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City’s planning Sand sculptures and cars take over Birch Bay power outage on August 8 and 9 By Grace McCarthy

s The annual Sand Sculpture Contest and Rollback Weekend returned to Birch Bay July 30 and July 31. The event-filled weekend was the first Canadians could easily attend since the U.S./Canada border closed to nonessential travel at the start of the pandemic. View more photos on page 6. Photo by Chuck Kinzer / CKimageart.com

Preliminary August primary election results foretell tight races in November By Grace McCarthy The August 2 primary election is turning out to be a hot election in Whatcom County. About 30 percent of the 155,458 registered county voters had turned in their ballots as of 8 p.m. Election Day. Whatcom County Auditor’s Office estimated another 12,600 ballots were left to count after nearly 46,580 ballots were counted. Sharon Shewmake (D) pulled ahead for the district 42 state senator seat, with 47.6 percent (15,279 votes) and will face incumbent Simon Sefzik (R) in the November general election. Sefzik received 33.4 percent in favor (10,707 votes). Ben Elenbaas (R) will not advance as he received 19 percent in support (6,077 votes). The two Republicans received 52.4 percent of the vote. Incumbent Alicia Rule (D) received 49.2 percent (15,715 votes) and will be challenged for the district 42 state representa-

tive position 1 seat by Tawsha (Dykstra) Thompson, who received 35.9 percent (11,481 votes) in support. Kamal Bhachu (R) will not advance to the November election as he received 14.9 percent (4,744 votes). The two Republicans received 50.8 percent of the vote. The district 42 state representative position 2 seat is proving to be a close race. Joe Timmons (D) was leading with 29.1 percent (9,229 votes), followed in second by Dan Johnson (R), who had 27.4 percent (8,691 votes). Kyle Christensen (R) received 23.8 percent (7,543 votes) and Richard May received 19.6 percent (6,191 votes). The two Republicans received 51.2 percent of the vote Whatcom County prosecuting attorney Eric Richey (D) is running without opposition to keep his seat. As for the Whatcom County District Court judge position 2, Jonathan Rands received 42.4 percent (17,824

votes) and will likely face Gordon M. Jenkins, who received 35.7 percent (15,017 votes) in November. David Nelson received (See Election, page 7)

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The city of Blaine’s Public Works Department scheduled two overnight power outages from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. for the nights of Monday, August 8 and Tuesday, August 9. Many Blaine residents will be impacted for one night that is determined by their location within the city. Semiahmoo is not affected. The power outage is being done so public works crews can install new switches and electrical cables to improve the city’s electrical grid, according to the city’s website. The outage will only impact Blaine power customers, and not Puget Sound Energy customers. Gary McSpadden, the city’s acting public works director, said public works determined outage times that would have the least impact on residences and businesses. The city’s website will be updated as crews work with projected times power will return. The public works department will man the phones both nights and crews will be prepared to take care of water and sewer issues. “We have a pretty good plan in place and have crews to take care of any issues that arise,” McSpadden said. Most of the city west of I-5, from 0 Avenue to Dodd Avenue, including Marine Drive, will be impacted August 8. A section west of 6th Street and north of E Street to 0 Avenue will be included in the August 8 outage. On August 9, sections of east Blaine and areas east of I-5 will lose power. A large section will lose power from SR-543 to around North Harvey Road and H Street Road. Power will also be out in areas along Odell Road, Cost Cutter Plaza, Blaine school district’s main campus and Pipeline Athletic Complex. Power customers between H Street and Sweet Road, west of Flambeau Road and east of Harvey Road, will lose power August 9. The clusters losing power are fragmented. The city has published an outage map on its website for Blaine residents to determine whether they will be impacted. View the map at bit.ly/3zDKGB8. Blaine Police Department recommended on its Facebook page that residents should reach out to people they know who may not be aware of the power outage or rely on electricity for medical devices. See power outage map on page 4.

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City hall demolition expected to start Monday, August 8 By Grace McCarthy Nearly a century of history will come down as the city of Blaine’s public works department is prepared to start demolishing the old city hall. The 1927 building at 344 H Street will be demolished during the day Monday, August 8 through Wednesday, August 10. Public works scheduled asbestos abatement during the first week of August and is planning for seven days of post-demolition clean up. The demolition will not create road closures, said Gary McSpadden, the city’s interim public works director. Only pedestrian traffic will be detoured from in front of old city hall to the south side of H Street while a chain link fence is up. The fence will be pushed back and reopen foot traffic once hazards are cleared. McSpadden estimates public works should be completely finished with clearing the property by mid-August. McSpadden said people can get the best view of the 95-year-old building coming down from the south side of H Street. City council is still determining what it wants to do with the city-owned property after several years of discussion. Council has considered expanding the neighboring police station or adding affordable housing units to the site. Council voted in June to have city staff prepare a preliminary report on the cost to develop a larger po-

lice station, which should determine whether they decide to use the old city hall property for the police department. The old city hall stood as a

