Port Townsend Leader: February 12, 2014

Port Townsend & Jefferson County Since 1889

February 12, 2014 Issue 7/Vol. 125

Love that lasts

Valentine’s Day is a moment; true love is forever

By Viviann Kuehl for the Leader

A good marriage takes good teamwork. You depend on each other and trust one another.

If you don’t have the teamwork thing, I don’t know how you do it.”

Larry and Ellen Crockett share 42 years of marriage and a lasting love.

Larry Crockett married 42 years

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ong-term love is sweet, just not easy to maintain.

Major factors in making love work seem to be shared interests, teamwork, commitment and possibly dating roommates, according to the Leader’s sampling of four Jefferson County couples who have made it over the long term.

Here are Bob and Winona Prill (65 years), Bob and Chris Little (40 years), Larry and Ellen Crockett (42 years), and Charlie and Patty Baker (35 years).

All distinctly different couples, all with a lasting love.

School levies passing

By Megan Claflin of the Leader

CROCKETT TEAMWORK

Ellen and Larry Crockett, now married 42 years, have survived the demands of a high-profile U.S. Army career and 19 relocations in 30 years, and are still going strong.

They met as freshmen at Cornell University, getting to know each other through classwork, but dating others.

As seniors, Larry was dating Ellen’s roommate, but one day she didn’t want to go out, so he took Ellen instead, and that was that, said the couple.

Both animal lovers, they bought a dog together, sealing their relationship.

Two weeks after graduating, in 1969, Larry was drafted. By September, he was signed up for the Army.

The following summer, they married, during Larry’s week off between finishing officer candidate training school and being stationed in Colorado.

While Larry became a Green Beret and attended to the world’s problems, Ellen managed the household. She packed up their television, clothes, and pots and pans into a tiny trailer and set off on her own to follow him.

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Married for 65 years, Bob and Winona Prill started out as high school sweethearts in Quilcene, which also is where they decided to spend their golden years. Photos by Viviann Kuehl

They spent a lot of time apart. Larry was often gone on missions for a month or two at a time, and was allowed home only on Saturday nights when he was around.

“We stayed married because for the first 10 years, we were more apart than together,” joked Ellen.

Her career as an Army wife was almost as structured as

Larry’s career, with volunteer work expected, white gloves and calling cards required, and a sterling silver tea set for hostessing. On her own, See LOVE, Page 10▼

Van Zonneveld lodges election complaint

Port Ludlow Drainage District incumbent cites county interference

By Allison Arthur and Patrick J. Sullivan of the Leader

Jefferson County’s chief deputy prosecuting attorney said Monday it was a mistake for him to weigh in on a candidate’s eligibility while the Port Ludlow Drainage District election was under way.

However, the county auditor has no intention of deferring certification of the Feb. 4 election, in which incumbent Elizabeth Van Zonneveld lost by 34 votes to Jim Boyer for a six-year term on the board serving Port Ludlow’s North Bay area.

Van Zonneveld appeared Feb. 10 before the board of county commissioners and said she wants a state investigation of David Alvarez, the county’s chief civil deputy prosecutor, and Auditor Donna Eldridge and their actions in regard to the special taxing district’s election.

She asked the county to defer certification, now set for Feb. 18, until her claim can be investi- Elizabeth Van Zonneveld listens to others support gated. her after telling Jefferson County Commissioners Not long after Van Zonneveld and a small she believes her 34-vote loss to Jim Boyer in a Port group from Port Ludlow raised their concerns, Ludlow Drainage District election Feb. 4 should be Alvarez acknowledged it was a mistake for him set aside pending an official review. to weigh in on the issue. He had researched the Photo by Allison Arthur issue Jan. 15-16 after Eldridge came to him Jan. 14 for advice, as is protocol.

[Eldridge] nor I should have reached any legal “I think there was a mistake giving legal conclusions.” advice to the drainage district, yes,” Alvarez Van Zonneveld feels the county officials’ told the Leader. “In retrospect, neither Donna actions exceeded their authority and “violated

both my rights as a candidate and the powers and responsibilities of the Port Ludlow Drainage District to manage its affairs.

“By expressing their opinions and making those opinions public under the auspices of their county positions, they influenced the outcome of this Jim Boyer election,” she said, reading from a prepared statement.

“I am appealing to you as our county’s elected leaders to support my request for an investigation and I am asking you to defer certification of this election until the state’s investigators have had time to complete their work.”

County commissioners listened to Van Zonneveld and several others who spoke in her favor and asked Philip Morley, county administrator, to look into the matter.

“It’s something in the public interest we want to look into,” Morley said regarding candidate qualifications.

Eldridge said Monday afternoon she was following state Auditor’s Office instructions to continue as usual.

“My job is to conduct elections and to certify them and that is what we shall be doing,” Eldridge said. “The election is over. Now we are in the process of certifying that election.”

See ELECTION, Page 9▼

Morale is high in Chimacum and Brinnon as both schools district’s proposed levies were passing Tuesday night.

In early election returns Feb. 11, 63.57 percent of votes cast (2,481 yes to 1,422 no) in the Chimacum School District approved a three-year education levy to replace an expiring three-year property-tax levy. Voters in the Brinnon School District also are passing a two-year replacement maintenance-and-operations levy by a 54.98-percent yes vote (265 yes to 217 no). School levies need a simple 50-percent plus one vote for approval.

If the trend of support continues – the next ballot count is Thursday, Feb. 13 – the Chimacum School District will collect about $9.1 million between 2015 and 2017.

This represents about a $2 million increase in funding over the previous levy, which voters passed in 2011.

“For the next three years we’ll be developing our curriculum, adding new materials and training our teachers all because of this supportive community,” said Rich Stewart, in his first year as Chimacum School District Superintendent.

If the M&O levy passes, as it is in early returns, the Brinnon School District will collect about $605,000 between 2015 and 2016. This amount is on par with the previous levy passed in 2012, increasing funding by about $18,000.

“It feels very good to have the community support behind schools even in these tough economic times,” said Brinnon School District 46 Superintendent Wally Lis. “Having talked in small groups and at meetings I know the community understands that the levy is about more than maintenance and operations but about gaining new instructional materials and training.”

As of Feb. 11, 482 of the 958 ballots mailed to Brinnon voters had been returned (50 percent) and 3,907 of the 8,528 ballots mailed in the Chimacum Schools vote have been returned (46 percent).

School levies need a simple 50 percent plus one vote for approval.

The next ballot count is set for 9 a.m. on Thursday, Feb. 13.

For updates, see ptleader.com.

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This weekend’s Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby brings hundreds of anglers to Port Townsend, and many will use a boat ramp the Port of Port Townsend hopes to expand.

“There is a lot of excitement surrounding this project but it’s still in its infancy,” Deputy Director Jim Pivarnik told the Leader on Feb. 10 of a plan to add a second ramp at the Port Townsend Boat Haven. “If all goes well we could start construction by Oct. 1, 2015, with work lasting 60 to 90 days.”

Built in 1995, the 18-footwide and 45-foot-long ramp accommodates only one boat at a time, which can lead to congestion and frustration, said Commissioner Steve Tucker, who is deeply involved in the expansion planning process. A lack of parking has also been criticized by frequent users.

The expansion plan would include widening the ramp to allow access to two boats at a time, adding a second 18-footwide ramp and a 6-foot buffer between the ramps.

“It’s not just about convenience for the boaters,” Tucker said of improving sport fishing access for trailer boats. “It’s a huge economic driver.”

On Feb. 7, Port officials met with representatives from the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe to discuss access for native fishermen.

“Tribal members are using the ramp more and more, so they’ve expressed a willingness to make this project happen,” said Pivarnik, adding that the tribe had not yet made a monetary commitment.

Members of the East Jefferson County chapter of the Puget Sound Anglers also met with Port officials last week to discuss the project.

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Fishermen will benefit from a new fish-cleaning station this season, located on the fuel dock next to the Fish ‘N’ Hole store in the Port of Port Townsend Boat Haven, thanks in part to the East Jefferson County chapter of the Puget Sound Anglers. On Feb. 5, Jerry Johnson (right) and other chapter members presented a $500 check to Port of Port Townsend Commissioners Pete Hanke (left) and Steve Tucker to go towards the $1,000 station. Photo by Megan Claflin

Citing “inadequate facilities,” Jerry Johnson, a chapter board member, said he knows many boaters who no longer use the Boat Haven ramp.

“We know that economically, it’s a boon to the community when we have so many fishermen from out of town who come in and stay for days on end and fish Mid Channel Bank. They stay in hotels, eat in restaurants, buy fuel and buy food,” Johnson said. “The Port is not doing a real good job to accommodate that part of the market.”

A lack of useable boat ramps in Jefferson County increases traffic at the Boat Haven, Johnson said. There are nine spaces for boats and trailers at Fort Worden State Park, where a boat launch fee of $75 per year is charged along with a Discover Pass.

A Port Boat Haven parking pass is $45 a year, which grants access to five ramps in Jefferson County.

“Other ramps like that at the Fort and in Port Hadlock are sandy and parking is even

ous applications. If approved, the grant would cover threefourths of the project’s estimated total cost of $560,000.

“We’ve worked hard to design a ramp that will function more efficiently and are continuing with the permitting process so, when we present the project in Olympia we’ll have those in hand,” Pivarnik said.

Port commissioners are slated to meet on March 12 and could vote on whether or not to move forward with the grant application.

“We are going to need a lot of dialogue between the commission and the public between now and July 1,” Pivarnik said. “And due to the amount of work involved in the application process, I’d like to see staff get the go ahead no later than April 1.”

The Port has already invested $44,000 in engineering, design and permitting for the boat ramp expansion, which has been under discussion for more than five years.

more limited,” he said.

To help increase appeal this season, the anglers have donated $500 towards the $1,000 cost of a new fish cleaning station now located on the fuel dock next to the Fish ‘N’ Hole store.

“There has not been a cleaning station there,” said Johnson. “People, especially fishermen from out of town, come in with salmon and hali- NEW TRAFFIC FLOW The boat ramp next to the but and need a place to clean Port Moorage Office is curtheir fish.” rently accessed via a two-way street. To avoid losing any PROJECT TIMELINE Staff must submit the parking spaces to the ramp Port’s Comprehensive Plan expansion, the Port plans to to the state Recreation and close the southbound lane Conservation Office (RCO) by along the water and create a March 3, to be considered for one-way loop around the parkany and all grants through ing lot in front of the Port administration building said that office.

By July 1, an official appli- Pivarnik.

Currently, there are 40 cation is due to RCO. From there the review process would spaces for boats and trailers.

The Port is preparing addicontinue through September, said Port Executive Director tional parking for trailers by Larry Crockett, who is one of keeping a section of the Boat 15 members of the RCO com- Haven (west of the public restmittee responsible for review- rooms) open during peak seaing and recommending vari- son, Pivarnik said.

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Jefferson County commissioners, who have not taken a pay raise since the recession began in 2008, are now considering a salary hike for the one position on the 2014 ballot.

“If we’re going to make the position attractive to young persons, it makes sense to have it on par with other elected officials,” said Commissioner John Austin, D-Port Ludlow, whose four-year District 3 term is up for election this year.

Austin said County Auditor Donna Eldridge raised the issue during the commission’s budget discussions. In 2008, the commission salaries rose from $60,195 to $63,926. It’s held at that salary since 2008, while other elected officials, including the assessor, auditor, treasurer, clerk and sheriff, have had wage increases.

The assessor, auditor, treasurer and clerk all earn $71,980 a year, while the sheriff makes $85,015 a year, according to information compiled by clerk of the board Erin Lundgren and presented last week to commissioners.

District 2 Commissioner David Sullivan, D-Cape George, said that commissioners should have been given raises, and then donated them back.

“The real issue is, in the recession, we decided not to raise salaries, but in

COUNTY

SALARY

Jefferson

$63,926

Clallam

$72,588

Island

$78,496

Mason

$83,136

Source: Jefferson County clerk of the board

doing that, it’s put that position further behind,” Sullivan said, noting when he was elected a decade ago, the salary was $53,000 a year.

Both commissioners noted that by law, they can’t benefit from any decision they make on raising salaries unless they are re-elected.

So, if the current board decided to raise salaries, for example, only the District 3 position on the 2014 ballot sees the change. Any raise granted now would not be effective for the District 1 and District 2 seats until 2017.

COMPARED TO OTHERS

Jefferson County commissioners are getting paid less than counterparts in nearby counties, according to a summary of salaries that Lundgren compiled.

In 2014, Mason County commissioners receive $83,136 a year, while Clallam

County commissioners are at $72,588, and Island County commissioners earn $78,496, according to that report.

Austin said commissioners may need to create a citizens commission to come up with a recommendation.

“We’re still getting information on a salary commission. Should we give the job to them or shall we make a salary adjustment?” Austin asked.

Austin said it would be a good idea to raise the salary in order to attract candidates who may not be retired.

“Right now, the three commissioners have been successful in other careers,” he said, indicating that the current board members don’t necessarily need more money, but that the issue is one of salary parity to attract future candidates.

No public hearings have been set on the salary issue. Sullivan said on Feb. 10 that he expects the issue to come up before the candidate filing period in May. As for whether he’ll seek a third term in office, Austin said he would make a public announcement in March. He also said there is a lot of work that goes into the position.

“If you are a commissioner, you give up a significant amount of privacy,” he said. “If you care about the job, you have to be around. It’s like being a dairy farmer.”

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Jefferson, Kitsap to engage in land-use compatibility study with Navy grant

By Allison Arthur of the Leader

Land uses are being evaluated as they relate to U.S. Navy operations at Naval Base Kitsap, in Kitsap County, and Naval Magazine Indian Island, in Jefferson County.

Jefferson County commissioners recently approved an interlocal agreement with Kitsap County and accepted a $43,000 grant from the Department of Defense, Office of Economic Adjustment, to work on a joint land use study (JLUS). The entire project is costing $658,840 and is set to be completed by the end of 2015. Kitsap is getting the lion’s share of the funding as the lead agency that has more Navy-related issues than Jefferson County.

“Under Washington State Growth Management Act, local governments are required to consider compatible land-use planning around military installations,” explained Liane Nakahara, public affairs officer for Naval Magazine Indian Island and public affairs specialist for the Navy Region Northwest. “The JLUS process will help review the planning that has been done and further articulate compatible land-use planning goals around Naval Base Kitsap and Naval Magazine Indian Island.”

The agreement

A 12-page project narrative for a joint land use study for Naval Base Kitsap and Naval Magazine Indian Island for Kitsap, Jefferson and Mason counties is available online at ptleader.com

Portage Canal separates the Quimper Peninsula (left) from the U.S. Navy operations on Indian Island, and joins Port Townsend Bay with Oak Bay. This view includes Indian Island’s main gate, Crane Point (white building standing out) and a vessel at the ordnance-handling pier, with Port Townsend in the background. The Navy has operated on Indian Island since 1939. 2013 photo by Patrick J. Sullivan, flight by Collin Klopfenstein

The facilities

There are two U.S. Navy facilities in Jefferson County.

Naval Magazine Indian Island is on 2,700 acres southwest of the city of Port Townsend within East Jefferson County, where “90 percent of Jefferson County’s population resides,” according to a joint land use study narrative.

PROJECT GETS STARTED

Jefferson County Department of Community Development (DCD) planner Joel Peterson has been assigned as the liaison with Kitsap County. He said he’s just getting started.

“They are concerned about their operations running submarines and having people out of the way,” Peterson said of his understanding of one issue in Jefferson County.

“For us, it would also be Naval Indian Island Magazine and the buffer around the shoreline.”

Peterson said the Navy also would want to have a say in any plans regarding State Route 19, the transportation route from Navy Base Kitsap across Hood Canal Bridge on SR 104 to Indian Island.

The Navy outlined its concerns in a 12-page project narrative. In Jefferson County, issues it wants addressed are: • Port Hadlock and Irondale being identified as a major urban growth area • Shoreline development, recreation boat traffic and buoy permits as they relate to Naval Magazine Indian Island operations • Traffic concerns on the ordnance route from the railhead in Kitsap County to Naval Magazine Indian Island • Anti-terrorism/force protection as it relates to the island’s “extensive shoreline” • Commercial light and small aircraft traffic over Naval Magazine Indian Island • Tidal energy generators proposed for Admiralty Inlet • Maritime issues, including environmental regulations, finfish aquaculture and endangered aquatic species • Frequency spectrum “as demands for increased access to,

It is “an essential ordnance-loading point for ships in the Pacific Fleet preparing for or returning from deNaval Magazine Indian Island’s sphere of influence, as the Navy describes it, “encompasses the region where the installation conducts its operation, where ployment.” an action or change could cause an impact to the installation’s operation and The Dabob Bay Training and Testwhere the commanding officer has responsibility,” according to a project narraing Range falls within the waters of tive on a joint land use study for Naval Base Kitsap and Naval Magazine Indian Hood Canal, Jefferson County and Island in Kitsap, Jefferson and Mason counties. Courtesy map adjacent to the Naval Base Kitsap fa-

“The [joint land use study] process will help review the planning that has been done and further articulate compatible land-use planning goals around Naval Base Kitsap and Naval Magazine Indian Island.”

Liane Nakahara public affairs officer Naval Magazine Indian Island

and reliance on a scarce resource, operational and safety impacts are an issue of compatibility concern.”

The last concern relates to radio frequency, according to Nakahara.

“Nationally, there is an ever increasing demand for access to the radio frequency spectrum among all users, from cell phones to tablets, and even garage door openers, not to mention the capability and interoper-

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“At Naval Magazine Indian Island, we use various communications devices, including radios, to safely and effectively perform our day-to-day operations, and externally when our fire and emergency services personnel respond to calls for service out in the community,” she added.

Frequencies come into play in another way, too. There have been reports over the years, from residents in Kala Point, for example, that garage door openers don’t work when an aircraft carrier is at the Indian Island pier.

cilities. Trident submarines and naval forces use the range for testing, and for research and development purposes. It includes more than 45 square nautical miles with adjacent tidelands and uplands.

councils and tribes, state agencies and special purpose districts also are to be involved, as is Mason County.

“Probably the greatest benefit to be derived from the effort will be the development and implementation of a sustainable communication mechanism among and between the affected communities and military installation, which will provide for the ongoing discussion of issues, challenges and concerns, and realistic approaches for addressing those issues, challenges and concerns,” the narrative states.

There also is to be a major public outreach, awareness and education campaign component.

Changes in the contract are still being negotiated, and Peterson said last week that those negotiations could push the community involvement work back to spring or summer.

RELATED MILITARY ISSUES

The JLUS was approved by Jefferson County commissioners as a consent-agenda item on Jan. 21.

The study comes as the U.S. Navy announced last month that it teamed up with the Trust for Public Land in December to secure 1,420 acres near Quilcene as a buffer for its Naval Base Kitsap operations, based at Bangor.

Those properties were acquired through a separate tool, as Nakahara calls the Defense Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI).

The Navy’s land-use study in Jefferson is related to the REPI effort, because both are aimed at preventing encroachment or incompatible development around military installations or ranges, Nakahara said.

The submarine base at Bangor supports the Pacific Fleet, and the adjacent Dabob range on Hood Canal is considered a vital strategic asset. The Navy also has the Quinault Underwater Tracking Range between Pacific Beach in Grays Harbor County and Kalaloch in West Jefferson County.

Nakahara noted that the landuse study under way does not identify areas for the military to purchase, but rather “suggests policies or practices to ensure future land-use planning compatibility.”

The Navy’s land-use agreement and its purchase of 1,420 acres in Jefferson County coincide with a discussion in Port Townsend in January of the Navy’s Air Station Whidbey Island operations and concerns about an increase in touch-and-go landings at Outlying Field Coupeville

by EA-18G Growler jets to simulate landing on aircraft carriers.

provide for housing, so we want to help the Navy be aware of our plans and our goals,” Smith said.

Smith said the JLUS would address emergency planning issues at Naval Magazine Indian Island, such as where ships with explosive ordnance might be taken, should there be a fire.

“Yes, we would like to know what they think they will do in the case of emergencies,” Smith said.

District 3 County Commissioner ENCROACHMENT ISSUES The timing of the land-use plan John Austin, D–Port Ludlow, said is good from Jefferson County’s the county has an interest in open standpoint. Planners are just get- space, preserving the natural enviting started on updating the county ronment and ensuring the quality of life in Jefferson County. Planning comprehensive plan, Peterson said.

“That’s due in 2016, so we’ll be efforts also should protect waterable to integrate some of the findings sheds. with that update,” said Peterson, who was pulled off planning duties STAKEHOLDERS, BENEFITS The project narrafor a sewer in the Tri-Area when tive – available online at state funding fell through.

DCD director Carl Smith said ptleader.com – doesn’t mention Jefferson County needs to be involved watersheds or preservation of land, with any Navy concerns about com- but it does suggest jurisdictions that should be involved in the study, patibility issues.

(Patrick J. Sullivan contributed “It puts a focus on our needs as including Port Townsend as well as a county. We have needs to grow, Port Ludlow, Quilcene and Brinnon to this article.) provide for economic development, in Jefferson County. Various regional

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Poised to answer a world history question are Port Townsend High School’s Knowledge Bowl team, PT-1, members (from left) Cooper Lee, Ryan Clarke, Rose Bugel-Shunra, Calvin Franklin and Eamonn Clark (not pictured). The team qualified for the Knowledge Bowl 1A state championships in the regional, Educational Service District No. 114 competition, held at Fort Worden on Thursday, Feb. 6. Photo by Megan Claflin

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PTHS wins regional Knowledge Bowl title

Port Townsend High School’s Knowledge Bowl team, PT-1, qualified for the state Knowledge Bowl 1A tournament in the regional competition held at Fort Worden State Park on Feb. 6.

The team of Eamonn Clark, Ryan Clark, Rose Bugel-Shunra, Calvin Franklin and Cooper Lee was the highest-scoring 1A team, and it tied for sixth out of 45 teams from 1A through 4A schools around

the Kitsap and Olympic peninsulas that participated in the event, which was sponsored by Educational Service District 114.

PT-1 also tied for first place among all schools in the written round with a score of 35 out of 50 possible points.

PTHS sent six teams to the competition, with a total of 26 students.

Townsend has qualified for the Knowledge Bowl state championships 14 times

Prepping for college SAT should have started before now

Chimacum High School senior Karynna Eichmann has been taking challenging classes to prepare herself for the SAT. Photo by Nora Lomsdalen

or need.”

W hitney Meissner, Chimacum High principal, has been planning ways to help juniors and seniors develop good skills with CHS staff for the test.

“We’re talking about teaching some test-prep strategies in some junior and senior classes to help kids improve their scores.”

CHS senior Karynna Eichmann has been preparing herself for a year to take the SAT later this month.

“I prepared for the SAT by studying hard and taking challenging classes such as AP English and University of Washington biology. I’m currently taking both and I know they will help me succeed in the future,” explained Eichmann.

“I believe students should challenge themselves with tough classes and by writing a lot of essays. Being prepared for a 45-minute time frame is tough, so training ahead of time is best in preparing for college,” Eichmann said. “Seriously, take those tough classes.

They will make you a very strong contender in college.”

While some Class of 2014 students are still preparing, many have already taken the SAT. Testing dates remaining in this school year are Feb. 24, April 4 and May 9.

and senior years is a wise move for students.

“I think the best way for a student to study and prepare for the SAT is by taking rigorous courses,” Fogerson said. “These classes not only prepare them for college, but challenge them as well.”

Students attending a trade school or many community colleges are required to take an ACT Compass placement test. The ACT is not graded; it is intended to direct a person in areas of strength. Two years of community college open the door to university entry without SAT scores.

When it comes to the SAT and getting into a four-year school or some community colleges, each one may have different score requirements.

“There is no set score on the SAT,” said Fogerson.

(Nora Lomsdalen is a “SAT scores are based on the Chimacum High School stucollege you plan on going to, dent working on a journaland what scores they expect ism mentorship project.)

Howard to teach music for YMCA After the Bell The Jefferson County YMCA After the Bell program provides comprehensive after-school activities for students in Port Townsend and Chimacum. This winter, both locations are including guitar and music activities taught by Ahren Howard.

After the Bell is held at Blue Heron Middle School in Port Townsend and Chimacum Elementary in Chimacum. In Chimacum, After the Bell meets every day after school until 5:30 p.m.; in Port Townsend, the club meets Monday through Thursday.

Chimacum After the Bell also offers Lego robotics, cooking, archery and salmon science activities, while the Port Townsend lineup includes baking, Lego robotics, guitar, international cuisine, swimming, fencing and art. Both programs focus on providing a nutritious snack, physical activity, academic assistance and enrichment activities.

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In related news, the YMCA has recently hired Marla Overman as youth development coordinator.

Overman grew up on the Olympic Peninsula, was the manager of the Boiler Room, and is now pursuing dual bachelor’s degrees in sociology and psychology.

“I am thrilled to be a part of the YMCA. Working as a part of this wonderful team and with the children has been fantastic, and I am honored to have the opportunity. I’m looking forward to the growth of the After the Bell programs, with more children participating, and the addition of new and exciting activities,” Overman said, adding that she would love to have more volunteers involved in supporting the youth of the community.

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Amber O’Connell, a Chimacum High School sophomore and Running Start student, has studied more for the SAT this month than for her homework. “I am stressed about getting a good score for college. I think remembering information will be hard, and I have studied more for the SAT than I have on my homework for school.”

The test includes questions on reading, science, math (a lot of Algebra II, some geometry) and writing an essay in 25 minutes. On test days, the students are in a controlled environment for the length of the day, typically four hours with a short break.

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OpinionForum A 6 • Wednesday, February 12, 2014

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There is, at last, an Open Government Caucus in the Washington State Legislature. The first meeting, held on Feb. 3, 2013, drew an odd collection of lawmakers, a few reporters, a few staff people, and a few open-government proponents, such as Bill Will, the executive director of the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA) and a director of the Washington Coalition for Open Government. There was also at least one representative of a group that traditionally fights for less open government, a lobbyist for the Washington State Association of Counties.

The Open Government Caucus was, of course, open to the public.

One of the “peculiar institutions” of Washington state’s open meetings laws and public records laws is that they largely exempt the Washington State Legislature. It alone, among all of the state and local government agencies that call Washington home, can hold as many secret meetings as it wants. Every day, it has secret discussions, secret deliberations and secret votes for secret reasons. These are usually done under the rubric of caucus meetings of each political party.

Lasting a little less than an hour, the open government meeting was cochaired by a liberal Seattle Democrat, Rep. Gerry Pollet, and a conservative East Wenatchee Republican, Rep. Brad Hawkins.

A highlight was the statement made by Rep. Mark Hargrove, R-Covington and a Boeing instructor pilot.

He was upset that legislative committee meetings often call a recess, allowing closed-door caucuses of the Democratic and Republican members, during which they discuss bills and make up their minds. Then they return to the “open” committee to cast votes, with or without explanation.

Given that Washington has a strong open government tradition, Hargrove said that as a freshman lawmaker, he was surprised that so much business is done in secret. He called his father, a state senator in Montana, to ask if this was normal in the Big Sky State.

No way, said his dad, adding that Montana’s committee discussions and meetings are open, and rarely are there closed caucus discussions and decisions.

“I think there is a tendency for us to think this is the way it’s always been and so on. I don’t think so. I think it’s developed over time.… If there ever comes a time when I’m chair of a committee, I think I would like to have almost entirely open caucuses, where you just sit in open work session, not afraid of the cameras, but have the open discussion that will lead to better legislation.”

