t enough to verify identity and establish probable cause,” he said. According to WCSO statistics, there were six burglaries, 10 thefts, eight vandalisms and nine vehicle prowls in the Birch Bay area in the 60-day period ending January 10. Whatcom County sheriff Bill Elfo said that WCSO plans to add another deputy to the Birch Bay area in response to the level of crime. “We feel that the issues in the Birch Bay area are sufficient to require adding another deputy and will work that in as a budget request during the next budget cycle,” Elfo said. In the meantime, WCSO said that their patrol deputies have increased their patrolling of the area as call load permits. Deputy Damon has also met with concerned community members to gather information and offer advice for taking proactive steps to reduce crime. The WCSO’s advice includes always locking your doors; maintaining clear visibility by keeping landscaping around your home and office’s front and rear entry areas trimmed; participating in neighborhood watch programs to be alert and aware of your
WCLS permanently eliminates library late fees By Oliver Lazenby The Whatcom County Library System (WCLS) and Bellingham Public Library eliminated overdue fines, effective January 2, 2020, joining a growing number of libraries across the country in removing fees. “We want to welcome people back to the library, people who may have been avoiding the library or are blocked from using the library because they have overdue fines or because they are concerned about accruing fines,” said WCLS board chair Marvin Waschke, in a news release. The move is a decision that allowing those who previously had prohibitively high fines to check out library material again is worth any drop in book return time. As of November 2019, 8.6 percent of all WCLS cardholders, or 8,422, owed more than $10 in overdue fines and were blocked from checking out material.
Library patrons returned 93.1 percent of items on time in 2018, and based on data from other libraries that have eliminated fines, WCLS doesn’t expect this rate to drop significantly. WCLS will continue to track that rate for a comparison. The change won’t significantly affect the library financially: in 2018, fines collected made up 0.6 percent of WCLS’s operating budget. Other Washington state libraries that have eliminated overdue fines include the Seattle Public Library, Fort Vancouver Regional Library, Kitsap Regional Library and Spokane Public Libraries. Both WCLS and Bellingham Public Library eliminated fines for youth materials in 2013. Borrowers will still be charged replacement costs for damaged or unreturned items. Library users can learn more, and see WCLS’s frequently asked questions on eliminating fines, by visiting bit.ly/2NcZMF8.
surroundings; and installing security and doorbell cameras to capture activity and alert you to someone’s presence at your door. WCSO also recommends using high-security and commercial-grade locks, including ANSI Grade 1 and Schlage bump-proof locks. This is to prevent “lock bumping,” a lock-picking technique that criminals use that leaves no trace of forced entry. Joe Zaccaria, a corporate security consultant and Birch Bay resident whose neighborhood has been affected, offered additional tips to local residents. He said that residents can use outside lighting in the evening hours to deter crime, and that they should make sure their home address numbers are highly visible to police and fire personnel. He also expressed concern about several online posts stating a desire to purchase firearms in response to the surge in local crime. Zaccaria, a former cop, emphasized: “If you decide to purchase a firearm or apply for a concealed carry permit, get sound training from a certified firearms instructor who can also educate you on the law and when not to use a firearm. Practice at a range and never take actions that will put you or your neighbors at risk. Knowing the law is as important as being proficient with firearms. You can’t shoot people walking
away with your flat-panel TV or brandish a weapon when there is not an actual threat to your life or someone else’s.” Zaccaria said that many cities in the U.S., including Seattle, offer live crime maps online, and he encouraged WCSO and the Blaine Police Department to offer this new tracking tool. In Blaine
and Birch Bay, “there is no public access to area crime data in real time as there is in many other cities across the U.S.,” he said. “It seems like the criminals’ right to privacy is more important than the rights of victims. Even California law enforcement share real-time data with their citizens. We need to get with the times.”
