LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The Editor:
I wish to acknowledge and thank all the folks that organized and participated in our 4th of July parade - job well done.
After enjoying the parade, I headed to the park for lunch. That was until I saw that the exchange for Canadian dollars was 50 percent. Needless to say, I had lunch at home. A couple of days prior to this, I experienced the same thing; 50 percent exchange at one of the local cafes. Thank goodness for choices. Where do they get their rates?
If the exchange is actually 50 percent, I do pay this; however, I resent being ripped off.
How about exchange rates being posted at the cash registers. This way one knows the rates prior to ordering a meal, etc.
Thank goodness that most of the cafes want Canadian money. I know where I will and won’t spend my money.
Janeanne Bowles
Ladner & Point Roberts

The Editor:
Once again, we were privileged to have the Vancouver police department motorcycle drill team participate in the annual parade in Point Roberts.
For a small community such as Point Roberts, the addition of the drill team to the parade adds to everyone’s enjoyment of the event.
Would you please pass on our thanks to the members of the drill team for their many hours of practice and for their participation.
Frank Addison
Vancouver, BC

The Editor:
Once again, we have produced a great July 4th and once again I am in awe of some of the really consistently creative hard workers we have here. I can’t emphasize enough what the general public may not realize. These people work their buns off for free, just to make Point Roberts a community that is a joy to live in. Just to make children laugh. Just to insure that we have the richness of annual traditions.
So how about a round of applause for just a few of them? Let’s give it up for Ginger Porter, Art Wilkowski, Hildegaard Weiss, Margaret Moras, Delta Cable and the Vancouver police department. Yup, I probably missed a bunch of people that should be mentioned, and thank you to all who participated. You businesses that built floats in the middle of your busy season, I am crazy about you and will patronize you forever.
I still hear sighs about missing the fireworks. I miss them too. If anyone wants to commander a firework project for next year, I will help.
Next years theme is Adventures in Space, 2004.
And now I move on to the Arts and Music Festival, August 2 and 3. If I have inspired you to work for free, to build community and provide paint on faces of giggling children, then call me. We are running children’s workshops all during the festival. Or if you ever wanted Ed to be a roady or run a booth, we can fulfill your fantasies. Call me.
Pamela Oakley (soon to be Sheppard)
Point Roberts

The Editor:
A very big thank you to all the volunteers and participants in the 4th of July parade and activities. A special thanks to Pam Oakley and Ginger Porter as well as Ben Van Buskirk and all his staff at Lighthouse Park. A word of appreciation to our financial sponsors: International Marketplace, South Beach House, Point Roberts Golf and County Club, Nielson’s Building Center, Art Salazar Mortgage, HB Hansen, Can-Am, TSB Shipping, Dennis Auto Repair, Whalen’s RV Park, Bloomers Nursery, Triple M Realty, Blaine Insurance, Point Roberts Auto Freight, Point Recycling and Refuse and the All Point Bulletin. A great time was had by all.
Arthur Wilkowski,
president, Point Roberts Chamber of Commerce
Point Roberts

The Editor:
July Fourth came and went with a bang at Lighthouse Park this year with another successful kids carnival sponsored by Dollars by Scholars. This year, the kids carnival raised $695.73! Again, this community supported our cause in many ways. Following are some of them:
We asked the community for donations of new or barely used stuffed toys and what an assortment we got for well-loved prizes for the games. Thank you to everyone who found such great toys in their cupboards. We asked for cakes for our cake decorating contest and cakewalk and many kids were fortunate to receive spectacular accomplishments by the generous bakers of Point Roberts. Thanks to all bakers who supplied us with a yummy assortment of cakes.
We asked for used glasses for the dime toss and great quantities of glasses were received for this popular game. Thanks to everyone who donated. All glasses were used.
Many people gave time to run this carnival, the majority of whom were students themselves who some day may be hoping that a carnival as successful as this one will fund scholarships for them. They can take pride in the accomplishments they achieved this year.
Special thanks must go to Ginger Porter, a key organizer of the event and a tireless worker. This included running out for more balloons when we ran out, and of course, rounding up a good crew of workers for the games. Also, thanks to Susan Borget who ran the cake walk. She did a great job and many kids won fabulous cakes.
Thanks also to Kitty Doyle who provided a piece of her artwork for our silent auction, that fetched a tidy sum. Many thanks to Ben and his crew of park workers who came through with a much needed table and who kept an eye on us to attend to other potential needs.
Finally, I want to thank all the kids who came to the carnival and played the games. You were the most important element in making the carnival the success it was. Hope to see you again next year.
Margaret Moras
Point Roberts

The Editor:
We would like to thank John and Davea Fisher for all their imagination, inspiration, dedication, tireless hard work, and service to our community. Because of their efforts, the town was able to reenact an historical event at Lighthouse Park on Saturday, July 19. The event that was celebrated was the picnic of 1908, the day in history when many of the town’s men came home with the homestead deeds to their lands. It was a day of great rejoicing then and now. We all had a marvelous time. There was the reenactment, then everyone ate their picnic lunch, all the while accompanied by the Brass Belles playing in the background. After lunch, there were many games, a pie baking contest, and then a watermelon eating contest put on by our fire department. Other people in our community participated in putting this event together, but it would not have happened at all if it was not for John and Davea Fisher. Thankyou so much for being a part of our community!
It is our hope that every year we could have our town picnic. What a wonderful way for a community to celebrate itself, and can you imagine the fun we could plan for our centennial in 2008!
Kelly and Joyce Kiniski
Point Roberts

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