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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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Propolis Brewing co-owner Piper Corbett, left, tosses a piece of salmon to Danny Milholland during a practice for the food juggling act, which is part of Saturday’s Artisan Food Festival in Port Townsend.
Artisan food growers, cooks featured in festival PT Farmers Market, Finnriver Farm in Chimacum to host
Port Townsend Farmers Market at the corner of Lawrence and Tyler streets from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and then will move to Finnriver Farm & Cidery, 142 Barn Swallow Road in Chimacum, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
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The Port Townsend portion is free, while a $5 donation is requested for the PORT TOWNSEND — A festival that evening activities in Chimacum. recognizes home-grown food and the peo“For such a small population, we ple who prepare it is a perfect fit for Port have a huge amount of local food hapTownsend, according to its sponsor. pening,” said Amanda Milholland, JefThe third annual Port Townsend ferson County Farmers Market director. Artisan Food Festival will begin at the “There is a variety of farmers proPENINSULA DAILY NEWS
ducing grass-fed beef and quality cheeses, and we want to celebrate what is going on here.” Milholland said more than 70 farm, artisan food and arts and crafts vendors are participating in the event. Among activities in Port Townsend will be artisan food-making classes by CedarRoot Folk School; a chef demonstration by Arran Stark, Laurette Feit and Daniel Ratigan; live music by the Unexpected Brass Band and Rhythm Planet; children’s activities by the YMCA and the Port Townsend Library; and food juggling performed by Nanda performers. 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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