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The boys in the band on the beach ... Students return to class with masks and vaccines for all staff By Ian Haupt About 50 parents and community members assembled outside of the Blaine High School cafeteria to protest governor Jay Inslee’s mandates and encourage the Blaine school board to resist them. While not all of them spoke during the public comment portion of the August 23 board meeting, the majority of those in attendance opposed masks and vaccinations. Before the meeting started, board president Charles Gibson addressed the angry crowd. Interruptions and heckles were frequent. “We want to be able to communicate your concerns to those who can do something about this,” he said. “We are elected officials; we have certain limitations we have to adhere to. We cannot change the law.” Gibson added that if the board and school administration do not comply with the governor’s orders, the district will lose funding. State mandates With two weeks until the start of the 2021-22 school year and rapidly increasing case rates and hospitalizations throughout the state, the governor announced a vaccine requirement for all state educators and issued an indoor mask mandate for all individuals, regardless of vaccination status. Under the governor’s new proclamation, all K-12 educators, school staff, coaches, bus drivers, school volunteers and others working in school facilities are required to be fully vaccinated by October 18. To do so, educators who are not yet vaccinated will have to get their second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines, or the only dose of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, by October 4 to be in compliance. Washington is the first state to implement such a mandate without a testing alternative, as Inslee said such options (See School, page 7)
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s The Whiskeydicks, a “Celtic Gypsy party rocking” band mostly based in B.C., played a cross-border concert at Maple Beach in front of an enthusiastic crowd on Sunday, August 22. From l., Point Roberts’ own Mike Bell along with Kyle Hagen, Kyle Axford, Samuel Cartwright and Patrick Ernst. Keep tuned for news of another concert this fall. Photo by Pat Grubb
Show us the money, says PRCAC members By Meg Olson Members of the Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee are working with state and county officials to answer a question county executive Satpal Sidhu asked, distilling a longtime community concern. “How much money is Point Roberts’ money?” Sidhu asked the question at a July 9 townhall meeting that brought state, county and federal elected officials face to face with the community. A recurring theme at the meeting was, how does the community keep locally collected taxes in the community to pay for projects and programs in Point Roberts? Broadband service for the entire Point
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is at the top of Sidhu’s list of projects to help revitalize Point Roberts’ economic outlook, and other community members brought their own priorities into the discussion: rebuilding the pier at the foot of Gulf Road, the dock at Lighthouse Marine Park, a lighthouse, a sewer system, the return of the Arts and Crafts Festival. All of it costs money and the community relies on Whatcom County to fund projects and pursue grants. “How do we get them to work for us?” Mark Robbins asked in regards to the county parks department decision not to pursue grant funding for a lighthouse at Lighthouse Marine Park, leaving $500,000 in matching funds on
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the table. Arthur Reber suggested the sales tax collected on goods delivered to local parcel services or generated through local businesses should stay in Point Roberts, when it now goes to the county general fund. “We need to get some of our share returned to us,” he said. Sidhu explained that while cities have their own tax code and get their slice of local sales tax directly from the state department of revenue, the tax generated in the unincorporated parts of the county does not get tracked by location and all goes into the county general fund. “When it comes into the county we have no idea where it comes from,” he said. Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee (PRCAC) chair Allison Calder has since laid the groundwork to ask the state to issue a tax code for Point Roberts to allow for the tracking of locally collected sales tax. “We have a distinct zip code so there is no problem in establishing boundaries,” she said. There is also now a precedent for giving tax codes to unincorporated areas. In 2020, the state department of revenue began issuing tax codes to non-native businesses on tribal lands, allowing the tribe to track and receive a portion of the taxes collected. “It doesn’t change the tax rate, just how it’s tracked,” she said. “The funds would still go to Whatcom County but then we can work on an agreement so a percentage of those funds is specifically earmarked for only Point Roberts projects.” She added the data collected could also be part of the foundation of a solid economic development study, another community priority. At the August 25 meeting, Calder reported on progress a PRCAC subcommittee created to look into the sales tax issue had made in getting Point Roberts its own tax code. “That would require a legislative change so staff at the state department of revenue are diving in and looking at getting us that information using our zip code,” she said. Calder also suggested forming another subcommittee to gather data about how much property tax the Point was paying and comparing it to what was being spent providing services to Point Roberts. She said she had started by acquiring tax books back to 2009 from the county assessor’s office and creating a spreadsheet detailing how much Point Roberts was paying into various county funds, the Blaine school district, the Port of Bellingham, the state of Washington and other agencies getting a slice of the property tax pie. “The next step will be to go through the county budgets and see where we fall for
