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A new place to YMCA! camp out on Point Roberts By Erin Kelly Visitors to the Point will have a new option on where to stay when they visit by this time next year if all goes to plan. Local resident Lorne Nielson outlined plans to build a campground in collaboration with local landowner Jason McDougall at the Point Roberts Community Advisory Committee Meeting (PRCAC) on June 20. The project, currently under review by Whatcom County Planning and Development Services, involves the development of a campground and RV park on a 50-acre property located at the junction of Mill and Johnson roads. Nielson emphasized that despite the property’s size, the campground area will primarily occupy the area close to the corner of Johnson and Mill roads. The facility will feature mostly rustic tent sites along with a number of RV sites equipped with electrical and water hookups, though no sewer hookups will be provided. A dump station will be available for RV waste disposal. The campground will highlight its natural surroundings, boasting some of Point Roberts’ oldest trees. Nielson expressed a commitment to preserving these trees, stating, “We’re really going to try to keep […] many trees, especially all of the old ones.” The majority of the campsites will be nestled among the trees, offering visitors a serene outdoor experience. Visible from the road will be a sign and an entrance building for registration and supplies, with a manager’s residence comprising 900-1,000 square feet also planned on-site. The remainder of the property will be kept natural, featuring a trail system for hiking through the forest. There will also be a children’s playground, and two bathroom facilities with showers and toilets. Originally slated for subdivision, existing roads will be utilized to minimize disturbance to the trees during construction. “If we have to clear a few areas, we will be very selective when we are doing that,” Nielson said. Currently, there are fire hydrants sprinkled throughout the forest, dating back to when then-owner Century tjohnson;Seattle;Clean Air Comfort (SeeSystems;C33432;10x2-4c Campground, (24No) page 6)

s Well, at least some local residents know how to spell YMCA, one of many songs played by the Pan Wizards Steel Orchestra, a 37-member band from the Seattle area that held a concert on Saturday, June 22 at the marina on their tour of the NW Washington and B.C. Photo by Louise Mugar

Hospital crisis averted, for now B y P a t G r u bb Point Roberts Hospital District commissioners Stephen Falk and Sara Oggel have issued public apologies for conducting district business outside of public meetings contrary to Washington state’s Open Public Meeting Act. The apologies were issued separately on June 18. The breaches were discovered by an open public records request (OPR) made by Vic and Shannon Tomsen, owners of the Small Point Bulletin blogsite, and published on May 5. (The blog has no connection with the ePB or the All Point Bulletin.) The OPR discovered evidence that the two

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commissioners had communicated outside of public meetings and raised alarm in the community that there was a move afoot to change service providers at the local health clinic. Such plans, if they existed, were scuttled when the hospital board took no move at its June regular meeting to give notice to the current service providers, SuperTrack Urgent Care, that the district did not plan to provide the required six months’ notice not to renew the current contract. The contract rolls over automatically every year for another year’s term if such notice is not given.

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