Mark Reimers
Tribune reporter

Rylee TenKley

LYNDEN -- Rylee TenKley is cancer-free at the moment, but doctors are keeping a close eye on the 6-month-old.
  Rylee’s parents, Jeremy and Heather TenKley, of Everson, had been monitoring a lump on his back for some time when they decided to get an MRI done at Children’s Hospital in Seattle.

David Lewis
Tribune reporter

  WHATCOM -- A recently revised seismic hazard map from the U.S. Geological Survey now includes the Boulder Creek Fault that runs north-northeast along the Mount Baker Highway near Kendall.
  The USGS revised its previous assertion that this fault line had been dormant for approximately 30 million years, instead saying that the fault has been active in the last few thousand years.

Calvin Bratt
Tribune editor

  LYNDEN -- One short plat was approved and two others gained one-year extensions in a quick 14-minute Lynden City Council meeting Monday.
  Four lots are created by the Van Loo family at the end of Birch Street. It’s the culmination of arranging various improvements with neighbors along the length of the 24-foot-wide private street.

Mark Reimers
Tribune reporter

  LYNDEN — A barn on Benson Road just north of Badger Road burned down Wednesday evening, destroying a hay baler and causing an estimated $50,000 worth of damage.
  The barn may have caught fire after owner Ray Stuit put down a cutting torch which he had been using to disassemble a milking parlor, said North Whatcom Fire and Rescue Chief Tom Fields. Stuit had injured his hand and gone to the house to apply bandages when he noticed flames in the barn and called the fire department.

  WHATCOM -- Searchers Tuesday were unable to locate a Lynden man missing on Mount Baker, and the search was suspended until weather conditions improve, the Whatcom County Sheriff's Office reported Tuesday.
   The missing climber is identified as Kevin Lafleur, 31, a former science teacher at Lynden Christian High School.
  Lafleur told friends before he went out Saturday that he planned to summit Mount Baker, according to a sheriff's office press release. When he did not show up for one of his jobs on Monday, he was called in missing.

LYNDEN -- An accident involving a white Buick sedan and a blue Dodge pickup occurred Tuesday afternoon at the intersection of East Badger and Northwood roads, killing one woman. Two other people were injured in the accident. The woman driving the sedan died, and a male passenger had to be freed from the vehicle.

Calvin Bratt
Tribune editor

  WHATCOM -- A multi-level disaster response drill next Tuesday will bring U.S. military personnel and equipment to Whatcom County and will turn the Northwest Washington Fairgrounds into a staging area for treatment and transport.
  The scenario is of a terrorist chemical release near Birch Bay, and during the day citizens may see the military and emergency responder activity, including helicopters and hazardous materials units participating in the exercise, according to county public information officer Joe Bates.

Timothy Newcomb
Tribune assistant editor

Workers of Len Honcoop Gravel do demolition and removal of the front steps of Second Christian Reformed Church last week.

LYNDEN -- Second Christian Reformed Church is getting more than new front steps in its latest remodeling effort.

Calvin Bratt
Tribune editor

  LYNDEN -- A Liberty Street resident had about 13-14 gallons of gasoline stolen from a parked truck on Sunday evening, April 20.
  Jeffrey Fullner said he heard his dog barking around 11 p.m., looked outside to the street and saw another truck speeding away. He didn't realize until Monday morning that the gas cap on one of his Ford F150 tanks had been forced open and gasoline siphoned out.

Calvin Bratt
Tribune editor

  LYNDEN -- Effective May 12, the price of a first-class stamp rises a penny to 42 cents.
  But to Lynden Postmaster Brian Mouché, there's much more to talk about than just that, and in fact sending a first-class letter could cost much more due to shifts in the whole communication business.
  Mouché will lead two sessions of a one-hour seminar titled "New Prices, New Flexibility and New Opportunity" on Monday, May 5, at the Lynden Library. The times are 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. People who want to attend should call the Lynden Post Of fice at 354-2371.