All Point Bulletin – March 2022

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Chamber seeks Headed north ... revival of worker program

By Meg Olson The Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce is working to revive a discontinued visa program so that once the border fully opens again local businesses have access to adequate workers.

“When our border reopens, we will require 100-plus service industry workers here and we do not have them,” chamber president Brian Calder wrote in a memo to state attorney general Bob Ferguson. “We will be unable to attract them from Bellingham, some 50 miles and two international borders away.”

From 1984 to 2010, Point Roberts businesses could apply for a temporary worker visa for unskilled labor at the local border, usually receiving the visa in a matter of weeks. During the busy summer months restaurants, bars, the golf course and the marina depended on this process to hire Canadian summer help.

“When the sun comes out we need workers and we need them now,” said Kyle German, then the manager of the golf course, following the 2010 announcement by the Department of Homeland Security that the Point Roberts policy was being rescinded and that local businesses would need to follow the same rules going forward as any other business in the U.S. Those rules require a certification from the U.S. Department of Labor that U.S. workers are not available to do the work, a costly and lengthy process. The memo establishing the service policy for part-time service workers for Point Roberts in 1984 stated that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which operated the port, had been notified by the state department of labor and industries that they can no longer issue labor certifications for Point Roberts workers “due to unique circumstances, including the isolation of Point Roberts from other United States communities.”

As a result, the INS dropped the labor certification requirement and established locally appropriate rules for visas and their processing.

When the Department of Homeland Se(See Workers, page 3)

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s On February 24, the sun rose behind Mt. Baker for the first time in 2022, as it continues its northward journey towards the vernal equinox that takes place at 8:32 a.m. March 20. On that day, the sun will rise directly west of Point Roberts and both night and day will last 12 hours each. The peak at the far left is Mt. Shuksan which abuts the Mt. Baker Ski Area.

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County proposes drainage study of Point Roberts B y P a t G r u bb At the direction of Whatcom County County Council, the county public works department is preparing to conduct a drainage assessment of the Point Roberts watershed. Council acted upon the request of the Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee (PRCAC) who had received appeals from swamped residents during unprecedented rain events last November.

According to the Birch Bay Water and Sewer District which tracks precipitation at its office in Birch Bay, rainfall in November 2021 totaled 15.14 inches versus 4.9 inches, the average rainfall in the past 11 years. In one 48 hour period, the region received 6 inches of rain – the district considers an inch of rain in 24 hours to be a

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County engineer Jim Karcher and stormwater specialist Kraig Olason appeared by Zoom at PRCAC’s regular meeting on February 17. The two outlined the steps that would need to be taken in order to hire a consultant, solicit bids and gain approval from county council.

Karcher estimated that the project would cost $150,000 for the consultant’s drainage assessment/inventory, another $50,000 for county staff time another $60,000-$80,000 for off-site stormwater analysis.

All but the off-site analysis would be paid using Point Roberts’ gas tax monies, Karcher said. Asked if that was an allowable use of the gas tax, Karcher replied that it had been given the OK by the county’s (See Drainage, page 3)

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curity was formed in 2002 and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) took over from the INS at the local border, immigration matters like visas became the responsibility of a different branch of the agency, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS).

For the next eight years it was business as usual though for processing local temporary worker visas at the Point Roberts port of entry. Then in 2010 port director Omar Longoria announced the decision had been made for all visa processing to revert to the national CIS. “That’s just where the authority should be,” he said.

Bellingham immigration attorney Greg Boos has been advising the chamber and believes case law exists that provides an argument the policy should not have been

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legal department. Responding to a followup email from the All Point Bulletin, Karcher said public works had consulted with Christopher Quinn, a senior civil deputy prosecuting attorney with the county prosecutor’s office.

Karcher’s email included Quinn’s analysis which cited Chapter 36.73 of the Revised Code of Washington as authorizing the use of TBD funds for transportation improvements that are consistent with any existing state, regional, or local transportation plans and that are necessitated by existing or foreseeable congestion levels.”

Contacted shortly before the All Point Bulletin went to press and asked if there had been recent changes to the law, Quinn promised to respond by the end of the day.

In the past, gas tax expenditures have been extremely limited. Point Roberts was one of just five jurisdictions in the county

that were able to form a special gas taxing district. These districts were authorized in 1991 by the state legislature in response to high traffic levels from Canadian motorists.

In November 1991, Point Roberts residents voted 128 to 10 to authorize a special 1¢/gallon tax. Previous proposals to fund such activities as a ferry study were shut down due to the wording of the state law which explicitly states, “The entire proceeds of the tax imposed under this chapter shall be used solely for the purposes of border area jurisdiction street maintenance and construction.”

Moments before the APB was sent to the printer, Karcher called the paper to say that Quinn was withdrawing his opinion after further review and concluding that the gas tax law would not allow its use in this particular circumstance.

Karcher said public works would need to return to council to determine a way forward, adding that the need for the drainage assessment was real and needed.

