Living on the Peninsula Winter 2013 by Peninsula Daily News & Sequim Gazette

WINTER 2013

Reducing, reusing, recycling on the North Olympic Peninsula

Freecycle: Your trash, my treasure Talking trash — Where does it all go? Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe takes the lead in recycling

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Departments Heart & Soul 7 | Circles, Spirals and Webs

Arts & Entertainment 33 | Carol Janda: A Spirited Artist

Food & Spirits 10 | Beer is Brewing in Quilcene

Now & Then 45 | Sequim and Port Ludlow

Winter Recreation 14 | Swept Away by Hurricane Ridge

The Living End 46 | The Theology of Ecology

In Focus Recycling on the Olympic Peninsula 8 | Recycling Electronics EcycleNW helps preserve the environment 12 | Taking the Lead Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe: Steward of the land

17 | Talking Trash Where does our trash go? 21 | Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Educating the public on recycling

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23 | Recyclopedia Recycling tips and reminders to cut out

28 | Recycling an Era Restoring Quilcene’s Worthington home

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31 | Freecycle Saves Old items find new homes thanks to the Internet

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36 | Deconstructing a Home Baker House’s materials salvaged for repurposing 42 | The Pigeon Guillemot Sculpture praises Eleanor Stopps, Protection Island 4 LOP Winter 2013

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Circles, Spirals

and Webs

HEART &SOUL

By Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

inter has arrived on the Olympic Peninsula, bringing lessening of daylight and longer starlit nights. Our mornings are frosted and the mists encircle the forests. We gather around hearths bright with flickering fire and we decorate our world with seasonal lights and pillared candles. Flocks of Canada geese land on the golf course and settle in by the pond. The spider webs appear in the corners of our homes as nature seeks safe harbor from the winter winds. Our activities turn more reflective as we too settle into our winter rhythm. We are reminded anew of the ongoing cycles of nature … spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each part of a circle of life, each in its own time and own order. Each with its own gifts and treasures. The image of a circle of life is universal, from the well-known song in “The Lion King” to the writings of the world’s mystics. All is interconnected, held within a great circle of creation. When one sees a circle, it is immediately clear that there is no beginning and no end. It curves around to meet itself in perfect symmetry. Classically, a circle represents wholeness and a sense of oneness. For this reason, we gift another with a ring during wedding ceremonies in honor of unending love and dedication. In the spiritual tradition of Centering Meditation, a circle is used to demonstrate the presence of the Divine as equally present everywhere — from the heart of the center to the farthest reaches of its periphery. One of the most beautiful passages expressing this comes from Black Elk, Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux: “Everything the power of the world does is done in a circle. The sky is round and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball and so are all the stars. The wind, in its greatest power, whirls. Birds make their nests in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. The sun comes forth and goes down again in a circle. The moon does the same and both are round. Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing and always come back again to where they were.” A circle of unfolding life and energies. A circle of creation and expression. A living energy field that contains all. And when one adds the dimensionality of depth and height to a circle, the shape that results is that of a spiral. Energy in movement is constantly circling upward or downward. This is the shape of our DNA helix and of subatomic particles. Nature

reflects this as a seed overcomes gravity and reaches from earth to sky to emerge as a flower. Caterpillars climb trees, build cocoons, emerge as butterflies and lift on the winds. We follow this same expansion as we overcome the gravity of old patterns and outer appearances to uplift into new possibilities as we spiral upwards in consciousness. According to the Hopi tradition, Creator Taiowa made this world in which all life rotates around a central axis — a great circle. Then as humankind evolves, they move upward into the progressive spirals of life that will reunite heaven and earth. We now stand at the turning of the next Hopi spiral and so we are called to let our consciousness circle upward in union with the Divine in all its forms, honoring all of creation and deepening our connection to one another and to it. Within these circles and spirals of energy, all of life is woven and interconnected. A great web unites us all. There is a beautiful passage attributed by legend to Chief Seattle, a wise steward of his Native people and the treasures of our Northwest natural environment … “Every part of this earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every tender shore, every vapor in the dark woods, every clearing, and every humming insect are holy in the memory and experience of my people … … All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth, befalls the sons and daughters of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.” The more we consciously cocreate a world that works for all, the more blessed our shared home of Gaia, Mother Earth, will be. The Native traditions of the Pueblo, Hopi, Navajo and Anasazi vision the sky as a web in which stars mark the cross points of the weavings which radiate upon the earth to become creation. From the Hindu beliefs we find Indra’s Web of Life shining above us in the heavens. The Welsh Celtic stories of Arianrhod imagine a great silver spinning wheel formed of stars woven by the great Weaver. Greek mythology frames the same image but with the Triple Goddesses of Fate or Moirai weaving life and destiny together to create our world. The wonderful image of a web is profound and universal. One of my favorite wisdom teachings comes from an ancient Buddhist named Tu-Shun where he envisions the universe as a vast net. At each juncture there lies a jewel and each jewel

reflects all the other jewels in this cosmic matrix. Every jewel represents an individual life form, atom, cell or unit of consciousness. Each jewel, in turn, is intrinsically and intimately connected to all the others; thus, a change in one gem is reflected in all the others. Modern physics expresses the same concept as the ancients when it comes to circles, spirals and webs. Modern physicist David Boehm describes the universe as a place where everything interpenetrates everything else and it is all held in circle by what is ultimately a seamless web. The very essence of life is energies dancing together in patterns of synchronicity held in a sacred creative space. How perfect that in our lifetime, the Universal Web has manifested upon our earth to unite us through a connectional system that transcends old concepts of time and space. How perfect that the Internet is now officially called “the web” — true synchronicity emerging. Life is interwoven — a web within a spiraling circle. Where are you in the circle of your life, abiding in the center or exploring the periphery? What new possibility is rising spiraling outward from the center of your soul into expression? What loving threads hold you interwoven with others and to creation itself? What next part of the tapestry of your life and our world are you weaving this winter as you sit beside the fireside? Black Elk’s wisdom captures the realm of circles, spirals and webs with a favorite passage: “I was seeing a sacred manner the shapes of all things in Spirit and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being. And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight and in the center there grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all the children of one mother and one father. And I saw that it was holy.” May your life be full of blessings and may you dance in sacred space always. Kloshe Kawkwa. n

Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith serves as minister to the Unity Spiritual Enrichment Center in Port Townsend. She found heaven on earth when she came to the Olympic Peninsula 10 years ago. She is a spiritual pilgrim and student of the universe with a special dedication to the interfaith movement. She can be contacted at revpam@ unitypt.org.

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Above: Dan Tharp, owner of EcycleNW, points to a power supply board capacitor that’s just one of the products that can be recycled from computers. Left: Dan Tharp said one of his greatest motivators to recycling these mountains of plastics is to preserve vistas like this one of the Olympics.

