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City approves more dwelling units, page 2

Road projects scheduled for late August, page 7

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Birch Bay celebrates Drayton Harbor Days attracts crowds to Blaine Harbor second annual Rollback Weekend B y S t e fa n i e D o n a h u e

s Blaine’s Drayton Harbor Days attracted people from near and afar to Blaine. The event is in its ninth official year and is host to a number of events, games and vendors for all ages. The Prestigious George Raft Race, pictured above, required participants to craft their own boat and navigate through the harbor for a prize.

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Ideas taking shape for new Birch Bay Community Park By Oliver Lazenby Community members still have time to help design Birch Bay’s future $2.5 million park. An August 6 planning meeting for the Birch Bay Community Park showed community-wide support for several park ideas, while a few, such as a playground, polarized

meeting attendees. The park’s designer, Robert W. Droll Landscape Architects, will design the park based on ideas from the meeting and present two alternate park plans at the second of three planning meetings at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, August 31, at Birch Bay Bible Community Church. The 4.2-acre park is located at 7954 Birch

(See Parks, page 2)

County council temporarily bans new permits for shipping unrefined fossil fuels By Oliver Lazenby Whatcom County Council unanimously approved an emergency moratorium on new applications and permits for new or expanded unrefined oil and coal export facilities at Cherry Point at its August 9 meeting. The moratorium will last 60 days and council must hold a public hearing on it in that time. The moratorium allows local refineries to continue refining and exporting oil, but bans new projects that would ship oil be-

fore refining it, cutting refinery workers out of the equation. The decision came after two hours of public comments from environmentalists, refinery workers and Native American rights advocates that were largely focused on threats to fisheries, safety risks to crude oil traveling by rail and the loss of local jobs that could accompany a shift from refining to exporting – issues that are often raised at council meetings. “I want to make it clear to the workers that this is not intended to affect the

Bay Drive, on the east side of the road just north of the Birch Bay Visitor Information Center. The county held the August 6 meeting to gather input on the park’s design from the community. Ideas for the park included the following: • Parking • Restrooms

existing refineries,” councilmember Rud Browne said at the meeting. The council added language to the moratorium to allow refineries to ramp up oil export if, for example, they have to close for a period and need to ship crude oil or other fuels elsewhere. In July, councilmember Carl Weimer proposed an amendment that would ban unrefined oil, coal and natural gas shipments from the Cherry Point Urban (See Fuel, page 3)

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Birch Bay kicks off its second annual car show at 9:30 a.m. this Saturday and Sunday, August 13 and 14 at Birch Bay Beach Park. Each day will feature a beer garden, live music and car competitions. Those who claim victory in the weekend car competitions will win prizes. Judges will select the winner on Saturday and the public chooses the winner on Sunday. Car show registration is required and is due by August 11, or until 300 cars have been entered. A variety of music acts will Photo by Steve Guntli perform during the two-day event, including local favorites, The Replayzmentz, a Led Zeppelin tribute band called ZEPTOLOGY and the Blaine High School Band, just to name a few. Event hosts encourage participants to don clothing from the ’50s and ’60s. Those accurately dressed to the times may win a special award. The event is sponsored by the Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce as well as the Blaine Birch Bay Parks and Recreation District 2. To register, visit birchbaychamber. com. Proof of registration is required upon entrance.

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• An open shelter • Picnic tables • Showers (possibly outdoor showers) • Vendors • Bike and dog accessibility • Aesthetic elements such as flowers and ornamental plants • Cultural, historic and geographic interpretive signs • Wheelchair beach access • Sports courts

• Open spaces for flexible uses • A playground • Mail drop box The county and community will also have to consider how much the park will cost to maintain, whether parking should accommodate peak use or just normal use, if it could benefit from off-site parking and a free shuttle, and if it could support businesses by giving beachgoers a central location to rinse off sand and dry off before heading to local shops and restaurants. Some ideas – parking, an open

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shelter and open spaces, for example – seemed to have wide support at the meeting. Others, such as whether there should be a playground, brought out strong opinions on either side. At the next meeting, the architect will present two separate designs that vary in some of the key design elements and give the community a better understanding of how the desired features would fit into the flat, beachside park. “I think everyone agreed on between 150 and 200 parking stalls,” Robert Droll said in a phone interview. “What you need to see is what 150 to 200 parking stalls actually look like on the site.” A recent site survey uncovered drain fields, old cabin footings and a subterranean concrete slab, among other things. But the site has a lot of potential and usable space, Droll said. “Really the most limiting thing on this site is not setbacks, not soil, not topography, but archaeological resources,” he said.