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rescinded. He points to a U.S. Supreme Court decision from 1974 regarding a policy affecting cross-border commuters.

The court held that “longstanding administrative construction is entitled to great weight,” especially when Congress has revisited relevant statutes since those administrative policies have been in place and left them untouched, which was the case for the Point Roberts temporary worker visa policy.

Boos has recommended that a task force be put together including “high level fellow travelers” familiar with the Point’s unique situation such as governor Jay Inslee and Congresswoman Suzan DelBene.

This task force could work with the state attorney general’s office to request the federal government reestablish the policy and allow a visa program specific to Point Roberts labor needs.

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Letters To The Editor The Editor: The Canadian Cancer Society deserves praise for its Dry Feb campaign: it shines light on the role that alcohol – wine, whisky, champagne, beer et al – plays in the development of the cancers we suffer.

I hope that the societies and foundations that represent our other organs – heart, liver, pancreas, intestinal tract, breast etc – join the cancer society’s campaign.

And let’s prod our governments to force the alcohol industry to adopt labeling and promotion that informs us of the dangers that its drug poses in the same ways that the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries inform us of the bad effects of their products.

Some believe that government would never come down on the booze industry because it earns money from regulating it; however, given our ballooning debt and current deficits, doing all we can to reduce alcohol use would reduce the costs of treating the many serious diseases caused in whole or in part by alcohol.

Sadly, our young believe that alcohol is a safe drug because the government regulates and sells it, government regulates it – and in effect sanctions it – because alcohol caused the same grief during prohibition that illegal drugs are causing us today,bootleg alcohol that killed rapidly instead of slowly, bad booze that blinded – the justification for legalizing booze was just as tortuous as the move to legalize the killer drugs being trafficked today. Regulated alcohol is merely a slower poison than its other forms.

Greg J. Edwards Delta B.C. The Editor: It’s hard to say goodbye to a community as dear as this one. It all started in 1989 when the Boondocks restaurant put an ad for cooks in the Blaine newspaper starting at $16 an hour.

My chef husband at the time (some of you will remember Hogie) was reluctant to come up here because he thought it was a military base. But three kids in tow, we came down from the top of Mt. Baker and encountered the most vibrant gorgeous place ever.

I was gobsmacked by the fact that one could live island life without ever getting on a ferry. What a bonus to someone who had spent many years on Vashon Island.

We were both offered jobs but I was working at Dodson’s IGA in Deming and rather liked the grocery scene. When I asked Mike Schouten at the Marketplace if he needed anyone, he wrapped me in an apron on the spot.

In 1989, there were millions of visitors a year coming to the Point for milk, cheese, butter, gas and bingo. We were hiring Canadians everywhere because there just weren’t enough Americans to fill all the jobs. Breakers had top name bands most weekends and the cars would be parked all the way to the community center.

I embraced this new lively community and all the opportunities a great company like Brown and Cole would offer. I got to run all the promotions and formed the Point Roberts Events Council with Henry Rosenbaum, Ben Van Buskirk, Joan Roberts and a lot of other people.

At one point we had 60 members. I got to enter us into competitions for Progressive Grocers magazine and our store won twice. Lobstermania was one of our unforgettable events, cooking and selling literally over 5,000 lobsters on Victoria Day for

several years.

I had the privilege of facilitating a dozen July 4th parades and another dozen Arts and Music Festivals with lots of community help. It was all amazing until the loonie started to slide – by 1995, it was at 73 cents and our visitors stopped coming. We were almost all laid off and I packed up the kids and moved back to Vashon to be closer to my mother who was having health problems.

Four years later, when things stabilized a bit – I was back. I took over the Secret Garden Store from Waneta Scotti, sold it, went to work in 2005, creating and managing Captain Bob’s Emporium that became McFrugals and then got the Gulf Road lo-

s Above, Pam Sheppard who is shortly moving to Puerto Vallarta with her husband John in the near future.

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My goal was to bring back a sense of unity to the community and to give back in any way that I could to a community that deserved help and love. So we had clothing sales, miniature art shows, Christmas cookie contests, sunset photo contests, Valentines for Sudan, flea markets and more. My goal was four fundraisers a year.

Please take care of each other. Please do anything you can to help. Many people count on the extra help from the food bank and Meals on Wheels. Keep pulling together to create new and fun ventures!

We fought the radio towers and won. We built a library and now have a museum.

Point Roberts people have a reputation for being strong! Keep up the good work, really support your local businesses and good luck to all our new, energetic people! I am already proud of you!

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PRCAC vacancies The Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee (PRCAC) is looking for candidates to fill two vacant at-large positions.

Katherine Smith and Grant Heitman have opted not to reapply at the conclusion of their two-year terms, which expire at the end of February.

“We have a meet the candidates night coming up and then people can email their votes to prcac.comment@gmail.com.

We will forward the results to the county executive who will appoint the two new committee members,” said PRCAC chair Allison Calder. She said they had already received three applications but community members are still welcome to apply.

