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Every seat is a window seat... Fire board OKs emergency funding of radio By Meg Olson Fire district commissioners have voted unanimously to approve an emergency procurement to upgrade communications. Chief Christopher Carleton has the goahead to spend up to $50,000 of the district’s capital fund to install equipment on the Whidbey Telecom tower on Johnson Road, which he expects will dramatically improve communication with dispatch services in the county. “It’s not just an emergency now, it has been for years,” Carleton said at the February 11 commission meeting, but a combination of dead ends, changing regulations and heightened community concern has increased the urgency. When someone calls 911 from Point Roberts they are connected to the WhatComm dispatch center operated by the city of Bellingham. If the call is fire or medical it is immediately transfered to the Prospect Fire Dispatch Center, which will send a radio signal to pagers of fire department members so they can respond to the emergency. In one call in November, some got a page, while others able to respond did not. One emergency medical technician (EMT) responded to the home of Scott and Jody Hackleman where Jody was in medical distress, but could not transport her to the hospital alone. Despite repeated pages, he remained alone on the scene for 20 minutes until Carleton, in Bellingham, contacted another EMT by cell phone and Jody was transported to the hospital. She later died. “I don’t know if it would have made a difference in saving her life; we’ll never know,” Scott said. “All we know is, the fact it didn’t proceed as it should have could not have had a positive effect.” Carleton confirmed that assistant chief John Shields was able to respond, but despite three signals being sent by dispatchers, his pager never went off. “It wasn’t a failure of this organization. It was a failure of the way we are paged,” Carleton said. Dispatchers send signals from a number of antennas in the county but because of distance and terrain, signal reception can be poor in Point Roberts. Whatcom County undersheriff Jeff Parks said their deputies in Point Roberts also suffer from occasional communications problems. “Terrain has always been the big issue, countywide,” he said. “Our system is pretty old and we’re always working on it. Federal regulations in 2013 requiring ‘narrowbanding’ to make more channels available for wireless communication degraded the signal in some locations. We did lose signal quality and acquire some dead (See Fire, page 3)

s A San Juan Airline flight lands in Point Roberts at 10:20 a.m. on February 20 to drop off and pick up passengers. It was already the second flight of the day into Point Roberts. Photo by Pat Grubb

San Juan Airlines inaugurates regular flights By Meg Olson With increasing numbers of commercial flights in and out of Point Roberts’ small airport, local pilots are struggling with the impacts. “We’re essentially running a commercial operation,” said Bob Granley, a Point Roberts resident who has kept his airplanes at the airport for 20 years and, with the half dozen other local pilots based at the airport, maintains it. “It takes a lot of effort to keep an airport

running and safe,” Granley said. Private owners have primarily used the private airstrip but in 2009 Northwest Sky Ferry began regular service to Point Roberts. “Over the last several years, our clientele started to grow,” said Katie Jansen with San Juan Airlines, which merged with Northwest Sky Ferry last year. Jansen said since February the company has been offering twice daily scheduled service to Point Roberts, but only flying when their two-seat minimum was met (unless the client chose to charter the

County juggles competing priorities By Meg Olson While pursuing run-of-the-mill code violations may not be a high priority in the eyes of Whatcom County, it certainly appears so for members of the Point Roberts community. For the most part, county enforcement staff go after violators based upon a system that assigns priorities based on the level of impact: high for a significant impact on safety, property and the environment;

moderate for a probable though not imminent impact; and low for an impact that is neither probable nor imminent. In response to demands from Point Roberts that the county address code violations, county planner and code compliance officer Garrett Faddis met February 17 with two dozen community members to talk about how the county intends to prioritize code enforcement on the Point. (See Violations, page 6)

plane). The flight leaves from Bellingham airport and costs $109 one-way. Passengers using the service include people doing business on the Point, such as contractors, architects, engineers or doctors, as well as tourists and local residents who cannot transit through Canada. San Juan Airlines also flies to destinations in the San Juan Islands and Victoria, B.C. While the charter doesn’t fly every (See Airport, page 2)

