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Port Townsend-Jefferson County’s Daily Newspaper
Jefferson Responders out in Y offering force as fires flare nutrition, education Summer program is at six sites in county BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — As summer gets underway, the Jefferson County YMCA is offering free meals and programs throughout the county. “We are excited to be able to offer this program at six sites in order to provide nutrition during the summer months,” said Erica Delma, the organization’s director of development and community engagement. “Without the free summer meals program, many children would go without adequate nutrition.” The sites are located in Brinnon, Quilcene, Chimacum and Port Townsend. There are three locations in Port Townsend: Mountain View Commons, Grant Street Elementary School and Blue Heron Middle School. Meals are being offered already at all sites except Brinnon, where the program starts later this month. TURN
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A beach log fire sends up a plume of smoke Tuesday morning near Place Road west of Port Angeles.
But fireworks complaints remain quiet in PA, PT BY JESSE MAJOR PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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Aiden Patton, 8, left, and Cyra Hettle, 11, are two of the participants in this year’s YMCA summer meals program.
Even as North Olympic Peninsula law enforcement officials saw a lull in fireworks-related complaints, Clallam firefighters responded to multiple fires Monday and Tuesday in which fireworks are thought to be to blame. Residents of the 2000 block of Place Road, west of Port Angeles, awoke Tuesday to a large driftwood fire likely caused by fireworks. They then worked together to keep the fire from spreading by using buckets and a garden hose, said Clallam County Fire District No. 2 Chief Sam Phillips. The fire was first reported about 6:55
a.m. Tuesday with flames up to 5 feet tall. Winds from the Strait of Juan de Fuca fueled the fire, but the residents were able to prevent it from spreading while waiting for firefighters. Phillips said he is thankful that citizens formed a fire brigade and prevented the fire from spreading. Residents Ricardo Fleischfreffer and Doug Klapfstein were instrumental in the initial attack of the fire, said fire officials. The fire came on the heels of a long Monday night for the firefighters, who were extinguishing several beach fires along the lower Elwha River off Charles Road. Firefighters responded at about
10:37 p.m. Monday to a report of a brush fire near 400 Charles Road on the Lower Elwha Klallam reservation. The brush fire on the beach was spreading quickly under high wind conditions, said Assistant Chief Mike DeRousie. He estimated the fire to be about 50 feet by 40 feet. The brush fire was the main concern, but firefighters also had to extinguish four campfires along the beach that were abandoned. “People need to put out their fires on the beach when they are done enjoying them, especially in high winds,” he said. “I can’t believe people would walk away from them.” TURN
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Tribal leader details intricate connections Allen also encourages self-reliance BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — The interaction between tribal, federal and state governments is a delicate process, and tribal leaders also need to focus on self-reliance, the chairman of the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe said Tuesday. “We deal with issues that represent everything, from local to national,” said Chairman Ron Allen to a Port Townsend Rotary Club audience of about 50 people in Fort Worden Commons. “We need to know which governments we need to approach in order to pass legislation and maintain
good relationships with each one.” Allen, 68, has served as tribal chairman since 1977. Allen said most people outside of the tribe “don’t understand how complex our world is, with many intersecting relationships. ” Allen said the tribe has recategorized itself, identifying as citizens rather than members. “We are not an association, we are not an organization; we are actually a government,” Allen said. “We are responsible for our citizens and all the people around them.” The Jamestown S’Klallam tribe has about 600 citizens, “with
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Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Chair Ron Allen addresses the
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