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PENINSULA DAILY NEWS July 5, 2016 | 75¢
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Ball team approval expected Deal before PA council BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — Bring on the Port Angeles Sasquatch. Or Timber Giants. Or Hooks, as in Ediz. Whatever the name ends up as, the City Council is scheduled to approve a three-year agreement today to make Civic Field home to a new West Coast League wood-bat baseball team whose moniker has yet to be decided. The agreement with MACK Athletics Inc. is on the consent agenda for the council’s regular
meeting, which begins at 6 p.m. at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St. “I do expect it to be approved on Tuesday, or at least discussed,” City Manager Dan McKeen said. “I have not heard of any issues that would hold it up. “What I am hearing is that this could be a good thing in terms of both the sport itself and what it can bring to Port Angeles, as well as economic development opportunities, and bring more people into Port Angeles to watch the games. “It appears to be a positive move should it all come together.” Lacey resident Matt Acker,
owner of the WCL Kitsap BlueJackets and founder and co-owner of MACK Athletics, said Friday he’s researching team names. It will debut in June 2017 with college-level players cracking bat against ball for 36 summertime games. For baseball fans, “it’s not just baseball,” Acker said. “They feel part of it, because they enjoy seeing future stars [and] people they will see on TV in a couple of years,” he said. And they can drink beer they would buy at Civic Field, although two will be the limit. Beer and wine also would be sold at designated concession areas and in the stands, although not after the end of the
seventh inning. Alcohol would not be allowed to be taken in or out of Civic Field, and MACK Athletics will provide security and crowd control. Permission to sell alcohol is part of the agreement that will bring the city $275 a game for 32 home games in 2017, or $8,800 annually. The city’s per-game fee to MACK would increase to $283.25 a game in 2018 and $291.75 a game in 2019. Team practices would generate $15 an hour, and Acker would pay another $15 an hour to run youth instructional clinics at any cityowned athletic field. TURN
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PT filing alleges ethics violation
Jumping for glory
Former restaurant owner claims abuse BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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Children compete in the gunny sack races Sunday at Tillicum Park in Forks during the Kiddies Play Day, part of the annual Old Fashioned Fourth of July celebration.
Bar to bring own brews to taps Station 51 hopes for sudsy success in PA
PORT TOWNSEND — A former restaurateur has filed a complaint against the city of Port Townsend, alleging that city government violated its own code of ethics and did not follow procedures during an eviction process. “Metaphorically, there is lead in Port Townsend waters,” said Mark Cole, who owned and operated the Upstage Restaurant and Bistro at 923 Washington St. from 2008 until it closed in 2013. “This is about an abuse of power and city employees using the law for their own Cole benefit. They lied to me and I don’t want to see that happening anywhere else.” In his complaint, Cole alleges that David Peterson — who in 2008 took ownership of the Terry Building, which housed Upstage — used his official position as city engineer for his own benefit, with the complicity of the city staff and the City Council.
Special privileges BY JESSE MAJOR PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — A new fire station-themed taphouse plans on bringing its own craft brews to town in the coming weeks. Station 51 Taphouse, at 125 W. Front St. in the space last occupied by Zaks, will contract recipes through Firefighter Brewing in Lakewood, with the first beer coming within the next few weeks, said co-owner Kevin Davis.
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“David Peterson, through his own actions and the actions and nonactions of the Building Department and the city manager secured special privileges and exemptions,” the complaint reads. Cole said these violations include a lack of supervision, reduced requirements, protection from the disclosure of wrongful acts, and assistance in concealing wrongful acts. In the ethics complaint, Cole states that Peterson received favored treatment from Timmons, by the Building Department, city employees, and potentially some City Council members.
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