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A Blaine High School (BHS) junior is inspiring her fellow students by volunteering her time to help preschool teachers, homeless individuals, correctional officers, school administrators and others in Whatcom County and beyond. Ashlyn Pixley, 16, spent much of the past year volunteering for various causes in the community. Her goal was to exceed a 100-hour volunteering challenge set by HOBY, a nonprofit organization that aims to inspire youth volunteers around the country. Pixley surpassed the goal, logging 136 hours – more than other HOBY volunteers in Washington state, she said. “Originally, I decided to volunteer to just be able to say that I helped the community,” said Pixley. “After that, I thrived. It’s fun meeting different people and knowing that you’re not doing something for yourself but for the community and future generations.” Pixley discovered HOBY through a BHS English teacher, Jeff Worthy, who encouraged her to get involved. At first, Pixley was nervous because she didn’t know anything about the organization, which was founded by the American actor and humanitarian Hugh O’Brian in 1958 after he met 1952 Nobel Peace Prize winner Albert Schweitzer in Gabon, Africa. In June, Pixley attended a HOBY leadership conference at Whitworth University in Spokane. She was the only student from Blaine to attend the five-day conference, which featured group challenges and discussions about how to empower others. At the conference, Pixley’s confidence grew, and she even spoke about how she overcame a chronic pain diagnosis. “I met a lot of great people who I’m still in contact with today,” she said. “It was one of the best experiences I’ve had.” HOBY gave Pixley a challenge: commit yourself to 100 hours of community service. In order to meet that goal, she first spent 12 hours volunteering at Happy Valley Elementary School in Bellingham, where her aunt is a preschool teacher. In August last year, Pixley helped set up classrooms, move around desks and make pencil boxes for the youngsters to put in their cubby holes. After taking an online survey that matched her with local volunteer opportunities, Pixley also spent 12 hours in October volunteering for Project Homeless Connect, which provided homeless individuals in Bellingham with resources and supplies. “There was a shower station, a hygiene station, a pet station, a camping station and other resources,” she said. “They would come and tell us what they needed, and we would grab it for them.” At Christmas time, Pixley decided to do some volunteer work in support of correctional officers at the Whatcom County Jail, where her mother works. Pixley spent 15 hours helping to assemble and distribute gift bags
for officers who had to work on Christmas Day. The bags included gift cards from Pure Bliss Desserts, Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches and other prolaw enforcement businesses in Whatcom County. Also at Christmas time, Pixley spent six hours volunteering with the Shop-with-a-Cop program, which provided $75 to kids from low-income families to spend at Walmart. “We let them shop so that they could enjoy Christmas,” she said. For the rest of her volunteer hours, which she carefully records in a written notebook and uploads to the HOBY website, Pixley has served as a third-period office teacher assistant in the BHS office. She helps hand out papers, check in students, distribute notes, answer phone calls and perform other office tasks. “Since I don’t get any credit for the class, they count it as community service,” she said. In addition to her volunteer work, Pixley recently helped save a stranger’s life. In November, Pixley was browsing TikTok, a social media app, when she saw a video of a girl from Canada discussing plans to commit suicide and wishing her mother goodbye. Pixley immediately recalled a presentation that she heard at Blaine Middle School in sixth grade, when a retired police officer with The White Hatter, an internet safety education company, addressed her class. “He had us save the company’s number in our phones,” she said. “I called the number within 24 hours, and the stranger was actually helped. She admitted that she was going to commit suicide.” Because of her quick thinking and her decision to intervene, Pixley received an award from The White Hatter. Pixley plans to attend another HOBY conference in June. This time, she won’t be going alone. She will be joined by four other students from Blaine. She helped participate in the selection process by reviewing their applications, essays and peer referrals. “Last time it was just me,” said Pixley. “This year, it’ll be me plus four others.”
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Kamrath, Pike lead Blaine girls basketball in second conference win Blaine girls basketball got its second conference win on January 20 against Sedro-Woolley, a 47–38 victory fueled by Krystin Kamrath’s sharp shooting and Hailey Pike’s double-double. The Borderites started off hot despite nearly a week without practice. Kamrath scored five three-pointers in the first half and Blaine led 28–13 going into the third quarter. Sedro-Woolley battled back with constant full court pressure through the second half, taking advantage of Blaine’s
lack of practice. “We were outscored 19 to their 25 in the second half, but we did enough to hold on and the girls played hard,” said Blaine head coach Ryan Pike. “Overall, it was a good team effort. Some people stepped up who needed to step up and we got the win.” Kamrath led Blaine in scoring with 17 points. Hailey Pike scored 13, pulled down 10 rebounds and had six assists. Taelyn DePauw had seven rebounds. After the victory, Blaine has a 2–5 record in conference games
(5–9 overall). The game was the first in a stretch of winnable games for the Borderites. Between now and the end of the month, Blaine plays Mount Baker (2–4), Anacortes (3–4) and Bellingham (1–5). “We’re hoping we can win a couple of these games and move up in playoff seeding,” Ryan Pike said. Next, Blaine travels to Mount Baker for a 7:15 p.m. game on Friday, January 24. Blaine’s next home game starts at 7:15 p.m. on January 30 against Bellingham.
Boys basketball notches comeback win against Sedro-Woolley s Hailey Pike makes a pass during Blaine’s 47–38 win against SedroWoolley at Blaine High School on January 20. Pike had 13 points, 10 rebounds and six assists.
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Blaine boys basketball fought hard in the second half to get a 64–62 comeback victory against head coach Brett Farrar’s former team, Sedro-Woolley. After the win, the Borderites have a 3–4 record in conference games, and a 9–5 record overall. Sedro-Woolley is 6–8 (1–6 in conference games). Blaine’s shots weren’t falling in the first half at Sedro-Woolley
and after two quarters the Cubs led by 14 points. That changed in the second half, as Kyle Turnberg hit three three-pointers in a row. Bailey Bleazard and Cole Thomas also hit key shots in third quarter, Farrar said. Blaine started the fourth quarter down 49–40, but went on a 12-2 run to take the lead. From there, Blaine kept its lead with Zane Rector and Josh Russ con-
trolling the Borderites offense. Rector led Blaine in scoring with 25, and 21 of those points in Blaine’s big second half. Turnberg scored 15 and Russ had 12. “Our guys remained calm and they did a really nice job. It was a good, tough hard-fought road victory,” Farrar said. Next, the Borderites host Mount Baker (3–11, 0–7 overall) at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, January 23.
Games postponed due to snow and ice Snow and ice postponed several Blaine High School games last week. Boys and girls basketball games against Sehome have been resched-
uled for the last week of the season. Bowling matches on Thursday and Friday were cancelled and have not yet been rescheduled. The boys’ home wrestling dual scheduled for
January 15 was postponed and hasn’t yet been rescheduled. For more information and updated sports schedules, visit nwcathletics.com.
