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Hospital district candidates

Marge Biery:
Biery moved to the Point in 2003 from Moses Lake, after retiring from her job as chief administrator for a federally funded residential vocational training program. “I came to Point Roberts after doing extensive research into the kind of place I wanted to live,” she said. Since moving here she has concentrated on learning about the community, taking a part-time job at the library and joining in the effort to keep the local clinic running. “I’m seeking to do whatever I can to help this continue,” she said. She cited strong administrative skills and experience dealing with federal and state funding agencies as strengths she will bring to the hospital district commission.

Barbara Bradstock
Bradstock has been visiting the Point for a decade and moved here permanently two years ago. A registered nurse in both California and Washington, Bradstock last worked as Director of Health Services for the Sacramento, California school district. She continues to work as a consultant in health care, working specifically with schools, training staff on billing procedures, for example. Bradstock says she has experience facing many of the same challenges the Aydon Wellness Clinic will face as it transitions to a local publicly funded facility, from securing grant funding and program development to formulating rules and procedures. “I have the relevant experience and believe our clinic helps us stay healthy,” she said.

Margaret Moras
Moras has been active in several community organizations since she and husband Bruno, a former water commissioner, moved to the Point in 1996. She has served as secretary for both the voters’ association and Dollars for Scholars, for which she developed and produced a fundraising Point Roberts Cookbook. Before moving to the Point Moras lived in Canada where she has worked in retail and education.
Moras said she is interested in serving on the hospital district commission “to work towards the improvement of the service from the clinic with minimum cost to the taxpayers.”

Victor Riley
With a doctorate in experimental psychology, Riley has worked for over 20 years in human-computer interactions, first with Honeywell and then starting his own small business that he now runs from his Point Roberts home. While at Honeywell he managed a project using computers to help elderly and disabled people stay in their own homes. Riley said he is running for the board of commissioners to insure continued access to local health care for the community and to explore “how the clinic might ultimately be expanded to help people age gracefully and independently in their own homes rather than being forced to leave the Point.”

Dick Williams
Dick Williams is a retired California State University mathematics and computer science professor who recently moved to the Point. During his 40-year career Williams said he worked on several boards and committees and spent a brief period as an engineer and applied mathematician.
Point Roberts needs a public hospital district, Williams said, because “the health of any society depends, in part, on the health of its citizens.” He believes he has the time, the experience and the sense of civic duty needed to help the hospital district during its formation.