Potential applicants are encouraged to apply through the county’s boards and commission webpage at bit.ly/3pcZIIE and a copy of the application emailed to orcas. comment@gmail.com.

PRCAC’s candidates night will be held via Zoom on March 14 at 7 p.m. A link will be distributed through community email lists as well as the ePB.

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This was not exactly an original decision on our part. The earliest visitors to the area were hunter-gatherers of the Middle Stone Age period, some 8,000 years ago. Somewhat later the Beaker people arrived in Lakeland. The Beakers are best known for Stonehenge and other standing stone sites. Coming along in their tum were the Celts, the Romans, the Angles and the Saxons, the Vikings and finally, the Scots. Each of the invaders left their mark on Lakeland either physically in the form of Roman forts or in place names as in the case of the Vikings.

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The district is home to England’s highest mountains; however, at 2,500 feet, we are not talking the Alps.

We began our tour in Windemere which is the name of both the town and the lake.

We were going old-school with just British ordnance maps and a compass. And, as the “expedition leader” (meaning I carried the heavier pack), I was in charge of both the compass and map. The need for both soon became apparent. At the first place that it was possible to get lost, I got lost. After a few quick, sharp words From My Wife (how could you have been a boy scout without learning how to use a compass?), we got straightened out and on our way again.

Our route took us by Hill Top, the farm that was once home to Beatrix Potter, of Peter Rabbit fame. By this time, I had formulated a theory that the Lake District was riddled with deposits of iron. Only this, I believed, would account for the total and complete inaccuracy of the compass. Not until we were lost for the third time did I realize the guidebook called for maps scaled at 1:25,000 as opposed to the 1:50,000 maps we possessed. On the plus side, my wife was quickly picking up the local argot. “Bloody typical” was her terse response when I generously pointed out that I had bought the wrong maps.

After seven hours of straight walking, we finally staggered into Coniston accompanied by a cloudburst of biblical proportions. The Lake District is known for its rain and wind. The wettest spot in England, Seathgate, is smack in the middle of the district. On average, it rains for 236 days each year and collects close to 11 feet of water. By comparison, Point Roberts gets around 30 inches a year. The best time of year to visit Lakeland is from March to June when the drying effects of the wind are most beneficial.

Our first stop the next morning was to an outfitter’s to replace the boots that I had placed too close to a space heater the previous night. We had planned an even more ambitious hike for that day and took the opportunity to ask the crusty old mountaineer who was helping us his opinion of our route. After a long careful look at us, he dolefully replied, “I dinna think you two would make it.”

Our newly revised route took us over Walna Scar at 2,150 feet and then dropped down to the village of Boot. The hills are absolutely littered with sheep which are

marked with colored dyes to establish ownership. Those marked with red dye always looked to me as if they had been shot. One moment of excitement came as we were crossing a pasture and noticed a bull staring at me in particular. Why me, I thought until I looked down and noticed the bright red sweatshirt I was wearing.

The compass seemed to work better with a good night’s rest and we managed to avoid getting lost for the entire morning. That didn’t last long. At one point, the path went across a field that was under two feet of water. After looking for an alternate route, I decided to walk on top of a stone wall that led across the pasture. The night before I had been reading about how each year hundreds of feet of stone walls were destroyed by thoughtless hikers. The walls are drywalls, meaning that they are built without mortar. Well-constructed walls can last for centuries if properly taken care of. Halfway across I heard stones start to tinkle and felt the wall start to give way. I remember three things: (1) my wife laughing, (2) so this is how walls get destroyed and (3) did I want to land in the water face down with a 35 lb. pack on my back or face up? I chose the latter. My wife had by this time found a dry route across and thought it great fun until I rather truculently sent her back to retrieve the map case that I had dropped in the water. We then quick marched away to avoid encountering an angry farmer with a shotgun.

Despite these mishaps, the walks are superb if only for the fact that there is a great deal of variety in short distances. The hills are covered by heathers and grasses and dotted with tiny bluebells and other flowers. William Wordsworth, the most famous of the lake poets, used to search for daffodils on his walks while composing his poems. It’s most beautiful when the clouds pass and the fields turn emerald in succession. Depending upon the time of year, the paths can be virtually empty (as they were in September when we walked them) or fairly crowded. The villages are picturesque with plenty of shops to browse through and B & Bs abound. One of the great pleasures of walking the Lakeland district are the moments at the end of the day when you arrive at your B & B, slip off your hiking boots and sit down in front of the fire with a nice cuppa tea.

The walks need not be strenuous – anyone of average physical fitness can do them.

The routes are, for the most part, well marked and can be as short as an hour’s stroll around a lake or take the whole day.

A pair of good hiking boots, lightweight raingear and a day pack is highly recommended. Inside the pack I had carried for eight days was the birthday present my wife had bought for me in London. When I finally got to open it, I found a beautiful, 100-year-old copy of the chart Captain Cook had made of the Pacific Northwest.

