Ferndale Record November 23 2022

Micro weather zone plays role in two Birch Bay Lynden Road accidents

By Bill Helm Editor

WHATCOM — Two ac cidents, one with serious injuries, took place the morning of Wednesday, Nov. 16, on Birch Bay Lyn den Road just west of Lyn den.

Shaun Ward, Division Chief of Support Services for North Whatcom Fire Rescue, told the Lynden Tribune following the ac cidents that the “biggest thing to take away from this is ‘slow down.’”

“You can’t see black ice,” Ward said. “Once you’re in

it, you’re spinning in it.” Ward explained that the two accidents were “due to an area that seems to cre ate its own micro weather zone.”

“ e temperature in my vehicle at Bob Hall Road (between Berthusen and Sunrise roads) was 36 Fahr enheit,” Ward said. “Yet on scene not more than onequarter mile away it was 28 Fahrenheit and a sheet of ice.”

e rst report of an accident was at 7:13 a.m. when freelance journalist

See Accidents on A2

Highest Thanksgiving gas prices ever?!?!

As Americans prepare to hit the road for anksgiving, average gaso line prices will be at their highest seasonal level ever for the weekend according to GasBuddy, the leading fuel savings platform saving North American drivers the most money on gas.

e national average is projected to stand at $3.68 on anksgiving Day – nearly 30¢ higher than last year, and over 20¢ higher than the previous re cord of $3.44 set in 2012.

But that won’t slow many down, with 20% more Americans planning to hit the road this year.

e year 2022 has been a challeng ing year for drivers, breaking several records thanks to less global re ning capacity and sanctions brought on by Russia’s war on Ukraine.

e number of Americans travel ing over the weekend this year is up from 32% last year to 38%, a nearly 20% rise, with 62% of Americans not planning on road tripping for anksgiving.

Twenty-one percent say they are choosing not to drive due to high fuel prices.

“It has been a dizzying year at the pump, with motorists likely feeling

nauseous not from the eggnog, but from the roller coaster ride at the pump with record gasoline prices earlier this year, which have fallen signi cantly since mid-summer,” said Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy. “Americans, however, are proving that while we’ll openly complain about high gas pric es, most of us aren’t deterred from taking to the highways to observe anksgiving with those that matter most to us, especially as precautions from the pandemic have eased.”

Travelers can expect Wednesday afternoon between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. to be the busiest on the nation’s highways, and on Friday between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Twenty-three percent of respon dents to GasBuddy’s anksgiving survey say they’ll spend one to three hours in the car, compared to 2021, when most indicated they’d travel less than an hour away.

While 21% say high fuel prices are impacting their travel, surprisingly fewer are citing high gas prices this year (46% vs. 51% in 2021) for im pacting their travel plans.

Seventy-three percent of Ameri cans traveling won’t be crossing state

lines to do so.

GasBuddy o ers several moneysaving tips for motorists on the road this holiday season:

• Shop around for the best prices.

e rst gas station you see isn’t al ways the cheapest and driving a few extra blocks can save drivers upwards of 30 cents per gallon. GasBuddy also o ers a Search Along Route feature to help drivers plan stops on their road trip.

• Pay with GasBuddy. A free pay ments service that o ers up to 25 cents o per gallon on every ll-up at hundreds of thousands of gas sta tions nationwide.

• Slow down on the road. Aggres sive driving habits like speeding, rap id acceleration and hard braking can cost drivers hundreds of extra dollars per year in additional fuel consump tion.

• Watch out for state lines. Dif ferences in taxes can cause big dif ferences between states. If traveling through multiple states, check the GasBuddy app to ll up on the lower priced side.

Methodology: GasBuddy analyzed 1,314 responses to its 2022 anks giving Travel Survey from Nov. 5-9.

Shewmake says

By Bill Helm Editor

WHATCOM — When it comes to housing, Sha ron Shewmake said folks “have to do better.”

“We have a lot of work to do, but the biggest thing is housing,” said Shewmake, who is expect ed to be o cially named Washington’s new state senator for Legislative District No. 42 district when the Nov. 8 general election is o cially certi ed.

Although she also recognized public safety, ood resiliency and mental health issues as im portant issues for legislators to target, Shewmake said housing is what she plans to “push the hard est on.”

“It’s just too hard right now to nd a place,” she said. “ at is destabilizing families, working peo ple, retired folks and all our neighbors.”

Speci cally, Shewmake said, it’s the lack of housing, the lack of a ordable housing.

“We have to gure out how to build more homes,” Shewmake said. “We can build up or out and I support some of both, but especially up, in cities, where the jobs are, where people want to live, where it’s easier to provide infrastructure and it’s an environmental solution too. Housing

See Shewmake on A3

* Uno cial results as of 4 p.m. Nov. 17

General Election 2022

Race Votes Percent

LD42 Senator Simon Sefzik (R) 37,080 49.41% Sharon Shewmake (D) 37,88450.49%

LD42 Representative Pos. 1 Alicia Rule (D) 38,651 51.63% Tawsha Thompson (R) 36,110 48.24%

LD42 Representative Pos. 2 Dan Johnson (R) 36,320 48.71% Joe Timmons (D) 38,166 51.19%

Prop. 2022-5 Children’s Initiative Yes 53,962 49.94% No 54,10050.06%

Prop. 2022-6 tax levy for EMS Yes 68,779 63.91% No 38,835 36.09%

Prop. 2022-4 TBD tax Yes 4,486 59.61% No 3,040 40.39%

Prop. 2022-7 NVSD director districts Approved 3,223 73.15% Rejected 1,183 26.85% * O cial results will be certified on Nov. 29.

FERNDALE — To re mind people to drive care fully near schools, Ferndale patrol o cers will conduct a safety emphasis over the next couple of months.

O cers will be located on or near school prop erty with their lights on to encourage safer driving in school zones.

“We’ve tried being stealthy and writing some tickets and folks continue to go way too fast near our

schools,” said Chief Kevin Turner. “We are hoping the ashing lights will do the trick. So if you see one of our patrol vehicles lit up near a school, do not be alarmed. But do ease o on that accelerator.”

School zones often have pedestrians that may not be aware of passing vehi cles.

Drivers are encouraged to keep their eyes open and be ready to stop.

With 150 ballots left to count, challenger ahead of Simon Sefzik by 800-plus votes

‘We have to do better’ with housing,

Lynden Tribune reporter Elisa Claassen is stopped behind tra c after the first of two accidents Wednesday morning on Birch Bay Lynden Road. (Elisa Claassen for the Tribune)

Nearly 20% more Americans plan to hit the road although projected average r e n an n a ld rea re rd e ear a

Ferndale police begin safety emphasis near school zones

Expansion on horizon for Anytime Toffee

Plans to create warm welcoming in Ferndale

By Leora Watson For the Record

FERNDALE — Warm

ing up the corner of Vista Drive and 3rd Avenue is Anytime To ee owner Tara Wright’s biggest ex citement for expansion of her business.

Anytime To ee rst opened its doors to the community in April but business taking o and a need for more space has prompted the expan sion into the neighboring storefront that had previ ously been D & D Insur ance, Wright said.

“It was kind of our veyear plan that we would expand,” said Wright, who had not anticipated the early on expansion. “We have just grown so fast and we’ve just been wel comed so well by the community.”

Plans for development include moving the store front to the corner section of the business with tables for customers to sit, a con ference room available to teach classes or host large meetings and turning the old storefront into a larger kitchen, processing and shipping area.

According to Wright, Anytime To ee ships

its products all over the country and is sold in 60 di erent stores across the U.S. and one store in Swit zerland.

While Anytime To ee’s new storefront will pri marily be a gift shop sell ing the to ee and locally made items, Wright hopes to add an espresso bar to the space but the idea is currently not set in stone.

Adding some cute signs and dressing up the new front of the shop is also in the works, accord ing to Wright.

“I love people, so I’m excited to just have a place where people will want to come,” Wright said.

Anytime To ee has evolved over the years, with the idea for the busi ness starting 27 years ago from Wright’s motherin-law’s to ee recipe that was made and given to friends and family for Christmas.

“Over the years, every body kept saying you guys should sell this,” Wright said.

From there, Wright and her family began to sell the toffee at local famers markets and craft shows as a way for her children to learn about business and the toffee quickly became popular.

After people began asking for the to ee to be sold in stores, a small commercial kitchen was built on their Ferndale property until the space became too small as the

business began to grow, according to Wright.

“We either have to quit because we’re too big or we have to go nd some thing else, so we looked all over for kitchens,” said Wright.

Leslie Parks works in production and takes all

the photos for Anytime To ee’s website and store.

“One pan makes one batch, so it’s not a big huge production and that means that you can re ally take time to do it cor rectly,” said Parks, whose favorite Anytime To ee is lemon lavender white.

Parks has been friends with Wright for 20 years and is excited for more room with the expansion and watching Anytime To ee grow and evolve.

“Just to be along the sideline as [Wright] suc ceeds,” said Parks. “With the expansion, brings

more people in and [Wright] has such a way of making connections with people and watching that just lls my soul.”

Anytime To ee is at 5703 3rd Ave.

To learn more, visit their website at anytime to ee.com.

WA 2023-2026 program of multimodal transportation projects ready for public review

OLYMPIA — A compi lation of prioritized trans portation improvements projects is now ready for public review and comment

through Wednesday, Dec. 14.  More than 1,400 state wide transportation im provement projects using

$5.1 billion in federal funds are included in the 20232026 Statewide Transpor tation Improvement Pro gram, or STIP for short.  e

draft 2023-2026 STIP is a four-year program of mul timodal transportation projects identi ed through state, metropolitan, region al, tribal and local agency planning processes. Projects identi ed as using Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit Administration funds must be included in the STIP to authorize the ex

penditure of federal funds. Also included are re gionally signi cant projects funded through the Wash ington State Legislature’s Connecting Washington and Move Ahead Washing ton transportation pack ages.

e comment period for the STIP is the nal step of the community engage ment process that began

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locally during development of individual transportation improvement programs. e Washington State De partment of Transportation will accept comments until 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14. Any comments received by WSDOT will be sent to the local agency or metro politan or regional planning organization for consider ation.

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Accidents: Micro weather zone plays role on BBL Road

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e driver, Ward said, was traveling eastbound on Birch Bay Lynden Road be fore crashing in the south side ditch.

According to Ward, the vehicle’s occupant “had self-extricated prior to EMS

arrival was uninjured.”

“ e driver was trans ported BLS by Aid 63,” Ward said.

At 8:21 a.m., a second accident was reported in the same area of Birch Bay Lynden Road. is accident “was a serious glancing head-on car versus pick up,” Ward told e Tribune.

“ e rst (accident) was completely cleared and the tow was loading the vehicle onto a atbed o the road

using a berry eld access to do so,” Ward said. “I have no idea if that contributed to the second incident, but the sand truck was just ar riving at the second inci dent when I arrived.”

In the second accident, a Toyota Prius was travel ing eastbound on Birch Bay Lynden Road when it hit the pickup which was traveling westbound, Ward said, coming to rest against the northside berry eld hedge.

e driver of the car in the second accident “re quired extrication and was transported” via M45 to PeaceHealth St Joseph Medical Center  under ad vance life support protocol, Ward explained.

“ at vehicle also had three other occupants who all were transported under basic life support protocol via Aid 75 and two in Aid 61,” Ward said. “ e driver of the pickup was evaluat ed and was uninjured,” and was released at the scene of the accident.

Lynden Fire also re sponded to the second accident with Aid 75 and Medic 45, Ward said.

