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Index to Advertisers Aisai Bento.................................... 11 Ajax Cafe ..........................................7 Akamai Art & Glass Supply ............................... 11 Aldrich’s Market ............................ 17 Allstate Insurance ......................... 17 Auto Works ......................................2 Bailey, Sheila ................................ 11 Bayview Restaurant ..................... 11 Candle Store ................................. 17 Circle & Square Auto Care ................................... 16 Coffee Loft & Bake Shoppe .................................5 Crafts Cottage ............................... 17 Creative Union Fabrics .....................7
Deja View Photography ...................5 Dinah’s Yarn Shop ............................5 Dream City Market & Cafe ............................................ 13 Elwha River Casino ..........................5 Expressions ......................................7 FairWinds Winery.............................7 Fiesta Jalisco Mexican Restuarant ......................4 Fillmore Street Garage.....................4 Fins Coastal Cuisine....................... 13 First Federal...............................9, 32 Food Co-op ......................................9 Frameworks .................................. 13 Gardens at Four Corners ..................9 Gilmore Plumbing ........................ 29
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Goodman Sanitation .................... 13 Homer Smith Insurance ................................... 31 Irene East Skin Care .........................4 Jacqueline’s Hairstyling ................ 13 Jefferson CAN ............................... 31 Jefferson Transit............................ 31 John L. Scott ................................. 31 Key City Fish.................................. 21 Khu Larb Thai Restaurant ................................. 27 Kitsap Bank................................... 13 Leader................................9, 25, 29, 31 Lulu’s B&B for Dogs....................... 13 Maestrale...................................... 13 Mail Plus .......................................29
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McDonald Insurance Group ............4 Mean Bean Coffee Company ......................... 21 Monsoon....................................... 18 Mountain Propane...........................4 Mt. Townsend Creamery............... 27 Pane d’Amore ............................... 27 Petals ............................................ 18 Port Townsend Arts Guild .............18 PT Computers ............................... 27 PT Cyclery...................................... 18 Public House Grill.......................... 27 Putter’s Bay Cafe ........................... 29 Salal Cafe ...................................... 25 Seams To Last ............................... 25 SOS Printing.....................................4 Sport Townsend ............................ 27 Summer House ............................. 27 Swain’s Outdoor & More ............... 21 T’s Restaurant ....................... 25 Tyler Street Cafe............................ 29 UPS Store ...................................... 27 Victorian Square Cafe & Deli.............................................21 Village Baker................................. 29 Wandering Angus......................... 21
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oogle the word “local” and you’ll come up with more than a billion results that will tell you everything about everywhere but where you are right now. You could fine-tune a search to get to your neck of the world, but even if you did that, you wouldn’t find what’s in The Local. Because The Local is unique. The Local you’re about to read will take you on an old-fashioned locomotive-like journey around the block and up the street, down the highway and around the bend to meet the people you need to know to navigate and enjoy the world around you – in Jefferson County. The businesses offering coupons in this section are all unique. Why? Because they are all locally owned. Don’t look for the local Walmart. It doesn’t exist. Look for Swain’s Outdoor & More instead. You won’t find Burger King or Taco Time either. Do look for the Chimacum Café and Fiesta Jalisco Mexican Restaurant. Sorry, there’s no Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Store. But check out Crafts Cottage, Creative Union Fabrics and Dinah’s Yarns. And get to know Melanie Bozak, Susan Travis and Dinah Reed. No, there’s no Tully’s in this section either. But there is the Mean Bean Coffee Co., and you’ll get to know the folks there as well. Jeremy’s nice, despite the demeanor of his beans. On page after page, you’ll find coupons with photos of
Think Local First is the theme of Team Jefferson’s campaign to create a thriving local community by maximizing the potential of local independent businesses.
people you’ve probably already encountered while dropping off your children at school, picking up your mail from the post office or attending a local meeting where local officials were taking local input on local issues that matter to you. Yes, we’ll admit it without shame: The goal of this publication is to encourage you to stoke up the local economy with your hard-earned dollars, which keeps the local businesses in business and local people employed. That includes us, your local newspaper. We’re not going to tell you
For information For information about the Think Local First campaign, call Team Jefferson at 379-5610, ext. 222. And tell them The Leader sent you.
