Wed, Sep 23, 2009
Episcopal bishop blesses new 24-hour chapel
Blessings came in Sunday, Sept. 13, as St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim, opened the doors officially on their new chapel.
Economist to keynote college foundation dinner
Internationally recognized economist Jeremy Rifkin will be featured at 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, when the Peninsula College Foundation presents its American Conversations.
Dinner opens Harvest Week
Clallam County's annual Harvest Celebration Week starts with the 100-Mile Harvest Dinner at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27, at the Guy Cole Convention Center, Carrie Blake Park, Sequim.
Community News Briefs
Clallam County Superior Court
Candidates tackle city manager issue
The first city councilor debate since sexual harassment allegations arose against city manager candidate Vernon Stoner provided an opportunity for two candidates to point fingers over the firing of the last city manager, Bill Elliott.
Business Briefs
Arts and entertainment news
A river imbues it
Organizers for the 10th Dungeness River Festival have added activities and changed their plan for this year's event.
KSQM sets drive for funds
KSQM FM (91.5), Sequim's community radio station, holds its first on-air pledge drive Oct. 3-11. This pledge drive will help keep the station running throughout 2010.
Knowing when to say no means knowing yourself
It happened, but how? You said yes to the car dealer. Now you've got the keys and you're mad at yourself because you got roped into saying yes when you wanted to say no.
Jefferson County's Gardiner transferred to FD 3
Only technical issues remain to complete the transfer of Gardiner residents into the boundaries of Clallam County Fire District 3, said Fire Chief Steve Vogel.
History Tales scheduled to start series Oct. 4 in P.A.
Clallam County Historical Society's annual History Tales series begins at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at Port Angeles City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St., Port Angeles.
Here we go again
Sequim city council unanimously agreed Monday night not to offer a city manager contract to Vernon Stoner and to postpone further discussion of the city manager vacancy until Oct. 5.
North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival
The North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival is Oct. 2-4 in Sequim. It includes a museum art exhibition, education demonstrations, fiber arts market and a lecture by The Singing Weaver.
Noon Rotararians give funds, shelter to hurricane victims
"When Hurricane Jimena inundated Sonora, Mexico, with torrential rains and mud slides, Rotarians rushed in to help victims," said Sequim noon Rotary President Dick Hughes.
Murder-hire trial starts
Aaron Hahn's murder-for-hire trial began this week with preliminary motions and jury selection possibly beginning Wednesday. Opening statements could come later.
Meetings and Calendar
Marine Sanctuary panel sets fall meetings
The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary Management advisory council meets from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 25, at the Neah Bay Marina meeting room in Neah Bay.
Wed, Sep 16, 2009
YMCA schedules fall programs
Thanks to support from 7 Cedars Casino, YMCA Community Art School art classes for 5- to 12-year-olds are free.
Those who'll talk have walked the walk
Living with mental illness is a challenge for everyone involved. Margi Ahlgren and Mary Benavidez both have lived with that challenge.
Native plants: whats, whys, hows
Veteran Master Gardener Janice Noonan will answer questions about Northwest native plants in home gardens at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road, Sequim.
Hope and help
Jim and Joanne live with mental illness every day.
Harvest of hope
Olympic Medical Center Foundation, in conjunction with Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, presents "An Evening in Barcelona," the 2009 Harvest of Hope Winemakers' Gala.
Found and lost
When David Piper took an old electric baseboard heater off the wall, something fell to the floor: a slim metal plate imprinted with numbers and Lockheed printed across the top.
Zodiac
Although unfamiliar to many in the Pacific Northwest, Californian retirees here can attest to how Zodiac killer stories frightened households more than 30 years ago.
'Same Time, Next Year'
Launching Olympic Theatre Arts' 2009-2010 season, "Same Time, Next Year" opens Sept. 25 in OTA's banquet hall at 414 N. Sequim Ave.
Wilder donates Lexus to college auto class
Wilder Auto Center of Port Angeles has donated a 2006 Lexus GS300 to Peninsula College's automotive technology program.
Varied acts boost city's link to Japan
A talent showcase on Friday, Sept. 18, will feature five professionals and a variety of amateur entertainment acts ranging from dancing to dog acts, says coordinator Kayana Harrison of Sequim's Got Talent.
Tax credit heats up woodstove sales
Recent legislation could make your home toastier this fall and winter.
Switchback Trail offers a highway toward heaven
Discoveries
Swine flu might miss healthy elders
Healthy people older than 65 should be immune to the current swine flu outbreak, but it could hit young people earlier this year than the regular flu season, said Dr. Tom Locke, health officer for Clallam and Jefferson counties.
Support system crucial for coping with low blood sugar
Diabetes and you
Sofa Cinema
Seven nabbed in burglary sting
Seven people have been arrested for a residential burglary Friday, Sept. 4, in a sting operation that involved the theft of more than $110,000 in cash and coins to be used to bail out one suspect's boyfriend, according to Clallam County Sheriff's deputies.
School briefs
Rock Plaza gets rocks to climb
Ji Sanford, owner of Indigo Building, a new multipurpose health and wellness facility, announced plans to open his business on Thanksgiving weekend.
Remembering Julia Child
Kitchen Korner
Police blotter
Meeting Calendar
Kiwanis opens new camp building
Peninsula Kiwanis groups came together on Saturday, Aug. 29, for an open house to celebrate a new laundry, shower and bathroom facility at the Kiwanis Camp at Beausite Lake near Chimacum.
Iran must be addressed, speaker says
The United States must address Iran's nuclear weapons and support for terrorism before Israel does it, former NBC-TV military analyst Rick Francona told the Rotary Club of Sequim. "Iran is a strategic issue we've put off since 1979. We have to stand up to Iran eventually," he said.
Interchange shortchanged
The Simdars interchange is not on the top of anyone's priority list, state Rep. Kevin Van De Wege told the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce at its meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 8.
Having fun doing science in the park
Our Birds
Funds to help tribal archive projects
The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe will receive $145,733 for its digital conversions and online museum project.
DOGS GONE HOLD HAPPY REUNION
A family reunion of a different breed took place at the Tails to Trails event Saturday, Sept. 12.
Council seeks all the facts
The city council decided Monday night to investigate sexual harassment allegations against Vernon Stoner of Olympia before deciding whether to hire him as city manager.
Cool winds bring market changes
Sequim Open Aire Market
Clallam County Superior Court
Church News
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