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By Meg Olson Orca Shores LLC is making catching up on property taxes a top priority. “We are working to resolve this as soon as possible,” said Frank Li, president of Mengfa International Resources Inc. (MIRI), the majority shareholder of Orca Shores, the developer of the Cottages at Seabright Farm sub-division. “Every day costs us.” Orca Shores currently owes over $250,000 in property taxes, penalties and interest for 2018 and 2019 on the 32 lots (with monetary value) the developer still owns of the 59 at Seabright. Payment for the first half of 2020 taxes is due at the end of April. “We are working hard to address cash flow,” Li said. MIRI and its parent company in China stepped in to help the struggling development in the fall of 2019, catching up on payments to the homeowners association and critical deferred maintenance. The Seabright development has faced challenges ranging from a changing real estate market and the death of managing partner Wayne Knowles, to the impression local customs and border protection officers leave on would-be buyers. Buyers who felt intimidated at the border have shied away from buying property in Point Roberts, Li said. “That is not a help.” As one of the biggest property owners in Point Roberts, the fortunes of the development are tied to those of local taxing districts. “If people don’t pay their taxes, local districts don’t get the money,” said Lauren Smith, a supervisor with the county assessor’s office. Of the approximately $50,000 the local fire district is waiting to receive in outstanding property taxes from 2016 to 2019 (the county will move to foreclose after three years of delinquent taxes), the amount owed to the district by Orca Shores LLC for just 2019 alone accounts for $9,000.
s Newly elected Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu, center top, listens to a resident during a townhall meeting on February 21. Deputy executive Tyler Schroeder, top right, accompanied Sidhu. Photo by Louise Mugar
Sidhu: “Make Point Roberts economically vibrant” B y P a t G r u bb County executive says Point Roberts has lots of opportunity While newly elected Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu is optimistic about local community and economic prospects, he says it’s up to residents to provide the vision and the initiative to achieve them. Sidhu made his remarks during a town hall meeting held February 21 at the Point Roberts community center attended by
around 40 people. He was accompanied by deputy executive Tyler Schroeder. “I want to tell everybody at the beginning of my term that I really want to do something for Point Roberts, but this is not a prescription thing where I come and tell you what I want to do. This will be something that you will have to do, you will have to come see me with your ideas,” he added. “The way I see it, Point Roberts has a lot of opportunities but there are a lot of things that are missing from a commu-
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Former Point Roberts resident John Lesow is pushing for a county-wide advisory vote on whether the United States should talk to Canada about buying Point Roberts. Lesow intends to gather 8,800 signatures from Whatcom County voters, enough to get a question on the November 2020 ballot: Do voters wish for the governments of the United States and Canada to enter
into consultation for the purchase of Point Roberts by Canada? How much should Canada pay for Point Roberts? “I think you could start with five billion dollars – a billion per square mile – and work from there,” he told Global News during a January 31 interview. “I think it’s worth the money.” In addition to a boost in property values, Lesow told the Delta Optimist Point Roberts residents could potentially get dual citizenship out of the deal.
Speaking to Whatcom County Council on February 24, Lesow, who still owns property in Point Roberts though he lives in North Vancouver, said he did not have a profit motive “any more than I have a motive for wanting to protect Puget Sound Orcas. It’s just the right thing to do.” Lesow has cited struggling businesses, poor access to medical care and schools as some of the reasons the Point would be (See Selling, page 2)
nity perspective,” he pointed out. Sidhu also stressed the need for the community to reach consensus on whatever proposals they bring to the county government citing his experience as a councilmember hearing various representatives from the Point present diametrically opposing views on the same issues. It’s difficult to know the level of support an (See Townhall, page 6)
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PRIBC requested copies of PRCAC votes B y P a t G r u bb In a letter dated January 21, 2020, the Point Roberts Independent Business Council (PRIBC) submitted an open public records requesting all emails received or sent to comments@pointrobertscac.org email address. The email address was the one used to receive votes for the two candidates for the vacant position on the Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee. PRIBC secretary/treasurer Tom O’Brien subsequently wrote Whatcom County Civil Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Royce Buckingham on February 21 alleging that PRCAC had failed to “provide full and complete disclosure.” In O’Brien’s letter, he wrote, “Whereas during the course of the timeframe in question, the PRCAC had purportedly undertaken an ‘email vote’ for an At-Large Vacancy, which they claimed resulted in one of the two applicant candidates in question having received more votes than the other ,,,, Within the response received
from the Whatcom County Public Records Office on January 29, 2020, no records of an email vote could be found.” However, according to PRCAC at large member Stephen Falk, PRCAC had never received a request from the PRIBC for any records at any time. Standard practice for individuals seeking public records involves asking the specific agencies possessing the records for them. In his letter, O’Brien also alleged that “members of the PRCAC are conducting committee business via their own personal emails, which are then not within the range of public disclosure.” This, too, is a misunderstanding of the scope of the Public Records Act. All public records are subject to disclosure whether they be texts on personal phones or email accounts etc. as long as they don’t fall under a statutory exemption. At the time, a number of individuals expressed reluctance to vote in the PRCAC election due to the fact that it was not a secret vote.