I regret to report that my response was “Seriously? Another bloody map!”

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People of the Point B y M a r go t G r i f f i t h s Among the bright promises of spring are flowers. Snowdrops, with their shyly dropping heads, have had their day and soon will come the flashy stars of April tulips. For Catherine Stewart, spring brings particular excitement this year, as she launches Clover Blossom Farm, where she cultivates a lavish diversity of tulips, 16 colors of gladioli, and – the crowning floral glory – over 70 varieties of dahlias.

“I always wanted to have a road-side flower stand,” she says, and so she created one – you’ll see the splash of color and beauty while driving up Marine Drive, just north of the Reef. The simple joy of these beginnings has grown into Clover Blossom Farm, where Catherine and Bill Stannard, her husband of 22 years, divide their energies. He grows vegetables; she grows flowers.

Catherine’s first love has always been animals. Two Icelandic horses graze next to raised flower and vegetable beds enriched by manure; the cycle of life playing out in a corral with a view. Bill makes sure that everything is organic, traveling from farm to table in a short, safe trip.

Catherine’s ability to connect with the land, the natural world – the non-human world – seems intuitive, and it is with dogs that I have experienced her gifts first hand.

Many dog owners in Point Roberts, and beyond, know what I mean. “My goal is helping humans understand an animal, so the animal can feel safe – fostering trust, confidence and security,” Catherine says.

“It’s been brought home to all of us how important it is to feel safe.” The Tellington TTouch method, and positive reinforcement training are the two modalities Catherine is certified in, and offers for dogs.

In the past, she has offered courses and workshops at home and away. She has been a key resource for the Maui Humane Society. “I want to shift an animal to where

they are adoptable.” Her focus is refreshing – helping people understand their animals’ needs, rather than teaching animals to understand their owners’ series of commands.

Covid-19 put Catherine’s teaching and traveling for workshops on hold, “and so, flowers,” she says, with simple clarity. It began when her husband Bill planted dahlias and gladioli six years ago, “Because he knows I love them.” And so, as is often the case in life, the beginnings were serendipitous. She planted more and more flowers, for the sheer love of them. First to show their heads this spring will be narcissus, followed by a lush array of 350 tulips. Frilly, multi-layered beauties with ruffled petals promise a chorus line of color. Names like Blue Wow and Amazing Parrot, give you a taste of what’s about to burst into bloom.

“First, I was selling to friends, now it’s grown,” Catherine says. “Plants are so healing, and at first it was just a positive and beautiful thing to focus on. It was a natural step to begin cultivating them.”

The centerpiece of the show is always the dahlias, Catherine’s favorite, which bloom in late June through September. Cultivating these high maintenance blooms is not a simple thing. After blooming season, no later than mid-November, the dahlia tubers are dug up, hosed down and separated. Then they are dried thoroughly and stored in cardboard boxes, encased in organic matter such as coconut coir or vermiculite. In early April, the cycle begins anew, with the sowing of the tubers.

But not all dahlias come from tubers.

“Growing one from a seed is very different, and unlike a tuber, no two dahlias from seed will ever be alike,” Catherine explains. “Dahlia seeds get their genetic makeup from the seed parent as well as from the pollination of bees ... the bees carry pollen from one dahlia plant to

the next and actually modify the genetic make-up of the dahlia seeds.” Catherine’s dream is to create a unique dahlia, to be named “Francina,” after her much-loved older sister, who recently passed away. A labor of meaning and remembrance. “I’ll find the perfect one to honor my sister’s beautiful life and the love she gave to me.”

My salient impression of Catherine is that she loves to learn. Learning is what undergirds her skills in nurturing animals and helping each one to live the best life possible. One of her recent courses of study is Zoopharmacognosy – a big word that means the study of how animals self-medicate with medicinal compounds found in nature.

Learning is what enriches Catherine through the winter of waiting for another growing season. And it’s begun. The bulbs are showing up, and all summer and long into fall come dahlias, gladioli, poppies, snapdragons, sunflowers and more – the glorious gifts of Clover Blossom Farm.

For more information on Catherine’s services for animals, the flower stand and the “Flower Share” plan – the pre-ordering of from four to 12 weeks of bouquets, with the option of adding an additional bunch to share with a senior in Point Roberts, go to: Doggiesinparadise.com.

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A informal history of Nielson’s Building Center

By Lorne Nielson

s April 8, 1966. From l., Ron and Bev Nielson and unidentified woman and child.

Local Boys Going Places

Mom and Dad (Ron and Bev Nielson) moved to Point Roberts in 1963 from Vancouver, B.C. Ron had worked at the Rayonier Sawmill in Marpole, just as his father did for 40 years, while Bev was busy raising three young kids. Both had an entrepreneurial spirit and knew they wanted to go out on their own. They spent a year looking at possible businesses to buy in the Fraser Valley, including a gas station in Hope, and on Vancouver Island.