Elisa Claassen noti ed the Tribune to report a singlevehicle rollover accident with foggy conditions and icy roads.

Anytime To ee first opened its doors to the community in April but business taking o and a need for more space have prompted the expansion into the neighboring storefront that had previously beenD & D Insurance, according to proprietor Tara Wright. (Leora Watson for the Tribune)

OBITUARIES

Courtney Salmonson

Courtney Lane Salmon son, 78, of Lynden, passed away peacefully and into the arms of Jesus on Nov. 14 after a courageous sevenyear battle with cancer.

Courtney was born in Lynden on Dec. 21, 1943, to Arnie and Juliana “Doll” (VanDiest) Salmonson.

Courtney was a lifelong Lynden resident and attended Ebenezer Christian School and graduated from Lynden High School in 1961.

Courtney had a lot of fun times with his buddies in high school, played football, was in FFA, worked on his family farm, and took pride in showing o his ‘60 Chev.

Courtney met the love of his life, Sharon Vander Kooi in 1960, and they married on May 28, 1964.

ey were married for 58 wonderful years and had four awesome kids: Eric, Jodi, Leif, and Shauna.

After high school, Courtney worked with his dad at Darigold, and in 1965 he started working construction.

In 1976 he formed a partnership and was general contractor/co-owner of Hol leman and Salmonson Construction

Ernie Thompson

Ernest (Ernie) Arnold ompson went to be with the Lord on Nov. 11.

Ernie was born in Bell ingham on July 15, 1943, the rst of three children born to Glenn and Aileen (Pend leton) ompson.

Ernie attended Custer Grade

Carol Visser

Carol Rae Visser, of Su mas, passed away suddenly at home with her husband of 50 years by her side, on Nov. 15 at the age of 70.

Carol was born to Rich ard Sestrom and Betty Pebbles on Nov. 29, 1951 in Seattle.

Carol is survived by her loving hus band, Ronald Visser, whom she mar

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building custom homes in Whatcom County.

In 1994, Courtney started Salmon son Construction and continued building houses until 2017 and still did smaller construction jobs until spring of 2022.

Courtney was a very skilled build er, and customers as well as suppliers and subs enjoyed working with him over the 46 years he was a general contractor.

Courtney loved the outdoors – working and playing outside. In his younger years, Courtney enjoyed water skiing, hiking, taking his family camping and shing.

He began hunting at a very young age, and hunting and shing were lifelong pas sions of his.

Courtney was an avid bow hunter, and in 1974 he shot a world record mountain goat on Barometer Mountain and was awarded rst place with the Pope and Young Club.

Courtney took great pleasure in teach ing his son, sons-in-law, and grandkids the skill of archery hunting.

He loved being with his family, and be ing able to hunt with them was something very special to him.

Even when he wasn’t able to go hunting himself this past September, Courtney was still an important part of the preparations for the trip.

and Jr. High School, and graduated from Ferndale High School in 1961.

Ernie earned his AA from Skagit Valley Jr. College in 1964, and received a teaching certi cate for Sec ondary Sciences from Central WA State Col lege in 1967

Ernie and Marjory omas were married in March 1967 and

Courtney also enjoyed lake and river shing with his friends and family – in cluding teaching the grandkids how to sh and clean them.

In his latter years, Courtney also liked growing a garden and taking care of his apple trees.

rough the years, Courtney and Sha ron thoroughly enjoyed supporting their kids and grandkids in various activities including band, cross-country, track and eld, basketball, volleyball, fastpitch, foot ball, swim, wrestling, etc., rarely missing any events.

In recent years, they could be found cheering on the grandkids at both Lynden and Meridian schools.

In his retirement, Courtney spent most mornings with the co ee guys at Dave’s Sporting Goods where he made many friends.

Courtney was a very patient, quiet, strong, devoted, hardworking, wise, and Godly man. He was an elder at his church for many years and loved Jesus. He was a great family man and loved spending time with his family.

Courtney is survived by his wife Sha ron; children Jodi (Duane) Zander, Leif (Cindy) Salmonson, Shauna (Brandon) omas; grandchildren Kent and Ella Zander and Lane and Kasi omas; sis ters Juanita (Dale) Hymas, Sally (Chuck) Bullion; sisters-in-law Elaine Salmonson,

Uncle Sam sent Ernie to boot camp at Fort Lewis, WA.

Ernie was posted to San Fran cisco to do research work at Let termen General Hospital. Son, Edward, was added to their fam ily. Eighteen months later Mi chel was born in Ellensburg, WA. where Ernie started work on his masters degree.

In fall 1972, Ernie accepted the opportunity to teach High School Math and Science in South Aus tralia. In 1977, Ernie and family

ried on July 7, 1972 and also survived by her two children, Sarah (Rob) Mo bley and Michael Visser, as well as grandchildren: Amanda Visser, Drew Mo bley, Tanner Conger, Mad ison and Zoey Visser.

Carol is also survived by her sister Vicky (Ken) Visser and brother Rick Sestrom, along with numerous niec es, nephews, in-laws, cousins and friends.

hood craftspeople at our holiday pop-up market, from 2-8 p.m. Dec. 10 at Firehouse Arts and Event Center, 1314 Harris Ave., Bellingham. Shop tie-

returned to Custer.

Janet Huisman, Carole (Roger) Kornelis; brother-in-law Dale (Aileen) VanderKooi; and numerous nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Courtney is preceded in death by his son Eric Shawn Salmonson; parents Arnie and Juliana “Doll” Salmonson; sister Nola Salmonson; brother Arnie Lee Salmon son; brothers-in-law Larry VanderKooi and Robert Huisman; sister-in-law Bon nie VanderKooi; nephews Michael VanderKooi and Christopher VanderKooi. e family would like to thank the sta at CHCC Rehab Unit and PeaceHealth St Joseph Cancer Center, and Drs. LeTellier, Hiemstra, Mahal, and Spiess for their compassionate, loving care of Courtney.

Graveside service will be held at Monu menta Cemetery on Monday, Nov. 28 at 1:15 p.m.

Memorial Service will follow at First Re formed Church in Lynden at 2 p.m. Recep tion to follow.

Please share your memories at www.gil liesfuneralhome.com.

Memorial donations may be made to the following: Rocky Mountain Elk Foun dation, PO Box 8249, Missoula, MT 59807; St Joseph Cancer Center, 3301 Squalicum Pkwy, Bellingham, WA 98225; CHCC Re hab Unit, 855 Aaron Drive, Lynden, WA 98264. Funeral arrangements are entrust ed to Gillies Funeral Home and Cremation Services.

In 1990 Ernie and Marjory moved to Birch Bay. His last job was a Laboratory Technician at the Botanical Laboratories, Inc in Ferndale.

ey have been a part of the Sunrise Baptist Church fam ily since their arrival in Custer in 1977.

Ernie was a Sunday School teacher, usher, choir member and deacon. He was preceded in death by his father, mother

Carol is preceded in death by fa ther Richard Sestrom and father-inlaw James Visser. Graveside service will be held at Ten Mile cemetery on Nove. 23 at 10 a.m. with a memorial service to follow at 11 a.m. at Second Christian Reformed Church.

For anyone wishing to make dona tions or gifts, the family suggests do nations be made to Second CRC, 113 8th St., Lynden, WA 98264.

Funeral arrangements are entrust ed to Gillies Funeral Home and Cre mation Services.

dye goods, cards and calendars, soaps and candles, hand-dyed yarns, jewelry, botanical crafts, prints and lots more Fairhaven made gifts. Any ques-

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and granddaughter Tayler Marie ompson.

Ernie leaves behind wife, Marjory; sons’ Edward Glenn, Michael Eugene (Sheila Silva); granddaughter Hannah Grace; sisters, CarolAnn (Lary) Beatty and Kaye (Dave) omson; sev eral nephews and nieces and a host of cousins and friends. A memorial Service will be held at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2 at Sunrise Baptist Church, 2480 West Bad ger Road, Custer.

Bonnie Johnson

Bonnie J. Johnson, age 91, of Lynden, formerly of Bellingham, passed away ursday, Nov. 17 at the Christian Health Care Center in Lynden. A memorial service will be held noon Wednesday, Nov. 30 at Rome Community Bi ble Church, 2720 Mt. Baker Hwy., Bellingham. To view a more complete obituary and share your thoughts and memories of Bonnie log onto www.sigsfuneralservices.com.

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Shewmake: ‘We have to do better’ with housing

Continued from A1 touches everything.”

Because of what she essentially called an un healthy vacancy rate, Shewmake explained that it’s “much too easy to end up homeless.”

“It’s harder for folks to recover from a ood when there aren’t a ordable places to live,” Shewmake said. “ e price of housing is one of the biggest parts of budgets that state (and) local governments can ef fectively impact.”

With 111,236 ballots counted and an estimat ed 150 more to be tallied by 5 p.m. Nov. 21, Shewmake, a Democrat, is ahead of Si mon Sefzik, a Republican, in her quest to become the next LD42 Senator for Washington.

With a margin of 804 votes, Shewmake looks to unseat Sefzik, who was ap pointed in January to re place Doug Ericksen. Sen. Ericksen died in December 2021 at age 52 after having had COVID-19.

“It’s humbling to have so many people vote for you, whether you get 49.5% or 50.5%,” Shewmake said. “Now it’s my job to rep resent everyone in both buckets. I hope everyone feels comfortable reaching out because government really does belong to the people.”

With 173 precincts re porting, 70.55% of What com County’s 157,580 registered voters partici pated in the 2022 general election. According to the Whatcom County Elec

tion Division website, the estimated number of bal lots which have not been counted “only includes bal lots currently in our o ce.”

“It does not estimate ballots that have not yet been received,” the coun ty’s website states.

Ballot signature cures and overseas ballots are not included and can be received up until the day before certi cation.

As of 4 p.m. ursday, Nov. 17, Shewmake leads Sefzik 37,884 votes to 37,080.

Democrats Alicia Rule and Joe Timmons lead Tawsha ompson and Dan Johnson, respectively, in their quest to serve as LD42 state representatives.

In the LD42 state repre sentative No. 1 race, Rule leads ompson 38,651 votes to 36,110. Timmons leads Johnson in the LD42 state representative No. 2 race, 38,166 to 36,320.

In her rst run for po litical o ce, ompson, a retired Bellingham Police O cer, said she “did feel a true voice for law enforce ment and our communities was needed in Olympia to get public safety right.”

“If I were to run again, along with focusing on public safety, I would draw attention to campaign nance reform,” ompson said. “When I am work ing with  ood survivors struggling to nd even $10,000 to get a heating system in their house but $17,000 is spent on yet an other ier, or $250,000 is spent on commercials, it leaves a sour taste in the

mouth.”

Rule, who keeps her seat as state representative No. 1, said she wanted to con gratulate ompson “on a hard fought race.”

“While we may disagree on many issues, I deeply appreciate her service to our community and will ingness to step up and rep resent our district,” Rule said. “I wish her well in the future.”

Rule also said for every one who did not vote for her, she plans to “continue to be a representative for all of Whatcom County.”

“I ran for this o ce in 2020 to solve problems in our communities, and I re main dedicated to that goal no matter where solutions come from,” Rule said.

Each of the LD42 elec tions had fewer than 100 write-in votes.

A complete breakdown of Whatcom County’s 2022 general election results is at whatcomcounty.us.

TBD tax, EMS levy both overwhelmingly passing

Also as of Nov. 17, Prop osition 2022-6, the county’s regular property tax levy for emergency medical ser vices, is overwhelmingly passing, with a 64%-to-36% margin.