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From page 1 spots.” Parks said counties like Snohomish and Skagit had voter-approved funding streams to pay for multi-million-dollar overhauls to their emergency communications. “We’ve been looking at this for over 15 years,” he said. “Over that period these projects could have ranged from $20 to $40 million. I don’t know what it would be today.” The county’s Fire Agency Radio Service (FARS), a subcommittee of the Whatcom County Association of Fire Chiefs, provides central planning and funding to secure needed frequencies and infrastructure for the county’s fire districts, with priority

given to new transmission facilities that benefit the most people. The local fire district pays $2,000 a year to FARS. The FARS mandate, Carleton said, is to do the best for overall coverage, and they have most recently added transmission facilities on Lummi Island and on H Street east of Blaine. “I’ve been working with FARS and hearing, ‘Wait for H Street, wait for Lummi.’ Now they’re online and we just got done testing. These sites aren’t going to work for us,” Carleton said. Radio signals reach Point Roberts from Sumas and Galbraith mountains, the highest but most distant antennas, leading to failed pages and static. “The success rate on our radios is three to one. We have to press the key on the S Fire district commissioners, staff and department members thanked retiring secretary Michelle Starrs, at left, and welcomed new secretary Linda Hughes, second from left.

radio three times to get our message across to dispatchers,” Carleton said. “The signal degrades as it travels over the landscape and through the trees.” The solution is an antenna array that Whidbey Telecom has agreed to host on their tower for a reduced rent. “That will get us above the trees,” Carleton said. “Whidbey has the ability here to do something really fantastic for the community.” The antennas would both receive and broadcast, making for a much stronger signal for local pagers and radios. Carleton said the next step is to work with county, state and federal agencies, as well as the Prospect Fire Dispatch Center, to establish radio interties from the new transmission facility. “It’s a spider web of bureaucracy and there’s no one I can go to and say, ‘We need to get this done;’” he said. Carleton nevertheless hopes to be able to get the system up and running by the end of March.

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s Henry Teller is behind the wheel of one of the first automobiles on the Point. Teller, born in Germany in 1860, spent three years in the German army, married in 1882 and became a machinist. In 1888 he emigrated to Astoria, Oregon, and found work in the fishing industry. In 1900, the George and Barker cannery (located on the west side) was established and Teller was appointed foreman. Point Roberts township was organized in 1911 with Henry Teller as chairman, and in the 1908–1909 school year, Teller served as the school board chairman, by which time enrollment at the school had increased to 83 pupils and four teachers. (Excerpted from Point Roberts USA by Richard E. Clark.) This photo and others are available at the Blue Heron Gallery.

Letters To The Editor The Editor: A newly forming in-home care agency needs your help. We have prepared a very short (less than five minutes) online survey and would so appreciate your time and input in order to draw conclusions about what the residents of Point Roberts think and feel about the need for in-home care and caregivers. If you are a senior, we need to hear from you. If you are a resident with a family, young or old, we need to hear from you. If you would be interested in providing in home care for the residents of Point Roberts, we need to hear from you. The surveys can be found here: For prospective caregivers: surveymonkey.com/s/3VR2L6C For prospective in-home care recipients: surveymonkey.com/s/WFQB6MC Annelle Norman Point Roberts The Editor: I would like to add my voice to those supporting the Lummi Nation in its request to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to stop the proposed GPT coal port at Cherry Point. I believe the many negative effects of this project would greatly impact the treaty rights of the tribe, as well as the rest of us living in this beautiful region. I urge everyone to investigate the probable consequences of transporting, storing and shipping coal in our area. The document “The Proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal (GPT) Facts and Impacts” compiled by volunteers at Save Birch Bay is available at the library and bookmobile. Please get informed. Pat Vavrick Blaine The Editor: Staff and patrons of the Blaine school district have learned that the recently proposed capital projects bond initiative has seen greater than a 70 percent approval rate. This level of support is historically high, and well beyond the 60 percent level required for passage of the measure. On behalf of the board of directors, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the patrons of Birch Bay, Blaine and Point Roberts for their support of their schools, and the students who are edu-

cated in our preschool through grade 12 classrooms each day. We feel privileged to have the opportunity to make much needed improvements to multiple facilities in the district. In the days and months ahead, we are committed to keeping our constituents informed of the progress that is being made specific to planning for and the delivery of our commitments. These are exciting times in public education, and with your support our students will have an even greater opportunity to maximize their learning potential. Ronald C. Spanjer Ed.D. Superintendent, Blaine school district The Editor: This letter is an expression of gratitude to my community for passing the Blaine school district bond. As a graduate from Blaine High School and a current senior at Stanford University, I know how exceptional the education at Blaine is for being a smaller public school, and how dilapidated the physical facilities currently are. Besides the pure need for a school that doesn’t leak every time it rains, the passing of this bond shows that the community believes Blaine students are worth the investment. It shows that they are worth more than these leaky roofs and outdated facilities. It makes my heart swell with joy to see my community believe and invest in the abilities of our students! Passing this bond provides students with the tools and support they need to be successful not only in high school but also in community college, technical school and even universities like Stanford. Martell Hesketh Blaine The Editor: A wide range of businesses and people studied the GPT proposal and reached the

