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B y P a t G r u bb Whatcom County Assessor Keith Willnauer was bang on when he recently advised that county taxpayers could expect a hefty increase in this year’s property taxes. The bad news is written all over the 2018 tax rates that have been sent to the county treasurer’s office to use in issuing individual tax bills. Property owners in Birch Bay, Blaine and Point Roberts can expect percentage increases of 11.8, 12 and 13, respectively, in their property tax bills. For example, the average house value of $276,900 in Birch Bay would see property taxes of $3,118 in 2018, up $329 from 2017. The mill rate (tax per $1,000 valuation) has increased from $10.07 to $11.26. In Blaine, the average house value of $264,800 would generate property taxes of $2,997 in 2018, versus $2,672 in 2017. The mill rate is $11.32 in 2018, up from $10.09 in 2017. In Point Roberts, the average house value of $239,600 would generate property taxes of $2,736 in 2018, versus $2,418 in 2017. The mill rate is $11.42 in 2018, up from $10.09 in 2017. Most of the increase in taxes comes from the hike in state education taxes which have increased 96 cents per $1,000 valuation (from $2.23 to $3.20). This follows the state legislature’s decision to hike the state education levy to comply with Washington State Supreme Court’s McCleary decision requiring the state to fully fund basic K-12 education. Other taxing jurisdictions showing increases are the Blaine school district (up 30.6 cents from $2.496 to $2.8025 per $1,000 valuation) and the county flood control district (up from 12.9 to 16.5 cents). The state legislature intends to claw back some of local school districts’ taxing authority next year but how much is still to be determined. (See Property taxes, page 2)
s With an eagle for company, the sun rises over Mount Baker on February 21 as it makes its annual journey north lasting until the summer solstice. Photo by Pat Grubb
Mandatory trash collection system picks up steam B y P a t G r u bb Aiming for a January 1, 2019 implementation date, county health department staffers Jeff Hegedus and John Wolpers updated the Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee (PRCAC) members on the latest steps being taken to establish a mandatory trash collection system for Point Roberts. At the committee’s regular meeting on February 13, Hegedus said, “I’ve looked at
the All Point Bulletin as far back as 2001 and we’re still talking about the same problems [of handling solid waste].” Referring to development in Tsawwassen and in Point Roberts itself, Hegedus said it made sense to implement such a system before development actually occurs. Hegedus reiterated to the audience that the current system of allowing residents exemptions from garbage pickup needed to be repealed. “In Whatcom County, it is the law that people must have curbside
Point Roberts has grown into a hotbed of fiber artists, as any Tuesday night visit to the local library will attest. In addition to sharing ideas and snacks, the knitters, quilters, and other handcrafters who gather there weekly have been planning this year’s Fiber Fest celebration. It’s going to be a doozy. From 1–4 p.m. on Saturday, March 31
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collection. What we’re proposing to do is to eliminate the exemption,” he said. Dropping the exemption will increase the number of customers to create a viable system in the long run, he stated. The increased customer base “… would provide significantly improved economy of scale, support cost structures, enable higher service levels and reduce illegal dump-
the Gulf Road community center will be filled with demonstrations of the fiber arts, plenty of opportunities to pick up the work of local artists and fiber arts supplies, not to mention a lunch. “It’s going to be busy,” quilter Rose Momsen said. “There’s going to be a lot going on.” The pool room will be home to a quilt show and sale by local quilters. They will also have a “new to you” as well as a ta-
ble selling craft books and supplies. The event will be the kickoff for a raffle of a quilt made by Jane Donaldson as a fundraiser for the local garden club, which will be holding their biennial garden tour this year. There will be many quilting demonstrations, one led by local quilter Judy Ross who will teach how to make fabric book (See Fiber Fest, page 2)
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tographs, clothing, quilts, personal care products, knitted and crochet items and garden art for sale. The $10 table fees paid by vendors will go to support the Friends of the Point Roberts Library and its activities on behalf of the Point Roberts Library on Gulf Road next to the community center. Circle of Care will be selling lunch and baked goods as a fundraiser for their programs supporting local residents who need help to stay in their homes.
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covers. Other demonstrations will include weaving, spinning, knitting, felting, papercraft and even mending. A shearing demonstration will be held outside, weather-permitting and goat-willing. Organizer Jessica McVey said vendors will not be limited to fiber arts and the roster is about full. There will be totes, pho-
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What is known, however, is that the Blaine school district is putting forward a capital works levy on an April special election ballot, just around the time that people will be hunkering down to pay their property taxes. While the tax won’t go into effect until 2019, taxpayers will be asked to pay an-
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other 50 cents per $1,000 valuation to pay for a long shopping list of items such as building a new grandstand, purchasing property in Birch Bay for a future school and upgrading parking lots. Unlike a capital bond which requires a supermajority of 60 percent approval, a levy merely requires 50 percent approval by voters. It remains to be seen how anxious taxpayers will be to approve another tax increase just a few short weeks before they are expected to pay the last one.
