Wed, Jul 1, 2009
What's new at the market
We welcome you to spend a part of your Independence Day at the Sequim Open Aire Market this Saturday.
Vietnamese café opens in downtown Sequim
Downtown shoppers and merchants may have noticed the faint smell of Vietnamese cuisine lingering lately in the air.
Superior court
Summer solstice creates extreme low tides
Beachcombers experienced a semiannual treat last week when the sun, moon and Earth aligned to produce extremely low tides at Clallam County beaches.
Sofa Cinema
Sequim woman bakes winning cookie
Sequim resident Lisa Roberts won the Working Girl Chocolate Chip Cookies Contest on June 17, hosted by Olympic Cellars Winery.
Sequim student receives WSU scholarship
Sean E. Dinius received a $1,500 Lawrence and Sam Meyer Scholarship from Washington State University.
Sequim police keep pace with rising crime
The city's crime has grown along with the city but so far the police department has met the task, said Police Chief Robert Spinks.
Sequim Middle School Honor Roll
Schools group adds Grinnell to board
The Sequim Education Foundation named Michelle Grinnell of Sequim to the board of directors on June 11.
School Briefs
Red, ripe and oooh, so good
Kitchen Korner
Reap your Lavender tour discount early
Farm tour tickets for the 13th annual Sequim Lavender Festival are on sale. Festival goers may chose to use one of two discounts:
Read what Congress passed 233 years ago
When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
Pruning produces plummy results
Valley Gardens
Program sends learners all around the blocks
Lincoln Logs are sooo over. Block Fest, a building extravaganza for parents and young children ages 8 months to 8 years, saw dozens of families turning, stacking and toppling blocks of all varieties at the Sequim Community School on June 20.
Popular Sequim priest moves to Port Orchard
Touching the lives of others is the message Father Henry Mulindwa left his congregation before departing on June 30.
Open house weekend draws hundreds
The June 27-28 Statewide Open House was a rousing success, spurred on by a large inventory of houses, low prices and interest rates and good publicity for the event, its sponsors said.
ONP will repair roads and campgrounds
Several construction and repair projects are scheduled on Olympic National Park roads. While work is ongoing, visitors should expect delays and temporary closures.
News briefs
Meetings and Calendar
Look at the 'private label' for Medicare supplement plan
When you are in the grocery store looking for ketchup, you have a choice between Heinz, Hunts or usually a store brand. Most people recognize that the store brand probably is made and packaged in the same factories that produce the brand-name ketchup and the ingredients will be virtually the same.
From the Police blotter
Elwha Casino will host artisans
The Elwha River Casino will host its first Elwha River Artisan Alley, an art and craft fair, from 10 a.m.-8 p.m. July 29-31.
Ed Beggs remembered as generous
Edward Hunter "Ed" Beggs, Sequim's last full-time mayor, was extremely generous with both his time and money during the 34 years he lived here and remained gracious -- even after voters opted to replace his position with a city manager - his friends recall.
Dungeness flood plan wins approval
The Clallam County commissioners unanimously approved the Dungeness River Comprehensive Flood Hazard Management Plan on June 23.
Carlsborg GMA decision overturned
The Carlsborg urban growth area doesn't need a sewer system in the near future after all, Clallam County Superior Court Judge Ken Williams ruled on Friday.
Business briefs
Big booms
Snaps, crackles and pops will fill the air this Fourth of July as residents celebrate the nation's birthday.
Beating puts youth into hospital
A fight between two 14-year-olds during a physical education class at Sequim Middle School on June 15 put one of the youths in the hospital.
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