Wed, Apr 22, 2009
Letters to the editor
Hard lesson leads to gratitude
Good Grief
Earth Day comes early to community garden
Sequim Mayor Laura Dubois and other city volunteers celebrated Earth Day 2009 a few days early on Saturday as they prepared a plot at the Community Organic Garden of Sequim.
Cruise ship to call at Port Angeles
On May 7, the 1,250-passenger cruise ship Statendam of Holland America Line will call at Port Angeles harbor May 7 as part of a five-day Puget Sound tour that includes calls at Vancouver, Victoria and Port Alberni, British Columbia, and Seattle.
Classes offered for forest, farm owners
Upcoming workshops will introduce forest and farm landowners to topics including estate planning, marketing environmental services and low-impact logging techniques.
City moves to ban smoking in cop cars
A prohibition on police officers smoking or chewing tobacco in their patrol cars will be included as part of an ongoing overhaul of the police department's 500-page policy manual due out June 1, said Police Chief Robert Spinks.
Calhoun files for port seat
Port of Port Angeles Commissioner John Calhoun of Beaver announced he will seek re-election to the seat he won in 2003.
Business Briefs
Brain tumor didn't dim this candle
His hair will grow back, but the giant scar on Isaac Boekelheide's head always will remind the Sequim High School senior that he barely escaped death.
Award-winning documentary to play at college Friday
A powerful, award-winning documentary investigation of the rape and killing of hundreds of women along the Mexican_American border in Juarez, Mexico, will be shown at 7 p.m. Friday, April 24, in Peninsula College's Little Theater, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
Artists carve TRIBUTES
Honoring veterans can come in many styles, but when a group comes together and uses its collective talent to craft something specific, the gift becomes special.
Apply soon for management class
Applications for admission to Peninsula College's Bachelor of Applied Science, Applied Management (BAS) degree program are being accepted for the fall 2009 entering class.
After the Resurrection
Traditionally, Christian churches fill their seats on Easter. Sequim is no exception.
Acclaimed poet to read at Foothills
Peninsula College's Foothills Writers Series welcomes prize-winning poet and essayist Lucia Perillo at noon April 27 when she reads from her newest volume of poetry in the college's Little Theater, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. The reading is free.
A classical twist to Contempora art
When people hear the term "classical art" they might visualize Italian Renaissance paintings and nude sculptures from the 17th century. Not Sequim artist Susan Martin Spar.
Wed, Apr 15, 2009
Library reopening Saturday
The newly renovated Sequim branch library will reopen Saturday with more comfortable seating, a teen area, fun and colorful children's area and new express checkout stations plus fresh paint and carpeting.
Olympic Cellars' past and present converge
Olympic Cellars serves up a slice of its historical past alongside locally made wines and cheeses and a spring winemaker dinner.
Youth jobs sought for fed bucks
Clallam County Workforce Development Council wants proposals for youth employment and training as it seeks to spend $285,066 in federal economic stimulus money.
Training fire set for Saturday
Clallam County Fire District 3 will conduct a live fire training exercise from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, April 18, on South Third Avenue in Sequim.
Tourism may slow, not grind to halt
With fewer than three weeks until the six-week closure of the Hood Canal bridge, North Olympic Peninsula residents, business owners and community activists are busily preparing for the shutdown.
Three performers produce excellence in 'Reader'
Sofa Cinema
Students will meet Peter and the Wolf
Adventures in Music is bringing "Peter and the Wolf" to Sequim next month.
Student film fest, spaghetti dinner set
The Sequim Education Foundation Film Festival and spaghetti dinner is slated for Friday, April 24.
Sequim man crashes plane in Port Townsend
John M. Cook, 78, of Sequim, remains in Harborview Medical Center in Seattle after crashing his airplane April 9 at the Jefferson County International Airport.
Sequim bed and breakfast gets another caboose
It's a heck of a way to run a railroad, not to mention a hostelry - eight cabooses and a dining car without a locomotive in sight.
Send in the CLOWN
Sometimes, it's all about the smiles.
Schools may trim $1.8M
The chasm between what Sequim schools are and what they may look like for the next two years is more than a million dollars wide.
School Briefs
Salads make meals for leaner, greener times
Kitchen Korner
Peninsula College lists winter-quarter honor roll
Peninsula College released the names of students who made the president's list and the honor roll for the 2009 winter quarter.
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