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Sahara Pizza opens in Birch Bay
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s Loretta Lynn was known to perform at Bill’s Tavern near Peace Portal Drive and Hughes Avenue while living in Custer. She later became a country music legend. Photo by David McClister
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From page 1 hits and multiple gold albums, she is one of the most decorated woman country-recording artists. Her hits include “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man),” “One’s on the Way,” “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind)” and “Coal Miner’s Daughter.”
Lynn returned to Whatcom County to play at the Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden several times throughout the decades.
In 2013, former President Barack Obama gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Lynn suffered a stroke in 2017 and broke a hip on the first day of 2018. Her family asked for privacy as they grieve and said in a statement on her website that a memorial will be announced at a future date. She was buried in a family cemetery on her Hurricane Mills estate.
Sahara Pizza opens in Birch Bay Square
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A new pizza franchise has opened its doors in Birch Bay Square.
Sahara Pizza introduced the community to its newest location during a September 28 soft opening, which owners say has been met with success.
“There’s not a lot of options up here, food-wise,” said Dan McDowell, co-owner of the Birch Bay location. “We can tell already by the response we’re getting that’s it nice to bring really good food to the area. I think people are really enjoying it.”
Sahara Pizza started in 2002 and has since grown to 19 locations, five of which are in Bolivia, said Tom Wartinger, Sahara Pizza’s CEO and co-owner of the Birch Bay location. Wartinger said he saw the need for good pizza after moving to the area about a year ago to be closer to his grandchildren.
The franchise’s pizza is different from other restaurants because of its fresh ingredients, Wartinger said. The dough is made fresh daily with olive oil instead of grease, the cheese comes from a Wisconsin dairy farm, the sauce doesn’t have preservatives and ranch is homemade.
“I won’t switch,” he said. “A lot of other companies take their product and then go, ‘Oh, I can save $5.’ That doesn’t happen here. We still use the same stuff as 20 years ago even with food costs that are crazy high.” (See Pizza, page 15)
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