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Scheduled Meetings/Ongoing Events

Dollars for Scholars Open Enrollment: Through Monday, May 15. Students must complete an online profile on pointroberts.dollarsforscholars.org.

Point Roberts Clinic Hours: Primary Care – Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., appointment needed. Urgent Care can be accessed through telemedicine or at the clinic Monday – Saturday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m., Sundays 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Always call for an appointment before coming in, even for urgent care services. Hours subject to change. Flu shots available. Info: 360/945-2580.

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.

Point Roberts Walkers: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 8 a.m., coffee to follow at 9 a.m., Thursdays at the community center, Saturdays at Lily Point. Tuesdays location varies and can be found at prwalkers. wordpress.com.

PR Food Bank: Every Wednesday 9–10:30 a.m. at the Gulf Road Community Center. 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 PCR testing: Second and fourth Sundays, 10–11 a.m., Point Roberts Fire Hall, 2030 Benson Road. Bring ID and insurance information.

The Commons: Saturday, January 28, noon–2:30 p.m., the back room of the community center. We’ve got free used books and conversation. If you have some books you’d like to offer to your neighbors, we’d be glad to have a bag or two. Come on down!

PR Amateur Radio Club: Monday, February 6, 7 p.m., via Zoom.

PR Emergency Preparedness: Tuesday, February 7, 7 p.m., community center/Zoom. Info: prepgroup17@ gmail.com.

Fire District 5: Wednesday, February 8, at 4 p.m., via Zoom. Info: WCFD5.com.

PR Hospital District: Wednesday, February 8, 7 p.m., via Zoom. Info: pointrobertsclinic.com.

Taxpayers Association: Thursday, February 9, 7 p.m., via Zoom.

Valentine’s Day Dance: Saturday, February 11, 7 p.m., Gulf Road Community Center. Come join the Point Roberts parks department for an evening of live music, dancing and dessert. Bring a dessert to share.

PR Park and Recreation: Monday, February 13, at 7 p.m., via Zoom. Info: prparkandrec.org.

Water District: Tuesday, February 14, 5 p.m., via Zoom.

Valentine’s Date Night: Tuesday, February 14, 6:30–9 p.m, Trinity Church community hall. Bring your sweetheart for a wine and chocolate tasting, a love song sing-along with Shaune Ann Feuz and Savilla Kress and silent auction. Proceeds support Point Roberts Circle of Care. Tickets: $15 per person, $25 per couple. Only 50 tickets available! Contact prcircleofcare@gmail.com for details and to purchase tickets.

PR Historical Society: Wednesday, February 15, 7 p.m., in the History Center.

PR Community Advisory Committee: Thursday, February 16, 7 p.m., via Zoom.

Heart Rider: Brock Tully’s Life and Message documentary screening: Sunday, February 26, noon – 2 p.m., The Cinematheque, 1131 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C. Inspired by part-time Point Roberts resident Brock Tully’s three bicycle trips around North America to raise awareness for a kinder world and bulling prevention. Screening followed by a Q & A with Brock Tully and filmmaker Juan José Cadotte Gajardo. Tickets: brocktully. com.

PR Garden Club: Tuesday, February 28, 7 p.m., community center. Hugelkultur. Public welcome. info: pointrobertsgardenclub.org.

History Center: Saturdays, 11 a.m.–3 p.m., History Center.

Storytime: Wednesdays, 10:30–11 a.m., PR library. For ages 2-6. An open program that includes stories, rhymes and songs with opportunities for movement and interactive participation.

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.

Announcements

Help Wanted

RECENT HOUSE & LOT PRICES

Blaine, Birch Bay & Point Roberts

December 2022

Point

HIGHER END HOUSES: $800,000 AND ABOVE:

Condo with 1,621 SF, 2 BD, 3 BA, built in 2013; waterfront, marine view.

2-story house with 1,992 SF, 3 BD, 2 BA, 1,380 SF carport, 440 SF deck, built in 2019, waterfront; marine view, .10 acres land.

Cleaning

SUNSHINE CARPET and upholstery steam cleaning, reasonable rates. 360-945-0411 or lawson_brad@yahoo.com.

Construction

Excavation Work/ Manlift Service

Manlift rental available for construction projects / painters & people who are professional & experienced

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Eric also provides: clearing, stump removal, wood & brush removal tree removal, dirt & concrete removal disposal, demolition of cabins, mobile homes, travel trailers, drainage work grading AND MORE.

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COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES:

Warehouse with 4,864 square feet, 280 detached garage, built in 1962 and 1985.

LAND: Residential lot

.18 acres residential lot; marine and territorial views.

.78 acres residential lot; marine view.

Unit B104, Marin Condominium, 9535 Semiahmoo Parkway, Blaine 247 Bay View Drive, Point Roberts 8283 Shintaffer Road, Blaine

4579 Shipyard Road, Blaine

Highland Drive, Blaine 1128 Leighton Street, Blaine

Shintaffer Road, Blaine

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S The glow from the greenhouses reflecting off of clouds during night time.

Dark Sky advocates look north

B y E rin K E lly before implementing bylaws that affecting agricultural operations. Accordingly, the city forwarded the lighting bylaw to the ministry and requested approval by the provincial government. Such approval was not forthcoming and the result can be seen in the otherworldly glow in the Delta night sky.

