Wed, Aug 12, 2009
School board aims to restore $435k to district
As Sequim students are getting ready for going back to school, their school board is giving them a little more to come back to.
Recession not so rocky for Superior Stone firm
Greg Johnson has been installing masonry for 32 years. Two years ago, he opened Superior Stone, manufacturing lightweight stone products, thanks to the economic pinch in California and Arizona.
PT Flotilla teaches boating safety
Port Townsend Flotilla 47 of the Coast Guard Auxiliary offers "All About Boating Safety" classes 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 22 at Point Wilson Lighthouse in Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend.
Police blotter
Peninsula College grants available for 45 credits, books
Peninsula College's Opportunity Grant program has funds to assist with tuition for up to 45 credits and the cost of textbooks. The application deadline is Sept. 1.
PEAK Program introduces new directors
PEAK Leadership Program has become an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization operating under a regional board of directors.
Parent connection group starts
OMC to build loop road around its Sequim campus
A loop road will run through Olympic Medical Center's Sequim campus to and from Fifth Avenue in a $950,000 project approved for bids at the hospital commission's Aug. 5 meeting.
Olympic Oxygen, OMC accreditated
New prescription disposal program enacted
The plan for prescriptions is changing at two local pharmacies.
Murder and mayhem star in fiction from Northwest masters of mystery
The Bookmonger
Meetings calendar
Massage certificate, degree programs in P.A.
Peninsula College now offers a massage therapy program, new to the school in 2009-2010.
Junior Livestock Auction rewards hard work
Strong smells and long hours don't deter local 4-H and Future Farmers of America members.
Irrigators impose voluntary restrictions
Seven Sequim-Dungeness Valley irrigation districts and companies have agreed on a water conservation plan to address Dungeness River stream flows seen only once every 20 years.
Hospice race gives rest to weary
For years, when it came to comforting those in need, Cliff Robinson was ready. A nurse by trade, he served as hospice nurse from 1994 to 2000, giving medical attention to those with terminal illnesses and a respite to their families.
Health care needs a maul, not a chisel
"If you have a doctor, be happy that you have a doctor."
First Teacher stays afloat on stimulus $s
Something is better than nothing, Cynthia Martin says.
Falling in love, again, with nature
Valley Gardens
Experts to enforce DUI emphasis patrols
Between Friday, Aug. 14, Monday, and Sept. 7, extra DUI patrols will traverse Clallam County roadways in search of impaired drivers.
E-mails show meddling in manager search: East
The city council campaign became more heated last week when candidate Mike East accused Councilor Ken Hays of interfering with the search for a new city manager.
DRY measure
The Olympic Peninsula already meets one of two criteria for a drought declaration and, if irrigators are forced to ration their water, it will meet the second.
County studies how to get most from materials
From refuse to resource, Clallam County builders are trying to transform trash, if not into treasure then into usable building materials.
Contribute to national veterans history project
Veteran's Corner
Community News Briefs
Classical art builds Spar's skill
"Art is a language," says Susan Martin Spar.
Clallam County Superior Court
City manager candidates visit Aug. 25
An Aug. 25 "meet and greet" for the public and a full day of interviews is being arranged for the five city manager finalists, City Attorney Craig Ritchie told the council at its Monday meeting.
Business Briefs
Back-to-school: Back into the black?
Guest opinion
Arts and entertainment news
Art in The Park
Sunlight streaking through the trees lit up a bright idea for volunteers at the Dungeness River Audubon Center.
Wed, Aug 5, 2009
Why visit Oregon coast?
Discoveries
WHEW! Sizzling subsides but fire risk rises
Sunday's high temperature of 89 degrees broke the previous record of 85 degrees set in 1952, and near-record highs over the past 10 days sent Sequim residents out to buy bags of ice, fans and kiddie pools.
We may miss heat if PUD rate rises
Monthly electric rates could increase as much as 7 percent in October for Clallam County Public Utility District customers, said Commissioner Hugh Haffner.
Tax gambling at just 1 bar?
The city is considering enacting a gambling tax to increase revenue but it may apply to only one business, the Oasis Sports Bar & Grill.
Students first among Glenn Terrell's firsts
"To me, students have always been the real reason for an administrator's existence."
StreamFest ticket sale starts today
Tickets for North Olympic Land Trust's StreamFest smorgasbord are available.
Sofa Cinema
She thirsts to supply safe water
The United States has some of the safest drinking water in the world.
Sequim Open Aire Market
Chef Mike Shethar, culinary intern at Nash's Organic Produce, hosts a live cooking demonstration throughout the day Saturday, Aug. 8.
Sequim buses gets perfect score
With Sequim's school classrooms empty for the summer, it was the buses' turn for exams.
Rotary Club forum shows differences
The choices in this fall's city council campaign came into stark focus Friday morning when all five candidates for the three councilor seats appeared before the Sequim Sunrise Rotary Club's weekly meeting.
Police blotter
Old Costco becoming new PUD
A Poulsbo company won the bid Monday to convert the old Costco Wholesale building in Carlsborg for Clallam County Public Utility District's warehouse operations.
Observations
Jim Follis
No act: OTA tops $100K in 100 days
Members of the Olympic Theatre Arts are bringing their show home.
New Spruce Street Park greeted warmly
To a jubilant round of applause, completion of Spruce Street Park was approved unanimously by the city council at its July 27 meeting.
New Neighborhood Watch Web site
The Clallam County Sheriff's Office has an online Neighborhood Watch Web site with information on public safety issues.
Nash's Organic Produce seeks farm chef intern
Nash's Organic Produce is accepting applications until Aug. 15 for a farm chef internship. The six-month to one-year full-time position provides an opportunity for a chef from the food and restaurant industry to learn and teach within the sustainable farm environment.
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