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ing,” according to the health department’s proposed recommendation to Whatcom County Council shared by Hegedus at the PRCAC meeting. “It comes down to this: This is infrastructure that’s needed – do you agree with that or not?” he stated in a later interview. “If we don’t have an economically viable system, then we won’t have a system at all,” he added. The health department projects that the customer base would increase from 300 to almost 2,300 customers. All properties that are currently assessed an onsite septic system permit fee on their annual property tax bill would be required to participate; that number currently stands at 2,254. All properties would be charged for a minimum service level of every other week, 32-gallon container plus recycling collection. That level of service now costs $17.18 a month ($206.16 annually) as per the approved Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) tariff. Customers who require higher levels of service would be charged directly by Cando Recycling and Disposal, as they do presently. Hegedus pointed out that Cando has not had an increase in rates for eight years and could expect to see its customer base decline should the UTC grant an increase in the future. The company expects to request an increase as part of the system restructuring as it will need to hire more employees and purchase new equipment and infrastructure to handle increased business. “I’m looking at putting out a couple of hundred thousand dollars in expenditures,” said Cando owner David Gellatly, adding he would need at least three months’ head start in gearing up. According to an analysis provided to the All Point Bulletin by Gellatly, a rate review based upon increases in the Consumer Price Index since 2010 would result in a
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monthly rate of $19.81 for the minimum service level. While the UTC uses a variety of measures to determine rates, that figure would fall in line with what other solid waste handlers in Whatcom County and elsewhere currently charge. The UTC examines the finances of licensees and determines rates based upon a company’s expenses and what the commission regards as a reasonable rate of return. Addressing the issue of summer and part-time residents being required to pay for year-round service, Hegedus pointed out that people aren’t being charged by the can, they’re being charged an annual fee for a service. For that fee, “they get all of the benefits of having a stable system.” People should consider the service analogous to the water district in that they pay for it even if they’re not here, he suggested. “That applies to lots of services: police, water and schools.” He also pointed out that people north of the border pay for garbage collection through their taxes and continue to pay for it even when they aren’t home. Suggestions that services should be based upon a tag system whereby residents would pay and attach tags to their cans when they wanted pickup aren’t practical or operationally feasible, said Hegedus. He added that there would be procedures in place to take people off the list if they do not have a dwelling but have an OSS permit which would trigger the fee. Dropping the exemption for trash pickup requires changing Whatcom County Code Title 8, Chapter 11 which deals with solid waste districts. The change would come before county council who would hold a public hearing before voting on it. PRCAC members spent a good amount of time discussing the need to ensure the public was aware of the proposal and given ample opportunity to comment. A public hearing would not occur until the summer at the earliest. Under other business, Jeff Christopher was elected chair, Joel Lantz vice-chair, Linda Hughes secretary for 2018.
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Letters To The Editor The Editor: To the thoughtless person(s) who dumped all their old books in the library book drop this month and then crammed all their returns in so tightly that the book drop couldn’t open: Whether or not the library is open, we are not accepting donations due to lack of space. The book drop is only for checked out library items. If the items don’t fit, there are other options: Go online at wcls.org and renew them on your account, or come in when we are open and our staff can easily waive any fines incurred because the book drop was full. Open hours are Tuesday 1-7 p.m.,Wednesday and Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. It was both infuriating and difficult to pry out enough items to even pull the receptacles out, without damaging either items or hands, and many fell to the ground. Kristin Lomedico, branch manager Point Roberts The Editor: I wish to express my sincere thanks to everyone who has comforted me during these past weeks with hugs, love, support and food. This is a wonderful community with very special residents and I am so blessed to be residing here during trying times. Ed would also appreciate you support if he were here. Thank you all again. Virginia Lester Point Roberts The Editor: Another day, another heartbreaking mass shooting. Although our schools and
concert venues have become increasingly unsafe, senator Doug Ericksen can’t see his way to doing anything about it. The Las Vegas shooter in October used a “bump stock” – a trigger modification that turns a semi-automatic weapon into a machine gun – to kill 58 and wound over 500 in less than 10 minutes. To its credit, our State Senate just passed a bill banning bump stocks – with bipartisan support. But Ericksen opposed it, saying a ban in Washington wouldn’t prevent a purchase in another state. It’s up to our state to protect us. Other states should step up, and many will, to protect their own. Saying that one law won’t automatically prevent every mass shooting is no excuse for doing nothing. Senator Ericksen seems to favor doing nothing. Myra Ramos Lummi Island The Editor: Be on the lookout for petitions for I-1600 – Universal Healthcare for Washington State. The measure would provide for the establishment of a comprehensive state non-profit program to pay for healthcare for all Washington residents. Rather than the 12-15 percent of salaries
Highlights from Olympia: How did your elected representatives vote? A project of the Washington Policy Center, WashingtonVotes.org issues a periodic report of recent votes cast by state lawmakers in Olympia. Following are the votes cast in February by District 42 representatives Vincent Buys (R-Lynden) and Luanne Van Werven (R-Lynden) and state senator Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale). More details on the bills can be found online at thenorthernlight.com.
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House Bill 1513: Concerning the collection of youth voter registration sign up information. Passed the House on February 12 by a vote of 52–46.
