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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
The
Editor:
I am the chairman of the International Longshore and Warehouse
Union Pensioners Organization (Vancouver, Mainland) fishing derby
committee and would like to thank all the participants in this
year’s derby.
The following are the winners of the biggest fish caught and
weighed in at the Point Roberts Station. 1st place: Eleanor Attala
(24 lbs.); 2nd place: Frank Lucci (22.5 lbs,); 3rd place:
Alberto Martinez (18 lbs.); 4th place: Chris Hopkins 16
lbs.); 5th place: Don Macintosh (11.5 lbs.); 6th place: Scott
Harris (7 lbs.).
The winner of the draw for the one week cruise to Alaska for
two is Carl Minchau, a long time member of the I.L.W.U. Local
500. Our congratulations to Carl and all of the prize
winners.
The fishing derby committee will once again be distributing the
available funds to organizations that work in the interests of
people most in need and would once again like to take this
opportunity to thank all who supported us and hope to see you in
next year’s derby.
Jim Keith
Ladner, B.C.
The Editor:
The County Brain Trust has done it again – nourished the
beach at Boundary Bay with your money. This nourishment has been
tried in two other places – unsuccessfully, I might add.
Maybe it takes three strikes for these geniuses to get the picture.
They brought about 1,100 tons of cobbles as they like to call
them (sounds better than rocks, I guess). Fancy names aside,
this washed river stone goes for about $50 per yard delivered
in Point Roberts and you know you can’t use unwashed stone
to dump on the beach … it has sand on it and what kind
of moron would dump sand on a sandy beach?
Perhaps these ‘protectors of the seawall’ could avail
themselves of some fish. Apparently it is brain food and they
could certainly use some nourishment in that area. After the
first storm of the season the cobbles are gone to Canada to nourish
their beaches – in any case they are gone along with your
money.
If they wanted to protect the seawall all they need to do is
build some rip rap fingers about two feet high running out from
the beach about 200 feet and let nature and the normal tidal
flow build up the beach for free. If they would like to do some
research and go back to a 1907 map they would find that on the
Canadian side of the border, the old Boundary Bay Road was the
foreshore at 12th Avenue.
Everything east of that was built by the natural tidal flow from
the prevailing south-easterly winds. In any case, if we get snow
this winter Bayview Drive is already sanded – plus the
cobbles for traction.
Ron Calder
Point Roberts
The Editor:
A Christmas present for everyone on the Point.
In case you missed the announcement in last month’s paper,
we have a chance to give ourselves a really nice Christmas present – 50
percent off and tax deductible! The present: Lily Point preserved
forever as a public park. The discount: An anonymous Canadian
friend of Point Roberts will match dollar for dollar the first
$50,000 of contributions.
The tax deduction: The new non-profit Point Roberts Conservation
Society is accepting charitable contributions for the purchase
of Lily Point.
If you can afford it, please consider generously supporting this
community effort. Send your contributions to PRCS, P.O.
Box 158, Point Roberts, WA 98281.
Ed Park
Point Roberts
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