Also passing, at a mar gin of about 60% to 40%, is Proposition 2022-4, the City of Lynden’s renewal of sales and use tax for trans portation improvements.

Known in Lynden gov ernment as TBD, or trans portation bene t district, this levy is a continuation of a two-tenths-cent sales

tax that has been in place since 2012.

Past projects that have bene ted from the TBD tax include Line Road im provements, the 17th Street extension, Riverview Road, Foxtail Street and Benson Road.

Lynden Mayor Scott Korthuis said he is pleased with what he called broad community support.

“I’m very pleased that our citizens once again al lowed themselves in a way that allows us to do these things,” Korthuis said. “ ey’ve seen what we’ve done in the past years.”

Leading up to the Nov. 8 election, Korthuis ex plained that continued support of the TBD tax could be used toward Fourth and Sixth street in tersections on Front Street, Cedar Drive and 8th, 9th and 10th streets south of Front Street.

On Nov. 18, the Lynden mayor said Cedar Drive and 8th Street would take priority, and as soon as 2023.

“Cedar Drive citizens for years have been concerned with their street,” he said.

Korthuis explained plans would be to rst tack le storm and water, then sewer under the street, then put a new top on the street.

“Currently Cedar has a variety of patchwork,” he said. “ ese are exciting projects for the city in the short term.”

Korthuis also explained that voter support of both initiatives was “wonderful to see.”

“Not so much for my

generation, but for my kids and their kids,” he said. “People want good EMS service. ey want a nice, clean well-maintained city. It’s exciting to see the sup port.”

Board director reappor tionment

As of 4 p.m. Nov. 17, about 73% of participating voters support the measure that realigns the Nooksack Valley School Board rep resentation into three di rector districts and two atlarge directors.

“Passage looks immi nent,” Nooksack Valley Su perintendent Matt Galley said of Proposition 2022-7.

With the passing of Proposition 2022-7, the school district will con tinue to have three director districts for the communi ties of Everson, Nooksack and Sumas, and also two at-large director districts, Nooksack Valley Board Chair Stephen A. Jones said.

“ at means that in or der to be eligible to le in those rst three districts, the candidate must live within those sub-bound aries,” Jones said. “For the

trusted guidance and hard work to make wishes come true. Doors open at 1:30 p.m.. Cost is $15 general admission, children under 2 are free.

two at-large districts, a can didate could live anywhere within the Nooksack Valley School District.”

Jones also said that the district’s residents will re tain their vote for all seats on the school board in both a primary and general elec tion.

“As always if the mem bers of our community have questions we encour age them to contact our su perintendent, Matt Galley of one of the current board members,” Jones said.

Once Proposition 20227 is made o cial, the new districting would be in place ahead of the Novem ber 2023 election for three of the ve directors, as the seats of Jason Heutink, Mark Olson and Cheryl ornton each come up for election next year.

By a margin of 138 votes, Proposition 2022-5, known as the Children’s Initia tive Levy Lid Lift is short of passing.

On Nov. 29, Whatcom County Election O ce will certify the results of the 2022 general election.

-- Bill Helm can be reached at bill@lyndentribune.com.

It’s a great feeling to be grateful

anksgiving has been one of my favorite holidays. In contrast to other holidays, there is less arguing over what to call it. It’s simply anksgiving.

Unlike Christmas, it focuses on friends and family coming together to enjoy time together over a meal whether the meal is a grand a air with many dishes full of selections or something more basis. ere is also less pressure to buy multitudes of gifts.

With in ation, so many people are nding more di culty in basics such as buying gas and maybe a ording extras. We are so fortunate to live in a community in which so many people, groups and organizations are available to help.

e Opportunity Council can assist with paying utility bills and providing vouchers for housing. e Northwest Regional Council helps those who are dealing with di culties related to aging or living with disabilities.

From church to church, many religious institutions set up Angel Trees in which members can buy gifts for children based on a short list of needs or wants such a 10-year-old girl wanting art supplies.

A few years ago one of my neighbors gured I needed a bit of help with a bill and quietly, unasked at that, paid it for me. ere are lots of good people out there. Sometimes we either overlook it or forget to be thankful.

I usually start my day o by nding things to thank God for. Some days it may be almost grabbing at straws and other days the list could spill onto additional

pages.

e last few years of the Pandemic, changing economy, and oods have been far from easy.

So my thankful list: I am thankful for living in an area blessed with mountains and meadows and water and islands. I love to hike and take photos and I have so much opportunity here. I am thankful to have friends, coworkers, and others who join me on hikes, sit with me at church, and invite me for holidays.

I am thankful to go to a community meal and sit with a community that became known for reaching out and helping so many others. I am thankful to be able to share my photos and writing with my friends in the community.

Since one of my favorite shows at anksgiving is Charlie Brown, I’m sharing a few things he was known to say: “Be yourself. No one can say you’re doing it wrong”

In the 1973 animated television special, Charlie wants to have a nice dinner with his friends. Somehow Snoopy and Woodstock prepare toast and popcorn instead of turkey and mashed potatoes. Charlie and Peppermint Patty start to have a meltdown. In spite of so much going wrong, they manage to still have an enjoyable time in the end.

May you and your loved ones – family or friends – have a wonderful time. May you nd so many reasons to be thankful.

-- Elisa Claassen is a freelance journalist with the Lynden Tribune and Ferndale Record newspapers.

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WHERE TO WRITE

Federal President Joe Biden (D), e White House, 1600 Pennsylvania. Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20500; Public comment desk, 202-4561111; email form at whitehouse.gov/ contact. Website: joebiden.com.

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell (D), 511 Hart Senate O ce Build ing, Washington, DC 20510, 202224-3441; Public comment form at cantwell.senate.gov/contact. Website: cantwell.senate.gov.

U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D), 154 Russell Senate O ce Building, Washington, D.C. 20510, 202-2242621; Public comment email form at murray.senate.gov/write-to-patty; Website: murray.senate.gov.

U.S. Representative Rick Larsen (D), 2163 Rayburn HOB, Washington, DC 20515, 202-2252605; Public comment email form at larsen.house.gov/contact. Website: larsen.house.gov.

State Governor Jay Inslee (D), O ce of the Governor, PO Box 40002, Olympia, WA 98504-0002, 360-9024111; Public contact email form at

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governor.wa.gov/contact. Website: governor.wa.gov.

Senator Simon Sefzik (R), 109A Irv Newhouse Building, PO Box 40442 Olympia, WA 98504, 360-7867682; Public comment email form at simonsefzik.src.wastateleg.org/ contact-me. Website: simonsefzik. src.wastateleg.org.

Representative Sharon Shew make (D), JLOB 310, PO Box 40600, Olympia WA 98504-0600, 800562-6000 or 360-746-6939; Public comment email at app.leg.wa.gov/ pbc/memberEmail/42/2. Or email Legislative Assistant Sarah Soul liere at Sarah.Soulliere@leg.wa.gov. Website: housedemocrats.wa.gov/ shewmake.

Representative Alicia Rule (D), JLOB 334, PO Box 40600, Olympia, WA 98504-0600, 360-746-3744; Public comment email at app.leg. wa.gov/pbc/memberEmail/42/1. Website: housedemocrats.wa.gov/ rule.

County

Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu, 311 Grand Ave. Suite 108, Bellingham, WA 98225-4082,

GUEST OPINION

Recent editorial on Nooksack Basin water rights makes claims that ‘don’t meet the fact test’

A recent Lynden Tribune guest editorial suggested that adjudication was the way to solve Nooksack’s water problems and any suggestion otherwise was fake news. e facts show otherwise.

Adjudication cannot solve the twin problems of too little water at one time and too much at another. e editorial recognized that. But after a multi-decade lawsuit with water rights holders, the idea that those with rights to apply for permits doesn’t hold water.

What rights and permits? After decades of litigation, few will have water rights as our basins are mostly closed to any new water rights already due to overallocation, and new permits for water rights haven’t been issued in years.

Advocates for adjudication want to shut o what they claim is illegal use of water by up to half the farmers. But most farmer use of water is legal.

Antiquated water law in Washington can create challenges for farmers trying to update their water based on what their farm produces, but the implication that much of farm water use is illegal is a gross misstate ment.

e state told farmers applying for permits to use the water while they worked through the issue. Following state directions is not illegal.

Some say collaboration can only work after water rights have been decided by the courts. Not true. ere are multiple examples of how collaborative settlements occurred both during and before litigation of water rights.

A former Department of Interior attorney assigned to deal with Indian water rights says negotiations can address who has the right to water and how much –– in addition to solving the other pressing problems.

Further, a negotiated agreement can be given certainty through Congress and the courts. is is why this leading expert says tribes and the federal government have

360-778-5200; Email: ssidhu@ co.whatcom.wa.us. Website: https:// www.whatcomcounty.us/415/ County-Executive.

Whatcom County Council

Member Tyler Bird District 3 (Everson, Nooksack Sumas), 311 Grand Ave., Suite 105, Bellingham, WA 98225, 360-778-5021; Email: tbyrd@co.whatcom.wa.us. Website: whatcomcounty.us/2769/TylerByrd.

Whatcom County Council Member Kathy Kershner Dis trict 4 (Lynden), 311 Grand Ave., Suite 105, Bellingham, WA 98225, 360-220-7535; Email: KKershne@ co.whatcom.wa.us. Website: whatcomcounty.us/3322/KathyKershner.

Whatcom County Council Member Ben Elenbaas District 5 (Ferndale/Custer), 311 Grand Ave., Suite 105, Bellingham, WA 98225, 360-778-5025; Email: BElenbaa@ co.whatcom.wa.us.

North Whatcom Municipal City of Everson, 111 W. Main St./PO Box 315, Everson, WA 98247, 360-966-3411; Mayor John

made negotiations the pre ferred method of resolving water disputes since 1990.

e idea that once adju dication is concluded those with rights will be able to trade for them has no basis in fact or legal history. No such transfers of water rights connected to the critical use of instream ows for salmon have occurred following ad judication, but they can and do occur as part of negotiations.

Even those advocating for adjudication recognize that Nooksack adjudication will be an exceptionally long and di cult process. Ecology has admitted there are huge additional complications to adjudica tion in Whatcom including groundwater, the international boundary, shared watersheds, and the inclusion of residential wells. One Ecology o cial said it could be 80 years to resolve – 40 years more than Yakima. anks to Congress right now large sums of money are potentially available to help with exactly the xes the river needs for our twin problems of too little and too much water.

Adjudication without collaboration not only makes securing these funds far more di cult, the time and high cost will prevent working on problems that can be solved now.

No one can honestly claim adjudication will be short and inexpensive, or that it is the only way to quantify rights, and that market forces will kick in to reallocate water once adjudication is complete. None of this is true. National experts have con rmed: Adju dication is a lengthy, very expensive process that will hinder or stop the opportunities available now to resolve water rights.

Much more than that, only collaboration can solve the twin problems of sh kills from too little water, and terrible damage and loss of life due to ooding.

-- Fred Likkel is executive director of the Whatcom Family Farmers

Perry, email: mayor@ci.everson. wa.us. City Clerk/Treasurer Melanie Dickinson, email: mdick inson@ci.everson.wa.us. Website: ci.everson.wa.us.

City of Ferndale, 2095 Main St./ P.O. Box 936 Ferndale, WA 98248, 360-384-4302; Mayor Greg Han sen, 360-685-2350 ext. 1105, email greghansen@cityo erndale.org. City Administrator Jori Burnett, 360-6852351 ext. 1104, email joriburnett@ cityo erndale.org. Website: cityof ferndale.org.