City council supports legislation enabling taxing district for parks By Jami Makan Blaine city council voted unanimously to support state legislation that would, if passed, give cities like Blaine the option to form special taxing districts for park improvements and operations. At their January 13 meeting, Blaine city councilmembers voted 7-0 to support HB 1371 and SB 5680 which, if passed in Olympia, would enable Blaine voters to approve the formation of a local parks benefit district, or PBD. The PBD would be similar to the Transportation Benefit District (TBD) that is already in place in Blaine. The PBD would have independent taxing authority to levy a local sales and use tax of up to 0.1 percent, subject to voter approval. Funds would be levied and received by the city of Blaine and would be used for eligible park improvements and operations. “What you’re doing tonight is just deciding whether or not you think this is a good idea,”
city manager Michael Jones told councilmembers prior to the vote. “What you do tonight does not create a tax or create the authority for a tax. It would be something the state legislature would choose to do or not do. And ultimately, that may become a tool available to the city in the future.” While the issue was not on the city’s legislative agenda for the 2020 session, Jones said that he was alerted to it by the city’s consultants in Olympia. He told councilmembers that if they voted to support the legislation, “then we would take appropriate actions with our lobbyists in Olympia and the city would communicate that message to the legislature, including our District 42 legislators.” Jones said that the PBD would be different than the city’s park and cemetery board or BlaineBirch Bay Park and Recreation District 2. He said city council would act as the board for the
new taxing district and would be able to spend the money raised on local park services, such as the construction and maintenance of park facilities. He said that the new tax, if it becomes a reality, would free up revenue for other services that the city would like to provide its residents. “We are challenged with adequate funding for general fund services like parks, police, streets and those kinds of things,” he said. He cautioned that the final language of HB 1371 and SB 5680 could change during the ongoing legislative session in Olympia. Prior to the vote, Bonnie Onyon, who was re-appointed mayor by her fellow councilmembers at the meeting, said that she was in favor of the state legislation. “I’m going to support this because it does give us some local control,” she said. “It gives us the ability to allow our citizens to decide if they want to form a parks benefit district just like we did with transportation.”
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Transportation commission releases report on “road usage charges” By Jami Makan For many, America is the land of the open road, where drivers can roam freely and where happiness is a full tank of gas – or a fully charged battery, if you have an electric vehicle. But a proposal being discussed in Olympia envisions a very different future. If the proposal is implemented, drivers would be charged for every mile driven. They could see their movements tracked by bureaucrats. Alternatively, they would have to report their odometer readings to the government or purchase “mileage permits” ahead of time to avoid costly penalties. On January 13, the Washington State Transportation Commission (WSTC) transmitted their final report on “road usage charges” to governor Jay Inslee, the state legislature and the Federal Highway Administration. WSTC’s report includes analysis and findings of the legal, fiscal, operational and policy impacts of road usage charges and provides recommendations and options on how the charges could be implemented in Washington.
“The state legislature will ultimately decide if a road usage charge will be implemented in Washington,” said a January 14 press release from WSTC. “Should the legislature move forward with a road usage charge, it must consider several key topics, all of which the commission’s final report addressed. Those include how to gradually transition to a road usage charge system, determine what vehicles should be subject to paying road usage charges, determine the per-mile rate policy, set forth the allowable use of road usage charge revenue and determine details around how a road usage charge program would be implemented.” According to WSTC’s report, which is available online at waroadusagecharge.org/finalreport, a pilot project ran from February 2018 to January 2019. Participants tested a mock payper-mile system, and chose from one of five mileage reporting options to record and report their mileage for roadway use. “Hightech, low-tech and no-tech options to report miles driven were tested during the pilot, ranging from selfreporting of a vehicle’s odometer
to using smartphones or in-vehicle technology,” said the report. Specifically, the five options were: using a GPS device that plugs into your vehicle’s OBD-II port; using a non-GPS device that plugs into the same port; downloading a smartphone app on which GPS could be enabled or disabled; reporting your odometer reading to the government quarterly; or pre-purchasing a mileage permit that could be topped up as needed. Over 2,000 drivers from around the state participated in the pilot program, and a majority of them selected the plug-in devices. They reported their miles driven, received mock invoices, provided feedback and received gift cards of up to $100. In surveys, the participants said that privacy was their top concern. “When discussing privacy, participants typically noted concerns about location and movements being tracked and the amount of information collected under a road usage charge system,” said the report. “Survey respondents frequently linked privacy to data security, wanting to ensure their private information cannot be breached.”
