Community Calendar

Until Feb. 14

Valentine’s Day bags craft

Let your friends help you celebrate Valentine’s Day by creating your own special Valentine’s Day goodie bag.

This is an open and on-going event, just come to the Lynden Community/Senior Center any day before Valentine’s day and the materials will be waiting for you. After you have completed your bag, you will leave it at the center so your friends at the center can leave a Valentine for you. Come into the center any day before Valentine’s Day to pick it up on or after Valentine’s Day. The Lynden Community/Senior Center is at 401 Grover St. For more information, call (360) 354-2921 or email info@lyndencommunitycenter.org.

Through March 8

Youth musical theater classes meals, as well as the sta and volunteers that produce our meals.We will recognize them and are asking everyone to bring in their favorite recipe on paper to share. on Tuesday, Feb. 7 starting at 12:45 p.m.

Youth musical theater classes at Jansen Art Center, 321 Front St., Lynden from Feb. 1-March 8. Learn acting, singing, and dancing skills while putting together a performance in just six weeks. The class will share its work with families on the last day. Alison Ross, who is very talented and has many deep connections with the local community having taught at Lynden Christian and other regional institutions, will teach this class. Musical theater classes are for children in grades 3-5 and grades 6-8. Family preschool music class for 3.5- to 5-year-olds and their caregiver will join Ross for a time of connection, songs, games, and stories. This will be a gift of time to slow down, sing, play, and connect with the special child in your life. Visit jansenartcenter. org/classes/music for more information.

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The Lynden Community/Senior Center is at 401 Grover St. For more information, call (360) 354-2921 or email info@lyndencommunitycenter.org.

Feb. 8

Valentine’s Turkey Dinner

Valentine’s Turkey Dinner, from 2-5 p.m. Feb. 14 at El Ranchito, owned by Severino. Enjoy live music. All are invited. El Ranchito is at 8138 Guide Meridian, Lynden.

Feb. 9 2023 Predictions just like to watch them, this is a popular event where visitors can check out a specific breed and judge for themselves. For more information for admission, on how to enter your cat or become a vendor/sponsor, visit evergreencatfanciers.org.

The Rotary Club of Bellingham will host 2023 Predictions: A Look at the Global and Technological Trends to Come, presented by Mark Anderson. The event will be held from 6-9 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Bellingham Golf and Country Club, 3729 Meridian St., Bellingham. This event is a fundraiser to support the Rotary Club of Bellingham’s focus on homelessness, a ordable housing and youth development in Whatcom County. Tickets are $100, include dinner and the event, and can be purchased online atBellinghamRotary. org.

Feb. 10 Piano classics with Pat Hagen

At 12:45 p.m. Feb. 10, the Lynden Community/Senior Center will host music by Pat Hagen. Lunch will be available at noon for $6, so come and join your friends. The Lynden Community/Senior Center is at 401 Grover St. For more information, call (360) 3542921 or email info@lyndencommunitycenter.org.

Feb. 11 Lynden Library History Series com County goes back to the 1880s. Her talk titled “It All Started with a T-Shirt–What’s in a Name?” will be about her father, Charles Bailey, who fought in WWll. No experience in genealogy is necessary to join us. First two meetings are free. Questions? Email WGS President Lynda Lucas at genie1896@gmail.com or Cindy Harris at caharris1162@ yahoo.com. PO Box 1493, Bellingham, WA 98227-1493. E-mail: whatcomgenesoc@ gmail.com.

Feb. 14

Valentine’s day luncheon

Enhancement (CREP), the Salmon Recovery Restoration (SRRP), and the Neighborhood Native Landscaping Programs, plus the Annual Native Plant Sale, fish passage barrier removal, and other great opportunities, From noon-1 p.m. Feb. 15. Presented by Aneka Sweeney, Education and Outreach coordinator for the Whatcom Conservation District. To register for this Zoom meeting, visit whatcomwin.org/speaker-series. A Whatcom Watersheds Information Network Speaker Series Event.

Feb. 17 Reminisce with Allan and Carol Linde

From 1:30 p.m. until 3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, gifted Lummi storyteller and public educator Cynthia Wilson/ Oomagelbiees returns to share more oral stories from her ancestors at the Lynden Library. These stories will include a children’s legend from the Lummi Nation as well as the story of Tinka, passed down by Carol Batdorf, about the life of a young First Nations girl who lived long ago in a village on the northwest coast. The program will also include a fun craft activity for children to interact with the meaningful lessons revealed in the stories.Lynden Library is at 216 4th St.

Celebrate Valentine’s Day at the Lynden Community/ Senior Center with lunch with a loved one. Reservations are required to save a place for you and any guests you may bring. Lunch will feature pot roast, and the cost is $6. The Lynden Community/Senior Center is at 401 Grover St. For more information, call (360) 354-2921 or email info@lyndencommunitycenter.org.

