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Judith Pasco, Mujeres de Maíz Opportunity Foundation board chair, is seen here with Pati, a 6-year-old, in the Zinacantan Children’s program last month in Chiapas, Mexico.
Fundraiser dollars to help educate women in Mexico Annual Mexican Breakfast benefits Mujeres de Maíz BY CHRIS MCDANIEL
fast will be from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road. Admission is a suggested donation of $10. No tickets will be sold in advance. Mujeres de Maíz, translated as “Women of Corn,” is a registered nonprofit, tax-exempt group based in Sequim.
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SEQUIM — A Sunday breakfast will help the Mujeres de Maíz Opportunity Foundation of Clallam County provide educational opportunities for women in Chiapas, Mexico. The fourth annual Mexican Break-
The small, independent, grass-roots nonprofit organization was established about a decade ago to provide access to education for young women in a seamstress cooperative centered in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas.
“We partner with a weaving cooperative in Chiapas and provide access to education in many forms to indigenous women and children,” said Judith Pasco, Mujeres de Maíz Opportunity Foundation board chair.
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PORT ANGELES — Disciplinary decisions for two electric utility workers who allegedly were untruthful during a State Patrol investigation into a scrap metal slush fund have been put on hold, a city official said Thursday. The State Patrol has extended its investigation into a bank account that funded employee get-togethers with proceeds from recycled copper, brass and other scrap that was intended for the garbage. Decisions stemming from recent disciplinary hearings for Light Operations warehouse worker Sean Hairell and Light Operations Manager George Drake will be made after the State Patrol completes its investigation, Port Angeles Assistant City Attorney Heidi Greenwood said. “We anticipated having a decision early this week,” Greenwood said. “Then we got notified that there was going to be further investigation.”
More information State Patrol Detective Krista Hedstrom, who conducted a five-month review of the alleged improper use and misappropriation of public property by city electric utility employees, said additional information came forth after the allegations were reported last month in the Peninsula Daily News. “There were a couple of people that came forward after they read the article in the paper,” Hedstrom said Thursday. TURN
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Intellicheck Mobilisa closing PT location Company HQ moving to N.Y. area BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — Intellicheck Mobilisa, a high-tech company that once offered security and wireless solutions from an office in the Glen Cove business park, is closing down its office in Port Townsend, where the company began. The company announced Wednesday an agreement to repurchase 979,114 shares of common stock from company
founder Nelson Ludlow and his wife, former Senior Vice President Bonnie Ludlow, for $1,096,067, and intends to vacate its leased building at 191 Otto St. in Port Townsend by April 1. Operations at that location have apparently ceased, as doors are locked and moving is in progress, as observed during a visit to the outside of the facility Thursday. Cynthia Walden, who identified herself as the company’s NEW 2016 NISSAN
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Final step The move marks the final step in the company’s closing out of its operations in Port Townsend, according to the company’s news release. In October, the company announced relocation of its head-
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