To address these concerns, a model privacy policy was developed as part of the pilot project. The report also recommends amendments to the Public Records Act to exempt data collected in a road usage charge program from public disclosure. According to the proposed amendments, “The personally identifying information of persons who report their vehicle odometer mileage, including any vehicle location information, in relation to a road usage charge … may be released to law enforcement agencies only for United States Customs and Border Protection enforcement purposes. Personally identifying information may be released to law enforcement agencies for other purposes only if the request is accompanied by a court order.” According to the report, there could be many other recipients of drivers’ personal information besides law enforcement. They could include financial institutions, employees of state agencies, service providers, contractors and other entities. The goal of the road usage charge proposal is to supplement gas tax revenues, which are ex-
pected to decline in the future. “As vehicles become more fuel-efficient or switch to electric power, gas tax revenue is expected to decline by as much as 45 percent by 2035,” said WSTC’s press release. “In 2012, the legislature directed the commission to assess the potential of a road usage charge to replace the gas tax. A road usage charge is a per-mile charge drivers would pay for the use of the roads, as opposed to paying by the gallon of gas.” WSTC’s report attempts to address several complexities, such as double taxation – drivers potentially being subject to both the gas tax and road usage charges at the same time – and how to collect road usage charges from outof-state drivers. The report also attempts to address concerns that drivers living in rural areas could be charged more than drivers living in urban areas. While the state legislature would determine the exact number of cents per mile that drivers would be charged, the pilot project supposed that drivers would pay 2.5 cents per mile driven, rather than paying the state’s 49.4-cents-per-gallon gas tax.
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M.S. Volleyball Season Begins Teacher Workday (No School) School Board Meeting, 7 pm M.S. Wrestling (Boys and Girls) Season Begins 6th Grade Concert, 7 pm
On your February ballot you will find a Maintenance and Operations Levy for Blaine School District. This is a replacement levy not a new tax. If approved, the levy will continue to bridge the gap between the funding provided by the state and the cost of operations for basic education needs in our district over the next four years.
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The Replacement Maintenance and Operations Levy will help support a wide variety of needs: • Enrichment and Intervention Programs (i.e. AP Course Offerings, College in the Classroom) • Routine Maintenance Needs • School Resource Officer and Supervision Staff • Underfunded State Requirements and Programs (i.e. School Psychologists) • Athletic Participation Fee Offset • Expanded Curriculum Adoptions (i.e. CTE) • Facilities Use Fee Offset
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The levy amounts being requested are: • 2021 $6,000,000 • 2022 $6,400,000 • 2023 $6,800,000 • 2024 $7,250,000 The estimated rates for 2021-2024 are significantly lower than the Whatcom County average of $1.49 per thousand for the 2019 collection year. They are: • 2021 $1.2626 • 2022 $1.2796 • 2023 $1.2919 • 2024 $1.3087 An exemption is available for qualifying senior and low-income homeowners. Those interested should contact the Whatcom County Assessor by phone at 360-676-6790 or visit: co.whatcom.wa.us/assessor.
Winter Weather Information The winter weather season is upon us, and there are a number of ways you can access school schedule information on inclement weather mornings. Push notifications and automated calls will be sent through the “Blaine SD” mobile app. The Blaine School District website, Facebook page and Twitter account, along with KGMI, and Seattle TV Stations will have updated details as early as 5:30 a.m. and no later than 6:00 a.m. Parents may also call the Schedule Hotline at 360-332-0789 for school schedule information. For full details regarding weather related schedule changes, visit the Parents and Students section of our website at www.blainesd.org.
Two New Directors Welcomed: In December, Blaine School District welcomed two new members to our board of directors.
January 2020 marks the 25th anniversary of National School Board Recognition month. We are grateful for all the men and women who have served our community through our school board over the years.
Supper with the Superintendent We would like to extend a huge thank you to all who came out to our December Supper with the Superintendent! If you missed it, please join Dr. Granger for a town hall style conversation, with a light supper included, at 6:30 on Monday, February 10 in the Birch Bay Bible Community Church’s Fireside Room at 4460 Bay Road in Birch Bay.
Todd Nunamaker
A lifetime resident of Blaine, Todd graduated from Blaine schools before earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in Broad Area Science with an Education endorsement from Central Washington University. Todd comes from a family dedicated to the students of Blaine School District. His father Robert served as teacher, coach and principal of Blaine Elementary for nearly thirty years. His mother Betty followed with a twenty-eight year tenure as school board administrator. Todd looks forward to continuing this legacy of commitment and support to the Blaine School District. Todd’s daughter attends Blaine schools where she is an active student, athlete and representative of her class. Todd was elected to the school board in 2019 and his term will expire December 2023.
Dougal Thomas Dougal Thomas and his family moved back to Blaine in 2004. He has a background in education working both as a teacher and as a coach. He holds both a Bachelor of Education degree as well as a Masters of Education degree. He has been involved in the Blaine community as a board member and President of Blaine Youth Basketball. He is also a board member on the Blaine Scholarship Foundation committee which raises scholarship money for Blaine High School graduates. He is part owner and Vice President of West Mechanical Heating and Air Conditioning. Dougal and his wife Suzanne have 2 children who currently attend Blaine Schools. Dougal was elected to the school board in 2019 and his term will expire December 2023.
