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Wednesday, June 8, 2011 • A 3
Candidates put names on the line The race is on – at least for seats on the Port Townsend City Council and the Quilcene School Board. Election season can’t begin until the candidates put their names on the line – which started Monday and continues through Friday here in Jefferson County. The majority of seats on many nonpartisan boards and commissions are up for grabs in the Jefferson County primary election on Aug. 16; some candidates and races will be decided in the November general election. Candidates must file for office by Friday, June 10, with the auditor’s office at the courthouse in Port Townsend. File in person between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. The auditor’s office updates candidate filing daily, http://tinyurl.com/ nhow2a. Here are the candidates from only the Jefferson County positions who put their names on the line a of 1 p.m. Tuesday: Port Townsend City Council Two of the four incumbents with their positions on the 2011 ballot filed on Monday for re-election: George Randels for Position 4 and David King for Position 6. Two newcomers filed on Tuesday for Position 3: Paul Richmond (who has been an unsuccessful candidate
this Clallam County school district.)
filed for the No. 4 at-large position. Two other positions are also on the ballot.
Incumbents Sarah Bedinger and John Bridge have filed for re-election. Incumbent Walter Johnson has two challengers so far: Richard Fleck and Stephen Rosales.
Chimacum School District David Robocker has filed for re-election. One other position is also on the ballot. Port Townsend School District
Clallam Fire District No. 3 (Residents of Gardiner in Jefferson County are part of this Clallam County fire district.)
Anne Burkart has filed for re-election. Pamela Daly has filed for one of the two other positions on the ballot.
Richard Houts has filed for re-election.
Quilcene Fire District Herb Beck, former port district commissioner, has filed for the position now occupied by appointee Debbie Randall.
Jefferson County Public Hospital District 1 (West End) Kathy Dickson has filed for re-election.
Brinnon Fire District Ron Garrison has filed for re-election. Brinnon Water District
Steve Tucker, candidate for the Port of Port Townsend’s District 1 commissioner’s seat, was the first local candidate to file for the 2011 election season. Candidates have until 4:30 p.m., Friday, June 10 to file for local school board, fire district, cemetery district, City Council and other positions. Photo by James Robinson for county prosecutor and U.S. Congress) and Pamela Adams. Laurie Medlicott is the Position 3 incumbent.
Gary Elmer has filed for reelection.
Jim Stehn has filed for reelection.
Island, Kala Point, Cape George, Center) taxpayers The council chambers contribute $1 per $1,000 were quiet Monday evening of assessed property value after Deputy Mayor George through a specific fire levy. Randels, sitting in for Mayor The city does not have a Michelle Sandoval, opened fire levy; it pays for fire serthe floor to public comment. vice out of its general fund. Following brief coun- Annexation would require cil discussion, the Port that city taxpayers pay the Townsend City Council same fire levy as the fire dismade a unanimous show trict’s rural residents. (Both of support for the city’s city and fire district resiannexation into Jefferson dents currently pay an equal County Fire District 1 (East level of emergency medical Jefferson Fire Rescue). In services levy). real terms, the council chose East Jefferson Fire to take action on the draft Rescue was created out “pre-annexation” inter-local of what once was the Port agreement at its next regu- Townsend Fire Department. lar meeting on June 20. In lieu of a fire levy, the Once the council approves city currently contributes the agreement, it goes to the $831,138 annually to EJFR district’s three fire commis- for fire services via a general sioners for acceptance. Both fund allocation. the city and the fire district Doing the math, that must agree to annexation comes out to city property before Aug. 16 in order to get owners now paying about 57 the question before city vot- cents per $1,000 of assessed ers on the Nov. 8 ballot. If it value for fire services. fails there, the question gets Annexation must equalize a second chance in February these contributions, effec2012. If voters approve, the tively increasing property annexation agreement goes taxes on city taxpayers by into effect in 2013. about 43 cents per $1,000 of Currently, Fire District 1 assessed value. (Port Hadlock, Chimacum, Also, the city has comIrondale, Marrowstone mitted to fire service half of
Incumbent Lorna Ward and Gene D. Long have both
(Residents of Gardiner in Jefferson County are part of
its share of voter-approved Proposition 1 sales tax revenue. This money, an estimated $225,000 a year, goes toward the fire district’s $320,000 capital bond debt. The city committed to paying the district’s bond as part the city’s fire service share. The difference between $225,000 and $320,000 originally was to be made up through other city sources. This city payment ends with annexation.