Story and photos by Patricia Morrison Coate Gesturing to a mountain of bagged plastic recyclables, EcycleNW owner Dan Tharp nods to the verdant Olympics in the background. That vista, he says, is why he is passionate about recycling from his Blyn business. “I hope I’m doing the right thing every day. I have to be a realist about this,” Tharp said. “I understand with some of the markets the way things get recycled may not be the best way but I have to look at it in the way that it’s getting done is better than burying it in the ground.” After stints in the Navy, as a carpenter and subcontractor on the Port Angeles Transfer Station, Tharp found a new career after watching a TV show about electronics recycling in China. “I spent seven months learning about electronics recycling and opened the doors in April 2007. For the first year and a half,

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all I did was electronics,” Tharp said. “Now I do programs for manufacturing companies’ huge quantities that they’d have to pay for to put in a landfill. I started baling and selling it and now I’m trying to turn some of that scrap back to the companies in a state that they can use it again, for example plastic pulverized in Vancouver for a customer here. It’s a win-win for everybody hopefully.” At the peak of production in 2010-2011, EcycleNW was recycling 30-50 tons per week, but due to federal and state regulations and diminishing markets, Tharp estimates he’s down to receiving 19-21 tons per week and recycling 15 tons. “It’s terrible to recycle anything right now and it’s still a risk to get rejected even if it’s done cleanly. There’s a ‘green fence’ — you must have 40,000 pounds to make a sale

of anything,” Tharp said. “We can’t accept materials unless there’s a market for it, so the green fence hurts curbside recycling and the trickle-down effect hurts everything.” EcycleNW’s bread and butter is recycling for huge manufacturers like Coca Cola, Nippon and Dow Chemical and in the large catastrophic loss industry. “I consult on the reduction of disposal costs and specialty materials recycling after fires and floods. A lot of times we can take eight dumpster loads of trash and reduce it substantially for the customer,” Tharp said. EcycleNW also is part of the E-Cycle Washington program that began in 2009 which allows businesses with fewer than 50 employees and individuals to recycle televisions, monitors, laptops and computers for free, which are disassembled on site for their precious metals.

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Quilcene’s own microbrewery at Twana Roadhouse, is turning out four varieties of beer, to the delight of locals and owner Melody Bacchus. “It’s a neat thing for the town and I like that it’s handcrafted,” said Kevin Croft, whose favorite is the light ale. “There are so many recipes out there and how many do you have to go through before you find one you like?” Bacchus first started brewing in November 2012 as a complete novice, making 15 gallons at a time, and developing her recipes through experience. “The first time it went real well,” said Bacchus. “The first keg came out great.” Not every batch came out as well as the first and Bacchus learned a lot as she settled into the work that she’d learned about through the Internet. “I changed the recipes until I came up with a recipe that tasted good and suited my brew system. ” The process is an adventure, said Bacchus. “Beer starts out as just grain, then you grind it,” explained Bacchus. “It’s like a loaf of bread in a glass. If you stop and think about it, that’s why you have to watch those calories.” Her grain is Washington wheat, from the sunny fields of eastern Washington. Adding hot water to the ground grain creates mash, which soaks for an hour. The resulting liquid is boiled and Chinook hops are added for flavor. Different kinds and amounts of hops give different varieties unique tastes, noted Bacchus. Next, the liquid goes into a tank for quick cooling and yeast is added for fermenting. “We use what’s called forced carbonation. It takes a good three days to carbonate it,” said Bacchus. “It takes about four hours to brew a batch, with grinding, mixing, boiling and cleaning up the mess,” said Bacchus, “but it takes a week for the beer to be ready. When beer is fresh, it tastes the best. That’s why microbrews have become extremely popular.” Bacchus’s beer was so popular she had a hard time keeping up with production over the summer. She took her beer to festivals and enjoyed meeting and talking to customers. “I love doing those festivals,” said Bacchus. “People come and sample and I get

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feedback on how they like the brews. It’s a fun atmosphere.” Bacchus began her adventure in brewing last year. “After the kids had grown up and left home, I thought I would do something different,” she recalled. She put her Twana Roadhouse restaurant on the market, but didn’t get a single response. After a year, she accepted that a change would need to be made in another way. “I thought, well, what could I do to make a difference, be fun and stimulate the community’s economy,” she recalled. “When I travel, I always look for microbreweries. I wasn’t a real big beer person, but that was fun, and I just started researching.” She went online to learn about beer making, equipment and recipes, and was encouraged enough to refinance to invest $16,000 in the equipment: 16 kegs, eight fermenters and a brewing system. “It’s not something cheap,” said Bacchus, “but it is a pretty neat system for what I could afford.” She brewed her first batch last November, after four months spent in the permit process, and went on to perfect her recipes for her equipment and her taste. Along the way, two of her children returned to Quilcene with spouses to work with her, Cyndy and Dennis O’Reilly and Krystal and Mark McCrehin. “It’s all been a family collaboration,” Bacchus said. “That’s been a great asset.” Bacchus’s four brews were named with a logging theme. Pecker Pole Pale Ale, the beer that stands alone, is her best seller, with twice as much demand as any of the others. “The local loggers love the name and the ale,” reported Bacchus. Sidewinder White Wheat, Hook Tender Honey Brown Ale and Look Out Stout are the other offerings. John O’Keefe likes the amber ale best. “It has a good aftertaste. It’a an even beer, not too heavy,” he said. To showcase her brewery, Bacchus redid a room in the restaurant, with a white maple bar crafted by local craftsman Jim Hamilton from a single log and clear fir trim, to create an atmosphere complementary to her beers, although she has no plans for tavern service. The restaurant closes at 8 p.m. Bacchus is hoping that handcrafted microbrew will draw new patrons to the community, “If you are a beer lover, you’re going to love our beer,” said Bacchus. “I’ve got such a taste for my beer now. It’s so fresh.” n

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Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe takes the lead in recycling Story by Beverly Hoffman

Driving along U.S. Highway 101 through tribal land on Sequim Bay, one almost senses the bay being held like a drinking bowl by strong arms stretching east and west. The ancestral arms gather the water’s energies and welcome it onto its shores where it continues to sustain its people. The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe always has had a heart for the land and continues to listen and respond to the drummed beat to care for its source of food and shelter. Often there is the sense it can do more and the desire is stated in its mission of self-sufficiency which will ensure its continuity. Its Natural Resources Department continues efforts to keep the bay clean, working with the Department of Ecology to remove creosote pilings and a five-year plan

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of monitoring the restored Jimmy-Come-Lately stream and estuary in Blyn. It’s also participating in an Olympic oyster restoration project on an acre of Jamestown tidelands where 6,500 oysters seeds were planted. The tribe, as a sovereign government, owns 983 acres of land and oversees services such as the medical and dental clinics, as well as the resort properties of the Seven Cedars Casino, The Cedars at Dungeness golf course, and Longhouse Market and Deli (136 acres). While the tribe is governed by a five-member Tribal Council which provides policy direction, all of the resort properties are run as businesses and have their own management teams and provide revenue for the tribe. The tribal government has its offices on the

north side of U.S. Highway 101 and within the number of buildings, there is an underpinning of caring for the land. Underneath a building is a staging area where the maintenance crew organizes its recyclables. • Large plastic garbage cans store packing material and office paper. • Cardboard boxes are flattened and stacked. • Computer components are stacked on a table until the maintenance crew has a load to take to ECycleNW. In tribal government buildings receptacles are placed for disposal of plastic water and soda bottles. Additionally, used batteries can be dropped in receptacles which will then be recycled and/or disposed of properly.

When the tribe upgrades or remodels, it recycles building materials, using them again for their purposes or donating them to Habitat for Humanity or Around Again, trying to avoid adding materials to a landfill. Sometimes goods to be disposed of are given to tribal members or students, such as older computers. Books, too, are recycled. Recently the tribe sent books to Bella Bella in Canada after its library burned. Buildings also are recycled. The office of the chief operating officer is housed in an 80-year-old building that was renovated to office space as well as retail space for the tribe’s art gallery, Northwest Native Expressions. The current library building was the original community center remodeled to house the tribe’s collection of books, archives and documents. When a building must be demolished, they get a permit from ORCAA, Olympic Region Clean Air Agency, then hire a company to assess materials for lead and asbestos contamination before the tribe decides how to dispose of it.

