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August
2002
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| Racetrack
group cantering ahead He’s had lunch with the seniors,
spoken to half a dozen community organizations and chatted
with dozens of community members. James Ough gives every appearance
of being in town to court Point Roberts, but the horse-racing
project he’s touting is still both tentative and preliminary. |
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Fire district to hire full-time
firefighters Point Roberts fire commissioners gave the
go-ahead to replace division chief Mike Cadden with two career
firefighters, after deciding that manning the quick response
vehicle, car 510, around the clock was too much for one person
and it was too much to expect volunteers to keep taking up
the slack. . |
| Staffing,
waits in inverse proportion By July 1, Brewsters Restaurant
owner Joan Roberts had seen her business dwindle by 30 percent
in four weeks, as changes in policy enforcement at the border
drove lines down the hill |
| INSIDE |
 All
dressed up
And this pooch had somewhere to go - he joined a few
dozen canine companions at the Brewsters annual dog
pageant. |
 Tarted-up
trash
In a superb Fourth of July parade even the garbage truck,
and heck, the garbage man, looked beautiful.
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| Look
for some hot fishing in August There will be no shortage
of opportunity for competitive fishermen this August. Between
the ILWU Local 500 Annual Fishing Derby and the Point Roberts
Salmon Derby, they should have plenty to keep them busy. |
| Power
bills should reflect lower rates As of July 1, Puget Sound
Energy (PSE) customers may start to see a decrease in their
electric bills. |
| Pizza
or panini or a room with a view? -Old timers out for a
stroll along Maple Beach might be struck with a vivid sense
of déjà vu as they walk past Evelyn Roth’s
former art studio on Bayview Drive – it’s returning
to its original existence as a store and café. |
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NEXUS
rules take a PACE turn As membership in the NEXUS program
creeps up, so does the rule load for the new program.
NEXUS enrollment speeding up
In their first month of operation the NEXUS enrollment center
at Pacific Highway processed 3500 applications, a rate just
below initial estimates for weekly processing, but climbing.
Two very bizzy women... Sharon
Barnett has opened her massage therapy practice in Point
Roberts, working out of her home on APA Road and Nancy King,
along with several other Point Roberts women, is sharing
the vision of Amazon Herb Company with the rest of the community.
Flowers By The Sea 2002
-“a great change has come about in Point Roberts, thanks
to a little old lady who wrote gardening columns, a funny
little German who has finally retired from the nursery business
and hundreds of descendants from the original Icelandic
settlers who first brought their seeds and sowed the ground.
Boogie on at the Arts &
Music Festival! Lighthouse Park will be flooded with
music, murals, dancers, artists, and children’s workshops,
and it’s all free. The Point Roberts 7th Annual Arts
and Music Festival is coming up August 3 and 4, and the
Arts Foundation of Point Roberts is preparing for its yearly
showcase.
Obituaries
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