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Letters to the Editor: August 24, 2022
Hope and prayer Editor, As the summer winds down, and Roe v. Wade is off the books, we can only speculate on the future of America’s Unborn. Lynden Human Life spent 10 days at the ...
End of fair, end of summer
You could say my friend Debbie Vander Veen is heavily involved in local agriculture and the NW Washington Fair. Last weekend, she said the Small Animal Experience volunteers voiced ...
Letter to the Editor: August 17, 2022
Flood prevention nixed by absence Editor, Here we are — rounding out the calendar year — 10 months after the November 2021 flood overflowed the banks of the Nooksack River. We have ...
900-day threat to our liberties
Wednesday, Aug. 17 marks the 900th day since Gov. Jay Inslee declared emergency powers in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I know for many of us this probably isn’t top of mind ...
To be safe from trauma
Often we don’t talk about trauma. But it is a real thing changing lives, the way we think, our feelings of safety. Trauma causes fear and anger, it immobilizes motions and actions ...
Reporter likes Northwest Washington Fair – a lot
This week the Northwest Washington Fair – aka the Fair — returns to Lynden. Now that we are past the COVID-19 lockdowns and I’m getting closer to another decade on this ...
Letters to the Editor: August 3, 2022
New party ‘to move us forward’ Editor, Right now, a significant, historic change is stirring in the United States. Three new political parties put aside their differences, found ...
ABCs of automotive insurance
Insurance is an agreement between parties to transfer risk. That means that one party pays another party to provide financial compensation in the event of loss of assets, property or ...
At the family reunion, still belonging
We are in the afterglow of a back to the roots Bratt family reunion in northern Michigan in July. About half of the 100 descendants of Daniel and Betty (Klein) Bratt, my parents, came ...
Letters to the Editor: July 27, 2022
Appreciate the community ‘we are all a part of’ Editor, Let me draw your attention to a long-term story that may have gone unnoticed. As I am sure you are aware, last November, ...