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Innovative therapy puts Blaine dog’s cancer into remission By Jami Makan When Jackie Craig got her dog Wiley from a ranch when he was eight weeks old, she expected him to have a long, healthy life. That’s because he’s a Blue Heeler, a type of Australian Cattle Dog known for its long, healthy lifespan and lack of predisposed conditions. Wiley quickly became a beloved figure at The Hair Shop on Martin Street in Blaine where Craig works. “He’s the barbershop dog,” she said. “Everybody knows him.” So it came as a shock when Wiley, at the age of seven and a half, was diagnosed with lymphoma in August last year. Craig first noticed that Wiley was gaining weight and would start coughing when he drank. She took him in for an appointment at Bellingham Veterinary, where Dr. Edmund Sullivan performed blood work and diagnosed Wiley with B-cell lymphoma, a type of blood cancer. It is also known in people as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. “It turns out the lymph nodes in his neck were extremely enlarged,” Craig said. “He was in very sorry shape, and they said he would’ve died within two weeks.” Although she didn’t have pet insurance – “My biggest mistake,”
Craig said – she decided to pay for chemotherapy for Wiley. “I did not think he was going to make it,” she said. “I just wanted to prolong his life. It was agonizing trying to decide whether to put my dog to sleep.” At first, Dr. Sullivan performed chemotherapy on Wiley once a week. Unfortunately, it wasn’t working well. “Wiley had a very poor response to standard chemotherapy,” said Dr. Sullivan. “On the standard therapy, he didn’t get into any kind of remission at all. He quickly would relapse.” That’s when Dr. Sullivan decided to try a new approach being developed around the country. Through a separate Bellingham company named Aurelius Biotherapeutics, of which his wife Dr. Theresa Westfall is the CEO, Dr. Sullivan has been working for years in conjunction with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, as an off-campus research partner. “We have developed therapies for dogs as patients through that relationship,” said Dr. Sullivan. One of those therapies is known as adoptive T-cell therapy. It is a therapy that is also used on some human patients, and Dr. Sullivan decided to try it on Wiley. “Basically, it is a method where
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s Blaine dog Wiley with his veterinary team at Bellingham Veterinary. From l., Brittany Grant, Sebastian Grant, Dr. Kevin Steele, Sharon Pozzi and Dr. Edmund Sullivan. we first take blood out of the dog,” explained Dr. Kevin Steele, Dr. Sullivan’s Blaine-based lab researcher. “We take anti-tumor T-cells away from the influence of the tumor. The T-cells, the anti-cancer cells, they are in culture now. We give them dead tumor to attack. They expand and get very anti-tumor. All of this is happening in culture. Then we inject them back into the dog.” Dr. Steele said that adoptive T-cell therapy is typically used in conjunction with standard chemotherapy. First, the chemotherapy kills off rapidly dividing tumor cells, and then the T-cells, after being “jazzed up” in the laboratory, are injected to “hunt down” any surviving cancer cells. The first time Dr. Steele and Dr. Sullivan tried the technique was in 2016, and since then, they have treated about a hundred dogs together. They have conditional USDA approval to provide the treatment, and they are currently working on overcoming additional levels of regulatory hurdles to expand their facility. “With standard therapy, we don’t have any cures,” said Dr. Sullivan. “So none of them survive. This immunotherapy, meanwhile, has resulted in a fair percentage of dogs living for long
periods of time, and some of them being cured,” which he defines as being cancer-free for longer than two years after a diagnosis. Some dogs he has treated have gone as long as four and a half years (and counting) without relapsing. “We believe there’s something to this.” The experimental treatment was performed at no cost to Craig. The doctors grew T-cells for Wiley and then gave him an additional dose of standard therapy followed by two infusions of the T-cells. Wiley went into remission and has gone without additional chemotherapy for several months now. “Just last week, we did an analysis and he was free of disease – there was no detectable disease,” said Dr. Sullivan. “We will generate another batch of T-cells for him to see if we can extend his remission even longer. There’s a chance he may be cured – we don’t know that until he’s gone two years since his diagnosis – but we’re already six months in. We’re a quarter of the way there.” During the entire process, Craig said that Wiley’s suffering was minimal, and that he didn’t lose hair. “Now he’s got the puppy bounce,” said Craig. “He was pretty sick when he was going through chemo. I could only get him to eat steak. Now he’s eating
s A microscopic image of activated T-cells attacking a tumor cell. Photos courtesy of Dr. Kevin Steele
completely normal and he’s right back to his old self, playing with other dogs.” Craig is extremely grateful to Dr. Steele and Dr. Sullivan, who will continue to monitor Wiley’s condition. “Kevin is an angel,” she said. “And Dr. Sullivan, he sits on the floor and talks to the animals. He loves the animals. His entire staff is just very compassionate.” Craig said that with so many dogs getting cancer, these treatments have come a long way and are worth it. “It gives other people with dogs hope,” she said.
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Design team at work on final concept for new Blaine library By Oliver Lazenby After the third of three public input meetings, the design team of King Architecture and Johnston Architects is at work on a final design concept for the Blaine library, which they’ll reveal next month. At a January 14 meeting, the architects presented two designs to a crowd of about 35 people who showed up despite temperatures in the teens and snow in the forecast. The designs are currently on display at the Blaine Library, at 601 3rd Street. Both designs were a little less than 9,000 square feet and included most, if not all, of the design elements that attendees of previous design meetings prioritized. Compared to the current library, both designs include more room for books, more quiet reading spaces, bigger spaces for meetings and educational gatherings, more staff work space and more infrastructure for computers and other technology. They both have separate teen and children’s areas. Both designs are entirely new construction. Incorporating the current building, a converted public works building, would be more expensive than starting fresh, the design team said.