line items under each department,” she said. “It’s an audit to see what we put in and what we get back. If Point Roberts is going to ask the county for infrastructure ,we should know if that ask is reasonable.” State representatives Alicia Rule and Sharon Shewmake brought another concept to the table at the July 9 townhall meeting to keep local tax dollars in the community. The Main Street Program, which Rule helped to see successfully implemented in Blaine, leverages local business and occupation taxes to fund a local organization dedicated to revitalizing community core areas. The program allows local businesses to get a tax credit for business and occupation taxes paid to the state by donating to their local Main Street program. That program can then use those funds to build a sustainable commercial core through promotion, design, organization and fostering economic vitality. “This is basically a tax deduction for businesses to keep local dollars local,” Rule said. “The state Main Street program works with you to put together a step by step plan that is unique to Point Roberts and that will allow you to build a sustainable downtown.” Several business owners brought up another barrier to a sustainable economy on the Point: a gutted workforce. “The young people had to leave,” said Darryl Marquette of TSB shipping. “Their livelihoods dried up and they were gone.” Several of his employees he had hoped to keep on standby struggled with receiving unemployment benefits and relocated. Tracy Evans from the Bald Eagle Golf Course and Reef owner Nick Kiniski shared the same concern about hiring staff, especially once the border reopens and their business picks up. Tamra Hansen from Saltwater Cafe wanted to see the reinstatement of a visa program to allow non-management employees from Canada the ability to work on the Point. Shewmake said workforce development, including creating affordable housing, could be part of a Main Street program for Point Roberts. “What we really need is a staff person here and the Main Street program includes funding for a director.” Mark Robbins brought up the suggestion of regular bus or shuttle service provided by Whatcom Transportation Authority (WTA) as one avenue to get workers to Point Roberts. Sidhu said he had discussed the possibility with the WTA and “sending a 40-passenger bus up here doesn’t make sense.” It was more likely that a WTA van could be assigned to Point Roberts again and a pool of volunteer drivers could operate it and determine where and when it would run. “We can do some subsidizing,” he said. Congresswoman Suzan DelBene had only a brief time to speak at the meeting’s
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Letter To The Editor The Editor: Primary care providers, listen up! This is something you must hear. Results from a large retrospective analysis found that over 80 percent of patients nationwide had not had recommended kidney function tests in the primary care setting. That is a shocking number, but somewhat defensible given that early kidney disease has few outward symptoms. Many of these patients were not diagnosed until their disease was advanced, requiring a transplant or dialysis. Because of the silent epidemic that is chronic kidney disease (CKD), here in Whatcom County, the general public is beginning to see efforts to increase awareness about the incurable condition. Primary care providers must be more proactive
in testing for CKD in at-risk populations. CKD can sometimes be prevented, and if caught early, its progression can be slowed or stopped altogether. The kidneys are overlooked organs. Most of us seldom, if ever, give them a thought. But, kidneys start working in a 12-14 week old fetus. The kidneys are remarkable, quietly engaged doing their duty, day and night. Most of us don’t know
they are involved in every breath we take. Our kidneys are responsible for completing miraculous tasks. The kidneys are just as important to life as hearts and lungs. So, let’s give kidneys the respect they deserve. Not all kidney diseases can be avoided, but because diabetes and high blood pressure are the top causes, primary care professionals at PeaceHealth, Family Care Network, SeaMar, and other clinics must seize opportunities to improve kidney diagnosis, which will increase awareness, patient engagement and better outcomes. PCP should mention the miracle of kidneys to their pediatric patients, too. Early discussions lead to improved quality of life. But patients must do their part – ask your PCP for kidney function tests. Delores Davies Ferndale
Circle of Care community assessment, pies and apples By Annelle Norman Circle of Care’s community assessment survey results are coming in and the numbers are telling an interesting story. It’s clear at this point in our information gathering that the majority of our respondents feel strongly that Point Roberts needs a physical facility in the form of a retirement community/assisted living facility. However, for our numbers to fully represent the views of the community, we need your input as well. If you haven’t completed the survey, please visit bit.ly/3DjQQ9y. The Circle of Care blackberry pie fundraiser is back! The delicious blackberry pies are made with an oatmeal crumble crust and piled high with picked-at-theirpeak Point Roberts blackberries. Please get your orders in before noon on Tuesday, August 31 by email to prcircleofcare@gmail.com. Include your name, phone number and how many 9-inch ($20) or 5-inch ($8) pies you’d like to or-
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From page 4 The Benson Road Gardeners will show attendees and their families how to turn apples into sweet, nutritious juice. If you and your family would like to press apples, start collecting them right after Labor Day. Ideally, apples are free of bruises, bugs and have been collected and stored for at least two weeks to allow them to sweat – a process by which the apples mature and
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healing ministry! Pastor Gina (that’s me) is a certified healing touch practitioner. We have several members who are versed in other modalities. Some of us really do love baseball ... a team would be cool. Being a tiny church in a uniquely remote location has made us less a political or justice-minded group (more a ‘survival-at-sea’ group, truth be told), but the tools of communication and media technology can enable social change, even from here. We are a uniquely international church, with access to clergy clusters in the U.S. and Canada, and members who are active in Canadian churches as well as Trinity Community Lutheran Church (TCLC). But perhaps our greatest asset is the people of the Point. The notoriety our community received during the pandemic put us on the map. We’ve seen a real boost in interest in the Point lifestyle, with new faces gracing the environs. The situation is rich with challenges and possibilities. It is exciting to think, “here is a church that is looking to the future with a new lease on life!” You have a unique opportunity to be on the ground floor – the new ground floor – of a church that is excited for the future and ripe for renewal.
