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and 3 p.m. daily. OBITUARY POLICY OBITUARIES Mark C. Langstraat Mark C. Langstraat, age 58, of Ferndale passed away in Seattle surrounded by his family Tuesday, Sept.
23, 2014. A celebration of his life will be held Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, 10:00 AM, North County Christ The King Community Church, 1816 18th Street, Lynden with Pas- tor Kurt Langstraat offici- ating. www.sigsfuneralser vices.com Sig's Funeral Cremation Services Violet Lang Violet "Peggy" Lang passed away peacefully on Monday, September 8, 2014. She resided in Vancou- ver for the last 3 years.
She was a former resident of Bellingham for 48 years. Violet was the first female letter car- rier in Bellingham and re- tired from the US Postal Service after 19 years of service. Her family was always her first priority, but she also enjoyed traveling, gardening, sewing, cook- ing and baking. Fishing was a big interest, as well as summer BBQ's and their card playing parties. She was also very in- volved in the VFW Ladies Auxiliary.
Left to cherish her memory are daughter Carol (Jim) Jameson, of Bay City, MI, son Nor- man (Jane) Lang of Fen- ton, MI, and daughter Martha (Tom) DeLeo of Vancouver, WA. Also surviving are 6 grandchil- dren, 5 great grandchil- dren, 1 step grandchild, 8 step grandchildren and 3 step great, great grand- children. She was pre- ceded in death by her husband of 69 years Ernest Lang and son David Lang. Mom was a kind, gen- erous person with a friendly smile for every- one. She will be greatly missed! Memorial Service has been held in Vancouver, WA.
Burial will be Mon- day September 29 at 12:00 noon at Willamette National Cemetery in Portland, OR. Daryl A. Colglazier Daryl was born in Bellingham, Washington, to Charmayne Dunn Col- glazier Brad Col- glazier. After graduating from Kaiser High School in Honolulu, he joined the Marines, served his full term, then joined the California National Guard. Daryl attended Sacramento State Univer- sity where he earned his degree in criminal jus- tice.
Daryl loved to travel, loved the Sea- hawks and loved cele- brating Halloween. Most dear to him were his fam- ily friends. Daryl is survived by his wife Shinni, sons Tyler Ryo daughter Myka, mother Charmayne Colglazier, father Brad (Shelly) Col- glazier, step father Lew Forsyth, brothers Jesse (Kelly) Jayme Col- glazier, grandmothers Lorraine Dunn, Sally Bishop Dorothy Forsyth numerous other relatives. Per Daryl's request, family friends celebrated his life at his home in Roseville, California, swimming in the pool and watching the Seahawks game. Daniel S.
Beardslee Dan Beardslee passed away on Sep 17, 2014 in Reno, NV. He was born Dec 6, 1948 in Ab- erdeen, WA. Most of his adult life was spent in Bellingham, WA. He lived the last six yrs in Sun Valley, NV. Dan served in the United States Army for 16 yrs as a dental lab technician in Vietnam and Germany.
After leaving the Army he worked in manufacturing at Comptech (Signature Plastics) and various fish canneries. Dan and wife Mary were Mariner fans and enjoyed fishing. Dan was a member of Summit Christian Church in Sparks, NV were he was a faithful servant of the lord. He is survived by wife Mary of 18 yrs, daughter Rhonda, grand- children Braeden and Trinity of AL, brothers, Steve and Tim, sister Va- lerie, all of WA. Services will be held 11:00 am, Thur, Sept 25, 2014 at Northern Nevada Veter- ans Memorial Cemetery in Fernley, NV.
Memorial Services officiated by Pastor Lonnie Ford. Josefina Aballe-Anderson Josefina "Joy" W. Aballe-Anderson, age 64 of Ferndale, passed away on September 20, 2014. Simeon and Gorgonia Aballe had 11 children, and Joy was the 10th, born April 26, 1950 in Cebu City, Philippines. Joy dearly loved her hus- band Gene and lived for her children and grand- children.
Joy was pre- ceded in death by her parents and former hus- band Evan A. Knight. Joy is survived by her hus- band Gene Anderson, children Sharon R. Knight (Brodie), Benjamin T. Knight II (Elizabeth), William A.
Knight (Teri), grandchildren Aislinn Nicole, Evan Allan II, Madden Michael, Lau- renElizabeth Johanna and Lilliana Mae, sister Re- becca Stewart, and many loving family members in the U.S. and the Philip- pines. She will be re- membered for her feisti- ness, her big beautiful smile, and how she loved to dance. A Vigil Service will be held at Westford Funeral Home on Sun- day, September 28th at 7 PM. Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Church of the Assump- tion at 10:30 AM on Monday, September 29th.