Annelle Norman and the Dark Sky committee are setting their sights northward hoping to address the issue of light pollution coming from the greenhouses in Delta. The Dark Sky committee is a sub-committee of the Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee established last year following an appeal by Norman. In a sub-committee report she gave at PRCAC’s regular monthly meeting on January 19, she told the board that she plans to attend a Delta city council meeting to ask them to “hold the greenhouses feet to the fire” and do something about the light pollution they create.

Artificial night-time lighting in greenhouses can increase crop yield by extending the growing season; however, the increased lighting has a negative effect on wildlife, especially the feeding patterns of migratory birds who overwinter in agricultural areas in Delta. Attaching screens to greenhouses would help eliminate the problem.

The city of Delta included light pollution abatement and control policies as part of the Official Community Plan Review and Update back in 2003 following community discussions regarding the various environmental and economic impacts caused by agricultural light pollution. However, under B.C.’s Local Government Act, municipalities are required to seek approval from the provincial agriculture minister

The Dark Sky sub-committee continues their efforts to keep the sky dark and the stars bright on this side of the border. “We are contacting some of the homeowners in Point Roberts to ask them to put shields on their lights so that they all point down and to put night lights on motion detectors,” Norman said.

Yacht Sales–Power and Sail Service

Public Notice

Whidbey Telecom1 is a local telecommunications company that has been serving the Point Roberts area since 1988. During the intervening years, we have worked hard to build a telecommunications system that provides high quality telephone and other telecommunications services to the communities we serve. We have done this, notwithstanding the higher costs of serving rural areas in the State of Washington and when few, if any, other telecommunications companies were interested in serving our communities.

We have served and intend to continue to serve both residential and business customers in our service area with high quality telecommunications services at attractive and affordable rates.

In addition to our basic voice telephony services, we offer throughout our service area advanced telecommunications services, High Speed Internet, high-speed data services, special Calling Features, Voicemail, Caller ID, our full-featured Premium Voice service with unlimited Long Distance2, and Security & Alarms system installations and monitoring services.

Each of the basic voice telephony services offered by Whidbey Telecom is comprised of several components, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following: (1) single-party, voice grade access to the public switched network or its functional equivalent; (2) an unlimited amount of local usage at no additional charge to end users; (3) access to 911 or enhanced 911, as implemented by local governmental authority in Whidbey Telecom’s service area;3 and (4) certain toll limitation services for qualifying low-income consumers (generally, those residential consumers who are eligible to participate in the federal Lifeline program). Whidbey Telecom’s monthly charge for such basic voice telephony service is $22 55 for each line designated as “residence” telephone exchange service and $22.55 for each line designated as “business” telephone exchange service. The monthly charge for “residential” service may be reduced as described in the next paragraph. Applicable federal, state, county and municipal taxes and surcharges, including federally-mandated end user charges per line, are in addition to these amounts.4 The rates, charges, taxes and surcharges mentioned in this notice are subject to change, and in some instances are subject to change without notice.

With respect to most, if not all, of its service area, including its Point Roberts service area, Whidbey Telecom participates in the Federal Lifeline and Tribal Link Up programs. Under the Federal Lifeline program, Whidbey Telecom offers to qualifying low-income consumers a discount off of the monthly rate for basic residential voice telephony service or broadband internet access service.For an eligible resident of Tribal Lands5, under this same program, additional discounts for either of these services may apply The current federal Lifeline discount of $5.25 for standalone residential voice-only service, or standard residential voice service with broadband service that is below the federally mandated minimum service standards, will be applied to waive the federally mandated end user Subscriber Line Charge.4 For Lifeline residential service on Tribal lands within its service area, Whidbey Telecom’s discounted monthly rate may be as low as $0.00. Discounted monthly rates for Whidbey Telecom’s broadband internet access services start as low as $50.75 and vary based on the level of service purchased. Under the Tribal Link Up program, Whidbey Telecom’s installation charge for either residential voice or broadband internet access service for a qualifying low-income consumer on Tribal lands within its service area may be discounted by up to $100.00. Lifeline is a governmental assistance program, the Lifeline-supported service is non-transferrable, only eligible consumers may enroll in the Lifeline program, and the Lifeline program is limited to one Lifeline discount per household. The Tribal Link Up program is also a governmental assistance program and is subject to restrictions. Participation in the Lifeline and Tribal Link Up programs requires that the qualifying consumer satisfy eligibility criteria and comply with applicable program rules and requirements.

The above-described services are available to all qualifying subscribers of Whidbey Telecom. The charges for these services are reflected each month on our normal telephone bill, and may be accompanied by charges for other services provided by Whidbey Telecom. The services described in the immediately preceding two paragraphs are those that Whidbey Telecom offers and must advertise in order to be eligible for federal funds that are used to help offset the high cost of serving rural areas and bringing affordable telephone service to residences and businesses in rural areas. These and other services are available by contacting Whidbey Telecom’s Customer Experience Center at (360) 945-1122.

referred to in this notice include any federally recognized Indian tribe’s reservation, pueblo, or colony; Indian allotments; Hawaiian Home Lands; and any land designated by the Federal Communications Commission as Tribal lands for purposes of the Lifeline and Tribal Link Up programs.