City of Lynden, 300 4th St. Lynden, WA 98264, 360-354-1170; Mayor Scott Korthuis, email korthuiss@ lyndenwa.org; City Administrator John Williams, email williamsj@ lyndenwa.org.

City of Nooksack, 103 W Madison St, Nooksack, WA 98276, 360-966-2531. Mayor Kevin Hester kevin@cityofnooksack.com. Clerk/ Treasurer Virginia Arnason, email: virginia@cityofnooksack.com. Web site: cityofnooksack.com.

City of Sumas, 433 Cherry St./ P.O. Box 9 Sumas, WA 98295, 360-988-5711; Mayor Bruce Bosch, email: Bbosch@cityofsumas.com.

Finance Director Jennifer Bell, email: jbell@cityofsumas.com.

Public education

Ferndale School District, 6041 Vista Drive/P.O. Box 698 Ferndale, WA 98248, 360-383-9200. Superin tendent Kristi Dominguez, 360-3839203, email: Kristi.Dominguez@ ferndalesd.org. Website: ferndalesd. org.

Lynden School District, 516 Main St., Lynden, WA 98264, 360354-4443. Superintendent David VanderYacht, 360-354-4443 ext. 3414, email: vanderyachtd@lynden. wednet.edu. Website: lynden. wednet.edu.

Mount Baker School District, 4956 Deming Road/P.O. Box 95 Deming, WA 98244, 360-383-2000.

Superintendent Mary Sewright, 360-617-4600, msewright@mtbaker. wednet.edu. Website: mtbaker. wednet.edu.

Nooksack Valley School District, 3326 E. Badger Road, Everson, WA 98247, 360-988-4754.

Superintendent Matt Galley, email: matt.galley@nv.k12.wa.us. Website: nv.k12.wa.us.

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Elisa Claassen

Lynden Performing Artists Guild presents Elf: The Musical

and goes to nd his father in New York. His father Walter is a workaholic who doesn’t have time for his own family let alone an unexpected son who is an elf.”

By Bill Helm Editor

LYNDEN — More than three years removed from her rst Claire performance, the story of Buddy the Elf has “always been a favorite” for Tabitha Silver.

“Putting fun songs to it, brings it to life even more,” said Silva, who will play two roles in Elf: e Musical. Sil va has been cast in ensemble as Mr. Narwhal and also as one of three fake Santa Clauses.

“ e quirkiness and innocence of Buddy still shines through, while get ting to experience the story from a new view, touching on how di erent people view Christmas time,” Silva said. “But ultimately getting to celebrate together as a family.”

Tina Miller, the play’s director, explained that Elf: e Musical is based on the movie “but is not exactly like it.”

e story is about a young boy named Buddy Hobbs who is orphaned as a young orphan child, mistakenly crawls into Santa Claus’ bag of gifts and is transported back to the North Pole.

Santa and his elves dis cover the baby and decide to raise him as an elf.

“It is narrated by Santa – there is no papa elf – and some iconic scenes like the snowball ght are not in the play,” Miller said. “It still shares the story of Buddy who nds out he is human

One thing di erent about the Claire show, Miller said, is that Santa and Mrs. Claus will be incognito “through out the show in di erent disguises, keeping an eye on Buddy.”

e dual roles, although something Silva said she was excited to do, varies from her most recent Claire produc tion: the prostitute in Jekyll & Hyde: e Musical.

“After coming down o Jekyll & Hyde, I needed something a little less rigor ous,” Silva said. “I have loved the roles I’ve gotten to play in my theatrical career in the past, but always loved watching all the fun that ensemble roles got to have together. And now getting to experience such a role brings me so much joy. Our leads are incredible. Every one is so perfectly cast in this show. It’s incredible.”

e Lynden Performing Arts Guild has scheduled 12 performances of Elf: e Musical from Nov. 25-Dec. 11 at e Claire eater, 655 Front St., Lynden. Evening shows at 7:30 p.m. on Nov 25-26, Dec 1-2, 8-9. Matinees at 2 p.m. Nov 26-27, Dec 3-4, 10-11. Tick ets are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and students, $11 for children ages 4-11. No children younger than age 4, please.

Check for ticket avail ability at eClaire.org, by phone at (360) 354-4425, or by email at  eClaireBoxOf ce@gmail.com.

-- Bill Helm can be reached at bill@lyndentribune.com.

The cast of Elf: The Musical performs in a special presentation Monday at The Claire Theater, 655 Front St., Lynden. Evening shows at 7:30 p.m. on Nov 25-26, Dec 1-2, 8-9. Matinees at 2 p.m. Nov 26-27, Dec 3-4, 10-11. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and students, $11 for children ages 4-11. For a gallery of more photographs, visit LyndenTribune. com. (Bill Helm/Lynden Tribune)

Whatcom

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Based on the movie ‘but is not exactly like it,’ director says

Dec. 3

The Waters Are Rising

From 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3, Carl Crouse will sign copies of his new book The Waters Are Rising at Connections Christian Bookstore, 1730 Front St., Lynden. The book is a collection of stories of inspiration and hope from the Sumas floods of November 2021. Recently, Crouse said that the response to his book “has been very encouraging.” Crouse said that all money raised after paying for expenses will go to Whatcom Long Term Recovery Group for continued flood relief.

Saturdays Storytime at Lynden Village Books

Saturdays at 11 a.m. Lynden Village Books and Paper Dreams has Storytime. Gaye Davis, book reader extraordinaire, will read from a selection of children’s books. The tall tales and roll on the floor jokes will entertain kids ages 3-6. A selection of similar books is read each week. Be sure to check out the Village Books Facebook page for details. The last Saturday of the month at 11 a.m. Lynden Village Books has a very special guest reading about local farming. Alyssa Broersma, Whatcom Dairy Women Dairy Ambassador, reads her favorite kids’ books on dairy farming and life on a farm.

First Thursday of each month Parkinson Support Group

The Lynden Parkinson Support group meets at 10 a.m. the first Thursday of each month at the Lynden Community/Senior Center, 401 Grover St.Please come to learn and share your experiences of all things Parkinson with the group. On Dec. 1, guest speaker Emily Holden will join us for a

presentation on dementia. The group looks forward to meeting you and your caregiver. Questions, call 360-354-1137.

Through Nov. 28

Lighted Parade applications now available

Treat yourself to a dazzling display of lights at Lynden’s 32nd annual Edaleen Dairy Lighted Christmas Parade at 6 p.m. Saturday Dec.

3. Parade applications are now available at the chamber o ce, 518 Front St., or at lynden.org. Applications are due Monday Nov. 28. There is no charge for chamber members or non-profits to enter the parade. Participating in the annual Christmas parade is a great way to use your creativity to promote your business or organizations. For more information, call the Lynden Chamber at (360) 354-5995.

Through Nov. 26

Allied Arts: Of the Land, From the Land Nov. 4-26, Allied Arts of Whatcom County invites you to our exhibit Of the Land, From the Land at 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham. This installment will include pieces by John Hoyte, Lori Hill Sterling Rung, Belinda Botzong and Liz Cunningham. Their work brings perspective on nature and our relationships with it, through such media as watercolor, acrylic, photography, found objects, and beadwork.

Dec. 3

The Waters Are Rising: Book signing

Carl Crouse will sign copies of his new book The Waters Are Rising from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 3 at Connections Christian Bookstore, 1730 Front St., Lynden. The Waters Are Rising is a collection of stories of inspiration and hope from the Sumas floods of November 2021.

Through Dec. 24

43rd Annual Allied Arts Holiday Festival of the Arts Nov. 18-Dec. 24 at 1411 Railroad Ave., Bellingham, Allied Arts 43rd Annual Holiday Festival of the Arts is starring more than 100 local artisans and craftspeople presenting their holiday goodies consisting of one-of-a-kind gifts, specialty food and treats, stunning jewelry, and paintings. Fill your weekends with live local music, artist demos, and workshops. Bring the kids in for free and enjoy fun, family art

projects. Do not miss out on this incredible opportunity to support our local artists and get all your holiday shopping done in one go. Festival Hours are daily from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m., closed Thanksgiving and at 3 p.m. Dec. 24.

Nov. 25

Native American Heritage Day Join us on Nov. 25 for a Native American Heritage Day event with Lummi Nation Elder Cynthia Wilson, Cindy Minkler of the Oglala Sioux Nation (Lakota) and J.P. Falcon Grady of thePiikani(Blackfeet) Nation for an afternoon of blessed talent and wisdom. The event will be held at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth St., Bellingham from 3-5 p.m. Donations gratefullyaccepted. For more information, email dwcruz@comcast.net.

Nov. 25-Dec. 11

Elf: The Musical

The Claire Theater, 655 Front St., Lynden, invites you to join us for some holiday hilarity and heartwarming Christmas cheer. Elf: The Musical, directed by Tina Miller, will play weekends Nov. 25-Dec. 11. Evening shows at 7:30 p.m. on Nov 25-26, Dec 1-2, 8-9; matinees at 2 p.m. Nov 26-27, Dec 3-4, 10-11. Tickets are $15 for adults, $13 for seniors and students, $11 for children ages 4-11. No children younger than age 4, please. Tickets available online at TheClaire. org, by phone at (360) 354-4425, or by email atTheClaireBoxOffice@gmail.com.

Nov. 29

November birthday party

If you were born in November, the Lynden Community/Senior Center wants to celebrate you on Tuesday, Nov. 29 from 12:30 p.m.-1 p.m. Join us after lunch for a special dessert and time of celebration. We celebrate the birthdays for each month on the last Thursday of the month, so make sure to join us when it’s your birthday. The Lynden Community/Senior Center is at 401 Grover St. For more information, call (360) 354-2921 or email info@lyndencommunitycenter.org.

Dec. 2-3

Christmas market and bake sale Kick o the Holidays and visit the Lynden Community/Senior Center for our Christmas Market. Here you can shop local vendors, find amazing homemade gifts, and support the center with your pur-

chases from our bake sale. Dec. 2 from noon-6 p.m. and Dec. 3 from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. The Lynden Community/Senior Center is at 401 Grover St. For more information, call (360) 354-2921 or email jennifer@ lyndencommunitycenter.org.

Dec. 2-17

Allied Arts: Holiday Festival Gallery Showcase

Our annual Holiday Festival of the Arts has been a Whatcom County tradition for 43 years and this year it promises to be even bigger. Visit the festival at 1411 Railroad Ave. and browse one-of-a-kind gifts crafted by local vendors. Also, for the month of December, Allied Arts features a selection of holiday festival talent at our downtown gallery, at 1418 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham, to give them a chance to exhibit some of their larger, higher-end showpieces that don’t otherwise make it to the holiday festival.The Holiday Festival Showcase will take place Dec. 2–17.

Dec. 3 Breakfast with Sinterklaas Join the Lynden Community/Senior Center for a festive pancake breakfast and bring your camera to take a picture with Sinterklaas. Breakfast includes pancakes with (optional) peppermint sprinkle, scrambled eggs, sausage, and hot chocolate. After breakfast stop by our Christmas Market for some holiday shopping. Saturday, Dec. 3 from 8 a.m.-noon with a seating every half hour. Cost is $10 adults/$5 kids ages 8 and younger. Tickets available for purchase now. The Lynden Community/ Senior Center is at 401 Grover St. For more information, call (360) 354-2921 or email info@lyndencommunitycenter.org.