Proposals that would require the Legislature to give adequate public notice of the agendas of committee meetings, and that would have required all committee meetings to be open, never got off the ground. HB 2369 and HJR 4217 both died without a hearing.

Another good bill is still alive, however – HB 2121, which would require elected and appointed government officials to receive a decent education on the citizens’ right to know what’s going on in government.

For at least another year, the Legislature will be exempt. But the mere existence of a bipartisan open government caucus is a sign that things may be changing in the marble hallways.

(The next meeting of the Open Government Caucus is on Feb. 17 at noon, Room B-18 of the John L. O’Brien Building in Olympia.)

– Scott Wilson

Good-bye to Ruth Short

All of Port Townsend’s old-timers knew Ruth Short, and quite a few of the newcomers did as well. This dynamo of a woman arrived here with her family in 1927 at the age of 12 in a Model T renovated as a house on wheels.

Since that day, she was energetically involved in just about everything, raising a big family, getting families into homes through her real estate work with her mentor, H.J. “Jack” Carroll, connecting with people young and old. Ruth was persistent and positive.

She was among the first of the old-timers to welcome my family to Port Townsend almost 25 years ago, and I know she did the same for countless others. Through those years, she kept track of our kids and our lives. She was a frequent visitor to the Leader office with news or advice.

At the age of 98, she has passed on. With her went not just a slice of history, but a generosity of spirit.

We’ll never forget her.

– Scott Wilson

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“Captain Hatch of the Monticello wants a fixed red lantern on Lagoon point directly opposite Marrowstone point, and is circulating a petition among steamboat men for this end.”

100 YEARS AGO (1914)

“Motorcycle for sale: 1913 Indian, single cylinder, go anywhere with one person, tires never punctured, has run not more than 1000 miles. 1914 price with equipment. $224. Sale price, $100. See at Ford agency, 743 Water Street.”

“Today being Lincoln’s Birthday and therefore a legal holiday, the delivery window at the post office will close at 10 a.m., remaining closed during the day.

Those who have business with the office should be on hand previous to that hour. One delivery will be made by carriers, in the forenoon.”

Front-page advertisements include Prescott Liquor Co.; the Axtell Bar (phone 88); Rutz Pharmacy (deliveries to all parts of the city); H.F. Donovan, 229 Taylor St. (We serve soda); the Red Front Clothing Co.; the Toggery (featuring a new Tango Gossard at $3.50); and C.H. Olberg, offering winter footwear.

“Notice to Fisheries: The Pacific Products Company is now prepared to use dog fish in any quantity, and solicits suggestions with fishermen who might wish to contract for a regular supply of fish. Five dollars a ton will be paid for fish on the dock in any quantity.”

“While Lincoln’s Birthday is a national holiday, it is not a school holiday in this state. Notwithstanding this fact, it will be observed at the grammar school this afternoon, when a brief program will be carried out.”

Logging on the Olympic Peninsula from the late 1800s into the early 1900s used spring boards and axes to tackle old-growth timber. Jefferson County Historical Society Collection

Public libraries in Port Townsend and Port Hadlock, along with Chimacum, Brinnon and Quilcene school libraries, prepare for the Cooperated Libraries Automated Network (CLAN), March 1. The automated system allows countywide sharing.

Absentee ballots did not alter the election-night outcome, and the Brinnon School District levy failed by less than 1 percent.

A Port Townsend City Council 20 YEARS AGO (1994) retreat noted the lack of afford“A recent survey of all the fishbearing streams in East Jefferson able housing as a key issue. One County indicates that there are councilor noted that holding the more native salmon runs in dan- line on city spending would help; ger of disappearing here than in another suggested approval of any other county in Washington.” an ordinance allowing so-called

letters Climate change: Debate continues In response to a letter to the editor on Jan. 29 (“GOP: Talk, without being adversarial,” page A 11), commenting on my interview and other input, there are two points to make.

First, I need to apologize to Larry Crockett and the Port of Port Townsend for not completing my thoughts on the proposed airport business plan being stalled.

In my opinion, the Port of Port Townsend is one of the bestrun governmental operations in Jefferson County. In the interview, I didn’t want to speculate on why that business plan was dropped.

I should have continued with the observation that it was most likely due to anti-growth and anti-business elements in the city and county pressuring the port. Also, the county did nothing to make sure the zoning and infrastructure at the airport would support this use.

On the subject of “global warming,” or, as it has been rebranded, “climate change,” you don’t have to be a “climate scientist” to look at the facts and data to make reasonable conclusions. People with training and experience in engineering, math and science have the skills to expose fraud, misinformation, deception and lies being presented as scientific facts. Don’t expect the truth from big government promoting politicians or scientists feeding from the government trough.

It is ridiculous to claim that data showing slight warming from 1975 to 2002 proves that it is caused by humans and will be catastrophic.

Claims of more extreme weather events occurring are not confirmed by actual NOAA data on major tornados and hurricanes. Also, blaming human generated CO2 as the primary cause of warming doesn’t pass the reasonableness test.

For a great compilation of facts and data, see Burt Rutan’s Global Warming Web page.

GENE FARR Port Townsend

grounds. My main question was “When did the fairground land become ‘private’ property?” Just because someone considers it is private does not make it so. I have asked repeatedly for documentation on that land becoming private and what I received was nothing. The letter I wrote to Conner Daily, David Alvarez, Anthony Hernandez, David Timmons, John Watts and the fair board fell on deaf ears.

Public property laws, codes and ordinances in the city of PT are enforced by the city police. The PT municipal code on the leash law was written and is enforced by the city. It seems hard to believe that after all these years, the laws and rules of the city haven’t been followed for the fairground land. There appear to be unwritten laws and rules specifically for that property.

The article in the Leader (“City leash law: Fairgrounds is battlefield,” Jan. 29, page A 1) was very one-sided. The 9 O’clock club made it sound like the community owes them a living.

The fair board put up PTMC leash law signs, and they were removed by the police the next day.

They said the law doesn’t apply to private property. Supposedly, the fair board has full control to make up rules and regulations for the fairgrounds. Who will enforce it if they do? Two days after the article came out in the Leader, I received a notice from the animal shelter to get my dog licensed. A coincidence? I think not.

It’s a low blow when someone feels payback is contacting the shelter to see if my dog is licensed.

I bought the license the next day.

CHERI FARARA Port Townsend

Students should clean campus first

I recently read about a group of Port Townsend High School students called the Students for Sustainability raising funds ($25,000) for a trip to Washington, D.C., to promote their cause.

I hope they have an interesting and good learning time.

However, it did cross my mind that their sustainable energy might be better directed right here. I walk through the PTHS campus on a daily basis and pick It has been almost three up all manner of plastic water and months since my initial questions soda bottles, snack wrappers and about dogs off leash at the fair- chocolate milk cartons, to name

Fairgrounds really private property?

mother-in-law apartments; and another hoped improved economic development strategies could attract jobs would help alleviate the problem.

The Jefferson County commission dedicates the county’s new multi-use “linear” park as the Larry Scott Memorial Park.

The precise route of the corridor between Four Corners and Port Townsend, mostly using former railroad right of way, is still being determined.

(Source: Leader Collection, and Jefferson County Historical Society Museum and Research Center, 379-6673) a few.

It is, by far, the most littered, unsustainable, unprideful campus I’ve ever seen.

Also, every morning and afternoon there is a “rush hour” of people going to and leaving school, most often with an unsustainable one person per car. Sustainability begins with each of us now, where we live. I’d like to know what the group is doing here in PT. Remember: Insatiable is not sustainable.

LINDA SPURGEON Port Townsend

Bill James deserves Citizen of the Year Congratulations to Bill James for being honored with the Citizen of the Year award for 2014.

Bill has volunteered for the community in many aspects, but the one most important to our family has been that of Big Brother, through the Big Brothers program, to my youngest son for the past six years.

Bill calls every week, without fail, to check in with my son, see how his week went and make their plans to get together.

They built a tree fort together in our backyard, have gone fishing, crabbing, clamming, camping, swimming, to Mariners games and to a Seahawks game early this year.

They go to the Rec Center to play basketball and pool, and then out to get their traditional lunch at Subway. Sometimes they just hang out here at home or at his place. Bill comes to every youth basketball, football and baseball game that he is able to.

Bill has not only been a consistent, reliable source of fun for my youngest son, but also a mentor for my teenager and a source of wisdom, comfort and reassurance for me.

It’s hard for me to find the words to express my gratitude to Bill for being there for us. He and his wife, Linda, have become family. So Bill, congratulations and thank you for all you do and for being you.

(Although the Big Brothers Big Sisters Program has moved out of Jefferson County, you can still become a child’s mentor through Building Futures, a school-based program facilitated through the YMCA.) KELLY BREBBERMAN Port Townsend

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Port needs to get real, move ahead with second boat ramp

Support hope and help students step up to the plate of success

By Ron Hayes Port Townsend

The idea of expanding our boat ramp at the Port Townsend Boat Haven has been in the works for several years, and more than $50,000 has been spent on design and permitting.

The idea was approved by the Port of Port Townsend commissioners before the last election.

But now Port Townsend is in danger of losing a $375,000 grant from the Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) if our new commissioners do not act by the end of February. This grant would pay for a full 75 percent of the ramp expansion, including monies already spent.

Non-boaters may question the need for the expansion.

The simple answer is one of basic economics. But let me give you a bit of history.

When Port Hudson Marina was renovated, the boat ramp was eliminated, due in part to the “understanding” that a second ramp would be established at Boat Haven.

And when Boat Haven A & B docks were replaced, all boat slips under 30 feet were eliminated, forcing smaller pleasure and fishing craft to trailer their boats.

Again, there was the expectation that the additional ramp would be constructed to compensate for the loss of slips.

So other than the single ramp at Fort Worden State Park, with parking for only nine trailers near the ramp and no dock during the winter, there are no other workable boat ramps for launching in this area.

If you would like to see the impact of our inadequate facilities, drive by Boat Haven during the Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby, Feb. 15-17, or any day during the summer.

Recently, our state government opened the Port Townsend area to chinook fishing after a 10-year closure.

The state also increased our crabbing allocation and has extended the length of the crabbing season.

The future looks a lot brighter – except that residents and tourists are unable to launch their boats during the peak season due to crowding. The result is that fishermen and other pleasure boat tourists would rather go to Sequim, Port Angeles, Neah Bay and Sekiu, where better facilities and boat ramps are readily available.

The loss of the revenue hurts all of us, boaters and non-boaters alike, in terms of lost taxes and local business revenue from hotels, restaurants and shops.

It is clear to the Port Strategic Advisory Committee that the remaining 25 percent spent on the additional ramp will be generated by the additional revenue it brings in.

Now you might ask, why haven’t the port commissioners acted?

For such a small investment the port and the City of Port Townsend could once again provide access to the water for residents and for tourists that are currently bypassing our community.

By Judy Alexander Port Townsend

Recreational boaters are often lined up to get in and out of the public boat launch ramp at the Port of Port Townsend.

Fishing advocates hope the port obtains a state grant to add a second lane to the existing ramp. Leader file photo by Patrick J. Sullivan

It appears that our two new commissioners are receiving a great deal of pressure from some of the Boat Haven tenants (those who pay for slips) who want more docks replaced and the single ramp left the way it is.

Let’s bring fishing back to Port Townsend and return our reputation as a quality recreation destination. Call or email our port commissioners and tell them we need a second boat ramp at Boat Haven. If we miss this opportunity – the deadline for submitting a request for the grant at the end of February – we will see the further deterioration of our small boat facilities.

Small boats are the majority of boat users in Jefferson County, and most of these boats need a boat ramp to reach the water.

Not everyone in Jefferson County can afford a 30-foot boat and moorage slip. We need access to the water for all residents without regard to economic status.

(Ron Hayes is a recreational fisherman who is on the board of the East Jefferson Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers and the Point Wilson Sail & Power Squadron in Port Townsend. He also was on the Port Strategic Advisory Committee.)

observation deck News around town: Cold and clear

By Patrick J. Sullivan It’s been cold, it’s been clear, it’s been another week waiting for Port Townsend Observation Deck News Around Town: COLD NEWS: Eleven degrees along Dabob Bay, 12 degrees in Irondale, 18 degrees in Port Townsend – just a few of our lower temps last week. Nothing like many other parts of this country, but cold enough for sure around here.

“It’s supposed to be 40-some degrees this week,” says someone who works outdoors for a living.

“That will feel like summer vacay.”

Seattle and are asking if it’s snowing back home. “It’s snowing at the Hood Canal Bridge,” says one of the cell phone appsters. Says the other, browsing intently, “It’s snowing by the airport.” Enough, says a third person, the one without a cell phone, who actually steps outside to look and returns with a snowball. “Yes, I can confirm it is snowing in Irondale.”

SCANNER CALL OF THE WEEK: The phrase “DOA” tends to jump out at people who listen to scanners, and last week there were three such dispatch calls in Port Townsend. People ages 79, 77 and 57 HOUSING NEWS: January 2014 is starting about were found by medics to be dead on arrival, all deceased the same as January 2013 in the local housing market, in their homes. RIP. according to Northwest Multiple Listing Services’ monthly report, mainly focused on Realtor-listed properties. The BEATLES NEWS: Fifty years ago this past Sunday, active listings are up (61 in January 2014 compared to 40 families gathered for the regular Sunday-night “Ed in January 2013), number of pending sales is down (41 Sullivan Show” ritual and were introduced to John, from 45) and closed sales are just up (30 from 29). The Paul, George and Ringo. Not too many days later, a Port median (half higher, half lower) closed sales prices this Townsend teen and her younger sister walked in the rain January were considerably lower than the same time last and wind up to Aldrich’s for the express purpose of buying year ($191,250 from $224,500). Last year, the market the Beatles album. My, how simple life must have been started picking up in March, so we shall see what hap- living only in high fidelity. pens this year.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: A Realtor with more than T-SHIRT SAYING OF THE WEEK: “I feel protected 20 years of experience in Jefferson County is glad to see by my community, and by my concealed weapon.” (This the real estate market perking back up, but still knows could be a quote of the week, too, because the wearer that doesn’t mean much for the working class. “It’s still really said it.) nice to think of Jefferson County as an affordable county, but it is anything but that.”

APP OVERLOAD NEWS: Sitting at a kitchen table in Irondale on Saturday evening, two people each on a cell (Leader editor Patrick J. Sullivan wrote his college phone are glued to state Department of Transportation journalism school thesis in 1981 on the death of John traffic cameras. Friends may need a ride home from Lennon and the publicity that followed.)

Can you put a price tag on hope? If so, how much would it cost? How much would you pay for it?

What if it was in short supply? Would you pay more? What if you were old, and tired, and had some extra money, but not much hope; would you pay a dear price to get some?

These are the questions that have been rumbling around in my head as I have stepped up to assist in fundraising for 15 local teens to take the train to Washington, D.C., over their spring break.

The purpose of their trip?

Lobbying Congress about climate change.

They are all members of the Students for Sustainability Club at Port Townsend High School, and I couldn’t be prouder of their commitment to ply their time, energy and intention to lobby for a better future for our collective world.

On their way across the U.S., these students will be connecting with students and youth groups at the 55 stops on the Amtrak line, to gather petitions they will carry and deliver to Congress.

These young people are focused. They are committed.

They will touch and inspire other communities of young people all along their way, while offering hope to the rest of us in the face of what lies ahead, as sobering realities of increasingly severe climate-induced catastrophes continue.

One great way we can support these students is to search out their crowdsourcing site, where you can learn more about their vision, see a video of the project participants and description, and then donate any amount you choose with your credit card. No donation is too small, as even clicking on their site helps keep them closer to the front of the listed projects, and more apt to draw donors. See tinyurl.com/kanmcba.

FILMS AND ACTION

There was a happy conjunction between the Moveable Feast of Films on Food, a project cosponsored by the Port Townsend Food Co-op and Local 20/20’s Citizens for Local Food Action Group, and the need to devise fundraising opportunities to cover the costs of student travel.

Two movies (of a 12-movie series; see foodcoop.coop) will be shown at the Port Townsend High School auditorium soon, both depicting young people’s efforts to make needed changes in policies that particularly impact, like climate change, those most seriously disadvantaged in our world.

While the two movies focus on food-related issues, they will nonetheless ignite the intentions motivating this teen delegation, which will speak out about fracking, ocean acidification and the need for a carbon tax, as these students morph into citizens.

I hope you will attend both movies, bringing a generous

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Highlighted so recently with the passage of the Agricultural Act of 2014 – better known as the “Farm Bill” – cuts to food stamp programs are indeed drastic. You will become sadly aware of the political machinations that lurk behind such inadequate policy management, and how the poor pay the price for it as corporations gain benefit.

Whether you attend these movies out of interest in seeing them, out of a desire to support our Students for Sustainability in getting to Washington, D.C., out of chagrin at the gross income disparity that has overtaken our country, making it even more important that we contribute when we can, or out of the sheer need for cultivating hope for our future, please come.

You will be assisting 15 young people in their journey toward becoming active and engaged citizens of our community, and of our world.

Let’s help them step up to the plate, for goodness’ sake; we need people who are willing to do so.

Or, you could host a fundraising dinner in your home, as some locals already are planning to do, with two of the SFS club members present, to talk about their upcoming trip plans. There are ample ways we can each contribute to make this trip happen, and happen successfully. Make a place at your table for them to succeed.

The price of hope is well worth whatever you pay, don’t you think?

(Judith Alexander is a psychotherapist in private practice. She is also a champion for local food security with Local 20/20. She has called Port Townsend home since 1979 and doesn’t plan on leaving.)

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The first movie, “Dive: Living Off America’s Waste,” exposes the unfortunate practice of many mainstream grocery stores that throw out unimaginable amounts of edible food, every single day. Jeremy Siefert takes on the cause of feeding the hungry after educating himself, through dumpster diving, about how pervasive such food waste actually is. “Dive” shows at 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 13.

The second movie, “A Place at the Table,” screens at 7 p.m., Monday, March 17. Starring Jeff Bridges, it addresses food insecurity in America. In it, a delegation of low-income women travel to Washington, D.C., to testify in front of Congress about the harsh realities they face, often not knowing where their next meal will come from, when trying to feed their families.

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sheriff’s log Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office responded to 300 incidents from Jan. 30 to Feb. 7, 2014, of which 10 were related to dogs and 137 were either partially or totally redacted.

An unsecured door was found at Chimacum School by deputies responding to a commercial alarm, Jan. 30. The building appeared empty, and the door was secured.

A possible prowler and gunshots were reported on Jan. 31 at Southport Lane, Port Townsend area. Deputies checked the area, but no one was located.

Drug paraphernalia was found in the 70 block of Elkins Road, Port Hadlock, Jan. 31.

A Port Hadlock woman was arrested in the Beaver Valley Road area on Jan. 31 for third-degree theft.

Rifle ammunition was found along Center Road, Jan. 31. Responding deputy disposed of the few rounds.

A Lillian Street driver was warned for passing on the right, Jan. 31.

A resident of Lower Hadlock Road was having difficulties with a female partner on Jan. 31 and asked law enforcement for help with how to deal with women.

Third-degree theft was reported along Center Road in the Chimacum area, Jan. 31.

Littering and loitering were reported at Mount Constance, Jan. 31. A detective contacted the litterbug and advised them not to leave garbage.

A higher-than-normal power bill prompted a homeowner to request his Seal Rock Road vacation home be checked, Jan. 31.

A Brinnon resident was arrested on Feb. 1 on an outstanding Kitsap County warrant while a deputy was investigating a suspicious-vehicle complaint.

A road rage incident prompted Washington State Patrol to request JCSO assistance, Feb. 1. Deputies located the vehicles and cited a driver for following too closely.

A residential alarm on Marina Drive was set off on Feb. 1 by a paint contractor working at the residence.

A Nordland resident was arrested for methamphetamine possession, Feb. 1, on Oak Bay Road at Paradise Bay Road.

Loud noise from gunfire was reported on Old Eaglemount Road, Feb. 1.

An assault between two coworkers at a Quilcene business on Linger Longer Road was reported, Feb. 1.

An elderly Port Ludlow resident requested extra patrols along Pioneer Drive after hearing what they believed to be someone attempting to break into their house, Feb. 1.

An erratically driven car along Kearney Street in Port Townsend was reported, Feb. 1.

Fifty 16-year-olds were reported to be drinking at a South County bonfire, Feb. 1. Responding deputies found no juveniles, and the group had designated drivers.

A disabled ambulance was located along Hwy. 101, Feb. 2. A tow truck was en route.

A man outside a Port Hadlock business on Chimacum Road told deputies on Feb. 2 that he was aware he is not to go inside and was waiting for a friend.

An unwanted person at an apartment on Garden Court Road in Port Hadlock was reported on Feb. 2. The tenant said it was a guest, not herself, that wanted the person to leave.

A Port Townsend resident reported on Feb. 2 that his neighbor had encroached upon his property while cutting English laurel hedges and then disposing of the clippings on his property. The resident estimated damages to be $2,000 to replace the 18-foot hedges.

A drunken argument between a husband and wife at Chimacum Creek Road on Feb. 2 ended when both parties agreed to separate, and the husband went to stay with his mother.

A sleeping driver in a running vehicle along SR 104, Feb. 3, was awakened by deputies. She told them she had stopped to rest on her way home from a Super Bowl party.

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A motorist was pulled over for speeding along State Route 20 at milepost 7, Feb. 3. A female passenger was giving birth at the time; they were en route to Jefferson Healthcare hospital in Port Townsend. The motorist was released with a warning.

The Port Townsend Police Department responded to 170 calls for service from Feb. 2 through Feb. 9, 2014. Officer Luke Bogues has stepped down from being the department’s public information officer, which includes assembling the police log. Here are select log items from the last week:

A burglary was reported on Sunny Slope Road, Brinnon, Feb. 3.

A maroon Ford truck with no tailgate and rounds of wood in the back was reported to be “casing” the neighborhood of Gardiner Beach Road, Feb. 3. Deputies did not locate the truck.

Malicious mischief was reported at 9 p.m. Feb. 2 by a resident of the 900 block of 14th Street, who said that his mailbox and a city street sign had been damaged.

Possible utility theft at a Port Townsend residence along Pelican Road was reported on Feb. 3. The utility company representative was contacted.

Boxing gloves were stolen at an apartment in Port Hadlock, Feb. 3. Both parties were present and resolved the issue.

A prowler was reported on the back porch of a residence on Nelson’s Landing Road, Feb. 3. The suspect was gone when a deputy arrived.

A driver on SR 104 was warned for speeding with no lights, Feb. 3.

The driver said it was a new car and they didn’t know how to use the light switch.

A revving engine in a Port Hadlock apartment complex along Garden Court Road on Feb. 4 was the result of a person attempting to stay warm by running the vehicle’s heater.

A suspicious box van was emitting smoke alongside Hwy. 101, Feb. 4, because the van’s occupants had started a fire in a homemade fireplace.

Drug activity (sale of opium, cocaine and/or heroin) was reported Feb. 4 on Washington Street in Port Townsend.

A person wandering the roads and screaming was reported on Duckabush Park Road, Feb. 4.

Deputies located the intoxicated man in a junk vehicle in his sister’s driveway. The sister arrived home and took the man inside for the evening.

Edensaw Woods Ltd. on Seton Road reported the theft of a motor vehicle overnight, Feb. 4-5.

A 911 hang-up call from the Chimacum Chevron on Beaver Valley Road, Feb. 5, was because of a problem with an employee being terminated, but the owner said she had left the property and the problem was handled.

Unknown suspects defaced the sign in front of Chimacum Creek Primary School and took a brass letter, and access was attempted to an outbuilding in the back of the school, Feb. 5.

A burglary at a Strawberry Lane, Nordland, residence was reported, Feb. 5.

Fuel was stolen from the U-Haul rental facility at Airport Cutoff Road, Feb. 5.

A hypodermic needle was found along Mason Street, Port Hadlock, Feb. 5. Law enforcement retrieved the item.

A 19-year-old Port Townsend man was arrested on Feb. 5 at Hastings Avenue for fourth-degree assault (domestic violence), possession of marijuana, and possession/consumption of alcohol.

A suspicious vehicle on Center Road was reported, Feb. 6. Deputies contacted the vehicle’s occupants, who said they had come to visit the homeowner. They were advised to leave, and they left.

A suspicious vehicle at Irondale Park, Feb. 6, contained a sleeping person, whom deputies advised not to camp in the county park.

A 77-year old male was reported at 9:32 a.m. Feb. 3 as having been found deceased in his Lopez Avenue residence.

Sailings delayed

The Port Townsend-Coupeville marine highway was closed Sunday, Feb. 9 until the 11 a.m. sailing.

Here is the Port Townsend Terminal just prior to the day’s first ferry being loaded. According to Washington State Ferries, system-wide there were 38 employees who called in with less than 24hour notice for the Feb. 9 shift. All vacancies were covered except for two crew at Port Townsend, which led to cancellation of three round-trip sailings. Also, the M/V Kennewick on Jan. 28 missed one sailing due to a steering issue, which was repaired and is not considered an ongoing issue.

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Quilcene man shot by police after chase

By Leader Staff

A Quilcene man driving a truck stolen on Feb. 5 from a business near Port Townsend was shot late on Feb. 7 by a police officer in the town of Pacific.

A K ing County Prosecutor’s Office spokesperson said on Feb. 10 that the 41-year old suspect was still at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle and had not yet been charged, and therefore was not being identified.

However, a Leader news investigation did obtain a name, and on Feb. 10, a Harborview spokesperson confirmed a person with that name was still in the hospital’s intensive care unit in critical condition from a gunshot wound.

The series of events began last Wednesday in Jefferson County. Between 6 p.m. on Feb. 4 and 7:30 a.m. on Feb. 5, someone went to Edensaw Woods Ltd., a custom hardwood supplier based just outside Port Townsend, and broke into the company’s green 1996 Toyota T-100 pickup.

It was hot-wired, according to Jim “Kiwi” Ferris, Edensaw’s owner, and driven off – with a special-order cherry wood stair package in the back. The pickup also had new tires – someone slashed the truck’s tires last summer – and had a full tank of gas.

Ferris reported the truck stolen at around 9 a.m., Feb. 5.

With a green canopy, black lumber rack and Edensaw logos on each door, the distinctive vehicle was spotted at about 10:40 p.m., Feb. 6 in Pacific, a town located south of Auburn in King County. At that time, a Pacific Police D epa r tment of f icer attempted to pull over the pickup, but the suspect failed to stop and led the officer on a vehicle pursuit through a residential area, driving over lawns as he fled, according to a press release from the King County Sheriff ’s Department (KCSO).

The suspect drove the truck into the driveway of a house in the 200 block of Sunset Drive in Pacific,

then exited the truck and fled on foot. The officer, parked directly behind the suspect vehicle, also exited his vehicle and chased the suspect on foot. The suspect circled back, jumped in the police car and attempted to drive it away as the officer struggled to get the suspect out of the police car, according to the press release.

The officer fired multiple shots and struck the suspect, a 41-year-old man listed as being from Quilcene, Jefferson County.

The suspect was taken to Harborview in critical condition. The officer was not injured.

During the incident, the police car crashed into a Hummer that was parked in the driveway of a house across the street. The Hummer (parked facing the street) was pushed into the garage door and partway into the garage, according to KCSO. As of Feb. 10, Edensaw’s Ferris was uncertain if the company pickup was damaged, and if the custom stair parts were still inside.

Police issued a trespass admonishment about 11:10 p.m. Feb. 3 to a 24-year old male who reportedly had become aggressive toward other people at a bar on Taylor Street. The person trying to calm the man was struck in the face, but he declined to press charges.