Likewise, when the tribe purchases land, it initiates an environmental inspection and if there is a hazardous site where batteries, petroleum or other pollutants have compromised it, they restore it, sometimes with great effort and/or funds. Many residents might remember Dickey Bird’s Tavern where the Longhouse now stands. It had petrochemical contamination and efforts were made to create both safe surface and ground water. The tribe assesses its carbon footprint on the land and seeks to modify it. They have five Prius hybrid cars that use less fossil fuel. They also encourage their employees and patients of their dental clinic to use the bus. They worked with the Federal Transit Administration and received a start-up grant to add four additional trips by the Clallam Transit to the tribal offices. They also subsidize bus passes by 50 percent. Annette Nesse, chief operating officer, oversees many of the efforts to recycle. Her vision is closely aligned with the tribe’s sense of honoring the land. She remembers the

1960s when she was in school and the don’tbe-a-litter-bug campaign was a new focus. She continues to adhere to that dictum which melds well with lessons from her frugal grandparents and parents who taught her not to waste anything. Despite having a heart for recycling and reusing products, she knows there is much more work to be done. A transfer station in East Clallam County might help reduce the dumping of garbage in state forests and on private property. Another challenge is a continuing effort in educating others to recycle. She knows the importance of signage at receptacles, where it’s clear what can and cannot be put in. She also tries to adhere to the tribe’s notion that any receptacle should be attractive and orderly. As the tribe continues to hold the bay in its outstretched arms, it sips from the benevolent waters that has sustained its work. The tribe recognizes it has much work to be better stewards of the land, yet celebrates the beginning steps it has made to honor the land. n

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Story and photos by Michael Dashiell I can judge a lot of things in life by their crunchiness. Cereal should be crunchy. Chips? Definitely crunchy. Bread? Not crunchy, thank you. My knees? No thanks. And then we get to snow. On my most recent hike atop Hurricane Ridge, the snow that blankets this idyllic locale gets me thinking about its crustiness and crunchiness. On this pristine December day, what I generally refer to as “crusty” snow covers most of the hiking paths here, making this picturepostcard area a little more dangerous than it already is. Whether it is true snow crust, one that forms when water that melted on the snow’s surface refreezes, or what professor Mary Hindelang refers to as “constructive metamorphosis” —

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water vapor reaches the top of the snow pack and it is subjected to much colder air, causing it to condense and refreeze — this stuff is tricky to hike upon without appropriate footwear. For those interested in a nice, long, relatively unimpeded hike at the Ridge this winter, bring snowshoes or at least some Yaktrax, those wireand-rubber contraptions that slip onto shoes or boots and give you great traction. Otherwise, you’ll tramp around like I did, alternately balancing stop slick slabs of ice or breaking through the crust to find half your lower leg stuck in varying forms of frozen H2O. (By the way, it’s a common, inaccurate American truism that Eskimos/Inuit peoples have dozens of words for snow. The EskimoAleut languages have about as many as English does, according to linguist Geoffrey K. Pullum.)

Sunrise Ridge, Hurricane Hill I start off the day with a short hike along Sunrise Ridge. Without spikes or even basic climbing gear, I feel way out of my element. One benefit, if you can call it that, is that the uphill climb gives hikers a chance to get a nice, solid lower body workout in a short amount of time. By the time I reach a modest peak overlooking Hurricane Ridge Road, my quads are spent. The rather sharp ridge connects the Visitor Center area with the Switchback Trail and, eventually Klahhane Ridge. But that foray is 2.5 miles long and goes along an icy path that’s fairly unforgiving on either side. One of the more popular hikes up here during the winter is Hurricane Hill. Hiking west from

Bring snowshoes or other winter gear to Hurricane Ridge this winter. This is a view of the Olympics near the Wolf Creek Trail trailhead.

the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center, this hike and peak offer astounding views of the Little River valley and Mount Angeles to the east, downtown Port Angeles and across the Strait of Juan de Fuca to the north, the Elwha regions to the west and the Olympic peaks in all their glory to the south. I meet few souls as I trudge my way west along a snow-buried Hurricane Hill Road, a few snowshoers and a couple of hiking photographers such as myself. To the south is the nexus Wolf Creek It’s often a muddy trek Trail, a path I’ve seen the trailhead of many to Hurricane Hill this times and never explored. I didn’t have the time of year. time on this day, but that’s to come. In about a mile-and-a-quarter, Hurricane Hill Road runs out (not that you’d know it without a sign) and turns into a real trail. Here the slogging in the snow begins. Without tree cover, this snow reminds me of walking through cereal. OK, I’ve never walked through cereal, but I imagine this is what it’s like. Perhaps Frosted Flakes … Not far past the end of Hurricane Hill Road is a cornice that offers a scintillating view. A mix of clumps of ice and mud along these ridges make my footwork worse than it already is. Since my time is short here (I got a late start on the day) and the fact that I don’t trust my boots to make the climb, I have to cut my Hurricane Hill ascent short. Another climb for another day — with the correct equipment. Reach Michael Dashiell at miked@sequimgazette.com.

Tread carefully atop this snow-capped cornice on Hurricane Hill Trail.

Hiking Hurricane Ridge How long: 2.9 miles from the Visitor Center to Hurricane Hill; 2.6 miles from the Visitor Center to Switchback Trail via Sunrise Ridge How hard: Varies depending on the snow, wind conditions. On average, moderate to difficult. Snow covers many of the standard trail markings. Trails near the center are easy to moderate. How to get there: From downtown Sequim, take U.S. Highway 101 west to Port Angeles. Turn left on Race Street and follow that as it changes to Mount Angeles Road and then Hurricane Ridge Road. From downtown P.A. to the ridge is about 17 miles. Entrance fee or pass required. Visit www.nps.gov/olym/ for daily fees, passes and special discounts. Other information: Call 452-4501. Winter 2013 LOP 15

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Left: Cans and recycle bins line the streets of a Sequim neighborhood, waiting for pickup by Murrey’s Olympic Disposal. Above: The Roosevelt Regional Landfill, in Klickitat County, Eastern Washington, is where most of Washington’s trash ends up, including that from the North Olympic Peninsula. Photo courtesy of Roosevelt Regional Landfill

Americans generate 251 million tons of trash per year. Where does it all go? Story and photos by Mary Powell It’s garbage collection day in the neighborhood. Latecomers who forgot it was garbage day scurry about, dragging large, green plastic containers to the curb before the telltale rumble of the truck arrives, its mechanical arm ready to swing the container to the top of the truck where its contents are dumped and subsequently squished. The container is unceremoniously plopped back to the curb before being hauled back to the space where it lives to collect another week’s worth of food not eaten, junk not wanted, diapers well used. Where does it all go, our trash, that is? With Americans generating trash at the rate of 4.6 pounds per day per person, it’s a wonder we’re not drowning in the stuff. Following your cheeseburger wrapper to its final resting place is a somewhat simple journey, but at the same time is an enormous task. First, the 251 million tons of trash Americans generate per year is almost twice as much trash per person as most major countries, according the Environmental Protection Agency. The trash production in the United States has most tripled since 1960. This trash is handled in a number of ways. About 32.5 percent of our throwaways is recycled or composted, 12.5 percent is burned and 55 percent

is buried in landfills, again according to the EPA. The amount of trash buried in landfills has doubled since 1960. The United States ranks in the middle of the major countries using landfill disposal; the United Kingdom ranks highest, burying about 90 percent of its solid waste in landfills. Collecting and transporting trash takes a lot more work than most of us think. According to the National Solid Waste Management Association, the solid waste industry in the United States employs about 368,000 people. Nearly 148,000 vehicles are used to move garbage to 1,754 landfills and 87 incinerators. They also pick up recyclables at curbside in 8,660 communities, including Sequim, Port Angeles and Port Townsend. Solid waste is big business, to the tune of about $47 billion in annual revenue.