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Letters To The Editor The Editor: I have an image of firefighters in my head from the 1987 film Roxanne, a shift on the Cyrano de Bergerac story starring Steve Martin and Darryl Hannah and filmed in Nelson, B.C. Early in the film they have trouble rescuing a cat from a tree. Recently I didn’t know where to turn when my smoke alarm wouldn’t stop beeping. My wife had just spent a month in the hospital and wanted to continue her recovery at our cabin, but the beeping prevented us from doing so. I tried many different things and asked for help from others. Nothing worked, so I headed to the fire station. They said they’d come by and take a look. Before I knew it, I had a number of smartly dressed, muscled calendar types with the nicest of manners at my door. Within five minutes they solved a vexing problem and left my wife and I elated. We will consider ourselves lucky if we never need their service again, for who wants a fire or a reputation for not knowing how to fix a beeping sound? Yet we think that Point Roberts could not have a finer group of people in uniform looking out for us all. We are most grateful. Jim McMurtry Point Roberts The Editor and Whatcom County Executive Satpal Sidhu: Thank you for attending the Point Roberts town hall on February 21. Your comments on building “trust” with voters were welcome. However, trust in county government, particularly in Point Roberts, should be based on the citizen’s trust in the county making smart decisions. On that score, the county’s track record is mixed in terms of Point Roberts-related issues over the years. Two cases in point: Whatcom County Council approved the resort development at Lily Point in 1994 to allow an 18-hole golf course, club house, restaurant, condominiums and a funicular that would allow club members to descend the cliffs at Lily Point to the shore below. Disneyland stuff. All of this development on an unstable cliffside that continually erodes. Approval of the resort at Lily Point was a bonehead decision that the county should not have approved. It required time, effort and legal action by Point Roberts citizens to challenge the county on this boondoggle. We appreciate that county council has changed over the years and is now seen as more pro-environment and less pro-development. But questions remain in “trusting” the county to make intelligent decisions. Fast forward to 2014, when Whatcom County Planning and Development Services approved a conditional use permit to build five 50,000-watt radio towers in Point Roberts, beaming South Asian programming across the border into Canada. This conditional use permit should have never been approved. And it took over two years, thousands of dollars in attorney’s fees, and a decision by Skagit County Superior Court to reverse this bonehead decision by Whatcom County Planning and Development Services. Since the planning department reports directly to you, the Whatcom County Executive, you are responsible for this department making sound and trustworthy decisions. You and Whatcom County Council can blame the approval of the radio towers on an administrative error, as you alluded to at last night’s town hall. But that ignores
the real issue. The citizens gave you their trust to make sound decisions when they elected you. Not the bonehead decisions on Lily Point or the radio towers in Point Roberts, which should have never have been permitted by county government in the first place. John Lesow Point Roberts and North Vancouver, B.C. (Ed. Note: Regarding the radio towers, the letter writer is mistaken. The planning and development services department (PDS) does not “approve” conditional use permits (CUP); PDS can only recommend approval or denial. In this case, it recommended approval in the belief that a height restriction did not apply to radio towers. The hearing examiner disagreed and denied the CUP; that denial was upheld by Whatcom County Council. The tower proponents appealed council’s decision to Skagit County Superior Court. The judge in that case sided with Whatcom County and upheld the permit’s denial.) The Editor: I watched part of President Trump’s address to his Las Vegas political rally. From him, I heard name-calling and racial slurs, irrelevant anecdotes about how great a TV celebrity he was, and (worst of all) “kiss my ass.” Question 1: To what base part of the American psyche does this man appeal? I will tell you what part: to the part that enslaved millions; to the part that slaughtered the native peoples they found here and systematically destroyed the resources upon which those people lived; to the part that still maintains women of all races as second-class citizens. President Trump’s stage-antics reminded me of Benito Mussolini. The frightening thing is, the people of Italy pandered to Mussolini and allowed him to govern them right up to the point that their country was destroyed. Is that what we will do? I fear we may, which leads me to question 2: What benevolent conqueror will save and restore us in the manner we conquered, saved, and restored Italy? As the old Roman saying goes, “Who guards the guards?” For this question, I have no answer because there is no one. Of the great powers, we are the only hope. Perhaps, as Churchill warned of the Nazi regime, we will descend into a second dark ages more frightening and more malevolent than anything mankind has ever known. Perhaps. Ken Ely Blaine The Editor: Hailey’s Law was passed in response to 2007 accident caused by a driver who drove drunk twice in one night. After the first DUI arrest, the driver returned to her parked car and soon collided head-on with another car at about 50 miles per hour. The victim, Hailey French, suffered a collapsed lung and severe lower body injuries including a shattered kneecap and crushed foot. It was a long battle to get Hailey’s Law
passed by the state legislature and signed into law in 2011. Hailey’s Law required law enforcement officers to impound cars for twelve hours belonging to people they arrest for driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. But an October 17 decision by the Washington State Supreme Court overturned the law. Why? Representative Luanne Van Werven is working on a new bill, HB 2483, which will meet the court’s concerns so that a person who is still impaired doesn’t have access to their car. Nobody else should be injured or die because we didn’t fix this. Hailey’s Law isn’t a political issue. It’s about protecting all of us. Please contact your state legislators and ask them to support it. Joan Dow Bellingham The Editor: On March 10, we, the voters of Washington state, get a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. With our vote, we get to potentially change the course of history and select the next President of the United States. Which is why I am proud to cast my vote for Elizabeth Warren. Of all the many choices this year, she is by far the most qualified, the most compelling and the most effective. She knows that our economy has been rigged by the wealthy and powerful and knows