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individuals now pay to for-profit insurers, the Medical Care Trust would be funded by premiums and assessments on employers, individuals and capital gains, to make individuals pay 8.5 percent, a huge savings and held separated from the general fund! Gone would be profit margin based denials, the lawyers who we must fight for implementation of policies we have paid for, those who divide citizens into acceptable risk pools, or premiums we pay that yield dividends for Wall Street investors. Say goodbye to huge CEO salaries, masses of offices workers who have to process paperwork for multiple for-profit companies, and Charge Master lists that require negotiation for coverage of hospital procedures. Goodbye multiple competing computer software company programs that processes patient records, because there would be one integrated system. Good thing I-1600 includes retraining of displaced personnel. Did you know Toronto General Hospital has only two insurance processor personnel? With our large medical infrastructure already in place, I-1600 would save Washington multiple millions to add to our economy and education, long term benefits for short term adjustments. Donna Starr Blaine The Editor: Do we need a destination off-road vehicle all-terrain vehicle park on Sumas and Red Mountains in east Whatcom County? If you ask the local residents the answer is a resounding no! The Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has been working on a Baker to Bellingham Recreation Plan which includes opening up a section of Sumas and Red Mountain DNR timber lands to ORV/ ATV machines. This plan is dangerous. These forested areas become very dry in the summer and so are vulnerable to forest fire. The local firefighting system is primarily overburdened as well as the East County Sheriff’s Department. There is no additional provision or support for these areas proposed. These forested lands are homes to many of our wild critters and potential habitat for our Endangered Marbled Murrelets. The mountains host many feeder streams for our local salmon streams and rivers. It is ill advised because the local residents overwhelmingly do not want ORVs and ATVs on these mountains and are concerned about the noise, pollution and disruption to the land their use and peaceful areas. They do support all kinds of non-motorized recreation. You can find out about this plan at the DNR Baker to Bellingham Recreation Plan website. Oh, and the DNR has asked the county to amend the law to allow motorized trail systems for all commercial forest zones in Whatcom County. You can write to them expressing your opinion or show up when it is introduced to the council. Do we really want this? Pam Borso Custer Online comment in response to mandatory garbage pickup moves ahead: “I already resent having to pay for water that I don’t use , and now trash that I don’t put out. I get it but for someone who perhaps spends less than a month a year at our place it still makes it the most expensive trash ever. Thanks so much! How about a seasonal summer rate of 4 months?” Tricia Scott Please send letters to editor@allpointbulletin.com
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There’s a new head honcho at the border By Meg Olson Brad Denson was assigned to the position of port director for Point Roberts on January 21. A Whatcom County native, Denson began his career at the border as an officer with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1995, following five years as a military police officer with the United States Army. He was promoted to first line supervisory Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer in the Blaine area in 2007, implementing enforcement operations and overseeing various shifts. In 2009 he was promoted again to second line supervisor and CBP chief officer, working in passenger processing and tactical branch. “I am excited about my new assignment in Point Roberts carrying out our vital mission,” Denson said. He added that he
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When people ponder the name of the exclave – Point Roberts – most attention goes to the word “Roberts,” and any Point Roberts school kid can tell you Point Roberts is named after Henry Roberts, the “esteemed friend” of George Vancouver. But what about the other word in the name? What is a point, actually? Wikipedia redirects the geographic word “point” to “promontory.” Another online dictionary defined a point merely as a peninsula. Yet another suggested it was a cape, but with shorter cliffs. Whilst there are quite a few geographical features beginning with the word Point, such as Kitsap County’s odd Point No Point, Point Roberts is the only actual town in Washington which begins with the word Point, although there are towns which end with the word Point, such as Hunts Point and Yarrow Point near Seattle. No localities in British Columbia begin with the word. Given this, it was interesting that in 1964 the U.S. C o a s t Guard began naming their cutters between 65 and 99feet in length, which hadn’t previously been given names. All of these cutters are named after places beginning with the word Point. These cutters became known as the Point-class cutters. One such ship, built in 1962 at Curtis Bay, Maryland and previously known as WPB-82332, was christened as the USCGC Point Roberts in January 1964. Named for our very own Point Roberts, Washington, it was operated by four men, but allowing for shift changes, it carried a crew of eight. The Point-class cutters replaced the aging wooden hull patrol boats in use at the time, and sported a steel hull and aluminum superstructure to save weight. Engine exhaust was expelled through a transom rather than the normal stack, allowing an unobstructed 360-degree view from the ship’s bridge, a vital feature in search and rescue and combat work. The USCGC Point Roberts never came to its namesake in the Salish Sea. It was used by the Coast Guard almost entirely in Florida, where it performed law enforcement and search and rescue missions for thirty years until it was decommissioned in 1992. In those 30 years of service, it was a workhorse. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, it rescued divers and crews from sinking or
disabled fishing vessels. It evacuated from large ships injured seamen needing medical help on shore. In the 1980s, much of the work turned to fighting drug smuggling, a fitting job for a ship named for Point Roberts. On November 28, 1982, she seized the Lago Izabel and Gigi 120 miles off the coast of Georgia carrying twenty-five tons of cannabis. In August 1988 she escorted the Honduran vessel Unicorn Express into Mayport where 1,000 pounds of cocaine was discovered in a hidden compartment. Its 15 minutes of fame arrived in 1986 when it was close to the scene where the space shuttle Challenger blew up. USCGC Point Roberts was used throughout January and February to find and recover debris from the explosion to aid investigators in determining a cause. After decommissioning in February 1992, the ship was transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency as research vessel Lake Explorer stationed at Duluth, Minnesota. Today it is kitted with state-of-the-art research equipment to monitor and assess the health of the Great Lakes. It does important work determining the effect of pollution, climate change and other human-caused disturbances to the watershed. This is one of the many stories you can find in Point Roberts Backstory: Tales, Trails and Trivia of an American Exclave by Mark Swenson. Swenson has written a comprehensive and engaging history of Point Roberts that takes readers on a tour of different sections of the Point, telling their stories. The book spans the period from early Coast Salish peoples to the present day. It has stories of squatters, pirates and smugglers, as well as tales of daily life reciding in an unique exclave. Purchase your copy at pointrobertsbackstory.com.