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were proven to be ineffective in preventing Covid-19 infection. Individuals with legitimate medical reasons and sincerely held religious beliefs can seek an exemption under the new proclamation, he said. Exemptions do not include personal or philosophical objections. Students do not have to get vaccinated, regardless of age. Under Inslee’s new orders, all individuals, regardless of vaccination status, will also have to wear a mask indoors, which means students and teachers will have to mask up this fall. “We should not shut down our economy again. We should not shut down our schools again,” Inslee said. “Instead, we are going to keep saving lives by using the effective tools that are at our disposal.” This action comes after an August 13 news briefing where state superintendent of public instruction Chris Reykdal urged governor Inslee to include state educators in his August 9 proclamation that requires all state, private healthcare and longterm care workers be vaccinated by midOctober. Reykdal said if people vaccinate and wear masks, he does not anticipate the need to shut down schools this year. “But that is a function of how we behave,” he
said. “Nobody in the state of Washington is going to expect us to keep schools open if there is a massive, massive spread of this thing.” Reykdal estimated 70 percent of educators statewide are fully vaccinated and that about 40,000-50,000 still need the vaccine. Washington State Department of Health secretary Dr. Umair Shah said there are a total of 2 million people in Washington above the age of 12 who have not started their vaccine series yet. In the press conference, Reykdal reminded the public that this is an order by the state and governor. Local school boards and administration are not making this decision and were not consulted, he said, adding all criticism should be directed toward the state Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI). On August 18, just hours before the governor’s afternoon mandate announcement, about 30 parents and kids gathered outside the Blaine school district office on the corner of H Street Road and Mitchell Avenue to protest masks in schools. They held signs with messages like, “My Face, My Choice,” “Smiles Are Contagious,” and “Free Our Faces,” while some passing cars honked in approval. Many of the parents spoke at the board meeting. Ryan Swinburnson of Swin Law LLC, who graduated from Blaine High School and did not attend the protest, told the
Community cleanup planned By Meg Olson Plans are in the works at the county solid waste management division for a community-wide cleanup event once the border reopens and property owners can come back to their long-neglected properties. “We’re definitely committed to making it happen,” said Whatcom County Health Department spokesperson Melissa Morin. “We absolutely expect to be able to help the community in that way.” The idea of a free community cleanup event came through the Point Roberts Taxpayers’ Association to the Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee after community members expressed concern about yard waste dumping. The committee wrote a letter to county executive Satpal Sidhu on July 13 asking that the county work with the Point Roberts garbage service provider Cando Recycling and Disposal to create a plan for “2-4 days of free drop off service for property taxpayers at the Point Roberts Transfer Station.” The request was for free recycling, garbage, large item and yard waste drop off for owners displaying their property tax state-
ment.“With the border closed for the past 17 months, a majority of taxpayers have been paying for garbage and recycling services that they have not been provided,” the letter stated. “However, once the border is open, many homeowners will be returning to properties that will require considerable clean up and repairs.” “Having free clean up days reflects a very real need in the community as it restarts. By ensuring no additional costs are incurred for homeowners to clean up their properties, we believe that the work will be completed more quickly and there will be reduced potential for illegal dumping.”