exactly how to fix it so everyone can have a fair shot at a good life. Whether it is her comprehensive plan for disabilities, her universal childcare program or her plan to inject billions of dollars into our small cities’ infrastructure projects, she has done the homework and will be ready on day one. Warren’s ideas are sound, her voice strong and I know that she will never stop fighting for us. Ballots arrive in the next couple of weeks and it is time for Washington to weigh in. Please join me in voting for Elizabeth Warren for President and together, we can work towards a future that will make us and our children proud. Bryna Sweeney Lynden The Editor: I am thankful for Representative Sharon Shewmake stepping up to tackle the issue of lack of childcare providers in the rural and suburban parts of Washington for families of children currently not old enough to attend school yet and for future families. According to reports, Whatcom County has over 8,000 children under the age of five years old living in households where all parents work full-time. But there are licensed child care slots for just 45 percent of them, possibly leaving 4,462 Whatcom children of that age group without access to licensed child care when their parents go to work. Representative Shewmake is sponsoring the Rural Childcare Access Act (House Bill 2619) in the state legislature. Not only will this bill direct state agencies to report on how to promote innovations in childcare licensing in rural areas, but it will also bridge the gap in matching market-rate costs for childcare with the Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program for lower-income families in our community. This is commonsense legislation and I hope lawmakers around the state can take action for our rural families. Maralise Fegan Ferndale Please send letters to editor@allpointbulletin.com
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Voters board agrees on 2020 priorities By Meg Olson Cross-linking their boards and focusing on shared priorities, the local voters’ and taxpayers’ associations are hoping to accomplish more by working together. “We will be targeting common goals and coming together as a united force,” said Allison Calder, president of the Point Roberts Registered Voters Association (PRRVA) and member of the Point Roberts Taxpayers’ Association (PRTA) board. At the February 6 PRRVA annual general meeting, PRTA president Mark Robbins was elected to the voters association board. “Since Allison became a director of our board of directors I think its been a positive thing and I think it would be good for me to be on your board. We don’t have to agree on everything but I think it supports the idea that we can be a united front with more open communication and collaboration,” he said. Also elected to the PRRVA board, Kelli
Bravener said she wanted to be more involved in the community. Bravener grew up on the Point and recently returned to the community with her family. As a paralegal, Calder said Bravener brings valuable skills to the association’s board. Returning PRRVA board members for 2020 are Matt Bath, Allison Calder, Ken Calder, Rick Hulsey, Steve O’Neill, Tessa Pinckston, and Doug Shier. Hulsey was selected as the PRRVA association designee to the Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee (PRCAC), with Allison Calder as an alternate. The selections were forwarded to the county executive’s office which has confirmed them, Calder said. The new board voted to establish their top six priorities for 2020. The garbage system and maintaining or restoring infrastructure at Lighthouse Marine Park were tied for the top spot. Title 20 changes, PRCAC organization and mandate, high speed internet and the Maple Beach seawall were also on the list.
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s Prior to the town hall meeting, Sidhu met with members of PRCAC. From l., Allison Calder, David Gellatly, Stephen Falk, Sidhu and Tyler Schroeder. Photo by Louise Mugar erts was communication outside the Point and charged that the county government hadn’t done a good job communicating with residents. “One of the complaints is that we don’t get the same services as the rest of the county,” she said, adding, “We understand the logistics of crossing two borders, but we have a growing population of elderly people.” George Wright stressed the importance of infrastructure, saying without it, we can’t have a downtown. “We need a sewer system and to focus on developing downtown – 70 percent of the land on Gulf Road won’t perk,” describing new compact sewer systems that would allow the downtown core to be developed. In rejoinder, Sidhu said, “Actually, fiber optic is even more important than sewers. With high-speed internet access, it’s possible for people to make $100,000 a year from home.” Saltwater Café owner Tamra Hansen agreed with Sidhu, saying, “I am one of the few businesspeople in the room. Fiber optic is crucial to us. It was ok when we had Delta Cable, I was hooked up to both cable and telephone internet. Whidbey has fiber optic that runs down as far as the library; how come they can’t extend it down to the end of the road?” Many of Sidhu’s comments concerning the issues facing Point Roberts were elaborations of remarks he made earlier that afternoon while meeting with PRCAC members. “We need to do things to make PR more economically vibrant. It has a lot of opportunity. It’s not just about money,” he said, adding, “If all we wanted was money, we’d think about a casino. But that’s not what people are interested in.”
Sidhu mentioned that he had stopped on his way to the Point to meet with the mayor of Delta and discuss how the two governments could work together to promote the interests of the two communities. Progress is not something that the county executive can do, Sidhu said. “It has to be the community coming together. What I see missing is a sense of community consensus. When you guys work together, you get results. We had a situation at Lake Samish that took 6 or 8 months to resolve. It wasn’t until people came together, that things started to work.” Addressing the recommended changes in Title 20 that PRCAC had forwarded to the county, Sidhu said, “When I looked at it with fresh eyes, I thought you didn’t go far enough. There are more changes you can do to your zoning, for your cottage industries. Go for the sky, whatever your dream is for Point Roberts and put it before the council. You may be surprised – you may get it.” After Falk pointed out that the voters and taxpayers association had talked about first coming up with a vision for the Point and then making zoning changes based on that, Robbins reminded Sidhu that it all began with enforcement issues that people regarded as an emergency issue. “We all got caught up in tinkering around the edges,” he said. Asked by Ken Calder if there was going to be an appointment to fill the vacant position on the PRCAC, Sidhu said he was not ready to do that but would be open to a temporary appointment. “We need more minds working on the problems, not fewer minds,” Calder said.