A few years earlier they had built a cabin in Point Roberts to spend their summers and the opportunity arose to buy the “Country Store” on Tyee Drive. With a very generous agreement and full support from Laugi and Ella Thorstenson, they decided to move the family into their little cabin on Regina Way and start Nielson Lumber & Supply. Mom and Dad saved about six months wages in case the lumber yard didn’t survive.

We three kids had to move from the comfort of our own rooms in Vancouver to share one 8 x 10-foot room with a triple bunk bed. Being the youngest, I had to sleep on the top bed with only inches to the ceiling to spare. When my sister below felt the urge, she would kick the mattress and I would slam into the ceiling. My re-

sponse was to wet my bed which would eventually drip down on her. We lived there for about two years until we built our home on Cliff Drive. The lumber yard was truly a family business, with my Mom and sisters Brenda and Kris doing the bookkeeping and helping customers.

Dad mentioned over the years what a big role Carl Julius had in helping the business in its first couple o years. Carl owned Ben’s Store, which sold some building materials, and his loyal customers would not want to buy from the new kid in town. Carl would take their order and drive up to Dad and buy what they wanted and then deliver it to them.

Our first delivery truck was a ’49 Chevy short bed pickup. Dad would chain lumber to the bed while the other end would drag behind on the road – the local joke was a 16-foot 2x4 was only 14-feet-long when it arrived at its destination.

One of Dad’s first employees was a teenage kid whose family had a summer home on the Point. Tom Bradbury worked summers through his teen years and after graduating from Simon Fraser University worked full time until 1973 when he and Dad partnered in starting the Blaine Building Center and then followed a few years later with the Ferndale Building Center.

In the early years, the Nielson’s crew in-

s The crowds were huge for the beltsander races.

s Two Point Roberts residents have been recruited for college ball this September. Top, Ryan Heppner signed with the University of British Columbia (UBC) Varsity Thunderbirds Baseball Team where he will be joining his older brother, Sean, who signed with UBC two years ago. Ryan will be receiving a scholarship from UBC beginning September 2022 and he also just received early acceptance into UBC’S Applied Sciences Program for Engineering.

Bottom, Jack Proctor was signed by Washington State University’s Huskies football team. Proctor plays defensive end and plans to study kinesiology. Less than i percent of high school seniors recruited by Division 1 teams. The Huskies play in the PAC12 division.

s Left, Lorne and Ron Nielson amid the lumber stacks in the late 1970s.

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s From l., Ron Nielson, Joe Pisetti and Ernie Loreen in the 1970s.

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cluded Ernie Loreen, Sue White and Joe Pisetti. As a little kid I was often sent out on deliveries with Joe and I always remembered his very positive outlook on life … specifically, when he would come to work on December 27 and declare that there is only 363 days until Christmas. Every delivery was loaded by hand until we got our first forklift in the early ’70s. Bookkeeper Sue White went with Tom to work in Blaine and a few years later started the Mt. Vernon Building Center. Linda Myrdal took over bookkeeping and I remember her being devastated and having to leave early the day Elvis died.

I went off to university and ended up working for a company in Vancouver, Washington. After a year there, the opportunity to come back and manage Nielson’s came about as Dad was looking for a change himself. His focus had moved to building the Shell gas station and assembling property and permitting the Point Roberts Golf Course.

Throughout the 1980s, my sister Kris and I expanded inventory, held big sales events in spring and summer, computerized bookkeeping and did some major renovations to the old building. It was fun times in Point Roberts with the Breakers, Reef, Penny Lane Fish & Chips, Karoonies, the Cannery, TJs, Clark’s Store, Blackberries and many other small businesses very active in the community.

In 1989, we held the first ever beltsander drag race as part of a customer appreciation party. Somehow a keg of beer arrived and the races not having any official rules became a free for all. Marina mechanic Ken Keaton modified his sander and infamously became Cheatin’ Keaton. From that humble beginning, the International Belt Sander Drag Race Association (IBDA) was formed, trademarked and incorporated. The annual belt sander drag race grew to national recognition with over 60 sanctioned races across North America and the first national championship was held in Indianapolis May 23, 1998.

Richmond’s Steve Mackenzie became the first national champion with his modified sander “Grinder.”Nielson’s was part of the PRO hardware buying group until 1994

when the opportunity to join Do it Best, a hardware wholesale co-op with over 4,000 members stores, came to be. This opened the door to a very competitive pricing structure and a much larger range of products delivered to Point Roberts.

Over the years, we’ve had an amazing group of employees. For many, it was their first job and we’ve seen these local kids move on to great things. Michelle Schwalback started in 2006 and quickly became a very important part of the store’s management and success. She met her husband, Don, in the paint aisle.

Without question, the greatest reward has been meeting all the Point Roberts property owners, permanent and second homeowners. At some point everyone would find their way into the store building, improving or fixing something. Thank you all for 59 incredible years.