board that while it may not be able to disobey the mandates, there are other things it could do to address the concerns of parents who want their children back in the classroom without masks. He said the board could ask representatives from the health department, superintendent’s office and governor’s office to attend the meetings to explain the necessity and impact the use of masks will have; could work with other school districts to push back on the governor’s mandates and have him release his emergency powers; and have an extra meeting a month dedicated as a work session to work on these issues. “That’s what you should be doing, putting pressure on the elected officials above you,” Swinburnson said. “You are the elected officials, so we are here putting pressure on you since you were elected.” More than a handful of speakers told the board they were pulling their children out of Blaine schools, while others who spoke said they were already homeschooling their kids. Back to school Superintendent Christopher Granger said the new mandates will not affect students from returning to full-time, in-person learning this year. “We feel like we can do in-person learning safely with all the precautions we have in place to mitigate the spread of the virus,” he said. Students and staff will wear masks inside and remain 3 feet from each other
when able to do so. Under the new OSPI guidance, schools should follow physical distancing protocols as long as it is not a barrier for getting all students back in the building full time, Granger said. This means spacing accommodations may be made to fit students into classrooms. Students will sit 6 feet away from each other at lunch at assigned seats so that it’s easier for the health department and district to contact trace. Similarly, no changes will be made to social distancing on buses as there is not space to do so. Granger said it’s yet to be determined whether the district will hold vaccination clinics for staff who have yet to be vaccinated. The district does have the ability to test students and may with the permission of parents, he said. If a student is asymptomatic and tests negative after being in contact with a positive case, they may return to in-person learning without needing to comply with the 14-day quarantine. “We want to provide as many options to families as we can so they can make the best choice for them,” Granger said. He said there has been no indication of a need to return to online learning but the district could easily do so if necessary. Granger also said the district currently has enough bus drivers to run its routes but is always looking for more. Those interested can contact transportation at 360/332-0700 or email transportation@ blainesd.org.
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Rising Covid-19 cases in Point Roberts led to the cancellation of the last week of Kids Kamp. “I really hated doing this,” Point Roberts Park and Recreation District commission chair Bennett Blaustein wrote in announcing the cancellation. “At least the kids got to be kids for a couple of weeks, but I know many of them are going to be very upset with the decision. We tried really hard to make this one of the best kids camps ever and it was succeeding. I know our counselors are going to miss our campers. Hopefully next year will be even better.” The program, sponsored by the parks and recreation district, was scheduled to run from July 19 until August 6. The decision to cancel the remainder of camp was made August 2. “We tried to keep the kids in as much of a bubble as possible from Covid; however, the last group of people who became infected on Point Roberts also had been in contact with some of the parents who had children attending the camp,” Blaustein said. “We did not want to risk the chance of the kids being exposed to Covid and the final week would have been during the incubation period if anyone had been infected, so the potential was there to expose the rest of the campers.” All counselors had negative Covid-19 tests. “The parents were very understanding of our reasons for discontinuing and knew that we had their children’s best interest at heart,” Blaustein said. The 2021 Kids Camp was able to offer more actual camp days than previous years despite the cancelation, since it ran five rather than three days a week thanks to a grant, Blaustein said. The district received a $15,000 Summer Experiences & Enrichment for Kids (SEEK) grant to fund the expanded summer camp, along with purchasing additional craft supplies and games for activities. Administered through the Washington Recreation and Park association, the SEEK program funneled federal Covid-19 relief funds into programs for kids. “We will be applying for another, larger SEEK grant for next year and if we get it, we hope it
will make the camp even bigger and better than ever,” Blaustein said. District commissioners held a special meeting and voted to pay counselors for the canceled week. “The counselors had chosen to work for us over other jobs they could have had this summer and we felt it was the right thing to compensate them for what they would have earned,” Blaustein said. “Our grant also covered counselors’ wages and it looks like the grant will still reimburse the park district for the salary of our counselors even with holding a more limited camp.”
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Scientists found an Asian giant hornet nest in east Blaine August 19, a quarter of a mile from where the first hornet of 2021 was spotted nearly a week earlier near H Street Road. The nest is the first to be found in the U.S. in 2021. The nest was eradicated after the Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) fine-tuned its eradication plan, according to WSDA. “We believe it’s too early in the season for reproductive [hornets] to emerge so there’s no risk or very, very little risk of new queens emerging from the nest at this point,” WSDA public engagement specialist Karla Salp said in a video statement. The agency is taking time to gather more information, such as using a thermal camera to find out if the hornets are traveling into the ground or up the tree, which will determine how they eradicate the nest. Scientists will eradicate the nest similar to last year, with the hornets vacuumed and then the nest sealed and removed, Salp said. WSDA, Oregon State Department of Agriculture (ODA) and USDA’s Animal Plant Health Inspection Service started searching the area where the nest was suspected at 7:30 a.m. August 19. Scientists spotted the nest two hours later.