Stephen Falk re-appointed to parks B y P a t G r u bb Stephen Falk is once more a parks and recreation commissioner following his appointment at the parks district monthly board meeting on February 10. Falk was
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one of two individuals who responded to a call by the district to fill the position after Chwynyn Vaughan resigned due to family obligations. Vaughn was elected to the parks board’s position 5 in last November’s general election. Falk had previously served as a parks commissioner but was unable to run again as he was also running for the Point Roberts Hospital District board. Candidates are only able to run for one position per election. The other candidate putting his name forward was Adam Rozyskie who said he had lived on the Point for about 10 years. The board went into executive session to discuss the candidates for about 10 minutes, following which it reconvened in regular session and voted to appoint Falk to the board. Falk was sworn into office by the district secretary, Lynn Van Buskirk.
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Church News By Gina Gaudet As we enter the season of Lent, let’s look again at fasting. Fasting as in deprivation, as in “giving up” something. Just what I want to think about as I finish off a nice piece of chocolate banana bread and coffee; that mid-morning eat-at-the-desk-while-I-work snack that is oh-so-yummy and – most importantly – makes me happy. What brought this to mind was a re-read of Peter Wohlleben’s book, The Hidden Life of Trees, which taught me some remarkable principles of nature. The author, a forest management specialist, observes that beech trees living in their mother’s shadow grow very slowly for many decades under the thick forest canopy of mother trees. In fact, a tree with a trunk less than an inch thick can actually be as old as 80 years! With the limited sun exposure of the low forest floor, these “babies” will continue to be nourished by the mother tree through the fungal root system for those long decades, but will be very limited in opportunities to photosynthesize until that mother tree ages out, weakens or gets sick – perhaps at the ripe old age of over 200 years. When she finally crashes to the ground, any seedlings not taken with her in her fall will finally gear up their photosynthetic process in order to gain height and girth and become the next generation of beech forest. And they will actually be stronger
for their long fast from photosynthesis. The key to a true fast is the patient inner work. Consider the snowdrops, crocus and daffodils, which emerge from their secret underground, where part of the long winter was spent fasting. As the air temperature warms the soil, the bulb-feeding and regeneration starts. The inner work is invisible to the eye, but the fruits of that work provide beauty to the eye and hope to the heart. Spring will come! It always has, always will. The key to success in fasting is the quality of mindfulness. This is the self-awareness that recognizes a challenge, rises to its many fluctuations of feeling and experience, and approaches them with an honorable regard. It is a willingness to sit with and through those deprivation feelings and see them through to the conclusion of – ultimately – victory over temptation. As we will explore through our Lenten series, fasting can also be understood as a surrender of habitual feelings, responses and actions which do not serve us well on our soul journey. The same processes can apply – the same focus of attention, regard and full engagement – to the “fasting” process. The goal is to rise from the fast with a stronger constitution, a solid foundation of mindful engagement and a better quality of life.
Circle of Care AGM coming up By Annelle Norman Are you curious about what Circle of Care has accomplished in the last year, how many clients are being served, how the shuttle bus program is doing, want to know about volunteering or have any questions or suggestions for this year’s priorities? If so, you are invited to attend the 2019 annual general meeting (AGM) at the community center on Sunday, April 5 at 2 p.m. Members of the community who would like to become active members of Circle of Care are invited to join. Membership dues are $10 per year. Your input, insight and suggestions are always welcome. After a short business meeting and presentation by board chair Chris Cameron, guest speakers will be introduced. Fire chief Christopher Carlton will inform attendees about the Point Roberts
Community Resource Network, a group of local care-providing agencies that meet to collaborate and to lobby state and county agencies for the improvement of services rendered to Point Roberts residents. He will also update us on the C.A.R.E.S. program. Heather Kenning is with the community programs team at Northwest Regional Council and will speak about the importance of advance care planning. The Circle of Care wheelchair accessible bus provides rides on Thursdays each week for residents going to medical appointments in Blaine, Ferndale and Bellingham. To inquire or book a ride, please contact Circle of Care at 360/945-5222 or at prcircleofcare@gmail.com. For more information about services provided by Circle of Care, please check out the website at prcircleofcare.com or leave a message on 360/945-5222.
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Proponents of a lower minimum service level for garbage collection in Point Roberts scored a victory when the county agreed to revisit the ordinance that established mandatory garbage collection. Speaking to Whatcom County Council at its February 25 meeting, Louise Cassidy said she was gratified that the issue would be on the March 24 agenda of the council’s public works and health committee. She encouraged council to request information from the hauler in advance of the discussion regarding how many households had been using the garbage collection service fully at the current minimum level of 26 annual pickups of a 32-gallon can. Cassidy and other members of the group GarbageinPR have been pushing to have the minimum service level reduced to 12 annual pickups of a 20-gallon can in an effort to encourage waste reduction and meet the needs of a largely seasonal population. “In the first six months of 2019, we only used 27 percent of the allotted tonnage the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (WUTC) based their rates on,” she said. The WUTC approves rates for Cando Recycling and Disposal Service based on income and expenses. Responding to earlier concerns from council members that lowering the minimum service level would jeopardize the financial viability of the hauler, Point Roberts Registered Voters’ Association president Allison Calder said she had confirmation from the WUTC they would adjust rates in response to changes to the ordinance. “It is not within the purview of this council to be concerned whether or not the provider is profitable,” she said. “The WUTC will ensure that at any service level [the company] will maintain the profit they are allowed to make.”
