Golf course Living at Semiahmoo!

5650 Sanderling Way • $669,000

2 beds, 3 baths, 1722 sq. ft. • MLS# 2043106

Experience the ultimate in golf course living with this single-story cottage, perfectly situated on the 16th fairway of Semiahmoo’s prestigious Arnold Palmer designed golf course. Wake up to a breathtaking tee-to-green view that is wide open & beautiful, making a perfect natural backdrop. The award-winning Mithun designed floor plan boasts all the right features: with an open great room that has vaulted ceilings & large windows creating an abundance of natural light.

Kathy Stauffer (360) 815-4718 kstauffer@windermere.com • kathystauffer.com Managing Broker/Windermere-Whatcom s Mayor Mary Lou Steward presented Blaine Police Department officer Jon Landis with a certification of appreciation during the March 13 city council meeting. The recognition came ahead of Landis’ retirement on Friday, March 31. Since 1995, Landis has served many capacities in the police department, including school resource officer, traffic safety officer, child abuse investigator and field training officer.

(See Op-Ed, previous page) relies, in part, on the future survival of Alaska’s troll fleet. The coalition works hard to promote the vitality and economic benefits of Whatcom County’s working waterfronts and has over 130 business members, including a number of Bellingham trollers who fish in Alaska and marine service companies that supply, build, repair and service Alaska’s troll boats.

It’s perhaps ironic that Wild Fish Conservancy’s lawsuit threatens some of the biggest salmon stewards and advocates out there: Fishing communities in Alaska and the pacific northwest. For decades, trollers have been on the frontlines of fighting old-growth logging in southeast Alaska’s Tongass National Forest and supporting removal of the four lower dams on the Snake River in the Columbia River Basin.

This commitment to sustainability stems from the intimate relationship between trollers and salmon; trollers catch each salmon individually with a hookand-line before carefully placing it on ice. That’s why troll-caught salmon fetches some of the high- est prices in the marketplace; it’s a premium quality product that truly honors and fully maximizes every single salmon caught.

As fishing families and businesses that rely on clean and intact waterways, healthy ecosystems and sustainable fisheries, our future is tied to the health of the orcas and wild salmon. It’s time to stop passing the blame around and, instead, realize that we’re all in the same boat and start pulling in the same direction.

Arguing over who is catching whose fish hasn’t helped wild salmon in the past and it won’t help them now. We need collaborative partnerships that promote what’s best for the salmon, including doubling down on restoring critical salmon habitat and addressing the root problems. Alaska and Washington’s fishing families and businesses will continue to fight for what’s best for wild salmon and we hope others will join us.

Norman Pillen is president of Seafood Producers Cooperative and works out of both SPC’s Bellingham and Sitka offices. Pete Granger ia a commercial salmon fisherman in Washington state and on the Whatcom County Working Waterfront Coalition board.

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Public Hearing

Thursday, March 23, 2023 · 4 p.m. 7096 Pt. Whitehorn Rd, Birch Bay

During the regularly scheduled board meeting, the Commissioners will review a proposed increase to the General Facility Charge Rates (GFC). More information on the proposed changes to the GFC Rates can be found on the District’s website: https://bbwsd.com.

If you have any questions or concerns, please call 360-371-7100, or email office@bbwsd.com.

Interested parties may attend the meeting in person or via Zoom. Zoom Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85805016504 Meeting ID: 858 050 165 04 Phone Access: +16699009128,,681498263# US (San Jose) +13462487799,,681498263# US (Houston)

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