COUNTRY LIFE: Give your garden a head start on spring

IN BLOOM Looking out my window, the maples and sumacs in my neighbors’ yards are proudly showing their fiery fall colors, the last of the cucumbers are ripening in my vegetable garden, ...

Thelma Vogel

Thelma Vogel, 81, passed away peacefully on Oct. 3. Born on July 27, 1942, in Sioux County, Iowa to Dorthy and Gerrit Anema. She had a wonderful sense of humour and made many people ...

Randal Roorda

Randal Roorda, 63, passed away on Sept. 12, 2023 in Reno, NV. Born in Bellingham to Arlene (Schouten) and Ted Roorda. Randal was a great drummer while marching to the beat of a different ...

Elvis R. Dellinger

Elvis R. Dellinger, beloved father, husband, educator and all-around great guy, passed away quietly, surrounded by his family, on Sept. 30, 2023. A celebration of life will be held ...

James ‘Jim’ Galen

Please join us to celebrate the life of James “Jim” R. Galen, June 8, 1935-April 20, 2023, on Oct. 15 in the Hetterly pavilion at Berthusen Park. The celebration will be open house ...

Dale Oliver Wine

Dale Oliver Wine, age 91, went to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Friday, Sept. 27, 2023, at the Christian Health Care Center in Lynden.  Dale was born June 22, 1932, in ...

Shirley Mellema Bierlink

Shirley Mellema Bierlink was born July 19, 1935 in Bellflower, CA, to Andrew and Gertrude, the oldest of eight tightly knit siblings born to a Dutch immigrant family. The family migrated ...

Maria (Wiebe) Van Achte

We are sad to announce the passing of our dear mother, Maria (Wiebe) Van Achte of Lynden. Maria passed on away on Oct. 2, 2023 surrounded by her loved ones after living a long and fruitful ...

Letters to the Editor: Oct. 11, 2023

CHCC staff ‘can’t be beat’ Editor, I am wiring from Lynden Christian Health Care Center (CHCC) to tell you about the care I have received here. I ended up at PeaceHealth with ...

Guest Opinion: Are elected officials held accountable?

As summer fades fall marches in with colors in the trees, a smell in the air and of course the harvesting of corn and crops to include pumpkins to decorate fields and homes. Then comes ...