Scientists found the nest after attempting to track three hornets with a radio tag between August 11 and August 17. Only one hornet led scientists to the nest. Researchers found the nest more quickly than the first Asian giant hornet nest that was found October 2020. Last year, it took about a month after a landowner started spotting hornets on his property in late September until WSDA eradicated the nest October 24, 2020. Salp emphasized public reports were the biggest factor in finding the nest so quickly, but said lessons learned from last year also sped up the process. Such lessons include using radio tags instead of Bluetooth tags, which had a weaker signal, and using Kevlar thread, which can’t be chewed off, to attach the trackers. WSDA expects there could be straggler hornets in east Blaine after the nest is eradicated, but will be concerned if they continue seeing hornets a few weeks after the nest is eradicated. WSDA officials believe there could be more nests in the area and are asking for people to report Asian giant hornet sightings to agr.wa.gov/hornets. If someone thinks they see a hornet, the best thing they can do is take a photo and note the direction it flies or keep the specimen if it’s dead, Salp said.
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Dear Families, Welcome to the 2021/2022 school year! We are excited to announce that we are welcoming all students in the Blaine School District back to full time, in person learning. One of my main goals for our students at Point Roberts Primary this year is to return to a daily schedule that students experienced before the pandemic. Each day, students will be given the opportunity to learn using engaging, hands-on district approved materials in the areas of reading, writing and mathematics. We will also continue with our Social Emotional Learning that is incorporated into our morning meetings, discussions and daily school life. Lastly, we will also have time in the afternoons for students to return to electives or speciality areas of learning in the areas of art, science, music and PE. Our theme for the 2021/2022 school year is “Travel the Map”. In this year-long study, students will be given the opportunities to learn about different cultures around the world through academic studies that are also connected and intertwined with art, music and/or PE games. Of course, safety is key as we move forward with our plans of returning to full time learning. We still need to all do our part to keep our community members safe. Social distancing, masking and hand washing are extremely important as we spend more time indoors this fall. In addition, it is extremely important that students and members of the whole community stay home when they are sick to prevent the unnecessary spread of germs. We look forward to a great school year ahead! If you are new to the Point Roberts community and have a child in grades K-3 please reach out to us. We would love to share information with you regarding our special community school. Sincerely,
Jessie Hettinga K-3 Teacher jhettinga@blainesd.org
Dear Blaine School District Students, staff, families and community, As I prepare this message for publication I am excited to be planning for the return of all students to full time in-person learning. We are excited to welcome new staff to our district that share our vision for the success of all students in an inclusive environment. We have come a long way in the last year and remain committed to the health and safety of our students, staff, families and community. We are proud to be launching this school year with a renewed focus on student outcomes through our collaboration with others and solid instruction. We say, “Every Student. Every Day. In a New Way!”, but it is so much more than a tagline. It represents the hope and belief we have that every one of our students can succeed, without exception. Positive Student Outcomes rely heavily in collaboration with you, our families and community, and we hope you will join us in supporting the success of all students. We know there are topics of interest surrounding the pandemic, and we are here to listen. There are many ways to engage in conversation with the district, such as the community question and answer sessions that are held on a monthly basis. I also invite you to email me directly at any time. Rest assured however, that we are committed to our focus on positive student outcomes and will do our best not to permit the issues beyond our control to diminish this important work for our students. We believe Blaine will rise above and set the standard, because we are B L A I N E. Sincerely,
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The 50th anniversary of the great Point Roberts heronry By Mark Swenson This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Great Point Roberts Heronry, which was the largest colony of pacific great blue herons in the Pacific Northwest. Located south of McKenzie Way, between Winston Drive and Delano Way, our local heronry housed up to five hundred nests, about double the size of the next-largest heronries in the region, and 15 times the size of an average heronry. This heronry has been documented on bluffs in Tsawwassen as early as 1900, but human activity has caused the herons to keep moving their nests around the Point Roberts peninsula. Hundreds of nests were destroyed in Tsawwassen in the 1950s when the alder, fir, spruce, cottonwood and maple trees they favor were logged for development. After 100 nests were lost in 1960, the heronry split between English Bluff and the bluff above Maple Beach in Point Roberts. The Maple Beach heronry was destroyed in 1970, and the herons moved to the McKenzie Way site in 1971. It was well-established by 1973 when 30 nests were counted, and by 1977 it had grown to over 200 nests. The loud cacophony of the
crying chicks and squawking pterodactyl-like adult herons were a part of Point Roberts for the next three decades, peaking in 1992 when an incredible 500 nests were counted. With eight percent of all the Pacific great blue herons between Olympia and Alaska (and 20 percent of the entire subspecies in all of Canada), the heronry held over 400 active nests every year throughout the 1990s. After forming in 1987, the Point Roberts Heron Preservation Committee helped to map and tag nest trees, and some of the heronry site was purchased for conservation in the years leading up to the adjacent golf course’s opening in 2000. In 2003, the heronry began to decline, this time due to increasing predation by herons’ enemy number one: bald eagles, whose numbers were rapidly growing on the Point. In one week in June 2004, all of the herons moved to the Tsawwassen bluff (where the Highway 17 causeway meets the shore on Tsawwassen First Nations land), leaving the last 163 active nests and even chicks behind. Despite the herons having moved their nests over the border, they are still a continuous presence and enduring symbol of Point Roberts to this very day.
