Good
job!
A new crop of high school students have graduated.
Ready?
The Point Roberts Emergency Preparedness group is working away on our behalf.
Whoosh!
The feds recognize the obvious and delay land passport rules until 2009.
Less
is more for 2007 garden tour
This year’s Point Roberts Garden Tour is longer but shorter.
Dollars
For Scholars to benefit seven scholars
The 7th annual Dollars for Scholars (DFS) Awards Night was held June 7 at the
community center. This year $10,500 in scholarships were awarded to Point Roberts
students.
Hands
off the pup, buddy!
It’s the time of the year that wildlife protection organizations, such
as Lifeforce, a Vancouver-based ecology organization, get inundated with calls
about seal pups on the beach.
Point
Roberts is talking trash
Changes to the local garbage system being proposed by Point Recycling and Refuse
may bring Whatcom County Council and representatives from the Washington Utilities
and Transportation Commission (WUTC) to Point Roberts.
Commish
resigns, Calder withdraws
Water district commissioner Sue Johnson has resigned following a health scare
and fire district commissioner Bill Meursing appears poised for double-duty.
Water
struggles recalled
At the Tuesday June 19 water district public hearing some spoke of requesting
an increase in the limits of the present GVRD water contract. This will only
be accomplished if it is shown that it is to Vancouver’s advantage to
do so.
Good
night, Irene
After 30 years on the local parks board Irene Waters won’t be running
this fall.
Fire
district looking for a few, good firefighters
“We’re certainly not critical yet but we could get to that point,” said
fire chief Bill Skinner.
Passport
refunds available
Frustrated travelers who paid an extra $60 to get their U.S. passports expedited – and
still had to wait for them – can now get a refund from the government.
NEXUS
rules clarified for users
A list of agricultural rules for entering the United States that appeared at
the local port of entry caused some confusion regarding NEXUS members dropping
passengers off or picking them up.
What’s
on the library shelves
Opinion -
the border
In
the Garden
Health
Matters
This
month's topic: medication
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