same conclusion as the Lummi Nation – GPT is unworthy of support. Goldman Sachs studied the GPT proposal and concluded GPT wouldn’t be profitable enough to invest in and, like the Lummi Nation, apparently decided it didn’t want any part in GPT. In 2013 Goldman Sachs sold its entire 49 percent share of SSA Marine (the corporation proposing GPT). Like the Lummi Nation, none of Cherry Point’s three existing industries has endorsed GPT. For BP Refinery, Alcoa-Intalco, and Conoco-Phillips, GPT would increase the likelihood of costly accidents. In a 2011 lawsuit, BNSF testified that coal trains can destabilize railroad track and cause train derailments. Because GPT’s 18 daily coal trains would use the exact same track as Cherry Point’s crude oil and chemical trains, GPT would increase the likelihood of existing industries’ trains derailing. Coal ships, among the world’s biggest vessels, have the worst safety record of all vessels, according to maritimeaccident. org. Too big to move in a single shipping lane, a GPT coal ship would take up both northbound and southbound shipping lanes, causing delays and hazards for other industries’ ships and increasing the chance of catastrophic accidents in our waters. GPT’s 2.5 miles of six-story high, uncovered coal stockpiles would emit approximately 3 million pounds of coal dust annually and sit directly across Aldergrove Road from BP Refinery. GPT’s windblown coal dust would accumulate upon BP’s towering structures, sensors, valves, etc. After careful study, like the Lummi Nation, 214 Whatcom County doctors decided they could not support GPT, saying, “… we are deeply concerned about the health and safety impacts of this proposal.” (bit. ly/1HVzC2D) While our values may differ, businesses and people who’ve studied the GPT proposal agree with the Lummi Nation – GPT would harm what we value. And like the people of the Lummi Nation, we will not be bought or bullied by SSA Marine into surrendering our right and individual responsibility to protect what we value from being harmed by GPT. Paula Rotundi Birch Bay

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District pleased with voter choice By Steve Guntli The Blaine school district will receive some much-needed upgrades after voters chose to pass a $45 million bond. Results from February 10 showed 69.7 percent support for the bond. The bond will pay for several improvements at Blaine High School and Point Roberts Primary School and add additional all-day kindergarten classrooms to Blaine Primary School. Ron Spanjer, superintendent of the Blaine school district, said he was overjoyed by the news. “We are just absolutely thrilled,” he said. “It’s an incredible statement of support from all three communities: Blaine, Birch Bay and Point Roberts. Nearly 70 percent of the vote is, I believe, the largest percentage on a ‘yes’ vote that a school bond in this district has ever received.” The majority of the funds raised by the bond, approximately $38 million, will go toward remodeling Blaine High School. The facility was built in the early 1970s to accommodate around 300 students. Today, however, approximately 650 high school students use the facility, and have to share cafeteria space, a library and computer labs with the middle school.

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From page 1 “About a month ago, it became apparent the community was experiencing a lot of frustration about the response or lack of response from our office,” Faddis began.

He told the group that he had developed a community involvement program for the Maple Falls area because, like Point Roberts, residents had expressed growing exasperation with a lack of code enforcement in the area. “Maple Falls didn’t have a lot of high-priority violations according to our criteria. The fact it had a large num-