On December 31, 2021, Fred Pakzad purchased Nielson’s Building Center. Mr. Pakzad owns both the Chevron and Point Fuel & Pantry gas stations and the new UPS store that will be opening soon on Gulf Road. Michelle has become Nielson’s third general manager.

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TEACHER’S CORNER Students at Point Roberts Primary have continued learning about the amazing world we live in. Last month students learned about Ancient Egypt. During our studies the students learned about how the Egyptians lived. They made their own papyrus (paper), wrote their names in Egyptian hieroglyphs, excavated artifacts from Egyptian Artifact kits, learned how to draw 3-D pyramids and painted beautiful desert scenes by incorporating warm colors from the color wheel.

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In The Garden

By Rhiannon Allen A recent discussion of native plants (via the Washington Native Plant Society, I think) led me to check out Hitchcock and Cronquist’s Flora of the Pacific Northwest. When this hefty tome arrived at the Library, I admit that I was disappointed.

When I think of the word ‘flora,’ I think of the parts of the plants easily visible to the naked eye. But this book was a detailed compendium of plants found in the Pacific North West wilds, with a distinct focus on seeds. It took me a while to determine the precise source of my disappointment.

Years ago, a friend looked around my garden and surmised, “You like foliage.”

I’m not sure that she meant this as an insult, but it gave me pause. Yes, I do like foliage. I mean, flowers have their place.

I love the flush of spring flowers in my rockery. I hope to make it once again to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival with its fabulous floral colors. And of course, there are particular flowers that I am fond of, such as the Hellebores that are blooming right now.

But what touches my heart is the amazing variety of greenery in forests, open

spaces and gardens. Moreover, I tend to rely on foliage to identify a plant. To me, the flowers are a bonus, but not always the driving force in selecting plants for my garden.

As I write this in late winter, I can look out my office window and see what delights me. The gray-green leaves of a sprawling Senecio Brachyglottis ‘Sunshine’ planted to screen a propane tank. The persistent greenery of wallflowers that will later burst forth with flowers.

A golden aromatic evergreen. The perky leaves of rhododendrons. The gold and chartreuse blades of Acorus (sweet flag).

The persistent green backdrop of Western red-cedars and Douglas firs skirted with sword ferns, without which our winter landscapes would be bleak. These give pleasure all year.

Of course, not all that is green gives pleasure. I find that recognizing foliage is a key to successful weeding. Is that spot of green the hated weedy popweed (Cardamine hirsuta) that I must rip out before it sprays its horrid seeds far and wide? Or is it mâche (corn salad) destined for the winter sal(See Garden, page 11)

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Centennial of the Maple Beach jitney service

By Mark Swenson As we welcome back more and more Canadians to the Point, it’s timely to commemorate the centennial of bus service between Ladner and Maple Beach, which helped to make the Point a recreation destination for Canadians.

Canadians have come to Maple Beach for recreation since the 19th century, but getting here from Vancouver was not easy.

The Delta Optimist complained about how hard it was to get to Boundary Bay on September 17, 1910: “Popular as the district is at present as a summer resort, its popularity would be greatly increased were the disadvantage of inaccessibility removed ... and Vancouver brought within two hours’ distance.”

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Prior to the opening of the Deas Island tunnel in 1959, people had to cross the Fraser River at New Westminster, or take a ferry from Richmond to Ladner. Initial passenger ferries sailed twice a day yearround (with a third daily sailing in the summers) to Ladner from Steveston, and in 1913 a small car ferry was introduced, which sailed from Woodward’s Landing.

A larger 40-car ferry wasn’t introduced until the 1930s, which meant in the early years there were many passengers arriving on foot in Ladner who still needed a ride to Maple Beach. To serve this demand, in 1922 the White Star Motor Company began bus service between Ladner and Maple Beach. These 10-seat jitneys met each ferry in Ladner – the old ferry dock can still be seen at the Ferry Road boat ramp – and shuttled folks to Boundary Bay. The ability for more and more Vancouverites to reach our warm beaches spurred the development of Maple Beach, and Point Roberts in general. Soon, locals were subdividing homesteads for cottage-sized lots, offering summer rentals and opening beachside businesses. Boundary Bay earned a reputation that the Vancouver World newspaper heralded as the “coming summer resort.”

A century later, Maple Beach remains a popular summer destination. Stop in Saturdays at the Point Roberts History Center on Gulf Road to see displays about the development of Maple Beach, driven in part by the jitney service which began 100 years ago.

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It’s easy to tell at a glance because their leaves, while similarly ground-hugging and green, are quite distinctly different in form and habit.

A friend once asked me if a particular weed was edible purslane or a look-alike poisonous plant. One glance at its rich green fleshy leaves told me that it was purslane, and not a poisonous plant like spotted spurge with smaller, flatter, gray leaves, often sporting a characteristic redbrown splotch.

