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The Northern Light • May 27 - June 2, 2021
County transportation survey open until May 30 Whatcom Council of Governments (WCOG) is asking the public for its opinion in a survey regarding the county’s 20-year transportation plan. The survey will be open until Sunday, May 30. WCOG estimates more than 60,000 people will move to Whatcom County within the next two decades. “The transportation plan will
discuss and document our region’s goals and priorities for future transportation investments as our population grows,” the media release states. The transportation plan, last updated in 2017, is set to be adopted again in 2022, according to the WCOG website. To participate in the survey, also available in Spanish, visit wcog.org/survey. s Fireworks will light up the sky at Blaine Marine Park this Fourth of July. A street fair, live music and other festivities will ring in Independence Day in downtown Blaine. File photo
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cause of not being able to close the road and trying to attract a smaller crowd. “We had to skip the things we knew would attract too many people, but wanted to still appeal to the locals,” Solomon said. Blaine Library, at 610 3rd Street, will also host its biannual book sale in the library parking lot, except the book sale will only be one day instead of three. Hours are not yet set for the book sale, Solomon said. There will be no car show which often packs more than 250 cars on Martin Street, because it was too late to organize. There also won’t be a pancake breakfast at the Blaine Senior Center, Solomon said.
The kid area will be modified to have one-on-one activities since most children aren’t vaccinated, Solomon said. Activities are still tentative, but could include games such as bean bag toss, lawn darts and a downtown scavenger hunt with prizes. Local musicians are invited to play in the G Street Plaza from 1 p.m. to 10 p.m. Right now, the 133d Army National Guard Band is scheduled to play rock music at 1 p.m. and then traditional patriotic music at 9 p.m. leading up to the fireworks. Solomon said the city of Blaine has expressed interest in buskers performing at the plaza for free from the midafternoon until the patriotic music starts at 9 p.m. Until governor Jay Inlsee’s recent announcement on opening the state by June 30, Solomon said the only event planned for
the Fourth of July was fireworks, which will shoot off at 10 p.m. in Blaine Marine Park. Everyone who attends Blaine’s Fourth of July is strongly encouraged to wear a mask and social distance, Solomon said. “At a festival like this, you’ll brush by other people but we’ll do the best we can,” she said. Solomon said she’s most excited for the annual street fair. “It’s a great relief,” she said of the Fourth of July celebrations. “We get a lot of phone calls at the visitor center about things that aren’t happening. I’m just so happy to be able to tell people that, ‘yes, there is something going on this year.’” Street fair vendors and musicians interested in playing music at the G Street Plaza can email Carroll Solomon at cjsolomon07@comcast.net.
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