Feb. 15

Painting with Anne

Come to the Lynden Community/Senior Center to brush up on your skills or learn how to paint with Anne on Feb. 15 1:30-3:30 p.m. You will use acrylic paints and will leave with a finished picture. There is a fee of $25 for members and $30 for non-members.

Visit the Lynden Community/ Senior Center for a concert with Reminisce, featuring Allan and Carol Linde. They will play music from the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s with fiddle, guitar and song on Feb. 17 at the Lynden Community/Senior Center. Music will be from country to pop standards. Come for lunch and stay for the concert, which begins at 12:45 p.m. Call (360) 354-2921 or email info@lyndencommunitycenter.org for more information or to register. The Lynden Community/Senior Center is at 401 Grover St.

Feb. 21 Mardi Gras celebration

Feb. 11-12 My FurryValentine

Through Feb. 10

Pride in Food Service Week

The Lynden Community/ Senior Center is proud of its

get DOT funding

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Whatcom Council of Governments will receive $200,000 to help reverse the statewide increase in tra c fatalities.

Last week, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, announced that Whatcom Council of Governments is one of 16 Washington communities to receive the grants as the Department of Transportation has awarded a total of $9,198,763 to communities in the State of Washington through the Safe Streets for All program.

According to Sen. Cantwell, there were 745 fatalities on roads in the State of Washington in 2022, which she said was “the most in more than 30 years.”

“We must reverse this alarming trend,” Cantwell said. Cantwell said she created the Safe Streets for All Grant program to provide cities and counties “with this timely federal funding to improve transportation safety planning and build infrastructure that will save lives.”

Sen. Cantwell steered authorization of the Safe Streets for All program through the Commerce Committee, and ensured that the program was among the transportation investments included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

The program helps local governments carry out Vision Zero plans and other improvements to reduce crashes and fatalities.

Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will deliver an estimated $7.6 billion in transportation investments to Washington

The Evergreen Cat Fanciers invites all cat lovers to their 2023 Spring Show, My FurryValentine, forregistered breedsand household petkittens and cats. With125 competing for awards,this public eventwill beSaturday, Feb. 11 from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 12 from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. in theFerndale EventsCenter, 5715 Barrett Road. Parking is free. Whether you’re a cat owner or state.

In the rst year since the law’s signing in November 2021, it funded nearly 500 transportation projects in Washington State.

Country music star Chase Rice to perform at NWW Fair

LYNDEN — With nearly 2.4 million albums sold and more than 2.4 billion streams, plus a legion of passionate fans at his high-energy concerts across the globe, Chase Rice has established himself as a powerful force in Nashville and beyond. With his latest album, I Hate Cowboys & All Dogs Go To Hell, set for release on Feb. 10, Rice will bring brand-new songs and his decade of chart topping hits to the 2023 Northwest Washington Fair in Lynden at 7 p.m. Friday, Aug. 17 as part of the Bank of

Beginning Feb. 13

Whatcom Genealogical Society

Whatcom Genealogical Society will start its 2023 program series Monday, Feb. 13 at Pioneer Pavilion, 2007 Cherry St., Ferndale. Doors open at 1:30 p.m. program starts at 2 p.m. Speaker will be WGS member Marie Honrud. Honrud’s family roots in What-

Sign up before is required. The Lynden Community/Senior Center is at 401 Grover St. For more information, call (360) 354-2921 or email info@lyndencommunitycenter.org.

Feb. 15

Voluntary programs with benefits Habitat and restoration programs o er simple ways for landowners to steward their land and restore natural habitats for salmon, wildlife, and water quality. Learn about the Conservation Reserve

On Feb. 21 at 12:45 p.m., celebrate Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday at the Lynden Community/Senior Center. Mary Buell, and Suzan Brawnlyn will share Mardi Gras pictures and facts, and you can enjoy some Cajun style cooking: chicken and sausage gumbo with king’s cake for dessert for $6. Lunch begins at noon followed by the festivities. Call (360) 354-2921 or email info@ lyndencommunitycenter.org for more information or to register. The Lynden Community/ Senior Center is at 401 Grover St. WA communities the Paci c Grandstand Entertainment Series. Tickets for the grandstand show go on sale to the public at 9 a.m. Feb. 10. Grandstand reserved seats, preferred seats and preferred chairs are available. Tickets do not include gate admission, which is required. e show is presented by Manna Insurance Group. For access to the online pre-sale starting Feb. 8, people can subscribe to the ‘Friends of the Fair’ email at nwwafair.com/ email.aspx. Tickets can be purchased at nwwafair.com, the Fair O ce at 1775 Front St. Lynden, and by phone at (360) 3544111. VIP Experiences and group ticketing are also available. e 2023 Northwest Washington Fair will be presented Aug. 10-19. For more information on all things Chase Rice, visit ChaseRice.com and follow him on Facebook, Twitter and TikTok @ ChaseRiceMusic and on Instagram @ChaseRice.