that you’ll find everything you want or desire in this section – or in Jefferson County, for that matter. Truth is, there are things you can’t buy in Jefferson County. There’s no new-car dealership. There’s no place to buy high-end camera equipment. Finding narrow, wide or large-sized shoes can be a
challenge, if not impossible. And don’t expect to go browsing for fancy televisions or electronic products. They’re not here. What we do hope you do is what the folks at Team Jefferson, the local economic-development arm of the county, are urging: Think Local First. Studies have shown that local independent businesses put more money back into the community than national brandname businesses. Local shop owners support nonprofit and civic causes and they’re tied to the community, often serving leadership roles on city councils and school boards. So before you get in the car and spend all that time and gas and energy and money going somewhere else to shop – exporting your local dollars to who knows where – think about the local products and services you can buy. The more money you spend here – and that includes banking – the more prosperous your local community can be. Because, quite frankly, when you support local businesses, you support yourself and the world closest to you – the world of people who smile back at you when you walk down the street, hug you when you’re down and give to the charities that care about your friends and neighbors. You can google the word “local” forever and a day and not know the meaning of it unless you get out and experience it. When you think local and buy local and engage in local activities, you become local. And you won’t need to google anymore to find what you need or want. Because you’ll know where it is.
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community and bring it closer together. So where does a dollar really go in this community? What does it mean to shop locally? I set out to track a dollar from one set of hands to the next, hoping to see the effects of spending money locally. While my study isn’t scientific, it demonstrates that a dollar truly can go a long way.
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This little dollar went to Don’s ▼Continued from page 5
and grandmother to the Soda Fountain Café inside Don’s Pharmacy. While I doubt I got a taste of much during that visit, it was my first time “out on the town,” and I think I’ve been hooked ever since. I still go to the soda fountain, where sisters Sam Johnson and Pam Whelan know me as a semi-regular customer. I know that “White or brown?” really means “Sierra Mist or Root Beer?” because they know I stick with one of two drink choices. I’ve given them occasional vocabulary lessons, and they’ve given me Pam Whelan, who was born and raised in Port Townsend, has worked nicknames as a result. That at the soda fountain inside Don’s Pharmacy for six years. Photo by camaraderie is all part of being local. Melanie Lockhart
Since Whelan is a regular recipient of my tips, I asked her where she spends her money locally.
Step 2 – Pam Like me, Pam Whelan was born and raised in Port Townsend. She’s been here a bit longer than I have – 54 years to my 24. She’s worked as a waitress at the soda fountain for six years and knows how to make a real banana split. Whelan admitted that she travels out of town for a lot of things, such as getting her nails done and buying clothes. But she gets her groceries at Safeway and QFC, and buys various
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It rolled from Hilltop on down to ‘Cupcakes’ . . . supplies at Don’s Pharmacy. She said she’s a “purse nut,” so she’ll buy purses in downtown Port Townsend. Once a week she goes to the Highway Twenty Roadhouse for breakfast with her sister and a couple of girls. When she wants to relax and sit down for a drink, Whelan can sometimes be found at the Hilltop Tavern on State Route 20, where the bartenders and owners, including Judy Lundgren, make it a point to know her name.
Step 3 – Judy The Hilltop’s Judy Lundgren sees many regulars come and go for a drink or two every night. On Wednesdays there is Barstool Bingo, which attracts new customers in support of whatever organization benefits from the proceeds during any given month. Lundgren is a member of a family of longtime county residents and knows the benefits of shopping local. “Of course we want people to shop local,” she said. She said that not only from a business standpoint, but from a
The dollar passes hands at the Hilltop Tavern on Highway 20. Photo by Melanie Lockhart
community standpoint as well. “When we shop locally, we visit people we know,” Lundgren said. “It’s nice to see familiar faces.” As a business, the Hilltop donates to a number of organizations, including the Port Townsend Rotary Club,
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Cherry Blossom, she said. She also has fallen victim to the tempting sweets at Perfect Endings Cupcakes, a new cupcake shop that opened in September under the ownership of Tim and LaTrecia Arthur, both residents of Port Townsend for more than three decades.
