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Fire district votes to buy new ambulance B y P a t G r u bb In an emergency special meeting held October 16, Point Roberts fire commissioners voted to authorize the purchase of a new ambulance after A58, its frontline ambulance, was taken out of service due to a collision. The accident took place near the Peace Arch border crossing at roughly 3 a.m. on October 11 while transporting Georgina Mathey, a Point Roberts resident, to the hospital. The accident occurred on the Canadian side of the Peace Arch border on Beach Road and Highway 99 when a vehicle pulled out in front of the fire district ambulance, fire chief Christopher Carleton said, resulting in the collision. The ambulance ended up spinning 180 degrees and facing northbound in the southbound lanes. The collision threw the attending EMT, Trent Viant, across the back of the ambulance; he was admitted to PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center later that morning for back pain. Chief Carleton commended the EMT for quickly resuming care of the patient until another ambulance arrived. The ambulance driver, Terry Scott, suffered injuries to their hand and lower back but was not taken to the hospital for treatment. Carleton said the injuries were reported to the state Volunteer Firefighters Board. Mathey was also injured in the collision, though details were not provided on the extent of those injuries. She was taken to the hospital by a Ferndale fire district ambulance, while Viant was driven to the hospital via car after the incident, Carleton said. Both Georgina and her husband, Terry Mathey, were present at the special meeting following her release from hospital. The ambulance was driving from Point Roberts to cross the Peace Arch border in Blaine before transferring the patient onto a separate ambulance to travel the remainder of the way to PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center in Bellingham, Carleton said. Damage to the Point Roberts ambulance was extensive, with the front right wheel (See Fire, (24No) page 2) tjohnson;Seattle;Clean Air Comfort Systems;C33432;10x2-4c

s They’re going to be sorry! Kids line up to enter the fire district’s scariest haunted house yet on October 26, 2024.

District in need of superintendent B y P a t G r u bb Point Roberts Hospital District superintendent Barbara Wayland has announced her intention to retire effective with the district’s regular meeting in December. Her decision was made public at the commission’s regular meeting on October 9. Commission chair Stephen Falk thanked Wayland for her service saying he had been “particularly impressed six years ago when UnityCare dumped us. You had only been hired a month before that and you jumped on helping us find a replacement which turned out to be SuperTrack.” Falk’s comments were later echoed by

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Dr. Sean Bozorgzad during the provider’s report. “First, I wanted to express my deepest gratitude to Barb. Barb has had an amazing career, starting as a pediatric nurse, and finishing her career with this work which is pretty much public service. I wanted to say, thank you, Barb, it has been a pleasure working with you. … I feel like you’ve always advocated very well for Point Roberts.” Bozorgzad earlier announced that the clinic had hired a registered nurse, Kimberly Kimerer, who would start on October 10. A recent transplant to the Point,

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