The local fire department has kicked off its spring/summer 2020 recruitment process for entry-level firefighters. Candidates have until March 27 to register for a March 28 information session that is mandatory for all applicants. A resume, cover letter and drivers’ abstract must be submitted at that session for candidates to be considered for the district’s list of candidates eligible to fill vacancies in the department for the next six months. Testing, skills evaluations, interviews and a recruit academy will be held in April and May. The fire district will pay tuition for full-time Point Roberts residents who are willing to acquire the necessary training within six months of joining the department and sign a two-year contract. Non-resident applicants need to have firefighter 1 and 2 and hazmat operations training completed. To register for the information session, email firefighter Stefan Jones at stefan. jones@hotmail.ca. For more information on the recruitment process, visit www. wcfd5.com and look under the recruitment tab.
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Foster Love Campaign: Through Saturday, February 29, PR Marketplace. There will be a donation bin in the deli section of the Marketplace collecting donations of suitcases and backpacks in good condition for kids and youth in care and transition. Hosted by SustainablePR.org and The Marketplace. Donations will be split between a variety of programs, including Blaine School District Family Service Center and Skookum Kids. Dollars for Scholars Registration: Through Friday, May 15. Students must complete an online profile on pointroberts.dollarsforscholars.org. Point Roberts Library Leap Year Movie Night: Friday, February 28, 7–9 p.m., Point Roberts Library, 1431 Gulf Road. Showing Rango, a Johnny Depp western. Info: 360/945-6545.
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Game Club: Sunday, March 15, 10:30 a.m.–noon, community center. Board game club for tweens and teens (ages 10+) plus chips, pizza and pop. Bring your own favorite board games, card games – all are welcome! We’ll have some classics like Risk, Settlers of Catan, chess etc. Parent-organized event with support of Point Roberts park district board. Point Roberts Drop-In Legal Clinic: Wednesday, March 18, 3–4:30 p.m., Point Roberts Library, 1431 Gulf Road. Talk to a lawyer for free. Info: lawadvocates.org. Welcome Spring Faire: Saturday and Sunday, March 21–22,10 a.m.–3 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.–3 p.m. Sunday, with set up Friday, March 20, 4–7 p.m. Space fee is $5 per day. All proceeds from fees go to PAWS to help local animals, pets and wildlife. To reserve a spot contact jessica@pointbob.net or call 360/945-0409. Food provided by Circle of Care. Arts, crafts and collectables. Power of Music: Anthems and Special Songs: Saturday, March 21, 7 p.m., Trinity Church, 1880 APA Road. Video of special songs and anthems by a diverse range of outstanding artists. Come together! Earth Day 2020: Tuesday, March 24, 3–4 p.m., Point Roberts Library, 1431 Gulf Road.
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Scheduled Meetings/Ongoing Events Trinity Church Annual General Meeting: Sunday, March 1, 12:30 p.m., Trinity Church, 1880 APA Road. PR Amateur Radio Club: Monday, March 2, 7 p.m., community center. PR Chamber of Commerce: Tuesday, March 3, 6:30 p.m., Saltwater Cafe. Pointrobertschamberofcommerce.com. PREP (PR Emergency Preparedness): Tuesday, March 3, 7 p.m., community center, 1487 Gulf Road. Info: Henry Rosenthal, 360/945-1711. PR Garden Club: Wednesday, March 4, 7 p.m., community center. The Point Roberts Garden Club 2020 and beyond. The public is invited to join the discussion about plans for the future and ways in which the garden club can provide the best service to the Point Roberts gardening community. Info@pointrobertsgardenclub.org PR Registered Voters Association AGM: Thursday, March 5, 6 p.m., community center. Prrva.org.
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Friends of the Point Roberts Library Annual General Meeting: Sunday, March 29, 1-3 p.m., location TBD. Find out what’s new for Whatcom County Libraries in the coming few years, and meet your neighbors who also love libraries. Circle of Care Annual General Meeting 2019: Sunday, April 5, 2 p.m, community center. Info: prcircleofcare.com or leave a message at 360/945-5222. WTA’s “Zone Service:” Tuesdays. One round trip to Bellingham. $1 per trip. 866/989-4287. PR Library Hours: Tuesday, 1–7 p.m., Wednesday/Saturday 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Knit & Craft Night: Tuesdays, 5–7 p.m., Point Roberts Library, 1431 Gulf Road, Crafting and knitting and tea. Bring projects and learn from each other. Info: 360/945-6545. Wackie Walkers: Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tuesdays, 8 a.m., community center. Check wackiewalkers.wordpress.com for Thursday location. Healing Through Movement: Mondays and Wednesdays,10:30–11:30 a.m., Trinity Church, 1880 APA Road. With Shirley Cannon. Reserve your chair at 360/945-2617. PR Circle of Care Shuttle to Bellingham: Thursdays, around 9 a.m., reservations required. To schedule, email prcircleofcare@gmail.com or leave a message at 360/945-5222. Free. Reflection/Prayer/Meditation: Thursdays, noon, Trinity Church, 1880 APA Road. With interfaith minister Bev Mar. Weekly during Lent, in the Sanctuary. Drop-ins welcome. Point Roberts Storytime: Saturdays, 10:30–11 a.m., Point Roberts Library, 1431 Gulf Road. Ages 2–6; 30 minutes. Stories and activities designed to engage a variety of attention spans. Info: 360/945-6545. Historical Society Hours (through March): Saturdays, noon–4 p.m., community center. Info: Historicalsociety@pointroberts.net.
