FFA corn maze has 3 weeks

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FFA corn maze has 3 weeks
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By Tim Newcomb
tim@lyndentribune.com
LYNDEN — Pour on the pig at
the Lynden FFA corn maze.
Lynden
trounces
King’s
In the maze’s 15th year, the
Lynden FFA Boosters have had success sending patrons through the
pig-shaped corn maze just south of
downtown Lynden during the first
two weeks, said John Grubbs, Lynden High School FFA advisor.
With three weekends left of
maze availability, the FFA Boosters
are hopeful the weather continues
to cooperate for the group’s larg-
est fundraiser of the year, with the
money raised from the event supporting FFA students’ trips to national competition, and also scholarships and jackets.
This year’s pig design was inspired by 2014 LHS graduate Carson Sandland. Grubbs said that
each spring, the next year’s design
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Glasses are raised in a toast Thursday to the official transfer of the Jansen Art Center to its own nonprofit status from the
Eleanor and Henry Jansen Foundation. See page A2 for story. (Calvin Bratt/Lynden Tribune)
Government
Fireworks discussion continues
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But no changes to Lynden
city rules proposed yet
man — both live in the same Edgewater/Brook
Way neighborhood — spoke of noise and safety concerns they have.
Boies said he is tired of removing fireworks
debris from his house and yard and wondering
if a fire will be started.
Jilk said he would like to see more public
dialogue on the issue and it would be good to
have a committee recommendation to the full
council. He said he wants to see a clearer city
position on and enforcement of fireworks discharge affecting both people and pets.
Jilk claims only about 22 percent of the
Lynden population uses fireworks.
Chair Dave Burns said the committee is
taking all input under advisement, and no decision has been made on any proposed changes.
By Calvin Bratt
editor@lyndentribune.com
LYNDEN ­— No new language on fireworks
in town has been prepared, although at the
least the city’s ordinance could be brought into
line with state law, says Police Chief Jack Foster.
The Lynden City Council’s Public Safety
Committee on Sept. 4 took comment from two
citizens who would like to see a more proactive
stance on fireworks restrictions.
Stephan Jilk, who started the discussion
with an appearance before the committee in
July, and Chuck Boies, a former Lynden fire-
New Edaleen retail store in Blaine nearly done
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By Tim Newcomb
tim@lyndentribune.com
LYNDEN — The latest Edaleen Dairy retail
outlet won’t look much like an Edaleen store until you walk inside, said Mitch Moorlag, general
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Edaleen, already with retail outlets at its
farm north of Lynden, in east Lynden and in
downtown Sumas, will open at 458 Peace Portal
Way, likely on Monday, Oct. 6.
“It is 90 percent done,” Moorlag said. “With
Blaine’s building requirements, it doesn’t really
look like a typical store, but it is going to have a
full line of Edaleen products.”
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By email, Foster said the city’s law on fireworks is outdated in some of its terminology
compared to more recent and restrictive state
law, and so city police follow state law.
For instance, state law prohibits the sale or
discharge of fireworks past the evening of July
5, versus July 6.
The issue of fireworks restrictions has
gained a higher profile locally, with the city of
Bellingham now banning the possession and
discharge of consumer fireworks within city
limits effective this year, and Ferndale considering limitations including narrowing to a
single day at the Fourth of July instead of the
current window of one week.
Fireworks sales are also allowed for four
days in December and discharge is allowed on
New Year’s Eve only, by state law.
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from the ground up for the 3,200-square-foot
retail outlet. Larger than the original farm store
and smaller than the Lynden store, Moorlag said
Blaine will feel like a “happy medium” between
the two sizes, but still offer what people have
come to expect from the Lynden store with convenience items and a full selection of hard and
soft ice cream.
See Edaleen on A2
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