Community calendar for Oct. 19, 2022
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 ...
Christopher Rehm
Christopher Rehm of Lynden, born Sept. 30, 1958, passed away on Aug. 4. He was surrounded by his family.
A celebration of life for Christopher is from 2-4 p.m. Oct. 22 across the street ...
Mary Kudsk
Mary Kudsk, age 83, went to be with her lord and savior on Saturday, Oct. 15.
Mary’s graveside service will be at 1:15 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 20 at Monumenta Cemetery, followed by ...
Martin Brester
Martin Brester
Martin Brester, age 84, a lifetime resident of Whatcom County, passed away suddenly at his home on Sept. 15. Martin was born Dec. 19, 1937 and is survived by his children ...
Sherman Bajema
Sherman Bajema
Sherman James Bajema, age 90, went to be with his Lord and Savior on Oct. 14 with his family surrounding him.
Born to Jim and Fannie Bajema on May 5, 1932 in Lynden, ...
Janet Anker
Janet Anker
Janet Cornelia Anker, of Lynden, Washington, went home to be with her Lord and Savior Wednesday, Oct. 12 at Lynden Manor.
Janet was born to Henk and Johanna (Van Arendonk) ...
Gerald Norris
Gerald Norris
On Oct. 7, Gerald Norris passed peacefully into the gates of heaven with his wife Cindy by his side.
Gerald Dean Norris was born Oct. 21, 1938, in Ashville, North Carolina ...
Prop. 5 shifts focus from ‘primary county services’
Vote no on County Proposition 5. This measure represents a 25% increase beyond your current property taxes going to Whatcom County’s operating budget (current tax rate to increase ...
Letters to the Editor: Oct. 19, 2022
Does DECA still exist? Editor, The subject of public education was brought up at the recent public forum on Oct. 13 at Meridian High School. One candidate suggested that including ...
EMS: Yes
A levy request in November is a matter of life or death. For decades, Whatcom County has enjoyed exceptional emergency services. But the Emergency Medical Service’s (EMS) primary ...