The journey begins at the curb Kent Kovalenko admits he likes garbage – the industry, that is. Nearly 25 years ago he began his career “on the truck,” and has gradually moved up to his present position, the district manager for Waste Connections, Inc., parent company of Murrey’s Olympic Disposal, based in Port Angeles.

Kovalenko has lived in Port Angeles for the past 10 years, is an avid fisherman and is about as knowledgeable a person there is regarding garbage disposal. His office, on West Edgewood Drive, is a couple of miles from the Port Angeles Transfer Station, where garbage from Sequim and Port Angeles is taken after it is collected from the curb. “We have 10 route trucks for both Sequim and Port Angeles,” Kovalenko said. And 50 employees, which includes office staff, garbage collectors and staff at both Blue Mountain Transfer Station halfway between Sequim and Port Angeles, and the Port Angeles station. (Blue Mountain Transfer Station burned down in mid-November. Plans to reopen in a few months are under way.) Waste Connections is an integrated solid waste services company that provides solid waste collection, transfer, disposal and recycling services in a network of operations across the United States, which includes cities in Clallam and Jefferson counties. Murrey’s Olympic Disposal is the company that carries out the waste collection mission. That’s the business side of it. What we see is the physical side of garbage collection, which

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Top left: The recycle center at either the Regional Transfer Station in Port Angeles or Blue Mountain Transfer Station in Sequim, accepts such recyclables as plastic bottles, tin or steel cans, newspaper, magazines and cardboard free of charge. Top right: A heap of freshly dumped trash sits at the transfer station in Port Angeles. The rubbish will be bundled, hauled to Tacoma and then onto a train for the final trip to the Roosevelt Landfill in Eastern Washington. Left: Part of a fleet of 10 garbage trucks park at Murrey’s Olympic Disposal main office in Port Angeles. The company recently purchased a new truck, one of which costs a whopping $327,000.

begins at the curb, the huge, complicatedlooking trucks that pick up and haul the trash away. Of course, that doesn’t happen without human influence, the driver and operator of the complicated-looking truck. Matt Wilson has been driving a Murrey’s Olympic Disposal truck for 14 years, either a garbage truck or a recycle truck. “It’s a good job,” he said, while sorting recyclables into various bins on the side of the truck. “I meet people, talk to the neighbors occasionally. I like it.”

Transfer stations and trains Five to six truckloads of trash are collected each weekday, Kovalenko said. The trucks then head to the Regional Transfer Station in Port Angeles where the contents are unloaded inside the 17,000 square foot building that has sumptuous views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Olympic Mountains. It’s called a transfer station because it is a site for the temporary deposition of waste. Often the trucks will deposit the waste cargo prior to loading into larger vehicles, which will transport the waste to the end point of disposal in an incinerator, landfill or hazardous waste facility, or for recycling.

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Transfer stations are by no means dumps, an outdated term for garbage disposal. “Dump is a dirty word in our business, said Art Mains, environmental manager at the Roosevelt Regional Landfill in Eastern Washington. Prior to the federal Clean Air Act in the late 1960s, which prohibited open burning of garbage, trash often was burned in open dumps. As the

dumps filled, they were abandoned and new sites were opened. What people didn’t realize then was the abandoned sites would eventually harm groundwater, air, soil, wildlife, vegetation and we humans. As a result, landfills with bottom liners and other protections were designed that reduced the impact on the surrounding area. “Everyone has learned a lot about environmental issues and regulations since the ‘60s and ‘70s,” agreed Kovalenko. Back at the transfer station, the waste is compacted for shipment, usually by train, first to a Tacoma facility, and then on to the Roosevelt Regional Landfill in Eastern Washington.

• Americans throw away enough garbage everyday to fill 63,000 garbage trucks, which if lined up end to end for an entire year would stretch half way to the moon. • In a lifetime, the average American will personally throw away 600 times his or her body weight. • Of the garbage Americans throw out, half could be recycled, which is enough to fill a football stadium from top to bottom everyday. • Of these recyclables, Americans throw away enough aluminum to rebuild the entire commercial air fleet every three months, enough steel to reconstruct Manhattan and enough wood to heat 5 million homes for 200 years. • U.S. waste disposal costs exceed $100 billion annually.

“We are a throwaway society.”

Left: A pile of leaves and other materials steams at the composting facility at the Port Angeles Transfer Station.

What is a landfill?

Below: Kent Kovalenko, district manager, Waste Connections, Inc., pictured at the Port Angeles Transfer Station.

— Kent Kovalenko, district manager Waste Connections, Inc.

Mention landfill, and for many what comes to mind is an open hole in the ground where

trash is buried and has rats, mice and birds swarming around. Sounds like the old-fashioned dump concept. Far from that description, a landfill is a carefully designed structure built into or on top of the ground in which trash is isolated from the surrounding environment. A sanitary landfill uses a clay liner to isolate the trash from the environment, whereas a municipal solid waste landfill uses a plastic liner to isolate the trash from the environment. The purpose of a landfill is to bury the trash in such a way that it will be isolated from the groundwater, will be kept dry and will not be in contact with air. Under these conditions, trash will not decompose much. Trash going to the landfill will end up sealed in the ground. “Most landfills are more like mummifiers than composters,” wrote Elizabeth Royte in her book, “Garbage Land.” Landfills do have some adverse environmental impacts. They can leak liquids into the groundwater, despite the careful planning. Landfills also release one-fourth of all methane, according to the EPA. Fifty-five percent of our trash ends up in landfills. Trash from the North Olympic Peninsula takes it final trek to the Roosevelt Regional Landfill in Klickitat County, in Eastern Washington. Of the nearly 2,000 landfills in the United States, Roosevelt is the fourth largest permitted landfill. It accepts 2 million tons of waste per year and is permitted for 120 million tons. It is considered to be one of the largest and most high-tech solid waste facilities in North America. According to Roosevelt officials, the landfill is lined with compacted clay and highdensity polyethylene, to prevent leachate from contaminating the ground. Leachate is sometimes referred to as “liquid garbage.” A plumbing system at the landfill collects the leachate.

Will the landfill ever be full? “(Roosevelt) has a lifespan of 100 years,” said Kovalenko. Roosevelt also will generate enough renewable energy to avoid the consumption of 20.4 million tons of coal. Methane gas, produced by decomposing garbage, is collected through a similar system the leachate is collected and is used to produce electricity at the Klickitat County PUD powerhouse. The natural geology below the hills of Klickitat County creates an ideal location for the landfill. For a landfill to be built, certain conditions must be considered, including enough land, the composition of the underlying soil and

bedrock, the historical or archaeological value of the proposed site and the impact on the local environment and wildlife. Port Angeles learned the hard way the fragile environment of the North Olympic Peninsula is not an ideal location for a landfill. The now defunct Port Angeles landfill began as a gravel pit and then a dump in the early 1950s. According to city documents, the city took over ownership in 1979. The landfill accepted about 60,000 tons of garbage annually, reported the Peninsula Daily News. It was closed in 2007 when the city transfer station was opened. The closed landfill has been capped with a synthetic membrane, covered in dirt and seeded with grass. However, marine bluff erosion along the northern edge of the former landfill has exposed refuge at the top of the bluff. A bluff-stabilization project is intended to keep waste at the closed landfill at the west end of 18th Street from falling down into the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Goodbye old sneakers So there you have it. Trash now has to travel farther from your kitchen to its final resting place. As the story tells it, a lot goes into handling the North Olympic Peninsula’s garbage. Time and labor, fuel, money, materials that produce trucks and trains and other types of energy are used to transport this solid waste. It is indeed, quite an industry and quite the trip for our cheeseburger wrapper and lots of other discarded matter. Now, when you drag the trash can to the curb, watch your friendly garbage collector haul it away (and remember to thank the friendly garbage collector every once in a while), you know where it’s headed: transfer station, train to a bigger transfer station, on to the landfill in Eastern Washington, where our once loved sofa, sneakers, slippers, or a myriad of stuff we once thought we couldn’t live without, will find its final resting place buried deep in the ground, apparently mummified and eventually used as fuel to generate electricity. What a journey!

