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For the first
time since Point Roberts started buying its water from Vancouver
the water district has been cited for going over its daily limit.
The district recently received a bill and citation for pumping
too much water last summer from the Greater Vancouver Water District
(GVWD).
The total
of all the overages together is less than 800,000 gallons, district
manager Dan Bourks told commissioners at their May 14 meeting,
adding “Once we went over by 40 gallons and they charged us three
cents.”
Asked by
commissioner Madeleine Anderson if the overage was due to the
Point Roberts golf course’s irrigation needs, Bourks acknowledged
there had been difficulty managing water going to the golf course
last year. “It kind of bypasses our whole pump station so it won’t
be chlorinated,” Bourks explained. “I have to juggle their readings
with mine. It’s working better than it used to. We had some trouble
hammering out the controls and last year I was doing it by hand.”
He said the district needed to replace their incoming meter to
address calibration problems.
With the
golf course paying $30,000 for water last year, Bourks said it
more than compensates for the cost of the overages, which came
to $570.73 (Cdn). “We’re paying for all that extra water, and
I want to sell every drop of it if I can,” Bourks said.
The Point
Roberts Registered Voters Association has decided to ask local
voters if they would like to see an expanded post office, following
a suggestion made by Ruby White. White would like to see a bigger
post office with longer hours, but only if there is strong community
support. “Have you never gotten in line up there for 30-40 minutes?”
she asked. “Then they close at 3:30.” White said she also felt
the volume of Canadian commercial traffic merited expanded services
at the Point Roberts post office.
Board member
Barbara Matthews said the post office needed to tailor its hours
to the needs of local residents, “Many people have left for work
before they open and they’re closed when they come back,” she
said. She added that several board members had tales to tell of
long waits while post office staff handled large commercial shipments
from north of the border. “The commercial users really need to
have their own area,” she said.
In other
association business, Mike Peters and Pat Brady offered to build
a website for the association. The group’s next meeting will be
June 11.
The Point
Roberts Historical Society is once again hosting a townsite tour
of the Gulf Road area on Saturday, June 21. Vintage photographs
and historical narrative will supplement viewing the original
homestead buildings. This year the tour will include a Quilt Walk
as many of the sites will feature a handmade quilt courtesy of
the Point Roberts Quilters. Tours begin at the community center
on Gulf Road. There are self-guided tours from 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
and a guided tour at noon. Tickets are $5.
The first
in a series of Wellness talks will take place at the community
center on Saturday, June 7 from 10 a.m. to noon. David Wade will
speak on “The Good News About Diabetes,” and how you can be healthier
than ever before if you choose to live the healthy lifestyle which
fighting the disease demands.Ward, a longtime diabetic, believes
that family and community assistance is very important and hopes
a support group will result from his talk.
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