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to the report. The building housed the old Blaine Fire Department station (See City hall, page 4)

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s Blaine Public Works Department scheduled overnight power outages from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Monday, August 8 and Tuesday, August 9. The outage will impact different areas each night and not affect Semiahmoo or Puget Sound Energy customers. The map can be viewed online at bit.ly/3zDKGB8. See story on page 1. Map courtesy City of Blaine

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and a conglomerate of city services including a small Blaine library, jail, and light and water departments. It’s been used for graduation ceremonies, an American Legion hall and Blaine High School dances. The second-floor ballroom had alumni names from the ’50s scribbled on a wall. Dick LaPorte, Jim Day, Leona Freeman, Ethel Washburn, Sally Olason, Audrey Johnson, Don Arntzen and Bill Goff were a few of the names that remained into the 21st century. Public works crews found remnants of the city’s history, including a 1988 proclamation from the city of White Rock’s mayor dedicating January 2 as a day of respect in honor of the Northern American Free Trade Agreement being signed. Photos of the city’s “Vigil” sculpture being made and an old Blaine Visitor Center sign were also in the building. Blaine city councilmember Garth Baldwin said previous city councils wanted to reuse the structure but discovered the building wasn’t structurally sound and was asbestos-laden. “We really wanted to clean the façade. It would have been hell of a neat thing in downtown,” Baldwin said. “Demolition was really a last result.” Baldwin said he sees the property serving as a parking lot while the city prioritizes its tight budget for infrastructure fixes. He said the city is in a hard position as the building needs to come down before health and safety hazards worsen, but he doesn’t see the city as having the financial resources to immediately do something with the building. Arlington-based Skycorp LTD is demolishing the building for about $295,000.

s Blaine High School students from the ‘50s scribbled their names into the dance hall in the upstairs of the old city hall building. Photo by Grace McCarthy

s A city public works employee looks at old photos left in the second floor of old city hall in June 2021. The public works department will start demolishing the building on Monday, August 8. The 95-year-old building has housed many city services, including a library and fire station. Photo by Grace McCarthy

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Ferndale cop from Blaine faces attempted child molestation charges By Ian Haupt A Ferndale police officer who lives in Blaine was charged with attempted child molestation after allegedly propositioning a woman, whom he met while responding to a 911 call, for sex with her and her 12-year-old daughter. This comes less than a year after he was placed on administrative leave for allegedly contacting a farright extremist group. Michael Scott Langton, 46, was charged with attempted second-degree child molestation July 28 in Whatcom County Superior Court. The woman reported Langton to a Bellingham Police Department detective July 26. According to the affidavit of probable cause (APC), Langton responded to the woman’s report of a collision in her apartment parking lot on July 10. Langton gathered her information since she was a witness. He returned to the woman’s apartment the next day and the woman’s 12-year-old daughter answered the door. Langton called the woman and said he forgot the name of her apartment complex. On the following day, July 12, the woman called Langton to let him know a neighbor probably had video footage of the crash, according to the APC. Langton was not on duty at the time and the two talked for

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Birch Bay’s 2022 Rollback Weekend and Sand Sculpture Contest Birch Bay’s annual Rollback Weekend and Sand Sculpture Contest drew crowds July 30 and July 31. Festival-goers enjoyed the sand sculpture contest, car show, vendors outside of the Birch Bay library property, family-friendly games and live music, among other activities. Team Sand Witches’ “Save the

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will face Tiffany Smiley (R), who has 36 percent (16,549 votes) of county voters’ support and 32 percent (330,176 votes) statewide. U.S. Congressional District 2 Representative incumbent Rick Larsen (D) received a majority in support from county and statewide voters, with 43.2 percent (19,763 votes) and 48.41 percent

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Semiahmoo hit by unplanned power outage A cable that shorted under Semiahmoo Resort left Semiahmoo and some surrounding areas without power for about eight hours Tuesday morning. Blaine Public Works Department crews were dispatched at 4 a.m. August 2 to investigate a power outage that impacted Semiahmoo and part of Portal Way, according to a city news release. City crews found that a cable running below Semiahmoo Resort tripped the circuit when it shorted. They