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The agreement outlines levels of service within the city as well as non-city areas, discusses the use and location of the fire hall uptown and proposes an increase in the district’s board of commissioners from the current three to five. “What gives me comfort is that if annexation passes, whether or not it’s a fivemember board or a threemember board, there will be a board that is elected by the voters of the district and the voters of the city,” Randels said. “As an elected official, I would imagine that the voters in the city – who are really good at voting – will insist on having a say as
to what the fire department does. It will be their fire department.” Councilmember Kris Nelson raised concern over the potential location of a fire hall intended to primarily serve the city. After 20 years the district may choose to sell the existing city fire hall and relocate it. The draft agreement says that the location of the fire hall may be “in or near” the city. “I think the word ‘near’ is way too vague and, by not specifying it be within the city, causes great alarm,” Nelson said. By the end of council’s discussion, the phrase “or near” was struck from the agreement. Otherwise, all present councilors expressed support for annexation and applauded both David King and Catharine Robinson on their work with the district to produce the agreement. “Annexation was not my first choice,” Nelson said. “But, in reading through it, I think everyone did a really good job of addressing all of our concerns. Every concern we brought up is addressed and the document is put together really well.”
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Rowe’s sister, Randi, said he has always been into cars – but not necessarily fixing them. In fact, he started out destroying them. He and his high school buddies used to bring vehicles into his family’s horse arena on their Marrowstone Island property, turning the arena lights on so they could tear around their self-made mud bogs and jumps all night. “I think he started learning how to fix cars out of necessity, since they would run them into the ground (literally),” Randi said. Simon Rowe is a senior studying civil engineering at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, Calif. He took some automotive technology classes at Cuesta College during the past year, because its tuition is cheaper. That’s where he got hooked on collision repair. “I think what set him apart, in my view, was his determination and high standards,” said Cuesta auto body professor Ron McDonald. “He was meticulous and always had a curiosity of why and how things worked.” Rowe’s sister didn’t even know he could do auto-body repair until she heard he was competing at the state level. “It makes sense, though,” she said. “Everything Simon does, he is good at.” Rowe taught himself
Simon Rowe, a 2007 graduate of Chimacum High School, won a national competition in collision repair technology. He is working on an engineering degree at California Polytechnic State University and only recently became interested in collision repair. Photo by John Stokes
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about engines and car interiors, using his 1991 Acura Integra as a guinea pig. “Most of the time, he only had the two front seats in his car,” Randi said. “The back of his car was always in disarray, with whatever project he was working on at the time.”
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Collision repair technology was one of 94 competitions held for students at the SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Mo., June 19-24. Simon Rowe, left, of Jefferson County, won with a score of 874 points out of a possible 1,000. Photo by John Stokes
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said the city’s effort to compile data about the police department would make it easier to provide people with key information when requested. In her letter, Sandoval also asked that demonstration organizers provide information about specific cases of possible police misconduct or abuse of force. To date, no complaints have been made. “Please don’t make allegations unless you can and do back them up,” Sandoval wrote. “Please come forward with facts and information.” The “brutality” Facebook page was created in response to the June 25 police tas-
City favors release of Indian Island explosives safety info people spoke in favor of the letter. One of them was Glen The Port Townsend City Milner of the Seattle area, Council voted 5-1 on Aug. who won a U.S. Supreme 1 to send a letter to sena- Court case earlier this year tors and Pentagon officials over how the Navy was withurging they block proposed holding specific informachanges to the Freedom of tion about Naval Magazine Information Act. Indian Island, the ordnance Those changes would handling and storage depot allow the U.S. Department across the bay from Port of Defense to withhold safe- Townsend. The Navy has ty information regarding since proposed FOI changes Indian Island explosives. that Milner said constitute Councilor Laurie Medlicott an end-run on the Supreme opposed the letter. Court decision. Deputy Mayor George “The council was well Randels said a half dozen informed on this issue By Nicholas Johnson of the Leader
and emphasized that they were for open government,” Milner wrote in an email to the Leader. Randels said councilors plan to submit any edits during the next several days before Mayor Michelle Sandoval approves a final version. The letter targets Section 1014 of the National Defense Authorization Act, Senate Bill 981.IS, which would prevent the release of information about possible safety risks surrounding explosives at Indian Island.
