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GUEST OPINION: Do what you want, or do what you can
Elisa Claassen for the Record My dad has been gone just over 30 years. One of his favorite phrases to an overly-inspiring teen, and then a floundering 20-something, who wanted the sun, ...
GUEST OPINION: A future that involves water management
Rich Appel For the Record Families across Whatcom County devastated by November’s flooding disaster in the Nooksack River basin need our help with more than just putting their lives ...
GUEST OPINION: Breathe in, breathe out: 2022 is a new year
Elisa Claassen For the Record I’ve written in recent weeks about the ever-changing weather, but not the increased stress of my friends and neighbors in north county from damaging ...
Letters to the Editor — Jan. 12, 2022
Will do business elsewhere Editor, Last week, a letter from Mr. Moore-Seifred very accurately expressed my thoughts and concerns about the lack of mask wearing in Lynden. This paragraph ...
GUEST OPINION: Washington needs competitive energy market
Sen. Mike Padden For the Record Washington motorists have choices when it comes to fueling their vehicles, thanks to the free market. But the benefits of competition, beginning with ...
GUEST OPINION: Resiliency is key to 2022
By Elisa Claassen For the Record A series of snowstorms, news of several friends passing away, and going out of 2021 and into 2022. It’s far too easy to want to write some happy little ...
GUEST OPINION: Toyota’s dose of reality
By Don C. Brunell When Toyota speaks, car buyers listen. Hopefully, our elected officials will as well. It is one of the world’s two largest auto and truck manufacturers — twice ...
Letters to the Editor — Jan. 5, 2022
Confronted ‘more often than not by unmasked faces’ in Lynden Editor, I am a resident of Whatcom County and I want to support the communities that I live near, like Lynden. Lately ...
MIELKE MARKET: 2021: A wild ride for the dairy industry
While most pundits agree that 2020 gave the world a wild ride unlike anything ever experienced at an amusement park, 2021 wasn’t a whole lot milder. We’ll take a look at it through ...
GUEST OPINION: Ever-changing, unprecedented weather in 2021
By Elisa Claassen for the Record The year 2021 started with a high of 53 degrees and a low of 41. That was long ago and far away as I sit with several layers of clothing, a blanket ...