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Vista Way that built an addition without a permit. Notices of violation are pending for the Shell station for its new non-conforming sign and a homeowner on Benson Road. Owners of the In-N-Out parcel service on Tyee Drive are “actively pursuing” getting their permits in line and have scheduled a pre-application meeting with county planners. As complaints are resolved, Faddis said they would turn to the community, possibly through PRCAC, to determine where the next priority lies. The code enforcement process can be slow, Faddis added, as it needs to observe every property owner’s right to due process. “It can exist as a flagrant violation but our process remains constant.” Subcommittee member Annelle Norman asked Faddis why county staff didn’t notice illegal and unpermitted work elsewhere on their frequent visits to Point Roberts to inspect construction of the Cottages at Seabright Farm project. “We don’t get involved until something happens,” Faddis replied. “It’s kind of like police work. You don’t know they’re robbing the bank until the bank is robbed.” This cut no mustard with recently appointed PRCAC member Keith Glading, who replied, “But if you drive by the bank and it’s being robbed, you stop,” said. Norman complained that the complaints now being addressed were months and years old. “Is there any way we can get your attention in a timely fashion?” she asked. Faddis assured her that the community had the county’s attention and it was due to the persistence of community members and PRCAC. “The great thing is, you didn’t stop. That’s why we’re here. Whatever develops here, what matters is clear communication.”

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School Calendar 2 - Read Across America Day 2-6 – EARLY DISMISSAL AT 12:50 FOR CONFERENCES, kindergartners join us in the morning, bus on conference schedule 3 - PTO Meeting at the school, 6:30 – 7:30, childcare provided 10 – Sally Roberts here for art 11 - Library (only) field trip 13 – Principal Craig Baldwin here in the morning 16 – LATE START at 11:10, bus is on late start schedule, kindergartners join us at their regular time 17 - Sally Roberts here for art 23 - LATE START at 11:10, bus is on late start schedule, kindergartners join us at their regular time 23 - School Board Meeting at Point Roberts Primary, 7 p.m., everyone welcome! 24 - Sally Roberts here for art 27 - Pizza lunch sponsored by the PTO, kindergartners join us at 11:45 a.m. 28 - PTO sponsored Community Egg Hunt, 1 p.m., at Point Roberts Primary 31 - Sally Roberts here for art

PARENTS CORNER by Gail & Chris Kendall

Our son Connor is now in his 4th year here at Point Roberts Primary and we are so glad he has had this unique opportunity. He and the other students have had an incredible experience that can’t be duplicated anywhere else. They have had field trips that have been unique because of the size of their class. They have been able to get to know each other in a way that doesn’t happen in a larger school. I am so happy that he has gotten this. Most importantly, he’s had a one-on-one learning experience that has given him confidence to continue on to Blaine next year. I would also like to take the time to thank everyone in the community for their support of Point Roberts Primary School. I have been the coordinator for the BoxTops and Labels for Education programs. We have raised hundreds of dollars over the past four years that has helped pay for school supplies and play equipment. We couldn’t have done as much without your help dropping labels off at the bank when you have been shopping. Thank you!

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by Sandra Almond, PTO President Point Roberts Primary PTO is excited to announce our annual Community Egg Hunt is coming up soon. Mark your calendars! It will be held at Point Roberts Primary at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 28. Please note that the event has been moved to the weekend before Easter weekend. Bring your family and friends. Children under 10 years of age can hunt for eggs. It’s free, and we hope to see you there!

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Staff and patrons of the Blaine School District have learned that the recently proposed Capital Projects Bond Initiative has seen greater than a 70% approval rate. This level of support is historically high, and well beyond the 60% level required for passage of the measure. On behalf of the Board of Directors, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the patrons of Birch Bay, Blaine and Point Roberts for their support of their schools, and the students who are educated in our Preschool through Grade 12 classrooms each day. We feel privileged to have the opportunity to make much needed improvements to multiple facilities in the District. In the days and months ahead, we are committed to keeping our constituents informed of the progress that is being made specific to planning for and the delivery of our commitments. These are exciting times in public education, and with your support our students will have an even greater opportunity to maximize their learning potential.

PRiNCiPAl’S CORNER by Craig Baldwin, Principal Point Roberts Primary & Blaine Elementary