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Church News By Gina Gaudet The season of Lent began on Ash Wednesday, February 14. The gospel for this day was from the Sermon on the Mount. This teaching of Jesus focuses on how we pray, how we fast and how we give. In Jesus’ time it was not only common, but socially expected that almsgiving, a Lent practice of prayer, fasting and charity, was publicly announced, praying was loud on street corners, and fasting was accompanied by ash-covered faces and a sorrowful demeanor. When Jesus described such people as “hypocrites,” he was actually comparing them to actors. The Greek root word for “hypocrite” actually refers to play-acting. Jesus was stressing that these current practices actually turned the spiritual life into theater. And we’re all familiar with ancient Greek theater! An actor’s reward is public appreciation of his performance. The “reward” for private spiritual practice
is a deep and abiding relationship with one’s Creator. For the season of Lent, this story addresses the idea of authenticity. Our spiritual practices can change over time as our spiritual hunger requires. Sometimes, it is a deep meditation. Other times, it may be a commitment to reading the Bible, walking a labyrinth, singing in choir, taking yoga, or joining a prayer group; any of these can help us on our way. And because your spiritual life is “secret,” your practice can change without any guilt or concern about how others might respond to your choices. Your reward is your great secret, which you share with your Creator. This is the meaning of spiritual authenticity. Here is your invitation: in this season of Lent, step with great purpose and intention onto your own secret path and your Creator, who abides in the secret places of your heart, will reward you.
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Irreversible harm posed by port By Meg Olson A second container terminal being proposed for Roberts Bank would cause irreversible environmental damage and could lead to the extinction of the Western Sandpiper, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). Opponents are hoping the finding is enough to derail the project. “The project poses unmitigated risks to a larger area than the predicted permanent loss of 55.6 hectares of intertidal habitat,” states a February 12, 2018 response to the Canadian Environment Assessment Agency (CEAA) reviewing the project. “Currently, as there are no accepted techniques to remediate for biofilm on intertidal mudflats, mitigation for this habitat loss is not possible.” Information contained in the environmental impact statements (EIS) submitted by the Port of Vancouver “indicates the potential for large declines in food availability for shorebirds during the critical breeding migration period.” Biofilm is a nutrient rich goo secreted by diatoms under specific conditions that exist at Roberts Bank at certain times, and a critical food source for migrating waterfowl. Opponents of the project have long maintained it would cause permanent changes to key components such as salinity and temperature and lead to the collapse of the biofilm, and with it the species that rely on it. The ECCC characterized the impact of the project as designed as “potentially high in magnitude, permanent, irreversible, and, continuous.”
“ECCC’s confidence in the EIS’s predictions is characterized as low. In particular, impacts to biofilm could potentially implicate the long-term viability of Western Sandpipers as a species.” The ECCC response describes discussions in 2003 and 2004 with the Port and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans during which they asked for geomorphological studies and potential risks to biofilm posed by different project configurations. “The proponent has nonetheless decided upon a project configuration that would result in permanent changes to key abiotic factors, including salinity,” the agency response to CEAA states. “ECCC continues to recommend that the proponent choose a terminal configuration that (…) would avoid such changes on Roberts Bank given the risks that would be incurred to biofilm and to the shorebird species, in particular Western Sandpipers.” The proposal is to build a new threeberth container terminal to the south west of the existing terminal and the coal port, as well as an expanded tug basin and a widened causeway. The project would create capacity for an additional 2.4 million 20-foot container units, more than doubling the current capacity of the Deltaport terminal. The public comment period on the project EIS closed in October 2016 and the review panel continues to sift through a mountain of documents as they work toward a determination of whether or not the project can proceed to the next review stage, a formal public hearing.
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Bellingham city councilmember Pinky Vargas announced that she will run for state senate in the 42nd legislative district, a position currently held by Doug Ericksen (R-Ferndale). “I’m running for senate because we need to move forward, work together on common interests and start helping our communities,” she said in a January 22 statement. “Opportunity needs to come to everyone in Whatcom County, and to get there we need to ensure our families have housing, jobs and a good public education.” Vargas said she would prioritize clean air and water, quality education and fiscal responsibility. Currently serving Bellingham’s fourth ward on the city council, Vargas was elected in 2013 and in 2017; she was appointed to council president in 2016. In addition
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Washington state legislators representing the 42nd district chose Blaine to meet with Whatcom County voters, share their progress and ask for feedback. Luanne Van Werven indicated the importance of the three Republication lawmakers working together and said they are a team. “Everything we do is with Whatcom County in mind.” Representative Vincent Buys, who serves as ranking member of the house agriculture and natural resources committee, said he had been focused on “working for a fair and equitable solution so people in Whatcom County could use their wells,” in the wake of a supreme court decision that found the county failed to follow state requirements to protect water resources. Buys said the delegation was working to help small businesses in the county. “One of the goals for all three of us was to look
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At their February 12 meeting commissioner Bennett Blaustein said there had been strong interest in the position. “We had a really good response to our ad in the All Point Bulletin and Point Interface,” he said. At that time 20 people had requested application and five applications for the position had been received. The board has budgeted $39,000 per year for the part-time position, including benefits. Blaustein said he had consulted with their insurance agent and the district is not required to provide health insurance for the position. The successful candidate will need to work 20 hours per week performing maintenance and light repair work and computer tasks. Job applications may be requested at PRPR.jobs@gmail.com. Commissioners are also looking to hire someone to run the kayak program this summer, a position they were unable to fill last year leading to the suspension of the popular program. The district will cover the cost of certification as a kayak instructor for the successful candidate. Program participants receive training and are able to use the district’s kayaks for the season.