A word about recycling More than 75 percent of waste is recyclable, but we only recycle about 30 percent of it, according to studies by GreenWaste, Keep America Beautiful and the EPA.

Recycling something means the item gets sorted and is used to make similar items. Aluminum cans, for example, contain about 41 percent recycled aluminum. It takes 95 percent less energy to make a can from recycled aluminum than from virgin bauxite ore, said Allen Hershkowitz, senior scientist with the Natural Resources Defense Council and director of its national solid waste project. “Recycling is a win-win in terms of global warming pollution,” Hershkowitz added. Kovalenko said he remembers when recycling started. “I was on the ground floor of the project,” he said. Not extremely popular 25 years ago, now people are beginning to understand the impact of waste on the environment and how recycling lessens that impact. Murrey’s offers curbside recycling throughout the North Olympic Peninsula, including Port Angeles, Sequim and Port Townsend. Kovalenko calls recycling a success on the peninsula. More than half of those living in Port Angeles recycle, while the numbers are a bit higher in Sequim. Kovalenko said it’s difficult to determine actual percentages of those who do and do not recycle, since many people haul their recyclables to either the Port Angeles or Blue Mountain transfer stations, where there is no charge to use the large recycle bins. Recyclable items are sorted and bundled at the transfer stations and take the same route to a Tacoma facility that our waste takes. From there it is sold to whichever company is willing to buy it. n

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle It’s everyone’s responsibility Story and photo by Patricia Morrison Coate Graphics courtesy of the City of Port Angeles You could call Helen Freilich a professor in waste management in her one-woman office with the City of Port Angeles Public Works & Utilities Department. Garbage, trash, rubbish, debris, refuse — whatever you call it — it’s all in her purview. Freilich Under the canopy of her title as waste reduction specialist, Freilich’s main duties are educating the public on what can and can’t be recycled and how to reduce the waste they generate by being more savvy consumers. She frequently fields questions from the public such as how to dispose of non-rechargable alkaline batteries — just put them in the trash — or where to get rid of oil or antifreeze — take it to the Port Angeles Regional Transfer station. “My job is education mostly. I do outreach to clubs and schools, put out a lot of printed materials and maintain the waste management website,” Freilich said. “I also work with the county on hazardous waste, waste recycling and reduction.” The City of Port Angeles owns the transfer station and hired Waste Connections to operate it, as well as the Blue Mountain Transfer Station. Freilich said the city and Waste Connections manage about 90 percent of the waste in Clallam County, including Sequim and the outlying county. In Port Angeles, it’s called Waste Connections, in Sequim, the company is known as D.M. Disposal and in the county, it’s Murrey’s Olympic Disposal. Freilich designed colorful graphic brochures for easy reference on what can be recycled and what cannot. Recyclables include plastic bottles, jugs, buckets, tubs and plant pots, phone books, paper bags and food boxes, cardboard, aluminum and metal cans, mail, magazines, mixed paper, catalogs, newspapers and inserts. She explained that there are sites at the transfer station where customers can dispose of these items for free or for a fee with curbside pickup.

Yard waste can be taken to the transfer station for a $5 fee where it’s made into compost and households are encourage to make their own compost with their food scraps as well. “Yard waste is the only item actually recycled locally — we call it ‘Garden Glory.’ We’re proud of our yard waste program and people can buy our compost,” Freilich said. “I teach classes on how to make a compost bin and I know that food waste can make up 20 percent by weight of a home’s garbage, so I always recommend composting what you can.” Freilich also publishes the “Recyclopedia: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Directory,” a detailed

monitors and televisions can be recycled for free at the Goodwill stores in Port Angeles and Sequim and ECycleNW in Blyn, thanks to the state’s E-Cycle Washington program. “People really want to recycle but they’ve got it in their minds that recycling collection should be free. It’s not free because there are collections costs — but the idea is to spend less on garbage — that is where the savings are,” Freilich said. “In areas outside the cities of Port Angeles and Sequim (where recycling is included in the garbage fee) many people do not sign up for curbside recycling but I encourage people not to put in their garbage things that can be recycled

Prevention is the best strategy. Maybe don’t buy something or use something if it’s going to create a lot of waste. synopsis in a brochure format of the who, what and where of waste management in Clallam County. It includes information on curbside collection, self-haul sites, reuse and recycling businesses and websites and a list of specific items for their disposal. The Recyclopedia brochure is available at city and county offices and the Sequim-Dungeness Chamber of Commerce Visitor Information Center. It can be downloaded from the City of Port Angeles website. She also maintains the www.2good2toss. com website where people can sell items they want to get rid of for $99 or less so usable goods don’t go into the landfill. This site has an online recyclopedia. Freilich said the best policy for waste reduction is to prevent waste in the first place. “One of the messages I try to get out to people is prevention is the best strategy. Maybe don’t buy something or use something if it’s going to create a lot of waste. Sometimes that’s a hard choice.” Since the Port Angeles landfill was closed in 2006 due to airport runway concerns, Clallam County’s non-recyclable garbage has been trucked to a landfill 500 miles away in Eastern Washington. Freilich said four to five garbage trucks go to the landfill every day in a convoy with recyclables that are sold, including crushed and baled white goods (appliances). With obsolescence seemingly built in, old computers, including laptops,

and take it to one of the two transfer stations.” That has been made a little more difficult due to a fire at the Blue Mountain Transfer Station in early November. Freilich said she anticipates it won’t reopen until late January, so people will have to drive the extra distance to the regional transfer station, which is open six days a week. “Our recycling rate has been very steady over the past 10 years. We’re pleased but we could do better,” Freilich said. “Compared to other rural counties, I think we’re doing very well but compared to urban counties, not so much. The farther away from the cities, the less recycling you have. Overall, when we look at our tonnage, we’ve been steady. The future is in collecting more types of materials for recycling and processing them locally. This would reduce the cost of exporting materials while creating jobs within the county.” n

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Above: A special framework holds the base of the chimney in place as the Worthington mansion rolls over for removal of the old foundation. Right: With the mansion raised, a volunteer crew works on its new concrete foundation.

