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County Wild weather cuts program’s power to thousands focus on boomers Designed to guide seniors to wellness BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — A free 10-week program to provide more understanding of aging is expected to appeal to Jefferson County’s large Baby Boomer population. “We thought this program was a good fit for us because Jefferson County is the grayest county in the state,” said Mitzi Hazard, Jefferson Healthcare hospital’s supervisor of rehabilitation services. Jefferson County’s residents in the 65 and older category made up 31.8 percent of its population compared to 14.1 percent of the state’s population, according to the 2014 U.S. Census. The Aging Mastery Program is set from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on consecutive Tuesdays between March 29 and May 3 at the Coyle Community Center, 923 Hazel Point Road. TURN
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A tree that knocked down power lines on Sims Way in front of the Port Townsend Boat Haven was one of several such occurrences on Thursday morning.
Lights on for most but may take longer to finish BY CHARLIE BERMANT AND PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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Mitzi Hazard, Jefferson Healthcare’s supervisor of rehabilitation services, edits the plan for the Aging Mastery Program to begin March 29.
PORT HADLOCK — While most of the locations that lost electrical power after a Wednesday night windstorm were back online by Thursday afternoon, some areas of East Jefferson County may not regain power until today. “We are making pretty good headway,” said Jim Parker, Jefferson County Public Utility District manager. “We have been able to get most of the larger areas back but it could be late tomorrow night before we get
everything connected.” More than 7,000 electrical utility customers lost power due to high winds toppling trees on the North Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday night. State Department of Transportation officials cited high winds when they closed the 7,900-foot floating Hood Canal Bridge linking Jefferson and Kitsap counties at 3:30 a.m. Thursday, reopened it at 6:23 a.m., then closed it again at 7:59 a.m. The bridge was reopened to traffic again at 10:20 a.m. Windstorms left more than 6,000 East Jefferson County customers without power, about one third of the service area. At 4 p.m., the PUD reported that
Zika virus case in Clallam Woman traveled to Central America BY ROB OLLIKAINEN PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
have mild symptoms such as fever, rash, joint pain and red eyes that last a few days to a week. For pregnant women, Zika Christopher Frank, Clallam County health officer, on Thurs- infection has been linked to microday. cephaly, a serious birth defect of The mosquito-borne virus the brain. causes no more than a mild illness in most people but has been Delay travel linked to birth defects. “For pregnant women or “In Washington, we are fortunate that we don’t have the spe- women who may become pregcies of mosquito that transmits nant, this is an important the Zika virus, so a widespread reminder to consider delaying outbreak is very unlikely,” Frank travel to regions with Zika,” Frank said. said. Regions with Zika include the May not show symptoms Caribbean, South America, Central America and the Pacific About 80 percent of those infected never show symptoms of Islands.
PORT ANGELES — Health officials have confirmed a Zika virus infection in a Clallam County resident, the third such diagnosis in the state. The young woman, who was not identified, had recently traveled to a region of Central America where Zika transmission is occurring, Clallam County Health and Human Services officials said. She has recovered from the illness without complications, they said. There have been no Zika cases in Jefferson County, said Dr. the disease, while about 1 in 5 will
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OLYMPIA — Jim Hargrove announced his retirement on the floor of the state Senate on Thursday. The longtime Democratic Senator from Hoquiam represents the 24th Legislative District, which includes Clallam, Jefferson and parts of Grays Harbor County.
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“Thank for what you did for our state, senator, and thanks for your faith,” Gov. Jay Inslee said on a live Hargrove TVW feed. Inslee said Hargrove, 62, combined a “heartfelt passion” for the less fortunate with the “ability to recognize what really works.” TURN
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1,609 customers, or 10.87 percent, were still in the dark. In Clallam County, 1,533 PUD customers lost power. They included customers on the West End — especially Neah Bay and Clallam Bay — in Port Angeles and in the Sequim area. By Thursday morning, power had been restored to all but about 200 customers, and by the afternoon, five customers were in the dark, according to Michael Howe, Clallam County PUD spokesman. Both Parker and Howe attributed the outages to trees falling onto power lines during high winds.
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