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8602 Great Horned Owl Lane, Blaine
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8986 Merganser Court, Blaine
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#102, Pacific Point Con- $1,290,000 dominium, 9545 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine
1-and a half story house with 1,973 SF, 1,261 SF basement, 3 BD, 3 BA, 672 SF built-in garage, 1,008 SF carport, 494 SF deck, 2,400 SF storage, built in 2007, 10.91 acres land.
3909 H Street Road, Blaine
$1,035,000
1-and a half story house with 1,480 SF, 3 BD, 1 BA, 720 SF detached garage, 1,080 SF storage, 240 SF patio, built in 1925, mobile home with 1,568 SF, 2 BD, 2 BA, 220 SF deck, built in 2013, 19.78 acres land.
3576 Loomis Trail Road, Blaine
$865,000
2-story house with 4,584 SF, 4 BD, 4 BA, 880 SF built-in garage, 419 SF patio, built in 2006; territorial view, .42 acres land.
8866 Cormorant Court, Blaine
$1,288,000
2-story house with 3,103 SF, 520 SF basement, 4 BD, 4 BA, 225 SF loft, 410 SF built-in garage, 791 SF deck, built in 1993; marine and territorial views, .36 acres land.
1668 Harbor Seal Drive, Point Roberts
$900,000
1-story house with 1,476 SF, 1,092 SF basement, 3 BD, 2 BA, 504 SF balcony, 484 SF attached garage, 372 SF patio, built in 1977, waterfront; marine view, .26 acres land.
6875 Holeman Avenue, Blaine
$820,000
2-story condo with 2,025 SF, 4 BD, 3 BA, 477 SF attached garage, 210 SF patio, built in 2017, waterfront; marine view.
Unit 30, Semiahmoo Shore Condominium, 9426 Turnstone Lane, Blaine
$1,000,000
2-story condo with 2,025 SF, 4 BD, 3 BA, 477 SF attached garage, 210 SF patio, built in 2017, waterfront; marine view.
Unit 26, Semiahmoo Shore Condominium, 9418 Turnstone Lane, Blaine
$1,170,000
1-story house with 2,992 SF, 3 BD, 4 BA, 1,144 SF attached garage, 889 SF deck, 428 SF storage, built in 1994, 5.53 acres land.
2375 Burk Road, Blaine
$856,400
1-and a half story house with 3,163 SF, 4 BD, 4 BA, 860 SF attached garage, 1,120 SF patio, 546 SF deck, built in 2002; territorial views, .38 acres land.
5447 Canvasback Road, Blaine
$1,100,000
1-story house with 2,004 SF, 1,680 SF basement, 4 BD, 4 BA, 556 SF attached garage, 808 SF deck, 540 SF patio, built in 1991, waterfront; marine views, .95 acres land.
9045 Shearwater Road, Blaine
$2,100,000
Unit B103, Marin Condominium, 9535 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine
$880,000
1-story house with 1,440 SF, 518 SF basement, 3 BD, 2 BA, 144 SF balcony, 684 SF built-in garage, 279 SF deck, built in 1968, waterfront; marine view, .14 acres land.
1455 Edwards Drive, Point Roberts
$849,000
1-story house with 2,914 SF, 3 BD, 3 BA, 600 SF attached garage, 1,615 SF patio, 564 SF patio, built in 2008, .40 acres land.
8668 Ashbury Court, Blaine
$1,485,000
1-story house with 1,120 SF, 2 BD, 2 BA, 522 SF attached garage, 252 SF deck, built in 1968, waterfront; marine view, .09 acres land.
1953 Holiday Lane, Point Roberts
$729,000
1-and a half story house with 1,300 SF, 2 BD, 1 BA, 440 SF deck, built in 1965, waterfront; marine views, 2.85 acres land.
8309 Semiahmoo Drive, Blaine
$1,612,500
1-story house with 1,948 SF, 3 BD, 2 BA, 517 SF attached garage, 324 SF deck, .34 acres land.
9085 Chickadee Way, Blaine
$930,000
2-story house with 2,979 SF, 3 BD, 4 BA, 5,239 SF attached garage, 540 SF storage, 1,056 SF patio, 40.00 acres land.
1577 Burk Road, Blaine
$1,555,000
2-story house with 2,276 SF, 3 BD, 4 BA, 210 SF balcony, 885 SF deck, built in 1978, waterfront; marine views, .16 acres land.