As you might have read in the February BE Informed Newsletter, students in the Blaine School District will be in the midst of our Spring Conference Week as we begin the month of March. We’re fortunate to have two opportunities each year to meet in partnership and discuss the growth and success of each child that attends Blaine Elementary and Point Roberts Primary. What a great opportunity for us to honor our commitment to each child’s education through the school-family partnership. I know at Point Roberts Primary this school-family connection is especially important to the broader community. On Monday, March 2, we will be hosting a special event at Blaine Elementary School. Deb Cummings was a former principal at Blaine Elementary and after a long battle with cancer passed away nearly three years ago. Deb loved books and reading. She was passionate about exposing all children to literature, especially one of her favorite stories - Curious George. In her memory, we began an all-school reading event a few years ago. This event corresponds with Read Across America Day (March 2). On Monday, March 2 students at Blaine Elementary and Point Roberts will celebrate Read Across America Day. At Blaine Elementary we have planned a variety of special events including inviting a children’s author named Clete Smith to present to our students. If you are interested in Read Across America Day and want to celebrate with us please contact Mary Edgley about how you can join the fun! On Friday, February, 20, Mary Edgley, Deb Wilkowski and I had a chance to visit Madrona K-8, a multiage school in the Edmonds School District. We took this trip to observe multiage structures and strategies in action. Since Point Roberts Primary School is also a multiage setting, it was enjoyable for us to share, learn from and ponder the benefits and challenges of the multiage structure with other colleagues involved in this approach to teaching. Finally, I want families to know that my next visit to Point Roberts Primary will take place on Friday, March 13. I look forward to catching up with the students and staff at school that day!

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In the last All Point Bulletin I used my space to write about the bond issue. I want to thank Point Roberts’ residents for helping to pass the bond. I love knowing that our school here on the Point will have a new roof and that my students will be going to wonderful new high school. This month I want to write about something else that will almost certainly have a significant impact on the education of Point Roberts’ students - the Common Core State Standards. For the first time ever, the United States has a set of educational standards that is being implemented in almost every state in the nation. This means that a student who attends third grade in Point Roberts will have covered the same basic educational material as a student who attends school in Missouri. In our highly mobile society the new standards assure that a child’s education will flow across the grade levels regardless of whether she spends her entire school career in one district or moves across the country. The new standards are very rigorous and are intended to raise the level of education for students nationwide. Washington State already had a rigorous state curriculum, but the new standards change when and how some things are taught. The entire Blaine School District has been working hard for several years to make the transition to the new standards as smooth as possible for students and teachers. This is the first year that Point Roberts and Blaine students will be tested over the new standards. The new assessment is called the Smarter Balanced Assessment and it will be administered in the spring. The majority of the test is administered on the computer, although there is a classroom component. The computer portion of the test uses adaptive technology so that the specific items a student is expected to answer are selected for that student based on their responses to preceding items. In other words, the computer recognizes that a student who does well with the early items on the test needs to be challenged with more difficult items, while a student who struggles with the early items is presented with items that are less difficult. Items are selected for a student based on the pattern of their responses. Assessment experts believe that this type of testing will more accurately and thoroughly assess students’ knowledge and skills. Thanks again Point Roberts for supporting the bond issue. I feel very fortunate to teach in a community that is so supportive of its school and children. I hope to see everyone soon at the egg hunt and at the school garage sale in May.

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B y B a rb a r a W a y l a n d Is that spring calling? Days have been warmer and the primroses and crocuses have bloomed, hinting that this side of the continent will probably soon be able to say it is truly spring. Many of us have friends and family living east of the Rockies who are still shoveling record snows and our thoughts and prayers go out to them. Last month I gave you the list of upcoming concerts at the church. Both Michael Munro and the Mystic Winds Ensemble of the Naden Band gave fabulous performances in February, kicking off what looks to be the best series ever. I have recently heard from producer Lucy Williams that several more concerts have been added. With the first two concerts behind us and off the list, we have more to look forward to than we did this time last month. The March musicians are a talented bunch. Fanfares N’ Fugues with Ray Kirkham and Karen Nakajima will play March 8 at 4 p.m. Kirkham’s musical career began in 1965 when he was a student at UBC. In 1966 he joined the CBC Vancouver Chamber Orchestra and the Vancouver Symphony and formed the Vancouver Brass Quintet. Ray has performed with many fine musicians including Doc Severenson, Ray Charles, YoYo Ma, Yehudi Menuhin, Joan Sutherland and Placido Domingo. He taught at UBC, the Vancouver Academy of Music, Douglas College and Trinity Western University. His movie score credits include The Changeling, The Alamo, Disney Studios’ Air Bud series, and the Sports World Cup 2002. Kirkham is now retired and has just celebrated his 70th birthday. Nakajima studied music at UBC and Vienna. She has been a featured pianist with the Capilano University Wind Ensemble and has performed in the Lower Mainland and Point Roberts. She accompanies singers, instrumentalists and choirs, and also plays trumpet in a number of ensembles and chamber groups. Learn more about her at nakajimamusic.com. Then on March 22 at 4 p.m., Linnea Gibbs is bringing her trombone quartet Trombones al Fresco for an afternoon of jazz. The quartet performed at the Nat Bailey Stadium last July. This is their first performance in Point Roberts and they promise a highly enjoyable concert. Here is the latest list of the remaining concerts beginning in April: April 10, 7 p.m.: Trinity and St David’s Community Choirs sing ABBA April 12, 3 p.m.: Capilano Flute Choir April 25, 3 p.m.: Cowal-Earle Duo presenting “Vignettes of Canada ”