In poor health, Eilleen Worthington, the last resident of the family home, made a sale agreement with the museum giving two years to raise the $300,000 purchase price for the home, outbuildings and 10 acres of property. The museum building sits on adjoining land she donated for its initial facility. Last summer, a year after Worthington’s death, the museum completed a successful campaign to extend its reach with the purchase of Worthington Park and set right to work on

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house, shifting it aside for foundation work to be done and then shifting it back to the original site, reworked with a firm foundation pad and concrete perimeter walls to rest on. The chimney and stonework fireplace made this move particularly tricky. “It’s moving a chimney and the rest of the house comes with it,” said Monroe, who made a special steel frame with concrete pumped into the chimney’s base to support the chimney during the move and after. Raising the house was accomplished with the help of friends who are professional movers. John Kunkel of Seattle, Greg Hudson of Sequim, Chris Johnson of Marysville, Travis Reeves of Quilcene, Lester Vilnes of Everett and James Dent of Pacific all volunteered their time to assist Monroe. With the house raised, Jerry Schwagler, Hudson and Gary Phillips began carpentry work to repair damage from powder post beetles and install a rim joist, which runs around the perimeter of the house to sit on the foundation

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walls. A rim joist was not present in the original structure, built without foundation walls. Workers found the house was not attached to the supporting beams, either. “Nobody knew that until we raised the house and the beams fell on the ground,” said Phillips. After the house was moved along special tracks on three sets of dollies whose wheels resemble airplane wheels, its foundation was removed with the help of Doug Reeves of Reeves Excavation. To fill the resulting hole, he brought in 21 dump truck loads of sand/gravel material saved from the Little Quilcene River restoration project to create a solid new pad for the foundation. The foundation pad was compacted with the help of dozers and a heavy roller, to a depth of several feet, and inspected for solidity. It passed with a rating of 98 percent solid. The new foundation pad made a convenient falling area for the removal of five large conifers threatening the house on one side and three large elms invading the septic system were taken down on the other side. Josh Mahan of Mahan Tree Service and his 36-inch bar chain saw accomplished the removal with the help of Reeves’s excavator. After the trees were gone, the foundation walls were laid out and footing forms put in by Larry Hovde, Monroe and Hudson.

Hovde supervised the concrete pour of the footing, which took 20 yards of concrete and the help of Monroe, Hudson, Gary Phillips, Terry Telling and John Helsper. Topping the footing, forms for the foundation walls were made by Monroe, Hudson, Telling, Gary Phillips, Dave Satterlee and Helsper. With the house moved onto the new foundation walls, the chimney and fireplace unit was adjusted and fitted with a new concrete footing. The final step was to lay down plastic and a thin layer of concrete to provide a good clean surface under the house and seal the crawl space, keeping out moles and other pests. New breaker boxes with temporary power and temporary water to the upstairs bathroom and plumbing are hooked up during a settling period. With the heating system, installed a few months before Worthington’s death, reinstalled with all new ductwork, the mansion is recycled and ready for all the activity of the next century. The next project may be a restoration of the original roofline and third floor ballroom. The mansion was built with a mansard roof enclosing a third floor ballroom, but when leaking became a problem it was later modified to a conventional sloped roof. “The overwhelming consensus is the third story should come back on. Everybody wants it, but we don’t know if it’s feasible yet,” said Phillips. The village waits. n

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The idea is simple: Keep usable materials out of landfills by passing them on to those who can use them. This is the mission of Freecycle, an Internetbased bulletin board connecting people with things that are too good to throw away, but aren’t needed, with people who can use them. Postings may come from those with something to give away or those wanting something. A general description and location are given, a connection is made and everyone wins. “I am always blown away by the responses I’ve gotten,” said Darlene Durfee. “I’ve given away a lot of stuff and it’s just an awesome program.” “I think it’s great service. I’ve only had good experiences with it,” said Janet Self. Freecycle, begun in May 2003, has thousands of local groups across the country who make the logistics practical, including two on the Olympic Peninsula. The Jefferson County group started in March 2004. “I joined the first day. I think it’s a brilliant idea,” said Molly Fahrenschon, one of four moderators of the Jefferson County group. “We live in a really abundant area and I feel lucky to be involved.” Fahrenschon, also known as Molly the mod, is a self-described “Internet nerd to the extreme.” She took on the job of moderating just a few months into the Jefferson County group. The advent of smartphones makes Freecycle an even more constant presence in her life. “If I’m on here all the time anyway, it’s

not that much more to moderate,” explained Fahrenschon. “It’s such a daily part of my routine, I forget I’m doing it. I have to remind myself I am not a doctor, or anything life and death. I’m just a person trying to facilitate this idea. “I do not benefit from it in a material way at all. I love that people are getting what they need and I love that people are getting rid of stuff.” “You know we end up with too many things in this environment and it’s great to be able to recycle them,” said Durfee. “It’s nice to be able to give things to people who can use them at that moment and they get them for free. I’ve given away a lot and will be giving more as I downsize. I’m in a position where I don’t need to sell things, but even if I needed money, it’s like a give-back system. It fills a service.” In an average day, there are 10-15 things posted on the Jefferson County site. Fahrenschon considers five things a really light day. Seasonally, spring cleaning is the busiest time and holidays are the quietest. Her job as moderator is to screen postings for appropriateness. Anything posted on Freecycle must be free and legal. “The safe bet is to imagine whether your item would be OK to give to a 10-year-old child. This means no drugs, alcohol, cigarettes, guns, weapons or ammunition. We also do not allow opened personal care or food products unless the intended use is for non-human consumption (like dried beans for arts and

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crafts, freezer burned meat for pet food or a half used bottle of shampoo for washing dogs),” notes Fahrenschon. Services and exchanges, involving trades, money or borrowing, are for other sites, like Craigslist or JeffCoTradingPost, said Fahrenschon. Fahrenschon has been happy with the tone of the group, noting that there are more offerings than requests. “People have given away working vehicles and someone even gave an RV to a man who needed shelter. I’ve always felt that it is like a testament to our community and its generosity,” said Fahrenschon. Offers are made from what people are

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wanting to get rid of, but requests are made from desire or need. “Since the economy changed, I’ve seen a difference in what people are asking for,” said Fahrenschon. “There are more survival things, like, I don’t have a place to sleep and I need a sleeping bag or a bed. It’s really neat to be able to connect those people. That part is certainly compelling. It doesn’t happen often, but I love it.” Freecycle offerings range from kombucha starters to vehicles. Beds, televisions, pets, packing material, plants, baby food jars, building materials are common postings, but there also are the offbeat ones and plenty of art projects get a boost from Freecycle. “It’s just a mishmash of what people have laying around that someone else could use. Someone might get tired of a hobby, like mushroom hunting, and pass their items along to someone who will appreciate it. There always are trees falling down and folks willing to get the free wood,” noted Fahrenschon. “People outgrow orchard ladders, a lot of members divide and distribute plants, and that chair I got off the free section of CraigsList years ago because when the people ordered

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it as a kit it was lacking a few screws. The company said keep it, we will send another because it was too expensive to ship back due to weight.” “You ask, and it’s something laying around that they never use, and they give it up easily,” said Alicia Caruso, who used Freecycle to help furnish her new home. “It’s good for someone who’s living on a tight budget or trying to save up for something and it makes sustainable living a lot nicer,” she notes. “It’s fun and interesting to see what you get from the experience,” she said. “It’s nice to know there are a lot of things out there that can be reused. You don’t know what you’re going to get and you pretty much find anything on Freecycle. Sometimes it’s easier to find things on Freecycle than in a thrift store.” “Everything I’ve got, people have told me what I need to know (to decide) whether I want it or not. I’ve had no trouble at all,” said Self. “You can totally not see value in something and someone else will find a use,” said Caruso. “To me it’s trash, but it’s somebody else’s treasure.” Often, connections are made with neighbors living close by and people identify as part of a

Freecycle community. Givers are encouraged to make decisions about the best recipients for their items when there are multiple responses, which happens often, rather than just give to the first responder, but it’s all circumstantial. “I have been involved with and am aware of elderly people who have to downsize into assisted living or people settling possessions in an estate who feel very strongly about their items going to help people. When someone has a lifetime of tools they can’t just throw it away, sometimes the emotional bond to material items gives these people an urgency to find someone, anyone that will love their items when they let them go. The sense of satisfaction that someone else might get use of an item they no longer need is powerful and makes their situations a little lighter,” said Fahrenschon. “I would encourage most people to go on Freecycle because the more people on there, the more resources there are. It’s kind of nice to have a community of people out there looking for you,” said Caruso. To join Freecycle, go to freecycle.org and follow the directions. Membership, like Freecycle, is free. n

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techniques. Janda describes the work as “a view of the mountains and the valley with a float plane coming into the area at sunset.” The unusual background texture was created using a “Saran Wrap” technique and the realistic plane was depicted with traditional brushwork. Calling the work “semiabstract,” she adds, “I’m happier with Fields of earthy red are it than I am with defined in brushwork traces of effects that are shockingly pale turquoise. completely nonrepresentational.” Janda ponders how abstracts “grab her” so differently than representational work, concluding that “abstracts allow the viewer to have his day.” The artist needs freedom — but wait — that’s just part of the story! “Have you read ‘The Art Spirit’?” she asks, “Let me introduce you to Robert Henri!” Janda swears by the art philosophy and practical wisdom of this renowned painter/teacher: “To have ideas, one must have imagination. To express ideas one must have science.”