The designs differed stylistically. One features a window-lined reading area in the shape of a boat hull. Many meeting attendees liked the look of it, and many thought the more straightforward, rectangular layout of the other design would be more functional. After a presentation, meeting attendees placed stickers on the design elements they liked and discussed the two concepts with the designers and Whatcom County Library System (WCLS) officials. A fireplace in one of the designs drew a lot of discussion. Some appreciated the ambience it provided, while others thought it was a waste of space better used for seating, books or a window. “The fireplace has been a hot button issue,” said Tim Faber, with King Architecture. “On a day like today it would be nice. The rest of the time, maybe it’s unnecessary.” What’s next The design team will present a final design concept at the next scheduled meeting, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on February 11 at the Blaine Senior Center at 763 G Street. “Our text task is to digest everything we’ve heard tonight and really to also be critical about both of these two schemes in light of comments we heard,”
said Ray Johnston of Johnston Architects, at the meeting. “We may come back with something that blends them a little bit, that takes the best from both and comes up with something a little bit different. That might work, or it might be that one gets enhanced a lot more.” After February 11, some design elements such as shelving and some interior walls could change, but any major changes would require spending more money on design. Also, WCLS will be working on getting an accurate final cost estimate at that time. WCLS is making plans to raise money to build the library through a combined property tax levy for both the Blaine library and the Birch Bay library project. The WCLS board won’t decide on the levy until it has an accurate cost estimate for the Blaine library, which will likely be in March, said Michael Cox, WCLS deputy director. At a January 21 WCLS board of trustees meeting, Cox said the cost range he’s heard from the design team is $480 to $680 per square foot, or around $6 million at the high end. The current Blaine library is 5,400 square feet and has been in its current space since 1988.
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s Architect Jack Chaffin, l., hands out stickers at the third Blaine Library design meeting at the Blaine Senior Center on January 14. The design team presented two designs, and meeting attendees placed stickers on their favorite design elements. Designs are currently on display at the Blaine Library.
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Tulalip tribe acquires commercial seafood enterprise in Blaine Harbor By Jami Makan The Tulalip tribe recently acquired a seafood processing building in Blaine Harbor, and it reportedly plans to expand the enterprise, which sells live crab and other seafood to markets on the West Coast and in Asia. In late December, Sound Pacific Seafoods LLC sold its facility at 285 Marine Drive to the Tulalip tribe, known formally as the Tulalip Tribes of Washington. The facility consists of an 8,000-squarefoot building and a 117-foot dock. The land underneath the building is leased from the Port of Bellingham, which approved an assignment of the lease at its December 10 commission meeting. “The tribe is very involved with the fishing industry and has a reputation of improving all the properties that they obtain,” said Paul Burrill, who was the co-owner of Sound Pacific Seafoods and did not disclose the sale price. “They are going to be good partners in our community.” Burrill said that his company did a lot of business with the tribe, and that the transaction evolved from their good working relationship. “We did a considerable amount of business with the tribe, and at one point they came to us,” he said. “We never really offered it for sale, but they gave us a proposal and it eventually became ac-
ceptable. It was about a year-long process but we finally came to terms and the sale took place right about Christmas time.” Sound Pacific Seafoods first purchased the facility and started the company in 2014. Its primary focus was live-crab purchasing from tribal and state fishermen in Washington, Oregon and California. The company would purchase live crab, put them in bulk containers, prepare them for shipment and resell them to other wholesalers on the West Coast. Much of the product was sold into the Chinese market, after being chilled, packaged and transported by truck to the Vancouver airport. According to Burrill, some members of Sound Pacific Seafoods will be staying on with the tribe. “The tribe plans to continue and, I expect, expand operations in Blaine, which will be an economic benefit to the area,” he said. “There should not be any interruptions in the service that was provided before.” As for Burrill, he plans to help start a new venture in Blaine named Dakota Creek Shellfish SPC. The corporation, of which he is the president and co-founder, will focus on oyster seed, seaweed and kelp production. It will sell oyster seeds to small oyster growers in California, B.C. and Alaska for farming and eventual human consumption. “These small grow-
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reporting the Blaine discovery. According to WSDA, invasive Asian giant hornets are typically almost an inch and a half long and are distinguished by their large yellow heads. They nest in the ground, and although they are typically not interested in humans, pets or large animals, they can inflict a “nasty” sting if threatened or if their nest is disturbed. “Asian giant hornet stings – especially repeated stings – can require medical attention, even in those who are not normally allergic to bee or wasp stings,” said a WSDA brief. “Several hornet-related deaths occur each year where they are native in Asia.” According to Washington’s health department, people can take preventative measures outdoors by keeping food and drink covered or under screens, and by cleaning up and disposing of food and garbage properly. People should avoid swatting at the hornets, which may cause these insects to sting. “If you are stung, DOH recommends washing the site thoroughly with soap and water and applying
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Robert Hansen 1928-2019 passed away peacefully at his home Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019. He was born in Bellingham and lived in Whatcom County his entire life. During his teens he worked with his father picking up milk from local dairy farms and delivering it to the Darigold Creamery. He attended Ferndale High School, where he excelled in sports, setting multiple track and field records; he graduated in 1948. He joined the U.S. Air Force and served his country in England and Germany. After discharge he joined the American Legion, and he worked at Mobil Oil Refinery for most of his career. In 1956 he married Dixie and raised three children. He enjoyed traveling, boating, golf, sports, and spending time with family and friends. He was a caring husband, father, and friend and will be missed greatly. Robert is preceded in death by his parents, Emma and William Hansen. He is survived by his wife Dixie; son Douglas (Debra) Hansen, daughter Karen (Linton) Petersen, and son Richard Hansen; grandchildren Kyle Hansen, Tyler Hansen, Katelin (Wade) Nelson, and Dane Petersen; great-grandaughter Ellee Nelson. Please join us as we celebrate Robert’s life on Sunday, February 2, from noon-4 p.m. at the Squalicum Boathouse, 2600 N. Harbor Loop, Bellingham, WA 98225. Please refer to www.sigsfuneralservices.com to share your thoughts and memories, for the full obituary, and additional information regarding the celebration of life.