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In The Garden By Tim Trudel With spring just around the corner, a lot of us are looking forward to new plants popping up with blooms. The 150,000 bees that have overwintered in my garden hives are also waiting for spring blooms. You might wonder what the bees do during winter. Unlike a lot of native bees whose queen is the only bee to overwinter, a honey bee colony will remain active all winter. They will keep themselves warm by forming a tight cluster around the queen. The temperature inside this cluster is between 50 and 60 degrees Fahrenheit all winter. The bees that are on the outside will move into the middle to warm up and others will take their place on the outer edges of this cluster. The number of bees in the hive decreases during winter from 50,000 in late summer to 10,000 as spring approaches. The bees get the energy to flex their muscles and generate body heat all winter from the honey that they have stored in the hive during the summer and fall. It takes one to two pounds of honey per week to keep the hive warm through winter. That is 40 to 50 pounds for each beehive. In the spring, when the temperature
reaches 50 to 55 degrees and the sun is shining, the bees will finally be able to fly from the hive and start looking for blooming plants from which to gather the pollen and nectar that they need to keep the hive alive. Nectar is the carbohydrate energy source that the bees need. The pollen that they gather is the protein that is required to raise new bees. Each spring is a touch and go situation for the bees. Will the weather warm up and the plants start blooming before the hive runs out of food? In our area, the main nectar producing plant is the blackberry which blooms in June. So which plants provide food for the bees in spring before the blackberry blooms? Depending upon the weather during bloom time, the big-leaf maple trees can be an excellent source of nectar and pollen, but if the weather is windy, wet or cold when the blooms appear the bees will not leave the hive, missing that early food source. Dandelions are also a vital food source because they are early, long-lasting and reliable bloomers. Other shrubs and perennials are good suppliers of pollen and
PREP: I wasn’t prepared, either B y C a mpb e l l M c C l u s k y I have lived here since 2002 and don’t recall any temperatures below 22 degrees Fahrenheit, and that 22 degrees was over part of only one night. Sub-freezing temperatures have seldom lasted into the daytime hours. Thus lows approaching 18 and lasting over several days as well as at night came as a shock. It was something I hadn’t considered. Especially when I was two states away and there was no one in my house or any neighbor alerted to adjust my thermostat. If this unexpected sub-freezing spell posed a threat to any of my pipes, then maybe I should thank my “independent” thermostat for coming to my rescue: my low away-from-home target temperature was overruled by a faulty mind-of-its-own thermostat which, thankfully, kept the temperature in the low 60s throughout my absence. My fears from a considerable distance were less for my plumbing than they were for summer vacation cottages and owners likely prepared for some overnight extremes, but not for days and nights of exceptional low temperatures. The Point Roberts water district informed me that during this unusual cold period, seven homeowners reported broken water pipes and about eight others reported frozen pipes. Point Roberts Emergency Preparedness (PREP) leadership had been monitoring emergency measures contemplated elsewhere in Whatcom County throughout this deep freeze and was prepared to open and staff a warm shelter for families unable to keep comfortable in cottages or unable to escape north to their Canadian homes because of the cold, snow or icy conditions. Just another preparedness lesson, it seems weathering this unusual cold and snow may have taught us just how lucky the Point was: Imagine if we’d had power outages during these extended low temperatures, how homes with functioning fireplaces or airtights (not to mention
supplies of firewood) might have become life-saving refuges. It is looking to this PREP member like the whole process of “preparedness” has depths we haven’t begun to fathom especially when egress from the Point by ordinary private vehicles may be cut off by weather factors. We think of emergency dangers under some sort of “everyday” unexpected listing: earthquake, flood, tsunami, fire, wind damage/roads blocked by fallen trees, deep freezing, etc. A slightly more encompassing listing might now include freight train accidents/derailments, Point Roberts being not far from the rail line that services the Georgia Strait’s shipping ports near the mouth of the Fraser River. Hence, assume the unlikely and keep essential needed items at hand and ready to move with you, your family and – as much as possible – your neighbors whom you may be able to help.
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nectar, but their blooming periods are brief and an inopportune stretch of cold or rainy weather can keep the bees from flying, missing another food source. So how can the home gardener help our pollinators survive? We can start by changing our attitude toward dandelions in our lawns. Waiting to mow your lawn until after that first spring bloom and letting the dandelions grow in the ditches along the road will provide bees with a much-needed early spring food source. Avoiding the use of weed killers and pesticides will also help sustain our bee population. We can also plant spring blooming trees, shrubs and perennials. Choose perennials with blue, violet, white or yellow flowers, which bees see more readily than red. They should be planted in groups rather than as single plants in a sunny location which is sheltered from the wind if possible. Try to plant native or non-hybrid varieties as some hybrids are bred for showy disease resistance but are sterile, so although these plants will add beauty to the garden, they will not feed the bees. Check with your supplier and read the plant tag if you are in doubt about your purchase. March and April blooming trees include California hazelnut, Amelanchier and Pa-
cific dogwood. Although dwarf varieties of fruit trees bloom later in spring, they can also help fill the food gap before the blackberries. Early blooming perennials providing nectar and pollen include crocus, snowdrop, hellebore, grape hyacinth, winter heath, chives and Oregon grape. Beneficial shrubs blooming later in spring include spirea, nine bark, cornelian cherry witch hazel, pussy willows and mock orange (Philadelphus lewisii). If you have an undeveloped or wild area in your garden, seeding with a native wildflower mix selected for our area is a great idea. Other native or acclimatized nectar and pollen sources include thimbleberry, snowberry, salal, serviceberry and ocean spray. Goldenrod – a large sticky and prickly plant – can also be added to a wild area in the garden as an excellent source of nectar from August through fall. Although it was introduced to our area and is considered a weed, goldenrod is not on the Washington State Noxious or Invasive Weed List and bees love it. For a more complete seasonal list of pollinator friendly plants for our area visit bcfarmsandfood.com or pollinator.org.