Step 4 – Tim
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Creative Union Fabrics is a new quilt shop located at the Kala Point business park. “Rekindle the simple pleasures of sewing,” invites owner Susan Travis. Susan carries a full assortment of notions, threads and quality fabric under major brands, and offers classes too. Creative Union Fabrics is located at 112 Kala Square Place, Port Townsend. Call 379-0655.
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Ajax Cafe You will be hard pressed to find long-time locals that don’t have a story to
tell about the Ajax Café. The Ajax has been a locally operated café for over 30 years with a long colorful history. It is off the beaten path but once found, its out of the ordinary character make it hard to forget. The customers, former owners, performers and employees of the Ajax have contributed to the Ajax’s evolution and continue to put it in its own unique class. The Ajax uses as many local products as possible including locally grown produce, cheese and fish.
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then moseyed over to the Food Co-op . . . Office, The Food Co-op, or Swain’s for shoes. “We have four kids. We go through a lot of shoes,” Arthur said. One of the family’s favorite local restaurants, Silverwater Café, is right across the street from the cupcake shop.
Step 4 – Alison Alison Hero Powers owns Silverwater Café with friend and former husband David Hero. Hero Powers, who is a huge supporter of local David Hero (left) and Alison Hero Powers, owners of the Silverwater spending, said she has only Café, value the local dollar. Alison said she shops locally as much as been over the Hood Canal Bridge once since it reopened possible. Photo by Crystal Hudson
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that you can’t find anywhere else.” Hero Powers frequents Swain’s and QFC. She also loves eating at Lanza’s. On a “very regular basis,” she can be found at The Food Co-op.
Step 6 – Walter
He’ll freely talk about his album that went “local platinum” after selling 100 copies. One of his favorite local places to shop is Crossroads Music on Lawrence Street, owned by Dan Gessner and Sara Lopez.
Step 7 – Dan “I like to support the
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Walter Harris has worked at The Food Co-op for eight years, where many locals spend money regularly. Photo by Melanie Lockhart
Walter Harris has been an employee at The Food Co-op for eight years and shops there regularly. As I took his photo, he joked about his appearance and stated that he should have cut his red hair after all. Harris is a big fan of the
summer season, when he can get one of the area’s most famous hot dogs at Dogs-aFoot on Water Street. He also enjoys Sea J’s Restaurant at the Boat Haven Marina.
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Gary and Patti created the Gardens at Four Corners 12 years ago, and their love for this area and the community only grows. They’ve learned that this is “dream country” for gardening if the challenges of soil, water (and deer!) are first conquered; so it’s their goal to educate for success with helpful and knowledgeable staff and carry Patti and Gary quality, reasonably priced soils, mulches and healthy plants (including larger trees). People say they buy their plants here “because they live!” So, why travel out of the county when you can enjoy all of this on 21⁄2 acres, browsing the wonderful gardens at “Four Corners?!” Locally owned since 1995.
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“Harmonica Man” Andy Mackie is famous in Jefferson County for his love of music and his devotion to spreading that passion to others – especially kids. His generosity and compassion have been experienced throughout the world through the lessons he began giving in his own backyard. Photo by Melanie Lockhart
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kids and began teaching the students how to play. When he was still alive the next month, he bought more music makers. Since then, Mackie has donated thousands of harmonicas and hand-built “strum sticks,” given countless lessons and encouraged students to pay it forward by doing the same – all while hanging on to the life he should have lost years ago. He began with schools
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Locals are made, not born By Kathie Meyer of The Leader
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’ve lived here 10 years. Does that make me a “local”? Some say no. I say yes. And it’s not because I grew up close by (Bremerton) or because a distant relative once owned The Palace Hotel and another lived on a houseboat in Brinnon, or because, as a kid, I went to summer camp at Fort Flagler State Park either. I say I’m a local because of what has happened since I came here. Here’s what I did to sneak into the “in crowd”:
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Soon after I moved here, I answered an ad in The Leader asking for garage sale donations for East Jefferson County Habitat for Humanity. From that I became acquainted with then board president Jean Camfield and ended up on the board myself. I also volunteered for the Wooden Boat Festival in those early days. I don’t know how many local nonprofits I’ve supported here over the years, but one thing I do know for sure is that giving back to this community and expecting nothing in return is essential to being a local.