The county presented a map from Garth Baldwin of Drayton Archeology, a consultant on the Birch Bay Drive and Pedestrian Facility Project (commonly called the Birch Bay berm) that shows the likelihood of finding cultural and archaeological resources in different areas of the park. There’s a high probability that archaeological resources exist from the street to about 50-feet east, according to the map. Most of the southern end has a moderate probability, and most of the northern end has a low probability of harboring traces of human activity. “[Baldwin’s] advice to us it if we’re going to locate a building, we probably want it in the low probability area,” Droll said. Plans for the park are also restricted by the grant used to purchase the property. The county bought the land in 2014 for $2.5 million with money from its Conservation Futures Fund. That fund can only be used for

“park purposes,” said county design and development supervisor Rod Lamb. That means picnic shelters and playgrounds are allowed, but community centers and libraries are not. Some involved with the park early on dreamed of having a community center in the park or moving the Birch Bay Visitor Information Center building to that property, said Doralee Booth, a member of the committee that lobbied the county to purchase and create the park. The group titled its original proposal, “Imagine: Birch Bay Beach Park and Community Center,” Booth said. “It’s a disappointment as far as we’re concerned but as you heard him say, the park is only 4 acres and we dream of having a million things on it,” Booth said. “It’s not all going to happen.” Construction on the park probably won’t start until the Birch Bay berm project is finished, which is scheduled for spring 2018.

City council approves accessory dwelling units in more locations throughout Blaine B y S t e fa n i e D o n a h u e After receiving a mixed reaction from the public, Blaine City Council approved an amendment that will permit the use and development of independent living spaces on single-family properties in se-

lect locations throughout the city. The 5 to 1 vote, struck during a Monday evening council meeting on August 8, follows a June 23 hearing, when Blaine residents sounded off to planning commissioners about the proposed amendment. Some cautioned commis-

sioners about potential increases in traffic congestion and changes to the character of Blaine’s neighborhoods; others embraced the concept and considered it a positive opportunity to house older family (See Dwelling, page 7)

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BNSF reaches out to Blaine City Council in wake of recent measures proposed in Spokane B y S t e fa n i e D o n a h u e This week, Blaine City Council reviewed an email sent in from Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF) that urged the council to refrain from voting to outlaw shipments of oil and coal by rail. The outreach comes in the wake of Spokane City Council’s recent decision to offer a public vote on a ballot measure that could prohibit the shipment of oil and contained coal by rail in locations

throughout the city. BNSF, a freight transportation company that spans 28 states and three Canadian provinces, emphasized that the proposed measure is unenforceable under federal law and costly for taxpayers. Proposals for bans on crude oil and coal-based transport have popped up throughout the country. Proponents for such laws argue that increased transport would increase traffic congestion and have negative impacts on the environ-

ment; opponents consider the laws detrimental to job growth and local economies. BP’s Cherry Point Refinery ships nearly 230,000 gallons of crude oil per day by pipeline, tanker and rail, said Pam Brady, BP’s director of northwest government and public affairs. On Monday, city council made no comment on the written correspondence from BNSF and expressed no interest in pursuing a similar measure to Spokane at the August 8 meeting.

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Growth Area as part of the county’s 20-year comprehensive plan update. Over concerns that the issue needed more public process, council voted on July 26 to send the proposal to the county’s planning commission, which will study the issue and make a recommendation to the council before January 17. The emergency moratorium will prevent new permits from being filed before the council makes its decision. In December 2015, U.S. congress and President Barack Obama repealed a 40-year ban on crude oil exports. The decision allows oil companies to find cheaper refineries overseas, cutting costs at

the expense of American jobs. When oil came from much nearer the earth’s surface, the U.S. was a net importer of oil. In recent years, as that oil dried up and hydraulic fracturing – commonly called fracking – has allowed the extraction of oil trapped thousands of feet beneath the ground, the U.S. become a net exporter of refined oil. The cities of Vancouver and Hoqiuam, Washington, both have similar moratoriums in place as a result of oil export projects proposed in those communities. County council has enacted several other temporary moratoriums in the past, including on new applications for marijuana businesses, new development on Lake Whatcom and new applications for wind power development.