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Notice is hereby given that, unless Point Roberts Marina receives full payment for the overdue balance by 3:00PM on March 14, 2020, Point Roberts Marina will sell by public auction an Erickson 32’ sailboat named “Brigadoon”. The sale will also include all personal property on board unless removed by the owner prior to sale. The sale will be conducted at 3:00PM on March 14, 2020, by Point Roberts Marina located at 713 Simundson Drive Point Roberts, WA 98281. The last known owner of the vessel is Kelly Mackay residing at: 1316 Seventh Ave. New Westminster, BC. The purpose of the sale is to recover moorage, power use, late fees, impound fees and other fees in the amount of $3000.00 U.S. Funds, subject to adjustment, plus any additional fees and costs of recovery. Submit SEALED bids to Point Roberts Marina, Attn: Manager, by 3:00PM on March 14th. Bids must be an exact dollar amount in U.S. funds, with a minimum bid of $3,000.00 and payment (by cash, visa or mastercard) is due immediately. Payments made by credit card are subject to a 3% processing fee. Bids are to purchase the vessel only, as is/where is with no implied or expressed warranty of any kind. Bidders must include their full name and phone number with the submitted bid. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION you may contact Point Roberts Marina at 360-945-2255 or email the Marina at prmarina@pointrobertsmarina.com
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Sheriff’s Report February 1, 9:02 a.m.: Motor
February 12, 8:25 a.m.: Assist
vehicle accident non-block-
citizen on Mill Road.
ing/non-injury on Tyee Drive
February 12, 8:57 a.m.: Van-
and Johnson Road.
dalism cold call on Simundson
February 1, 12:08 p.m.: Se-
Drive.
curity check on Washington
February 12, 3:26 p.m.: Civil
Drive.
problem cold call on Marine
February 2, 8:46 a.m.: Senile
Drive.
subject on Mill Road.
February 12, 4:51 p.m.: Land-
February 5, 4:43 p.m.: Refer to
lord tenant dispute on Gulf
other agency on Province Road.
Road.
February 7, 10:43 a.m.: Assist agency on
February 13, 3:07 p.m.: Security check on
Windsor Drive.
Tyee Drive.
February 7, 7:01 p.m.: Security check on Ma-
February 13, 4 p.m.: Welfare check on Mill
rine Drive.
Road.
February 9, 11:28 p.m.: Refer to other agency
February 14, 11:37 a.m.: Welfare check on
on South Beach Road and Cedar Park Drive.
Burns Way.
February 9, 11:37 p.m.: Assist agency on
February 15, 12:04 p.m.: Serve papers on Ma-
South Beach Road and Cedar Park Drive.
rine Drive.
February 9, 11:40 p.m.: Animal problem on
February 16, 10:41 a.m.: Serve papers on
South Beach Road and Edwards Drive.
Whalen Drive.
February 9, 5:21 p.m.: Senile subject cold call
February 16, 11:17 a.m.: Vandalism cold call
on Mill Road.
on Benson Road.
February 10, 11:34 a.m.: Assist citizen cold
February 17, 12:03 p.m.: Welfare check on
call on Tyee Drive.
Edwards Drive.
February 10, 1:49 p.m.: Assist citizen on Tyee
February 19, 11:19 a.m.: Suspicious circum-
Drive.
stances cold call on Tyee Drive.
February 11, 5:07 p.m.: Landlord tenant dis-
February 19, 12:37 p.m.: Property found on
pute cold call on Gulf Road.
Derby Avenue and Maple Street.
February 12, 1:35 a.m.: Welfare check on Gulf
February 22, 10:56 a.m.: Driving while im-
Road.
paired on Tyee Drive.
Avast, me Hearties! The Fourth of July Parade may seem a few months away but it’s not too early to start planning your entry! The Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce has chosen Ships Ahoy! as the theme for the 2020 July 4 Parade, a nod to the Point’s nautical past, present and future.
Indulge your inner sailor by dressing up as Captain George Vancouver or his lieutenant Henry Roberts. To sign up your parade entry go to the chamber website at www.pointrobertschamberofcommerce.com and fill in the RSVP form on the Fourth of July event page.
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nearest hospital was in Vancouver. From the age of nine until graduating from Magee High School, Toodie lived in Vancouver during the week with her uncle Ed and auntie Catherine Wilson. Her cousins Cash and Marilou Wilson became her sisters. She had many fond memories and felt that she developed her sense of humor and learned good manners while living there. After high school she got a secretarial job at Western Washington University. One Saturday night she went to the Burlington Strawberry Festival with some friends. There she met Vern Butts. He had already signed up to go into the Marines and soon after he was off to basic training. In 1944, at age 20, she took a train by herself across country to Florida, where they were married before Vern left to go overseas. It was a marriage that lasted 73 years. After the war, they moved to Portland, Oregon where Vern taught PE and Health and coached at Grant High School. Toodie was an “at home mom” until it was time to help the kids go to college. She worked as a school secretary at several schools in Portland, Oregon. Besides raising four children, she volwalked across the street and enlisted with the British military. He always ran towards the firing. After wartime, John stayed in the military, teaching himself to play the French horn and joining the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry Band (PPCLI), where he stayed for 23 years. He became Drum Major, and was chosen to lead the bands during the Canadian Armed Forces Tattoo in 1967, which toured the country from coast to coast and was the largest such event in the history of the Canadian military. He led again in 1988. He was asked by the U.S. government to serve on loan with the U.S. Marine Corps to train their military bands. After retiring from the military, he was recalled to duty twice to train drum majors for the Canadian military. When John left the military, he returned to school and completed all coursework from grade 8 through a B.A. in Geology at the University of Calgary. He played French horn professionally with a number of famous conductors, including Arthur Fiedler and Leonard Bernstein. He joined Shell Oil as an exploration geologist and went on arctic expeditions, surveying the Northwest Territories and getting as close as 400 miles from the North Pole. The trains full of coal that travel along the railways to Deltaport are carrying coal from a mine that John discovered and surveyed. During his time at Shell, John met Davea Fisher while on a trip to Chicago. It was love at first sight for both of them. They married, and a few years later relocated to New Jersey, where he became an environmental geologist, first for U.S. Testing and later starting his own company, Enviro-Test, Inc.