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We are committed to doing the work required that will reopen the shellfish Multiple agencies at the federal, state, local and tribal level are once again coordinating their efforts to lower fecal coliform in Whatcom waterways, with county officials saying that the levels in the Nooksack River and Portage Bay have increased in the past five years. That push includes a proposal for the County Council to create a locally driven, and ongoing, effort called the Whatcom County Pollution Identification and Correction Program. It goes before the County Council on Tuesday, Sept. 30. feel like making said Doug Allen, manager of Bellingham field office.
still confident that going to turn this around. going to take all of us working really hard to do Reach Kie Relyea at 360-715-2234 or kie.relyea@ bellinghamherald.com. BAY From A1 columnist on rail issues worked for the chief advocacy group, one of its major labor unions and one of its key federal regulators. Still, on Sept. 10, members of the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers union known as SMART rejected a tentative pact with BNSF Railway that would have cleared the way for engineer-only operation of trains.
It would not have applied to trains carrying large volumes of hazardous materials, including crude oil and ethanol. The agreement failed by roughly 2-to-1, according to union members. conductor is essential for safety and movement of the said Mike Elliott, a spokesman for the Washington State Legislative Board of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, which supported efforts to defeat the BNSF crew proposal. The conductor is in charge of the train. He or she maintains paperwork on the cargo and ensures that it reaches its destination safely.
The conductor is the troubleshooter when something goes wrong with the train and performs visual inspections of other passing trains for defects. The unions have a sympathetic ear in the Federal Railroad Administration. The agency plans to propose a rule requiring two-person operation of most trains. Administrator Joseph Szabo, a former union officer, has said that having two people on a train enhances safety. One-person train operation is common on railroads overseas and in U.S.
passenger and commuter rail operations. The freight rail leading Washington advocacy group say little reason why trains operate safely with only an engineer. In April, Ed Hamberger, president and CEO of the Association of American Railroads, said the Federal Railroad Administration had shared an iota of data that shows or proves two-person crews are Supporters of one-person train operation note a 2005 wreck in Graniteville, S.C., involving two freight trains. A three-person crew on one freight train forgot to realign a track switch, sending a second train plowing into the first. Nine people an engineer and eight nearby residents died of chlorine gas inhalation after a tank car punctured.
Supporters of two-person crews note that some of the deadliest rail accidents in recent years have involved a solo operator. Those include last derailment of a Metro-North commuter train north of New York City, which left four dead and 63 injured. They also point to a Southern California collision in 2008 where a Metrolink commuter train hit a freight train head-on, killing 25 people, including the commuter engineer. anecdotal stories cut both Wilner said. The rail industry is counting on Positive Train Control to prevent such accidents.
The $10 billion system would automatically stop or slow a train to avoid a collision or excessive speed. The National Transportation Safety Board has long recommended that the industry adopt a collision-avoidance system and take a position on train crew size as long as the collision system is in place. Positive Train Control was required by Congress following the 2008 Metrolink crash, with the support of railroad labor. While the industry has grumbled about the cost of installing the system, it would realize big savings if conductors could be eliminated on most trains. But the system might not have prevented any of the major derailments of trains carrying large volumes of flammable liquids since 2006, including last disaster in Quebec.
According to a report released last month by Canadian investigators, the engineer failed to apply a sufficient number of handbrakes to hold the train at the top of a steep incline. A few hours later, the train rolled away and derailed at more than 60 mph in the center of Lac-Megantic. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada stopped short of concluding that the absence of a conductor contributed to the accident. But it noted that the experienced engineer had worked a full day and had to apply the handbrakes on his own late at night, a responsibility usually assigned to a conductor. The engineer only applied seven, when he should have applied between 17 and 26, the report concluded.
disaster in Quebec might have been prevented if two crew members had been in said Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, who introduced a bill in Congress last year to require a two-person-minimum train crew. Supporters of two-person crews say that freight trains are longer, heavier and more complex to operate than passenger trains, especially in mountainous territory. In the public comment section for proposed U.S. Department of Transportation rules aimed at improving the safety of crude oil trains, Aaron Javorsky, who identified himself as a 20-year BNSF engineer, said the absence of a conductor would increase his workload.
already got to read paperwork, talk on the radio, control the train, comply with signals, and whistle crossings at the same Javorsky wrote. rid of a conductor will dump his duties on top of the many that I already perform, while removing a valuable level of Railroad workers say that the conductor performs a role that no technology can replace. In a 2012 cognitive task analysis, the Federal Railroad Administration identified with exceptional among the key responsibilities. A lot of things can go wrong: A train could strike a car or a person. The train could become uncoupled.
A defective or overheated wheel or axle 100 cars behind the locomotives might require a car to be detached from the train. Conductors are responsible for fixing such problems, work that requires them to dismount. Engineers leave the locomotive unattended. going to go back to see going asked Herb Krohn, Washington state legislative director for the SMART transportation division. RAIL From A1 Metra employees wave to each other at the end of the suburban Chicago commuter rush at Aurora, on Aug.
19. Most U.S. passenger and commuter trains operate with only an engineer in the locomotive, and railroads would like to extend that practice to most freight trains. Supporters of one-person crew operations say there's no evidence less safe, but oppo- nents counter that freight trains are longer, heavier and more complex to operate than passenger trains. CURTIS TATE McClatchy.