Learn local history
If you don’t know who James Swan or Chief Chetzemoka were or that Rocky Friedman was a checker at Aldrich’s before he resurrected the Rose Theatre, you’ve got some catching up to do. Here are a few simple ways to accomplish this task: Talk to your neighbors, get a library card, join the historical society and faithfully read “Looking Back” in The Leader. Pretty soon you too will know that the Kitsap Bank building on Sims Way was once a Kentucky Fried Chicken, and The Food Co-op used to be a bowling alley that local activists
Kathie Meyer, arts editor at The Leader, enjoys knitting. She also has been a volunteer with East Jefferson County Habitat for Humanity. She enjoys being “a local.” Photo by Barney Burke kept from becoming a Rite Aid. For serious students, I recommend Tom Camfield’s books or City of Dreams, edited by the late Peter Simpson.
Speak your mind
This brings me to another
aspect of community involvment. At the very least, you must register to vote and then do so. Moreover, writing a letter to the editor or speaking to issues at City Council meetings are great ways to meet other like-minded citizens because it
shows that you care about the future. Case in point: When I wrote a letter to The Leader about eight or so years ago about former councilman Allen Frank, a woman I didn’t know See BORN Page 16▼
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she called to invite me to her house for biscotti.
Respect the environment
We live in a place with stunning good looks, and we know it’s important work that keeps it that way. No one’s perfect, but a certain consciousness about your impact is appreciated. Use garbage and recycling receptacles, walk or bike more often, pick up your pet poop and, if you can, drive a gas-saving vehicle. Oh, and if you absolutely have to smoke, please remember that the ground and water are not ashtrays.
Support local businesses
There are a lot of reasons to support local businesses besides plain old economic development. For one thing, fresh food tastes better and is good for you. For that reason, join The Food Co-op and frequent the area’s farmers markets.
Beyond that, it’s just a pleasure to know the person behind the cash register. In the early days of my residency, I was talking to a friend while in line at the checkout in Safeway, and I happened to mention that I was looking for a dentist. The checker, Paula MacDonald, overheard me, recommended Barry Nutter, and I’ve been going to him ever since.
Follow your dream
A true local believes anything is possible if you put your heart and soul into it. Whether it’s a big or little aspiration, there is no place like Jefferson County to begin a garden, learn to knit, build a boat or anything else you’ve “always wanted to do.” Like marriage, being a local is a state of mind. It’s not a piece of paper that says you are, but your inner commitment to the concept. Here’s to a long and happy union!
