Tim Newcomb
Tribune assistant editor

  LYNDEN — If the proper funding comes along, improvements to East Badger Road (State Route 546) and its intersections — including possibly a roundabout at Guide Meridian Road — could be on the planning table.
  The Washington State Department of Transportation is watching the federal Main Street Jobs Bill closely because it contains federal transportation money (under the acronym SAFETEA-LU) for border states to complete projects related to cross-border traffic.

Tim Newcomb
Tribune assistant editor

  HINOTES CORNER — Raspberry Ridge Golf Course is nothing new for John and Leanne Olson.
  The Central Road couple with two kids at Lynden High School has been leasing and running the golf course and business for the last nine years. On Feb. 17 they were able to fulfill the goal of buying the operation and land from Billy Robins. John actually started at Raspberry Ridge 18 years ago as the course superintendent.

Calvin Bratt
Tribune editor

  LYNDEN — The equipment remains idle at the West Main Street work site for a new Versacold-Cascade frozen foods warehouse.
  The work was suddenly halted on Feb. 25 by Primus Builders, the Georgia contractor on the project, and has not been restarted.
  Two local companies, Stremler Gravel and Honcoop Gravel, had been busy in land preparation, removing topsoil and bringing in sand and gravel. The foundation permit from Lynden Public Works estimated that work at just under $500,000. Also, a sale of the industrial land from local owners was being negotiated.

Mark Reimers
Tribune reporter

Danielle Way will graduate from Whatcom Community College and Nooksack Valley High School this spring. Her time at Whatcom included several
years of service in student government, and she is the current Associated Students president. — Lynden Tribune | MARK REIMERS

WHATCOM — Running Start may not be for everyone. But it certainly was a good fit for Danielle Way. This spring, Way will graduate from Nooksack Valley High School as well as from Whatcom Community College with two years of college behind her.

Calvin Bratt
Tribune editor

A backhoe is parked blocking access into the site that was active until last Thursday. — Lynden Tribune | CALVIN BRATT

LYNDEN — The project of building a new Versacold frozen foods warehouse in west Lynden is suddenly on hold.

Mark Reimers
Tribune reporter

  LYNDEN — The Lynden School Board has narrowed its search for a long-term school superintendent to five candidates, eliminating 11 from the original 16 applicants.
  The decision was made on Wednesday, Feb. 24, during an executive session meeting of the board, according to information from search consultant Michael Boring.
  “We had a great pool of applicants from which to choose the semifinalists,” said Gary Vis, Lynden School Board vice-president. “The input received from the various in-district groups was extremely helpful in narrowing down the field of applicants to a strong group of five individuals with varied experiences and qualities to offer the district.”

Calvin Bratt
Tribune editor

  LYNDEN — New Mayor Scott Korthuis cast his first tie-breaking vote, and it was to extend the process of selling the old City Hall.
  On the 4-3 vote Monday, city leaders rejected the single $50,000 bid of Blake Starkenburg for the 82-year-old building and its site, appraised at $445,000 by the county, and decided to try to get a better price.

Operator Bill Smilie of KLB Construction rips up a section of the Guide Meridian on Tuesday between Wiser Lake and River roads. Work on the road project resumed on Monday. — Lynden Tribune | MARK REIMERS

LYNDEN — After a two-week hiatus for the Vancouver, B.C., Winter Olympics, work is again underway on Guide Meridian Road.