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Homeless shelter gets sprinklers Legion Hall prepared to host shelter for sixth year By Nicholas Johnson of the Leader
The city has given the Port Townsend homeless shelter housed at the American Legion Post 26 one year to install a sprinkler system in order to quell recently discovered life-safety concerns. The good news: Olympic Community Action Programs (OlyCAP) had already planned to install a sprinkler system this year, and likely will before the start of the winter shelter’s seventh season in Port Townsend. A lack of sprinklers and exit options for roughly 20 homeless people who seek winter refuge in the basement of the American Legion hall downtown led an East Jefferson Fire Rescue inspector to declare the basement site a life safety hazard on Aug. 8. Despite those concerns, Port Townsend and fire district officials plan to give the shelter’s conditional use permit the go-ahead for another year, meaning the shelter is on track to open for its sixth season in the Legion Hall basement this November. In its first season, the shelter was hosted by area churches. “All of a sudden, [our plan to open the shelter] was falling apart like a $2 suitcase in the rain,” said Legion Post Commander Joe Carey. “But, it all came together in the last week.” The catch is a new set of conditions aimed at preventing potentially life-threatening fires. Both volunteer and paid shelter monitors can expect to receive training from fire district personnel, who retain the ability to inspect the building anytime, unannounced. The shelter
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also must have a working cell phone in case landlines go down, a designated smoking shelter outside and a smoke alarm inside. “The city has really been supportive of the shelter over the last five years,” Carey said. “This is another example of their willingness to work with us to keep it open.” Rick Sepler, Port Townsend’s Development Services director, said East Jefferson Fire Rescue “took a more focused look than in past years.” Sepler also said the fire district acknowledged the shelter’s community importance and the potential
impact of shutting it down. “Springing this on folks with weeks to go seemed unreasonable,” Sepler said. “We were unsure they would be able to get a sprinkler system by the time the shelter opens.” But OlyCAP’s Chief Financial Officer Les Rubin, who manages money for shelter projects from a Jefferson County homelessness fund, said a $100,000 plan to make electrical upgrades and install showers and toilets this year also included installation of a sprinkler system expected to cost about $40,000. Rubin said that
money has been approved by county commissioners and the sprinkler work has a project manager in Little & Little Construction, who has already bid out the project. (The state Legislature has added fees to most documents filed at a county auditor’s office: $48 of a $62 fee goes into a fund to deal with homeless issues. The city and county signed an inter-local agreement to have OlyCAP manage that fund.) OlyCAP has made it possible for Marvin G. Shields Memorial Legion Post 26 to make more than $100,000 in improvements to the 70-year-old building. A quarter of that amount, $25,000, has funded improvements to the shelter, including plumbing, painting and drywall, as well as installation of an electric furnace. “The shelter really has come a long way in the last five years,” Carey said while mentioning plans to install showers, toilets, sinks and appliances, as well as interior electrical upgrades. As in years past, the shelter expects to open its doors the weekend following Thanksgiving and remain in service for 110 days. It intends to serve three meals, many of which are hot, and provide a safe, warm place to sleep. Check-in is 4-5 p.m. daily; guests are expected to leave for the day by 8 a.m. the next morning. Carey said the shelter serves 20 percent of the area’s homeless population, at the most, although many take advantage of the sack lunch to-go option. Of the average 20 or so who stay, about 30 percent are veterans, he said.