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Health & Wellness Local choices in health, healing & fitness. Family Care Network remains committed to Blaine facility, CEO says By Grace McCarthy While not much headway has seemingly been made on the Family Care Network (FCN) clinic in Blaine over the past year, company CEO and president Dr. Rodney Anderson said the healthcare provider is still committed to seeing the clinic through. “The work is ongoing,” Anderson said. “We hope to have something opening in 2023, but there’s a lot of variables and factors that come into play.” FCN showed interest in building a healthcare clinic on the city’s old airport property in 2019. After several delays from

the pandemic, FCN purchased a 2.5-acre parcel for about $340,000 in June 2021. The primary care clinic is slated to fill the healthcare vacancy left when Blaine’s previous clinic closed in April 2020. FCN is working with a contractor and banker to keep the project moving, Anderson said. The company had gone through requests for proposals, had a work plan in place and was a few months from breaking ground before the pandemic shutdowns started in March 2020. Anderson said he wants the Blaine facility built but cited problems due to the pandemic as the

reason why the facility hadn’t been constructed yet. Such hardships include staffing issues, company finances and what Anderson roughly estimates to be a 50 percent increase in construction costs. “If not for the pandemic, we would be open and seeing patients right now,” he said. FCN will determine a construction timeline that financially works for the company in the next few months, Rodney said. The clinic is still planning on having a handful of primary care doctors but questions remain about urgent care, X-ray and other previously considered services as construction

costs grow. “We’re still committed to the vision and plan,” Anderson said. He later added, “What additional services that would be included is not entirely clear to me.” Anderson said he was in contact with previous city manager Michael Jones a handful of times in the past year. He said it’s helpful that White-Leasure Development Company is working on bringing utilities to its neighboring Taco Bell and McDonald’s restaurants but said that alone wouldn’t hasten FCN’s timeline. “We’re excited to get going there as quickly as we reasonably can,” he said. “I feel bad

the delays have happened but if the pandemic didn’t happen, we would have the clinic open.” Interim city manager Dave Wilbrecht said he wanted to connect with Anderson. “It’s a very high priority for the community. I think most people valued the physicians who were here before and want to have Family Care Network provide a new facility with doctors,” Wilbrecht said. “We’re looking forward to their continued progress and opening up their doors to services.” FCN owns 12 locations in Whatcom County and three in Skagit County, according to its website.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR WHATCOM COUNTY In re the Estate of: GEORGENE ROBIN REID, Deceased. No. 22-4-0072137. NOTICE TO CREDITORS. Judge David Freeman The Personal Representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probated proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 AND 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets. Date of Filing of Notice to Creditors: July 21, 2022 with Clerk of Court: Date of First Publication: July 28, 2022 Name of Personal Representative: CODY WILLIAM REID Attorney for Personal Representative: Steven D. Avery, WSBA #35262 Address for Mailing or Service: Avery Elder Law, P.S. 801 Samish Way, Ste. 202 Bellingham WA 98229 Telephone: (360) 325-2550 Email: steve@averyelderlaw.com DATED: July 21, 2022 AVERY ELDER LAW, P.S. STEVEN D. AVERY, WSBA #35262 Attorney for Personal Representative: CODY WILLIAM REID

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Blaine woman among 12 arrested in connection of alleged drug trafficking ring By Ian Haupt A Blaine woman was among 12 arrested in connection with an alleged drug trafficking organization that was running large amounts of fentanyl and other drugs into Whatcom County. On July 25-26, the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office (WCSO) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) arrested 12 people and seized approximately 34 firearms, 50,000 fentanyl pills, seven kilograms of fentanyl powder, two pounds of methamphetamine and three ounces of cocaine, WCSO spokesperson Deb Slater announced in a July 27 press release. The joint investigation found the network had been trafficking fentanyl powder and other drugs primarily into Whatcom County.

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APC says, according to screenshots, Langton made multiple references to being attracted to children and said he liked looking at a website of what appeared to be 10- to 15-yearold children in sexual exhibition. He continued to mention his attraction to girls 12 years old and younger and then allegedly asked the woman for sex with her and her daughter, according to the APC. The woman told Langton he had crossed a line, to which he backtracked and said he thought her daughter was 18 years old, not 12, the woman told the detective. City of Ferndale spokesperson Riley Sweeney told The Northern Light in an email that Langton has been placed on paid administrative leave until either the internal inves-

Eleven of the defendants were arrested in Washington and one was arrested in Fresno, California. Amanda Lawrence, 44, of Blaine, was arrested on state drug charges along with eight others from Bellingham and Ferndale. Those include: Loren Walker, 54, of Bellingham; William Fife, 67, of Bellingham; Brian Corbett, 50, of Bellingham; Steven Binschus, 58, of Bellingham; Christina Hein, 44, of Bellingham; Yvette Bailey, 54, of Ferndale; Mary Bohannan, 58, of Bellingham; and Gregory Hite, 62, of Bellingham. Two defendants, Wayne Lankhaar and Yolanda Reyes, face federal charges of possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, according to federal court documents. Another defendant was arrested on suspicion of illegal possession of a firearm.