Yes, foliage both evergreen and seasonal has a place in every gardener’s life! Not only is it the engine of plant growth, it pleasures the senses. The delight it gives the eye is obvious, but touch and scent should not be ignored. Although lambs ears can get ungainly and weedy, what child does not love to stroke those woolen leaves? I cannot resist passing my Alpine mint bush without stroking its leaves and smelling them. The same is true for the rosemary bush and curry plant that form parentheses around my front door. Culinary sage and an Artemisia ‘Powis Castle’ also trail over the front walk so that I can run my fingers over them to release their aromatic delights. Indeed, scented foliage

is one reason that I like to locate my aromatic plants alongside walkways. That way, even in winter, I can doff a glove to touch a leaf and inhale the fragrance on my forays outside.

A number of public gardens have sensory gardens where people are invited to touch and smell plants as well as behold them. Brooklyn Botanic Garden has a great garden in which fully three-quarters of the plantings are devoted to plants with interesting textures or scented leaves. (The remaining quarter bear fragrant flowers.)

Our children used to love to look and touch here. Interestingly, both this garden and the now-gone sensory garden at Tsawwassen’s Earthwise Society placed these plants in narrow hip-height raised beds to make the plants accessible without bending. That might not suit most home gardens, but there are lots of other plans about how to select plants for home sensory gardens. When designing or refreshing a garden, remember that there is more to a garden than flowers, and more to delight than just beautiful flowers.

Foliage enhances a garden year-round.

You can appreciate the attraction of windstirred dry ornamental grasses at the corner of Johnson and Tyee on a Garden Club berm. Summer greenery is the secret behind the popularity of Hostas. While I do like flowers, I must admit that I love foliage.

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Dollars for Scholars 2022 Fundraising Campaign: Local Dollars for Scholars board members are actively raising funds to again award scholarships to high school seniors and our continuing education students.

Donations can be made through Umpqua bank for Dollars for Scholars, through bill pay at any bank – Add Point Roberts Dollars For Scholars as a payee P.O. Box 189, Point Roberts, WA 98281 – or by mail to DFS P.O. Box 1354, Point Roberts, WA 98281. Info: pointroberts.dollarsforscholars.org.

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PR Community Advisory Committee: Thursday, February 17, 7 p.m., via Zoom.

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Craft and Game Night: Tuesdays from 5–7 p.m., Point Roberts Library. Bring a craft to work on or a board game to play.

PR Library Hours: Tuesdays 1-7 p.m., Wednesdays and Saturdays 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Library express hours: 6 a.m. – 11 p.m. daily.

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Point Roberts’ new resident deputy, Trent Leach, moved to the Point with his wife and baby daughter last fall, after volunteering to take the spot.

“So far we love it,” Leach said. “We love the water so that has been a huge draw.

We’ve been taking a lot of hikes with the little one.”

Leach grew up in Bellingham, playing basketball in college before joining the Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office as a new recruit in 2019.

“I always wanted to be a cop,” he said.

“I don’t like the desk stuff so I like that my office is really my vehicle. The job is different every day. I like to feel I’m making a positive difference in the community and hope to leave it better than when I moved here.”

While working in the county as a solo patrol deputy after his graduation from the law enforcement academy and field training period, Leach was also selected as a member of the county SWAT team last year. He will continue in that role while he serves and the Point’s resident deputy.

Leach works four days a week in Point Roberts, on active patrol for 10 hours a day and on call around the clock. When he is not on duty, deputies will be dispatched from the county to respond to law enforcement emergencies in Point Roberts.

February 4, 2:20 p.m.: Trespass on Simundson Drive. on Edwards Drive. son Road.

February 5, 1:38 p.m.: Theft cold call on Edwards Drive.

February 6, 5:26 p.m.: Trespass on Cliff Road.

February 8, 9:03 a.m.: traffic hazard on Peltier Drive.

February 10, 6:28 p.m.: Alarm audible on Ma-

Traffic into Point Roberts for November and December 2021, with figures for 2020 following.

November: Vehicles – 16,280 (11,787); Pedestrian – 120 (11); Commercial – 191 (232) December: Vehicles – 28,525 (12,206); Pedestrian – 299 (4); Commercial – 247 (282)

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By Gina Gaudet When my youngest brother was eight years old, he was presented with his first bible. It was an important day for our family, and as we sat in the car on the way home, he soberly contemplated his new possession, The Young Readers Bible.

It was quite large (maybe 9 x 12 and at least 11/4 thick, as I recall) and he finally shook his head, “I don’t know. I don’t think I’ll have this all read by next week.”

After a burst of laughter followed by reassurances that there was no such expectation, he relaxed and even laughed a bit at himself. To be honest, I didn’t closely follow his journey through that tome; I was in seminary myself and on my own journey through the bible, on a deeper and more complicated level.

I tell this story because many years on, after studying acupuncture and martial arts, he pursued the path of Buddhism, and one Christmas he gifted me with the

Tao Te Ching – which I myself did not read in one week. But recently, a quote from that tome had made it back into my mind via a Facebook post, and it resonated, because even though there was no mention of God per se, the truth that spoke to me was exactly what I needed to hear, as it reflected the work of the Holy Spirit in my daily life.