A 79-year-old female was found to be deceased at 2:45 a.m. Feb. 4 at a Hastings Avenue residence.

The woman had ongoing medical issues.

Larceny and theft were reported Feb. 4 by a woman who befriended a transient man, and invited him to a motel room to stay out of the cold.

The 35-year-old female reported that the man, whom she had met on a transit bus, had taken her cell phone, a pair of jeans and used her debit card for a $38 purchase.

Officers could not find the man and determined he had not been staying at the local overnight shelter.

A domestic disturbance between mother, age 51, and son, age 30, was reported at 8:05 pm. Feb. 5 in the 1000 block of Howard Street.

Officers talked to both people involved, and the mother admitted she “had been like a dog with a bone and had been stubborn” toward her son. No crime had been committed.

Officers responded to a domestic disturbance at 12:30 a.m. Feb. 6 in the 400 block of U Street. A female, age 40, who later admitted to being intoxicated, was arguing with a man, 38, over another female. Officers found no evidence of a crime, and the man left the residence.

A 57-year-old female was reportedly found deceased about 2:58 p.m. Feb. 7 in a bathroom of a Hendricks Street home she shared with a 62-year-old male.

Vandalism was reported Feb. 8 at the Port Townsend High School campus, where black spray paint was applied to three white vans, buildings, doors and school sidewalks.

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A man notified JCSO that he planned to fire an employee later that day. He was advised to contact law enforcement if issues arose, and further advised to initiate eviction of the employee, who was also a tenant of a residence on the man’s property.

A man reported on Feb. 6 that a neighbor’s dog was coming onto his property and barking at his elderly mother as she tried to access her car, on Olympic Boulevard.

A Port Hadlock man told JCSO on Feb. 6 that he had been followed too closely on Irondale Road by an aggressive driver in a black Ford truck.

An unsubstantiated third-hand report was received on Feb. 7 of an unidentified person’s truck being shot at while driven in the Brinnon area.

Car wrecks on Hood Canal Bridge that lane’s concrete Jersey barrier, according to the State Patrol.

The driver and the child were transported by aid car to Harrison Medical Center in Bremerton. A hospital spokesperson confirmed that the two people were treated at the hospital and released.

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A woman and child were taken to the hospital after a car went out of control and crashed on the State Route 104 Hood Canal Bridge in Jefferson County.

According to the Washington State Patrol, the accident happened at 8:57 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 on the bridge.

Kari C. Dryke, 35, of Port Angeles was driving a black 2002 Lexus IS300 four-door westbound with Easton J. Fisher, 6, as a passenger.

The car apparently went out of control as it crossed one of the roadway’s grated steel decks, swerved into the eastbound lane and struck

police log

Reasonable excuse

En garde!

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014 • A 9

Historical fencing club begins in PT Hopeless romantics, take note. Nathan Barnett of Port Townsend has established the Embassy Arms Historical Fencing Club.

Barnett has taught historical martial arts since 2000, and also has a decade of Asian martial arts under his belt. Before moving to Port Townsend, he was an instructor with Seattle’s Academia della Spada, a traditional school for the fencing arts. When not tending to his duties as an IT professional and ambassador of the Old Consulate Inn, he teaches with the BartonWright/Alfred Hutton Alliance for Historically Mia Torres practices with the Embassy Arms Historical Fencing Accurate Hoplology and Club, established by Nathan Barnett of Port Townsend. Submitted Antagonistics, a Victorian martial arts club, based photos

in the Georgetown area of Seattle.

B a r net t ’s Por t Townsend–based Embassy Arms Historical Fencing Club currently focuses on the short cut-and-thrust sword, using the cutlass.

Barnett’s instruction is available to those who are at least 15 years old and ready to be challenged, and who can leave behind previous notions about sword fighting. Participation improves fitness, hones mental control, and teaches principles and techniques of fighting with the cutlass.

Classes take place weekly. For more information, contact Barnett Nathan Barnett (left), teacher of historical martial arts, has at 206-799-5069 or established the Embassy Arms Historical Fencing Club in Port nathan@embassyarms.org.

Townsend.

Election: Certification still slated for Feb. 18 by county ▼Continued from page 1

PUBLIC COMMENT

During public comment Monday morning, several people spoke in favor of Van Zonneveld.

Glee Hubbard said voters feel disenfranchised and think it is highly irregular to be told condominium owners like Van Zonneveld aren’t property owners and can’t vote in the drainage district.

Rose Hablutzel called it a travesty that newspaper articles came out about Van Zonneveld’s eligibility before the election. (The Leader had a story on Van Zonneveld’s status in its Jan. 22 and Jan. 29 issues, with both sides of the issue explored.) PLDD ballots were due Feb. 4.

Tom Thiersch, a Cape George–area resident and a government watchdog who is a regular at commission meetings, said his understanding of the law was that county commissioners, not the drainage board, should have filled the vacancy two years ago when Van Zonneveld was appointed.

Thiersch contended that Allen Uyeda, who defeated challenger Art Moyer by 28 votes in the Feb. 4 election, and Van Zonneveld had been sworn into office in 2012 by mistake. Further, Thiersch suggested if anyone wants to change the laws on eligibility regarding condo ownership laws, they should head to the state Legislature.

Later Monday, Thiersch in an email questioned whether Van Zonneveld was guilty of making a false statement to authorities since she had signed a declaration in December, swearing that she was “qualified to assume office.”

“Why isn’t the county prosecutor going after this with respect to Van Zonneveld’s declaration?”

Thiersch asked, referencing RCW 9A.72.040 on “false swearing,” which is deemed

a gross misdemeanor.

“Even if we knew she was not a qualified candidate we still would have had to accept her declaration,” Eldridge said in response to that question. “We’re not police. If someone swears under oath they are qualified to hold office, we don’t police that.”

Ron Gregory formed Port Ludlow Concerned Taxpayers, a group that recruited Jim Boyer and Art Moyer as PLDD candidates.

If Van Zonneveld had won, a legal challenge would have been filed over her eligibility, Gregory said. He said he’s also looking into whether a quorum since 2012 that included two commissioners appointed by the PLDD, rather than by county commissioners as RCWs suggest, could be ruled invalid.

PLDD HISTORY

The PLDD was formed by public vote in 2000. There have been only three commissioner elections since, in 2002, 2010 and 2014. The other election years, there was no competition for commissioner seats so the PLDD filled them by appointment.

The next seat is up in 2016.

Voter turnout was 53 percent in 2014 compared to 48 percent in 2010.

The drainage district is a special district unlike any other in Jefferson County.

By state law, the district could develop its own list of qualified voters and conduct its own election. Instead, it grants that authority to the county auditor. Eldridge said her staff assembled a list of voters based on property ownership records.

Last month, Eldridge described a PLDD election as “property voting, not people voting.” Each parcel of land within the district is allotted two votes for each PLDD commissioner race. If the lot is owned by one person, that one person receives

bility of a PLDD candidate.

In one of the Leader’s previous stories on this issue, “In retrospect, Alvarez had noted that he was giving an opinion, but neither Donna the county could not force [Eldridge] nor the PLDD to do anything.

Alvarez recalled that it I should have was one of Van Zonneveld’s reached any legal supporters who first raised the question of her oppoconclusions.’ nent’s eligibility. Alvarez said Eldridge, not wanting David Alvarez to single one candidate out, chief deputy prosecuting checked the eligibility of all attorney candidates and determined Jefferson County it was Van Zonneveld who was ineligible, according to their interpretation of state two ballots. If it is owned by law regarding condo ownera married couple, each gets ship.

Alvarez acknowledged one vote. Trusts and homeowners associations (includ- that he had made a courtesy ing condo associations) also call to Van Zonneveld and receive ballots, but not the suggested that she withdraw individuals within those from the race. associations.

“Elizabeth Van Zonneveld did not receive a ballot,” Eldridge said Feb. 10, “By expressing because she is a condo owner. their opinions There are 1,090 housing units or lots in North Bay, and making those of which 216 are condos. opinions public There are four sets of condos in North Bay: Admiralty under the auspices I and Admiralty II, and of their County North Bay I and North Bay II. Van Zonneveld owns in positions, they Admiralty II. Condo owninfluenced the ers do pay county property taxes, and homeowner assooutcome of this ciation assessments. election.”

The state laws regarding special purpose districts are “archaic,” Van Zonneveld Elizabeth Van Zonneveld told the Leader last month. candidate

PROSECUTOR DECISION

Alvarez said there is a lot of context to the story that needs to be explained. And while he now feels he should not have given advice, he also said he did so because Eldridge, as a publicly elected official, is one of his clients.

“This whole thing [with the drainage district eligibility issue] is new,” Alvarez said of never before being asked to determine the eligi-

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In her letter to commissioners, Van Zonneveld said Alvarez never sent her a letter as he had said he would.

Alvarez acknowledged he told her that he would send a letter suggesting she withdraw, but then “upon reflection I decided not to send the letter,” Alvarez said, “I didn’t want to interfere in the race.”

Election results

Port Ludlow Drainage District Commissioner elections results Feb. 4, 2014 POS. 1, 6 YEARS Jim Boyer

428, 51 percent

E. Van Zonneveld

394, 47 percent

POS. 3, 2 YEARS Allen Uyeda

427, 51 percent

Art Moyer

399, 47 percent

Results are complete, but unofficial until certification Feb. 18.

Alvarez also said he had talked to officials with the state auditor’s office – the same office Van Zonneveld now wants to investigate him and Eldridge – and that that office “said to do the election and certify whoever wins.”

Alvarez also said Shane Seaman, the attorney for the drainage district since early 2012, whom Alvarez had worked with in the past and respects, had rejected Alvarez’s conclusion that Van Zonneveld was not a qualified voter.

“I’m not their attorney and they are a junior taxing district. They have their own legal counsel,” Alvarez said.

As of Monday afternoon, a spokesman for the state Auditor’s Office had not returned a call for comment on Van Zonneveld’s request for an investigation into Alvarez’s and Eldridge’s actions.

JIM BOYER

Jim Boyer has lived in Port Ludlow since 2003 and said he has only attended two PLDD meetings – both in response to specific landuse issues. He has been “doing some homework,” he said, and will look to Dwayne Wilcox, PLDD chair, “for some education.”

Boyer said he is not joining the board with a specific agenda, other than to follow the money.

“My one goal is pretty simple,” Boyer said Feb. 7.

“There is a loan against the

community of North Bay and this drainage district. On top of the $1 million spent over the last eight years, we are responsible for a public works loan. We are paying interest on the loan even if we have not drawn from it yet. My one goal is to get to the point of solvency, to retire that loan and get it off the books, and even though the interest is minimal, to stop paying it, before we do any other projects.”

In regards to Van Zonneveld’s eligibility, Boyer said, “I have not kicked up any sparks around that campfire.”

Auditor Eldridge brushes off allegations from Van Zonneveld supporters that perhaps she favored Boyer because she endorsed him, and donated $100 to his campaign, when he was a 2010 candidate for District 3 county commissioner. Boyer, as a Republican, lost that race to John Austin, a Democrat.

NEXT MEETING

“This is a non-partisan election in a drainage district of which I have no vested interest in other than conducting an election accurately and according to law,” Eldridge said.

The PLDD’s next regular meeting is 10 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 13 at the Beach Club. Boyer would not replace Van Zonneveld until after the election is certified Feb. 18, which would put him in the office for the March 13 meeting.

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she became involved in showing cats through the International Cat Association.

Ellen proved to be a good money manager.

“We were quite poor for a long time, but we never fought over money,” said Larry, who earned enough extra pay as a paratrooper to buy a car.

Eventually, Larry became a battalion commander. One day, he received orders to take his troops to Iraq early the next morning, leaving the couple only an know how you do it.” makes 13, and somehow evening together, without “I would hope, after all we got an extra.” knowing when or if he this time, that we would They grew up in the would come back. be on the same wavesame San Diego neighborThat night, Larry length,” hood, but found an envelope on his said Ellen. didn’t get pillow. It had a $200,000 The together insurance policy in it, evicouple until Chris dence of Ellen’s ability to emphasizes was 17 be supportive by showing making the and dating Larry that she could take right choice Bob’s best care of herself. at the start friend and “She’s always been of a lasting roommate. practical,” noted Larry relation“I promappreciatively. ship, buildised to In 1999, Col. Crockett ing on the look after retired from the Army, same mindher when and the couple made their set, backhe went to “forever” house in Port ground and Hawaii, Townsend. interests. and I did Soon, Larry was hired “Don’t a pretty as Port of Port Townsend rush, don’t good job,” executive director. get into it said Bob, Bob Little “The happiest martoo early, who finds married 40 years riages are when the man get to know Chris to be is out of the house,” said each other gorgeous, Larry. first,” said Larry. smart and warmly giving.

“I married him for betCommitment is Their first date was in ter or worse, but not for required. They chose not November, and they hit it lunch,” added Ellen. to have children, in order off right away, staying up “Now we’re at a point to devote their energy to and talking until 4 a.m., where it’s easier to stay each other, and they don’t when Chris’ mother asked married, but you need fight, even though they when Bob was planning to have your own space,” occasionally vote for the to leave. said Larry. wrong person.

Chris was struck by Ellen continues to “It takes a lot to make Bob’s kindness, and his manage the household, him angry,” said Ellen. way with other people and and travels around the “We don’t sweat the children. world to judge pedigreed small stuff,” said Larry.

They found that they cat shows about 20 week“Today is so different shared core values, a ends a year. Larry looks than 40 years ago,” said family orientation and forward to starting a winLarry. “Friendship lasts enjoyed doing things ery or distillery in Glen forever.” together. Bob had a good Cove when he retires job in construction, and from the port.

LITTLES DO IT BIG their families were supStill, they have become The joining of a couple portive. so close that they can tagis the start of a family, “Those are small team in preparing all of a and nothing has been things that were really big Thanksgiving dinner. more important to the big things, looking back,” Best friends, they finish 40-year marriage of Bob reflected Bob. each other’s sentences, and Chris Little than They were married the and independently bought family commitment, both following September, and the same anniversary to their 14 children and welcomed their first baby card for each other. their extended families. two years later.

“We’re a team,” said “We They enjoyed parenting Larry. “A never so much, they went on to good marintended have four more biologiriage takes 14,” said cal children, adopt nine good teammore, and host 22 extra Chris. work. You “We joke kids for extended periods depend on of time – including foster that I each other children, kids in respite wanted and trust care and foreign exchange 12, and one another. students.

Bob If you don’t On their 25th anniverwanted have the sary, they adopted twin one, so Patty Baker teamwork that See LOVE Page 11▼ married 35 years thing, I don’t

““Relationships take grace, forgiveness and sometimes just going things because they are the right thing to do. It’s not that you deserve or earn or anything else.”

“A common faith has made a huge difference, and our differences make it still interesting.”

Love: evolve together

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10-year-old boys from Ethiopia.

They don’t view their relationship as work.

“Relationships take grace, forgiveness, and sometimes just doing things because they are the right thing to do.

It’s not that you deserve, earn or anything else,” said Bob. “The reality is, nobody would date us with that many kids,” quipped Chris.

Looking back, the key is having chosen well, enjoying their adventures, and the happy accident of evolving together, the Littles say.

“It’s been a wonderful partnership, and even Charlie and Patty Baker have 35 years of married love that based on an abiding faith in God. Photo with the ups and downs,

by Viviann Kuehl it’s been a dream life.

It’s an accomplishment, plete his service, and and it’s very satisfying Winona took on a store in to raise kids that are Quilcene. good parents,” said Chris.

Returning, Bob got They now have 11 grandjobs where he could, in children, and two teens the woods and working in still at home. the oyster industry.

“I love my family life Winona sold the store and my job, so I’m in a before their oldest son happy spot all the time,” was born in 1951. said Bob. “That helps Bob was called back hugely. It’s been great. into service for two more I’m looking forward to the years during the Korean rest.”

War. Returning to port one day, he learned from BAKERS SHARE FAITH a letter of their second Charlie and Patty son’s birth.

Baker, married 35 years, When he came home, met while working as Bob got a job at the paper nurses’ aides, changing mill in Port Townsend. bedpans, bathing and cara rented apartment, and Charlie became a sci“I liked the work I ing for people in Moscow, ence teacher in Quilcene, that was fine, the couple was doing,” said Bob, Idaho. and Patty now works as a who became an expert said. Being away from “There was something para-educator. They enjoy machinist. “It was hands family allowed them to interesting, attractive grandchildren and their get to know each other on.” about her,” recalled life together. and estabThey bought a house Charlie. lish a solid “Having a companion and settled into the com“He relationis really nice,” said Patty. munity. Bob served on the was a good ship on “We don’t have to do any- school board for 10 years person, so thing amazing. Just being and signed all his chiltheir own, compastogether is wonderful.” they say. dren’s diplomas. sionate The Winona was busy raisand gentle, PRILLS GOING STRONG first of ing children, sewing and and he was Bob and Winona Prill their four refurbishing dolls for the so skilled have spent the 65 years children, Children’s Orthopedic with the of their married life all home thrift shop. fragworking, raising their births, “I never wanted to ile, and four children and being came a do anything else,” said respectful, involved in their comyear later.

Winona. and his munity, and they are still Their secDuring the 30 years humor was ond child going strong at ages 85 they lived in Port very silly,” developed and 84, respectively.

Townsend, they bought said Patty. spinal menThey met when both a lot in Quilcene and “I thought, ingitis at came to Quilcene for their built their current home, ‘I really Patty Baker 18 months. senior year of high school. spending weekends worklike this married 35years They relied “We had to report to ing and enjoying the guy.’” on God’s study hall, and when Bob water.

They power then, walked in, I thought I’d Their life was good, also shared an interest in as always. like this school,” recalled but it wasn’t easy, say the a Practical Christianity The hardest times Winona. couple. course Patty was taking, have been near death, Bob wasn’t too much “I wouldn’t want to and a faith in God. The they say. Charlie has had into girls, but had dated advise anybody,” said relationship deepened, open-heart surgery, pros- a few. It wasn’t until the Winona. “We had a lot of but they didn’t discuss it. tate cancer and strokes, class went to Victoria, arguments. It reaches a When Charlie moved and their faith helped British Columbia, on their point where you’ve got to away to work in his eastthem through. senior sneak that the coustay together. Four kids ern Washington homeThe couple shares com- ple connected. has a lot to do with staying town of Waitsburg, they mon values, but are oppo“We just happened to get together.” wrote letters, but weren’t sites in temperament, and together then,” said Bob. “It’s nice to see they sure about the other’s they can’t imagine stayThey graduated in managed to interest. ing together without faith 1947, and stick together,” Then Patty made a trip and unconditional love married in said son Rick. to visit family in Yakima, and forgiveness.

1948, on the “You have to and Charlie intercepted “She says I was perday Winona admire the comher on a layover in the fect when she married turned 18. mitment they’ve Greyhound bus station me, and she’s been trying The wedmade.” one day in 1978, asking ever since to return me to ding was in “You take her to pray over what her Brinnon. The that perfect state,” jokes them vows, and answer would be if he bride wore Charlie. you have to be proposed. a two-piece “A common faith has serious about Patty was shocked, dress; the made a huge difference,” them,” said Bob. but knew her answer. groom was said Patty, “and our dif“We take care They were married three ferences make it still in his U.S. of each other.” months later. interesting.”

Navy uniWinona has Bob Prill The couple moved to “We’ve done pretty well form. recently had married 65years Whittier, Calif., where Bob had with all the grace, but a hip replacethey spent two years far finished boot I don’t want anyone to ment, and is away from their large camp, but feel discouraged if martended by Bob. families, and Charlie riage doesn’t work out. still needed his mother’s The couple continues to be attended school to become It happens, and your life permission to marry at active in the community, a counselor. can always be redeemed.

19. and hopes to live into their They started houseThere is so much divorce After the honeymoon, 90s, enjoying their life keeping with two folding in our world.”

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SportsNews Dodgeball event is Sunday in PT Eight teams are confirmed for the second annual Port Townsend Dodgeball coed tournament this Sunday, Feb. 16, at the Blue Heron Middle School gym.

Action begins at 11 a.m. and ends by 5 p.m.

Teams registered are Scared Hitless, Deez Ballz and Lazy Doodles, all from Lacey; Throwbocop from Seattle; and from Port Townsend, Carl’s Lumber, Dirty Dodgers, the Ball Grabberz and PT Dodgeballers. A round-robin format leads to a double elimination trophy bracket.

There may also be two

“free agent” teams, noted organizer Steve Spencer, with people ages 18 and older eligible to join for $5 each.

The tourney is sponsored by Mary and David Crozier, and Waypoint Communications.

This year’s event benefits Team Port Townsend, “enhancing and maintaining first-class athletic programs for grades 7-12 in the Port Townsend School District.”

Halftime entertainment is presented by the O’Meara Dance Studio.

For in formation, email Steve Spencer at sspencer154@gmail.com.

at a glance Yoga From the Heart is Saturday, Feb. 15 Yoga From the Heart, benefiting the Fund for Women and Girls, takes place from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Feb. 15 at Madrona MindBody.

Five yoga teachers are hosting the second annual event, followed by tea and cookies donated by Pippa’s Tea and Pane d’Amore with music by harpist Paula Lalish.

Yoga teachers Jen Bates, Nole Giulini, Terry Wagner, Renee Klein and Shayann Hoffer lead students through guided meditation, chanting, poses (asana) and restorative relaxation.

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Disco Bay lady golfers pre-season meet, Feb. 20 The Discovery Bay ladies golf association hosts a pre-season meeting at 10 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 20, at Discovery Bay Golf Course.

All current members and any women who are interested in joining the club are invited.

No clamming at Point Whitney

the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. All clams are affected. Point Whitney is located in Jefferson County, near Brinnon.

Surveys indicate that the clam population on this small beach has decreased, requiring a closure in 2014.

The Point Whitney Lagoon, located behind the cyclone fence, remains open for clamming through March 15. Oyster season at Point Whitney Tidelands remains open Jan. 1 through June 30.

Mergens is pool ace Player of the week is Jake Mergens of the Hilltop Altered. Roy Rogers of the Hilltop A Team had an 8-ball run. Team standings (wins-losses): Hilltop Tavern A Team 14064; Roadhouse Rebels 123-81; Hilltop Tavern Altered 122-82; American Legion Volunteers 114-90; American Legion Marvin’s Stars 112-92; Uptown Pub Uptowners 93-111; Hilltop Tavern Wet & Wild 82-122; Hilltop Tavern Chix with Styx 31-173.

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Chimacum Duplicate Bridge Club • Jan. 28: 1) Sport clam season closed at Point Whitney Tidelands until Leonard Hills and Sharon further notice, according to Hills 63; 2) (tie) Vern Nunnally and Jim Tilzey, Wolfgang Werner and Joan Fisher 62; 3) Bob Fuller and Gerry Fuller 56. Feb. 4: 1) Tom Loveday and Wilma Lambert 51; 2) Eileen Deutsch and Mike Edwards 50; 3) Wolfgang Werner and Joan Fisher 45.5.

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Plenty of snow for Arctic Open Conditions were tough at the Port Townsend Golf Club’s 28th annual Arctic Open.

The ground was frozen both days of the Feb. 8-9 tournament, and it snowed Saturday night so the course was white Sunday morning.

“That’s one thing about the Arctic Open,” said Gabriel Tonan of PTGC. “We will play no matter what.”

Here are the results of the 36-hole, two-person best-ball tournament: Gross: 1) Adam Barrows and Eric Nelson; tied with Mark Mitrovich and Gary Thorne, 141; 2) Andy Katsikapes and Roy Sutherland, 143; 3) Dean Rigsby and Jim Fultz, 145.

Net: 1) Woody Woodley - Scott Baker 111; 2) Terry Berge and Bill McIntire 119; 3) Roger Ramey and Scott Ramey 120; 4) Dan Owen and Jerry

Golfers brave the cold at the 28th annual Arctic Open at the Port Townsend Golf Club, Feb. 9.

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Closest to the pin, hole 16: Sunday: Closest to the pin, Saturday: Closest to the Dan Owen. Longest Putt, hole hole 2: Bret Roberts. Longest pin, hole 7: David King. 9: Woody Woodley. putt, hole 6: Dan Owen.

Cain, Morris, Shoop win district

By Patrick J. Sullivan of the Leader

Port Townsend and Chimacum wrestlers won 1A district wrestling championships Saturday, with nine local boys and one girl advancing to regional competition.

“Wow! What a day for us,” reported coach Steve Grimm of the Feb. 8 1A district event hosted at Bellevue Christian, with 10 of the 15 wrestlers at the respective boys’ and girls’ competitions advancing to regionals.

Three others are alternates.

Winning district titles for Port Townsend High are Shae Shoop (113 pounds) and Matt Cain (152) and for Chimacum High, Alex Morris (145).

“I have been telling these guys how good they are all year, and they went out and proved it,” Grimm said. “Our dual record in the Olympic League is poor just because of the forfeits we give up. But at tournaments it’s a different story. I am super proud.”

Second place for PTHS at districts were Kade Wilford (132), Jeff Seton (170) and Trevor Garrett (182). At the girls’ tournament, Charity Jesionowski (113) was second.

Third place for the boys were Peter Glitsch (113), Nick Outley (138), and for Chimacum, Aaron Reyes (120).

Alternates for the boys are fourth-place finishers Forrest Piatt (160) and Jacob Massie (195) and

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Wrestlers who qualified for 1A regional action are (from left, back row) Trevor Garret, Kade Wilford, Charity Jesionowski, Alex Smith, Matt Cain, Jeff Seton, (front) Peter Glitsch, Nick Outley and Shae Shoop. Not pictured is Aaron Reyes. Photo by Patrick J. Sullivan

for the girls, fifth-placer Chloe Rogers (130).

Regional action is Feb. 15, at Steilacoom for the girls with boys at Castle Rock. The top four finishers in each weight class advance to the state Mat Classic Feb. 21-22 at the Tacoma Dome.

Last year, Cain and Shoop were each third at districts and no PT or CHS wrestler made it to state. Smith is striving to become only the fourth CHS wrestler to reach a state tournament.

“Each one of these kids, I could talk a whole day about,” Grimm said.

Cain said the season has been “awesome” while Wilford, a fellow senior, noted, “ There is more commitment this year from the team than in all my years.”

GIRLS’ WRESTLING

The girls are a big part of the program, Grimm said of Rogers and Jesionowski. “These girls have been working hard all year. They are tougher than most boys, too. I’ve seen Charity get a black eye, bloody nose, and she dislocated her finger all in one practice. After I reset her dislocated finger, she just threw some tape on it and was back out there.”

Wilford agrees that, “Charity is the toughest person on the team.”

Grimm noted that Rogers, a junior and firstyear wrestler, impressed a lot of other coaches by placing fifth in a 16-person regional bracket.

Rogers is a swimmer and softball player who has adapted well to wrestling.

“It looked like a sport I might be good at,” Rogers said. “It scared me at first. As soon as I got my first pin, I knew why I come to the wrestling room every day and work so hard. Now it’s in my blood. All I think about is wrestling. It takes a lot of stress out of my life.”

While Rogers is looking forward to softball season, Jesionowski said she’s giving up her other sport, cheerleading, to do freestyle wrestling in the off-season.

More girls should try wrestling, Jesionowski said. “I wish they knew how much it rocks.”