Agents also seized a vehicle, $58,000 and an improvised explosive device during the arrests, according to the release. Lawrence had multiple prior convictions that include unlawful possession of a controlled substance, theft, second-degree trafficking of stolen property, forgery and first-degree robbery. The arrests were a collaborative effort between WCSO, Washington State Patrol, Bellingham Police Department, Mount Vernon Police Department, Ferndale Police Department, Skagit County Interlocal Drug Enforcement Unit, Snohomish Regional Drug Task Force, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Whatcom County Health Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the release said.

tigation or the criminal investigation concludes. Langton was previously placed on administrative leave from Ferndale Police Department in October 2021 after he allegedly contacted a far-right extremist group, Oath Keepers. Sweeney said Langton was reinstated later that month after an investigation concluded the complaint against him was unfounded. Langton was released from Skagit County Community Justice Center July 28 after meeting his set $40,000 bail. A no-contact order was put in place between Langton and the woman, and a sexual assault protection order was put in place between Langton and the minor. Langton previously worked for the Blaine Police Department. He resigned in August 2012, spokesperson Tami Bhachu said. Langton was sued in U.S. District Court for the Western District of

Washington in Seattle for an incident that allegedly happened while he was employed as a Blaine police officer in 2011. Federal court records show Langton allegedly used excessive force when arresting a Blaine man without probable cause. The case was later settled out of court and dismissed. His arraignment hearing is scheduled Friday, August 12. If you or someone you know is affected by domestic or sexual violence, please call the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Services (DVSAS) 24-hour hotline at 360/715-1563 or 877/715-1563. Lummi Victims of Crime has a 24-hour helpline at 360/312-2015. The National Domestic Violence Helpline operates a chat line at thehotline.org/help. Brigid Collins Family Support Center, a Bellingham-based nonprofit working to end child abuse, can be reached at 360/734-4616 and brigidcollins.org.

O B I T U A RY Phyllis G. Williams

February 18, 1939 – May 13, 2022 A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Cum Laude graduate of Walnut Hills High School 1957, Phyllis earned bachelor, masters, and MBA degrees that led to a professional career in educational publishing as a representative for Teacher’s College Press, Tutor USA, Westinghouse Learning Corp., Houghton Mifflin, and CTB/McGraw Hill. Her colleagues were quick to point out that Phyllis doesn’t have a “dimmer switch.” She was always the one you wanted to have on your team. “Phyllis marches to a different drummer” as her CEO commented with a wry grin upon presenting her an award for outstanding achievement. A consummate conversationalist, Phyllis never met a stranger. No plane passenger seat-mate could escape her alluring charm and keen intellect. She always brought home the most fascinating stories of people she met while flying. Seldom would more than three days pass without a call to Jeanne Ott, her best buddy of 42 years. Uproarious laughter filled the house as the two of them recalled past travels, professional assignments, antics, shopping trips, fashion and current events. Hours long conversations, vivacious laughter, and spirited discussions blessed our home on an almost daily basis. Phyllis loved and adored her niece Pam Foster with whom she cultivated a life-long camaraderie. The chemistry between them was magic, as if they could almost complete each others’ sentences. Their kinship evolved into a deep and lasting friendship. Phyllis will be remembered by her captivating smile, contagious laughter and brilliant wit. She was compassionate and generous in spirit and deed. Above all Phyllis was steadfast and unwavering in her Christian faith. In her world, she lives on; the spiritual being. Phyllis was the love of my life and I of hers. We were married for 33 years and 6 months. She passed in an instant - in the blink of an eye. When you see wildflowers on a mountain-side, think of Phyllis. Phyllis is survived by her husband, Jerry Williams of Blaine; brother Paul Green (Ruth), niece Pam Foster (Tom), nephew Steve Green (Sandra), niece Lynn Cherry, nephew Steven Williams (Libby), grand-nephew Matthew Green, and grand-niece Lindsay Williams. We will miss her love, affection, warmth, gracious generosity, and overwhelming joy. Memorial donations may be made to your local food bank. Please share memories of Phyllis at molesfarewelltributes.com

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