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Letters to the Editor – May 4, 2022
Spirit of Lynden Editor, I live in Blaine but frequently shop in Lynden. Last Friday, returning home from five stops at various locations in Lynden, I discovered my money clip was missing. ...
Laminated wood can reduce wildfire risks
Wood buildings are making a comeback in the Pacific Northwest thanks to new laminated timber products. Even very large buildings are now constructed with laminated beams and are successfully ...
Injustice of climate justice
The doctrine of equity goes back to the British Crown’s courts called the chancery, which gave relief to individuals making claims to fairness outside the legal system. This doctrine ...
Letters to the Editor — April 25, 2022
Please invoke Defense Protection Act Editor, Earth Day is a reminder that together, there is a lot we can do to stop and then reverse the damage done by the greed and recklessness of ...
More questions for flood relief victims
Hope. Spring, green grass, flowering trees, bushes, snowdrops, tulips, daffodils, even dandelions. All give hope of the season yet to come. Summer with different crops of food and grain ...
Ben Elenbaas: a conservative heart
Where have the age-old virtues of kindness, grace, and forgiveness gone in our politics? Every day is filled with examples of both sides of the political divide trying to bloody the ...
It’s all in the mind
The other day as I calmly sat by the large windows of my bedroom during the moments of dawn, gazing deeply at the spectacular garden, a beautiful thought on mind, which I read somewhere, ...
Demanding ‘unreasonable sustainability’
Have you heard of gossamer spider webs? Although they shimmer in the dewy morning sunlight, nevertheless they entrap the unsuspecting. Have you been caught in a gossamer web put out ...
Letters to the Editor — April 13, 2022
Economic, energy, industrial independence are paramount Editor, Six-hundred-and-twenty-one. That’s the number of jobs lost caused by the closing of Intalco. When the aluminum smelting ...
County needs to enact emergency ordinance
I am one of many people affected by the flood. I am still not in my home but hope to be in the near future. I still have hopes all the government officials in charge of doing something ...