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Students from the Swan School served as ushers Oct. 1 during the Port Townsend Marine Science Center Stewardship Breakfast where Peter Bahls of the Northwest Watershed Institute was awarded the Eleanor Stopps Environmental Leadership Award. Stopps, center, enjoyed the event. Students (From left), are Maddy Solly-Tanner, Ismay Gale, Spencer Drewry, teacher Melinda Pongrey, Tristan Fountain, and Adam Riggle. Bahls’ wife, Jude Rubin, director of the NWI, accepted the award for Bahls, who was unavailable. Photo by Allison Arthur
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don’t know about you, but I find it a little amusing when someone brags about being a native of Port Townsend. It’s not as if someone can be credited with having the foresight to be born here or anywhere else. And it makes no more sense than blaming someone for having the audacity to be born in Bakersfield, Calif., or even Trenton, N.J. Wherever you’re from, you can still become a local. As in Rome, just do as the plebeians do – such as blaming people who moved here after you did for everything from potholes to home prices. Speaking from my own experience, I tell you that newcomers hailing from California waste no time in trying to shed their geographic baggage. You’ll sometimes see them at the edge of town, removing their license plates, then stopping at Swain’s to buy a sufficiently local bumper sticker before going to the Courthouse for Washington vanity plates reading I LUV PT or some such sentiment. As a matter of fact, one of the keys to becoming a local is learning how to drive like a local. Remember, now that you’re a citizen of the People’s Republic of Port Townsend, you, too, are
You can’t get much more local that sitting in front of Aldrich’s Market. Here, Gita Zweig and her dog, Wilbur, visit with neighbor Bob Schultz. Photo by Barney Burke
special. That means seatbelt laws – and the local dog leash law, for that matter – don’t apply to you. Likewise, you don’t have to wait your turn at an intersection even if you’re the one with the stop sign. After all, everyone has to
make his way into traffic at some point, so you might as well be next. Honking, like using turn signals, is frowned upon here. And if other drivers wave at you and it’s not clear why, just wave back. Creative parking is a
popular local pastime. Newcomers should learn the basics first, like parking the wrong direction in front of Aldrich’s Market. Advanced drivers take pride in going the wrong See LOCAL, Page 20▼
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When you shop at the mall in Silverdale, you can spot neighbors’ cars by their “buy local” bumper stickers. You tout the benefits of living in a walkable community, but you don’t try to make a habit of yielding to pedestrians. You’re personally acquainted with at least 10 yoga instructors and 20 massage
way on oneway streets, passing on the right, and using opposing left-turn lanes for left turns of their own. Remember, we’re all special here because we’re not all there. Bumper stickers are highly encouraged; although it’s about time someone came up with some new ones. How about: You know you’ve arrived as a local when you’re invited to join the Ladies Lawn Chair Drill Team. “Have you hugged your Prius today?” Sheehan set up their umbrelmoments such as the Tidy therapists. “I’m a closet Republican and I las and tables at Water and Bowl. You scan the names of vote” or “A bicycle will set off Madison streets. You’ve been in the police writers to decide which letroad rage.” You’re convinced that log. Twice. ters to the editor you’re going Rest assured that if you scrapping the 80-year-old You’ve given up all hope to read in The Leader. keep at it, you could someday Steel Electric ferries was a of ever seeing the potholes And finally, that most earn the right to call yourself plot by state ferry officials to on your street filled with any- revered achievement for a local. get rid of Klickitat’s popular thing but water. anyone claiming to be a local Here are some milestones harpist and busker, David You weren’t aware of the – an even higher honor than to watch for along the way: Michael. digital broadcast conversion being called a “shed boy” You have two part-time You don’t see anything until recently because you or “shed girl”: You’ve been jobs and a home business. wrong with bringing a dog don’t have a TV, and if you accepted as an official memYou’ve named your favorinto a grocery store. After did, you would have bought it ber of the Rhododendron ite deer. all, you’ve got the leash in at Goodwill and it would have Festival’s Ladies Lawn Chair You’ve lost patience with your pocket, right where it had rabbit ears. Drill Team. tourists who think nothing of belongs. You’ve figured out the best holding up traffic while gawkYou go to the post office neighborhoods for garage ing at deer. just to chitchat with people sales and plan your Saturday You look forward to the you know. mornings around it, Leader beginning of hot dog season You call to schedule a classifieds in one hand, map in March, when John and Sai maintenance appointment for in the other. your car, and the mechanic You have a roof rack on asks, “Prius or Subaru?” (And your Subaru even though – don’t you know – Subaru is you’ve never owned a kayak. the new Volvo.) You’re all for encouraging You’ve been pulled over affordable housing, espeMost every Subaru in Port for exceeding the 25 mph cially if you can build an ADU Townsend, it seems, comes speed limit. (accessory dwelling unit) and equipped with at least one local You’ve come to realize rent it out during the Wooden bumper sticker. Photos by Barney Burke that living in an “arts commu- Boat Festival. nity” can include teachable
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n any given afternoon or evening in Port Townsend, the local under-21 crowd has a surprising number of options for things to do. Live music, open mike night, writers’ group, movie night, open gym, Ping-Pong and pool, extreme skateboarding and biking, to name a few. Who says there’s nothing to do in a small town? Port Townsend youths have their pick of activities if they know where to look. And it seems they all do. Rather than lounge about in the streets, for example, a large number of youths find their way into The Boiler Room, a youth-operated nonprofit coffee shop on Water Street.