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The Editor: On August 1, my husband and I were having dinner on the patio of the Great Blue Heron celebrating our 52nd wedding anniversary. It was a beautiful Northwest summer evening and very relaxing and enjoyable. When the waitress brought our bill, she said that it had been taken care of by the only other couple on the patio. They had quietly walked away and we were unable to thank them, so we would just like to say thank you for your random act of kindness and we look forward to paying it forward. John and Carole Liebert Blaine The Editor: As the political season is now upon us we are now seeing a lot of letters about candidates and issues. I have many friends in our community and am sure my views are different from many of them. I do not wish for them to think less of me or my views to effect or friendship or business relationships, therefore I am not going to write a letter of opinion on anything showing my political views. I would however like to show you some things I have noted that will help you to write a perfectly effective political letter. Much of what I am about to share I have learned from previous The North-

ern Light letter to the editor issues. Here it goes I am going to leave the blanks for you to fill in. The whole ______________ community was applauded by the ______________ and their mean spirited hater agenda. It is an indisputable truth that ________________. The only one who supports______________ is the low information voter. If you gave your vote to_____________ it would be awesome. Thomas Drake Blaine The Editor: In many past presidential elections there were physician’s reports about the general physical health of candidates, giving us confidence they could effectively begin and hopefully fulfill their term. I believe there is now a critical need for a report on psychological fitness. Don Starr Blaine The Editor: We’d like to thank all the sponsors, the folks who donated to the silent auction, all the fantastic volunteers who helped run the event, the golfers who played in the tourney and our great Blaine community for their support of the Brad “Brose” Ambrose/Ryder Cup Memorial Golf Tournament held on July 30, at the Dakota Creek

Golf Course. The 2nd annual event raised money for the both late Brad Ambrose’s 3-year-old son Ryder and two $500 annual Brad “Brose” Ambrose scholarships for Blaine graduating seniors. Steve Miller on behalf of the Ambrose family Blaine The Editor: I was walking on the marina boardwalk this Sunday, minding my own business thank you, when two seagulls decided to do multiple sorties trying to crap on and otherwise intimidate me. I had to growl like a bear to scare them off. This is not acceptable. On the whole, I am OK with Blaine’s open birds policy, but (See Letters, page 5) Please send letters to letters@thenorthernlight.com no later than noon on Monday.

Correction In the August 4 issue of The Northern Light, the winner of Birch Bay Music Festival guitar raffle was Sherri Roberts. Her name was spelled incorrectly. We regret the error.

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seagulls need to be the exception. They’re exceedingly loud and aggressive, they crap on everything,

they litter our streets with shell debris. Unlike some of the other great birds that sail over the Blaine skyline, seagulls are in no way endangered or threatened. It is long past time for the city to do something about this in the form of a gull cull. Either do some-

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improvement projects in Blaine. The public is invited to attend the meeting at 6 p.m. this Monday, August 15 at the pavilion next to the community center to get a peek at trending results from the survey and preliminary concepts for the plan. “Since being appointed as city manager, the ongoing question I’m asked starts with ‘Blaine is such a beautiful place,’ followed by ‘why hasn’t the city grown?’ Or, ‘what can be done to get businesses and services to come here like other cities?’” said city manager

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WSDOT working on projects throughout northwest Whatcom County By Oliver Lazenby The Washington State Department of Transportation is wrapping up several road projects while the weather is still relatively dry. The projects will mostly result in intermittent single lane closures that won’t have much impact for drivers, except for a culvert replacement project that will close Blaine Road for a 57-hour window between August 26 and 29. Blaine Road culvert Crews are replacing a 3-footdiameter culvert with a 12-footwide, 6-foot-tall box culvert that will allow salmon to access a couple of miles of habitat in an unnamed creek between Hall Road and Hoyt Street, just south of Dakota Creek. The month-long project will require intermittent single-lane closures and one full closure. The whole road will be closed from 8 p.m. on Friday, August 26, to 5

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on a nearby east/west section of Grandview Road. A single lane of those roads may be closed between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m. daily until August 12 for fog sealing. A few weeks later, crews will be back to stripe the roads and install guide posts. That work will result in single-lane closures for up to a day-and-a-half, he said. Freeway paving The freeway resurfacing project that WSDOT started in early May will continue for a few more weeks. Crews are currently grinding and repaving north and southbound sections of Interstate 5 at Grandview Road. One lane of the freeway and on- and off-ramps at Grandview Road may close through the end of the week. After that, crews will transition into striping, joint sealing and other work on the freeway. That project will finish up in early September, Koreski said.

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The pirate-themed event rang in its ninth official year and offered activities for all ages and interests.