Dec. 9

Whatcom Chorale & Sinfonia present Handel’s Messiah At 7 p.m. Friday, Dec, 9, Whatcom Chorale announces will return to Mount Baker Theatre for a presentation of George Friderich Handel’s timeless masterpiece, Messiah. Soloists Serena Eduljee, soprano; Sherrie Kahn, mezzosoprano; Jason Parker, tenor; and Michael Drumheller, bass share the stage with Whatcom Chorale and Sinfonia. Won’t you join us as we begin our ”50 Seasons of Songs” celebration? Tickets are available at mountbakertheatre. com. For detailed concert information, visit whatcomchorale.org.

Native American Heritage Day event at Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship

BELLINGHAM — Join us on Nov. 25 for a Native American Heritage Day event with Lummi Na tion Elder Cynthia Wil son, Cindy Minkler of the Oglala Sioux Nation (La kota) and J.P. Falcon Grady of the Piikani (Blackfeet) Nation for an afternoon of blessed talent and wis dom.

e event will be held at the Bellingham Unitarian Fellowship, 1207 Ellsworth

St., Bellingham from 3-5 p.m. Donations grateful ly accepted.

Red Fox James, a Black foot Indian, rode horse back from state to state seeking approval for a day to honor Indians. On Dec. 14, 1915, he presented the endorsements of 24 state governments at the White House.

Arthur C. Parker of the Seneca Nation rst pro tested for National Native

American Heritage Day from 1912-1915.

At rst, he was ghting for an American Indian Day to be recognized with in the Boy Scouts of Amer ica. It wasn’t until 2008, when President George W. Bush signed into law the Native American Heri tage Day Act of 2008 which among many other things stated, “nationwide recog nition of the contributions that Native Americans

have made to the fabric of American society will af ford an opportunity for all Americans to demonstrate their respect and admira tion of Native Americans for their important con tributions to the political, cultural, and economic life of United States.”

Again, in 2009, Con gress passed the “Native American Heritage Day Act, permanently, using much the same language

and signed by President Obama and issued in a proclamation.

In 2020, 2021 and now on Oct. 20, 2022, Washing ton State Gov. Jay Inslee proclaimed, the day after anksgiving, this year on Nov. 25, as Native Ameri can Heritage Day — a state holiday.

In the proclamation, which also proclaims No vember as Native Ameri can Heritage Month, Gov ernor Inslee states:

“Native American con

tributions and value have shaped the social, politi cal, environmental, and economic fabric of the state, while also enhancing freedom, prosperity, and cultural diversity. Wash ington joins other states across the nation in cel ebrating Native American Heritage month, honoring the unique heritage of this continent’s First People and rea rming the com mitment to respect each Tribe’s sovereignty and cultural identity.”

Lynden Christian soccer places second in state

LC records best finish in girls soccer history

Nathan Schumock Sports Editor

SHORELINE — Lynden Christian’s dominant sea son has come to a close after a 3-1 loss against topranked Klahowya in the state championship on Sat urday, Nov. 19.

e Lyncs nished in second place in the 1A state tournament making it their best nish in pro gram history. LC came into the match riding a 16-game winning streak.

Even though they could not grab the champion ship, they still got a trophy and cemented themselves as one of the best 1A soccer teams in the state.

Lynden Christian head coach Brent DeRuyter said that is just the way it goes in a title game but it was great to see them battle.

DeRuyter has been coaching LC since 2004 and this is his best nish so far.

“I’m just so proud of the kids,” “Came through a lot of adversity and battled hard.”

e Lyncs started the game hot, as they played tough defense and fended o the very fast Klahowya team. LC found the net rst, with senior Demi Dykstra speeding past ev eryone to send a shot to the back corner of the net. e Lyncs were up 1-0 in the 20th minute of play.

e tide turned on the Lyncs fairly quick, as the team speed of Klahowya took over in the later part of the rst half.

In the 35th minute, Klahowya sophomore for ward Amira Lyons beat the LC defense to the net and punched it in from 10 yards out. e score was knotted at 1-1.

Lynden advances to state semifinals after victory

Lynden defeats Highline to advance to state semifinals

Nathan Schumock Sports Editor

BELLINGHAM

proud of their kids and they gured out something that worked with the running game.

“We just look at how the defense lines up and what they give us we take,” Van Dalen said.

e Lions started the game a little weak on de fense and relented big gains to senior Highline running back Rico Jerez Sosa.

Sosa brought the Pirates down to the four-yard line after a 40-yard rushing gain and set Highline up for a score. But the Lions held strong with their backs against the wall, as senior Troy Petz came up with a

pass breakup in the end zone to give Lynden pos session.

Lynden moved down the eld to the Highland 42-yard line but turned the ball over on downs and the rst quarter ended with no points scored.

Highline started the second quarter with a fumble and Lynden capi talized with a ve-minute touchdown drive that n ished with a Lane Heeringa touchdown.

Lynden gured out what works and started to grind the clock down with its run game.

LC junior Alina Veltkamp kicks a ball over a Klahowya defender. LC got second place after a 3-1 loss against Klahowya on Saturday, Nov. 19. (Nathan Schumock/Lynden Tribune)

LC senior Daisy Poag chases a ball down. LC finished second in the 1A state tournament after a loss to Klahowya on Saturday, Nov. 19. (Nathan Schumock/Lynden Tribune)

Lynden head coach Blake VanDalen said, he is

Trey Smiley extends to make a catch during Lynden 42-13 victory over Highline on Nov. 18 (Nathan Schumock/Lynden Tribune)

Lynden finishes fifth in 2A state tournament

Lynden beats Washington in four sets to place at state

Nathan Schumock Sports Editor

YAKIMA — Lynden volleyball nished fth in the 2A state tournament after defeating Washington in four sets on Saturday, Nov. 19.

e Lions came into the tournament as the No. 1 seed and had high expectations. Lynden swept Black Hills in their rst match up.

e Lions hit a road block in their second match against No. 9 seed Pullman, as they fell 3-2 and were knocked out of the main bracket.

e Lions started the second round match hot but the frisky Pullman team stormed back for the upset.

Lynden head coach Chris Elsner said it was a heartbreaking match but she is proud of how the team rebounded the next day.

e Lions played Ellensburg on Nov. 19 in a match that would send one team to the fth place competition. Lynden sweet Ellensburg and gained the right for a trophy competition. Even though this is not what Lynden expected from the year, their spirits stayed strong.

Elsner said, senior Lucy White rallied the team and motivated them to keep going.

“We were playing with joy, playing gutsy and playing loose,” Elsner said.

e Lions ran through Washington and secured fth place in the state tournament.

“ is was a really tight group, they were like a family and that is how they treated each other.”

Football: Lynden defeats Highline, 42-13

Continued from B1

Heeringa scored his second touchdown late in the second quarter and put Lynden up 14-0.

Heeringa said, “Every team is the same, nameless and faceless opponent.”

At the end of the second half, Highline had an op portunity to score but on a fourth down they heaved up a long pass that was snatched by Lynden senior Kobe Baar for an 81-yard interception for a touch down.

Highline was still in the game before the half but the interception made it impossible for them to come back against the stout Lynden defense.

Lynden opened the sec ond half with a four-minute

touchdown drive nished o by senior Cambell Nolte who was running angrily and scampered 15-yards for a touchdown.

Lynden was ahead 28-0, and they did not slow down there. Nolte ended the third quarter with a four-yard touchdown run and put the Lions up 35-0.

Nolte said a win is a win and they are one step closer to the nals.

“Just trusting the coach es and what they are show ing us,” Nolte said. “We know what they are going to do and when it comes to us just be prepared and act upon it.”

e game was essentially over, but Highline was able to put up a couple of touch downs against the Lynden second-string squad.

Mid-way through the

fourth, Highline receiver Marquwan McCraney took a direct snap and pushed it in from three yards out to give Highline their rst score of the game.

On the next drive, Lynden closed the door completely via a 62-yard touchdown run by senior quarterback Kaedan Her manutz. e Lions were up 42-7 and gave up one more score to Highline running back Jermaine Matthews Jr.

Lynden kneeled out the rest of the game and ended victorious 42-13.

Lynden will play No. 4 seed Enumclaw next week at Civic eld on Saturday, Nov. 26.

“We have champions, when you have champions you can be coached hard,” VanDalen said, “We have nothing but yes coach kids”

Lane Heeringa is this week’s star. He had two rushing touchdowns and over 100 yards on the ground. Heeringa also played outstanding defense, punishing the Highline opponents. He helped lead Lynden to a 42-13 victory and they will advance to the 2A state semifinals.

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Lynden senior Lucy White holds up the fifth place trophy after the Lions 3-1 victory over Washington on Saturday, Nov. 19. (Photo courtesy of Chris Elsner)

Highline running back Rico Jerez-Sosa slips past the outstretched arms of Lynden defender Javier Zavala. Lynden defeated Highline 42-13 to advance to the 2A state semifinals on Nov. 18. (Photo courtesy of Chris Elsner)

Nooksack Valley moves on to

Pioneer victory sets up show down Mount Baker

Nathan Schumock Sports Editor

BELLINGHAM —

Nooksack Valley defeated Cashmere 34-24 on Satur day, Nov. 19 and will ad vance to the 1A state semi nals.

No. 3 seed Nooksack Valley continues their run in the state playo s and leaned heavily on the legs of junior running back Colton Lentz.

Lentz racked up three touchdowns in the rst round game last week and he did the same against Cashmere.

at gives him six touchdowns in the last two games.

No. 11 seed Cashmere

gave Nooksack Valley a tough game, as the Pio neers were only leading 14-10 at halftime.

e Bulldogs brought it even closer in the fourth quarter and pulled to with in three points of the Pio neers.

But the strong Nook sack Valley running game prevailed and the Pioneers nished the game with a 34-24 victory.

e 1A state semi nals will feature a North west Conference battle between Nooksack Valley and Mount Baker. Baker advanced to the semi nals after a 35-20 win over No. 2 seed Lakeside.

Having both teams from the Northwest Conference compete in the state semi nals is a true showing of power from the Northwest Conference.

One of them is guar anteed to compete in the state nals.

e semi nal match will take place at Civic Field in Bellingham on Saturday, Nov. 26 at 1 p.m.

LC: Soccer wins second place

Klahowya followed up with another goal just be fore the half ended.

Senior Victoria Peters sent a curving missile that just etched inside of the goal and put Klahowya up 2-1 going into halftime.

Lynden Christian senior Daisy Poag had an excel lent half. She bothered the Klahowya defense the whole time and was the cornerstone of the LC de fense.

Klahowya continued to work the LC defense and took advantage of a free kick. Junior Alisa Divano

took the free kick and loft ed a perfect pass to junior Bailey Watland for a header and a score. e Eagles were up 3-1 and held a rm lead in the match.

LC goalie Jessa Wynstra still played an excellent game and made numerous saves even though three goals were allowed.

e rest of regulation remained scoreless and Klahowya won rst place in the 1A state girls' soccer tournament.

After the game, LC re ceived their second-place trophy and while that’s not what they came for it is still a historic moment for the Lyncs soccer program.

DeRuyter said it was great to see the younger players get experience and he is excited to be back next year.

“ ey love each other, they ght for each other and I think for our younger

players it is a great little taste of what they can do.”

LC nished the season 18-3-2 and DeRuyter said they can use this feeling to build o of for the following season.

