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Wed, Oct 14, 2009 

 

Community News Briefs

College hosts study abroad program

The Washington Community College Consortium for Study Abroad program allows students to learn, grow and explore new countries and cultures while earning college credit.

Church News

Business Briefs

Business 2 Business called success

The Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber board of directors and staff has thanked the third-annual "Business 2 Business" Expo participants and attendees for another successful event.

Arts and Entertainment News

ONP sets greenhouse grand opening

The public is invited to the grand opening for the new Olympic National Park Matt Albright Native Plant Center at Robin Hill Farm County Park on Thursday, Oct. 22.

ONP closes Sunrise snowplay area

Staff from Olympic National Park will host a public workshop to discuss the park's recent decision to close the Sunrise snowplay area near Hurricane Ridge.

Obituaries

No PUD electricity rate hike this winter

Monthly electric rates for Clallam County Public Utility District customers won't increase this winter despite a 7-percent wholesale rate increase from the Bonneville Power Administration.

New program, board member for free clinic

Dorothea Hover-Kramer has been elected to the Dungeness Valley Health and Wellness Clinic board of directors.

Meetings Calendar

Make tracks to train expo

Coming round again, like the trains they run, is the North Olympic Peninsula Railroaders 10th Train Show and Swap Meet.

MAC shows fiber arts through November

Through Nov. 28, more than 70 pieces of original artwork from 31 fiber artists are on display at the Museum and Arts Center, 175 W. Cedar St., Sequim, as part of the North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival that was held Oct. 2-4.

Lunch and listen at St. Luke's

Many opportunities remain to enjoy live music and lunch at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Avenue, Sequim.

Libraries celebrate teen reading week

The North Olympic Library celebrates Teen Read Week, Oct. 18-24, with four special activities.

Two contend for Port of P.A.

Commissioners serve 6-year-terms and supervise the Port of Port Angeles holdings, including the Boat Haven, at the Port Angeles Harbor, William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles and John Wayne Marina on Sequim Bay. Brad Collins and John Calhoun are contesting for District 3, open to residents of the county’s West End.

Fire District 3 seeks renewal, hike of Emergency Medical Services levy

Clallam County Fire District No. 3 will ask voters to renew the existing Emergency Medical Service levy, which includes paramedics.

Sequim seeks tax for streets

In July, the Sequim City Council placed a Transportation Benefit District initiative on the ballot.

Two seek OMC seat while 4 sit out race

Four of the five seats up for election on the seven-member board that oversees Hospital District 2 — Olympic Medical Center — are uncontested, held by incumbents Arlene Engel, Jim Cammack and Jim Leskinovitch.

Four seek 2 posts in Recreation District 1

Both positions for the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center board of commissioners are contested. Incumbent Susan Sorensen and challenger Jan Richardson are running for position No. 1 while Noelle Levesque challenges incumbent Robert Macaulay for position No. 2.

Only 1 school board seat is contested

In district 2, which includes Dungeness and the area north of Sequim, incumbent Virginia O’Neil faces challenger Jon Kirshbaum.

Four contend for Sequim council

Three Sequim City Council seats, all four-year terms, are on this year’s ballot, the first election since four new councilors were elected in 2007.

Tue, Oct 13, 2009 

 

Sequim Public Safety Fair October 17, 2009

The Sequim Police Department will be hosting our Fourth Annual Public Safety Fair this Saturday, October 17th from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM at the Guy Cole Convention Center at Carrie Blake Park.

Drivers can look forward to a smoother ride on Hood Canal Bridge

SHINE – Motorists who use the SR 104 Hood Canal Bridge can look forward to a smoother ride next week as WSDOT and crews from contractor Kiewit-General of Poulsbo begin grinding operations on the east half concrete bridge deck.

Mon, Oct 12, 2009 

 

Furry Prayers: St. Luke’s hosts pet blessing

Barks and meows echoed behind hymns at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church service on Oct. 11. Father Bob Rhoads welcomed cats, dogs and even two goats into the church’s seventh annual pet blessing.

Sun, Oct 11, 2009 

 

Opposition arises to SunLand proposal

Not everyone is convinced the SunLand Golf and Country Club needs or deserves to be saved despite a recent fundraising campaign directed at SunLand Owners Association members.

Fri, Oct 9, 2009 

 

Schools say NO to swine flu

With the H1N1 virus, swine flu, threat re-emerging, forward thinking by Sequim School District officials might help many children, parents and staffers avoid that virus and others this flu season.

S’Klallam name proposed for new ferry

The new 64-car ferry that will connect Port Townsend with Whidbey Island next summer may carry the name Chetzemoka, for a chief of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe on the Olympic Peninsula.

Thu, Oct 8, 2009 

 

Cops bust marijuana operation

A 14-month investigation by members of the Olympic Peninsula Narcotics Enforcement Team culminated early Thursday morning with multiple arrests in both Clallam and Jefferson Counties.


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