Recent NWCitizen Articles

Magnetism & the search for unlimited energy
By Larry Horowitz · Sat Jun 28, 2008
On March 26, 2002, the US Patent Office issued Patent No. 6,362,718 B1, potentially altering the entire paradigm in our quest for the holy grail of unlimited clean energy. British journalist N
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Trails to Nowhere
By Myron Wlaznak · Sat Jun 28, 2008
I received a Notice of Complete Application for the construction of an impervious trail through the center of a parcel of forested land acquired with funds collected for Lake Whatcom Watershed
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New Library ideas
By John Servais · Wed Jun 25, 2008
Tired of looking at a photo of geese when you check here? So am I. We have nine writers for this site but it has been rather slack lately. So - here is a new post. Written on the fly and with litt
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City hall misleading on geese kill plans
By Wendy Harris · Fri Jun 20, 2008
Wendy is a resident of Silver Beach, and writes on the planned kill of geese at Lake Whatcom by the city of Bellingham.
Who’ll Stop the Raid
By g.h.kirsch · Mon Jun 16, 2008
While the Lake Whatcom Water & Sewer District races to expand its infrastructure to serve sprawling development on the north shore of the lake, the King County Superior Court, Thursday, struck down th
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Kill Lawns, Not Geese
By Wendy Harris · Sun Jun 15, 2008
By Wendy Harris
Wendy is a resident of Silver Beach on the north side of Lake Whatcom. She is an active citizen. Today she is our first guest writer.

This week, whil
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Weather - May temperatures for Bellingham
By John Servais · Sat Jun 14, 2008
Bill McCallum has provided us with his unique chart for our May temperatures. This is obviously a labor of love for Bill, as he compiles the weather data from the Bellingham Airport records dating ba
The end of the Whatcom Independent
By John Servais · Thu Jun 12, 2008
Today’s issue of the Whatcom Independent weekly newspaper is the last issue. Started in November 2003 - almost 5 years ago - it is simply shutting down publication because it has never been able to g
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20 times 1.5 is?
By Ham Hayes · Mon Jun 9, 2008
I had to travel a long way to become mindful of the importance of math. Not calculus nor trig nor geometry….just math. With grandkids in tow this week, we rented a row boat on Lake Hume, high
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The Balkanization of the Waterfront
By Tip Johnson · Fri Jun 6, 2008
I watched with horror the channel 10 viewing of the last Waterfront Advisory Group - or whatever they are now called. This group is reviewing the ongoing planning of the former G-P properties,
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It’s Enough to Make Anyone Grumpy
By Myron Wlaznak · Thu Jun 5, 2008
It’s been a pretty sorry spring so far. With the exception of Ski to Sea weekend, our little corner of the globe has been somewhat less than a sunny paradise and more like a grey, cloudy, gloomy
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Where are the political entrepreneurs?
By Craig Mayberry · Wed Jun 4, 2008
Last week I was preparing for a creativity and innovation class that I am currently teaching. Through the course of preparation I came across a 20 minute speech by <a href=”http://www.ted.com/index.p
Governors Point future
By John Servais · Fri May 30, 2008
What should be the future of Governors Point? We can read a lot of what it should not be - developed. But Rand Jack has said it is too costly to purchase and save in a natural state. What options a
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THE LAKE & ECOLOGY; Can’t Have One Without The Other
By g.h.kirsch · Mon May 26, 2008
Why all the hubbub about building moratoria in the Lake Whatcom watershed? You can’t build or subdivide without adequate water, and the entire watershed is closed to new wells.

And the water
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Saving the Lake
By g.h.kirsch · Tue May 20, 2008
Another important step towards dealing with the pollution of Lake Whatcom was taken tonight. The mayor and city council have thrown down the gauntlet to Pete Kremen and the county council. Bellingha
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Ski to Sea Weekend - a parking guide
By John Servais · Thu May 15, 2008
Alan Rhodes seems to want to be like Emmett Watson, the late writer about Lesser Seattle. However, Alan seems to lack Emmett’s basic charitable view of his fellow humans. Emmett had a sense of humor
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City Council to meet Monday at 1 pm
By John Servais · Fri May 9, 2008
The Bellingham City Council will meet in a special meeting to consider annexing the Horton and Aldrich areas. As of 2:45 pm Friday, the meeting agenda is still being put together by council staff and
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Weather - April temperatures for Bellingham
By John Servais · Wed May 7, 2008
Bill McCallum has provided us with a unique and interesting look at our monthly temperatures. Above is the chart for April 2008, with the actual temperatures compared to the normal or average tempera
Peak Oil Task Force
By Craig Mayberry · Sat May 3, 2008
On Monday the Bellingham City Council will consider a resolution to create a largely volunteer Peak Oil Task Force. With recent increases in gas prices and much greater unpredictability over the last
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A Park for Pete’s Sake
By g.h.kirsch · Fri May 2, 2008
To now, the discussion about creating a park in the watershed has focused on the benefit for water quality in Lake Whatcom that will come from eliminating forestry on some 3,000 or so acres near the l
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