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By Rhiannon Allen Years ago, some of us discussed the use of common vs. botanical plant names in garden columns. This topic occasionally pops up in casual conversations among gardeners. Do we call it “Oregon grape” or Mahonia? Well, it’s a really good question. I grew up calling that plant Oregon grape. However, a friend staying with us a few summers ago, who happens to be both a professor of Classics and an avid gardener, wandered with us through Lily Point exclaiming about the Mahonia growing wild along trails, and regaling me with the hidden meanings of botanical names. Common names certainly have their place in gardening parlance. We grow up either hating or sneakily admiring the cheerful yellow flowers of dandelions rather than Taraxacum. The garden of my childhood was filled with wallflowers hugging the warmth of the stone wall that surrounded our house, growing happily in ignorance of the botanical debate about whether they were Erysimum or Cheiranthus. A few plant and seed catalogs and many retail nurseries use only the common names of plants. Throughout the world, virtually all vegetables and herbs are known and sold only by their common name. And finally, as a plug for common names, it’s hard to beat the poetry or imagery of names like bishop’s hat, bluebells, cowslip and foxglove. But folk names have many disadvantages, the most common being their geographical variation, even within the same language. I was quite confused when I moved to Point Roberts because our landlord (from California) kept referring to the “pine” in the back yard. For the life of me, no matter how long I stared, all I saw was a Douglas fir. Years later, I learned that many Californians use the word “pine” to refer to evergreen conifers in general, and not just members of the Pinus genus. It would have been less confusing, although perhaps absurd, if she had talked about the Pseudotsuga menziesii. To compound confusion, sometimes plants are called by different names even within the same area. Bittercress, shotweed and popweed are all the same nasty weed Cardamine hirsuta, and I have heard all three common names in use here. Fortunately, most plant and seed catalogs print both common and botanical names. For example, the Forestfarm catalog beside me lists the native species of a butterfly-sustaining plant as both Asclepias speciosa and “showy milkweed.” So botanical names have their uses, although they often prove to be quite a

mouthful. Modern botanical names were systematized by the Swedish botanist Carolus Linnaeus, partially to help cope with the large numbers of new species being discovered as a result of European exploration and increased global trade. In Linnaeus’ binomial system, each type of plant is identified by a capitalised and italicized name describing the category or genus of plant, e.g., Mahonia. This is followed by a name describing the exact species of plant, e.g., Mahonia aquifolium or its dwarf cousin Mahonia repens. Because many New World species were novel to the Europeans doing the botanical naming, many plants are named after their European discoverer. For example, one of the shrubs planted along Tyee Drive is Escallonia, named after the Spaniard Escallon, who encountered the plant in Columbia. Mahonia honors Irish-American horticulturalist Bernard McMahon, who was the conservator of the plant collection assembled by the Lewis and Clark expedition. Other plants are named for their characteristics. The name of Rhododendrons, which originated in Asia, means rose tree. As a result of these naming traditions, one of the fun things in learning botanical nomenclature is that you learn botany and global history. While we might think of botanical names as carved in marble once assigned, this is not strictly true. While botanical names are less mutable than common names, they do occasionally change. Such changes are usually due to the scientific recognition that a plant had been misnamed or that an entire genus of plants needed to be reorganized on the basis of new evidence. A typical muddle has been going on here for about 10 years. Bunchberry is an attractive native groundcover member of the dogwood (Cornus) genus. For the most part, we buy bunchberry labelled as Cornus canadensis, but I have seen presumably the same plant sold as Cornus unalaschkensis. Are these the same plant or not? Well, since botanists can’t agree, gardeners probably shouldn’t worry and can skirt the debate by just calling it bunchberry. So what is the take-home message? Call a plant whatever you need to avoid confusion. Have fun learning both the common and botanical names of plants. And in this column, please tolerate our jumble of botanical and common names. Want to help tend the Narcissus (daffodils), or Ceonothus (California lilac) on Tyee Drive by adopting a mound? Call Scott Hackleman at 945-1552 for details.