“It’s a really nice meeting place – everyone knows it,” said Port Townsend High School junior Austin Eldridge, who’s been coming to The Boiler Room off and on for about two and a half years. “There’s always someone here I can talk to, or something to do, and at night there’s always shows or movies.” Eldridge sees The Boiler Room as a good place to relax and release after a long day of the structure of classes. “It’s kind of chaotic in a good way, which is really good after school,” he said. “It’s a good place to be creative.” That’s one of the shop’s objectives: to be a place where youths feel free to express themselves. “They come here because it’s one of the only places in
Port Townsend that’s welcoming of youth culture at its wildest,” said Elena Carianna, the new volunteer relations and coordination supervisor at The Boiler Room. “It’s the only place you could walk in with a costume and a painted face and start playing guitar really loudly and not get asked to leave or get looked at funny.” That’s not to say there are no guidelines for behavior. The shop’s golden rule is respect. “As long as you’re respecting others, you can do whatever you want,” Eldridge explained. The Boiler Room is drug and alcohol free, which helps it have a positive impact on the community, according to Ellie Spitzbart, who spent the past year working as the coffee house intern.
“I feel that it’s a safe place for kids to come if they need help and don’t know where to get it,” she said. “Having this place if they need a place to go where they won’t be surrounded by [drugs or alcohol]; it’s helped out a lot of kids, it really has.” In a town where most other coffee shops close by around 6 p.m., The Boiler Room fills an important gap. “The town shuts down between 5 and 6 p.m., and then The Boiler Room and the bars are the only places that are open,” Spitzbart explained. “That helps, too – having a place after hours where kids can go.” For youths who seek physical activities, the county Rec Center, located in the lower level of the Port Townsend Community See HANGOUT, Page 24▼
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Center, provides a space for sports and games almost every day of the week. Opening hours vary, but the Rec Center is open from at least 3:30 to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday. While the drop-in program will close Jan. 1 because of budget cuts announced recently by Jefferson County Parks and Recreation Manager Matt Tyler, programs will continue. Basketball in the gym is extremely popular, as well as playing pool, Ping-Pong and air hockey on the tables set up in the basement, according to Theresa Ries, a recreation aide who has worked part-time at the center for the past two years. “For the teenage kids, it’s more like an escape,” Ries said. “The option is hang out on the street or come here.” Like The Boiler Room, the Rec Center provides a looser environment where kids can relax after school. The Rec Center sees a greater age range of kids than does The Boiler Room, but for the most part it doesn’t appear to be a problem. Ries said one of the main challenges is when younger kids want to play in the gym when the older kids are dominating the scene; the younger kids can get intimidated, she said.
The Boiler Room at 711 Water St. is a community coffee house open 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. except Mondays. Photo by Barney Burke
And then there’s the skate park on Monroe Street across from Memorial Field. Built in 2006, the $500,000 facility is a vast improvement from the temporar y wooden park that was in place before. With several ramps, a clover-bowl and even a beginner’s spot for those who are just starting out, the park offers a great hangout for aspiring skaters and bikers. Joey Thomas, who graduated from PTHS in June, comes to the skate park at least ever y other day to ride his bike. Each session lasts about six hours, he said. “It’s my favorite thing to do, and it keeps me away from drugs and stuff like that – the stupid stuff people do,” he said.
