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PENINSULA DAILY NEWS April 19, 2016 | 75¢

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Jefferson County Board of Commissioners chair Kathleen Kler, left, and Port Gamble S’Klallum tribal chair Jeromy Sullivan participated in a “government to government” meeting Monday afternoon concerning a proposed Pleasant Harbor master planned resort in Brinnon.

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Konstantin Kirzhakov, a visitor from Siberia, made the most of his time on Ruby Beach on Sunday by free climbing a sea stack. Kirzakhov made it to the top to enjoy a very picturesque beach day.

Plenty of paddlers, peddlers at weekend’s kayak festival Clinics and films are a warmup for coming water fun BY ROB OLLIKAINEN PENINSULA DAILY NEWS

PORT ANGELES — Whatever floats your boat, the Port Angeles Kayak & Film Festival will offer something for everyone next weekend. The third-annual event begins Friday with a film festival and continues Saturday and Sunday with a wide array of classes taught by expert paddlers and a

demonstration beach near Port Angeles. Award-winning adventure filmmaker and expedition kayaker Justine Curgenven will deliver the keynote presentation at this year’s Port Angeles Kayak & Film Festival. “Sea Kayaking the World” will feature clips from Curgenven’s films highlighting paddling excursions along the coasts of Russia, Antarctica, New Zealand, Patagonia and the Aleutian Islands. The presentation will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday at Peninsula College’s Maier Performance Hall, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. Tickets are $10 and will be available at the door or can be purchased at www. portangeleskayakandfilm.com.

“We are honored to host one of the world’s most accomplished expedition kayakers,” Hinkle said in a news release. “Justine is an adventurer’s adventurer, and she’s done it all. Her stories are captivating. “She will arrive at the festival having just completed a 700-mile kayak expedition from the city of Sorong in the Eastern Indonesian Province of West Papua to Jayapura, on the Island of New Guinea.” Curgenven also will host a Sunday morning paddle around Port Angeles Harbor and teach a two-hour seminar on kayak-based videography. TURN

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County, tribe sharing issues Proposed resort focus of meeting BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS

PORT TOWNSEND — A meeting Monday on a resort proposed in Brinnon accomplished its purpose of opening a clear channel of communication between the Port Gamble S’Klallam tribe and the Jefferson County government, according to participants. The meeting, requested by the tribe, was meant to voice concerns about a proposed 252acre master planned resort located near land granted to the tribe in the 1855 Treaty of Point No Point. TURN

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It’s electric: Taxi service a PT ticket to ride Shuttle to run from April to October BY CHARLIE BERMANT

walking up and down Water Street.” Dwyer and Gauger are expectPORT TOWNSEND — A new ing the vehicles to arrive very company is gearing up to estab- soon, and the ride share service lish what it says is the state’s first could begin operation Wednesday electric vehicle shuttle service. if everything falls into place. The Port Townsend company, PTeRider, will put two open-air Seats six electric taxis into service as soon The “electric roadsters” seat six as they arrive in town and are charged and configured, accord- people each including the driver ing to company owners Myron and are manufactured by Moto Electric Inc. in Jacksonville, Fla. Gauger and Kate Dwyer. The vehicles will operate from “This will improve transportation options in town,” Dwyer said. April to October and will not “We will serve locals and tour- adhere to a specific schedule, but ists, who often never get uptown that could change during festival and spend all their time here season, Dwyer said. PENINSULA DAILY NEWS

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The taxis will serve three neighborhoods — downtown, uptown and Fort Worden — with additional service along Sims Way connected to the Haines Street Park and Ride. The service area is divided into three zones, with passengers charged $3 to ride within one zone and $5 if they cross into another. In order to get a ride, customers can call, text or hail one of the taxis. There will be prescribed routes, and the service is allowed use of Jefferson Transit bus stops, but taxis will also pick up people downtown and take them to a CHARLIE BERMANT/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS specific address that is not on the Myron Gauger, left, and Kate Dwyer tidy up some last regular route. minute details for their new electric taxi service, which TURN TO TAXI/A6 they hope to begin this week.

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