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Port Townsend’s varsity basketball teams have earned a 1A post-season shot, Quilcene’s teams are also in post-season contention, and Chimacum’s teams take their final shots this week. Here is a basketball wrap:

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Port Townsend defeated Bremerton 51-43 on Feb. 4 for the team’s sixth Olympic League win over a Class 2A school, and fourth consecutive victory. Halftime score was 22-14 and PT was ahead 40-23 after three periods. Pre-game on Senior Night, coach Randy Maag got a sendoff with a gift in recognition of his nine years as varsity head coach.

Jewel Johnson was Maag’s player of the game, with 18 points (four treys) and 10 assists to go along with tough defense.

STATS: Jewel Johnson 18 points, 10 rebounds, 3 steals.

Jayde Richardson 16P, 13RB, 5S. Rilke Rutenbeck 11P, 6RB, 2S. Anne Meek 2P, 3RB, 2S. Kassie Olin 2P. Trisha Reeves 2P, 8RB. Rose Gitelman 3RB. Regular season action ended Feb. 11 against Port Angeles. The Redskins have earned a 1A “pigtail” playoff game at the Nisqually League’s fourth-place team, which won’t be decided until late this week. PTHS has been advised that the pigtail game could be any day late this week or early next week – check for updates on our website and Facebook page.

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Port Townsend High School senior basketball girls were honored Feb. 4. Pictured are (from left, back row) Gen Polizzi, Marta Penzar, Rebecca Stewart, Rose Gitelman, Anne Meek, Jayde Richardson, (front) Pi Siripong, Rilke Rutenbeck, Lily Murock, Trisha Reeves and Jewel Johnson. Photo by Steve Mullensky

Kyah McKinlay and the Chimacum Lady Cowboys complete their season this week. Photo by Patrick J. Sullivan

to find a consistent offense in a 40-21 loss Feb. 7 at Chimacum. CHS had chances in the first half to keep the game close – Madeline Nordberg came off the bench in the second quarter for two quick field goals to bring Chimacum within 2 points – but the Pirates extended their lead to 17-11 at halftime, 24-19 after three periods.

SCORING: Madeline Nordberg 6, Lauren Thacker 6, Mechelle Nisbet 5, Kiersten Snyder 3.

Chimacum (2-11, 3-14) completes its season Feb. 14 at Cedar Park Christian in Bothell.

Chimacum’s Feb. 7 home contest against Vashon Island included Senior Night introductions for players, cheerleaders and band members, and a halftime mini-cheerleader show. CHS cheerleaders working with the youngsters were Alyssa Hamilton, Alyssa Wolfe, Alina Preston, Deidra Morris, Jaycie Eldridge and Gabriella Correa.

Mini-cheer girls were Abbie Liske, Addison Staley, Averie Graves, Breanne Huntingford, Brenna Manzanares, Calia Corden, Diana Pfluger, Elaina Rogers, Emily Liske, Franisse Palmer, Gracee Liske, Haley Bishop, Jade Senter, Jenna Fletcher, Jordin Moore, Keahu Fhy, Lillian Foster, Lilly Nagy, Lisa Johnson, Lorelei Turner, Maisey Courtney, Makayla Matheson, Makena Slimp, Mazie Palmer, Payton Courtney, Raidan Pacher, Rylee Coulter, Rylee Jo Spainhower-Oas, Samantha Fletcher, and Zoe Collier.

Coaches are Lauralee Kiesel and Jessica Kiesel.

BOY’S BASKETBALL RANGERS IN POSTSEASON The Quilcene Rangers had two big scoring quarters and that was enough to get them into overtime, but not enough to win a Feb. 4 league game against visiting Shorewood Christian, falling 55-46.

Quil went down 17-3 but a flow of treys from Jacob Pleines and steals by Jason Smith pulled the Rangers to within 27-21 at halftime.

Down 35-31 after three periods, the Rangers pulled ahead in the fourth quarter but were forced into overtime. The Lions controlled OT, 9-0.

Coach Mark Thompson cited poor field goal shooting (27 percent) and turnovers (30) as hurting the team’s chances at an upset win.

“The guys played hard the whole game. For three quarters we were good, but the 1st quarter and OT we just made too many mistakes, and missed too many shots.”

STATS: Jacob Pleines 15 points, 8 rebounds. Jason Smith 13 points, 7 steals.

Triston Williams 12P, 6RB. Jake Jordan 2P, 4RB. Josh King 4P. Muckleshoot Tribal School handled Quilcene 47-32 on Feb. 7, with poor shooting (26 percent) undermining Quil’s effort. STATS: Pleines 12P. Smith 7P, 5S. Jordan 6P, 6RB. Williams 7P. Quilcene’s regular season ended Feb. 11 against Christian Faith, the same team the Rangers play in a loser-out, winner to tri-district game Thursday, Feb. 13 at Evergreen Lutheran High in Des Moines.

It’s Quilcene’s first postseason game since the 20102011 season.

PORT TOWNSEND

Olympic League champion Bremerton (14-1) handled PT 67-50 on Feb. 4. Halftime score was 42-27. Skyler Coppenrath was player of the game for his 17 points and 10 rebounds.

“We had four good quarters of basketball, we just couldn’t keep up with them,” said coach Tom Webster.

Senior post player Skyler Coppenrath had 12 of his 17 points in the first quarter.

STATS: Skyler Coppenrath 17 points, 10 rebounds. Cody Russell 8P, 6RB, 8 assists, 4 steals. Daniel Charlton 4P. Paul Spaltenstein 6P, 1RB, 4A. Jacob King 5P, 4RB, 2A. Chris Adkins 2P, 2RB. Sean Dwyer 6P, 2RB. James Delagarza 2P, 4RB. Neah Bay upended visiting PT 69-52 in a non-league game Feb. 8. Halftime score was 41-16.

“They got a ton of shooters on their team,” Webster said as Neah Bay hit five treys in the first quarter. “They’re not just good, they are Hoover Dam good.”

After the game, the two teams went out for pizza and then went to open gym, before the PT boys retired to spend the night at Hobuck Beach

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Spaltenstein 14P, 9RB. Russell 14P, 4RB, 5A. Dwyer 9P, 5RB, 3A. Jacob King 6P, 11RB. Chris Adkins 5P, 4RB, 2A. Coppenrath 2P, 4RB. D. Charlton 2P, 3A, 2S. Regular season action ended Feb. 11 against Port Angeles. The Redskins have earned a 1A “pigtail” playoff game at the Nisqually League’s fourth-place team, which won’t be decided until late this week. PTHS has been advised that the pigtail game could be any of a variety of days late this week or early next week – check for updates on our website and Facebook page.

CHIMACUM FALLS SHORT

The Cowboys made a few runs, but Vashon Island stayed in control for a 68-42 win Feb. 8 at Chimacum. Halftime score was 38-17. Coach Jim Eldridge said Vashon’s fullcourt press caused trouble, but in the second half the Cowboys pulled to within 12 points. “Orion Weller got a great block, which was called a foul,” Eldridge said. “Vashon hit the free throws and then got the ball right back and, bang, bang their lead was back to 20.”

SCORING: Orion Weller 14, Brendon Naylor 14, John Carthum 5, Sam Golden 6, Matt Koenig 3.

Chimacum (2-12, 3-15) completes its season Feb. 14 at first-place Cedar Park Christian in Bothell.

SPRING

Quilcene’s most successful girls’ basketball season in three years continued Feb. 4 with a 49-39 win against visiting Shorewood Christian.

The Lady Rangers controlled the tempo for three of the four quarters, with a patient offense helping to avenge a 52-19 loss to the Lions earlier in the season.

“Defensively, the Rangers prevented the Lions from utilizing their fast break transitions, which killed us when we played them in early January,” said Quilcene coach Bri Weller. “The Rangers also adjusted and played tough zone defense,” especially Jerrica Viloria on the perimeter, and Sammy Rae with 16 rebounds.

Quil led 10-4 early, trailed 23-22 at halftime, and controlled the third quarter for a 40-35 lead that held through the fourth quarter.

STATS: Bailey Kieffer 12 points (2 treys), 4 rebounds, 2 assists. Megan Weller 16P, 12RB, 4A, 2 steals. Sammy Rae 8P, 16RB, 2S, 1A. Katie Bailey 9P, 3RB, 1A (3 of 4 free throws). Taylor Burnston 1RB, 1A. Jerrica Viloria 2RB, 2S, 1A. Allison Jones 4P, 4RB, 1S, 2A. “This young team is finally starting to put together 4 quarters of solid basketball, coach Weller noted. “They are working the ball up and down the floor with more and more confidence. Their hard work is starting to pay off and these young ladies are getting rewarded for their efforts.”

League-leading Muckleshoot Tribal School took a 39-16 halftime lead toward a 59-31 win Feb. 7.

The Kings were hitting from the perimeter (45 percent for the game), and Quilcene “just couldn’t respond to their level of intensity.”

STATS: Megan Weller 19P, 2RB, 2A, 3S. Sammy Rae 8P, 8RB, 1S. Allison Jones 4P, 2RB, 2A. Quilcene (5-10 league, 9-10 overall) earns a post-season game Feb. 13 if the team can defeat Christian Faith in a regular season finale Feb. 11 in Seattle. This is the Rangers’ most successful girls’ basketball season since 20102011 when the team won 13 games and advanced within one game of making the state tourney.

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Our Living Landscape: A Sense of Place At any given time, nine different kinds of clouds hang over the Olympic Peninsula. I moved here from the Great Plains, where I was part bluestem, part cardinal, part dome of sky.

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An avid bicyclist, I rode west in search of something familiar; I’d heard there was sun in Sequim. I rode on, to the top of Hurricane Ridge to visit the sky. It was socked in.

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I notice outside my window a blue strip where the sun is spotlighting mountain peaks. I hear a song sparrow in the neighbor’s Hemlock. There’s a spotted towhee in the rhododendrons. A flock of kinglets scour the detritus under the spruce. I heard a meadowlark at north beach. The Swainson’s thrush will return. It’s good to feel at home.

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With a big grin shining on his sooty face, Chimacum High School senior Josh Coulter experienced firsthand the transformation of the Iron Age while putting scientific principles to work.

Coulter, a second-year material science student at CHS, created iron on campus in his specially made furnace, with supervision and help from CHS material science teacher Todd Miller.

“You get to play with really hot stuff and make iron from dirt. What’s not cool about that?” said Miller.

“And it’s a dramatic example of the oxidation reduction process, which is a challenging concept to understand, but once you see it in action, it makes more sense. It’s the basis for all sorts of chemistry, from batteries to silver tarnish. It’s everywhere, and this is a great introduction to college chemistry in a practical, hands-on way.”

The daylong firing on Jan. 24 was the culmination of a semester-long project, and drew students, graduates, teachers and administrators as observers.

The chemical formulas are known and taught in class, but the actual fabrication process is elusive.

“I knew about the reactions and the formula, but this is really cool,” said Coulter.

For those who need a refresher on the process that started the Iron Age, around 1200-1000 BC, iron is made by heating iron oxide to 2,500 degrees in the presence of carbon for about 45 minutes.

Coulter prepared a special putty of flour, sand, iron oxide and water, and dried it to make the required ore.

He broke the resulting 10 pounds of dried putty into bits and smelted it a little at a time, using about a garbage can’s worth of charcoal in his furnace for the process.

“I heard about it, and

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[iron] pieces are small, but the Iron Age started the same.”

Coulter drew on Miller’s personal experience of making three batches of iron, and the Internet, to create his furnace and his own experience in the lost art of iron making.

“It’s great to see teacher mentoring, and Josh doing an outside-the-box kind of thing,” said David Carthum, assistant principal, adding, “You don’t see this stuff in school. I’ve never seen it.”

Coulter took material science last year, and is taking it again this year as an independent project.

“Science was always a strong subject for me, but this is an experience I wouldn’t do on my own,” said Coulter.

Coulter plans to fine-tune the kiln to repeat the experiA lump of iron created by smelting an iron oxide mixture is dis- ence, refine his learning and played by Josh Coulter, Chimacum high school senior. The proj- create more iron.

“If I can get a big chunk ect is the culmination of his first semester of independent study of iron, that would be really with material science teacher Todd Miller. cool. Hopefully, I will get to mill it next term,” he said.

I came to see what our and a 2011 University of (Full disclosure: Viviann ancestors did,” said Matt Washington grad with an Kuehl is married to teacher Werner, CHS Class of 2007 archeology degree. “The Todd Miller.)

PTMSC joins porpoise study Additional “ears in the water” are helping to document what may be a growing presence of harbor porpoises in local waters.

The Port Townsend Marine Science Center (PTMSC) has joined the Harbor Porpoise Monitoring Network, established by the Pacific Biodiversity Institute (PBI), which recently deployed an underwater acoustic monitoring device to record the presence of harbor porpoises in the waters near PTMSC. With boating assistance from the Port Townsend Salish Rescue Group, PBI marine biologist Cindy Elliser installed a device called a C-POD, which records harbor porpoises’ sonar signals, called echolocation, night and day, year around. The signals, inaudible to the human ear, are essential to marine mammals for navigation and foraging.

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Chimacum High School senior Josh Coulter (left) and Todd Miller, material science teacher, attend to an iron smelting project while student Summer Milligan and assistant principal David Carthum observe. Photos by Viviann Kuehl

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Harbor porpoise activity is to be monitored in the waters near Port Townsend Marine Science Center, at Fort Worden, by an underwater acoustic monitoring device installed by the Pacific Biodiversity Institute. Submitted photo

significantly to this project,” said Aileen Jeffries, PBI Harbor Porpoise Project director.

“This project will provide valuable information about an important sentinel species in the Salish Sea,” said Jean Walat, PTMSC program director. “We hope to get funding to set up a human component, where volunteers will document sightings of harbor porpoises from the bluffs at Fort Worden, as observers are doing in Anacortes. Doing so allows us to correlate the C-POD’s recorded sounds with the number and behavior of porpoises that volunteers observe.”

A change in the porpoise

population is important information, according to the Puget Sound Partnership (PSP), the agency leading Puget Sound cleanup and recovery efforts. PSP considers harbor porpoises to be an indicator of the health of its ecosystem.

Since 2011, PBI has used acoustic monitoring and citizen scientist observers to monitor harbor porpoise activity in Burrows Pass, between Fidalgo and Burrows islands, near Anacortes. An additional C-POD was recently deployed in Rosario Strait off Cypress Island.

Because of the harbor porpoise’s reclusive nature, little is known about this

small, shy marine mammal, which is found around the world.

Abundant in local waters into the 1950s, the harbor porpoise had almost disappeared by the 1990s. Now, it may be making a recovery.

The goal of the PBI Harbor Porpoise Project is to understand the population dynamics, behavior and ecology of the harbor porpoise and, by extension, its relation to the health of regional waters.

“Because our resident harbor porpoises don’t migrate beyond the Salish Sea, they can provide valuable information on the health of our local waters,” said Chrissy McLean, PTMSC Marine Program coordinator.

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BusinessNews at a glance

erative to open in Jefferson County.

Contact Canna-Copia at 379-6446 or cannacopia@ qwestoffice.net.

Agricultural summit is Feb. 18

Chamber of Commerce events

Opportunities and challenges faced by agricultural businesses on the North Olympic Peninsula are the topic of a free summit hosted by WSU Jefferson and Clallam county extension offices, Peninsula College, and the North Olympic Peninsula Resource Conservation and Development Council.

The event takes place 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 18 at the Jamestown S’Klallam Community Center, 1033 Old Blyn Hwy., Sequim.

It is free and open to new and existing farm businesses and those interested in supMcAvoy speaks at North porting the local agricultural economy.

Hood Canal Chamber Lunch is provided by the Ed McAvoy, financial Port Townsend Food Co-op. adviser with U.S. Bancorp Register at brownpaper Investments, affiliated with tickets.com.

U.S. Bank, speaks to the North Hood Canal Chamber of Commerce on the subject of Keefer takes ‘Survive financial planning for small and Thrive’ training businesses and their ownJared Keefer, direcers. Expected topics include tor of Jefferson County tax-advantaged investment Environmental Health and opportunities and some basic Water Quality, has graduatinvestment strategies, includ- ed from a 12-month program ing asset allocation. titled “Survive and Thrive: The event takes place at Roadmap for New Local 5:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 17 Health Officials,” offered at the Quilcene Community by the National Association Center, 294952 U.S. Highway of County and City Health 101 in Quilcene.

Officials (NACCHO).

The program, funded by Fireside at Port Ludlow the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the de wins wine award Beaumont Foundation, The Resort at Port is designed to enhance the Ludlow’s Fireside Restaurant skills of top executives at local has won the Grand Award at health departments, providing the Washington State Wine them with tools and experiAwards, which took place on ences to help them work with Jan. 27. elected officials and communiThis award is highly ty partners, manage strategic coveted in the wine world, planning and health departaccording to Anne Sackett of ment resources, and discover Fireside, who has been Port approaches for addressing Ludlow’s cellar master for challenges unique to local seven months, and is a level health department leaders.

1 certified sommelier with 18 years of experience as a resFree spill kits for taurant wine buyer.

The restaurant is located businesses at 1 Heron Road, Port Ludlow.

Jefferson County Public Health is offering free spill kits to small businesses to Customer appreciation help reduce waste. The health day at First Federal department also conducts site First Federal Bank stages visits to businesses that are a customer appreciation day “small-quantity generators” on Friday, Feb.14, offering of hazardous waste, so that sweet treats, refreshments businesses don’t have to hire and prizes throughout the day. consultants.

First Federal has been This program helps bridge serving families and busi- that gap by providing free nesses for 91 years, and environmental regulatory operates branches in Port consultations. As part of the Angeles, Forks, Sequim, Port technical assistance program, Townsend and Poulsbo, with a small businesses can get a lending center in Bellingham. free spill kit that includes oil/ grease absorbent booms good Canna-Copia II opens in for petroleum products and restaurant grease spills, eye Port Townsend protection, nitrile gloves and Canna-Copia II, a medical disposal bags. marijuana clinic, has opened To date, the health departfor business at 2427 Sims ment has assisted 334 busiWay, Suite E, on the south nesses and distributed 50 kits. end of the Pet Town building, To qualify for a spill kit, a next to Pet Paws. business must participate in This clinic is an extension a site visit and prepare a simof the Canna-Copia clinic in ple spill plan. Contact Pinky Port Hadlock, which was the Feria Mingo at 379-4489. first medical marijuana coopThe Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce has scheduled the following meetings and events for the week ahead: Friday, Feb. 14, 3 p.m. – Ribbon cutting at About Time Clothing’s new location: 830 Water St., Port Townsend.

Monday, Feb. 17 – Member lunch meeting is canceled in observance of Presidents Day. Tuesday, Feb. 18, 4:306 p.m. – Board of directors meeting at Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., Port Hadlock.

FWPDA manager at work Starting as the Fort Worden Lifelong Learning Center Public Development Author-

ity’s hospitality general manager on Feb. 3, Michael Deighton (center) said he has “hit the ground running.” Already Deighton has worked closely with FWPDA Director Dave Robison (left) to bring on a marketing firm to brand and promote the entity. Deighton said he has toured the 90-acre campus, which is managed by the FWPDA as of May 1, 2013. Above, Deighton and Robison talk with Rochelle Prather, general manager of Bon Appétit at Fort Worden, about the possibility of a guest check-in reception desk being added to the Commons. Photo by Megan Claflin

Legislators want to capitalize on industrial hemp potential

By Christopher Lopaze WNPA Olympia News Service

Washington state farmers could soon be growing cannabis for use in a potentially profitable hemp industry.

Hemp is an illegal substance under federal law, but two separate state Senate bills would permit development of a hemp industry in the state, and require Washington State University (WSU) to conduct a yearlong study to research optimal growing conditions and feasibility of hemp in the region.

“There’s a huge unfulfilled market, and Washington could be at the forefront,” said Sen. Bob Hasegawa, D-Seattle, sponsor of Senate Bill 5954.

Sen. Jeanne Kohl-Welles, D-Seattle, sponsor of Senate Bill 6214, said it doesn’t make sense to prohibit hemp production and force the United States to rely on exports of hemp products from countries, such as Canada, when Washington state farmers could be growing the crop.

Hemp is used to manufacture various products, including construction material, clothing, rope, food, biofuel and paper. More than 30 countries produce hemp, including China, Australia, Russia, England and France.

SB 5954 would allow the state Department of Agriculture to immediately begin providing licenses to grow hemp, but SB 6214 would only allow licensing if the study determines a hemp industry would be profitable.

Lawmakers now have to figure out how to reconcile the bills.

“If there’s the prospect of a crop that enhances the viability of agriculture in Washington state, of course we’re supportive of that,” said Mark Streuli, director of the

Department of Agriculture, during testimony at the Senate Agriculture, Water & Rural Economic Development Committee hearing on Jan. 30.

Aimee Warner, a member of the Hemp Industry Association (HIA), said in testimony that it’s time to let farmers “re-energize” the state’s farming industry with hemp, but she had concerns with parts of the bills. HIA is a national organization representing the interests of the hemp industry.

Warner said a crop has never been outlawed in the history of the United States based on a study that determines a crop is unprofitable.

She said that requirement is unnecessary.

“I’m confident that Washington state will be a leader,” she said.

John Novak, a medicalmarijuana user and member of Cannabis Action Coalition, a group lobbying for the preservation of medical-marijuana users’ rights, said at the hearing that legalizing industrial hemp would do more to end the federal prohibitions on cannabis than either medical or recreational cannabis laws.

Hemp and marijuana are classified as Schedule I controlled substances under the Controlled Substances Act. Both are derived from Cannabis sativa, but hemp has lower levels of tetrahydrocannabinol, the psychoactive chemical responsible for the effects of smoking marijuana.

Hemp is typically defined as cannabis with a THC content below 1 percent, usually about one-third of a percent.

Federal legislation bodes well for states interested in growing hemp.

One provision in the U.S. Agriculture Act of 2014 would grant permission for

hemp research by universities or state agriculture agencies in states allowing the growth of hemp. The U.S. House passed the bill on Jan. 29, and the U.S. Senate voted to send it to President Obama, who is expected to sign it.

The Washington Farm Bureau, a Washington state– based advocacy group repre-

senting farmers’ interests at the local, state and national levels, has not yet taken a stance on hemp.

As with the state implementation of Initiative 502, which legalized marijuana for personal use, federal law makes establishing a safe way to handle financial transactions for hemp a conundrum, Hasegawa said.

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Karen Diane Meehan

obituaries

Port Townsend, Wash.

March 1, 1947-Jan. 31, 2014

Lauren Mattson

E. Ross Jacobus

Brinnon, Wash.

Oct. 19, 1947-Feb. 3, 2014

Port Townsend, Wash.

May 21, 1925-Jan. 26, 2014

Lauren Mattson passed away after a brief illness on Feb. 3, 2014 at the age of 66.

She was born on Oct. 19, 1947 in Seattle to Mildred and Zeal Eldon Durkeen.

Lauren was a gifted registered nurse who worked in regional hospitals and had been a homemaker in recent years.

She is survived by her husband, Thomas Mattson; daughters Jeanette Testu and Mari Tacardon; sister Sharon Scott; brother Michael Durkee; grandsons Daniel Wake and Liam Stengel; and a large extended family.

She will be greatly missed for her intelligence, generosity, sense of humor and wonderful personality. She touched many people throughout her life.

Graveside services are set for 2 p.m., Feb. 12, at the Brinnon Community Cemetery, followed by a celebration of life at the Brinnon Community Church kitchen.

Ross Jacobus passed away on Jan. 26, 2014 in Port Townsend, Wash.

Ross was born on May 21, 1925 in Elma, Wash., the youngest child of Robert and Oma (Lewis) Jacobus.

He will be remembered for his kindness, curiosity, humor, intelligence, and love of friends and family. He will be missed.

Ross is survived by daughters Diane Jacobus McHugh (Brett), Debra Jacobus Criscuola (Michael), Sally Jacobus Wilson (Gary) and Kelly Jacobus Larson (Dave); grandchildren Erin Larson, Jacob Larson and Amy Campbell Loesch (Fritz); and great-grandchildren Emma and John Loesch. Though he had no sons of his own, his sons-inlaw were as dear to him as if they were his own.

He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Ralph and Walter; sisters Erma (Peggy) Jacobus Chapman and Bessie

Karen Diane Meehan passed away on Jan. 31, 2014 at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, following a heart procedure.

She was the daughter of Ada and Irving Bittner, and a longtime resident of Port Townsend.

Karen owned the Victorian Vanity bath shop in downtown Port Townsend for many years. She retired as a retail clerk at the Sea Breeze gas station. Many stopped by there every morning to get their “cup of joe” just to see her kind and smiling face.

She married her high school sweetheart, Kenneth James Meehan, also a longtime resident of Port Townsend, on Feb. 27, 1965.

Up until her passing, Ken

was right there beside her, holding her hand. At the time of her death, they had been married for almost 49 years.

Her hobbies and interests were simple – her family. Karen had struggles with health from the early age of 33, when she fought and survived leukemia.

Knowing that her health may sweep her away someday, the time she could spend with her husband, kids and grandkids was the thing Karen held dearest in life. Everyone knew that if there was a lake or a

Jacobus-Rall Joliffe; first wife, Betty Jacobus, and second wife, Elizabeth Jacobus; and Thomas Gibbs, who was like a son to him.

The family would like to acknowledge and thank all of the wonderful caregivers at Seaport Landing and Rosemary McCallum’s adult family home, as well as all of the caring folks of Jefferson Healthcare Hospice for the loving care they gave to Ross in his final years.

A memorial service is Port Townsend, Wash. set for noon on Feb. 22 at Oct. 9, 1923-Jan. 26, 2014 Evergreen-Washelli Funeral Home in Seattle.

Mary Ann Bammert passed away with her family by her In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made side at her home in Port Townsend, Wash.

She is survived by her daughter, Susan Myers (Robert) of to the Hospice Foundation Mount Pleasant, S.C.; son Robert Bammert (Mona) of Port for Jefferson Healthcare or a Townsend; daughter Megan Renville of St. Petersburg, Fla.; charity of choice. son Nicholas Bammert of Satellite Beach, Fla.; and daughter Michael Mary Fraser (Barry) of Port Townsend.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Tom Bammert; and her sons Thomas Bammert and Patrick Bammert.

There is to be a private burial at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C.

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beach nearby, she already had the car started and the lunches packed to hit the road.

Her family says, “Karen meant so much to everyone in the community.” She was a devoted, loving wife, mother, sister and classmate in the Class of 1965, and will be missed.

She is survived by her husband, Kenneth Meehan; sons Patrick Meehan and Kevin Meehan; daughters Kelly Meehan and Kimberly Meehan-Roulst; and sister, Carol Bittner-Peterson of Port Angeles, Wash. She was also survived by seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Services are set for 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 15 at Kosec Funeral Home in Port Townsend, with a celebration of life to follow at the Elks Lodge in Port Townsend.

Donations may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Center. Please specify “Leukemia research tribute fund” in the name of Karen Meehan.

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Nettie and Bennett Hawkins of Port Townsend, Wash., are parents of a son, Parker Bennett Hawkins, born on Jan. 3, 2014 at Jefferson Healthcare’s Family Birth Center, in Port Townsend. Parker weighed 7 pounds, 5.3 ounces and measured 20.5 inches in length.

Dr. Carlson was in attendance at the birth. Parker is welcomed by grandparents Bob and Lori Witheridge.

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Religious Organizations Bet Shira

Grace Christian Center

San Juan Baptist Church

PO Box 1843, Port Townsend, WA 360-379-3042, betshira@yahoo.com, betshira.com Shabbat Evening Service - Friday, February 14 - 6:30 PM, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Jefferson and Tyler, Uptown Port Townsend. The service will be followed by our traditional dairy/vegetarian potluck supper.