1453 Edwards Drive, Point Roberts
$783,000
1-story house with 2,594 SF, 1,986 SF basement, 3 BD, 3 BA, 308 SF balcony, 624 SF attached garage, 216 SF deck, built in 2006, 1.00 acres land; marine and territorial view.
2088 Johnson Road, Point Roberts
$1,000,000
1-story house with 2,629 SF, 3 BD, 2 BA, 720 SF attached garage, 280 SF patio, built in 1982, waterfront; marine view, .44 acres land.
5715 Nakat Way, Blaine
$1,425,000
2226 and 2232 Seabright Loop, The Cottages, Seabright Farm, Point Roberts
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In The Garden B y R hi a n n o n A l l e n Last night, the man in the house remarked that it is getting darker. You’ve noticed that, right? Well, so have our plants. At least plants don’t suffer seasonal affective disorder ... or do they? Perhaps some do, in a way. Daylength (the number of hours of daylight each 24-hour cycle) does influence the successes and failures of many plants. I remember a student once sighing because she missed the ‘white nights’ of her far north home village – 20 hours of sunlight at the summer solstice, I believe. Perhaps some plants yearn for that also. Why is the Peace River Valley such a productive agricultural area for some crops? Well, it certainly isn’t their temperature, with an average annual temperature not much above freezing. The summer rain helps, but the real key is its scant seven hours of darkness each day. That doesn’t sound like much of a difference from us, but it can have a real impact. A critical principle for both home gardeners and farmers is that daylength makes a difference to many plants. Actually, botanists have determined that it is the number of hours of darkness – not sunlight – that some plants are sensitive to. However, the term “daylength” was already in common gardening parlance before they passed that fact on to us gardeners. Why does daylength (or darklength if we want to coin a new but more accurate term) matter to many plants? Some short day species like broad beans, heirloom strawberry varieties, Christmas cactuses, chrysanthemums and asters are genetically programmed to flower (and subsequently fruit) only when days are short and nights are long. Although each plant species has its own critical hours of darkness to begin formation of the structures that will eventually result in flowers, many seem fixated on 12 hours each day. We transition out of 12 hours of darkness at the spring equinox and then transition back at the autumn equinox. That means that dark-loving broad beans must be strapping adolescents
Water use creeping up Covid-19 slashed water usage in Point Roberts, but hot summer weather and more property owners finding a way to get their gardens taken care of has it creeping back up. “It has been really dry and people are watering more, hiring lawn contractors or having neighbors help out,” said water district manager Dan Bourks. In July 2019, before Covid-19 restrictions and with the golf course open and irrigating, the water district pumped 21.6 million gallons of water to local users, averaging just under 700,000 gallons a day. In July 2020, that number had dropped to 6.3 million gallons, or 200,000 gallons a day. This July, water usage was up to 9.6 million gallons for the month, or 310,000 gallons per day. Bourks said the precipitous drop in water sales had a significant impact on the water district’s finances, but due to the base rate paid by all users regardless of the volume of water used, the district was able to maintain infrastructure and meet their contract obligation to buy a fixed amount of water from the Greater Vancouver Water District. “We are scraping by but we are covering costs,” he said.
beginning flower formation early in spring or at the beginning of autumn (in a location protected from frost). So if you want a fava bean crop next year, you need to start the seeds this autumn or very early next year, and grow them protected from killing frosts. Plant them in summer, and they will be mature and healthy enough to bloom. But with fewer than 12 hours of darkness each night, you won’t get many flowers or beans. Want to force the issue when you forget all this and end up planting them next May? You’ll need to encourage flower formation by providing dense shade for at least part of the day. Seems like too much trouble to me. The short message: if you want blooms and not just a healthy plant, hustle a short day plant to maturity before the spring equinox. Think of short day plants as the vampires of the plant world. Happily, most of our garden plants are long day species, genetically programmed to begin setting flowers when darkness is in scant supply ... the happy sun-loving flowers of the plant kingdom for whom darkness is the abhorred absence of life-giving sunlight. Plant these in mid to late spring so that they will be forming flower structures near the summer solstice, which happens to be when we relish being outside in the garden. The only problem with long day plants is that many of our favorite herbs and vegetables are long day plants, and so set flowers (bolt) when nights are short. Lettuce, cilantro, spinach, radishes ... they all pour their energy into flowering as the white nights approach. Plant these early in
spring to get an early harvest, forget about midsummer planting, and then plant them again in late summer for an autumn harvest. Your dining table will be happier. Day neutral plants are happily oblivious to daylength, so we can plant them in spring and they will bloom or bolt on their own internal clock. That’s pretty much true of tomatoes, although our climate is not ideal for growing large-fruited tomatoes. And it is true of many garden flowers. Horticulturalists have put effort into developing day neutral cultivars so that nurseries can sell their seeds and plants to a wide clientele from subtropical to far north gardeners. That’s how we got some day neutral strawberries that will flower and fruit on and off – sometimes from June right through until early autumn. UC Davis alone has patented eight-day neutral strawberry cultivars, some of which, like Albion, are available to home gardeners. If you don’t want to research which plants are day and night lovers, I suggest
that you go online to find West Coast Seeds’ planting guides for B.C. coastal gardens. They’ve done the research for you, and have even factored temperature into account. How cool is that?
