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• Lummi healing totem headed to national library

  Lummi healing totem headed to national library

  BLAINE - Lummi Nation will offer the first blessing for a new healing totem that will be featured in an exhibit opening in October near the nation's capital.

  The totem is the work of master carver Jewell Praying Wolf James.

  The blessing ceremony is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, at Semiahmoo Park on Semiahmoo Spit. Following that the 20-foot totem will travel nearly 5,000 miles as it heads to a final ceremony at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Md. The library, a part of the National Institutes of Health, is the world's largest biomedical library. The totem will serve as a central element of an exhibit called "Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness."

• Semiahmoo Lighthouse served as beacon for cannery-bound ships

  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.

  In the final years of the 19th century, Blaine and its sister city on the nearby spit, Semiahmoo, became home to a number of fish canneries, most notably Semiahmoo's Alaska Packers Association. This led to surge in local shipping traffic, which led to a need for a signal light in Semiahmoo Bay.

  About 1895 the first rudimentary light beacon - a red lantern suspended on a cluster of three piles - was built in the bay near the entrance to Drayton Harbor. It was tended by Semiahmoo postmaster Orison P. Carver. But people knew it wasn't enough, and some of them cajoled Carver to petition the U.S. Lighthouse Board for a lighthouse and fog signal station. He sent his petition in on Sept. 6, 1897, and received a prompt acknowledgment from the board.

• Timeline of major events for Trillium Corp. and David Syre

  Timeline of major events for Trillium Corp. and David Syre

  - 1972 - David Syre graduates from Gonzaga University's School of Law, begins practicing real estate law in Lynden and Bellingham.

  - 1974 - Syre starts Trillium Corp.

  - 1977 - Trillium begins developing a 600-acre parcel that eventually becomes Cordata Business Park.

• 5 Prime Buys: Keep cozy this autumn with a scarf, scented soaps and local honey

  5 Prime Buys: Keep cozy this autumn with a scarf, scented soaps and local honey

  THE EARLY BIRD

  Nobody likes to have too many creepy crawlies at their house, but once you see what these worms can do, you're bound to change your mind. This lightweight Worm Factory system makes composting quick, easy and odor-free. As the worms work through kitchen scraps that would otherwise end up in the trash, they create nutrient-rich compost that will help your gardens thrive. That's the kind of bug you can get on board with.

  Worm Factory Standard Worm Bin

• GOLF: Coston qualifies for Senior PGA Championship

  GOLF: Coston qualifies for Senior PGA Championship

  THE BELLINGHAM HERALD

  Semiahmoo Golf and Country Club instructor Jeff Coston finished tied for 10th on Sunday, Oct. 9, at the Senior PGA Professional National Championship at Aldie, Va., shooting a final-round 71 for a three-day total of 292.

  Coston, who won the event in 2006 and turns 56 later this week, said the finish is good enough to qualify him for the Senior PGA Championship in 2012, which will be played in May at Benton Harbor, Mich.