January 2021
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Name change for the Wackies, page 3
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Ho! Ho! Ho! Happy Holidays to Point Roberts and beyond!
s Despite, or perhaps because of, the pandemic, the holiday spirit has hit the Point harder than usual if the plethora of lit up and decorated homes like this one on Churchill Drive are any indication. For more photos and a list of entrants in the home decorating contest, turn to page 15. Photo by Pat Grubb
2020 year in
REVIEW
Whoosh! A Look Back at the Year That Just Was
By Meg Olson January • The Point Roberts Water District adopted a new rate structure designed to make users with the biggest impact on the water system pay the biggest slice of keeping it operating. • Local firefighters started helping out at the library with story time. • In her last meeting as a member of Whatcom County Council, Barbara Brenner unsuccessfully tried to get council approval for a review of charges at the Point Roberts transfer station. Brenner also pushed council members to undertake a full review of garbage service on the Point. Council also
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heard from several Point Roberts residents who asked that the minimum service level in Point Roberts established by county ordinance be reduced. • After sitting vacant for several years the building that was home to Brewsters Fine Foods reopened as Brewsters Business Center with UNIQ Destinations as its first tenant. • Dan Schroeder was appointed to the Point Roberts Parks and Recreation District board of commissioners to fill the space left vacant after the resignation of Arthur Reber. • Registration opened for Point Roberts Race Week, the first year the event would take place on the Point after a 30-year stretch on Whidbey Island.
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February • All Point Bulletin sources revealed a bulletin in which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers were instructed to conduct enhanced vetting on individuals who had travelled to Iran, leading to up to 12 hours of questioning for up to 200 American citizens and permanent residents returning home. The whistleblower revealed the instruction came from local CBP managers. • Incoming county executive Satpal Sidhu opted to delay any further appointments to the Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee (PRCAC) until he had a chance to meet with local groups and community members to discuss their concerns. about
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Inside Church ............................................... 8 Classifieds ......................................... 12 Coming Up ....................................... 13 Crossings .......................................... 10 Garden................................................. 8 Opinion ............................................... 4
(See Year in Review, page 6)
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