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Something old, something new By Reneé Coe They say something old can be new again. Recently the salvage crew at the REStore in Bellingham was dismantling an old building in the Birchwood neighborhood and came across a beam hand carved with the words, “Wm Elder Point Roberts Wash April the 30 1918.” Members of the crew contacted the historical society via Facebook about finding a bit of our history. We know John Elder arrived in Point Roberts with his wife and son (William) in 1892 and homesteaded
on the west side of the Point. The Ellet report of 1904 shows John built a well-made 18 x 24 story and half log house, a 24 x 32 barn, five acres cleared and in cultivation, a hay barn and blacksmith shop. Total value of all improvements was $700. How this 103-year-old beam carved by William Elder traveled from here to a building in the backyard of a neighborhood in Bellingham remains a mystery, but thanks to the crew at the RE-Store, we have something old that is new again to us. We look forward to adding this treasure to the history center.
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Point Roberts Walkers: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 8 a.m., coffee to follow at 9 a.m., Tuesdays on Elizabeth Drive, Thursdays at Lighthouse Park and Saturdays at Lily Point. Location subject to change, the current schedule can be found at prwalkers.wordpress.com. Seniors and More Lunches: Wednesdays and Fridays drive through and pick up available from 11:45 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., PR community center. Weekly menus published on PAWS and Point Interface. All ages welcome. More info: prseniors@whidbey.com or 360/945-5424. Covid-19 testing: Sundays and Wednesdays, 9 to 11 a.m., Point Roberts firehouse, 2030 Benson Road. Bring ID and insurance information. Make it Bake it or Grow it Market: Friday, August 27, 6 - 8 p.m., top of J Dock at the west side of the marina. New vendors welcome, set up at 5 p.m., space is free, bring a table, chair and umbrella. Info: latitude@ whidbey.com. Pfizer Vaccination Event: Sunday, August 29, PR fire hall. Email chief@wcfd5.com to participate. First and second shot only, no boosters available at this time. Pfizer shots only. Cemetery District: Monday, August 30, 5 p.m., zoom link: https://bit.ly/3ksb7Ru. The Circle of Care Blackberry Pie Fundraiser: Orders must be placed by Tuesday, August 31, noon, via email prcircleofcare@gmail.com. Email order must include name, phone number and how many 9-inch ($20) or 5-inch ($8) pies.
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FREEMAN BEACH 697 MARINE DR. 2 BR cottage at Freeman Beach. Beach rights. $219,900
247 BAYVIEW DR. 3BR, 2BA waterfront home facing Mt. Baker. Crabtown. $595,000
1275 BROUGHTON LANE 2BR, 3BA beautiful west side home. $199,000. Adjoining lot $35,000.
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2BR, 3BA beautiful west side home. $399,000 $199,000. Adjoining lot $35,000.
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LOTS: lot. Good perk. $485,000 LARGE LOT ON CUL-DE-SAC. $49,000 ACREAGE: 50‘x400’+/6.39 ACRES, DESIRABLE EAST SIDE, SUBDIVIDABLE $299,000 www.JuliusRealty.com View more listings at www.juliusrealty.com
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4BD, 2.5BA. Lots of amenities: Granite countertops, Brazilian hardwood throughout, master bath w/jetted tub and steam shower, double car garage. Private tidelands to low water, pan1877 WASHINGTON 542 MCLAREN RD.views. 676 CLAIRE oramic island A MUST SEE ...LANE CALL JIM! $898,000
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PENDING
MLS #1559789
RENOVATED SOUTH BEACH CABIN. Great AirBnB with 5 minute walk to the Beach, private backyard and peek-aboo view. $220,000
Kristen
778/686-7625
SUNNY SOUTH FACING HOME with four bedrooms plus office and two bathrooms on corner lot. $299,000
Hugh
604/910-5968
kristenrockrealestate@gmail.com hwilson@pointroberts.net
Greg
604/690-1468 gheppner@pointroberts.net