Shabbat Morning Service - Saturday, February 22 10:00 AM, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Jefferson and Tyler, Uptown Port Townsend. This service will conclude with kiddush and motzi.

Solid, Spirit-filled Bible teaching. “Loving Jesus and loving each other.”

Meeting at 200 Olympic Place, Port Ludlow Conference Center 360-821-9680 Kevin Hunter, ThD 360-821-9684 Pastor Sherri Barden, PhD gracechristiancenter.us Sunday service: 10 am Wednesdays, 6:30 pm: Grace Gathering

The Church on Discovery & home of the R.O.C.K. San Juan Baptist Church (SBC) is a warm, Bible-believing fellowship of folks who care about YOU! 1704 Discovery Rd., Port Townsend 360-385-2545 • sanjuanbaptist.com Dr. Conrad B. Dodd, Pastor Sundays: 10 am: Worship Service (childcare provided); 9 am: Sunday School for all ages; 5 pm: Read through the Bible Wednesdays: 10 am, Prayer meeting; Plus home Bible studies & special events.

First Baptist Church

LCMC

Loving God & Loving Port Townsend.

1202 Lawrence St. (Uptown) 360-385-2752, pffirstbap@netscape.net Pastor Skip Cadorette A relaxed come-as-you-are, blend of contemporary and traditional music, prayer and honest Biblical teaching, nursery care provided.

Sunday, 9:30 am: Worship Sunday, 10:45 am: Classes for kids and youth; sermon discussion and coffee hour for adults.

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Port Townsend Christian Science Church, Sunday School and Reading Room at 275 Umatilla Ave., near Discovery and San Juan, 360-379-1139.

Sunday services: 10 am Wednesday noon: Testimony Meetings Reading Room 11-3 Monday and Friday; 1:30-3 Wednesday and after church Sunday. www.christiansciencechurchporttownsend.com

First Presbyterian Church We are a welcoming community, sharing the spirit of Christ.

Loving generously, serving selflessly, living justly.

Pastor Dennis Hughes 1111 Franklin Street, Port Townsend 360-385-2525, fpcpt.org email: firstpres@cablespeed.com

Winter Worship Schedule:

8:15 am Worship 9:30 am Adult Education 11 am Worship & Children’s Church, professional nursery care provided throughout the morning.

Grace Lutheran Church –

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1120 Walker Street, Port Townsend, Washington 360-385-1595 www.gracelutheran.us The Rev. Coe Hutchison, Pastor Sundays 9:15 am Christian Education & Adult Forum 10:30 am Worship with Holy Communion Wednesdays 10 am Bible Study on next week’s texts 7 pm Taizé Midweek Worship Service (February 19) Fridays 7 am Bible and Breakfast for Men at the Highway 20 Roadhouse.

For current scedules and information please call 3851595 or check our website at www.gracelutheran.us Visitors are always welcome!

Lutheran Church of the Redeemer Pastor Don Pieper 45 Redeemer Way, Chimacum, WA 360-385-6977 • redeemerway.org Sunday Worship, 8 am, traditional; 10:30 am, contemporary

Peace Lutheran Fellowship – ELCA We have moved! Please join us.

A Place of Grace Port Ludlow Beach Club, 121 Marina View Drive 360-732-0004 Pastor Ron McClung peacelutheranfellowship.org Sunday worship 10 a.m.

Port Ludlow Community Church Connecting Christ and Community.

Dennis LaMance, Pastor 9534 Oak Bay Road, Port Ludlow 360-437-0145, email: plcc@olympus.net Sunday Worship 10:30am Adult Bible Class 8:45 am Sonlight Club during 10:30am service Home Studies on alternate Tuesdays Women’s Bible Study Thursdays, 10 am

Quakers Religious Society of Friends 360-379-5376, PTQuaker.org Meet at PT Community Center, Lawrence and Tyler Sts. Sunday, Feb.8th, noon, business meeting Sunday, Feb 16th, 11:30, potluck at the Community Center Walk cheerfully over the world, answering that of God in every one.--George Fox, 1656

Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship A Welcoming Congregation - Quimper UU Fellowship 2333 San Juan Avenue, 360-379-0609 quuf@olympus.net • quuf.org Religious Education for children and childcare offered at both services February 16, 9:15 & 11:15 A.M. How Quiet Silence: White Paper, Black Cloth, [ ] Speaker: Joseph Bednarik. You have the right to remain [ ]. You also have the opportunity to be [ ].

This sermon & service invites quiet & silence into our sanctuary, from avant garde music & personal journals to Quaker meetings & political demonstrations. John Cage’s (in)famous piano composition “4’33’” will be performed

by Ikue Goldstein, & the choir will sing the world’s most recognizable song about silence. And while Ram Das wisely said “The quieter you become, the more you can hear,” we ask “How quiet silence?”

St. Patrick By the Bay A Christ Centered Bible Believing Orthodox Anglican Church Meeting: Sunday morning at 10:30 At: The Seventh-Day Adventist Church 331 Benton Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368 360-215-4130, 360-471-3444 www.porttownsendanglican.com Member of the Diocese of Cascadia In Communion with the Anglican Church of North America

Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church In historic Port Townsend – worship with us in Washington’s oldest Episcopal church building in continuous use. stpaulspt.org Corner of Jefferson & Tyler, 360-385-0770 Sunday 8 & 10 am: Holy Eucharist; 10 am: Children’s Program; Wednesday, 10:30 am Holy Eucharist & Healing Service; Thursday at 8:30 pm - Compline “We welcome everyone without exception.”

St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church One of the oldest Catholic Churches in the Pacific Northwest 1335 Blaine St. (Corner of Harrison and Blaine) 360-385-3700, stmaryss@qwestoffice.net Rev.John Topel, S.J. Pastor Saturday 9 am: Hispanic Mass; 5:30 pm: Vigil Mass Sunday 8:15 am and 11 am; Monday, Thursday, Friday12:05pm: Mass Tuesday, 12:05 pm: Communion Service Wednesday, 6:30 pm: Mass Confession one half hour before mass.

Children & adult religious education programs

Trinity United Methodist Church

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To encourage membership in the Booster Club, a series of membership drawings for a $60 prize take place on eight separate occasions: March 1, March 20, April 3, April 17, May 1, May 15, May 29 and June 14, when a grand prize drawing is held for a sunset dinner cruise out of Bellingham.

Membership tickets are $20 each, and more than one ticket may be purchased.

Tickets may be purchased throughout the drawing period, and all purchased tickets are entered into each drawing.

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The Boiler Room empowers individuals to build and sustain healthy and diverse community with focus on service, positive skill development, mutual growth and the arts.”

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Driver safety class offered Feb. 20-21 in Chimacum A Smart Driver Safety Class is scheduled for 9 a.m.1 p.m. on Thursday-Friday, Feb. 20-21 at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W. Valley Road in Chimacum.

The class is designed to help drivers refresh driving skills, and inform them of revised laws. Those 50 years and older who take the class may qualify for an insurance discount.

The cost is $15 for AARP members, $20 for nonmembers.

To register, call J.J. at 732-4822. Class is limited to 20 participants. Class instructor is Barry Birch.

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By Ned Luce David Gluckman is a local photographer specializing in birds. He came to a Rotary lunch last week and presented information on some dos and don’ts in photography, at the same time showing several of his beautiful pictures.

He readily admitted that the quality of photographs is directly proportional to the amount of money one spends on the equipment, in addition to spending lots of time and having very good luck. Later on, he confessed that the current iPhones take extraordinary pictures. Once again, I am confused. I mean, those are telephones, right? No matter, I am easily confused, but can testify that he takes great pictures, many of which can be seen on his website, birdartography.com.

The local crew that has taken up the game of pickleball has been impressive in its dedication to playing the game through the winter, at least until last week, when the water in the ponds starting freezing over! In addition, some of the truly dedicated players have left town to warmer climes for the winter.

As a result, BJ has not had much of an opportunity to exercise the paddle I got her for Christmas. She is ready, though.

Speaking of BJ, for the seventh year in a row she is an AARP Tax Aide volunteer, helping folks prepare their federal income taxes at the Tri-Area Community Center in Chimacum on Mondays and Wednesdays. It seems as though she even has repeat clients from past years. She is one of several other good folks providing this help every week, all under the supervision of David Self. If you want some of the free help, you need to call and make an appointment at 732-4822. A different group is available on Tuesdays and Fridays at

the Port Townsend C om mu n it y Center, at 620 Tyler St.; call 3859007.

How about those Seahawks! On the day of the parade in Seattle, I called a local business to make an appointment and got no answer, either time I called. I left a message, and sure enough, they called back the next day and admitted they closed up to go the parade. BJ heard about a local 80-plus-year-old woman who took her walker, with a seat on it, and her oxygen tank to see the parade.

We lived in Pittsburgh in the 1970s when the Steelers rose up and won Super Bowls, and we lived in Kansas City when the Royals won the World Series. We have never seen a celebration like what happened in Seattle last week.

The Rotary Rose Sale has kicked off. You can order a dozen or more from your favorite East Jefferson Rotarian for delivery to your door on Thursday, April 24.

The roses cost $20 per dozen, and the money raised supports local community programs.

I have just about milked my broken collar bone as much as possible for both sympathy and writing material. As a result, I will try to ignore the cold and rain to get out a little more. I am sure there are several of you who deserve to be exposed in this column!

Love a curmudgeon and have a good week.

Traftons mark their 48th

Laurel Kalyce Roth and Mark Theo Zeeman are to be married on Dec. 17, 2014, in Greyton, South Africa. Submitted photo

Bill and Carol Trafton stand behind a sign that Bill made, on display along Paradise Bay Road, in honor of their 48th wedding anniversary on Feb. 5, 2014. For their 12th anniversary, in 1978, Bill had a billboard erected in Gresham, Ore., that made the local news; Carol holds a copy of the 1978 newspaper article about that billboard. The Traftons were married on Feb. 5, 1966. Submitted photo

Roth-Seeman

Laurel Kalyce Roth of Port Townsend is engaged to Mark Theo Zeeman of Langebaan, South Africa.

Roth, a 2006 graduate of Port Townsend High School, is currently working toward an accounting degree at University of Washington’s Foster School of Business. After graduation, she plans to join her mother’s CPA practice in Port Townsend. She is the daughter of Nancy E. Scott and Doug Roth of Port Townsend.

Zeeman graduated from Vredenberg Hoërskool in 2003 and SeaDog Commercial Dive School in 2004. He is currently employed as a commercial diver. He is the son of Theo and Marie Zeeman of Saldanha, South Africa.

The wedding is set for Dec. 17, 2014, in Greyton, South Africa.

Energy Lunch looks at biomass, waste management

Philipp SchmidtPathmann, an internationally recognized authority on waste management and resource recovery, is the presenter at this month’s Jefferson County Energy Lunch program, held 12:301:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 18 at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St. His talk addresses the (Contact Ned at 437-0191 or ecologic and economic chalNedLuce@sbcglobal.net.) lenges and opportunities associated with waste treat-

ment technologies, and provides a general overview of proven and unproven technologies, including gasification, anaerobic digestion, pyrolysis, plasma arc and mass burn.

Sponsors are Power Trip Energy Corp., Sunshine Propane, Alaska Power & Telephone Co., Frederickson Electric, the Port of Port Townsend, Port Townsend Paper Corp., Spyglass Energy Solutions and Huber’s Inn.

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Gospel Meetings

EACH Wednesday AT 7:30 PM KOSEC FUNERAL HOME 1615 Parkside Dr., Port Townsend, WA

Beginning February 5, 2014 Ministers: Muriel Erickson & Della Shaw

Presenting the New Testament Gospel, Representing the New Testament Ministry, and Offering the New Testament Fellowship.

Everyone is welcome, no collections taken, no obligation.

Artists invited to join ‘Crossroads’

Local artists are invited to interpret sacred text for “Crossroads 2014: Where Art and the Passion Meet,” now in its 10th year.

Crossroads is based on the traditional Stations of the Cross and intended to be both an art exhibition and source of contemplation. The viewing audience reflects a variety of ages, faiths and denominations, but shares an interest in grassroots creativity as a means of spiritual expression.

All visual art mediums and styles are welcome. Each station includes the scripture passage (provided by First Baptist Church), the art piece, and pertinent information about the piece and the artist.

Interested artists may contact Skip or Rebekah Cadorette, 385-5669 or skipnbekah@aol.com, for a list of available stations.

Having confirmed a station choice, the artist reflects on the text and creates a piece that, for them, represents the station. Pieces must be finished and on site by 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 16.

“Crossroads 2014” takes place 4-8 p.m., ThursdaySaturday, April 17-19 at First Baptist Church, 1202 Lawrence St.

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Ruth Doris (Benson) Short

Ruth Benson was 12 years old when this photograph was taken in 1927. Behind her are three houses on Taylor St. just uphill from Blaine St. Ruth lived in a house on Blaine and Adams. She would go on to graduate from Port Townsend High School in 1933 and marry William Short in 1934.

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ong-time Port Townsend resident Ruth Short, 98, passed away the evening of January 8, 2014. Ruth was born August 29, 1915 in Kenmare, N.D. to P.D. and Marie Benson. In 1927 the family moved to Port Townsend in a Model T house car that her father designed and had built for their trip west. Soon after arriving in Port Townsend the family bought the N.D. Hill Building, making it into a hotel and bar. Ruth attended Port Townsend Schools, graduating in 1933. She was always proud to be a Port Townsend Redskin.

In her teen years she worked at the Townsend Theatre. That is where she met her future husband William Lawrence Short, who courted her with his gentle spirit and his passion for cars and airplanes; they married July 20, 1934. They were blessed with four children; William, Richard, Penee and JoeDe. Ruth was involved with many organizations while raising her children which included wartime Gray Ladies (Fort Worden), Rebekah Lodge #11 (77 years) and was a member of the Trinity Methodist Church since she was twelve. In 1955, she joined H.J. Carroll’s Real Estate office, becoming one of the first women to sell real estate in Port Townsend. She held her Broker’s license until the 1980s. Upon retirement, she wintered in Hemet, CA where she made many friends and met Ken Kutch a dear friend.

Ruth Benson sits on her rowboat at the beach next to what is now the Old Cannery building Ruth (Benson) Short, a strong link to Port at the end of Quincy St. She used to row this Townsend’s past, loved hats and always had a boat daily to the Port Townsend Paper Co. plant at Oak Bay. good word for those she met.

Ruth had a real passion for life, family, and Port Townsend. She loved traveling, real estate, dancing, sharing stories, and horoscopes. She especially cherished time spent with the grandchildren at her beach cabin.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two sisters (Mildred, Evelyn), two brothers (R.D., Joseph Devillo), husband Lawrence and son JoDe. She leaves behind her children; William Short, Richard Short, Penee D’Amico. Grandchildren; Joe (Jamie) D’Amico, Lori (Kevin) Lloyd, Jenny (Lawrence) McConnell, Julie Short, T.J. (David) Plastow, Brandon Fletcher; Great grandchildren: Hannah, Nick, Kate and Claire D’Amico; Tyler Lloyd, Ashley McIntire, Kelsey Smith, Randi Lloyd, Austin and Carson McConnell, and Mercedes Short.

At her request a private family graveside service was held on February 8th at Laurel Grove Cemetery, followed by a celebration of Ruth’s life at Chapel Bay. A special thank you to Hospice of Jefferson and Clallam Counties for the care and support of our mother.

In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Los Angeles Children Services, 9320 Telstar Ave., Ste. #209, El Monte, CA 91731

Ruth’s family traveled from Kenmore, North Dakota to their new home in Port Townsend in 1927. Ruth’s father built this “house car,” one of the world’s first RVs, around a Model T to make the trip, Ruth is third from the left.

Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby is this weekend

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T he Olympic Pen i nsu la’s biggest salmon derby of the year hits this President’s Day Weekend, and participants hope the salmon are hitting, too.

Formerly the Discovery Bay Salmon Derby, this event is hosted Feb. 15-17 by the Gardiner Salmon Derby Association, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation that supports area emergency and other services. This winter blackmouth classic is part of the Northwest Marine Trade Association’s “Northwest Salmon Derby Series.

The derby offers 500 square miles of fishing, five weigh stations, a $10,000 first prize, and four $500 Mystery Fish prizes. It targets clippedfin hatchery fish only – no wild salmon.

Tickets for the derby, $40 for one day or all three days are available at area merchants through Feb. 14; tickets

can also be purchased online, until Feb. 12, at G a r d i ner S a l mon D erby. org. Tickets are also available at the five launch ramps on Saturday, Feb. 15 only.

Dan Tatum, president of Gardiner Salmon Derby Association, said ticket sales have improved every year. Last year there were 824 tickets sold and 351 fish submitted.

Derby proceeds are returned to the community. Last year, the derby gave $10,000 to Clallam County Fire District 3 (which covers Gardiner in Jefferson County) to purchase a thermal imaging camera for use at the Diamond Point Volunteer Fire Station.

The Gardiner Community Center, which serves as a neighborhood emergency shelter, received $600 towards improvements.

Two big rule changes this year: Anglers may enter two fish, not just

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one. But when it comes to winning one of the four $500 Mystery Fish prizes, the entry must be at least 6 pounds.

Effective Feb. 10, anglers are limited to one salmon per day in Marine Area 9, Admiralty Inlet to Edmonds. Due to increased catch, the daily catch limit for the remainder of this season (through April 15) has been dropped from two to one.

Tatum said only about 10 percent of derby fish are entered out of Marina Area 9.

Derby weigh stations are at Freshwater Bay, Ediz Hook in Port Angeles, John Wayne Marina in Sequim, Gardiner Boat Ramp and Port Townsend Boat Haven. Derby volunteers inspect and weigh submitted fish, which are then returned to the angler. Fees at all launch ramps are waived this year.

The awards ceremony

is set for 2 p.m., Monday, Feb. 17, at the Gardiner Boat Ramp, and is to include a cash prize raffle, plus a free barbecue beginning at 11 a.m. On display is the grand prize boat offered by the Northwest Marine Trade Association (NMTA). Every ticket holder is entered into the drawing for the $60,000 NMTA prize boat, taking place later in the year.

For more information, including derby rules, visit G a r d i ner S a l mon D erby. org.

The Team Lowrance and Team Simrad boats are at SEA Marine at Point Hudson in downtown Port Townsend from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15 to demonstrate new marine electronics. There is a free barbecue 3-6 p.m. for derby participants.

The Lowrance and Simard crews are also fishing the derby and Lowrance has donated a HDS unit as a derby prize.

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Guerrilla ice art

Sheets of ice from Haller Fountain and a nearby manhole cover were used to create a spontaneous, ephemeral ice sculpture in Port Townsend, pictured on Wednesday, Feb. 5. Photo by Robin Dudley

Icy cold

Temperatures dipped so low on Thursday, Feb. 6 that ice formed along the rocks at the Port Townsend Boat Haven marina. The ice was thick enough to support the weight of a ball.

Photo by Rachel Ganapoler

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ptleader.com ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT FOR FEBRUARY 12-18, 2014

Wednesday February 12, 2014

Globetrotters Opland, Freeman play on Feb. 15

Support women’s rights worldwide with Port Townsend Rising on Feb. 14. Submitted photo

PT Rising joins worldwide V-Day activism Port Townsend community members join with activists around the world on Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, for One Billion Rising, a global V-Day movement to end violence against women and girls.

One Billion Rising began as a call to action based on the statistic that one in three women – more than 1 billion women and girls worldwide – are likely to be beaten or raped during their lives. On Feb. 14, V-Day activists across the world express their outrage, demand change, strike, dance and rise, demanding an end to violence against women.

Port Townsend Rising is a day-long event. It begins with dance and discussion at Madrona MindBody

Institute at Fort Worden State Park. Join the Port Townsend and Bainbridge Nia Community Dance, which includes “Break the chain: music and moves to inspire and empower,” with dancing beginning at noon, followed by facilitated discussion at the “Communit-Tea Talks,” at 1:30 p.m.

V-Day continues with a “Ride for Justice” with participants meeting at the Recyclery at 2:30 p.m.

Dance on down to Haller Fountain at 4 p.m. to unite downtown in a celebration that begins with a flash mob dance performance, followed by a community dance with music from 4:15 to 6 p.m.

Learn more at Port Townsend Rising on Facebook.

Since 1995, Tania Opland and Mike Freeman have been touring the globe together from home bases half a world apart. With a unique and eclectic mix of songs, they perform acoustic music in several languages, played on more instruments than any sane duo would travel with: hammered dulcimer, guitar, recorders, cittern, violin, Native American flute, ocarina, hurdy-gurdy and percussion.

Opland and Freeman’s shows feature traditional and contemporary material from many cultures as well as original compositions, all presented with wit and style guaranteed to provide an evening of great music and entertainment for all.

Freeman’s irreverent sense of humor and Opland’s stunning vocals provide the springboard for a roller-coaster ride across several continents and back again.

Originally from Manchester, England, Freeman has played guitar and percussion for many years with an assortment of bands, accompanied Middle Eastern and African dance troupes, and performed at countless festivals throughout Britain and North America. He has worked on numerous recordings in the roles of musician, arranger and producer.

Born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, Opland performs on an array of musical instruments

concert including an unusual five-string violin, hammered dulcimer, hurdygurdy and an Alaska-made, doublechambered, wooden ocarina. She has appeared on radio and television in the U.S., Canada, Russia, Uzbekistan, Scotland, Ireland and England.

These two divide their time between Suquamish, Wash., and Inistioge, Ireland, because anyplace else would be too easy to spell. They have recorded eight albums between them (including two collaborations with bestselling author Anne McCaffrey in Ireland), and make numerous appearances as studio musicians on other recordings in the U.S., the U.K. and Canada.

Attend their performance at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15 at the Laurel B. Johnson Community Center, 923 Hazel Point Road, Coyle. Admission is by donation.

For more information, contact Norm Johnson at 765-3449 or johnson5485@msn.com; or visit coyleconcerts.com.

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Robert Jamison exhibits in Port Ludlow Stars of Tomorrow

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Robert Jamison is the Port Ludlow Artists’ League’s Artist of the Month this February. See his works on display at Columbia Bank, 9500 Oak Bay Rd., and at the League’s gallery next door. Submitted image

mixed media, using brush, palette knife and airbrush. He produces his giclée canvas prints in his own studio to maintain quality control. He paints on location, which gives the prospective client a chance to see a work in progress.

Jamison paints murals, still lifes, garden art, seascapes, landscapes, portraits, cartoon characters and floral art.

Port Ludlow art displays through February include: photographs by Rick McKenzie at Coldwell Banker; watercolors by Cathy Thomas at Mats Mats Chiropractic; block prints by Randy Radock at Olympic Gateway Visitors’ Center; acrylic work by Wanda Mawhinney in the conference room of Columbia Bank; and acrylic paintings by Carol Durbin at the Beach Club.

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The Port Ludlow Artists’ League’s (PLAL) Artist of the Month is Robert Jamison, whose work is to be exhibited at Port Ludlow’s Columbia Bank, 9500 Oak Bay Rd., for the month of February. An opening reception for the exhibit takes place 4-5 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 12 in the lobby of the bank, and then moves next door to the PLAL Gallery next door, 5-6 p.m.

Following in the footsteps of his mother and aunt, who were also accomplished artists, Jamison has been painting ever since he was in the third grade.

His dad would take him to a local fair to enjoy the carnival and rides, but Jamison found the painting demonstrations and artwork much more fascinating.

This interest led to his earning a degree in fine arts and a teaching career at Idaho State University.

More than 1,000 students, 243 murals, and countless ribbons and awards later, his passion has blossomed into a full-time career.

Jamison participates in 26 shows a year and teaches two nights a week in the winter.

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Auditions for the 27th annual Kiwanis Stars of Tomorrow talent show are held 3:30-5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20 at Blue Heron Middle School. All students of the performing arts – musicians, singers, dancers, bands, jugglers, poi spinners, gymnasts, etc. – in elementary through high school are encouraged to audition.

Students need to complete an application form and give a brief sample of the work they would like to perform. Bands interested in competing, or students unable to attend the audition on Feb. 20, may contact show organizer Barb Trailer to arrange a separate audition time.

Applications are available at all school offices starting on Feb. 10 and must be returned or mailed to school offices, or turned into Trailer, by Feb. 18.

This year’s show is set for 3-9 p.m. on Sunday, March 16 at the Port Townsend High School auditorium.

Judges include Danny Milholland of Thunderbull Productions, musicians Tim

Calling all stars Auditions for the 27th annual Kiwanis Stars of Tomorrow talent show are held 3:30-5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20 at Blue Heron Middle School. Applications are available at all school offices starting on Feb. 10 and must be returned or mailed to school offices, or turned into Barb Trailer, by Feb. 18.

Halpin and Franco Betrucci, and Dan Gessner and Sarai Lopez of Cross Roads Music.

Cash prizes are given in multiple categories for students in the Junior and Senior Divisions.

Performers can also be awarded with opportunities such as Alanna Dailey, who won the Cartwheel Production Recording Award in 2013, or Lost Daughter of Albion, a band that earned the chance to perform at Concerts on the Dock last year.

More in formation is available at facebook.com/ StarsOfTomorrowPt; or by contacting Trailer at 381-2002 or jbtrailer@olympus.net.

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With a total distribution of 80,000, Getaway will appear on all Washington State ferries, in the Seattle suburbs, Kitsap County and other key tourist destinations on the Olympic Peninsula. It will be distributed in all visitor centers in Jefferson County, as well as being inserted in the Leader.

A web version of Getaway will include all ads, complete with active hotlinks to business’ websites, at no additional charge.

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CommunityCalendar The Community Calendar promotes events that are free or low-cost and open to the public. To submit: email calendars@ptleader.com or call 385-2900. Deadline is 1 p.m. on Wednesday prior to the desired Wednesday publication date.

To add events to the Leader’s online calendar, click “Post your event” on the Calendar page on ptleader.com.

Live Music

Ajax Café (385-3450, Lower Hadlock): Fri., Trevor Hanson, 5-9 p.m.

Alchemy (385-5225, 842 Washington): Mon., Trevor Hanson, 5-9 p.m., no cover.

Boiler Room (379-8247, 711 Water): Thu., open mike, 8 p.m., no cover.

Cellar Door (385-6959, 940 Water): Sat., DJ Ruby: Lonely Hearts Dance Party, 9 p.m., no cover; Tue., Robin Bessier, 6-9 p.m., no cover.

Fireside (437-7412, 1 Heron Road, Port Ludlow): Thu., Trevor Hanson, 4 p.m.-close.

Highway 20 Roadhouse (385-7747, 2152 Sims): Fri., Buck Ellard, 6-9 p.m., no cover; Mon., open mike hosted by Jack Reid, 6-10 p.m.

Hilltop Tavern (385-0101, 2510 W. Sims): Wed., karaoke, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Owl Sprit (385-5275, 218 Polk): Thu., Steve Grandinetti, solo guitar, 5-8 p.m., no cover.

Pourhouse (379-5586, 2231 Washington): Sat., Lowire, 8-11 p.m., no cover.

Sirens (379-1100, 823 Water): Fri., Blue Holiday, 9 p.m., $5; Sat., John Sutherland, 9 p.m., $5.

Uptown Pub (385-1530, 1016 Lawrence): Fri., Barnswallow, 6-8 p.m.; Dave Sheehan, 9-11 p.m., no cover; Tue., open mike, 8 p.m.

Concerts

THU., FEB. 13

Nan Toby Tyrrell. 2-3 p.m. Songs celebrating love. Jefferson Healthcare.