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Fresh & Local Local cheesemakers dish on the best ways to make tasty treats By Sarah Sharp Whatcom County is home to an abundance of locally sourced cheese. The Northern Light visited a selection of Ferndale farms and creameries just 20 minutes from Blaine to glean knowledge from their artisan cheese makers. Appel Farms Now one of the largest cheesemakers in Washington state, Appel Farms started “backwards” from most. Founder Jack Appel immigrated from Holland to Ferndale in 1950, where he bought a dairy farm and tinkered with cheese making in his spare time. But it wasn’t until friends and neighbors tasted the fruits of his artisan craft that he decided to add cheese to Appel Farm’s repertoire of dairy products. Now, his sons and their families fill Jack’s shoes – metaphorically that is – although his Dutch wooden clogs hang on their store wall as a proud reminder of the past. Rich and Ann Appel tend to their herd of 500 Jersey and Holstein milking cows, while John and Ruth Appel continue the tradition of cheese making and run Appel Farm’s picturesque cheese shop. While artisan cheesemakers typically gain traction in the creamy world of cheese through local fans, Appel Farms started selling wholesale directly to cheese lovers in California and on the East Coast. Occasionally, people will venture from as far

as Europe to end up in the farming community of Ferndale (pop: 12,343), craving a taste of Appel Farm’s signature quark – a soft white German cheese that’s often compared to cream cheese and sour cream. “Again, that’s backwards,” Ruth Appel said, laughing. But that’s not to say locals haven’t since come around. Appel Farm’s nine cheeses (cheddar, feta, gouda, maasdammer, paneer, parmesan, quark, havardi and nokkelost) warrant no introduction in many Whatcom County shops and farmers markets. The award-winning farm also acts as a leader among cheesemakers in Whatcom County. Back in 2005, when Appel Farms’ cheeses began establishing a household name, there were just six cheesemakers in all of Washington state. Now, there are 71 and counting. That’s better for everyone: cheesemakers and consumers alike, Appel said. “[Seeing new cheese shops pop up] the last few years has been wonderful,” she said. “They round out the market.” Appel Farms is located at 6605 Northwest Drive, Ferndale, WA. For more information, visit appel-farms.com or talk to one of their cheese professionals at 360/ 312-1431. Ferndale Farmstead A little taste of Naples, Italy can be found alongside a gravel road within the farmlands of Whatcom County. A rare but delightful oddity in the Pacific Northwest,

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s Twin Sisters Creamery in Ferndale sells Whatcom Blue, a blue cheese that artisan cheesemaker Lindsay Slevin describes as “approachable, dense and creamy.”

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In addition to Whatcom Blue, Twin Sisters Creamery sells Whatcom White, a raw milk cheese that’s aged for at least 60 days, and gorgonzola dolce. They’re also aging “some fun ones” right now, including white cheese with peppercorn, jalapenos and other flavor profiles, Slevin said. As a raw milk cheese producer, Twin Sisters Creamery uses about 325 gallons of Jersey milk from Twin Brook Creamery to produce their cheese’s signature creamy taste. Slevin knew she wanted to use milk from a registered Jersey herd, and Twin Brook was the perfect fit, she said. The Slevins named the creamery after their 7-year-old twin daughters, Maddy and Lexi, who enjoy pitching in around the store by tagging items, helping mom pack cheese and occasionally fighting over the push broom. “They just love being here,” she said. “It’s hysterical.” Twin Sisters Creamery is located at 6202 Portal Way, Ferndale, WA. For a schedule of upcoming classes, visit their website at twinsisterscreamery.com or call the cheese shop at 360/656-5240. Twin Brook Creamery: The milk behind the cheese While Twin Brook Creamery doesn’t produce cheese,

cheesemakers around Washington swear by the quality of their 100-percent Jersey milk for cheese making. Twin Sisters Creamery in Ferndale, River Valley Cheese in Issaquah and Neighbor Lady Farm in Renton all use Twin Brook milk in their batches. The creamery is a fifth-generation farm, employing every generation of the Stap family since 1910. Larry Stap and his wife, Debbie Stap, along with daughter Michelle Tolsma and her husband, Mark Tolsma, now own and operate the farm. One of the great pleasures of Larry Stap’s job has always been caring for his herd of 225 Jersey cows, or “the girls,” as he calls them. “My wife says when you look into their eyes, there’s something there,” Stap said. “They’re such a pleasant breed. They’re gentle, and they produce a high quality of milk. We just thoroughly love the Jersey cows.” Because Jersey cow milk contains a higher protein and butter fat content, it makes the most economic sense to use it for cheeses, Stap said. While 10 pounds of Holstein milk generally yields one pound of cheese, Jersey milk produces an additional 1.5 pounds, he said. Stap’s new robotic milking machines further compound those numbers. His recent $400,000 investment into two machines has increased milk production by

