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Schools’ lead tests yield varying results BY CHRIS MCDANIEL PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Concerns about lead in drinking water raised by high levels found in Flint, Mich., and later in Tacoma public schools have prompted North Olympic Peninsula public school districts to conduct tests. Of the nine districts in Clallam and Jefferson counties, the two largest districts last tested sev-
eral years ago, while two others are testing now. Two more districts are preparing to test, two test every three years and one is considering adding a policy for lead testing. Sequim has results of the first round of testing, according to a letter emailed to a district parent. The Crescent School District is testing water for lead now, while the Chimacum and Cape Flattery
districts are preparing to do so. The Port Townsend district last tested four years ago. Port Angeles’ most recent tests were seven years ago. The Quillayute Valley School District does not currently have a policy for testing for lead but is looking into developing one, its superintendent said. TURN
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Sequim district email reports lead in fixtures BY CHRS MCDANIEL PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
SEQUIM — Testing initiated early this month by the Sequim School District indicates lead is present in actionable levels at fixtures at Helen Haller and Greywolf elementary schools, according to an email apparently sent by district officials to parents Thursday. Sequim officials could not be reached for comment on the email, which a parent in the
school district sent to the Peninsula Daily News at 4:28 p.m. Earlier in the day, Patsense Dashiell, district spokeswoman, was asked about the status of lead testing in the district. She said she had no comment. Action must be taken when more than 10 percent of samples exceed the action level of 0.015 parts per million of lead in water, according to the state Department of Health. TURN
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Donald Skinner is the new chief executive officer of United Way of Clallam County.
New director to take reins at Clallam United Way Incoming CEO will start full time at local agency June 7 BY LEAH LEACH
take over full time June 7. Skinner, who said he is in his late 60s, retired as executive director from the Oregon Pacific Area Health Education Center in July 2015. He also worked with the Pacific Communities Health District Foundation and North Lincoln Hospital Foundation.
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PORT ANGELES — The United Way of Clallam County has a new CEO. Donald Skinner, who has moved to Port Angeles from Lincoln City, Ore., is working part time at the United Way offices at 1601 E. Front St., Building 2, Suite AB in Port Angeles. He plans to
“I’ve worked around United Way campaigns and been impressed by the work done,” Skinner said. “I felt like it was a great fit.” He takes over from Susan Fisher, who has served as interim CEO since October.
Jody Moss resigned in September after nearly 10 years of heading the agency. “Donald’s skills in management, fundraising, marketing and public relations will make him an excellent leader for our local United Way,” said George Eastman, the organization’s recently elected board president. Skinner said his wife, Katelyn Lord, served as coordinator of the United Way in Lincoln County, Ore. “We’ve always had a great appreciation of the organization. We’re very excited about being in the community,” he said. TURN
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The public will see some aspects of a drill in June that simulates the response to a catastrophic disaster, a 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami, but much of the exercise will go unnoticed. The Cascadia Rising 2016 exercise will be essential for different agencies to work together in the wake of a disaster, officials said. “There won’t be much of anything for the public to see, as this is a tabletop exercise” in Jefferson County, said Bob Hamlin, Jefferson County emergency management director. “There may be some visible activity around NAVMAG Indian Island,” he said, referring to Naval Magazine Indian Island across Port Townsend Bay, “as military assets simultaneously exercise their roles after a disaster of this magnitude occurs.“ In Clallam County, the exercise is predominantly for the rescue agencies, but the public will see some activity, according to Penelope Linterman, program coordinator for Clallam County emergency management.
Coastal communities The event will take place from June 7-10 and will include coastal communities throughout Washington, Oregon and British Columbia and their emergency responders. It will simulate a 9.0-magnitude subduction zone earthquake off the Washington coast, where the Juan de Fuca plate collides and dives under the North American plate. Such an earthquake is expected to cause a massive tsunami that will inundate coastal areas. Geologists believe major earthquakes occur along the Cascadia Subduction Zone about once every 500 years. TURN
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