Speaker on U.S. in Afghanistan at MHS Jan. 23

Jim McKinney is retired Army veteran   WHATCOM — Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jim McKinney, a U.S. Army veteran and local resident, will talk Wednesday, Jan. 23, about his recent contract deployment to Afghanistan and the relevance of the war there to the United States and Whatcom County   McKinney will speak at 6:30 p.m. in Meridian High…