Troy Schulz

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FERNDALE — Art is Robbie Reid’s life. She’s spent the past six decades studying, creating and teaching it, as both a career and as a magnificent obsession. The professor emeritus of art and art history now uses her expertise as a volunteer for the Jansen Art Center in Lynden, while also painting herself. “Retiring from teaching has allowed me to devote more time to painting, something that I’ve always longed to do,” Reid said.

Jan 9, 2025 | lyndentribune.com | Troy Schulz

Lynden’s Eugenio Sotomayor: Swimming can be an individual sport, but you have to communicate and keep people motivatedLYNDEN — Eugenio Sotomayor, known as Eugene to many of his friends, is in an elevated position. As captain of the boys swimming team for Lynden High School, he’s bearing the ambitions of what his coach Olivia Nielsen called “a building year for a younger team.”“This definitely is more of a build-up year, because there’s more freshmen than any other grade,” Sotomayor said.

Dec 4, 2024 | lyndentribune.com | Troy Schulz

LYNDEN — “Jiu-Jitsu is perfect. It’s people that are complicated.” That’s an adage repeated by Mauro Oliveira, the proprietor of Renzo Gracie Jiu-Jitsu of Lynden. Running the city’s top, and so far only, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu school means he needs to be an avid evangelist for the art above all else. The school recently rebranded itself after filing an affiliation with the Renzo Gracie organization, the namesake of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu’s first family.

Nov 20, 2024 | lyndentribune.com | Troy Schulz

NOOKSACK — The Nooksack Indian Tribe held its annual Veteran’s Day Dinner on Nov. 11. This year’s event was notable for commemorating the 70th anniversary of Veterans Day. “Since its creation in 1954, we have sent millions more to war. Service members fought in Vietnam, the Persian Gulf, Iraq and Afghanistan and served in harm’s way in numerous other places.

Nov 12, 2024 | lyndentribune.com | Troy Schulz

Growing food, community, each otherLYNDEN — Off the edge of Guide Meridian Road into Lynden sits the Growing Veterans farm, a nonprofit institution dedicated to “growing food, community and each other.” So said program manager Rodrick McDiarmid, a U.S. Navy veteran and Western Washington University graduate. “This is a place to get vets connected to nature and to get their hands in the dirt.