Sincerely,

Mount Baker Rotary Foundation

Nooksack Valley’s defense of Cian Coppinger-Carter (left), John Stremler (center) and Colton Lentz (right) gang tackle Cashmere’s Logan Collins during their Saturday State 1A game that Nooksack won 34-24. (Dennis Cairns for the Tribune)

LC senior Demi Dykstra heads a ball. LC got second place in the 1A state tournament on Saturday, Nov. 19. (Nathan Schumock/Lynden Tribune)

Lynden

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CITY OF LYNDEN NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING FOR DESIGN REVIEW

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on October 21, 2022, the Design Re view Board of the City of Lynden, received an application from King Architecture, regarding the prop erty described below: Lot D, Lynden Market Square Lot Line Adjustment According to the map thereof recorded under Aud itor’s File No. 2111101192. Situate in Whatcom County, Washington.

COMMONLY DESCRIBED AS: 102 19th Street, Lynden. To allow the construction of a new mixed-use building to be located at the above noted location within the CSL zone (Local Commercial Services). A public meeting with the Lynden Design Review Board has been scheduled for Decem ber 6, 2022. Any person wishing to comment on the application or the proposal, may do so by sub mitting their written comments to Heidi Gudde, Planning Director, 300 4th Street, Lynden 98264, by December 6, 2022, or by attending the public meeting to be held that same evening at the Lynden City Hall Annex located at 205 4th Street in Lynden. Persons with questions regarding the project may contact the Planning Depart ment at (360) 354-5532.

Published November 23, 2022

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CITY OF LYNDEN LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ESTABLISHING A SUBSTITUTE INTERIM ZONING ORDINANCE ON THE LOCATING OF COMMUNITY RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES

HEREBY GIVEN

broader community. A public hearing with the Lynden City Council has been scheduled for December 5, 2022. Any per sons wishing to comment on the interim ordinance may do so by submitting their written comments to Heidi Gudde, Planning Director, 300 4th Street, Lynden, 98264 by 5:00 P.M. on December 5, 2022, or by attending the public hearing to be held at 7:00 P.M., that same evening.

Published November 23, 2022

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Mayor of the City of Lynden has filed the 2023 Preliminary Budget with the Finance Director.

A public hearing on the Prelimin ary Budget was held at 7:00PM on Monday, November 07, 2022.

A public hearing on the Property Tax Levy was held at 7:00PM on Monday, November 21, 2022. A public hearing on the Final Budget will be held at 7:00PM at the Lynden City Hall Annex, 205 4th Street, on Monday, December 5, 2022. All interested parties wishing to comment may appear at said time and place. Written comments will be accepted through 4:00 PM, Monday, December 5, 2022.

Copies of the 2023 Preliminary Budget will be available for pub lic view online at www.lyndenwa. org, in the Mayor’s Office and the Finance Director’s Office (between the hours of 9:00 AM and 4:00 PM, Monday through Friday).

Anthony Burrows Finance Director

Published November 23 & 30, 2022

projects only. Please designate on your RFQ response whether you wish to be considered for one or both project areas.

Scope of Services: The City of Everson seeks professional engin eering and architectural services to assist with particular projects as may be needed. Projects may be any within the scope of profession al engineering and architecture, but are anticipated to be primari ly, but not necessarily limited to, floodplain modeling of the Nook sack River and architectural design of a new or converted City Hall.

Term of Contract: The City of Everson intends to enter into a yearly contract with each of the selected engineering or architec tural firms. The contracts may be renewed, at the discretion of the City.

Evaluation of Proposals: Selec tion criteria shall be based on the: qualifications and experience of the team members tailored to a project, production capabilities, similar project experience, consult ant workload, references/quality of past performance, company experience and reputation, abil ity to meet deadlines for contract performance, staff availability for the project, experience working on state-funded and federally funded projects, and compliance with statutes and rules relating to contracts or services. Proposals shall be no more than twelve (12) pages, not including the cover letter. The City will select up to three (3) firms to interview for each area of project expertise requested.

Contents of Proposals: Each firm that wishes to submit a propos al in response to this Request for Qualifications (RFQ) must submit five (5) copies along with a cover letter. Each proposal shall include the Firm’s name and address along with the heading: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES – FLOODPLAIN MOD ELING & ARCHITECTURAL.

Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Small, Minor ity-Owned, and Women-Owned business enterprises are encour aged to submit proposals.

Published November 16 & 23, 2022

Sumas

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the Sumas City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, Nov ember 28, 2022, at 7:00pm in council chambers located at 433 Cherry Street, for the 2023 Final Budget Hearing. All interested par ties wishing to comment may ap pear in person at that time. Written comments will be accepted until 4:00pm, Monday, November 28th.

Jennifer Bell Finance Director

Published November 16 & 23, 2022

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The following is a summary of Or dinance 1793 as adopted by the Sumas City Council during the regular meeting of November 14, 2022 ORDINANCE NO. 1793 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SUMAS, WASHINGTON, SET TING THE REAL PROPERTY TAX LEVY FOR 2023.

Published November 23, 2022

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are encouraged to apply and will be given equal considerations with all other firms submitting a Statement of Qualifications. For any questions, please call Sunny Aulakh, Public Works Director @ (360) 988-5711. Published November 23 & 30, 2022

Ferndale

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Notice is hereby given that the City of Ferndale’s 2023 Prelim inary Budget has been filed with the City Clerk. A copy thereof will be furnished to any taxpayer who requests it by contacting the City Clerk. Ferndale City Council will hold a public hearing on Monday, December 5, 2022 to consider the final budget for 2023.

The hearing will be held at the City Hall Annex Building/Coun cil Chambers, located at 5694 Second Avenue, beginning at 5:00 p.m. Any taxpayers may appear thereat and be heard for or against any part of the ordinance. Public comments may also be submitted via email to susanduncan@cityof ferndale.org. Documents may be viewed at www.cityofferndale.org. Susan Duncan City Clerk City of Ferndale

Published November 23 & 30, 2022

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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

the Community Development Department located at 2095 Main Street in Ferndale, (360) 685-2359.

DATE OF NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING: November 23, 2022

APPLICANT: Eric Weden APPLICATION NUMBER: 22001-ANX-PET, 21001-ANX-INT PROJECT NAME: Nubgaard Annexation

PROJECT LOCATION: Annex a portion of subarea 4 as defined by the City of Ferndale “Annexation Blueprint 2016”. The area consists of 7 parcels of land situated along the north and south side of Nubgaard Road totaling approximately 18 acres and the existing right-of-way. Par cel numbers: 390124307284, 390124356285, 390124378287, 390124389287, 390124401287, 390124331246, 390124376246 and 390124353246.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Proposal to annex approximately 18 acres of land and associated right-of-way.

REQUESTED ACTION(S): The applicant requests approval by the City of Ferndale to annex ap proximately 18 acres of land with a comprehensive plan designation of low density residential.

THE CITY HAS ISSUED THE FOL LOWING: No Environmental Re view Required - Annexation PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD: November 23, 2022 – December 13, 2022

CONTACT: Michael Cerbone, Community De velopment Director Public Comment: comment@city offerndale.org Mail: P.O. Box 936 Ferndale, WA 98248

City Hall: 2095 Main Street Ferndale, WA 98248 Phone: (360) 685-2367

Published November 23, 2022

NOTICE

Rejection of Proposals: The City of Everson reserves the right to reject any and all proposals, select the firm or firms most qualified, waive technical errors and informalities, and accept the proposals that, in its sole judgment, best serve the public interest.

Deadline: All proposals in re sponse to this Request for Qualifi cations must be received by 4:30 p.m. on November 30, 2022.

Proposals shall be mailed to City of Everson, P.O. Box 315, Everson WA 98247, or hand-delivered to Everson City Hall at 111 W. Main Street, Everson, WA. The City of Everson is an Equal

NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

City of Sumas is accepting State ments of Qualifications from civil engineers for design, permitting, and survey to pre-disaster restor ation of Sumas River. The City of Sumas is working along with Sumas Watershed Improvement District to remove flood sediment debris from this section. RFQ pack ets will be available on our website www.cityofsumas.com. RFQ’s shall be submitted to Michelle Quinn at mquinn@cityofsumas.com, no later than 5:00pm on Decem ber 21, 2022. Minority, Womenowned and Veteran-owned firms

Notice is hereby given pursuant to FMC 14.15.050, that the City of Ferndale Planning Commission is holding a hybrid-style Public Hearing beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 14, 2022. The public is highly encouraged to view and/or attend the meet ing by: 1. Clicking this link: www. cityofferndale.org/pc (or copy the URL and paste into a web browser) or 2. Call-in to the Teams meeting by dialing 1 (253) 220-4085 and entering conference ID: 749 331 849# 3. In-person at 5694 Second Ave, City Hall Annex. Written comments should be submitted by 5:00 p.m. on the date preceding the meeting. For information con cerning this notice or to receive the link by email please contact

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that the Lynden City Council will be holding a public hearing and will be taking public input regarding the establishment of a substitute interim zoning ordinance on the locating of community residential facilities. Lynden City Council desires to establish reasonable standards for the safe operation and appropriate siting of community residential fa cilities within the City of Lynden so as to protect public health and safe ty for both facility residents and the

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF WHATCOM

In Re the Estate of HOLLY JOY PALMER, Deceased. NO. 22-4-00956-37

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDIT ORS RCW 11.40.030

JUDGE: ROBERT E. OLSON

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed 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 at torney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate 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 pro vided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the no tice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as other wise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the de cedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION November 9, 2022

PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Elijah Z. Palmer Attorney for Personal Representa tive: Aaron M. Rasmussen, WSBA #29496 Barron Smith Daugert, PLLC 300 North Commercial St. Bellingham, WA 98225

Published November 9, 16 & 23, 2022

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In the Matter of the Estate of RAN DALL STEVENSON, Deceased. Cause No. 22-4-01029-37

Judge: DAVID E. FREEMAN PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDIT ORS (RCW 11.40.030)

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed 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 mail ing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s at

torney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court.

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(3); 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 non-probate assets.

Date of First Publication: NOVEM BER 9, 2022

Personal Representative: BRANDI STEVENSON Address for Mailing or Service: 235 Berry Street Apt. 309, San Francisco, CA 94158

Attorney for Personal Represent ative: Graham Buchanan, WSBA #52603, Barron Smith Daugert, PLLC, 300 N. Commercial St., Bellingham, WA 98225; Phone: 360-733-0212

Published November 9, 16 & 23, 2022

Public Notice

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EAT INCUBATOR LLC

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION AND REQUEST TO FILE CLAIMS

Please be advised that EAT INCU BATOR LLC (the “Company”) was dissolved pursuant to Washington law and its business affairs are being wound up. The Company understands that you may have a claim pertaining to the Company.

In order to have your claim con sidered as a part of the Company’s obligation to make reasonable pro vision for known creditors a Notice of Claim must be sent to the Com pany in care of Beresford Booth PLLC, 145 Third Avenue South, Ed monds, Washington 98020. The written Notice of Claim must be delivered to Beresford Booth PLLC not later than one hundred twenty (120) days from the date of your re ceipt of this notice. The Notice of Claim must include the following information: a. name and address of the credit or; b. whether the claimant is the original creditor or an assignee (if an assignee, written evidence of the assignment must be submitted with the claim); c. the date the claim arose or was incurred; d. the basis for and amount of the claim; e. a statement indicating the por tion of the claim, if any, that has been paid as of the date the claim is submitted; f. a statement identifying any sec urity or collateral for the claim; and g. the address or other contact information to which correspond ence regarding the claim should be sent if different from the address of the creditor.

All documentary evidence in sup port of a claim must be submitted with the Notice of Claim. The claim will be barred if a writ ten notice of claim describing the claim with reasonable particularity is not delivered to Beresford Booth PLLC by the deadline set forth above. The claim or any execu tory contract on which the claim is based may be rejected by the Company, in which case the hold er of the claim will have a period of ninety (90) days from the effect ive date of the rejection notice in which to commence a proceeding to enforce the claim or the claim will be barred.