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Thomas has been riding since he was 6 years old. He’s had his current bike for about two years and has invested $2,700 in it. “I have a really weird kind of feeling with my bike,” he said. “We’re connected.” Unlike The Boiler Room or the Rec Center, the skate park isn’t necessarily a place for friends to go and hang out, Thomas said. “People who are down here aren’t really your friends who you hang out with, but you say ‘hey’ and ever ything,” he explained. “Most of my friends don’t really skate or bike. People lose their drive.” Thomas mentioned a skate park in the Seattle area that cost $6 million to build, but says he prefers
this one because he’s gotten to know it. “If this wasn’t here, I would’ve moved away a long time ago,” he said. While lots of local kids get frustrated with the small size of Por t Townsend, Thomas doesn’t have a problem with it. “I was born here; I’ve never lived anywhere else. I don’t mind it,” he said. “I definitely want something different [right now], but for all I know, I’ll come back here when I’m older. I’m not a city guy; I’m more of a small-town guy.” Eventually, Thomas wants to go to Woodward Camp in Woodward, Pa., to train to go pro. Without the Port Townsend skate park, he never would have been able to consider that, he said.
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The Leader staff, including Virginia Shaw, enjoys clipping and saving. Photo by Allison Arthur year she ran a coupon in The Local. At the Ajax Café in Port Hadlock, Kristan McCary says the coupons bring current customers back and gives them an incentive to bring a friend. The Ajax offers a coupon worth 50 percent off on a second entrée when the first one is purchased. No point eating alone.
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Free appetizer* with any take-out meal. (360) 379-9979 227 Adams St. next to Khu Larb Thai
* Choice of Pad Thai egg roll, butterfly or rose pocket.
Locally owned since 2008.
Est. 2003
Elliott, Sarah, Linda and Tasha
Pane d’Amore Artisan Bakery
617 Tyler Street, Port Townsend 5th & Washington, Sequim Coming soon to Lynwood Center, Bainbridge Island www.panedamore.com
Buying the Public House over a year and a half ago was our collective vision and we are thrilled to be serving the locals. We have come to know many of you and appreciate your patronage. We strive to serve fresh local seafood, pasta & produce, buying from local farms and vendors whenever possible. If you haven’t stopped by in the past year, please give us a try. Thanks for supporting us as we continue our dream of owning a restaurant in Port Townsend!
Paul & Jenny Davis, Steve & Stephanie Davis, And Dolph & Kelli Conrads Locally owned since 2008.
Summer House Design, purveyors of the new, the unusual, the old, and the interesting.
Glenn Lyons
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Putter’s Bay Café
Buy any Expresso or Hot Tea and a Pastry, get the 2nd pastry FREE! Featuring Cafe Vita Coffees Open Tuesday thru Sunday 6am - 5:30pm
215 Tyler St, Port Townsend 379-2630
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Gordon Olsen started Mail Plus in August 2004 to give residents a full-service copying, shipping, delivery, and office supply provider. Mail Plus, located in the Castle Hill Mall across from QFC, is an independent business founded by Gordon and his wife Lynn, not a Gordon Olsen franchise. In addition to photocopying, Gordon & Rambo offers UPS, Fed Ex, DHL International and U.S. postal delivery services. He has mailbox rentals, passport photos, document binding, laminating, signs, banners, computer rental and notary services. Come visit Gordon at Mail Plus! Locally owned since 2004
Putter’s Bay Café at Discovery Bay Golf Club Always serving “Good Honest Food!”
Putter’s Bay Café and the Discovery Bay Golf Club (Chevy Chase) have joined efforts to provide a great community gathering place. The Public is cordially invited to come experience the beauty and history that’s in our backyard. 7401 Cape George Road 360-385-0704
Croissants • French Pastries Elegant Cakes Soup • Sandwiches Salads • Quiche Proudly serving Longbottom Coffee
HOURS: Drive-thru Opens at 6 am, Café Open Tues. thru Sat. 7-6, Sun. 7-5
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Rich Whitney Teresa Schultz Bill Severn
Teresa & Rich resurrected the well-known Tyler St. Cafe this past summer. They have both been in the restaurant business for 20 years. Teresa makes all the cafe’s homemade cakes, cookies, pastries, croissants, quiches & other goodies while Rich is the master of the homemade sandwiches and soups. We hand selected all of our employees - the best baristas in town! Come Locally owned since 2009 try the best new flavor in town!
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“The House Whisperer”
Going Local
Celebrating 21 Years in Jefferson County!
Reducing Waste Community Action
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