Birch Bay BUZZ 2022 - News from the Birch Bay Chamber

The Birch Bay Buzz

A Weekly Publication of the Birch Bay Chamber of Commerce

June 8, 2022

If you have any information you would like to share with our Membership and community please email director@birchbaychamber.com by Monday. Newsletters will be sent every Wednesday.

UPCOMING MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON

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KITE FEST 2022! CALLING ALL VENDORS!

We are currently accepting vendors for our all of our Summer 2022 Events:

Kite Festival (June 25 & 26) - The Deadline has been extended!

Sand Sculpture/Rollback Weekend (July 30 & 31)

Discover Birch Bay Days (August 27 & 28).

This year our events will be staged primarily at the future home of the Birch Bay Community Library located at 7968 Birch Bay Drive.

Since our events are not being held at the Birch Bay Beach Park, the unreasonable insurance requirements from Whatcom Count no longer apply to our events making it possible for nearly all to be a vendor!

SPACE IS LIMITED and available on a first-come-first-served basis for each product category.

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BSP BIOTOXIN IS ON THE RISE IN NORTHERN WHATCOM

We received the following notice yesterday:

Good afternoon shellfish partners

We just received word that PSP biotoxin in our Birch Bay Village and Semiahmoo Marina mussel samples now exceeds the limit for safe harvest. As a result, the Washington Department of Health (DOH) is closing recreational shellfish harvest from Sandy Point north to the Canadian border, including Point Roberts. Our staff will be posting signs tomorrow and we’ll be contacting some of you to arrange for posting areas under your control.

You can see the latest recreational shellfish information in the DOH interactive map at this link: https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/biotoxin/biotoxin.html.

L&I has implemented temporary emergency rules for Outdoor Heat and Wildfire Smoke exposure

From June 15 through the end of September 2022, Washington employers must monitor temperature and air quality for their employees who work outdoors regularly and take additional steps to protect those workers from heat and smoke hazards. This includes retail delivery drivers, lumber yards, equipment servicing, and nursery workers. These emergency rules will be enforced while permanent rules are in development by L&I. More information can be found at these links:

Outdoor Heat

Wildfire Smoke

Employers are required to:

Include wildfire smoke response and outdoor heat exposure in their written Accident Prevention Plan

Train workers on the hazards, mitigation steps, and plans for responding to related problems before being allowed to work in excessive heat or wildfire smoke conditions

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Library News: Summer Reading Program is Underway

The annual Summer Reading program for kids, teens and adults is underway at local public libraries. Pick up a Summer Reading card at Bellingham Public Library or Whatcom County Library System branches or download a card at the library systems’ websites, bellinghampubliclibrary.com/summer-reading or wcls.org/summer-reading.The library systems’ Summer Reading program ends Aug. 31, 2022.