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PENINSULA DAILY NEWS March 3, 2016 | 75¢
Port Townsend-Jefferson County’s Daily Newspaper
Seussian celebration
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Port Townsend Schools Superintendent David Engle has announced he will retire at the end of the current school year.
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Blue Heron Middle School secretary Donna Benson reads Dr. Seuss’ A Fish out of Water to fourth-graders Fiona Skidmore, 9; Eli Hill, 10; Ellise Garder, 10; Cirlin Maben, 9; Ruby Mesas, 10; and Sarah Ward, 9. The event was in honor of Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel, whose birthday March 2 is commemorated in schools nationwide.
Carbon ballot measure goes before Legislature carbon tax of $25 per metric ton of fossil fuel emissions burned in Washington while reducing other taxes. Lawmakers have until the end of the session March 10 to enact Initiative 732, offer an alternative proposal or automatiBY PHUONG LE cally pass the carbon-tax meaTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS sure to voters in November as SEATTLE — Washington written. could become the first state in the nation to impose a direct tax Alternative possible on carbon emissions from fossil It’s not clear whether lawfuels such as coal, gasoline and makers will approve an alternanatural gas. A ballot measure before the tive by the end of the session. The grass-roots group Carbon state Legislature would create a
Proposal would require taxes on emissions
Washington — which gathered more than 350,000 signatures to qualify the initiative — says a carbon tax is the best way to reduce emissions and tackle global warming. It says the tax would encourage people and businesses to switch to cleaner energy by making fossil fuels more expensive. The proposal is designed to be “revenue-neutral,” meaning that though tax revenues would increase for fossil fuels, it would mostly be offset by a decrease in other tax revenues. TURN
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PT schools chief giving up position Superintendent retiring at academic year’s end BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — David Engle, who is in his fourth year as the Port Townsend School District superintendent, will retire at the end of the school year. “When I came on board, I said I’d be here for three to five years,” Engle, 67, said Wednesday. “We’ve accomplished some big things in that time, and passing the bond package was my Super Bowl as a superintendent.” On Feb. 9, voters in the school district approved a $40.9 million construction bond, which needs a 60 percent supermajority for passage, by 73.23 percent of the electorate. Engle, who has been pondering retirement for some time, resolved
to “get through February” before making a final decision, he said. After awakening Tuesday, he decide to make the move. His retirement letter was in the hands of the school board that afternoon. Both Engle and school board Chairman Nathaneal O’Hara said the board will probably address the issue at its regular meeting at 6 p.m. Monday at the Gael Stuart Building, 1610 Blaine St. Engle outlined three paths the board could take: look for an immediate permanent replacement, hire an interim leader or create a committee to study options for hiring a replacement before the 2017-18 school year. TURN
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Female mariners tell tales of their trades Fundraiser for Girls’ Boat Project
people will listen to competent women mariners share their stories. Anyone who shows up can say, ‘I can do that.’ ” Tickets — $15 for adults and $5 for youths — are available at http://tinyurl.com/PDN-sea-tales. Children younger than 12 will be Past two years admitted free. The event has raised about $4,500 in each of the past two Telling their tales years, an amount Watson said Those telling their tales will be represents its total budget. former Adventuress Capt. MB “Everything goes directly to Armstrong, as well as Kim Carver, the program, and we have no CHARLIE BERMANT/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Robin Dudley, Merilee Evans, other funding source,” Watson Sarah Felder, Erin Fristad, Nancy Port Townsend ninth-grade student Regan Fiske, 15, is a said. Israel, Christine Jacobsen, Jean participant in the Northwest Maritime Center’s Girls’ Boat Scarboro and Ace Spragg. TURN TO TALES/A4 Project.
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PORT TOWNSEND — An upcoming presentation that features women mariners telling true sea stories will subsidize an educational program for young women interested in maritime trades. She Tells Sea Tales, set for 7 p.m. Saturday, March 12, at the Northwest Maritime Center, 413 Water St., “supports the mission to get young women involved in the maritime trades,” said teacher Kelley Watson, the program’s coordinator. “For two or three hours, 200
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The event subsidizes the Girls’ Boat Project, which is in its fourth year of providing free-of-charge woodworking and sailing instruction for young women in Jefferson County. The program includes light food, cider and beer, with all sales benefiting the program.
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