unteered for PTA, spent two years as a Campfire Girls leader, belonged to Coaches Wives, played bridge, and was a regular member and spent countless hours volunteering at St. Mathews Episcopal Church in Parkrose. In retirement, Toodie also volunteered for the S.M.A.R.T. Program and Meals on Wheels. Almost every summer Vern and Toodie would take the kids to Point Roberts to stay with Toodie’s mother. Shortly before Vern retired in 1980, they built their own cottage in South Beach. For the next 30 years, they spent their summers at that “little piece of heaven.” They always loved having family and friends come to visit. She was always a wonderful, welcoming, fun-loving, gracious and classy lady. Dorothea Jean “Toodie” Waters Butts died peacefully in her sleep at age 96 on February 10, 2020. She was predeceased by her husband, Vern. She is survived by her children Kathleen Farlow (Larry), Michael Butts (Vicki), Jeffrey Butts (Kimberly), and Christopher Butts (Monique), her grandchildren Jesse Butts, Katie Uhacz (Andrew), Zack Butts and Brandon Butts, and her great grandchildren Landon and Mason Uhacz.
s John Fisher When they retired, John and Davea looked west to Point Roberts, Washington where they both became active in the community. John was active with the fire department and served for a time as fire commissioner. He also played French horn with the Delta Community Band. He is survived by son Kenneth Fisher and daughter-in-law, Cindy Fisher, daughter Michele Wallis, sons William Wallis and Gib Wallis, and granddaughters Kaitlin Andrusyk, Molly Fisher, and great grandchildren Logan and Hailey Andrusyk. He is predeceased by his wife Davea Fisher, and his sons Michael Fisher and John Fisher, Jr. A memorial was held on February 16 at the Tsawwassen Canadian Legion.
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Sign up for the annual Spring Faire Local artisans and producers are getting ready to show off their wares at the annual Spring Faire. “I’m already almost full again,” said organizer Jessica McVey. The event will be held at the Gulf Road community center on Saturday, March 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and on Sunday, March 22 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Table rentals are available to vendors selling arts, crafts, collectibles and food products. Proceeds from table rentals this
year will benefit the Point Roberts Animal Welfare Society. McVey said vendors of jewelry, collectibles, personal care items, driftwood art, local honey and fiber arts were already signed up. Circle of Care will also have a booth selling baked goods. The Point Roberts History Center, usually open on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., will also be open during the Faire. To sign up for a table, contact McVey at jessica@pointbob.net
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FREEMAN BEACH 697 MARINE DR. 2 BR cottage at Freeman Beach. Beach rights. $219,900
FREEMAN BEACH 697 MARINE DR. 2 BR cottage at Freeman Beach. Beach rights. $219,900
EDWARDS DRIVE HOME 75’ level south facing waterfront. 4BD, 2.5BA. Lots of amenities: 1275 BROUGHTON LANE 247 BAYVIEW DR. Granite countertops, side home. 3BR, 2BA waterfront home facing 2BR, 3BA beautiful west $199,000. Adjoining lot $35,000. Mt. Baker. Crabtown. $595,000 Brazilian hardwood throughout, master bath w/jetted tub and steam shower, double car garage.BROUGHTON Private tidelandsLANE to low 1275 247 BAYVIEW DR. panoramicwest island views. 3BA beautiful side home. 3BR, 2BA waterfront home facing 2BR, water, $199,000.MUST Adjoining lot $35,000. SEE!
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2117 ROOSEVELT. Maple Beach 1920s cabin, 2 BR, wood-burning FP, 2 blocks to beach. $169,000
1845 JOHNSON. 75 x 200 lot. Furnished, private, excellent condition. $115,000
668 SOUTH BEACH RD. 2BR cottage plus 2 lots near beach. $200,000
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600 EVERGREEN LN. EDWARDS LOT 27. Clear 88 DERBY AVE. 2+BR water & island views. Beach Cottage. New septic 2-BR cottage in sunny South WESTSIDE BLUFF. 1877 WASHINGTON 542 MCLAREN RD. 676 CLAIRE LANE rights. Sewer. Water meter. tank soon. 20‘x52’ lot. Beach. Recently refurbished. sunsets. 3BR, 2BA backs onto Lily Point 2 BR designer home. A must-see! 3BR Panoramic cottage w/front and rear deck. Reduced to $170,000 $225,000 50‘x400’+/Park. $299,000 Make an offer! Adjacent tolot. Lily$595,000 Point Park.New septic. $189,000 $159,000
CLAIRE LANE VIEW 5 ACRES cleared near golf LOTS: w/ 2-BR DESIRABLE permit. Reduced $79,000 ACREAGE: 6.39 ACRES, EASTto SIDE, SUBDIVIDABLE course. $299,000 $220,000
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