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Janda takes these words to heart. Her childhood first love, pottery, certainly is no child’s play. “You must know your materials,” she advises. “I encourage students to stick with a single clay and two or three glazes. That way, you can push them to the limit.” Janda creates sculptures, vessels, tiles and other unique pieces using her time-tested materials and techniques. Her work is finished with her own “Art Nouveau” glazes, named for the historical art period that inspires her. By adjusting the mineral content, she achieves a range of colors and textures that suit her varied collection of pottery styles. To learn more about her work and gallery showings, contact her directly. She welcomes studio visits by appointment. See her work with gallery links at www.claythingsplus.com or contact her at 360-4526356 or studio@olypen.com. n

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once-grand, two-story house along the banks of the Dungeness River and at least as old as Washington state itself met its end this past August as crews deconstructed it board-by-board. Commonly known as the Baker House, as named after early owner James Baker, the vacant residence at 2755 Towne Road in Dungeness was dismantled as part of a large, multi-agency project that includes removing the nearby levee and reconnecting the Dungeness River to its floodplain. The origin story of the house, including exactly when and by whom it was built, remains unknown but its estimated date of construction is the late 1890s. According to a Historic Inventory Report by the Washington State Department of Archaeology and Historic Preservation, the original portion of the house was in existence by 1916 when the Baker family purchased it. Vintage photographs in the collection of the Museum & Arts Center in the SequimDungeness Valley (MAC) also date the house back to the turn of the 20th century, when a

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the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife, Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office, Washington State Historic Preservation Office, and Washington Trust for Historic Preservation. With recommendations from the latter two coupled with financial feasibility, she said, it was agreed that attempts would be made during deconstruction to salvage materials from the structure. “Demolition contrasts with deconstruction, which involves taking a building apart while carefully preserving valuable elements for

The Baker House, which is alternatively referred to as the Chang House after previous owner Raymond Chang, was purchased in 2011 by Clallam County and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife as part of the Lower Dungeness River Floodplain Restoration Project. Work on the restoration project has been an ongoing effort for decades, said Clallam County DCD Natural Resources Planner Hannah Merrill, and entails a levee setback along the Dungeness River to recover approximately 170 acres of floodplain for improved river processes and fish habitat. Merrill said removal of the Baker House required approval of eight agencies and project partners including Clallam County,

The colorful upstairs interior of the Baker House in June 2013.

covered bridge along Towne Road spanned the Dungeness River between the Baker House and Dungeness Schoolhouse. “I just loved the place. It was really a fine old house,” said Dungeness-based Nash’s Organic Produce proprietor Nash Huber, who lived in the house from 1985-1990. “Wouldn’t it have been something sitting on the front porch of that house when the covered bridge was there, visiting with the neighbors as they drove their horses into town or came back after a day in town?”

reuse – removing the materials by type material and segregating them for reuse or recycling,” said Merrill, noting deconstruction is typically more labor-intensive than demolition. “Even when recycling materials, the costs often are higher than the demolition work. However, less materials end up in the landfill.” Merrill said efforts are under way to distribute salvaged building materials to locals, primarily in the Dungeness area, who have expressed interest. Such house restoration materials include wood, windows and doors. Merrill said she personally felt a sense of relief when the decision was made to deconstruct for salvageable materials rather than simply demolish the historical home. “Making materials available is a way to keep a bit of the history alive. It reduced some of my personal ‘historical’ guilt,” she said, noting her mother was a proactive New England historian. “Many local folks have fond memories of the lovely old house along the levee.”

This 1910s-era covered bridge spanning the Dungeness River along Towne Road in Dungeness crossed between the Baker House, visible at far right, and Dungeness Schoolhouse. Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Collection.

Keeping history alive In addition to repurposing building materials, some salvaged artifacts and remnants that include magazine fragments dating back to 1895 and bricks from the chimney were donated to the MAC. Merrill also led a guided tour of the home for MAC and Clallam County Heritage Advisory Board representatives in June to photograph and historically document it prior to deconstruction. Other efforts to preserve the home’s history also continue, with the MAC actively collecting photographs, documents and stories relating to the house from those who lived there, neighbors and longtime area residents as part of its Oral History Program. To participate, contact MAC Program Coordinator Priscilla Hudson at 360681-2257 or priscilla@macsequim.org. “Our mandate is to preserve as many of these important historical buildings in our area as we can,” MAC Executive Director DJ Bassett said. “If we can’t preserve the building itself, we can still preserve its history through other means such as photographs, documents, artifacts and stories.” Huber said he has fond memories of the “gorgeous old house” that he once called home. As is often the case with older homes, he recalled, the Baker House was charming, challenging and not without quirks. “The walls were just 1-by-12 rough cut Douglas-fir with absolutely no insulation between that and the siding, so in some places you could actually see the outside. You could throw a cat between the cracks in the wall and not hurt the cat,” Huber recalled. “Several times the river broke out of its dike on the other side and it sounded like you were living next to railroad tracks when that river got high. You thought you were sleeping right next to a big old train going by.”

These undated newspaper fragments showing Port Angeles business ads were among the artifacts salvaged from the Baker House and donated to the Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley.

Learning of such idiosyncrasies through living there also made for an especially memorable few months for Huber in the winter of 1985, which he personally considers the worst on record since moving to the area in 1968. “It snowed on Nov. 13, 1985, got down into the single digits, and the snow stayed on the ground until the end of January. That was a mother of a winter and we haven’t had anything like that since,” Huber said. “I burned 14 cords of wood that winter keeping that house

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“The concept of ‘courtship’ is a positive one and suggestive of vitality and renewal – something that Eleanor felt Protection Island represented.” – Tony Angell

Pigeon guillemots were Eleanor Stopps’ favorite bird and are included in a sculpture designed by Tony Angell in her honor.

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Tony Angell sculpture praises Eleanor Stopps and Protection Island Photos and story by Jan Halliday As the military bombed offshore islands for target practice and Puget Sound shoreline underwent waves of development, Protection Island, at the mouth of Discovery Bay, was one last bastion of seabird nesting sites, including those of the largest colony of rhinoceros auklets in the world, and 70 percent of Puget Sound’s seabirds. Then disaster struck. In the late 1970s, Protection Island was acquired and carved up by real estate developers. They advertised and sold island lots nationally in a scheme that promised but couldn’t deliver water, an illegal action finally shut down by the federal Department of Commerce. As nests were suffocated, some with newly hatched chicks in them, Mats Mats Bay resident Eleanor Stopps feared for the future of Puget Sound. She discovered the developer’s permit was about to be rubber-stamped and interceded with stacks of documentation, much of it acquired by over 20 years of observation by Eleanor’s best friend, ornithologist Zella Schultz.