20 percent – an almost unheard of improvement in dairy farming. The technology allows the cows to choose when they want to be milked, and regulates how many times they can be milked. It’s not uncommon for a cow to circle through the shoot 30 times a day, hoping for an udder massage, but to be pushed right back out 27 of those times, Stap said. “The cows have responded so well,” he said. “They’re calm; they’re relaxed. I always thought we had relaxed cows before but they’re even calmer now.” Stap’s approach to farming can best be described by the term, “environmental stewardship,” a principle that aligns with his Christian faith, he said. That means proper soil care, monitoring water quality and ensuring preventive veterinary medicine. Although he believes in almost all of the aspects of being certified organic, Stap will never become certified himself because he would not be allowed to administer antibiotics to a sick calf in any event. That does not promote good animal husbandry, he said. Otherwise, Twin Brook Creamery does not use synthetic hormones to artificially stimulate milk production or commercial fertilizer or pesticides on their grass fields and pastures. Then again, the milk speaks for itself. Kristi Slotemaker, the self-proclaimed “Big Cheese” at River Valley Cheese in Issaquah, teaches classes on cheese making using Twin Brook’s milk. “She doesn’t have to publicly proclaim the benefits of our milk because it’s displayed in the yield and how it makes cheese, as she’s doing it right there in her class,” Stap said. Slotemaker offered this recipe for savory ricotta, courtesy of River Valley Cheese: Ingredients: 1 gallon whole cow’s milk (Not ultra-pasteurized) 1 teaspoon salt 3/4 cup vinegar (I prefer apple cider vinegar)

s Larry Stap, co-owner of Twin Brook Creamery in Lynden, stands in front of his herd of 225 Jersey cows – or “the girls,” as he affectionately calls them.

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Whatcom County Sheriff’s Reports: August 1-5 August 1, 5:16 a.m.: Suspicious circumstances on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. August 1, 7:29 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident non-blocking, non-injury on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. Blaine man cited for failing to reduce speed for conditions. August 1, 9:32 a.m.: Impound private on Karber Road. August 1, 11:40 a.m.: Theft cold call on Valley View Road. August 1, 12:05 p.m.: Juvenile problem on Legion Drive. August 1, 1:43 p.m.: Domestic verbal on Jay Road. August 1, 2:46 p.m.: Welfare check cold call on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. August 1, 4:12 p.m.: Assist citizen on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. August 1, 4:24 p.m.: Disorderly conduct on Birch Bay Drive. August 1, 7:51 p.m.: Domestic verbal on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. August 2, 2:43 a.m.: Mental on East Street. August 2, 9:41 a.m.: Suspicious vehicle on Arnie Road and Bruce Road. August 2, 10:50 a.m.: Vehicle recovery on West Road. August 2, 11:13 a.m.: Welfare check on Halibut Drive. August 2, 1:12 p.m.: Civil problem on Creasey Road. August 2, 1:13 p.m.: Property found cold call on Alderson Road. August 2, 1:28 p.m.: Serve warrant on Vest Road. August 2, 1:34 p.m.: Motor vehicle accident non-blocking, non-injury on Enterprise Road. August 2, 4:05 p.m.: Domestic order violation cold call on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. August 2, 4:35 p.m.: Landlord tenant dispute cold call on Anderson Road. August 2, 4:41 p.m.: Burglary cold call on Jackson Road. August 2, 6:57 p.m.: Assist citizen on Cowichan Road. August 2, 8:41 p.m.: Shots on H Street Road.