FRI., FEB. 14 Nan Toby Tyrrell. 2-3 p.m. Valentine’s Day Concert. Discovery View Retirement Community, 1051 Hancock St.

SAT., FEB. 15 Ukuleles Unite! Rendezvous. 1-3 p.m.

Free lessons, group playing and loaner ukuleles. Grace Lutheran Church, 1120 Walker St., Port Townsend. germaine68@msn.com.

Dance

FRI., FEB. 14

Zipper Dance. 7-8 p.m., Fusion Dance 8-10 p.m. $12. Bring valentine chocolates and treats to share. Madrona MindBody, Building 310, Fort Worden.

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SAT., FEB. 15 Zydeco Dance with Zydeco Rex. Lesson at 7 p.m.; dance ends at 10:30 p.m. $12. Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona. 385-1667.

Sweetheart Ball. Jim Nyby & the F Street Band. Dance lesson by Janice Eklund starts at 6 p.m. for intermediates and 6:30 p.m. for beginners.

Dance ends at 10 p.m. $15. Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave.

TUE., FEB. 18 Rhody O’s Square Dance Club workshops for phase 2 dancers $1.50, 6:30 p.m. Graduated dancers $3.50, 7:30 p.m. Gardiner Community Center, 980

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Concepts and skills gained in the training are transferrable and designed to improve communication and enhance relationships in all aspects of life: Solve family conflicts more peacefully; Build relationships with your neigh-

bor; Improve your work environment; Enhance your professional skills and become a Certified Mediator. February 27, 28, March 1, and 6 -7. $495; scholarships available. Peninsula Dispute Resolution Center, mediate@pdrc.org or 1-800-452-8024.

ATTEND A FEAST • Hands-on cooking classes at FEAST Culinary Studio where we cook, eat and learn together.

Feb. 15, 22 - DAWN OF FLAVOR:

Old Gardiner. 385-2066.

Tango dance practice. 7:30-9:30 p.m. $4. Masonic hall, Van Buren and Jefferson. All ages and abilities; no partner necessary. 385-2805.

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OlyCAP Senior Meals. 4 p.m. Ages 60 and older, $5 suggested donation; guests younger than 60, $8. Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W. Valley Road, Chimacum.

THU., FEB. 13 Port Townsend Senior Association lunch for ages 55 and older. 12:15 p.m. PT Community Center, 620 Tyler St. $3-$5 suggested donation.

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FRI.-SUN., FEB. 14-16 Free food. 3 p.m. Boiler Room, 711 Water. 379-8247.

SAT., FEB. 15 AAUW Port Townsend Branch.

Silent auction, 9 a.m.; Nancy McDaniel presents “Western Washington History in 30 minutes” at 10 a.m.; meeting at 11 a.m. Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave. Jefferson County Genealogical Society. 9:30 a.m. Sheila Bender offers tips on writing family stories.

Tri-Area Community Center. 385-9495.

Yard & Garden lecture. 10 a.m.

“What’s killing my tree?” lecture by Marianne Elliott, plant pathologist. $10.

PT Community Center, 620 Tyler.

Yoga From the Heart. 10 a.m.-noon.

Madrona MindBody, Fort Worden. $15 suggested donation benefits Fund for Women & Girls.

Home Cooking from the Spice Islands of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

Saturdays, 1:30-4:30 p.m. Uptown PT. Adults $45, Youths $25 per date, pp.

Gift Certificates Available. Full calendar at www.feastculinary.com or Sidonie: (360) 385-1107.

DANCE CLASSES AT QUIMPER GRANGE • 5 Tuesdays, February 20 -March 20. 6:30 -7:30 p.m: BEGINNING DOUBLE TIME SWING. The footwork is challenging at first...but well worth the effort! It rocks! 7:45 -8:45 p.m: WALTZ TWO. Now that you have some basics, we will learn new patterns to help you float across the dance

Zydeco Rex from Seattle performs at the Quimper Grange at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15, at the Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St. Dance to the rythms of Danny Salonen, Will Tanaka, Mark Myking, Tina Tanaka and Kevin Kilmartin. Submitted photo

SAT.-MON., FEB. 15-17 Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby. Fishing derby hosted by the Gardiner Salmon Derby Association.

Awards ceremony at 2 p.m., Monday, at Gardiner Boat Ramp; barbecue starts at 11 a.m. See details at gardinersalmonderby.org.

SUN., FEB. 16 Thea Foss #45, Daughters of Norway. 1 p.m. Deb Collins presents “The Hardanger Fiddle.” Refreshments follow. All are welcome. Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W. Valley Road, Chimacum. 379-1802.

Robert Horton: “A Feast on Film: How Food Becomes Art in Movies.” $15. 3-5 p.m. PTHS Auditorium.

TUE., FEB. 18 Blowdarts workshop. 7:30 p.m. Free; all equipment supplied. Hilltop Tavern, 2510 W. Sims Way. Jefferson County Energy Lunch.

12:30-1:30 p.m. Philipp Schmidtfloor. 5-week session: $50 per person/ class. $35 repeat discount. $12 drop in. No partner necessary. Quimper Grange: 1219 Corona. Questions: Janice Eklund (360) 379-8052.

GOSPEL MEETINGS • Each Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. Kosec Funeral Home. 1615 Parkside Dr., Port Townsend. Beginning February 5. Ministers: Muriel Erickson & Della Shaw presenting the New Testament Gospel, representing the New Testament Ministry, and offering the New Testament Fellowship. Everyone is welcome. No collections taken, no obligation.

NAMI SUPPORT GROUP • For people with mental illnesses and their families and friends. 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of each month, 7 p.m. at Jefferson Mental Health Services. Info, (360) 385-1716.

OYSTER BAY INN VALENTINE’S DINNER • Chicken Marsala or Prime Rib $18.95 pp, includes dessert. Also speed dating event for singles at 6 p.m. with a variety of music by Ray Aberle with Kelcema Productions until midnight for all to enjoy. Guest rooms are

Pathmann presents “Ecologic and Economic Opportunities in Local Waste and Biomass.” Free. PT Community Center, 620 Tyler St. L2020.org/ Energy+Lunch+Programs.

Insurance help. 1-3 p.m. Trained volunteers available to help with health insurance enrollment and Medicare questions. PT Community Center, 620 Tyler.

Film

MON., FEB. 17 “West of Memphis.” 2:45 p.m. Free screening, followed by Q&A with filmmaker Damien Echols, at the Rose Theatre, 235 Taylor. Doors open at 2:15 p.m. Advance tickets available at the Rose Theatre. Hosted by Goddard College.

Libraries

Uptown Theatre (1120 Lawrence, 385-3883) See ad, page B3.

The Port Townsend Public Library is temporarily at Mountain View Commons, 1919 Blaine, 385-3181, ptpubliclibrary.org; its Library Learning Center is at 1256 Lawrence St. Jefferson County Library is located at 620 Cedar Ave., Port Hadlock. 385-6544, jclibrary.info.

WED., FEB. 12

WED., FEB. 12

Movie Night. 7 p.m. Boiler Room, 711 Water. 379-8247.

Programs for kids ages 8-13. 3:154:45 p.m. Darcie Johannson teaches origami. Free. JCL.

available with beautiful water views.

Reservations required (360) 377-5510.

Public Theatre presents “The Diaries of Adam & Eve” by Mark Twain, one night only: Sunday, Feb. 16, at 6:00 p.m. Enjoy a staged reading of the play while dining at Alchemy Bistro & Wine Bar in downtown PT. Tickets are $48 for a sumptuous meal and the show, available at (360) 385-5278 or www. keycitypublictheatre.org.

Rose Theatre (235 Taylor, 385-1089) See ad, page B3.

Starlight Room (237 Taylor, 3851089) See ad, page B3.

POETRY AND PROSE EDITING AND/OR MENTORING • Now offered by an author of ten books of poetry, fiction, and memoir (also a recipient of three major fellowships: state, national, and international). Work online and/or in person. Contact: Thomas at saintpatrick@waypoint.com or call: (360) 379-0282.

QIGONG CLASS • A gentle mind and body exercise appropriate for all ages and health conditions, Qigong has been part of traditional Chinese medicine for centuries. Western research now supports its many benefits: improves vascular and cardiopulmonary function, loosens muscles and joints while building stamina, eases stress and enhances concentration.

Thursdays, 5 -6 p.m., Gilman Studio, Cherry and “L.” First class complementary. Call Stephanie, (360) 301-2393. www.gilmanstudio.com.

VALENTINE’S DINNER THEATRE THIS SUNDAY • Sit down to a romantic 4-course dinner themed to match your evening’s entertainment! Key City

YARD & GARDEN LECTURE SERIES • “What is Killing My Tree??”

Learn from Marianne Elliot, WSU plant pathologist, about common diseases of woody plants and how to identify certain ailments in your trees.

Saturday, February 15, 10 a.m. -12 noon at the Port Townsend Community Center. $10/person tickets available at door. Call (360) 301-2081 for more information.

2014 BILLBOARD RATE: $25 • Up to 75 words; $.20 each additional word.

Billboards are listed at ptleader.com too! Submit by email: billboards@ ptleader.com, fax (360) 385-3422, or in person. Deadline: 1 p.m. Friday; Thursday for Friday closure. Call for details, (360) 385-2900. Visit ptleader. com for more information.

Puzzle #107 Level: Easy Medium Hard Complete the grid so each row, column and 3-by-3 box (in bold borders) contains every digit, 1 to 9.

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in the arts WILD ROSE CHORALE SINGS ROMANTIC HARMONIES

es nationally as well as in Port Townsend for Centrum and The Wild Rose Chorale the Writers’ Workshoppe.

For more information, visit sings love songs during dinner at three Port Townsend wajcgs.org, or stop in at the restaurants this Valentine’s JCGS Research Center, 13692 Airport Cutoff Road.

Day, Friday, Feb. 14.

Those interested in hearing the a cappella group perform BESSIER CELEBRATES romantic serenades may con- CD RELEASE ON FEB. 18 Robin Bessier debuts songs tact Alchemy Bistro & Wine Bar, the Belmont or Castle from her CD “Other Side of Key restaurants to check on Forever” 6-9 p.m. on Tuesday, table availability. Diners are Feb. 18, at Cellar Door, 940 encouraged to make dinner Water St., Port Townsend.

The evening includes a mix reservations soon.

The Wild Rose Chorale is of originals by Bessier, CD now in its 22nd year of making producer Barney McClure vocal music without instru- and Dave Bristow, as well as mental accompaniment. The rarely covered jazz tunes and auditioned ensemble brings original arrangements of jazz men’s and women’s voices standards.

Joining Bessier is the enertogether in tight harmonies to sing compelling arrangements getic and vibrant BBC Trio, of music from a wide variety of featuring pianist/composer/ genres, whether it’s pop music arranger Dave Bristow, bassfavorites, rock ’n’ roll charts, ist Neil Conaty and drummer jazz standards, folk songs, Kurt Bischoff.

“Other Side of Forever” show tunes, lush ballads or hit the top 40 jazz charts on novelty numbers.

The group plans spring CMJ.com shortly after its concerts for May 30-31 in Port release last summer, amidst much critical acclaim, with Townsend.

For information, airplay on radio stations call 385-1402 or email across the globe. However, a bout of pneumonia, followed wildrosechorale@gmail.com. by a broken leg, prevented Bessier from hitting the road JOURNEY DOWNRIVER WITH WINTER WANDERLUST, FEB. 14 until recently.

“After many months of The Mekong, a major waterway originating in China, being laid up, I’m chompflows through Myanmar, ing at the bit to share this Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, music, and I’m thrilled to have and Vietnam where it empties teamed up with the incredibly dynamic BBC Trio,” says into the South China Sea. Join Chris Jones and Bessier. “They bring a fresh Eileen Cooney on Feb. 14 at perspective to the music, and Winter Wanderlust as they serious justice to the original travel by more than 25 boats material we’ll be presenting.”

Learn more about Bessier at of all descriptions, journey downriver from the steep and robinbessier.com.

For more informanarrow Upper Basin to the flatter tributary-laden Lower tion, call 385-6959 or visit cellardoorpt.com.

Basin.

The extreme seasonal variations in flow and the pres- MYERS DEMONSTRATES COLD ence of rapids and waterfalls WAX TECHNIQUE ON FEB. 19 Jeane Myers, who paints on the Mekong have always presented navigational chal- with cold wax medium and lenges. Chris and Eileen share oil paint, gives a demonstratheir impressions of “running tion of the technique at the the river” that takes them to Wednesday, Feb. 19 meeting roadless villages and thriving of the Port Ludlow Artists’ modern cities, with side trips League (PLAL).

This is not encaustic wax, to the ancient ruins of Angor Wat – the largest religious which is a hot wax process. monument in the world, the Cold wax is a medium conTonlé Sap Biosphere Reserve, sisting primarily of beeswax, and Tham Kong Lo Cave with which is mixed with oil paint, its glowing emerald-colored allowing an artist to build a textured surface. It also gives pool.

Join the adventure as these the artist the ability to scrape two share their experiences back into the work weeks with culture, history, food, arts later. Myers has developed and river life this Friday at 7 the technique over the past p.m. at Quimper Unitarian year. Her work is shown durUniversalist Fellowship, 2333 ing February in a group show San Juan Ave. Admission is at the Simon Mace Gallery in $7, youth younger than 18 are Port Townsend.

Learn more at free. or For more information, visit jeanemyers.com jeane-artit.blogspot.com. wanderlustadventures.net.

The PLAL meeting is set for 1-3 p.m. at the Bay Club, GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY 120 Spinnaker Place, Port WELCOMES SHEILA BENDER Author Sheila Bender Ludlow. Guests are welcome shares, Borrowing from the to attend this monthly meetCraft of Fiction to Tell the ing, demonstration and social Truth, tips on writing your time. A guest fee of $5 may be family stories beginning at paid for an individual meet9:30 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 15 ing, or dues of $30 provide a at the Tri-Area Community year of inspiring programs for Center, 10 W. Valley Road, artists of all levels or for individuals who just enjoy learnChimacum.

The presentation, host- ing about art techniques.

For more information, ed by the Jefferson County Genealogical Society, is free contact Judy Danberg, PLAL president, at 437-0342 or at and open to the public.

Using dialogue, images shortline@cablespeed.com. and reflection in writing, and including as many of the five MAIL A LITTLE LOCAL BEAUTY Local artist Susan Fox senses as possible, guarantees readers, as well as the writer, has produced a new, whimsia powerful experience, Bender cal postcard series called “My Favorites of Port Townsend.” says.

Author of more than a The original compositions dozen books – poetry, memoir were painted and printed (by and instructional – including Printery Communications) Creative Writing Demystified, locally, and are to be sold Writing and Publishing locally.

“I want visitors and locals Personal Essays, and Behind Us the Way Grows Wider, to know they’re getting someBender is also the founder of thing that was produced here WritingItReal.com and teach- and is available only here,”

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There are six different colorful images, featuring the Port Townsend Farmers Market, Sunrise Coffee, North Beach, Fort Worden’s Natural History Museum and the Port Townsend Marine Science Center with the Point Wilson Lighthouse, boating and bicycling scenes around Port Townsend.

The cards and 9-by-12-inch prints are now available at businesses such as Sunrise Coffee; Earthenworks Gallery, where all the cards and prints are available; Quimper Mercantile; the ReCyclery; Natural History Museum gift shop and Port Townsend Marine Science Center at Fort Worden.

Fox may be contacted at “Wooden Boat Festival” by Mitchel Osborne at Port Townsend Gallery soloartista@gmail.com.

Although Gould has had also a contract photographer many art shows, mostly in for the Associated Press GOULD, OSBORNE CAPTURE restaurants and cafes in the based in Johannesburg, THE ESSENCE OF LIFE IN PT Port Townsend Gallery region, he still makes his liv- South Africa, covering welcomes painter Jason ing as a general contractor. breaking news in southern Gould and photographer He continues to find inspira- Africa.

After moving to Port Mitchel Osborne. Already tion in the light and spirit established artists, both of everything, and hopes Townsend in 2006, he show brilliant color and that the joy of the process is began photographing local maritime subjects and was innovation in the way they transferred to the viewer.

Osborne has contrib- captivated by the beauty, use their respective mediuted to international travel craftsmanship and preserums.

Gould is a fourth-gener- guides, travel magazines, vation of boats in this hisation Port Townsend native. books and major editorial toric setting. This led to He lives with his wife, three publications. He has spent the Port Townsend Wooden children and two cats in the majority of his photog- Boat Festival calendar, a Victorian house. He has raphy career (since the early which he photographed and published for four years. always been interested in ’70s) in New Orleans.

There, Osborne concenOsborne’s photography the arts and all types of cretrated on editorial and com- continues to document and ation and creative play.

When he was a senior at mercial photography, and display his unique vision Port Townsend High School, has been published in books, of the diversity of regional he took a black-and-white guides and calendars on the maritime subjects.

Port Townsend Gallery photography class (his only South, New Orleans, steamformal art training), which boats on the Mississippi, and is located at 715 Water taught him about basic com- Mardi Gras. He has special- St. For more informaized in the travel industry, tion, call 379-8110 or visit position and presentation.

After graduation, travel photographing locations all porttownsendgallery.com. and higher education, Gould over the world. Osborne was returned to PT, where he worked on the renovation of the Rose Theatre. A pile of plywood in his yard served as his first canvases. At one Every Friday 6-8 pm No Cover point, he had a photo show scheduled for the Salal Café Blue Moose Open in two weeks’ time, but at the until 10 pm suggestion of his housemate, turned the show into mostly Enjoy Free Music paintings. & Good Food!

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Plants With ♥

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While the ♥ symbol itself is considered a logograph meaning ‘to love,’ as in “I ♥ Gardening,” it is also considered an ideograph that conveys the emotion or idea of love in a metaphorical sense. In the botanical world however, the ♥-shaped leaf is known as cordate (cordata).

But for all of the romantics out there, perhaps the sentient idea of February 14 awakens kind thoughts, fond memories and the resonant need to express ♥ and gratitude to those dear.

Although the Valentine’s Day rose is ubiquitous and considered the flower of ♥, there are many alternate botanical choices to express affection. Whether gifting a loved one a houseplant or an inspiration for a ♥-themed garden (along with a gift certificate for plants and much needed help)—there are many plants for indoors and out with ♥-shaped leaves or flowers.

Indoor plants with ♥-shaped leaves include: Anthurium (also have ♥-shaped blossoms in pink, red and white); Cyclamen (various species bloom in spring, summer or winter); Alocasia (large leaves); Caladium (with over 1000 cultivars), English Ivy; Philodendron (various species); Pothos; Ceropegia woodii

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(String of Hearts); Peperomia (various species); Dischidia ruscifolia (AKA Million Hearts); Hemionitis arifolia (Heart fern); Hoya kerrii (AKA Wax plant, Lucky plant or Sweetheart plant).

Taking all this ♥ out of doors, there are perennials, trees, ground covers, shrub-like plants and vines to invent a garden of ♥, or to add ♥ texture to an established garden. Beginning with trees: Lilac (small tree or large shrub); American Basswood or Linden (70 ft); Princess tree (AKA Foxglove tree has showy lavender bell-shaped blooms 40-50 ft.); Redbud (20-30 ft. has puple-pink flowers that appear on bare twigs in early spring); Northern Catalpa (80 ft. huge leaves, frilly flowers in spring

and long bean-like pods in fall).

Groundcovers and various perennials with ♥ include: Siberian bugloss (Brunnera macrophylla); Epimedium (great for under trees because they tolerate heavy shade); Hostas (some species such as ‘Heart’s content,’ ‘Heartsong,’ ‘Love pat,’ and ‘Sweetie.’ Bleeding heart plants of course have flowers shaped like ♥s (not leaves). ♥ly vine choices: Blackeyed Susan vine (Thumbergia alata); Morning glory (can be a nuisance); Japanese grape (Vitis coignitiae) has brilliant color in fall; Persian ivy (Hedera colchica); Climbing hydrangea (Hydrangea anomal ssp. petiolaris) is basically trouble-free and easy to grow; and then there are the Kiwi vines—male plants have more foliage, but if you want fruit, plant 3-4 female plants to every male plant (kind of like a harem).

So, should you happen to be in the market to offer a ♥felt token to a loved one who gardens, limiting your imagination to roses is unnecessary (although roses are lovely), there are other plants with lots of ♥ to share.

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Lost & Found

PORT TOWNSEND THREE BEDROOM, 2 bath, 2 car garage. beautiful hardwood floors, large fenced yard. $1050 month. No smoking.

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TOYOTA PRIUS, 2004 (BLUE) 4 DOOR, GREAT MILEAGE, 45-50 miles per gallon. Excellent condition, new tires, serviced by Toyota dealership, $9600, great engineering, fun to drive. Email: robertojaneto@olympus. net

HARLEY DAVIDSON HERITAGE 2006 FUEL INJECTION, 1450 CC, 5 speed, 8900 miles, excellent condition, always stored inside under cover. $11,000.

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RVs & Trailers

Autos ABANDONED VEHICLE AUCTION, NW TOWING. Fri., Feb. 14 at 10 am.

2282 SR19, Port Ludlow. 3-hour viewing prior to sale. 1985 Chevy S-10 LIC# B54891D; 1999 Chevy Blazer LIC# 835YPK, nice shape.

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IMMACULATE IVORY MERCEDES BENZ 300 D, 1977 100,000 ORIGINAL MILES. One family car, all records, shipped new from Germany to U.S. Saddle leather interior still smells new. Sun roof. Body perfect. $8500 obo. Jude, 360-796-3004.

VW JETTA SPORTWAGON, 2010, TDI CLEAN DIESEL. U.S. Dept. of Energy rated 43 mpg hwy. 80,000 miles. White, automatic, clean, nonsmoker. $14,950. See in PT! 206-4919003 or 206-484-7603.

WILLYS JEEPSTER, 1950 V-6; 3-SPEED AUTOMATIC; Candy Apple Red; show condition; award winner. Can be viewed at Bergstrom’s Antique Cars, 809 Washington St.; $24,000. 360-301-1537.

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SILVER COLOR. One owner, great condition. $1500. Call 360-379-5247.

SELLING TOYOTA PICKUP, 1979 for $3000 or best offer. 5 speed manual transmission, new engine, new exhaust, new clutch. Clean body. Call: 206-465-5739 if interested.

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THREE BEDROOM, TWO BATH. View of Port Townsend Bay & Hadlock Marina. $280,000. 360-379-8800.

CUSTOM SUNDOWNER SEAT: started out at 96 CI, market build brought it to current 103 CI. Build sheet available, Screaming Eagle cams, clutch.

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AN EASY WALK TO EVERYTHING. UPTOWN PT. 3 or 4 bedroom, 1.5 bath. 1880s remodeled historic home in the heart of Uptown PT. New appliances, wood floors, big enclosed yard & lots of storage in basement. Pet friendly, case by case. 909 Roosevelt St. Available February 1. $1300. 360774-6111.

AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY. NO RENT UNTIL MARCH. 2 bedroom, office, rec room, 1.5 bath, garage. $1000 mo. First, last, deposit. 1407 Quincy St. 3 month lease, then monthly.

Contact Christine, 360-385-9344x32.

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360-385-2900 CLEAN, TWO BEDROOM HOME in quiet neighborhood, uptown Port Townsend. Lots of light. Yard maintenance included. Carport, washer, dryer, dishwasher. 1st, last, security deposit.

No smoking, no pets. Background check. $975 mo. 360-385-1246.

FREE! FREE! FREE! BORDER AROUND AN AD SAVE $3 PER WEEK, PER AD IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. The Leader is offering a free border with your ad, any Classified category, any Wednesday this month.

A border grabs a reader’s attention & helps promote what you’re offering. Just mention you saw this deal in The Leader & you’ll get a border for FREE! GREAT LOCATION IN PORT TOWNSEND close to hospital, shopping & bus. Two bedroom with office, new carpet, big deck, nice yard. $800 per mo. First & Deposit, no pets. 360385-3179 for application.

DOG FRIENDLY, PRIVATE, ONE BEDROOM, 1 bath only 3 blocks to beach in Port Hadlock. Large fenced yard. Washer, dryer. Small, unfinished basement. Furnished or Unfurnished.

Includes direct TV, wireless internet, water, yard service & trash removal.

Tenant pays electric. $850 per month. $795 per month if tenant maintains yard. Prefer 6 month lease. Deposit required. Available on or before March 1st. Cell: 808-896-1340.

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SWEET STUDIO for the nature lover.

Cozy & quiet. No pets or smoking.

Laundry & garden space available. $495 mo., plus utilities & deposit.

Details, 360-379-1477.

TWO BEDROOM HOUSE in Quilcene with laundry room. 600 sq. ft. Fridge, stove, water, sewer, heat pump, fenced yard. No smoking, small dog OK. First, deposit, references, $600. 360-5312015.

TWO BEDROOM IN PORT HADLOCK on large corner lot, Close to everything, clean & comfortable. 1st, last, security deposit, $750 mo. 360-531-0609.

HADLOCK TWO-BEDROOM DUPLEX WITH GARAGE, Quiet, wooded, dead-end street. Dishwasher; washer, dryer hookup. $750 mo.

1-year lease. Cat negotiable. 360385-3764.

WANT TO BUY, SELL OR RENT PROPERTY? Place a classified with the Leader for great results. Place your classified online at ptleader.com, call 360-385-2900 or email classifieds@ ptleader.com

LARGEST SELECTION OF RENTAL PROPERTIES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY

Commercial for Rent A PERFECT PLACE DOWNTOWN to start or downsize your business. Call 360-643-1370.

ART STUDIO/ OFFICE SPACE, 2nd, 3rd floor locations available; Mt. Baker Block Building, 211 Taylor St., call for information, 360-385-7275; www. mountbakerblock.com

HOMES, APARTMENTS, CONDOMINIUMS from Port Townsend to Shine, Bridgehaven, Discovery Bay; Townsend Bay Property Management; 412 Logan St., Port Townsend.

Check all our listings online at www. townsendbay.net or call us at 360385-3896.

ONLINE CLASSIFIEDS are more successful with a PHOTO! Add a photo to your ad to appear in print & on the web for only $5. Call the Leader today! 360-385-2900, or classifieds@ ptleader.com.

CASTLE HILL QFC SHOPPING CENTER. 852 sq. ft., highway visibility, office or retail. 360-385-0819. http:// porttownsendcommercialproperty.com/

COMMERCIAL ROOM FOR RENT APPROX. 12 X 12 ROOM, upstairs for massage, spa services, etc at Evergreen Fitness. Rent somewhat negotiable. Leave message at 360302-1132

Deals & Steals

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COTTAGE IN RURAL SETTING 2 MILES TO DOWNTOWN, wood stove, porch, garden space, 2 bedroom, fenced acre. $850 plus utilities, $400 deposit. References required.

360-379-5419.

SUNNY, QUIET ONE BEDROOM near hospital. Washer/ dryer, utilities included except heat. No smoking, no pets. $695 month, first, last & damage.

Available March 1. Call 360-385-2662.

Criss Jami TWO K9 FLOAT COATS. Ruffwear fits dog with girth 23-30 inches, $40.

12/3 EXTENSION CORD WIRE, Stearns fits dog or cat 10-20 lbs, $18.

53 feet long, heavy duty, used, NO Both like new. 360-379-2657.

PLUGS, some blemishes, still very usable, $20. Port Townsend. 360-385- TWO SPEAKERS JBL REAR SPEAKERS with stands, for surround 6335. sound, $35. 360-385-0122.