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The subsequent shutdown made it possible for Eleanor to continue to talk with all the right people to buy back most of the land that had been sold and to begin the long road to legislation that Eleanor Stopps helped ensure that would secure the island as a wildlife the wildlife at Protection Island sanctuary. would thrive for generations to Today, as the Protection Island come. Submitted photo. National Wildlife Refuge, the grasslands, beaches and cliffs of the 364-acre island are safe. The entire island, is managed by the Washington State island and 200 feet offshore, is off-limits Department of Fish and Wildlife. to humans who might inadvertently trample To honor Eleanor, who died last spring, and or disturb nests of the last remaining two colonies of puffins, and those of auklets, pigeon to inspire others to work on behalf of nature, a bronze sculpture of pigeon guillemots guillemots and gulls. The island also provides designed by Tony Angell and funded by a favorite haulout for over 1,000 seals and their both individual donations and groups, will pups, and rest for migrating birds. be installed and dedicated this spring at the The island’s top is a sweep of grasses and Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend. low brush, a few fir and hemlock for perching Speakers lists are being made, special guests eagles and hawks, high sandy bluffs for seabird invited and the public will be welcome. The nesting, and low sand spits on two ends of the date, slated for April or May, will be announced island. The 48-acre Zella M. Schultz Seabird later this year when funding is complete. Sanctuary, a spit on the west end on the

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Interview with sculptor Tony Angell Q: You responded enthusiastically to Eleanor’s request that this sculpture include her favorite bird: pigeon guillemots. These seem to be small little gray birds, not as remarkable, as say, puffins, rhinoceros auklets or even seagulls that also nest on Protection Island. Why is that? Angell: I would guess that Eleanor’s attraction to guillemots are the same as mine. There is much to admire and marvel over. They are very animated when flying over the dark surface waters of the Puget Sound, Salish Sea or the Strait of Juan de Fuca. In the spring and summer, the bright white patches of their upper wings are riveting, as are the bright red-orange coloring of their eye rings, feet and the inside of their beak. You can’t help but be invigorated from seeing them. That they use their wings not only to propel themselves over the water’s surface, but employ them as paddles to swim under water when they fish, is another distinguishing feature of this family of birds known as alcids (or auks). For their size, (which is about the same as a rock dove or pigeon) they weigh a good deal more than most birds whose bones are mostly air. Pigeon guillemots’ bones are thick and heavy, helping them dive. It’s a problem when they fly up to their nests, sometimes making many attempts to reach enough altitude to soar into the nest. Q: Did you know Eleanor Stopps personally? And how about Protection Island? Angell: My relationship to Eleanor pre-dated Protection Island action. I had known of her when I was involved in our local Audubon chapters, had talked with her at a regional conference or two, and we were involved in the founding of the Washington Environmental Council. With Protection Island we had an exchange of phone calls. With my work in environmental education and as a member of the Non Game Advisory Council with the Department of Wildlife, Protection Island became a point of focus. Because I was involved, I found opportunities to write articles for public education and curriculum for schools referencing the importance of Protection Island and its seabird populations. Eleanor was the “go to” person for information and coordination of public interest in its preservation. Q: Could you tell us about the beak-touching, courtship pose you chose for the birds when you designed the sculpture? Angell: I designed the “Courting Guillemots” when advised of Eleanor’s interest in the species because they are certainly a favorite alcid of mine, but moreover they strike elegant poses — suitable for sculptural interpretations. Then too, the concept of “courtship” is a positive one and suggestive of vitality and renewal — something that Eleanor felt Protection Island represented. One cannot but be struck by not only the beauty of these birds, but by the promise of their presence in the waters of Discovery Bay each spring. That’s what Eleanor Stopps was working for, ensuring that there would be future generations. Q: How much do you study a bird before you begin a design? Angell: There’s no substitute for knowing the subject in life should you wish to interpret it in art. Mostly I observe and then draw up a variety of postures developed largely from my memory. Having reference to the very “moment” that one sees something striking is very important to me as a sculptor. While watching these birds go through their courtship activity I was struck by the beauty of their lines and gestures. For the finer details I have often borrowed skins from the Burke Museum. Some years ago, I would find these birds on the beach, very likely drowned in a gillnetters net. This first-hand “touch” with the subject

Sculptor Tony Angell’s bronze work “Courting Guillemots” will be installed at the Northwest maritime Center in Port Townsend this spring.

How You Can Help Donations are just $2,000 short of the goal to pay for installation. Your contribution, large or small can be made at Pay Pal at www. eleanorstopps.blogspot.com or directly to Eleanor Stopps Fund, First Federal, PO Box 1510, Port Townsend, WA 98368. For more on the Protection Island Story, see the Port Townsend Marine Science Center at www. ptmsc.org/PI-story.html. Facebook users can find and “like” the “Eleanor Stopps and Protection Island Story” for updated information on installation and dedication of the sculpture and on Protection Island wildlife.

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gives one information otherwise unavailable through only observation. I usually sketch out the possible design for a bronze sculpture at least a dozen times before deciding on the best composition. My interpretation is first and foremost to convey how I feel about the subject and what I interpret to be the subject’s uniqueness of spirit and form. This will come from seeking to accurately interpret its design, but not set out to replicate every feather. Accuracy is important to me because inaccuracy is a distraction and certainly does not do the subject justice. In pursuit of this, I do study the subject closely and try to incorporate these important distinctions and then bring them forward in my finished piece. I think the true aesthetic experience for someone seeing my work results from their intuitively knowing that what I have sculpted, while doing justice to the subject, also touches some deep feeling in that individual responding to it. Q: This sculpture has an unusual blue patina. Angell: When using stone it’s a straight ahead, carving away everything that is not your desired subject. This sculpture is bronze. I model the sculpture first in clay from which a mold is taken for the bronze casting. This silicon bronze piece is composed of an alloy of metals that, when cast, will take a chemical patina, which turns the surface of the metal, a variety of colors, depending on the chemicals involved, and to some degree the composition of the metal itself. This piece has a

chemical patina that turns the metal’s surface a blue black.

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Q: You are a sculptor and illustrator of some renown nationally, a writer and lecturer, with books in print, such as “Gifts of the Crow,” published by Simon & Schuster in 2012, and another on everything you know about owls being published next year by Yale University Press. Will you attend the dedication of the sculpture in Port Townsend this spring?

Above: Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge lies north of Discovery Bay. The entire island and 200 feet offshore is offlimits to humans. Bottom left: Eleanor Stopps pictured with her favorite bird, the pigeon guillemot.

Angell: Yes, I’ll be there to speak and will sign

About the Pigeon Guillemot Eleanor Stopps’ favorite seabird, little pigeon guillemots, are remarkable diving birds, reaching depths of 90 feet in search of fish. Their bright, fireengine red feet, legs and lining of their mouths, so bright against their smooth gray feathers (and often gray water and sky) blazes during courtship. Watch next spring for their amusing courtship behavior: sexy bill touching, zigzag chasing and wideopen beaks displaying their mouths’ red hot interior. Pairs nest in burrows, primarily on cliff sides, but also under rocks and driftwood piles. Both dedicated parents take turns incubating two speckled, lightturquoise eggs each year. Chicks fling themselves out of the nest at about 50 days. They feed themselves and their young almost entirely on benthic fish, such as gunnels. (Benthic fish are creatures that live near the sea bottom). The success of pigeon guillemots depends on a healthy marine environment and an ample supply of little fish, making them a sort of “canary in the mine,” indicator species of the health of Puget Sound waters.

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