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In The Garden By Peg Keenleyside March, with its longer days and warming soil, is the month when the garden wakes up from its winter sleep. It’s the time when you want to get some tasks done to encourage all the new growth and budding that’s happening. And if you’re wanting to add a shrub, a specimen tree or some berry plants, this is also the time to get online and do some “bare-root” plant ordering. If you’re dreaming about some great colors in your summer garden, you’ll find March is also the time to order or shop for summer blooming bulbs and those easyto-grow-from-seed flowers. Shade-loving begonias, dahlias and sweet peas started from seed are all great choices. Check your Farmer’s Almanac for the last expected frost date in Point Roberts (farmersalmanac.com/almanacs/2018) to do some forward planning. Point Roberts is Zone 7, although our gardens can generally handle Zone 8 hardy plants as well. Once the danger of frost is past, welldrained soil is going to be ready for some planting. If you’ve got heavy clay in your soil where you want to do some planting – say for a new shrub – you’ll have to wait a few weeks until it’s drier. From experience, you do not want not to get too carried away with your buying this early in the season. Lots of plants can’t handle the cold nights of early spring, so read plant tags at the nurseries and online plant night-time temperature requirements carefully. But first up for my March to-do list tasks, always, though, is soil amendment. In gardening, everything starts with the dirt. Whether you head to your local hardware store for some bags of compost, or seek out a local farm source for DIY manure, this is the time when your garden needs all the complex nutrients it can get to promote good plant health and great blooms. Check out this website for the low down on different kinds of composts and manures and what to look for in them at bit. ly/2oo0wKx . Pay careful attention to veggie garden soil amendment. For any plant that comes to my table I will use only an organic plant material based compost product. There are some really great online resources for bare-root plant buying (this is where the company ships you a plant that has been removed from the soil) and if it’s a shrub or shrubs (even hedging) that you’re looking for, visit the Online Tree Farm at online-tree-farm.us. One of my all-time favorite shrubs for spring blooming can be found at the Tree Farm site; it’s called the Japanese Flower-
ing Quince. Planted under a kitchen or bedroom window, it will be just the visual harbinger of spring you need to call you out to the garden for years to come. Try the Romence Gardens site for buying some fabulous great big statement grasses online. Find it at romencegardens.com. This is one of the best sites for pictures of mature grasses and how to grow them. Cloud Mountain Farm out near Sumas has a great online selection of native plants, shrubs and berry plants that they ship bare-root. They carry native huckleberry plants and I notice they are carrying a raspberry bush hybrid that fruits in the fall. Cloud Mountain is well known for its excellent fruit trees; unfortunately, you generally can’t get trees mail ordered to the Point; their website is cloudmountainfarmcenter.org. For summer flowering bulb and tuber
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March is the time to direct sow some easy to grow cool-weather veggies like peas and lettuces right out in the garden. You can also start flowers like fragrant sweet peas, hollyhocks and zinnias from seed sown directly in the (amended) soil. Use some tags made from thrift store blinds to mark what and where you’ve planted your seed.
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s Circle of Care’s board of directors at the annual general meeting on January 24. From left., Robbi Nielson, Dina Boykiw-Lynka, Galen Wood, Chris Cameron, Louise Cassidy, Annelle Norman and Virginia Lester. Photo by Barry Lynka
S An auction of golf course memorabilia from the former Point Roberts Golf & County Club raised approximately $2,500 for the Point Roberts Food Bank. The auction was organized by Whitney McElroy, c., seen here with Henry Rosenthal, l., of the local food bank, and Rick Hoole, course superintendent of the Bald Eagle Golf Club.
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District installs tip line By Oliver Lazenby The Blaine School District has launched an anonymous tip line, called SafeSchools Alert, that district officials hope will make it easier for people to report safety concerns. The line allows students, parents and community members to report tips on bullying, harassment, drugs, vandalism or any other safety issues confidentially by email, phone call, text message or via website. Those who want to make an anonymous call or text can press 844/201-8732. The email address is 1613@alert1.us and tips can be left online at blaine-wa.safeschoolalert.com. “In theory, anonymous lines prompt people to more readily share a concern or make a complaint,” said district superintendent Ron Spanjer at a January 22 school board meeting. “This is a step forward in giving students and community an opportunity to anonymously be in contact with us with information they think we should be aware of.” The district has collected tips in the past, but people did not have a way to do so anonymously. Lynden School District superintendent Jim Frey said his district began using the SafeSchools Alert system in 2013; Bellingham and other local districts have subsequently signed on. “We have received tips from the line that we follow up on,” Frey said. “We think it’s important to have a variety of ways for people to bring us information.” A company called Vector Solutions developed SafeSchools Alert to facilitate reporting of bullying and and other safety issues. In the state-wide 2016 Healthy Youth Survey, 29.1 percent of Blaine High School seniors and 22.4 percent of sophomores reported being bullied within the past 30 days. Nearly 17 percent of students surveyed said they weren’t sure how to report bullying. The survey also reported that 9 percent of 12th graders and 5 percent of 10th graders said they had carried a weapon on school property within 30 days before the survey. The district has already received tips since the line launched last week, said Tina Padilla, superintendent assistant. School officials are notified whenever someone leaves a tip, but the line is not monitored around the clock and shouldn’t be used as an emergency line.
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Events Trinity Chamber Concert Series: Saturday, February 24, 7:30 p.m., Trinity Community Lutheran Church, 1880 APA Road. Karen Shields and Betty McBurney play the flutes, with Esther Rosenthal on piano. Reception to follow. PR Registered Voters’ Association 2018 AGM: Thursday, March 1, 6 p.m., community center, 1437 Gulf Road. Whatcom County executive Jack Louws is guest speaker at this public town-hall style event. Info: prrva.org.
