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‘He achieved so much’
Board permits complaint to undergo amendments BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Emmett Oliver at a 2013 Canoe Journey event.
Quinault tribe’s eldest member dies at 102 missed. He achieved so much in his life and leaves a legacy that will truly last forever,” said Quinault Nation President Fawn Sharp. Oliver was a member of the committee planning the state’s centennial celebration when he PENINSULA DAILY NEWS organized the Paddle to Seattle. That prompted the annual TAHOLAH — The founder of Canoe Journeys, in which tribes, the 1989 Paddle to Seattle and mostly from the Pacific Northoldest member of the Quinault Nation has died at the age of 102. west and Canada, travel to a Emmett Sampson Oliver died weeklong potlatch. “The physical and spiritual in Edmonds at 4:19 p.m. Mondiscipline required to participate day surrounded by members of his family, Indian Country said. in the Canoe Journey, and the cultural sharing and traditional “Emmett will be dearly
Emmett Oliver founded Paddle to Seattle event
teachings that take place during the event, have changed countless lives,” the tribe said. “The fact is that Emmett saved hundreds if not thousands of lives,” Sharp said. “It is hard to underestimate the great positive impact that the resurgence of the canoe culture has had on American Indians in this country,” Sharp said. “It has helped so many of our children and adults turn away from drugs and alcohol, and displaced depression and despair with hope and culture-based principles,” she added. TURN
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PORT ANGELES — The city’s first ethics board met for the first time Tuesday and, after about two hours of discussion about how to address Marolee Smith’s concerns, decided to allow her to amend her complaint against Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd. Ethics board members Grant Meiner, Danetta Rutten and Frank Prince Jr., the chairman, unanimously decided Smith can pare down the complaint and resubmit it. A tentative date of March 24 has been set for the ethics board to review it.
Decision after discussion The decision to allow Smith to amend the complaint was made after discussion about only the first point in the eight-point complaint. “The three of us could have said, ‘No, we don’t want an amended complaint,’” Prince, a high school basketball referee, acknowledged after the meeting. He added: “We did not make much progress after two hours.” Prince “really wanted to plow ahead with the one that was in front of us,” he said. “What tipped it,” Prince said, was Smith asserting that by amending the complaint, she could “winnow it down to make [our] task easier.” Smith, a former City Council candidate, alleged that while chairing a Feb. 2, Kidd was abu-
sive, conducted verbal attacks and failed to foster public respect and cooperation. It centers on Kidd’s words and actions toward opponents of Kidd fluoridating the city water supply. Smith, also a fluoridation foe, offered to “boil down” her complaint during the board’s discussion with City Attorney Bill Bloor over the degree to Smith which Kidd was responsible for a prohibition against signs in the council chambers during the meeting. The prohibition was communicated by a posted sign and vigorously opposed by several who attended the meeting. “I do know that a few of my points are a little muddy,” Smith said. Bloor had said that for the board to find Kidd in violation of the code as it relates to signage, the members would need to determine Kidd ordered that the prohibition sign be posted and that doing so violated the ethics code. TURN
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SARC, YMCA agreement ready for review Lease deal is to be considered by both boards; SARC meet set today BY ALANA LINDEROTH
to discuss it at their meeting at 5 p.m. today at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St. SEQUIM — A lease agreement The YMCA board plans to between the Olympic Peninsula review the lease agreement for YMCA and Sequim Aquatic Recre- discussion and decision March 23. ation Center is complete and ready for consideration of approval. finance Committee YMCA officials hope to reopen The Clallam County Finance in September the center known as SARC, which was closed Oct. 30, Committee is slated to discuss the hiring between 30 and 50 workers. SARC grant request March 24. If But putting the lease into the grant request is supported by action depends upon the Clallam the committee, it will then County commissioners’ approval undergo a public hearing process of a $731,705 grant from the before the county commissioners county’s Opportunity Fund to pay make their final decision, said for a new air handler and other Len Borchers, YMCA executive director. upgrades. After working together for Also, both the SARC and YMCA boards must approve the nearly five months to create a plan aimed at reopening SARC — a lease agreement. The SARC commissioners plan multi-use facility that closed last OLYMPIC PENINSULA NEWS GROUP
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seemed to fit as we broaden our reach and impact in these communities,” he added. The air handler — which maintains air quality, humidity and chemicals at a safe balance within the swimming pool area — is required by the state Department of Health. “We can’t do anything until we get a vote from the Board of County Commissioners on the grant,” said Frank Pickering, SARC board chairman.
Other improvements In addition to the air handler, between $60,000 and $100,000 in repairs and tenant improvements have been identified, such as signage, a pool pump and roof leak. YMCA officials are responsible for the repairs and improvements, according to a draft lease agreement. “Basically, we plan to operate it the same way as the facilities in Port Angeles and Port Townsend,”
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said Gary Huff, YMCA board member and fundraising chairman. T h e Sequim Y would have similar hours of operation, from 5 a.m. to Borchers 10 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays, Huff said. Monthly membership fees would range between $48 and $50 per individual and $70 and $75 for couples. Per YMCA policy, “no one would be turned away because of an inability to pay program fees or a membership,” Huff said. Instead, the YMCA would raise money to ensure everyone can become a member, which gives access to other YMCAs, too.
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October — the entities have outlined a 15-year lease agreement with two 10-year extensions. The YMCA would operate the anticipated Sequim Y, and the Clallam County Park and Recreation District 1 — which is SARC — would serve as the landlord. The YMCA would “fulfill the mission of the Clallam County Parks and Recreation District 1 and in consideration the Y will pay the SARC board $20,000 a year to cover district expenses,” according to the draft lease. Borchers said the SARC board and YMCA agree on “public impact, vision and keeping what’s best for the community as the goal. “A few years ago, we changed our name from ‘Clallam County’ to ‘Olympic Peninsula YMCA’ to represent that fact that we were in Jefferson County. “We actually leapfrogged around Sequim because SARC was here, but when the opportunity did present itself, it just
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