BERESFORD BOOTH PLLC

LEGAL PUBLIC NOTICE TO ACQUIRE LAND INTO TRUST – BIA REGIONAL DIRECTOR DECISIONS

ACTION: Notice of decision to ac quire land into trust under 25 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 151.

SUMMARY: The Regional Direc tor, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, on the below date, has made a deter mination to acquire real property in trust for NOOKSACK INDIAN TRIBE.

The land referred to as former AD MINISTRATION BUILDING prop erty (CASE 30665), herein and is described as: The Easterly 5 feet of Lot 6 and all of Lots 7 and 8, Block 3, Map of the Town of Deming, Whatcom County, Washington, according to the plat thereof, re corded in Volume 5 of plats, Page 13, records of Whatcom County, Washington.

Situate in Whatcom County, Wash ington. DATE: This determination was made on 11/02/2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: BIA NORTHWEST REGIONAL OFFICE, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 911 NE 11TH AV ENUE, PORTLAND, OR 97232, telephone (503) 231-6702.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMA TION: This notice is published to comply with the requirement of 25 CFR § 151.12(d)(2)(iii) that notice be given of the decision by the authorized representative of the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land in trust.

A copy of the determination is available by request from the BIA Northwest Regional Office. Any party who wishes to seek judicial review of the Regional Director’s decision must first exhaust adminis trative remedies. The Regional Dir ector’s decision may be appealed to the Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) in accordance with the regulations in 43 C.F.R. 4.3104.340.

If you choose to appeal this deci sion, your notice of appeal to the IBIA must be signed by you or your attorney and must be either postmarked and mailed (if you use mail) or delivered (if you use another means of physical deliv ery, such as FedEx or UPS) to the IBIA within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice. The regulations do not authorize filings by facsimile/fax or by electron ic means. Your notice of appeal should clearly identify the decision being appealed. You must send your original notice of appeal to the IBIA at the following address: Interior Board of Indian Appeals, Office of Hearings and Appeals, U.S. Department of the Interior, 801 North Quincy Street, Suite 300, Arlington, Virginia 22203.

You must send copies of your no tice of appeal to (1) the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, MS4660-MIB, 1849 C Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240; (2) each interested party known to you; and (3) the Regional Director. Your no tice of appeal sent to the IBIA must include a statement certifying that you have sent copies to these of ficials and interested parties and should identify them by names or titles and addresses.

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IBIA will notify you of further pro cedures. If no appeal is timely filed, this decision will become final for the Department of the Interior at the expiration of the appeal period. No extension of time may be granted for filing a notice of appeal.

Published November 23, 2022

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ACTION: Notice of decision to ac quire land into trust under 25 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 151. SUMMARY: The Regional Direc tor, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, on the below date, has made a deter mination to acquire real property in trust for NOOKSACK INDIAN TRIBE.

The land referred to as former HAL VERSTICK property (CASE 30664), herein and is described as: THE SOUTH 792.0 FEET OF THE WEST 165 FEET OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST, W.M. EXCEPT ANY PORTION LYING WITHIN THE NORTH 528 FEET OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTH WEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTH EAST QUARTER IN SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST, W.M. EXCEPT RIGHT OF WAY FOR HALVERSTICK ROAD LYING ALONG THE SOUTH LINE THEREOF, SITUATED IN WHAT COM COUNTY, WASHINGTON. DATE: This determination was made on 11/07/2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: BIA NORTHWEST REGIONAL OFFICE, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 911 NE 11TH AV ENUE, PORTLAND, OR 97232, telephone (503) 231-6702.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMA TION: This notice is published to comply with the requirement of 25 CFR § 151.12(d)(2)(iii) that notice be given of the decision by the authorized representative of the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land in trust.

A copy of the determination is available by request from the BIA Northwest Regional Office. Any party who wishes to seek judicial review of the Regional Director’s decision must first exhaust adminis trative remedies. The Regional Dir ector’s decision may be appealed to the Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) in accordance with the regulations in 43 C.F.R. 4.3104.340.

If you choose to appeal this deci sion, your notice of appeal to the IBIA must be signed by you or your attorney and must be either postmarked and mailed (if you use mail) or delivered (if you use another means of physical deliv ery, such as FedEx or UPS) to the IBIA within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice. The regulations do not authorize filings by facsimile/fax or by electron ic means. Your notice of appeal should clearly identify the decision being appealed. You must send your original notice of appeal to the IBIA at the following address: Interior Board of Indian Appeals, Office of Hearings and Appeals, U.S. Department of the Interior, 801 North Quincy Street, Suite 300, Arlington, Virginia 22203.

You must send copies of your no tice of appeal to (1) the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, MS4660-MIB, 1849 C Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240; (2) each interested party known to you; and (3) the Regional Director. Your notice of appeal sent to the IBIA must include a statement certifying that you have sent copies to these officials and interested parties and should identify them by names or titles and addresses.

If you file a notice of appeal, the

PUBLIC NOTICE TO ACQUIRE LAND INTO TRUST – BIA REGIONAL DIRECTOR DECISIONS

ACTION: Notice of decision to acquire land into trust under 25 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 151.

SUMMARY: The Regional Direc tor, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, on the below date, has made a deter mination to acquire real property in trust for NOOKSACK INDIAN TRIBE.

The land referred to as former HEAD START PART 1 property (LOTS 1-2 BLOCK 6 CASE 38258), herein and is described as: LOTS 1 AND 2, AND THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF LOTS 3 AND 4, BLOCK 6, TOWN OF DEMING, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASH INGTON, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 13, RECORDS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON; EX CEPT THAT PORTION CON VEYED TO WHATCOM COUNTY FOR ROADS UNDER AUDITOR’S FILE NO. 592975; AND EXCEPT THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO THE B AND N RAILROAD COM PANY UNDER AUDITOR’S FILE NO. 179728; SITUATE IN WHAT COM COUNTY, WASHINGTON.

AREA OF SUBJECT PARCELS: Site Address - 5018 ALDER ST. - 0.57 +/- ACRES (Lot 1-2), 5020 ALDER ST. - 0.19 +/- ACRES (lot 3-4) DATE: This determination was made on 10/31/2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: BIA NORTHWEST REGIONAL OFFICE, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 911 NE 11TH AV ENUE, PORTLAND, OR 97232, telephone (503) 231-6702.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMA TION: This notice is published to comply with the requirement of 25 CFR § 151.12(d)(2)(iii) that notice be given of the decision by the authorized representative of the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land in trust.

A copy of the determination is available by request from the BIA Northwest Regional Office. Any party who wishes to seek judicial review of the Regional Director’s decision must first exhaust adminis trative remedies. The Regional Dir ector’s decision may be appealed to the Interior Board of Indian Appeals (IBIA) in accordance with the regulations in 43 C.F.R. 4.3104.340.

Secretary – Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, MS4660-MIB, 1849 C Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240; (2) each interested party known to you; and (3) the Regional Director. Your notice of appeal sent to the IBIA must include a statement certifying that you have sent copies to these officials and interested parties and should identify them by names or titles and addresses.

If you file a notice of appeal, the IBIA will notify you of further pro cedures. If no appeal is timely filed, this decision will become final for the Department of the Interior at the expiration of the appeal per iod. No extension of time may be granted for filing a notice of appeal.

Published November 23, 2022

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PUBLIC NOTICE TO ACQUIRE LAND INTO TRUST – BIA REGIONAL DIRECTOR DECISIONS

ACTION: Notice of decision to acquire land into trust under 25 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 151.

SUMMARY: The Regional Direc tor, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, on the below date, has made a deter mination to acquire real property in trust for NOOKSACK INDIAN TRIBE. The land referred to as former HEAD START PART 2 property (LOTS 3-4 BLOCK 6 CASE 38269), herein and is described as: LOTS 1 AND 2, AND THE SOUTH ONE-HALF OF LOTS 3 AND 4, BLOCK 6, TOWN OF DEMING, WHATCOM COUNTY, WASH INGTON, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN VOLUME 5 OF PLATS, PAGE 13, RECORDS OF WHATCOM COUNTY, WASHINGTON; EX CEPT THAT PORTION CON VEYED TO WHATCOM COUNTY FOR ROADS UNDER AUDITOR’S FILE NO. 592975; AND EXCEPT THAT PORTION CONVEYED TO THE B AND N RAILROAD COM PANY UNDER AUDITOR’S FILE NO. 179728; SITUATE IN WHAT COM COUNTY, WASHINGTON. AREA OF SUBJECT PARCELS: Site Address - 5018 ALDER ST. - 0.57 +/- ACRES (Lot 1-2), 5020 ALDER ST. - 0.19 +/- ACRES (lot 3-4) DATE: This determination was made on 11/02/2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: BIA NORTHWEST REGIONAL OFFICE, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 911 NE 11TH AV ENUE, PORTLAND, OR 97232, telephone (503) 231-6702.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMA TION: This notice is published to comply with the requirement of 25 CFR § 151.12(d)(2)(iii) that notice be given of the decision by the authorized representative of the Secretary of the Interior to acquire land in trust.

A copy of the determination is available by request from the BIA Northwest Regional Office. Any party who wishes to seek judicial review of the Regional Director’s decision must first exhaust admin istrative remedies. The Regional Director’s decision may be ap pealed to the Interior Board of In dian Appeals (IBIA) in accordance with the regulations in 43 C.F.R. 4.310-4.340.

If you choose to appeal this deci sion, your notice of appeal to the IBIA must be signed by you or your attorney and must be either postmarked and mailed (if you use mail) or delivered (if you use another means of physical deliv ery, such as FedEx or UPS) to the IBIA within 30 days from the date

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The regulations do not authorize filings by facsimile/fax or by electron ic means. Your notice of appeal should clearly identify the decision being appealed. You must send your original notice of appeal to the IBIA at the following address: Interior Board of Indian Appeals, Office of Hearings and Appeals, U.S. Department of the Interior, 801 North Quincy Street, Suite 300, Arlington, Virginia 22203. You must send copies of your no tice of appeal to (1) the Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior, MS4660-MIB, 1849 C Street N.W., Washington, D.C. 20240; (2) each interested party known to you; and (3) the Regional Director. Your notice of appeal sent to the IBIA must include a statement certify ing that you have sent copies to these officials and interested par ties and should identify them by names or titles and addresses.

If you file a notice of appeal, the IBIA will notify you of further pro cedures. If no appeal is timely filed, this decision will become final for the Department of the Interior at the expiration of the appeal period. No extension of time may be granted for filing a notice of appeal.

Published November 23, 2022

LEGAL

CALL FOR BIDS

Notice is hereby given that What com County Fire District No. 7 will receive bids for the installation of (1) “Emergency Vehicle Exhaust Removal System” and other an cillary equipment as identified in the request for proposal, until the hour of 2:00 pm on December 6th, 2022 as shown on the clock located in the Fire District Offices. All bids will then be opened, pub licly read aloud and recorded.

Bids must be clearly marked on the outer envelope “Bid for “ATTN: Emergency Vehicle Exhaust Re moval System”, and addressed to the Board of Commissioners, Whatcom County Fire District No. 7, PO Box 1599, or delivered to 2020 Washington Street, Ferndale, Washington 98248.

Any bid received after the appoint ed time or not addressed properly will not be opened and will be re turned to the sender. Each bidder is responsible for seeing that his bid meets this requirement. No facsimile or email bids will be ac cepted.