BLACK & DECKER electric mower for, $50. Light blue couch & chair VINTAGE GIOVANNI BLACK set, $50 each. 10 inch sliding miter LEATHER, small suitcase, Natural saw, $50. Bread machine, $50. 360- Explorer. $25. 907-903-9303.

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CERAMIC WATER CROCK with NIP ‘N’ KNIT: Join the Bazaar Girls wooden 27 in. floor stand & 7 three Yarn Shop every Thurs. for Nip ‘n’ Knit gallon bottles, $50. 360-460-7557. from 5:30-8pm. This is an evening of 21+ knitting. Come for the conversaCOMIC BOOKS & GRAPHIC tion, knitting advice & hot toddies.

NOVELS. Lots of good reading. Most 126 Quincy St., Port Townsend. Call comics; $1; some series. Graphic nov- 360-379-9273 or email us at info@ els; various prices; all bargains. Phone bazaargirls.com.

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WRITERS’ WORKSHOPPE FREEEDDIE BAUER BOOTS. High tops, WRITE CLASSES Wed., 12-1 pm. leather inside & out, Vibram soles, size Place for writers to write & read in 9 1/2 EE, $25. 360-774-6446. a supportive group. Fri., 11 am - 1 pm. Fantasy & Sci-Fi free-write for TWIN BED, XL BOX SPRING exten- those who wish to share inspiration sion for mattress to be XL. Comes with & get some writing done. Writers’ rolling metal frame $45 delivered, $35 Workshoppe Bookstore, 234 Taylor St. you pick up. 360-385-3927.

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GORGEOUS 234 TAYLOR STREET RETAIL. 1020 square feet, available March 15 through June, $1000 per month then new lease with landlord thereafter. Call 360-379-2617.

GREAT COMMERCIAL LOCATION at 10783 Rhody Drive, has been a successful Beauty Salon & Spa for over 20 years. Would make Great Office Space with over 1,200 sq. ft. of possibilities. $700 per mo. 360-385-3179 for application.

LIGHTHOUSE CENTER now leasing space. High visibility, lighted signage with parking. Sizes range from 720 to 4200 sq. ft. For information, call 360385-0819. Shirru@comcast.net http:// porttownsendcommercialproperty.com/ MOUNT BAKER Block Building Class A office space for lease. Prime fourth floor location provides dynamic 360-degree waterfront views. Restored historic building. High tech capabilities.

Suite sizes range from 800-1800 sq. ft.

For further information call, 360-3857275. www.mountbakerblock.com NEW: ACROSS FROM BEACH/VIEW. Office, 256 sq. ft., $1.50 per sq. ft.

Handicap bathroom, downtown, 2016 Water Street. Suite B. 360-385-0819. http://porttownsendcommercialproperty.com/ QUIET OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT. Beautiful setting with lots of parking.

Ground level with handicap accessible features. $275 mo. Utilities included.

Kala Point Professional Building. 360385-7156.

TERRIFIC LOCATION, SUPER HIGH VISIBILITY 2108 Sims Way. Presently Kangen Water, 1150 sq. ft.

Handicapped bathroom, heat pump, 120 sq. ft. 360-316-1041.

THREE GREAT OFFICE OR ARTIST SPACES. 300 to 600 sq. ft. View, parking, downtown location. Brick wall in one unit. 360-774-0802.

Apartments / Condo LOGAN STREET APARTMENT FOR RENT. 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Unit on 1st floor for $650. Security Deposit is an additional $650. Landlord pays for water & trash. Available Feb. 1, 2014. Contact 360-440-4590 to view the apartment.

MOVE IN SPECIAL, $300 OFF FIRST MONTH’S RENT! 3 bedroom,1.5 bath; includes washer, dryer, water, sewer, garbage, satellite TV, balcony, storage unit. No smoking. $780 mo. $750 damage deposit; 360-385-6858.

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Vacation Rentals ONLINE CLASSIFIEDS are more successful with a PHOTO! Add a photo to your ad on the web for only $5. Call the Leader today! 360-385-2900, or classifieds@ptleader.com.

UPTOWN, FURNISHED one bedroom cottage. Utilities included. Rates are seasonal. 360-385-3205. www.starrettmansion.com

RV Spaces for Rent HADLOCK, 3651 OAK BAY ROAD.All hookups, 3 spaces available, laundry services close $365 per month, plus deposit. 360-381-0002.

MAGNOLIA 3 bed, 2ba, garage, nice quiet setting. Small dog w/ approval & deposit $875 LAWRENCE ST. 1 bedroom furnished condos. No pets. Off street parking $700. and $725 RENEE PL, Towne Point 3, bed 2 ba, 2 car attached garage, washer/drier, pellet stove. $850.small dog w/approval and deposit.

No CATS please UPTOWN MORGAN Updated Victorian, 3 bed, 2 ba, solarium, garage for 2, gardens, washer drier, heat pump, Large storage, VIEWS! Dog with approval and deposit, includes gardener. $2000/mo., COMMERCIAL SPACE 800 W. Parkway # 4, reception, front office, large warehouse with freight door, 1/2 bath. $400-$600

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

ONE BEDROOM, ABOVE GARAGE APARTMENT IN RESIDENTIAL AREA $750 mo.

Washer & dryer, utilities & electric included. No smoking, pets negotiable.

1st & deposit. 360-531-0857.

PUGET SOUND APARTMENTS. Wheelchair accessible. Lovely, clean apartment complex. Senior friendly. 2 bedroom, 1 bath; close to transit, shopping, & hospital. Ground floor unit now available. $775 mo. Call 360-385-5855.

STUDIO APARTMENT, Center Valley; view & garden, very quiet, water & electric included; internet available. $500 mo.; 1st, last, deposit; no smoking.

360-215-7011.

Deadline for Corrections 12 p.m., Monday Unless otherwise specified due to Holiday Early Deadlines.

360-385-2900 EXCITING QUILTING CLASSES at Creative Union Fabrics; spaces still available for Feb. & March classes. Call 360-379-0655 for information or drop by to see samples.

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT: Jefferson County Public Health, 24-40 hrs/wk, union, $15.54-16.33, DOE, full benefits. Provides admin. support to directors & project mgrs. Prepares & maintains records, maintains dept. website, monitors & maintains supply inventories, assists with personnel management. Prior admin. experience required. Proficient with MS Office apps & experience with web apps preferred. App & job description at Jeff County Courthouse-BOCC Office, 1820 Jefferson St, Port Townsend WA or contact jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us Must be received or postmarked by 5 pm Monday, Feb. 24. ADA/EO.

VINTAGE 1958 DANISH SWEATER. Handmade, small. $75 obo. 360-3852830.

Furniture PERSON-TO-PERSON CLASSIFIEDS are only $5 per week (25 words or less). Sell what you don’t need to someone who does need it! Call the Leader today! 360-385-2900 or email classifieds@ptleader.com

LEAVITT TRUCKING. Call us for your landscape products. Leavitt Trucking & Excavating. 360-385-4200. 13584 Airport Cut-off Rd., Port Townsend.

Contractor registration #LEAVITI 150 NK.

Heating & Firewood FIREWOOD, UNSEASONED ALDER, $175, mix $190. Split & delivered. Also hauling, bark, topsoil & gravel. Brush clearing & removal. Hauling & dump runs. 360-385-4333.

Musical Instruments 1960 HARMONY SOVEREIGN GUITAR, beautiful, solid spruce top, mahogany sides & back, Brazilian rosewood bridge & fingerboard, $400.

360-385-2585.

Pets & Livestock

ADUs/Cottages/Studios BEAUTIFUL TRI-COLOR BERNESE MALE for stud. Sequim. 360-683-7001.

POODLE PUPPIES, one male & one female, brindle, 8 wks. old. First shots & wormed. $550. 360-385-4116.

Rooms for Rent

Sales Misc.

NEW HOUSE, MEDIUM ROOM, $400; large, $500; Lots of windows. Cathedral ceiling. Shared kitchen, bathroom.

Pictures on Craig’s List. Chimacum, first, last, security deposit. 360-7324323.

APRIL FOOL & PENNY, TOO has the right gift for your Valentine. From vintage nautical to fine & costume jewelry & much, much more. Quality consignment, new, old & in-between.

725 Water St. 360-385-3438.

THIMBLEBERRY SEEKS NEW HOUSEMATE. Lively in town location with beautiful gardens, shared meals & lots of fresh vegetables. $375 mo. includes utilities. Call John, 360-3798908.

BRAND NEW MATTRESS, BOXSPRING & FRAME, Cost $400, slept on for 3 nights. $100 or free to needy person. 360-379-9099.

FREE! FREE! FREE! BORDER AROUND AN AD SAVE $3 PER WEEK, PER AD IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. The Leader is offering a free border with your ad, any Classified category, any Wednesday this month.

A border grabs a reader’s attention & helps promote what you’re offering. Just mention you saw this deal in The Leader & you’ll get a border for FREE! GATHERINGPLACE BOOTH AT THE FOOD COOP, February 13 & 14, 9 -2. Critters & dog biscuits make great Valentines gifts. Port Townsend Calendar special, $10.

QUILCENE SCHOOL DISTRICT will be holding a surplus sale on Sat., Feb. 22, 2014 in Room 9 from 9 -12 a.m.

Surplus items include 27 computer towers & the sale price is $1 each.

Tools

DENTAL ASSISTANT Jamestown Family Dental Clinic is seeking an experienced, professional & compassionate Dental Assistant to join our team; dental assistant certification preferred. American Indian/Alaska Native preference for qualified candidates.

Per Diem, on-call position, 8-5, days negotiable. Visit http://jamestowntribe. iapplicants.com for full job description & to apply. Call Cindy: 360-681-3406.

FREE! FREE! FREE! BORDER AROUND AN AD SAVE $3 PER WEEK, PER AD IN THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY. The Leader is offering a free border with your ad, any Classified category, any Wednesday this month.

A border grabs a reader’s attention & helps promote what you’re offering. Just mention you saw this deal in The Leader & you’ll get a border for FREE! HANDYMAN WANTED for property management. Part-time. 360-3014870.

Appliances

TWO BEDROOM NEAR NORTH BEACH, 1 bath, washer & dryer, storage unit. Balcony overlooking greenbelt. $740 mo. includes water, sewer, garbage. No smoking. Small pets negotiable. 360-385-3943.

COOLEST COTTAGE IN PORT TOWNSEND. One bedroom plus loft & separate studio. Beautiful gardens. Easy distance to Uptown & all its amenities. $1000/month. Chris, Windermere Port Townsend, 360-3859344 or moka@olypen.com

THE PORT TOWNSEND LEADER will not be responsible for errors made

by Leader staff after the first week of publication for any advertisement.

Notice of errors in the first publication should immediately be called in to the attention of the Classified Department for correction.

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Lawn & Garden PORT TOWNSEND PROPERTIES. Accepting applications for Laurel Heights, 3 bedrooms starting at $705.

2 bedroom at Norwest Village starting at $565. Seeking large family for unit.

Income limits apply. For more information call, 360-385-6890.

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$5000 SIGN-ON BONUS FOR FULL TIME RN’S & LPN’s HIRED! New grads are welcome to apply! Sequim Health & Rehabilitation Center, an Extendicare health center, is currently seeking RN’s & LPN’s to join our clinical team on all shifts. In addition to the sign-on bonus that will be paid out in 5 equal installments over your first five months of employment, we offer competitive pay & a comprehensive benefit package including an option for immediate medical coverage with no premium cost during your introductory period for FT staff. Interested candidates can apply on-line at www. extendicare.com/jobs EOE.

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CREATIVE LIVING SERVICES is now hiring! We are in need of new staff to support individuals with developmental disabilities in their homes & community.

If you are energetic, caring & looking for rewarding work, we are looking for you. Experience is great but we offer lots of training too! Call 360-379-5718 for further details. Must apply online at www.rescare.com/careers.php.

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LOST: HATCH DOOR FOR 1971 AIRSTREAM TRAILER. LOST FEB. 2 BETWEEN Fort Worden & Chimacum. $50 reward if useable. 360-643-3894.

Find this and hundreds of other intriguing classified ads in The Leader every week!

Clothing & Jewelry NOW ACCEPTING applications at Claridge Court Apartments. 1 bedroom handicap accessible available. Income restrictions apply. Located in Port Townsend. For more information, call 360-379-8001.

"Classified of the Week"

ARE YOU GREAT AT CUSTOMER SERVICE? The Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader is looking for a motivated, customer service oriented front office worker to join our staff. Duties include making sales calls, taking classified ads, data entry, circulation duties, directing telephone calls & helping customers & subscribers.

The ideal candidate will have strong English language skills, be calm under fire, familiar with Macintosh computers & Microsoft Word & Excel.

Medical, holiday & vacation benefits.

To apply, send a resume & cover letter to Front Office Manager Donna Rosmaier, The Leader, 226 Adams St., Port Townsend, WA 98368 or email legals@ptleader.com.

BOOKKEEPER full charge for busy accounting firm, must be fluent in quickbooks. Full- or part-time. Your chance to grow with a growing firm. Payrate DOE. Send resume to Charley@thebusinessguides.com.

HOUSEKEEPER NEEDED at Aladdin Motor Inn. Must be reliable, flexible, & able to work weekends. Seasonable part-time hours. Bring resume to 2333 Washington St., Port Townsend. 360385-3747.

NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR: JEFFERSON COUNTY PUD. Maintains computer hardware & software systems that comprise the PUD’s computer network including the maintenance monitoring of active data networks, communication systems & related network equipment. This position is exempt, non-union & full time.

See our website for full job description. www.jeffpud.org If interested, please mail resume, cover letter & application to Annette Johnson, Human Resources at PO Box 929, Port Hadlock, WA 98339. Closing date is Feb. 19.

NORTHWIND ARTS CENTER, Port Townsend, seeks a 1/2-time EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR to work with our active Board of Directors & Gallery Manager/Curator to raise our vibrant & financially stable organization to a new level of excellence in connecting the arts with the community. For information & application instructions, visit us at www.northwindarts.org. Application deadline is March 10.

PART-TIME FLOOR COVERING SALES PERSON, customer service skills essential, must be able to work Saturdays. Some physical labor involved. Apply at Peninsula Floors & Furnishings, 2405 Sims Way. 360385-0945.

PORT TOWNSEND INN is looking for a 40 hr. week front desk person.

Looking for long-term employee. No phone calls. Apply in person. 2020 Washington St. RECREATION SUPERVISOR needed to work part time in public recreation settings for Jefferson County Parks & Recreation. Duties include: develop & deliver recreation programs; supervise & assist with programs at recreation centers, schools, gyms, ball fields & outdoor parks in East Jefferson County.

May instruct/lead/teach fitness classes, sports skills, outdoor adventure, arts or cultural programs. Requirements: High School Diploma or GED; WA Driver License; & 1 to 3 months related experience. Hourly Wage: $10.55. Clerk hire, non-union position, no benefits.

May work up to 69 hours per month.

Application & job description available at the Public Works Dept, 623 Sheridan St, Port Townsend, WA 98368; by calling 360-385-9160; or, at www. co.jefferson.wa.us. Application, resume & cover letter must be postmarked/ received by 5 pm, Fri., Feb. 21, 2014.

EOE. RETAIL CLERK PART-TIME; potentially full-time; previous experience preferred; office & art supply product knowledge helpful. Apply in person, Olympic Art & Office, 220 Taylor St., Port Townsend.

SUNFIELD FARM & WALDORF SCHOOL is currently recruiting substitute teachers for the 2013-2014 school year. Preference given to Waldorfexperienced applicants. Send resumes to Sunfield P.O. Box 85, Port Hadlock or email to info@sunfieldfarm.org Equal Opportunity Employer WELLNESS CLERK. THE FOOD CO-OP, PORT TOWNSEND, WA. Seeking a dedicated, detail-oriented team-player for a Wellness Clerk position with the Wellness Department of our fabulous Food Co-op. Orders & stocks our wellness products, & serves as a store cashier. Must be able to work nights & weekends. 33 hours/ week; competitive salary, excellent benefits. For complete job announcement/application procedure, please visit our website at: www.foodcoop. coop, or inquire at the Co-op’s member services desk. Closes February 26, 2014. EEO Employer.

Work Wanted

ABSOLUTE GARDENING WINTER CLEANUP OR YEARROUND MAINTENANCE, mulching & pruning. Experienced. Local references. 360-302-0984.

FRUIT TREES, PROFESSIONAL PRUNING. More than 30 yrs.’ experience. Will prune to assure healthier fruit trees, bigger, more productive fruit.

Reasonable rates. 360-774-1003.

MAN WITH PICKUP TRUCK. Yard work & cleanup, hauling & more. Call Ben, 360-531-2756.

PLUMBER, CARPENTER; Appliances installed. Dave, 360-385-9028; DAVEJC*0440Q.

ONLINE CLASSIFIEDS are more successful with a PHOTO! Add a photo to your ad to appear in print & on the web for only $5. Call the Leader today! 360-385-2900, or classifieds@ ptleader.com.

Help Wanted $15,000 RETENTION BONUS & RELOCATION ASSISTANCE! RN Resident Care Manager Opportunity Sequim Health & Rehab Center is searching for an RN Resident Care Manager with proven leadership abilities to assist the Director of Nursing in the operation of the Nursing Center. Our ideal candidate will function in a variety of settings assisting in the planning, organization, direction, supervision & evaluation of all the nursing services.

Candidates must have excellent clinical, organizational & leadership skills, a current RN licensure & prior nurse management experience preferably in long term care. We offer an attractive compensation & industry-leading benefits package including: medical, dental & vision insurance, 401(k) & matching contributions, STD/LTD & life insurance, paid time off – personal, sick, vacation & holiday, employeeassistance program – employees & dependents & more! For full time nurses, we offer medical benefits that start day one with no premium cost during your introductory period. We strive to provide our employees with the tools necessary for development & success.

Interested candidates can apply online at www.extendicare.com/jobs EOE.

CAREGIVERS HOME CARE is hiring dependable, compassionate & responsible caregivers. $100 hire bonus. No experience necessary, paid training & benefits available. Call 360-379-6659.

CAREGIVERS NEEDED, for a small assisted living community in Port Townsend. All shifts, benefits, sliding scale wages, with community growth potential. Apply in person at Victoria House, 491 Discovery Rd. PT or email to l.dm@live.com or call 253-225-4491.

SAVE THESE DATES! Friday, March 7 & Saturday, March 8. St. Mary Star 190 CHERRY AVE, CHIMACUM, of the Sea Annual Rummage Sale. near school. 9-4, Fri. - Sun., indoors.

Computers, monitors, ram, compo- SHOP SALE. Hand planes, building nents, electronics, cables, PC games, hardware, crab pots, misc. tools. Rain software, DVDs, CDs, books, Marvel or shine. 332 Johnson Ave, Cape & DC graphic novels, RPG manuals, George Highlands, Sat & Sun, 9-3.

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SPRING CLEANING. GARAGE SALE SAT. MARCH 16. Donate your unwanted items to the Fair Association’s Annual Garage Sale or rent a space for your own Garage Sale. Donations may be dropped off at the Fairgrounds Mon. - Fri. 9:30-2. For more information contact the Jefferson MOVING SALE. Tools, furniture, County Fair Office at 360-385-1013 clothes, kid toys, wall hangings, e-mail jeffcofairgrounds@olypen.com & more. 121 Machias Loop, Port or visit our web page at www.jeffcofairgrounds.com Ludlow.

GARAGE SALE. FEB. 14 & 15, 9 am - 3 pm. Clothes, space heaters, baskets, books, cross-country skis, tools, vintage linens, lots of misc. 1033 Pierce (Across from Port Townsend High).

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PRIVATE DUTY CNA AVAILABLE, Responsible, reliable, dedicated to providing your best care. Serving Jefferson County. References available. Call Mac at 360-301-0529.

WOODBURY WOODWORKING. Carpentry, remodeling, new construction, helping owner builders for 25 years. Licensed, bonded, insured.

Alan, 360-643-0630, 360-385-7245.

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MASTERS LEVEL LITERACY SPECIALIST works with students in all language-based skills: Reading, Spelling, Written Expression. OrtonGillingham based remediation using multi-sensory techniques. Downtown Port Townsend office. 360-774-5190, www.SurpasstheClass.com

ALL HOME IMPROVEMENTS; Kitchen & bath specialist; ceramic tile, marble & granite; natural & laminate flooring. 30 yrs’. experience; free estimates & consultation; license # CC DONARAG875DL, bonded & insured; Don Arnett General Construction; 360477-1935; arnetttile@live.com; www. constructiontilepro.com

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ALL LANDSCAPING SERVICES. From scheduled year-round commercial contract landscape maintenance to one-time projects. Pruning, weeding, hauling, mulch, large/small lawn mowing. SoundScape. #SOUND**916KE; 360-774.1421 or www.soundscape.biz

ANTIQUE, VINTAGE & MODERN CLOCK REPAIRS. Bring your special heirlooms back to life. We make house calls. Reasonable rates. Clockwork; Wayne, 360-301-1911.

ARE YOU GOING CRAZY? Disorganized? Can’t clean your house or yard? Can’t get it all done in 24 hours? Call me; I can do it all. Life is too short; enjoy it. 360-301-3127. “Super Girl”! PERSONAL ASSISTANCE & EVENT PLANNING.

BROTHER’S PLUMBING provides fast, professional 24-hour service, 7 days a week. Pumps & repair, remodeling, water purification, sewer & drain cleaning & more. Residential & commercial. 360-385-2006 or 360-4377929. Lic#BROTHPL120W. BUILDER/HANDYMAN. Large & small home repairs & improvements done on hourly rate or estimate; reasonable with lots of local experience; licensed, bonded & insured; Jeff, 360-643-3283. #JEFFGGC881BU.

Community Soup 4-6 p.m. Tuesdays ❚ Irondale Church, 681 Irondale Road ❚ 385-1720

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LANDSCAPING

CLEAN GUTTERS improve the appearance & prolong the life of your home. Call Olympic Gutter Cleaning & Moss Treatment; 360-301-9980; licensed & insured.

CLOCK REPAIR. Mantel, wall, cuckoo or Grandfather clocks repaired quickly at reasonable prices. Clock may be wind-up, electric or battery operated.

For pickup & delivery or house calls call Father Time at 360-437-5060 or fathertimenw.com ENVIROSTARS CERTIFIED BUSINESSES are committed to protecting the environment. They reduce & properly manage hazardous waste.

ENVIROSTARS CERTIFICATION IS FREE & can help you attract new customers. To get certified, call 360379-4489.

FRUIT GROWERS, LET ME SHOW YOU HOW TO PRUNE and maintain your own fruit trees. Call for information, 360-774-1003.

GEEK2GO. Help for all computer problems at your home or office. Kurt VanderSluis, 30 years’ experience, all work guaranteed. 360-385-2678.

JEFFERSON COUNTY DIRECTORY OF SERVICES

HANDYMAN SERVICES: no job too small. Call Warren, 360-385-1619.

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HANDYMAN WITH 1 TON TRUCK Move • Remove Haul In • Haul Out Chain Saw • Dirt • Gravel Clean Up • Odd Jobs Inside • Outside DEMOLITION What are your needs?

360-385-0515 HAVE TOO MANY QUILT TOPS? Longarm machine quilting available, quality & affordable - starting at $1.75 sq. in. Call Lynn, 360-385-3959.

Business

They reduce, recycle and properly manage hazardous waste.

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City Notices CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Site Specific & Suggested Amendments to the City of Port Townsend Comprehensive Plan Annual Update (2014) The City of Port Townsend is conducting its annual update to the Comprehensive Plan. We will focus our efforts on compliance with recent amendments to the Growth Management Act. We will also consider amendments that are timely and/or urgent. If you would like to recommend an amendment, we encourage you to submit an application.

The two types of amendments that may be proposed are: 1. Formal applications relating to site-specific proposals. A filing fee and SEPA Checklist must accompany a formal application. Formal applications, which are properly and timely filed, will be automatically placed on the final docket for consideration during the update.

2. Suggested amendments are limited to policy issues rather than amendments designed to address specific parcels of land. No fee is required. City Council will decide which suggested amendments are considered during the update.

Applications are available from the Development Services Department, 250 Madison Street, Suite 3, Port Townsend, WA 98368.

Please submit the applications to Judy Surber, Senior Planner, at the same address. Applications must be submitted by March 1, 2014.

Contact: Judy Surber (360) 3795084.

124913 1/15, 2/12 CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL’S DETERMINATION OF NON-SIGNIFICANCE (DNS) Description of Proposal: The proposal requires review of after-the-fact permit applications for grading and construction of landscape retaining walls that occurred in June of 2012 on the east-facing slope below applicant Feldman residence located at 1326 Monroe Street, and on portions of the adjacent undeveloped Cosgrove Street right-of-way.

A total of three walls were constructed. The lower two walls are mechanically stabilized earth (MSE) walls designed by Geotech Consultants of Bellevue, Washington. The two lower MSE wall heights are typically between 4 1/2 and 5 feet, and are approximately 55 to 65 feet long. The lowest MSE wall is located near the easterly property line and ties into a previously existing modular block wall on the adjacent private property (1323 Jackson Street). The third block wall, which is approximately 2 to 2 1/2 feet in height and 34 feet in length, is not engineered and lies near the applicants’ residence approaching the top of the slope. Grading and excavation involved over 100 cubic yards of material (i.e., total volume of cut and fill material). As constructed, the horizontal distance between the walls ranges typically from 8 to 20 feet, with the ground between the walls being generally level with planter boxes and gravel walkways, or sloping gently upwards with landscape plantings and fibrous topsoil/bark.

Because portions of the walls have been determined to exceed 4 feet in height, the proposal requires issuance of a Building Permit under §16.04.070(A) of the Port Townsend Municipal Code (PTMC). As construction activities occurred within portions of the adjacent Cosgrove Street right-of-way, a Minor Improvement Permit is necessary under §12.04.070(C)(1) PTMC. Because excavation and fill quantities

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for the project exceed the 100 cubic yard categorical exemption threshold set forth in WAC 197-11-800(1)(b) (v) and §19.04.090 PTMC, State Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) review and threshold determination are necessary. Finally, due to the fact that a critical area has been identified in the Cosgrove Street right-of-way, and that construction activities could have occurred within the 50-foot “inland bank management zone” established for 40% or steeper slopes that exceed a height of 10’ over a 25’ horizontal run, the proposal was reviewed to determine the applicability and effect of the City’s Critical Areas Ordinance, Chapter 19.05 PTMC. File Reference: Feldman File Nos. LUP13049 (SEPA Checklist); BLD13-100 (Building Permit); MIP13-049 (Minor Improvement Permit); and GRD13006 (Clearing & Grading Permit).

Applicant: Henry & B. Nadine Feldman 1326 Monroe Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 Location/Legal Description: The grading and construction activity occurred on the slope below the applicant’s residence addressed as 1326 Monroe Street and on portions of adjacent, undeveloped Cosgrove Street. The approximately 10,000 square foot parcel is located on the east side of Morgan Hill at the east corner of the intersection of Monroe and Cosgrove (unimproved) Streets in Port Townsend, Washington. The applicant’s property is legally described as Jefferson County tax parcel number 984601-104, Lots 7 & 8, Block 11, Al Pettygrove’s Addition, lying within the NE 1/4 of Section 2, Township 30N, Range 1W, W.M. Lead Agency: City of Port Townsend, Development Services Department Determination of Non-significance (DNS): Determination of Nonsignificance (DNS): The lead agency for this proposal has determined that it does not have a probable significant adverse impact on the environment. An environmental impact statement (EIS) is not required under RCW 43.21C.030(2)(c). This decision was made after review of a completed environmental checklist and other information on file with the lead agency. This information is available to the public on request.