And it seemed all the more relevant in these tenuous times.

See if these words speak to you: “I asked for Wisdom – and was given problems to solve.

I asked for Prosperity – and was given brains and skills to work.

I asked for Courage – and was given dangers to overcome.

I asked for Love – and was given troubled people to help.

I asked for Favors – and was given opportunities.

I received nothing I wanted – I received

everything I needed.”

Though written by Chinese scholar Lao Tzu, they resonated as if written by King Solomon himself. Such wisdom is truly universal.

What made this quote so relevant to my Buddhist brother and my Christian self is the understanding that often the things we ask for, are asked from a place of wanting for oneself. The Holy Spirit (the Tao?) responds by giving us opportunities to discover that the source of such gifts is actually an inside job.

When we make a request, we then wait for the Spirit to respond. Which is usually manifest as a challenge that requires us to develop that requested quality through our faithful response to the presented challenge.

These challenging times we live in have likely inspired much prayer and supplication for the gifts and resources to survive and conclude a pandemic, to heal a

Obituaries became the focus of family gatherings. The cottage was his true passion in later years.

John was happiest spending most weekends there over the 28 years it was in the family.

Our family thanks the staff of Hollyburn House and Sunrise of Lynn Valley for their provision of care for independent and supported living over John’s final years.

A Celebration of Life was held February 22 at the Pinnacle Hotel in N. Vancouver.

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planet, to end international hostilities, to somehow mend ideologically divided countries, to feel, clothe and house all our people and bring peace on earth.

What we should pray for is the gifts that empower us to rise to the challenges of these times: to be patient and understanding with each other; to brainstorm solutions to the big problems and create community-based responses; to offer not only prayers, but visions of peace between warring nations, and share those visions that others may pray them too, feeding and growing them into viable possibilities.

As we move this month into the observance of lent, let us position ourselves on the side of a divine mother earth that cries out for peace, for justice and for healing. Let us contemplate, let us confess, and make our humble requests. Discover how prayer really works! And then be prepared to find the answers within.

John Henry Hayes McMillan May 8, 1927 – February 6, 2022 Forever in our hearts.

Always happy to be called John, Jack or Mac ...

Many will remember him fondly from his involvement in band activities, particularly the Kitsilano Boys’ Band. He was an avid cornet player for many years.

John graduated from the University of British Colombia as a professional engineer in 1950. Throughout his successful career in the pulp and paper industry, he was a driven team player and leader. He was well respected in North America and internationally for his work in marketing, sales, mill management and consulting.

John was truly a family man. A loving husband, father and provider. Married in 1953 for 69 years to Evelyn ‘Doreen’ McMillan together raising five children: Nancy, Janet, Susan (Pat), Diane (Spyros), and John. He adored his grandchildren: Laura (Jay), Tyler, Kelsey (Dillan), Sean, Mariah, Evie and Will. He was just getting to know his great grandchildren: Finley, Marlowe, Brynn and Lachlan.

John traveled the world to explore, follow family roots, visit family in Greece and to experience other cultures.

Upon retirement, John and Doreen purchased a property in Point Roberts which

Tom Gillespie 1952 – 2022 Tom Gillespie (a devoted Seahawk who counted the days to football (next season!) passed away peacefully at home of coronary heart disease complications, some time after the Super Bowl.

This July was to be his 45th reunion as the first adult male bone marrow transplant survivor of AML (Leukemia) at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. As he said, “I was the human experiment between the monkeys above and the dogs on the floor below. The guys in white from Hanford gave me treatment in the radiation room I built.”

His 70th birthday and our 32nd anniversary was in January. Known as everyone’s favorite uncle and their parent’s worst nightmare, the biggest kid in any neighborhood shared his candy selection with kids of all ages.

An open house (1-4 p.m.) wake in Tsawwassen is planned for March 5.

To accommodate all interested participants and cross border Covid restrictions, technical alternatives are being investigated as well as a Point Roberts location.

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2117 ROOSEVELT. Maple Beach 1920s cabin, 2 BR, wood-burning FP, 2 blocks to beach. $169,000 542 MCLAREN RD.

SOUTH FACING NO BANK WATER FRONT HOME Fantastic South Facing No Bank Water Front Home with endless views of the San Juan and Gulf Islands. This three bedroom, two bath home is situated in the Point Roberts Marina Estates and features a vaulted open concept living, dining/kitchen combo with a magnificent double sided stone fireplace. Lower level with two bedrooms, full bath, utility area and large walk-in pantry. Upper-level loft you’ll find a large master bedroom with full bath. Generous sized decks front and beachside and attached double garage. Your choice of just sitting and enjoying the views or take the kids down to the beach for some fun or if you inclined you could always walk across the street to your moored boat and go do a little fishing.

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