Bidders may obtain a set of speci fications by writing or calling to: Chief Larry Hoffman, Whatcom County Fire District No. 7 at P.O. Box 1599, Ferndale, Washington 98248, (360) 384-0303. The Fire Chief or his designee will also be available during regular business hours to answer any questions bid ders may have.

No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of thirty (30) days after the bid opening.

Whatcom County Fire District No. 7 reserves the right to accept or re ject any or all bids, or to waive any, informalities in the bidding pro cess. The District will determine which bid is determined to be of best value for the District and is not bound to accept low bid.

Dated this 10th day of November 2022.

Published: Ferndale Record, Nov ember 23rd and 30th, 2022.

Posted: Station 41, 2020 Washing ton Street Ferndale, WA 98248

Published November 23 & 30, 2022

PUGET SOUND ENERGY, INC., a Washington corporation, Plaintiff, v. THE HEIRS AND DEVISEES OF CHARLES E. JACOBS, deceased, Defendants. No. 22-2-01289-37

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

TO: The Heirs and Devisees of Charles E. Jacobs, deceased You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 2nd day of November, 2022, and defend the above en titled action to the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of Plaintiff Puget Sound Energy, Inc., and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned at torneys for Plaintiff, at their office below stated; and in case of your failure to do so, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said Court. In this action, Plain tiff seeks to establish its owner ship of certain real property via a claim of adverse possession, which property is legally described in the complaint.

If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter, you should do so promptly so that your writ ten appearance, if any, may be served on time.

This summons is issued pursuant to Rule 4 of the Superior Court Civil Rules of the State of Wash ington. DATED this 10th day of October, 2022.

Louis

Pete’s

Roger Jobs Automotive Audi, Porsche, Volkswagen • www.rogerjobs.com 2200 Iowa St., Bellingham • 360-734-5230

Service Pro of Nooksack 208 Nooksack Ave., Nooksack • 360-966-4664

Vavra Auto Body 411 Nooksack Ave, Nooksack • 360-966-4444

BANKS & CREDIT

UNIONS

Bank of the Pacific 1800 Front St., Lynden • 360-318-8780 www.BankofthePacific.com

Banner Bank 138 Birch Bay-Lynden Rd., Lynden 360-354-8100 • www.bannerbank.com

BEAUTY SUPPLIES & WIGS

Sunset Beauty Supply 1225 E. Sunset Dr. # 150, Bellingham 360-738-0359 • www.sunsetbeautysupply.com

CABINETS

Lynden Interiors 2017 Front St., Lynden • 360-354-4149 www.lyndeninteriors.com

Westside Building Supply 8353 Guide Meridian, Lynden • 360-354-5617

CARPET CLEANING

Northwest Professional Services 360-354-4145 • www.npsclean.com 191 Birch Bay Lynden Rd, Lynden

CEMETERIES

Greenwood Cemetery • thegreenwoodcemetery.com

East Wiser Lake Rd., Lynden • 360-647-4001

Lynden Cemetery • www.lyndencemetery.com South Side of Front St., Lynden • 360-647-4001

CLEANING SUPPLIES

Bay City Supply 360-671-7400 • www.baycitysupply.com P.O. Box 2073, 1250 Iowa Street Bellingham, WA 98229

COFFEE

Cruisin

CONCRETE

Mt. Baker Mobile Mixing, LLC 360-319-4285 www.mtbakermobilemixing.com

CONSTRUCTION

TSquared Inc Construction & Roofing Troy Visser • 360-815-2616

DENTAL

Premier Dental Center 2086 Main St, Ferndale - 360-380-4553 dentistferndale.com

EYE CARE

Everson Vision Clinic, Dr. Alex Ilyin, OD 205 W Main St, Everson • 360-966-0445 Bethgutman.evc@aol.com

FARM & GARDEN

CHS Northwest 3500 Meridian St., Bellingham • 360-734-4010 1720 LaBounty Dr, Ferndale • 360-380-0578 415 Depot St., Lynden • 360-306-3800 119 17th St., Fairway, Lynden • 360-354-5671 300 Main St., Lynden • 360-354-1198 102 Nooksack Ave., Nooksack • 360-966-4193 www.chsnw.com

Portal Way Farm and Garden 6100 Portal Way, Ferndale • 360-384-3688 www.PortalWayFarmAndGarden.com

Smits Compost 9030 Guide Meridian, Lynden • 360-354-3583 www.smitscompost.com

FINE JEWELRY

Originals by Chad 521 Front St., Lynden • 360-318-0210

FUNERAL SERVICES & MONUMENTS

Whatcom Cremation & Funeral “Our Community’s Most Affordable Cremations & Burials - from $995” 360-734-7073 • wcremation.com

FURNITURE & MATTRESSES

Colony House Furniture 303 Front St., Lynden • 360-354-5554 www.colonyhousefurniturelynden.com

GARAGE DOORS

Overhead Door Company of Bellingham 202 Ohio St, Bellingham • 360-734-5960 www.ohdbellingham.com

Vander Griend Lumber Co. Inc. 8461 Depot Rd., Lynden • 360-354-2155 Westside Building Supply 8353 Guide Meridian, Lynden • 360-354-5617

GARBAGE & RECYCLING

Nooksack Valley Disposal & Recycling, Inc. 250 Birch Bay-Lynden Rd, Lynden 360-354-3400

GIFT/SPECIALTY SHOP

Appel Farms - The Cheese Shop 6605 Northwest Dr., Ferndale • 360-312-1431 www.appelcheese.com

GREASE TRAP

CLEANING

Lil John Sanitary Services, Inc. Mark Mellema • 360-398-9828 www.liljohnsanitary.net

GLASS, RESIDENTIAL

Louis Auto Glass 1512 N. State St., Bellingham • 360-734-3840 407 19th St., Lynden • 360-354-3232 1721 E. College Way, Mt. Vernon • 360-424-9759

Lyndale Glass • www.lyndaleglass.com 110 7th St., Lynden • 360-354-3937 1985 Main St., Ferndale • 360-384-5956

Vander Griend Lumber Co. Inc. 8461 Depot Rd., Lynden • 360-354-2155

Everson Vision Clinic

Dr. Alex Ilyin, OD

205 W Main St, Everson • (360) 966-0445 Bethgutman.evc@aol.com

HEALTH & WELLNESS

Family Care Network

Lynden Family Medicine • 360-354-1333 1610 Grover St., Suite D-1, Lynden Birch Bay Family Medicine • 360-371-5855 8097 Harborview Rd., Blaine www.familycarenetwork.com Ferndale Family Medical Center • 360-384-1511 5580 Nordic Way, Ferndale

HOME IMPROVEMENT

Lynden Interiors

2017 Front St., Lynden • 360-354-4149 www.lyndeninteriors.com

Vander Griend Lumber Co. Inc. 8461 Depot Rd., Lynden • 360-354-2155 Walls & Windows Inc. • 360-676-5223 4131 Hannegan Rd., Ste. 104, Bellingham

HOME LOANS

Leader One Financial Corporation David Ohligschlager, Branch Manager 102 Grover St., #208, Lynden • 360-815-1768 www.daveo.leader1.com • daveo@leader1.com NMLS #12007 & #422225

INSURANCE & FINANCIAL

Amy Warenski Insurance Agency Inc 8874 Bender Rd Ste 106, Lynden • 360-354-6868 www.amywarenski.com

Brown & Brown 501 Front St., Lynden • 360-354-4488

Country Financial®, Len Corneto 102 Grover Street, Ste. 209, Lynden • 360-354-4197

Country Financial® Lesa Ferguson, Financial Representative 1610 Grover St., Suite B1, Lynden • 360-354-2975

Group of Health Insurance Services, LLC 4202 Meridian Street, Suite 104, Bellingham 360-527-2334 • hicllc.net

Guide Insurance Services 8108 Guide Meridian, Lynden • 360-354-2200

Jeff Lamphere Insurance 113 Third St, Lynden • 360-354-5333 www.jefflamphere.com

Oltman Insurance & Financial Services 360-354-5988 8850 Bender Road, Suite 101, Lynden Vibrant USA 504 Front St. Suite 101, Lynden 360-733-5111 • vibrantusa.com

VanDalen Insurance Shane VanDalen 517 Liberty St., Lynden • 360-354-4433

LUMBER

Vander Griend Lumber Co. Inc. 8461 Depot Rd., Lynden • 360-354-2155 Westside Building Supply 8353 Guide Meridian, Lynden • 360-354-5617

MEDIATION

Bellingham Mediation & Consulting Sheri Russell, JD • 360-255-1666 www.bellinghammediation.com

MEDICARE

PLANS

INSURANCE

Jeff Lamphere Insurance 113 Third St, Lynden • 360-354-5333 www.jefflamphere.com

VanDalen Insurance Shane VanDalen 517 Liberty St., Lynden • 360-354-4433 Vibrant USA 504 Front St. Suite 101, Lynden 360-733-5111 • vibrantusa.com

PEST & RODENT CONTROL

Eagle Tree, Spray & Pest Control 360-739-7101

All insects, trees, lawn & shrubs

Environmental Pest Control Inc. 3003 Bennett Drive, Bellingham • 360-676-5120 www.epestcontrol.net

PRINT & PUBLISHING

Lynden Print Company www.LyndenPrintCo.com 113 Sixth Street, Lynden • 360-354-4444 Lynden Tribune www.LyndenTribune.com 113 Sixth Street, Lynden • 360-354-4444

REAL ESTATE

Real Estate Support Services, LLC As-built floor plans, marketing photography Art Van Allen ~ 360-255-1477 ressllc@gmail.com facebook.com/RealEstateSupportServicesLLC RE/MAX Whatcom County- Rick Meyer Branch Manager, GRI, CRS, SRES 1841 Front St, Lynden • 360-410-1213 www.meyermax.com • rmeyer@remax.net

RECREATIONAL VEHICLE STORAGE

Bellingham RV Storage Quality Covered RV Storage Bakerview/Irongate area • Bellingham, WA 360-671-6100 • BellinghamRVBoatStorage.com

RECYCLING, REMOVAL & YARD DEBRIS

Green Earth Technology 774 Meadowlark Rd., Lynden • 360-354-4936

RENTAL EQUIPMENT

Brim Rentals 350 Duffner Dr, Lynden • 360-354-4411 www.brimtractor.com Westside Building Supply 8353 Guide Meridian, Lynden • 360-354-5617

RESTAURANTS, FOOD & BEVERAGE

Coconut Kenny’s 1740 Labounty Dr. Ste #1, Ferndale • 360-656-5974 8122 Guide Meridian, Lynden • 360-392-8435 Little Caesars 1804 18th St., Lynden • 360-354-8656

ROOFING

Joostens Roofing Bellingham • 360-815-7663 Mt. Baker Roofing, Inc. 360-733-0191 • www.mtbakerroofing.com

SEPTIC INSTALLATION

Tyas & Tyas 3966 Deeter Rd., Everson • 360-988-6895

SEPTIC TANK PUMPING Lil John Sanitary Services, Inc. Mark Mellema • 360-398-9828 www.liljohnsanitary.net

SOLAR

& REFRIGERATION

Glacier Pacific LLC 9657 Crape Road, Sumas • 360-739-9903 glacierpacific14@gmail.com License # GLACIPL858KO

SPORTS & RECREATION

Dave’s Sports Shop 1738 Front St., Lynden • 360-354-5591 Lynden Skateway 421 Judson Street, Lynden • 360-354-3851 www.LyndenSkateway.com

VETERINARY

Kulshan Veterinary