WINDOW ON MY WORLD

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  Semiahmoo Lighthouse served as beacon for cannery-bound ships

  The Semiahmoo Lighthouse was an attractive, Victorian-style lighthouse perched on a platform in Semiahmoo Bay between 1905 and 1944. Located near the entrance to Blaine's Drayton Harbor, the lighthouse had a certain mystique that still intrigues today.

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• Bellingham man, friends chip in for soldier's gift, hope for a new year

• Gardener encourages community to celebrate Seed Day on Jan. 29

• WeSnip offers spaying for kittens, puppies

• Technical director controls chaos behind the scenes at Mount Baker Theatre

• Bellingham student biking to raise money for food bank

• College student finds that Bellingham beckons with offer of change

• Readers' holiday sweet treat recipes for 2011

• Bellingham couple helps build homes for earthquake victims in Haiti

• WWU instructor joins research crowdfunding project

• Bellingham dog owner would like to see more off-leash areas

• Big Brothers/Big Sisters lets WWU student feel like a kid again

OUT & ABOUT

Whatcom auditor Forslof honored at retirement dinner

Democratic lead observer Jim Fox of Bellingham sent me his observations on Whatcom County Auditor Shirley Forslof's December retirement dinner:

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• Bellingham technology group donates lunches to Lighthouse Mission

• Whatcom Parks foundation honors volunteers

• Student projects at Bellingham schools aid needy

• Building industry in Whatcom County honors members

• Home Depot helps spruce up Bellingham VFW post

• Lynden woman selected Miss Lynden Rodeo

• Women accountants raise scholarship dollars

• Women accountants raise scholarship dollars in Bellingham

• Blaine airman honored for service

EXPRESSIONS

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• Reader poem: 'Baby Blanket' by Tara Goodyear

• Reader essay: 'Afternoon of a Fawn' by John Connell

• Reader poem: 'Spring Roads' by James Bertolino

• Reader poem: 'Blue Mussels' by Andrew Shattuck McBride

RANTS/RAVES

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• Rave: Thanks Canadian shoppers for helping local economy

• Rave: Kudos to Barkley branch of Bellingham's library

• Rant: Free downtown parking seems to benefit only people who work there

• Rant: Bah humbug to holidays