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s Marie Munro Mary Elizabeth “Marie” (Greenough) Munro January 22, 1922 - February 13, 2015 Marie passed away peacefully at St. Jude’s Anglican Home with family by her side. Marie was predeceased by her husband Bill, grandson Graham, brothers Lloyd and Clark and sister Erba. She is survived by her sister Lois, daughters Kathleen (Ian), Wendy (Jeff) and Barbara (John), sons Bill (Kate) and Bob (Jacquie), grandchildren Tim (Brittany), Julie (Brock), Sarah, Alex (Alanna) and Emma Leigha and great grandchildren Jack and Finn. Marie was an enthusiastic gardener, loved to sew and painted in watercolors. She and Bill took their young family on a yearlong adventure to England, where the kids went to school and spent time in Europe. Marie and Bill also enjoyed many travels together. Marie loved being with her family and going to the beach house in Point Roberts. The family first vacationed at Maple Beach in 1967. They so much enjoyed the Point that they built a family cabin overlooking Boundary Bay: the family continues to enjoy Point Roberts to this day. Marie was an active member of Knox United Church and volunteered at First United Church for many years. She will be forever in the hearts of her family and friends. The family is very grateful for the care and support provided by the staff of St. Jude’s Anglican Home. A memorial service was held on February 25 at Knox United Church, Vancouver.

to the meeting. “She emphasized her programs are open to the public; all cultures welcome,” Momsen said. Smuyuq’wa’ Lelum Early Childhood Development Centre offers flexible schedules for infant/ toddlers, daycare up to 6 years old, and a preschool for 3- to 5-year-olds, using culturally enriched, early literacy, play-based programing. Sweet Pea’s Licensed Family Daycare in Tsawwassen is a home-based childcare option for kids under 4 years old run by Katherine Praski. The program is small – four to five kids at a time – offering a variety of activities, including daily outings, crafts, games, science, cooking and outdoor play. Cari Shorrock from Wind and Tide spoke about the broad range of programing they offer: preschool, junior kindergarten, flexible schedule childcare, after-school programs (to age 6) and kindergarten. “With three decades of experience and over 30 locations, Wind and Tide is one of the best-known of the preschool options available to Point Roberts residents,” Momsen said. Located in Tsawwassen in the Benediction Lutheran Church at 6th and 56th Avenue, it focuses on intentional play-based learning opportunities through curriculum in art, social development, literacy, math, science and global awareness. The Rainbow Connection Children’s Centre on 52A Street offers a wide range of fun children’s programs, Momsen said, also with very flexible schedules, from baby and group daycare to a preschool at Pebble Hill School. Vicky Harford explained the Rainbow Connection emphasizes meeting the needs of the whole child, including their physical needs, their cognitive and learning needs, their emotional and social needs and their spiritual needs, focusing on “The Golden Rule” and the “fruits of the spirit”: kindness, love, joy, peace, patience, goodness and self-control. “One of their most popular activities is painting with chocolate pudding,” Momsen said. “It’s something kids seem to remember most fondly all their lives.” Mary Edgley discussed how her K-3 one-room schoolhouse program functions. With four years of children learning together, a strong sense of family is created, with the older kids helping the younger ones. “With our great teacher/student ratio in Point Roberts Primary School, Mary is able to modify programs to meet the children’s needs, or advance in education as quickly as they wish,” Momsen said. Edgley encouraged parents of preschool-age children to explore their options for early learning. “I’m sure there are a dozen families out there thinking about this. We just need to get the word out,” Momsen said. “Stop by the library or call 945-6545 to be added to the list.”

Border clarification In the last edition of the All Point Bulletin, it was reported that “the U.S. Internal Revenue Service considers someone a U.S. resident for tax purposes if they meet the “substantial presence test,” which adds up a portion of the days spent in the U.S. over three years. Exemptions to the “substantial presence test” include commuting to work in the U.S., trips less than 24 hours between two points outside the U.S. or if you were unable to leave for medical reasons. Visitors can extend that period to 182 days if they file a “closer connection exemption,” IRS form 8840, which establishes closer ties to another country for taxation purposes.

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