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Asian giant hornets found in Blaine The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) has received and confirmed four reports of Asian giant hornets in the areas of Blaine and Bellingham, WSDA said in a January 13 brief posted online. Last month, WSDA entomologists identified a large hornet found near the Canadian border as an Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia), an invasive species not previously found in Washington state. On December 8, a Blaine resident had reported an unusually large hornet they found on their property. Two days later, WSDA visited the site, collected the specimen, which was dead, and confirmed its identity a short time later. The resident also reported seeing a live giant hornet at a hummingbird feeder before it retreated into a nearby forest. “Although it is not typically aggressive toward humans, this unwelcome pest can inflict a powerful sting and also represents a threat to honeybees, for which they have a voracious appetite,” WSDA said in a December brief
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Coloring for Good Health: Friday, January 24, 3–4:30 p.m., Blaine Library, 610 3rd Street. Coloring is an easy way to calm the mind and occupy the hands. Enjoy quiet contemplation or casual chit-chat with other coloring enthusiasts. All materials provided, but feel free to bring your own.
Craft and Chat: Monday, January 27, 5:30–7 p.m., Blaine Public Library, 610 3rd Street. Enjoy demonstrations of different craft techniques with fellow crafters. Bring a needle craft or other craft you’re working on. Info: 360/305-3637.
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to discuss good books by the bay. Info: 360/305-3600.
Semiahmoo Men’s Breakfast: Thursday, February 20, 7:30 a.m. Great Blue Heron Grill. Coffee, big 23rd Annual Arts & Jazz Auction: Saturday, Febru- breakfast $17. All men are welcome. This week’s ary 1, 7 p.m., Blaine Middle School Cafeteria. Celebrate speaker is Blaine city manager Michael Jones. the efforts and accomplishments of our students, and Al-Anon Meetings: Mondays, noon, United Church the tradition of passing on art to a new generation. of Christ, 885 4th Street. Info: Call M.J. 360/920-3679 Presented by The Blaine Fine Arts Association. or Bob 360/920-3676. Group Hypnotherapy: Sunday, February 2, 10:30– ArtScape Teens: Tuesdays, 3–5 p.m., Soul Space 11:40 a.m., Day-to-Day Dance studio, 1733 H Street, Studio, 264B H Street. A safe place for teens to set Suite 410. Stimulate and balance energy, normalize their imaginations free through art. Free studio time. body functions and promote healing with Sue Dunstone Sponsor: Healthy Youth Coalition. Info: 435/704-1598. CHT. $20 per person, $10 under 18. Toastmasters Meeting: Tuesdays, 6:30–7:45 p.m., Whatcom Dream Financial Literacy Class: 382 Boblett Street. Improve your public speaking skills. Mondays, February 3–March 30, 7-8:30 p.m., The Bridge Community Hope Center, 4815 Alderson Road, Community Meals: Wednesdays, 5–6:30 p.m., Birch Bay. Improve your financial management skills in Blaine Community Center, 763 G Street. Through May, this free eight-week class. For more information or to except holidays. No meals will be served on December register: 360/296-0441 or kevin@thewhatcomdream. 25 or January 1. Info: blainecap.org. org. Sponsored by the Community Assistance Program. WW Workshop: Thursdays, 5 p.m., Northwood AlliSemiahmoo Men’s Breakfast: Thursday, February 6, ance Church, 508 C Street. Registration/sign-in from 7:30 a.m., the Great Blue Heron Grill. Coffee, big break- 5-5:30 p.m., and half-hour meeting to follow. fast $17. All men are welcome. This week’s speaker is The Alaska Packers Museum: Saturdays and Blaine’s chief of police Donell “Tank” Tanksley. Sundays, 1–5 p.m., 9261 Semiahmoo Parkway. Info: 360/371-3558. 20th Annual Bite of Blaine: Monday, February 17, 6 p.m., Semiahmoo Resort ballroom, 9565 Semiahmoo Teen Nite: Saturdays, 5–9 p.m., Border Town Pizza, Parkway. No-host social at 6 p.m., tasting at 6:30 p.m. 738 Peace Portal Drive. Kids ages 13–18 come enjoy Sample great food from local restaurants plus silent and open mic, karaoke and games. Free pizza at 5 p.m. live auctions. Tickets $30 available at Pacific Building Center, 2677 Bell Road, and the Blaine Welcome Center, 546 Narcotics Anonymous Meeting: Sundays, Peace Portal Drive or online at blainechamber.com. Tickets 6:30–7:30 p.m., Christ Episcopal Church, 382 Boblett will not be sold at the door. Proceeds benefit the Blaine’s Street, entrance on 4th Street. Nwwana.org. Old Fashioned Fourth of July. Info: blainechamber.com. Friends of Birch Bay Library Book Club: Wednesday, February 19, 4–5:30 p.m., future home of the Birch Bay Library, 7968 Birch Bay Drive. Join us each month
Police Reports January 11, 5:45 p.m.: At the request of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Blaine police responded to the Peace Arch port of entry to take custody of a juvenile runaway. Officers took custody of the runaway from California. Officers then contacted Washington Child Protective Services (CPS) to take custody of the runaway. The juvenile was released to CPS and officers cleared. January 11, 6:01 p.m.: A Blaine resident called to report a vehicle prowl. During the hours of darkness, an unknown person entered an unlocked vehicle and stole items from the car. At this time there are no suspects. January 12, 7:14 p.m.: An officer arrested a suspended driver on a traffic stop. The driver was given a court date and time and was released. January 13, 10:30 a.m.: Blaine police were contacted by a man who wished to file charges against