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Official: Can’t deny Navy access Port director says agency can’t block boat ramp use

Joe Allen. “It’s a sensitive area and a shallow bay, so more activity means more disruption to the ecosystem.”

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port allow use of the Mats Mats The document asks for roundboat ramp between Port Hadlock PENINSULA DAILY NEWS the-clock access at any time to the and Port Ludlow for the Naval PORT TOWNSEND — The Special Warfare Group to perform area either by land or water for a Navy’s request for access to the cold-water training while in the period not to exceed five years. Mats Mats boat ramp for training Puget Sound area. The training cycle in the Puget is only a courtesy, according to the Sound area is from February Port of Port Townsend director. through May, the letter said. Just one comment “This is a public ramp,” Larry “The purpose of this training is The port commission had a to access and leave areas undeCrockett said Wednesday. “I don’t see how we can deny first reading of the request with tected with no actions that would CHARLIE BERMANT/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS an invitation for public comment. be disruptive to the community,” access.” Port of Port Townsend Director Larry Crockett said the One person did so. In a letter to Crockett, Navy Brady said in his letter. agency has no standing to deny the U.S. Navy’s request real estate contracting officer “This could have an effect on TURN TO RAMP/A5 for access to the Mats Mats boat ramp. Michael D. Brady asked that the wildlife,” said Mats Mats resident BY CHARLIE BERMANT

PA mural design selected

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Mountain scene for city water tank BY ARWYN RICE PENINSULA DAILY NEWS

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Revitalize Port Angeles, led by Leslie Robertson, right, selected a trees-and-mountains design by Todd Fischer, left, to spruce up the city’s reservoir on East Lauridsen Boulevard.

PORT ANGELES — Revitalize Port Angeles and the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center board have selected a 360-degree mural design featuring trees and mountains for the East Lauridsen Boulevard city water tank. The winning design was created by Todd Fischer, an artist based in Port Angeles with a studio in Sequim. His design — silhouettes of evergreen trees with snowcapped mountains in the background, with a daylight sky on one side and a night sky on the other — was selected from a field of 15 reviewed by Revitalize Port Angeles and the Fine Arts Center board. “The decision was unanimous,” said Leslie Robertson, founder and leader of Revitalize Port Angeles. City staff in the planning, utilities and parks and recreation departments approved the design last week. TURN

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Sale opens at last West End lumber mill Allen Logging equipment auction set BY LEAH LEACH

Auction and Liquidation Co., of Clarksville, Tenn. All the rolling stock — trucks, chip trailers, loaders, “anything that has wheels” — will be auctioned off as well as the buildings and their contents, such as band saws and barkers, said Rick Atkins, the former maintenance supervisor for Allen Logging. The mill was closed in July, idling 45 workers. “Some have gone back to school. Others have been able to find work. Some are still looking for work,” said Atkins, who is now working for LPS, which he said purchased the equipment.

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FORKS — Trucks, saws and other equipment from the last lumber mill on the West End will be auctioned off today and Friday. Some $1.5 million in equipment from the Allen Logging Co., will be auctioned off at the mill site at 176462 U.S. Highway 101 on the Hoh River in West Jefferson County. Auctions begin at 9 a.m. each morning. Bidders can register at the mill site beginning at 7 a.m. each day and anytime throughout the auction, said Amber Hudson, auction clerk with LPS Associated

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Allen Logging was the last production softwood mill west of Port Angeles. Gerry Lane, president of the company, said last June that the closure was prompted by foreign competition for domestic private timber, regulations on harvesting trees from state and federal lands, a chancy supply of such wood and the low prices of foreign logs.

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