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Healing Touch with Gina Gaudet: Sunday, March 4, 1:15-4:15 p.m., Trinity Community Lutheran Church, 1880 APA Road. Take a break from the daily rush and experience true relaxation. Sign up day of or contact Gina. Info: touchtoheal828@gmail.com. Point Roberts Garden Club Wednesday, March 7, 7–8 p.m., community center, 1437 Gulf Road. Earthwise Society Executive Director Patricia Fleming will talk about these Wings Over Water NW Birding Festival: March 16-18, Blaine, Birch Bay and Semiahmoo. All day Saturday Birding Expo at Blaine Middle School. For full schedule: wingsoverwaterbirdingfestival.com Power of Music DVD Event: Saturday, March 17, 7 p.m., Trinity Community Lutheran Church, 1880 APA Road. Songs about Spirit. Healing Touch with Gina Gaudet: Sunday, March 18, 1:15-4:15 p.m., Trinity Community Lutheran Church, 1880 APA Road. Info: touchtoheal828@gmail.com. *No Easter Egg Hunt*: The Point Roberts PTO regrets that we will not be hosting the Easter Egg Hunt this year due to a Spring Break conflict. Miniature Art Show: Saturday, March 24, 7 p.m., Auntie Pam’s Country Store, 1480 Gulf Road. Artists can donate a piece of any medium to be part of this year’s auction. Guests can come out to bid and enjoy artwork, appetizers and beverages. Proceeds go to Dollars for Scholars and Bradley Everett Support Fund. Maundy Thursday Service: Thursday, March 29, 11 a.m., Trinity Community Lutheran Church, 1880 APA Road. Good Friday Service: Friday, March 30, 11 a.m.Trinity Community Lutheran Church, 1880 APA Road. Fiberfest: Saturday, March 31, 1-4 p.m., community center, 14377 Gulf Road. Come out to see a quilt show and multiple demonstrations on knitting, spinning, weaving and more. Easter Sunday Services: Sunday, April 1, 11 a.m. Trinity Community Lutheran Church, 1880 APA Road.
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PR Registered Voters Association: Thursday, March 1, 6 p.m., community center. Info: prrva.org. See events above. PR Hospital District: Thursday, March 1, 7 p.m., community center. PREP (PR Emergency Preparedness): Tuesday, March 6, 7 p.m., community center. Info: Henry Rosenthal, 945-1711, Virginia or Ed Lester, 360/945-2827.
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PR Book Club: Wednesday, March 28, 7–9:30 p.m., Point Roberts Library, 1437 Gulf Road. All are welcome to join this lively discussion group. Call the library for book title and location. Info: 360/945-6545. Stretch and Strengthen: Wednesdays, 10:30-11:30 a.m., Trinity Community Lutheran Church, 1880 APA Road. Stretch your joints and improve your balance. Contact Shirley to reserve your spot. Info: 360/945-2617. Free Taxi to Bellingham: Tuesday mornings. Pick-up at Cordata. Info: 866/989-4287. Wackie Walkers: Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tuesdays, 8 a.m., Lighthouse Park. Check wackiewalkers.wordpress.com for information about the Thursday walk location. Beginners Spanish: Saturdays, 3-4 p.m., Point Roberts Library, 1437 Gulf Road. Practice your new and shaky Spanish skills. Motto: Mantenga La Calma y Aprenda Español (Keep Calm & Learn Spanish). Info: 360/945-6545.
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Around The Point Do you have a small blank space on your wall that is crying out for some vivacity? Looking for just the right way to give back to the community? The Miniature Art Show at Auntie Pam’s Country Store is back again to meet all of your needs. Beginning at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 24, the store will host its sixth annual show, featuring diminutive works by artists ranging from gifted toddlers to seasoned professionals. “We are inviting all artists to donate a piece in any medium,” said Pamala Sheppard. The only limitation is that the work must be 8 by 10 inches or smaller. Donated art work can de dropped off at the Gulf Road store until the day of the show. The event will feature complimentary appetizers and beverages as well as a view-
ing and silent auction of the artworks. “It’s a soirée,” Sheppard said. Proceeds from this year’s auction will be split between the local chapter of Dollars for Scholars and the Bradley Everett Support Fund. ❦ The Point Roberts Parent Teacher Organization (PTO) has made the tough decision to cancel their annual Easter egg hunt this year. “It doesn’t usually conflict with Spring Break and this year it does so we just don’t have the volunteers,” said PTO member Debbie Nissen. “It’s a big event and there was a real lack of people who could help and who knew what to do.” From stuffing thousands of eggs to preparing the field, signage, parking, cleanup, and directing the event itself, the annual
egg hunt relies on numerous volunteers as well as returning volunteers who know the ropes, Nissen said. Attempts in the past to reschedule the hunt to a date other than the Saturday before Easter have led to low participation and confusion, leading the PTO to decide that canceling this year’s event was the best option. They have every intention of gearing up the mammoth egg hunt again next year, Nissen said. ❦ The Point Roberts water district will be temporarily relocated to the former Liberty Wine Store at 1405 Gulf Road. The district has until Saturday, March 31 to vacate their current location on Tyee
Drive where Best Time RV will be moving this year. With their new facility on Benson Road not due for completion until early 2019 the district had to find an interim location. “The rent is the same and the space is comparable,” said district manager Dan Bourks. The district will also be renting several storage units for parts. The new facility will consolidate all district operations in one location, a longtime goal of staff and commissioners. Bourks said district meetings will be held at the community center for the next year until they have moved to their permanent location. Meetings are held the second Tuesday of every month at 5 p.m.
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All Point Bulletin • March 2018
Sheriff’s Report January 22, 8:47 a.m.: 911 hang up on Whalen Drive. January 24, 4:19 p.m.: Burglary cold call on Peltier Drive. January 26, 7:46 p.m.: Traffic hazard on Tyee Drive. January 27, 10:43 a.m.: Traffic stop on Tyee Drive. January 28, 11:20 a.m.: Security check on Gulf Road. January 31, 8:45 a.m.: Littering cold call on Cedar Street. January 31, 10:28 a.m.: Citizen assist on Roberts Drive. January 31, 2:44 p.m.: Traffic stop on Tyee Drive.