his supervisor over an incident where the supervisor pointed a firearm at him. Officers investigated the allegations and found them to be factual. The suspect has been arrested and booked into jail. The investigation is ongoing. January 13, 2:26 p.m.: Blaine Police Department officers took a missing person report via phone regarding an individual with mental health issues. The mother of the individual learned her daughter has been missing for approximately a week. The mother of the individual lives in Port Angeles; Blaine police officers have requested assistance from the Port Angeles Police Department to continue with the missing person report process. Neighbors have been requested to call 911 if the individual returns to her residence. January 13, 3:25 p.m.: The school resource officer took possession of a suspected marijuana “joint” at Blaine High School. The “joint” was placed into evidence for destruction. No charges at this time. January 14, 4:56 p.m.: Blaine Police Department officers responded to a reported court order violation in the 300 block of Alder Street. The complainant advised they were the protected person on an order and the respondent had made contact with them in violation of this court order. After speaking with the complainant, probable cause was developed for an order violation. The suspect was found nearby and taken into custody; the suspect was booked into Whatcom County Jail. January 15, 1:30 p.m.: A Blaine officer on routine patrol observed a vehicle parked in the roadway obstructing traffic. The officer contacted the driver who advised he parked there intentionally and was waiting for his girlfriend to arrive from her work two blocks away. The driver was checked for warrants through dispatch, which advised that the driver had a suspended license status in Washington state and Florida. The individual was arrested, cited and released with a mandatory court date. A licensed driver was allowed to retrieve the vehicle. Officers cleared with no further incident. January 15, 8:06 p.m.: The police responded to a vehicle in a ditch on Odell Road. A citizen was driving home and slid off the embankment because of the weather. His vehicle damaged a “stop sign ahead” sign and there was no damage to his vehicle. The driver had friends pull his vehicle out of the ditch. The police notified public works about the damaged sign. January 16, 4:31 a.m.: Blaine police assisted Washington State Patrol with a vehicle going the wrong way on I-5. The driver was driving southbound in the northbound lane. A Washington state trooper detained the subject and transported him to the hospital for an involuntary commitment. Blaine police cleared without incident. January 16, 3 p.m.: A business called 911 to have a person trespassed from the premises for alleged previous shoplifts and disorderly conduct. Blaine officers arrived and contacted the man as he was leaving. At the request of the business, the man was issued a notice of trespass for a year.
Reports provided by Blaine Police Department
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Weather Precipitation: During the period of January 13–19, .23 inches of precipitation was recorded. The 2020 year-to-date precipitation is 3.95 inches. Temperature: High for the past week was 49°F on January 18 with a low of 13°F on January 15. Average high was 33°F and average low was 21°F. Courtesy Birch Bay Water & Sewer Dist.
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Redwood Investments opens office in downtown Blaine By Grace McCarthy Redwood Investments is ready to offer personalized financial planning and investment services in Blaine after opening its new location in the Loomis Hall Building at 288 Martin Street, Suite 302. David Geske, who opened Redwood Investments’ doors on November 1, said he fell in love with upper Whatcom County while visiting clients who retired to Blaine. After 19 years in Irvine, California, the slower pace of Blaine and Birch Bay was a welcome change for Geske. “The services are for people looking to grow capital or create retirement income,” said Geske, who is a Raymond James advisor. “There are customized solutions created for each client.” Geske’s credentials include being a certified financial planner, which is a formal recognition of expertise in the areas of financial planning, taxes, insurance, estate planning and retirement. He is also a certified plan fiduciary advisor, which means he has knowledge and expertise when working with group retirement plans. “I create carefully thought out, predictable retirement plans with regularly scheduled communication,” Geske said. The Blaine and Birch Bay community is an underserved market where business owners and retired community members can benefit from Redwood Investments’ relationship-oriented financial advice, Geske said. He aims to give prospective clients personalized services with the best research available. This year, Geske plans to focus on building personal and business relationships in the community. He has joined the Blaine Chamber of Commerce, and will be volunteering for the Blaine Harbor Music Festival in July. Geske said his first priority is to build a clientele in Whatcom County before opening accounts in Seattle, where his business has already garnered interest. Currently, Geske is splitting his time between Blaine and Irvine because of clients who are still in California, but his goal for the next few years is to transition long-term to Blaine. Geske is the sole Redwood Investments employee in the Blaine office, but he envisions growth potential if the right circumstances come along.
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