Candidate McKenna visits GOP picnic Gubernatorial candidate and current Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna appears at the annual Jefferson County Republican Picnic, 11:30 a.m.3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21 at the Port Ludlow Resort Marina. McKenna is scheduled to speak around noon, presenting his ideas to reform the education system, get people
back to work, and make state government leaner, more productive and less expensive, according to a news release from the Jefferson County Republican Party. McKenna has won several cases before the U.S. Supreme Court, including voter-adopted laws on campaign finance reform and the state public record law. He launched Operation: Allied Against
Meth and passed a comprehensive methamphetamine initiative in the Legislature. McKenna convened the first statewide Identity Theft Conference and cofounded the Law Enforcement Group Against Identity Theft. He also raised thousands for the Eastside Domestic Violence Program. McKenna, his wife and their four children reside in Bellevue.
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Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 • A 3
police and fire – to rescue of senior meals By Allison Arthur of the Leader
More help needed
Luke Bogues was on duty in his patrol car on Upper Sims Way around 4 a.m., waiting for a speeder. It was quiet. So he picked up the Leader, and read a story about the senior meal program ending in Port Townsend and churches coming to the rescue. The City of Port Townsend patrol officer thought about community service, a service he considers he’s in, and decided to shoot off an email to his boss the next morning, asking if it would be OK to organize other officers to take a turn making and serving meals for seniors, just as churches were doing. “They said, ‘Let us know how we can help,’” Bogues said of administrative sergeant Ed Green’s reaction. Firefighters/medics with East Jefferson Fire Rescue, all about coming to the rescue, wanted in on the operation. They got permission from their union to contribute. So last week, dozens of police officers and firefighters met at the Port Townsend Community Center and spent four nights cooking and serving dinner for seniors – on their own time. The menu one night included baked ham with cranberry mustard sauce, homemade applesauce, roasted broccoli with lemon sauce and bread pudding with pear sauce. “Everyone has been doing wonderfully,” beamed senior Harriet Small, praising all the organizations, including the Port Townsend Rotary Club, for taking turns making meals after Olympic Community Action Programs (OlyCAP) ended the supper program in July as a cost-
More organizations are needed to help prepare and serve meals for seniors four nights a week at the Port Townsend Community Center. Anyone interested can call Eleanor Stickney of the Port Townsend Senior Association at 385-9007. United Good Neighbors of Jefferson County and Jefferson Community Foundation organized a Senior Meals Task Force, and helped organize churches to take over preparing meals while a long-term solution is sought. Churches still are involved, but more organizations are being sought out to help take a turn. council service. “I said ‘Why wait?’” Medlicott said. So she didn’t. She took over managing the meals program under the auspices of the senior association with Patty Ragan volunteering to people around, still has the take charge of the front end of heart of a nurse, one of her things, making the sure the former occupations. evening meal looked nice and The idea of seniors dining was served properly. on cold cuts did not sit well “For some, it’s their priwith the nurse in Medlicott. mary meal of the day. It’s our So when she arrived to responsibility to feed not only help with Rotary, Medlicott their bodies, but their spirits,” refused to serve “deli meats Medlicott said. with sodium” to the seniors, That said, Medlicott also many of whom have diabetes. took a survey of seniors and “We had a pot of chicken asked them their five favorite soup instead,” said Medlicott. meals. “We crutched through it.” “Of course meatloaf and Medlicott went home that mashed potatoes was on it,” night and “at 3:30 a.m., I was Medlicott said. Then she still printing out diabetic reci- made a sourpuss face, pinched pes.” her nose and said, “More than And then she had yet half of these people like sauanother oh-well-why-not erkraut, so we’ll serve sauermoment. She had already kraut, but I’m going to hold offered to take over planning my nose.” meals on Jan. 1, 2012, when While Medlicott was busy she will have retired from city working up recipes and realizing she feels at home in the kitchen, bossing the likes of
Wednesday, sept. 14
1-3 p.m. • Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe fish hatchery naming ceremony, 700 Stratton Road, Port Angeles. 3:30-5:30 p.m. • Elwha storytelling with Jamie Valadez and Roger Fernandes, Heritage Center, 401 E. First St., Port Angeles.