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January 31, 9:19 p.m.: Attempted suicide on Mill Road. February 2, 12:02 p.m.: Traffic stop on Tyee Drive. February 2, 1:07 p.m.: Suspicious circumstances on Island View Lane. February 3, 12:30 p.m.: Papers served on APA Road. February 3, 12:40 p.m.: Papers served on Peltier Drive. February 4, 2:41 p.m.: Theft cold call on Johnson Road. February 5, 1:50 a.m.: Welfare check on Greenwood Drive. February 9, 10:44 a.m.: Suspicious person cold call on Marine Drive. February 9, 11:55 a.m.: Citizen assist on Edwards Drive. February 10, 4:45 p.m.: Traffic stop on Tyee Drive. February 16, 3:02 p.m.: Hit and run cold call on Gulf Road.
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Edward Paul Lester April 28, 1926 – January 27, 2018 A Celebration of Life will be held on Satur- philosophy. He loved paintings by such day, April 28 at the Point Roberts Communi- diverse artists from da Vinci to Dali, from Botticelli to Sargent. Our home was always ty Center. Further details will follow. filled with music, .art, books, dancing, Installation & Refinishing music and impromptu tests! Yes, tests! My dad died. Qual Can you decipher this First Nation’s ToI’ll let that sentence sink in. For a long e r ity Tree Ca time, I didn’t know what words to write tem? Who is the composer of this music? Yes, after that. What could I possibly say that Over 18 years experience. would be worthy of a man who had meant but can you name the movement? Who is singing this aria? She’s very faso much to so many. And who meant so Licensed • Bonded • Insured much to the cherished few he left behind. mous, you know. LICENSED INSURED CASCAFL912J8 Do you know this artist? We saw the My dad is gone. What a vast emptiness his original work at the Musée d’Orsay. death has created for us, his family. Sometimes, it may have seemed as On Saturday, January 27, while attending the Metropolitan Opera simulcast per- though my dad was lecturing but his emformance of “Tosca,” Edward Paul Lester brace of all knowledge and the developVANCOUVER, B.C. POINT ROBERTS, WA died at age 91. My dad had been in end- ment of one’s own capacity, as fully as posVANCOUVER, POINT ROBERTS,B.C. WA stage congestive heart failure for several sible, was one of his greatest obsessions. My dad was born in Los Angeles, Calyears and he died after taking his seat. He POINT ROBERTS, WA was with my mom, Virginia, his beloved ifornia on April 28, 1926. Actually, he PERSONAL Representation & Consulting for Purchasers and Sellers PERSONAL Representation & Consulting for Purchasers and Sellers came from Boyle Heights, a predominantbest friend for over 61 years. EXPORT/IMPORT Specialists /wife US and Customs Consumption Bonds EXPORT/IMPORT Specialists / US Customs Consumption Bonds Dad loved telling people the story of ly Jewish, Yiddish-speaking community, PERSONAL Representation & Consulting for Purchasers andtheir Sellers Covering Point Roberts & Blaine relationship, their great love and teeming with union halls, synagogues, imEXPORT/IMPORT Specialists / US Customs Consumption Bonds grand romance. Especially how they met passioned politics and music. It was all of steeleaweighyachts@gmail.com on a blind date and eloped five weeks later. what Boyle Heights was, that shaped who Bill Steele, 604-312-5857 He reveled inbill@steeleaweigh.com telling stories. His tales were my dad would become. My grandmother insisted he play “the always based in facts and the knowledge he had acquired over a lifetime of an in- violin!” He was only five years old and cessant search for the theoretical or practi- deemed a gifted violin prodigy. (Many Bill Steele, 604-312-5857 bill@steeleaweigh.com cal understanding of a subject. He was the years later, when my brother Paul was smartest man I knew and, in the end, that born, my grandmother arrived at the hosbrilliant mind was trapped in a body that pital with a quarter-size violin for him. Being born a girl, I was relegated to the piano was failing him. My dad especially loved sagas about and thus began our sibling rivalry). GENERAL CONTRACTORS boundless passion and overwhelming loss. (Please go to bit.ly/2GA7CTK He valued music and science, history and to continue reading.) Licensed, Bonded & Insured.
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FREEMAN BEACH 697 MARINE DR. 2 BR cottage at Freeman Beach. Beach rights. $219,900
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1275 BROUGHTON LANE 2BR, 3BA beautiful west side home. $199,000. Adjoining lot $35,000.