August 2, 9:12 p.m.: Alarm audible on Stein Road. August 3, 12:35 a.m.: Traffic stop on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. Custer man arrested and cited for driving with license suspended third degree. Second Custer man cited for possessing an open container of alcohol in a vehicle. August 3, 1:10 a.m.: Serve warrant on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. August 3, 2:20 a.m.: Motor vehicle accident injury on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. August 3, 8:52 a.m.: Suspicious circumstances cold call on Bay Ridge Road. August 3, 12:37 p.m.: Assist citizen cold call on Zickerville Road. August 3, 4:32 p.m.: Welfare check on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. August 3, 5:25 p.m.: Motor vehicle accident injury on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. Blaine man cited for following too close. August 3, 5:25 p.m.: Traffic stop on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. Blaine man arrested and cited for driving with license suspended third degree and cited for operating a motor vehicle without insurance. August 3, 6:03 p.m.: Serve warrant on Pacific Highway. Port Moody, B.C. man arrested on fugitive from justice warrants. August 3, 7:33 p.m.: Civil problem on Kayak Way. August 3, 11:47 p.m.: Harassment cold call on Sweet Road. August 4, 12:40 a.m.: Sex crime no rape on Bay Road. August 4, 1:13 a.m.: Suspicious person on Loomis Trail Road. August 4, 2:18 a.m.: Suspicious vehicle on Harborview Road. August 4, 2:40 p.m.: Shots on Jackson Road. August 4, 5:14 p.m.: Drugs cold call on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. August 4, 7:08 p.m.: Vandalism cold call on East Street. August 4, 9:44 a.m.: Suspicious circumstances on Birch Bay-Lynden

Road. August 4, 10:02 a.m.: Theft cold call on Ocean Mist Drive. August 4, 11:07 a.m.: Domestic order violation on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. August 4, 11:40 a.m.: Domestic order violation on Park Lane. Bellingham man cited for violating an anti-harassment order. August 4, 12:29 p.m.: Assist agency on California Trial. August 4, 12:40 p.m.: Traffic stop on Kickerville Road. Blaine man arrested for operating with license suspended in the third degree. August 4, 3:54 p.m.: Neighborhood dispute cold call on Behme Road. August 4, 6:03 p.m.: Mental cold call on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. August 4, 6:04 p.m.: Serve warrant on Pacific Highway. Oregon City man arrested of fugitive from justice warrants. August 4, 7:38 p.m.: Traffic stop on Birch Bay Drive. Blaine man cited for driving under the influence and operating a motor vehicle without insurance. August 4, 7:52 p.m.: Assist citizen on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. August 4, 8 p.m.: Alarm audible on Portal Way. August 5, 1:09 a.m.: Drunk on Oyster Drive. August 5, 1:43 a.m.: Music on Oyster Drive. August 5, 5:11 a.m.: Suspicious person on Blaine Road. August 5, 9:05 a.m.: Mental on Birch Bay-Lynden Road. August 5, 2:09 p.m.: Assist citizen on Custer School Road. August 5, 2:23 p.m.: Serve papers cold call on Kayak Way. August 5, 4:14 p.m.: Suspicious vehicle on Blaine Road. August 5, 4:31 p.m.: Alarm audible on Whitehorn Way. August 5, 5:31 p.m.: Assist citizen on Kayak Way. August 5, 6:22 p.m.: Domestic verbal on Beach Rock Loop.

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Claire Boag passed away peacefully at her home in Blaine WA surrounded by family. She was born in Norwalk, CT to Arthur and Caroline Cadotte on December 26, 1927, and raised in Montreal, Quebec Canada. She was preceded in death by her parents, her first husband, Paul Fontaine, brothers Jean, Leo and Armand and sisters Julie, Cecile and Rita and is survived by husband Art Boag, sons Tane (Debra) Fontaine, David (Jan) Fontaine and daughters Pat (John) Opp, Lynda (Mac) Cook and Debi (Wolfgang) Sellinger, 15 grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren, brother Paul and sisters Pauline and Jeanne. Claire was a devout Jehovah’s Witness and looked forward to the Bible’s promise of resurrection to everlasting life in a new world - Psalm 37:29. She was an elegant and classy lady who loved spending time with her large family. Her favorite place was outside in the sunshine or watching the beautiful sunsets at Semiahmoo Spit. She will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. Memorial service will be held on Saturday, August 13 at 3 p.m., Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 9040 Valley View Rd., Custer WA.

Alberto Luigi Rivera June 6, 1939 – August 2, 2016

Our friend, Alberto Luigi Rivera passed away unexpectedly August 2, 2016. Alberto moved to Blaine in 2003. He originally came to work for a helicopter venture. Over the years he was involved with real estate, the senior center art group and exercise program, Drayton Harbor Oyster Company and wine corking for GLM Wine Company. Alberto was an avid reader. His outgoing personality and varied interests drew many to call him “friend.” He leaves 3 children; Christina, Alexis and Peter. A book of remembrance can be found at the Blaine Senior Center, 763 G St., Blaine, WA. Please drop by and write a memory or two. The book will be sent to his children.

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