Calvin Bratt
Tribune editor

  LYNDEN – Thirty people came to the microphone in front of the Lynden City Council Monday evening to speak out on the issue of Sunday liquor sales in town – whether to keep the ban or to lift it.
  Citing moral principles, business economics, unique Lynden qualities, and even possible hypocrisy, the full crowd gave the council 90 minutes of passionate comment — and that after an hour-long hearing on airport issues (see separate story).

Mark Reimers
Tribune reporter

  NOOKSACK -- The Nooksack City Council has voted unanimously to deny Abbotsford B.C.-based Rock Creek Farms a conditional use permit to build a chicken hatchery on South Pass Road.
  Monday’s decision came after only a short discussion initiated by councilman Tom Jones that focused on the fact that the nine acres on the southeast corner of South Pass Road and Highway 9 are zoned for commercial use.

Calvin Bratt
Tribune editor

  LYNDEN -- The city of Lynden does not have power to cut trees on private property, City Council member Gary Bode emphasized Monday after a hearing on tall trees located close to the Lynden Municipal Airport.
  So the city is willing to spend more time discussing options with the Woodfield Village Homeowners Association, Bode said.

Tim Newcomb
Tribune assistant editor

Dale TeVelde works with a crew for the City of Lynden to replace sidewalk along Front Street last week.

LYNDEN -- The sidewalk work currently being done on Front Street is part of the city’s overall planned sidewalk improvement program.

Caleb Breakey
Tribune sports reporter

The Curt Maberry Field House at Lynden High School is now complete, with mostly volunteer labor.

LYNDEN -- No more practicing alongside hay and horses. The Curt Maberry Field House will be dedicated in front of the public on Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. at Lynden High School.

Tim Newcomb
Tribune assistant editor

  LYNDEN -- The ball is rolling on the city’s consideration of lifting its limit on the size of retail stores.
  The Zoning Review Committee, made up of community members, city staff and City Council members, has recommended to the Planning Commission and City Council that the current 65,000-square-foot cap be lifted, with restrictions.

Tim Newcomb
Tribune assistant editor

Mildred Hersman

LYNDEN -- Nobody knows the history of the Northwood Road area like Mildred Hersman. After all, she has seen it evolve for 100 years.
  Hersman, who celebrated her 100th birthday on Sept. 22, has lived nearly all of those years in Whatcom County, mostly at a lumber mill and later a chicken farm at the corner of what is now Northwood and East Badger roads. In fact, she had lived all but 14 years of her life on Northwood until 2002. Then, when she was well into her 90s, she moved from the family farm into Meadow Greens Retirement Community in Lynden.