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Bummer. The Sequim School District bond failed again to reach 60 percent approval. Seems that more people came out to vote but most of them voted against it. So it’s done. Sequim schools will have no additional space, no additional toilets, no modernization of science labs and no security.
How our lawmakers in Olympia voted in recent bill proposals
As Americans, we strongly value both work and family … but as citizens we’ve structured our economy and laws to too often force people to work at the expense of their families.
On Feb. 9, the Sequim community will face a huge decision that will significantly affect the future of our community and residents. I will vote “yes” for the much-needed Sequim School District facility bond for the following reasons:
Picture this — the City of Sequim and surrounds in 1980. Long strings of traffic roll through Washington Street on the way to Hurricane Ridge. Some people stop at local restaurants. Cows graze on pasture lands and vegetables grow in the large green valley.
As a consumer of local news you’ve probably read or heard about the proposed Dungeness reservoir …?
I was going to write about the growing rat infestation in Greater Sequim, but I can’t resist looking into and for the truth when the opportunity presents.
Math lessons are all around us. They begin before we enter school and they continue into our old age. Several lessons are confronting us right now.
On Aug. 31, 2007, Washington’s 296 school districts became 295. Vader School District ceased to exist at the stroke of midnight that day.
I hadn’t thought too much — really not at all — about column karma until a “No Trespassing” sign was posted in our neighborhood. Those of you who read and remember my columns will know why I might think of the laws of karma when the sign appeared.
New Sequim residents and former Alaskans Larry and Vicki Brandt Schneibel took up the RVers’ life for 10 weeks with their large Airedale (Max) and their cat because his company needed their Anchorage house for visiting employees.
It’s that holiday letter time of year again — at least for those who haven’t fully transitioned to Facebook to get and share all their news.