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City of Port Townsend police officer Luke Bogues puts away leftovers after helping prepare a meal for seniors at the Port Townsend Community Center. City police officers and East Jefferson Fire Rescue crew combined to make meals for the seniors. More organizations are needed to help; call Eleanor Stickney of the Port Townsend Senior Association at 385-9007. Photo by Allison Arthur
saving measure. “But these guys are too much. They are wonderful, polite. We had bread pudding that was unbelievable.” “I was classically trained by my grandma in Louisana,” Bogues boasted, adding later that his girlfriend, Krystal Benson, volunteered too and made the biscuits that received rave reviews. After putting away beans from the evening meal last Wednesday, Sept. 7, Bogues sat down with Small and City of Port Townsend Councilor Laurie Medlicott, who had her own 4 a.m. epiphany after volunteering to help with the meal when the Rotary Club took its turn a week earlier. Turns out Medlicott, who admits she’s fond of bossing
Dam removal ceremony is Saturday This weekend brings the ceremony that triggers the $350 million federal project to remove the Elwha Dam in Clallam County. The dam, completed in 1912, blocked one of the great salmon runs of the Pacific Northwest. The structure is now obsolete as a power-generating station, and removal is expected to allow the salmon run to rebuild itself. The 11 a.m. ceremony on Saturday, Sept. 17 marks the project’s start, but there is room for invited guests only, not the general public. A simulcast is broadcast at Elwha Central at the Port Angeles City Pier and the Mountaineers’ OutdoorsFest in Seattle.
Bogues around, Bogues took up a collection from fire and police officers of $305 and made a Costco run. “I said [to Medlicott], ‘You’ve been bossing me around for years, why stop now?” So Bogues bought what Medlicott asked him to buy. Bogues noted that all the money came from firefighters, police officers and volunteers – including two high school students who just happened to walk in one night – were on their time off, not on the public’s clock. A fire Sept. 5 at Beckett Point last week meant fewer firefighters were available than had been expected.
6-8 p.m. • Elwha open mic with poetry, songs and storytelling, Heritage Center. 7-9 p.m. • Elwha River stories, Holiday Inn Express, 1441 E. Washington St., Sequim.
thursday, sept. 15
8 a.m.-5 p.m. • Elwha River Science Symposium, Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. Register at celebrateelwha.com. 5-7 p.m. • Elwha storytelling with Elaine Grinnell and Ben Charles, Heritage Center. 7-8:30 p.m. • Presentation by Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia, Peninsula College. Register at celebrateelwha.com.
Friday, sept. 16
8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. • Elwha River Science Symposium, Peninsula College. 5-9 p.m. • Tribal Gala Fundraising Dinner, Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. Purchase tickets ($150 and $300) at Heritage Center or brownpapertickets.com. 5:30-8:30 p.m. • Coastal jam session, Heritage Center. 7:30-9 p.m. • Dana Lyons concert, Port Angeles Fine Arts
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saturday, sept. 17
10 a.m.-9 p.m. • Elwha Central, live music and demonstrations, Port Angeles City Pier. 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. • Dam removal ceremony, Elwha Dam (invitation only). 3-5 p.m. • VIP reception, Lake Crescent (invitation only). 5 p.m. • Potlatch dinner, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Center, 2851 Lower Elwha Road.
sunday, sept. 18
9 a.m.-3 p.m. • Guided hike to Elwha Dam viewpoint, Elwha Dam RV Park, 47 Lower Dam Road. 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m. and 2-4:30 p.m. • Guided hike to Hurricane Hill, take Hurricane Ridge Road past the visitor center.
But Christian Dubois of East Jefferson Fire Rescue, a volunteer resident, was on hand to bus tables and chat with seniors, including Bea Tyner, who thanked the young man for coming. Seems the seniors were giving firefighters and police officers something they don’t get much these days – a generous helping of praise. “These people all do community service, but no one ever sees that,” said Medlicott of police officer and firefighters, including Bogues, who started a week’s worth of volunteering by reading the Leader in the wee hours of the night, while waiting for a speeder.
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