Comments/Appeals on the Threshold Determination: This DNS is issued under WAC 197-11-340(2); the lead agency will not act on this proposal for 15 days after the date of publication, allowing time for public comment and/or appeals. If you would like to comment on this Threshold Determination or file an appeal, such written comments should be submitted by 4:00 PM, February 27, 2014. to: City of Port Townsend, 250 Madison Street, Suite 3 Port Townsend, WA 98368 Attn: Rick Sepler, Community Services Director Comments can be mailed, faxed to (360) 344-4619 or hand delivered, provided written comments must be received by the end of the comment period and should include the return address. You should be prepared to make specific factual comments and/ or objections. The City will take no final action on this proposal until the end of the comment period.

The issuance of this DNS should not be interpreted as acceptance or approval of this proposal as presented. The City of Port Townsend reserves the right to deny or approve said proposal subject to conditions necessary for the project to meet all applicable regulations and/or to protect the general health, safety and welfare of the public.

Responsible Official: Richard M. Sepler, Community Services Director City Hall, 250 Madison Street, Suite 3 Port Townsend, WA 98368 (360) 385-5081 Contact: Judy Surber, Planning Manager (360) 379-5084 Date: February 12, 2014 125980 2/12

County Notices

Jefferson County Public Notices

www.co.jefferson.wa.us JEFFERSON COUNTY NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TYPE III LAND USE APPLICATION MLA13‑00088 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held by the Jefferson County Hearings Examiner to review and receive comments on a Type III Land Use Application.

APPLICANT: STATE OF WASHINGTON FISH/WDLF REAL ESTATE SERVICES DIV 600 CAPITOL WAY N OLYMPIA WA 98501-1076 Application Received Date: July 1, 2013 Application Complete Date: August 28, 2013 Application Notice Date: February 12, 2014 SITE ADDRESS AND PROJECT LOCATION: 282023 HWY 101 Parcel numbers; 902 231 004, 902 224 005, 902 243 046, 902 243 044, 902 243 020, 902 243 033, 902 243 048, 964

516 003, 964 516 903, Sections 13, 23, 24, Township 29N, Range 2W, Highway 101, SR 20, Fairmount Road, Old Gardiner Road, Cemetery Road, Port Townsend & Sequim.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND REQUIRED PERMITS/STUDIES: Shoreline substantial development and flood development permits for Discovery Bay and Snow Creek restoration projects, waterline replacement project, and Olympic Discovery Trail project. Proposal is located at the south end of Discovery Bay and is subject to review under SEPA. The applicant has submitted a geotechnical report, wetland delineation report, habitat management plan, and Section 7 consultation reports.

PUBLIC HEARING AND WHERE TO VIEW DOCUMENTS: The public hearing will be conducted on February 25, 2014 in the First Floor Conference Room of the Jefferson County courthouse. The hearing will begin at or about 2:00PM. The application and any studies may be reviewed at the Jefferson County Department of Community Development. All interested persons are invited to (a) comment on the application; (b) receive notice of and participate in any hearings; and (c) receive a copy of the decision by submitting such written comment(s)/request(s) to the Jefferson County Department of Community Development, Development Review Division, 621 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368, (360) 379‑4450.

SEPA INFORMATION AND DETERMINATION: If the threshold determination is a Determination of Non‑Significance (DNS) or a Mitigated Determination of Non‑Significance (MDNS), parties of record may appeal the decision to the Hearing Examiner within 14 days of the final Notice of Decision. A Determination of Significance (DS) may not be appealed to the Hearing Examiner.

Project Planner: Donna Frostholm, 360‑379‑4450 125917 2/12 NOTICE OF REGULARLY SCHEDULED PUBLIC MEETINGS JEFFERSON COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION (FEB - MAY ’14) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that for the year 2014 the Jefferson County Planning Commission will hold regularly scheduled public meetings on the first and third Wednesdays of each month starting at 1:30 p.m. The group returns to two meetings per month due to increased work load. The primary location for meetings is the Commissioners’ Chambers of the County Courthouse (1820 Jefferson St., Port Townsend) but meeting locations during March through July will vary to facilitate greater public involvement. Locations through early-May are as follows: February 19 at County Courthouse, Commissioners Chambers; and March 5 and 19, April 16, and May 7 at Port Townsend City Hall, Council Chambers (250 Madison St., St. Port Townsend). The April 2 meeting is canceled due to staffing constraints. Additional meetings locations are tentatively set for May in Port Ludlow, June in Gardiner and Quilcene, July in West End and Brinnon, with meetings in August through December back at the County Courthouse. Final locations and any changes to meeting times or locations will be publicly noticed in advance.

Agenda topics will be noticed in the Government Meetings section of the Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader and in the Eye on Jefferson section of the Peninsula Daily News. They may also be noticed in the Community News section of the Forks Forum. Agendas and the meeting schedule are also posted on the county web site http:// www.co.jefferson.wa.us/commdevelopment/ PlanningCommission.htm. Interested parties may join the email list by sending a message to ‘subscribe’ to PlanComm@co.jefferson. wa.us to receive meeting agendas, materials and other announcements. For further information, contact Planning Commission staff at Jefferson County Department of Community Development: 360/379-4450.

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Hospital Notices PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE Jefferson Healthcare Small Works Roster Jefferson Healthcare is inviting contractors to participate in their SMALL WORKS ROSTER program for the purpose of being invited to bid on construction projects under $300,000.00 PER RCW 70.44.140 (2) provides that the public hospital district may use the small works roster process established by RCW 30.04.155 The primary project site is 834 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, Washington but could include clinics that are located in Jefferson County.

Pre-qualification is required: Prospective bidders must obtain pre-qualification forms from Jefferson Healthcare construction management office on-site or calling 360.385.2200 X-1402 or e-mail jskannes@jeffersonhealthcare.org.

Envelopes containing the properly completed Contractor prequalification forms shall be marked Jefferson Healthcare: Small Works Roster for __________________ contractor” and sent or delivered to the construction management office at 834 Sheridan Street, Port Townsend, or if mailed, Addressed to: Jefferson Healthcare, Attention: Jim Skannes, 834 Sheridan Street Port, Townsend, Washington 98368, no later than March 2, 2014.

Jefferson Healthcare reserves the right to reject any of the prequalifications, waive any informality in the pre-qualification process, and select the contractor deemed best for Jefferson Healthcare.

Jefferson Healthcare does not guarantee to any contractor qualified to bid on projects under the Small Works Roster that the contractor’s bid will be accepted or any value of work will be awarded to any of those contractors participating in this program.

1. General Contractor Roster 2. Mechanical Contractor Roster 3. Electrical Contractor Roster 4. Hazardous Materials

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State Notices

WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (DNR) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR INTER-TRUST EXCHANGE NO. 86-090570.

6:00 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014 Jefferson County Library 620 Cedar Avenue Port Hadlock, WA 98339 This hearing is to provide information and receive testimony on the proposed Beausite Lake InterTrust Exchange, which is solely an exchange of trust designations. The Board of Natural Resources will receive a summary of all written testimony at a regularly scheduled meeting. Written testimony must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on March 13, 2014. Mail written comments to DNR, Beausite Lake InterTrust Exchange, Attn: Bob Winslow, PO Box 47014, Olympia, WA 98504-7014, or email Trust_Land_ Transfer@dnr.wa.gov . For additional information call Project Manager Bob Winslow by phone at 360-902-1622 or visit www.dnr.wa.gov, Leasing & Land Transactions, Proposed Trust Land Exchanges.

If approved, the exchange will change the trust designations for the properties that are listed below.

The newly designated Common School trust property may then be transferred to Jefferson County as authorized by the 2013-2015 Trust Land Transfer legislation. The newly designated State Forest Land trust property will remain in state ownership and will continue to be managed for the benefit of this trust beneficiary.

The proposed exchange affects portions of the following described lands. For maps, see the website listed above, or call to request one by mail.

Common School trust to State Forest Land trust: Section 16, Township 29 North, Range 1 West, W.M., Jefferson County, ± 542 acres.

State Forest Land trust to Common School trust: Sections 27, 28 and 34, Township 29 North, Range 1 West, W.M., Jefferson County, ± 305 acres.

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Legal Notices

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF THELMA MIKLER Deceased.

No. 13-4-00130-2 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate.

Any person having a clim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of First Publication: February 5, 2014 Personal Representative: Donald Mikler, Jr. Attorney for the Personal Representative: Amanda Wilson Address for Mailing or service: 18831 Ivan St. SW Rochester, WA 98519 Court of probate proceedings and cause number: Jefferson County Superior Court Cause No.: 13-4-00130-2

125630 2/5-2/19 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF NO. 14-4-00010-0 HELGA ESTHER THURLOW, NOTICE TO CREDITORS Deceased.

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed me Personal Representative of the Decedent’s estate.

Any person having a claim against Decedent must present the claim before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and in the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: • By filing with the foregoing Court the original of a signed Creditor’s Claim, and • By serving upon or mailing by first class mail to me at the address provided below a copy of a signed Creditor’s Claim.

The Creditor’s Claim must be presented by the later to occur of: • Thirty (30) days after I served or mailed this Notice to you as provided in RCW 11.40.020(3), or • Four (4) months after the date of first publication of this Notice.

If the Creditor’s Claim is not presented within the foregoing time period, the claim will be forever barred except as provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective for claims against both the Decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: February 12, 2014.

LINDA M. PATTERSON Personal Representative Address for Mailing Service: HARRY HOLLOWAY III Estate Attorney 260 Kala Pt. Drive, Suite 102 Port Townsend, WA 98368 125912 2/12-2/26 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KING IN RE THE ESTATE OF RALEIGH R. HAYNES Deceased.

No. 14-4-00407-6SEA NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) The person named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or her attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (a) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after that date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim will be forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060.

This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

Date of First Publication: January 22/2014 Personal Representative: Edward B. Haynes Attorney for Personal Representative: Mary C. Wolney Address for Mailing or Service 9709 3rd Ave NE, Suite 305 Seattle, WA 98115 Edward B. Haynes Personal Representative 125199 1/22-2/12 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON AND FOR THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON in re the Estate of: CRYSTAL C. BONNEY Deceased.

No.13-4-00029-2 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced.

The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW11.40.020 (1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060.

This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: January 29,2014 Personal Representative: Patricia Bailey 161 River Bend Rd Shelton, WA 98584 125358 1/29-2/12 JEFFERSON COUNTY CONSERVATION FUTURES PROGRAM CITIZEN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE VACANCY DISTRICT #1

The Conservation Futures Citizen Oversight Committee members make recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners on the selection and funding of open space projects utilizing the Conservation Futures Fund. The Board of County Commissioners seeks representation on the committee from each commissioner district and a broad spectrum of interests.

There is currently a vacancy for a citizen to represent District #1. The committee meets approximately six times per year, with the majority of activities usually scheduled in April.

Interested individuals who reside in District #1 should submit a letter or email to the Office of the Board of County Commissioners, P.O. Box 1220, Port Townsend, WA 98368 or jeffbocc@co.jefferson.wa.us no later than 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, February 26, 2014. This is a nonpaid position. For more information, contact Tami Pokorny, Jefferson County Environmental Health Dept. at Ph: (360) 379-4498 or email tpokorny@co.jefferson.wa.us. View the Conservation Futures Program Web site at www.co.jefferson.wa.us. Click on “Conservation Futures”.

Tami Pokorny Jefferson County Water Quality and Environmental Health 615 Sheridan Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 Ph: 360.379.4498 Fx: 360.385.9401 125916 2/12 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE CARLSON v. ROTCHFORD NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington Chapter 61.24, et seq.

I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned Trustee will on the 14th day of March, 2014, at the hour of 10:00 a.m. in the main lobby of the Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street in the city of Port Townsend, sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable at the time of sale, the following described real property, situated in the county of Jefferson, state of Washington, to-wit: PARCEL A OF THE CARLSON SHORT PLAT, AS PER PLAT RECORDED IN VOLUME 3 OF SHORT PLATS, PAGE 150, RECORDS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, WASHINGTON. SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF WASHINGTON. commonly known as 1334 Lawrence St., Port Townsend, WA 98368, which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated August 30, 2005, recorded September 7, 2005, under Auditor’s File Number 502748, records of Jefferson County, Washington, from JAMES KIMBER ROTCHFORD and ELISABETH C. ROTCHFORD, husband and wife, Grantors, to JEFFERSON TITLE COMPANY, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of JAMES D. CARLSON, as his separate estate, as Beneficiary.

II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust or the Beneficiary’s successor is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust.

III. The defaults for which this foreclosure is made are as follows: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: Five monthly payments of $2,955.96 each for the months of July through November, 2013: $14,779.80 Five monthly late charges of $147.79 each for the months of July through November, 2013: 738.95 Jefferson County real property taxes for 2013: 4,553.28 TOTAL MONTHLY PAYMENTS, LATE CHARGES & TAXES: $20,072.03 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: Principal of $369,540.20, together with interest as provided in the note or other instrument secured from the 1st of June, 2013, and such other costs and fees as are due under the note or other instrument secured, and as are provided by statute.

V. The above described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. The sale will be made without warranty, express or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances on the 14th day of March, 2014. The defaults referred to in paragraph III must be cured by the 3rd day of March, 2014 (11 days before the sale date), to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time on or before the 3rd day of March, 2014 (11 days before the sale date), the defaults as set forth in paragraph III are cured and the Trustee’s fees

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BB 88 •• Wednesday, Wednesday, February February 12, 12, 2014 2014

Port Port Townsend Townsend && Jefferson Jefferson County County Leader Leader

About 150 students, parents and teachers from five schools planted 3,000 trees during the ninth annual Plant-A-Thon, sponsored by the Northwest Watershed Institute. There were 24 high school students serving as youth crew leaders. Photo by Shelly Murney

Students dig Tarboo Valley Plant-A-Thon

Volunteers from five schools jumped out of bed and into their mud boots on Feb. 1 to plant 3,000 native trees and shrubs along Tarboo Creek for the ninth annual PlantA-Thon.

The 150 children, parents, grandparents and teachers planted the trees during a daylong work party, said Jude Rubin, director of stewardship at the Northwest Watershed Institute (NWI), based in Port Townsend, which coordinates the annual event.

The Plant-A-Thon project is part of the overall Tarboo Watershed Program, an effort by the NWI and 40 groups and landowners to restore and protect the Tarboo Creek stream system, from its headwaters to Tarboo-Dabob Bay and Hood Canal.

“This was NWI’s most challenging volunteer project yet,” said Peter Bahls, executive director of NWI. The volunteers used a variety of planting methods to help trees overcome invasive reed canary grass along the stream. To help establish conifers in the saturated reed canary grass areas, volunteers planted cedar and spruce in hollow log sections and planter boxes that had been prepared by NWI’s crew, Bahls noted. The logs were donated by Port Townsend Paper Corp. Cardboard, donated by KapStone Paper

The planting is also a fundraiser for Chimacum Pi Program and Port Townsend schools: Jefferson Community School, Swan School and Port Townsend School District’s Opportunity, Community, Experience, Academics and Navigation (OCEAN) Program.

For each tree they plant, students sell a corresponding “tree card” for $10 to family and friends. The person who buys it, in turn, sends it to honor someone special. The tree cards, created this year

by Port Townsend artist Don Tiller, are sent worldwide.

Grants from Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s ALEA Grant Program and the Patagonia clothing company, as well as donations from local supporters, pay for the trees and supplies. Rubin said this allows 100 percent of funds raised through the sale of tree cards

and costs are paid. The sale may be terminated any time after the 3rd day of March, 2014 (11 days before the sale date), and before the sale by the Borrower, the Grantor or the Grantor’s successor(s) in interest, any guarantor, or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance paying the entire principal and interest secured by the Deed of Trust, plus costs, fees, and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults.

VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor or the Grantor’s successor(s) in interest at the following addresses: James Kimber Rotchford and Elisabeth C. Rotchford 530 U St. Port Townsend, WA 98368 Resident(s) of Property Subject to Foreclosure Sale 1334 Lawrence St. Port Townsend, WA 98368 by both first class and certified mail on the 21st day of October, 2013, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee. A written Notice of Default was also posted in a conspicuous place on the premises located at 1334 Lawrence St., Port Townsend, WA 98368 on the 22nd day of October, 2013, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such posting.

VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.

VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above described property. lX. Anyone having any objection to the sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale.

X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the Deed of Trust

(the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the Deed of Trust, including occupants other than tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants other than tenants by summary proceedings under the Unlawful Detainer Act, Chapter 59.12 RCW. Pursuant to the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act of 2009, a tenant or subtenant in possession of the property that is purchased at the trustee=s sale, under any bona fide lease entered into before the notice of foreclosure, has the right to occupy the property until the end of the remaining term of the lease, except that the purchaser (or a successor in interest) who will occupy the property as a primary residence may terminate the lease by giving written notice to the tenant at least ninety (90) days before the effective date of such notice. The purchaser (or a successor in interest) may give a written notice to a tenant to vacate the property at least ninety (90) days before the effective date of such notice to a bona fide month-to-month tenant or subtenant in possession of the property, or a tenant or subtenant in possession of the property without a bona fide lease. A lease or tenancy shall be considered bona fide only if: (1) the tenant is not the mortgagor/grantor or the child, spouse, or parent of the mortgagor/grantor under the foreclosed contract/Deed of Trust; (2) the lease or tenancy was the result of an arms-length transaction; and (3) the lease or tenancy requires the receipt of rent that is not substantially less than fair market rent for the property or the rent is reduced or subsidized due to a Federal, State, or local subsidy. If a tenant’s occupancy of the property is not under a bona fide lease entered into before the notice of foreclosure (as defined by the Protecting Tenants at Foreclosure Act), the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060.

DATED this 25th day of November, 2013. PLATT IRWIN LAW FIRM, TRUSTEE By: David H. Neupert 403 South Peabody Port Angeles, WA 98362 (360) 457-3327 125739 2/12, 3/5 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No.: WA-10-358276-NH APN No.: 948312601 Title Order No.: 100261604-WA-GNO Grantor(s): ANDREW HAMM Grantee(s): LONG

including the Food Co-op, Henery’s Hardware, Hadlock Veterinary Clinic and Goodman Sanitation, many of which have supported the event for a decade. Participants and organizers are grateful to April Ryan and Farm’s Reach Café in Chimacum and Kristen Berg of Chimacum Corner Farmstand for providing lunch to all volunteers.

and Packaging Corp. in Longview, was used to cover the reed canary grass before planting willow through it.

More than 133,000 trees have been planted in the Tarboo Valley since 2004 to improve conditions for salmon and wildlife. Of those, more than 31,000 – about 25 percent – have been planted by volunteers through the PlantA-Thon, Rubin said.

Anyone still wishing to plant trees along salmon streams can help with upcoming projects sponsored

by North Olympic Salmon Coalition and Jefferson Land Trust.

To support the NWI’s effort to present the Plant-AThon again next year, visit nwwatershed.org or call 3856786.

Peninsula Trails Coalition meets Wednesday, March 12

TREE CARDS

Hanna Trailer and Becca Stewart, both students at Jefferson Community School in Port Townsend, were among the 24 youth crew leaders helping to run the Plant-A-Thon. Photo by Cecilia Bahls

to go to local schools.

“Although the seedlings were put in the ground on Saturday, people are still welcome to sponsor the remaining trees to help schools meet their fundraising goals,” said Kit Pennell, science teacher and Plant-A-Thon coordinator for the Pi Program.

“I regularly use them in place of sympathy cards when friends lose a loved one. It is so much more meaningful than a store-bought card,” said Earll Murman, a project supporter.

Honorary tree cards are

still available for purchase from participating schools and at squareup.com/market/schoolsfor-plantathon.

Tiller’s original painting, “Thriving Watershed,” is being sold now to support the program. To view the painting, contact the artist at 379-5450 or don@dontiller.com.

BEACH MORTGAGE COMPANY Deed of Trust Instrument/ Reference No.: 498614 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Pursuant to the Revised Code of Washington 61.24, et. seq.

I. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, the undersigned Trustee, will on 2/21/2014, at 10:00 AM At the main entrance to the Superior County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder, payable in the form of credit bid or cash bid in the form of cashier’s check or certified checks from federally or State chartered banks, at the time of sale the following described real property, situated in the County of Jefferson, State of Washington, to wit:

The default(s) for which this foreclosure is made is/are as follows: Failure to pay when due the following amounts which are now in arrears: $89,246.35 IV. The sum owing on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust is: The principal sum of $270,316.36, together with interest as provided in the Note from the 7/1/2009, and such other costs and fees as are provided by statute.

V. The above-described real property will be sold to satisfy the expense of sale and the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust as provided by statute. Said sale will be made without warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession or encumbrances on 2/21/2014. The defaults referred to in Paragraph III must be cured by 2/10/2014 (11 days before the sale date) to cause a discontinuance of the sale. The sale will be discontinued and terminated if at any time before 2/10/2014 (11 days before the sale) the default as set forth in Paragraph III is cured and the Trustee’s fees and costs are paid. Payment must be in cash or with cashiers or certified checks from a State or federally chartered bank.

The sale may be terminated any time after the 2/10/2014 (11 days before the sale date) and before the sale, by the Borrower or Grantor or the holder of any recorded junior lien or encumbrance by paying the principal and interest, plus costs, fees and advances, if any, made pursuant to the terms of the obligation and/or Deed of Trust, and curing all other defaults.

VI. A written Notice of Default was transmitted by the Beneficiary or Trustee to the Borrower and Grantor at the following address(es): NAME ANDREW HAMM, A SINGLE PERSON ADDRESS 1406 10TH STREET, PORT TOWNSEND, WA 98368 by both first class and certified mail, proof of which is in the possession of the Trustee; and the Borrower and Grantor were personally served, if applicable, with said written Notice of Default or the written Notice of Default was posted in a conspicuous place on the real property described in Paragraph I above, and the Trustee has possession of proof of such service or posting.

These requirements were completed as of 4/28/2010.

LOT 6 THROUGH 8, BLOCK 126, IN THE SUPPLEMENTAL PLAT OF THE EISENBEIS ADDITION TO THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, AS PER PLAT RECORDED IN VOLUME 2 OF PLATS, PAGE 24, RECORDS OF JEFFERSON COUNTY, WASHINGTON. SITUATE IN THE COUNTY OF JEFFERSON, STATE OF WASHINGTON. More commonly known as: 1406 10TH STREET , PORT TOWNSEND, WA 98368 which is subject to that certain Deed of Trust dated 5/20/2005, recorded 05/24/2005, under 498614 records of Jefferson County, Washington, from ANDREW HAMM, A SINGLE PERSON, as Grantor(s), to JEFFERSON TITLE CO, as Trustee, to secure an obligation in favor of LONG BEACH MORTGAGE COMPANY, as Beneficiary, the beneficial interest in which was assigned

by LONG BEACH MORTGAGE COMPANY (or by its successorsin-interest and/or assigns, if any), to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association II. No action commenced by the Beneficiary of the Deed of Trust is now pending to seek satisfaction of the obligation in any Court by reason of the Borrower’s or Grantor’s default on the obligation secured by the Deed of Trust/Mortgage.

III.

HELPING OUT

The schools have garnered support from hundreds of individuals and dozens of local donors and supporters,

Peninsula Trails Coalition (PTC) has scheduled its March board meeting for 6:15 p.m., Wednesday, March 12, at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St. The PTC board of directors invites the public to this meeting to discuss the plans and possibilities for the future of the Olympic Discovery Trail in Jefferson County; to meet PTC board members; and to get an update on the progress of the trail and some of the latest projects.

New trail sections are actively being worked on in both Clallam and Jefferson counties at this time, according to Jeff Selby of PTC. The meeting’s purpose

VII. The Trustee whose name and address are set forth below will provide in writing to anyone requesting it, a statement of all costs and fees due at any time prior to the sale.

VIII. The effect of the sale will be to deprive the Grantor and all those who hold by, through or under the Grantor of all their interest in the above-described property.

IX. Anyone having any objections to this sale on any grounds whatsoever will be afforded an opportunity to be heard as to those objections if they bring a lawsuit to restrain the sale pursuant to RCW 61.24.130. Failure to bring such a lawsuit may result in a waiver of any proper grounds for invalidating the Trustee’s sale.

X. NOTICE TO OCCUPANTS OR TENANTS The purchaser at the Trustee’s Sale is entitled to possession of the property on the 20th day following the sale, as against the Grantor under the deed of trust (the owner) and anyone having an interest junior to the deed of trust, including occupants who are not tenants. After the 20th day following the sale the purchaser has the right to evict occupants who are not tenants by summary proceedings under Chapter 59.12 RCW. For tenant-occupied property, the purchaser shall provide a tenant with written notice in accordance with RCW 61.24.060.

THIS NOTICE IS THE FINAL STEP BEFORE THE FORECLOSURE SALE OF YOUR HOME. You have only 20 DAYS from the recording date of this notice to pursue mediation.

DO NOT DELAY. CONTACT A HOUSING COUNSELOR OR AN ATTORNEY LICENSED IN WASHINGTON NOW to assess your situation and refer you to mediation if you are eligible and it may help you save your home.

See below for safe sources of help.

SEEKING ASSISTANCE Housing counselors and legal assistance may be available at little or no cost to you. If you would like assistance in determining your rights and opportunities to keep your house, you may contact the following: The statewide foreclosure hotline for assistance and referral to housing counselors recommended by the Housing Finance

is to discuss issues, plans and projects specific to Jefferson County regarding the extension of the Larry Scott Trail as it becomes the Jefferson County portion of the Olympic Discovery Trail (ODT), eventually connecting to the ODT in Clallam County. A short presentation is to be given on the history and current status of the entire ODT. Project leaders present information on specific trail projects currently under way, as well as future plans for the financing and construction of the ODT in Jefferson and Clallam counties.

All are welcome to bring questions to the meeting on any aspect of the planning and construction phases of the trail.

Commission: Toll-free: 1-877-894HOME (1-877-894-4663) or Web site: http://www.dfi.wa.gov/consumers/homeownership/post_purchase_counselors_foreclosure.htm.

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development: Toll-free: 1-800-569-4287 or National Web Site: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD or for Local counseling agencies in Washington: http:// www.hud.gov/offices/hsg/sfh/hcc/fc/ index.cfm?webListAction=search& searchstate=WA&filterSvc=dfc The statewide civil legal aid hotline for assistance and referrals to other housing counselors and attorneys: Telephone: 1-800-606-4819 or Web site: http://nwjustice.org/what-clear.

If the sale is set aside for any reason, including if the Trustee is unable to convey title, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the monies paid to the Trustee.

This shall be the Purchaser’s sole and exclusive remedy. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Trustor, the Trustee, the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary’s Agent, or the Beneficiary’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only.

THIS OFFICE IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. Dated: 10/17/2013 Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington, as Trustee By: Tricia Moreno, Assistant Secretary Trustee’s Mailing Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington C/O Quality Loan Service Corp. 2141 Fifth Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101 (866) 645-7711 Trustee’s Physical Address: Quality Loan Service Corp. of Washington 19735 10th Avenue NE, Suite N-200 Poulsbo, WA 98370 (866) 645-7711 Sale Line: 714-573-1965 Or Login to: http://wa.qualityloan.com TS No.: WA-10-358276-NH P1065305 1/22, 02/12/2014 125154 1/22, 2/12