1275 1275 BROUGHTON BROUGHTON LANE LANE 697 697 MARINE MARINE DR. DR. 247 247 BAYVIEW BAYVIEW DR. DR. FREEMAN BEACH 2BR, 3BA 3BA beautiful beautiful west west side side home. home. 22 BR BR cottage cottage at at Freeman Freeman Beach. Beach. 3BR, 3BR, 2BA 2BA waterfront waterfront home home facing facing 2BR, 1275 BROUGHTON 697 rights. MARINE DR. 247 BAYVIEW $199,000. $199,000. Adjoining Adjoining lot lotLANE $35,000. $35,000. $219,900 $219,900 Beach Beach rights. $595,000 $595,000 Mt. Mt. Baker. Baker. Crabtown. Crabtown.DR. 2 BR cottage 1977 at Freeman Beach. ROAD. 3BR, 2BA waterfront home facing 2BR, 3BA beautiful west side home. PROVINCE 722$199,000. CLAIRE LANE. Adjoining lot $35,000. Beach rights. $219,900 Mt. acres, Baker. Crabtown. $595,000 Panoramic Mtn. Views 1.42
2BR. 60’ x 120’ lot backs onto Lily Point Park. Furnished. $329,000
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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
D CE U D RE 1845 1845 JOHNSON. JOHNSON. 75 75 xx 200 200 lot. lot. 668 668 SOUTH SOUTH BEACH BEACH RD. RD. 2117 2117 ROOSEVELT. ROOSEVELT. Maple Maple Beach Beach 2BR 2BR cottage cottage plus plus 22 lots lots near near beach. beach. 1920s 1920s cabin, cabin, 22 BR, BR, wood-burning wood-burning FP, FP, Furnished, Furnished, private, private, excellent excellent 1845 JOHNSON. 75 x 200 lot. 668 SOUTH BEACH RD. 2117 ROOSEVELT. Beach $200,000 $200,000 22 blocks blocks to to beach. beach.Maple $169,000 $169,000 condition. condition. $115,000 $115,000 2BR cottage plus 2 lots near beach. 1920s cabin, 2 BR, wood-burning FP, Furnished, private, excellent $200,000 2 blocks to beach. 542 $169,000 condition. $115,000 1877 WASHINGTON MCLAREN RD. 676 CLAIRE LANE
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$199,000
3BR, 2BA backs onto Lily Point Park. $299,000
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1877 1877 WASHINGTON WASHINGTON 542 542 MCLAREN MCLAREN RD. RD. 676 676 CLAIRE CLAIRE LANE LANE 3BR, 3BR, 2BA 2BA backs backs onto onto Lily Lily Point Point 22 BR BR designer designer home. home. A A must-see! must-see! 3BR 3BR cottage cottage w/front w/front and and rear rear deck. deck. 1877 WASHINGTON 542 MCLAREN RD.Park. 676 CLAIRE LANE $299,000 $299,000 Park. Park. Make Make an an offer! offer! Adjacent Adjacent to to Lily Lily Point Point Park. 3BR, 2BA backs onto Lily Point 2 BR designer home. A must-see! 3BR cottage w/front and rear deck. $159,000 $159,000 Park. $299,000 Make an offer! Adjacent to Lily Point Park. ACREAGE: ACREAGE: 6.39 6.39 ACRES, ACRES, DESIRABLE DESIRABLE EAST EAST SIDE, SIDE, SUBDIVIDABLE SUBDIVIDABLE $299,000 $299,000 $159,000
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$1,449,000
MLS# 1101438
Absolutely stunning custom Maurice Pez design on ocean looking due west! Extra wide waterfront lot w/views.
723 Walters Ln. $922,000 MLS# 1108249
Incredibly rare! Well kept, west-facing beach house on 100’ waterfront, sandy beach. Home has vaulted ceilings, two wood burning fireplaces, sun room and attached garage.
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MLS# 1101438
534 Tyee Drive $1,200,000 MLS# 860192
G DIN Bayview Dr. $699,000 MLS# 1064406 253 N PE Custom built - super clean and unbelievable views true
waterfront, ownership of tidelands included on a private lane for residents and visitors only.
COMMERCIAL 1379 Gulf Rd. $525,000 MLS# 1034066
1953 Holiday Lane $575,000 MLS# 1050258
G DINHighland Dr. $549,000 MLS# 1201227 643 N PEEnjoy breathtaking sunsets & expansive views of SanJuans, Gulf & Straight of Georgia. Plenty room for guests, office space or hobby room! Too may upgrades to mention.
1885 Benson Rd. $149,000 MLS# 1121269
550 South Beach Rd. $325,000 MLS# 814163
G Moose 500 DIN(incl. N Lot 6 & 7) PE $124,000
MLS# 823011
7 Rex St. MLS #1209423 ......................$188,000 Marine Dr. MLS #965996 .....................$159,000 1835 Roosevelt Wy. MLS #1023327 .......$69,000 xxx Beach Rd. MLS #1121356 688S Deer Lane 276 ...........$65,000 Shadyglen Ave. $275,000 MLS# 1090840 $279,000 MLS# 1075717 McKenzie Wy. MLS #1156848 ................$62,500 D xxx Mill Rd. MLS #1205047 ...................$45,000 CE U D xx Highland Dr. MLS #1201233 RE ..............$45,000 21 Columbia Vista 1721 Benson Rd. #104 $129,000 MLS# 1082569
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CHRIS HUGHES - 360-223-7601 MICHAEL - 360-223-7603 cjlh@msn.com CHRIS HUGHES HUGHES 360-223-7601 SHERRIE AUSTIN - 360-926-8878 OFFICE: 465 Tyee Dr. • Point Roberts, WA MICHAEL HUGHES
568 Calder $234,900 MLS# 1091965
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500 Moose (incl. Lot 6 & 7) cjlh@msn.com $124,000 MLS# 823011
RE/MAX Whatcom County, Inc. 465 Tyee Dr. • Point • 360-945-1313••800-723-1313 800-723-1313 RE/MAX Whatcom County, Inc. Roberts, WA 360-945-1313
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753 Walters Lane 340 Boundary Bay Rd. 398 Marine Dr. 1721 Benson Rd. #117 $448,000 MLS# 1057901 $509,000 MLS# 918572 $389,000 MLS# 883553 $159,000 Tyee Dr. MLS #1061695 ........................$299,000 MLS# 1125664
632 Highland Dr. $325,000 MLS# 942924
253 Bayview Dr. $775,000 MLS# 1064406
LOVELY CRAFTSMAN STYLE RANCHER with 3 BR, 2 BA, open floor plan, vaulted ceilings, hardwood floors, granite counter tops, etc. $279,000
IMAGINE YOUR COTTAGE and weekend retreat nested among the ferns and trees with very few neighbors in sight. $19,500
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Paul 604/968-4006
Carol 360/945-2967
Greg 604/690-1468
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