Barn goes to Oz
Nov. 20, 2009    “It was like a scene out of ‘The Wizard of Oz,’” said Stephen Stratton.


 

Nov. 18, 2009    Celebrating the opening of Clallam County’s newest park at the Agnew soccer fields on Nov. 18 are (from left): Joel Winborn, county parks, fair and facilities division manager; Craig Jacobs, Clallam County Public Works Director; Clallam County commissioner Steve Tharinger; Sarah Thirtyacre, Washington state Recreation and Conservation Office grants manager; Jerry Royal, Clallam County Parks and Recreation advisory board member; Jerry Reid, president of the Agnew Helpful Neighbors Club; and Jeff Pitman of the Storm King Soccer Club. A matching grant from the state Recreation and Conservation Office enabled Clallam County to buy the 7.4-acre soccer fields from the Agnew Helpful Neighbors group this summer. Storm King soccer club members help maintain the fields. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell


Lights on in Sequim
Nov. 18, 2009   Volunteers help the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce hang festive lights Tuesday and Wednesday, continuing the ten-year holiday tradition at Bank of America Park on the corner of Sequim Avenue and Washington Street.


Wreck at 101 and Kitchen-Dick Wednesday morning


Wreck at 101 and Kitchen-Dick Road Wednesday morning
Nov. 18, 2009   No one was injured but one driver is facing charges following a Wednesday morning collision at U.S. Highway 101 and Kitchen-Dick Road that briefly shut down the center turn lane.


'Miracle' comes to Sequim
Nov. 18, 2009    This weekend begins Sequim High School's two-week run of "The Miracle Worker," the story of teacher Annie Sullivan, played by Emily McFarland, working with blind and deaf child Helen Keller, played by Heather Brown.

Yearning to breathe free
Nov. 18, 2009    Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the fourth-leading cause of death in the U.S., and 12 million people don't know they have it.

Schools set levy election
Nov. 18, 2009    Three years, $14.7 million.

Warren Miller's "Dynasty"
Nov. 18, 2009    Now in his 60th year of making feature ski/snowboard films, Warren Miller brings action from China, Alaska, Norway, Colorado, British Columbia and even Crystal Mountain.

Ripped off
Nov. 18, 2009    Thefts on construction sites and private properties in Sequim are escalating to uncharacteristic numbers.

Peddlers return, test new law
Nov. 18, 2009    Those pushy vacuum cleaner salespeople are back but thanks to the updated peddlers and solicitors ordinance passed last year, they have to follow the rules or leave.

P.C. hosts community open house
Nov. 18, 2009    Sequim residents can discover Peninsula College's community education class schedule, meet the instructors and register for a variety of courses at an open house from 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at Dungeness Design, 520 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.

OTA's 'Doubt': Play vested in suspicion
Nov. 18, 2009    No doubt about it, Sequim is in for a treat when Olympic Theatre Arts presents "Doubt: A Parable," the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play written by John Patrick Shanley.

One arrested for burglary, theft
Nov. 18, 2009    One person was arrested on burglary and theft charges Nov. 12 after a homeowner off Blue Mountain Road returned home early that morning to find a suspicious car in his driveway.

Olympic National Park offers vehicle map
Nov. 18, 2009    Olympic National Forest's Motor Vehicle Use Map, one that identifies routes available for motor vehicle use, has been published and soon will be available to the public, free of charge.

Make your own wreath at Nature Mart
Nov. 18, 2009    People looking for local and natural gifts this winter season might consider going on Nov. 21 to the Dungeness River Audubon Center's third Holiday Nature Mart.

Hurricane Ridge: A living history
Nov. 18, 2009    Some may kindly call it a throwback, an homage to simpler times. Others not so courteous may call it quaint or pitifully obsolete.

Dog on cougar's trail
Nov. 18, 2009    A tracking dog will help locate a cougar that killed livestock in the Sequim area twice in the past three weeks said Fish and Wildlife Sgt. Phillip Henry on Monday.

B&G Clubs auction $25K short of goal
Nov. 17, 2009   The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula’s auction brought in $150,000 for the clubs in Sequim and Port Angeles — $25,000 short of its goal — on Saturday, Nov. 14.


Dungeness River at Railroad Bridge Park

Nov. 16, 2009    The National Weather Service warns that heavy rain over the Olympics will cause widespread high water, including flooding on small streams and rivers of the Olympic Peninsula. Additional rainfall amounts of 3-5 inches are possible in the area. Rain will continue to fall this afternoon and tonight before tapering to showers during the day Tuesday. Video by Jay Cline


Schools stew local foods idea
Nov. 16, 2009    Out go the processed foods and in come more locally grown, organic foods.


Sequim tops Burlington-Edison, 34-32
Nov. 14, 2009  
Sequim's squad recorded the school's first-ever win in any state football tournament, edging Burlington-Edison 34-32 at Viking Stadium in Poulsbo Saturday night.

Honor lifts up local veterans
Nov. 13, 2009   Club members of the Pacific Northwest Wood Artisans found a way to honor veterans physically and mentally.


Spaghetti slurped up by all

Nov. 13, 2009   Free food plus free entertainment equaled a packed house Thursday night at Greywolf Elementary.

Burglary suspects arrested
Nov. 13, 2009   Deputies responded to the area of Red Deer Drive, off Blue Mountain road at about 2:40 on 11-12-09 to a call of a burglary in progress.



Family pays respects to fallen soldier
Nov. 12, 2009   Kara Smith Schoenle, a 1990 graduate of Sequim High School who now lives in Chicago, brought her two children to pay their respects to Michael Pearson, one of the soldiers slain at Fort Hood. The family has relatives in the military.

Titus, retired Sequim Police Canine, passed away Monday
Nov. 12, 2009  Titus, who was easily recognizable by his large size, puppy face and floppy ear, served the Sequim Police Department with his partner, K-9 Officer Mike Hill, from 2005 through 2008 when he was retired due to health reasons.

Olympic Medical Center Foundation High “Heal” Run
Nov. 12, 2009   Sporting high heels, 26 women from Port Angeles and Sequim braved gravity Nov. 8 while sprinting one-eighth of a mile on the Olympic Discovery Trail.

Sequim Wolfpups football
Nov. 12, 2009   Slideshow from Sequim Wolfpups football


School board approves three-year M&O levy plan
Nov. 11, 2009    Three years, $14.7 million. That’s the maintenance and operations levy proposal Sequim’s school board directors agreed to put before voters in a special election on Feb. 9, 2010.

 


Elk hunters held at gunpoint
Oct. 7, 2009
“The whole thing was handled way wrong,” said Don Phipps, who shot the elk. “I’ve never had anyone pull a gun on me in my whole life. I didn’t understand it.” Read>>

 

 
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