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Council could choose panel members March 1 BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer spoke to the North Hood Canal Chamber of Commerce in Quilcene on Friday.
Kilmer tallies 7th local talk with Quilcene stop hall meetings with a stop Friday. “Whenever there is a gathering of more than 10 people, I try to be there, to be available,” said Kilmer, D-Gig Harbor. “I try to be as accessible as I can, to hear what’s on people’s minds.” BY CHARLIE BERMANT During last week’s congresPENINSULA DAILY NEWS sional recess, Kilmer — who represents the 24th District, QUILCENE — Staying connected with constituents makes which includes the Olympic Peninsula — held seven town hall for more effective representameetings, appearing in Port tion, according to U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer, and in that spirit, Townsend on Tuesday, Sequim the congressman who represents on Thursday and Quilcene on the Northern Olympic Peninsula Friday. He said he hears the same finished a series of area town
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concerns at most of the meetings, but there is often something new. “People want one of two things: for the economy to work and for the government to work and eliminate the current level of partisan bickering,” he said. “But there are times when I hear an idea. Recently, I heard from someone who felt the Food and Drug Administration isn’t approving generic drugs fast enough, and we are now in communication with the FDA about that topic.” TURN
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PORT ANGELES — A second ethics complaint has been filed against Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd after she adjourned a contentious Feb. 2 City Council meeting. The complaint from Our Water, Our Choice! also names Councilman Dan Gase. Edna Willadsen, vice president of the anti-fluoridation group, filed the complaint Friday on behalf of the organization. “When you stand up there, say the meeting is over and storm out, that’s not the way to close a professional public meeting,” Willadsen said later Friday.
March 1 choices City Clerk Jennifer Veneklasen said Friday that council members will consider choosing a three-person Board of Ethics to consider the complaint at their regular meeting March 1. The Feb. 2 meeting was dominated by citizens who spoke against fluoridation at two public comment sessions. Both were marked by the audience interrupting Kidd, who presided over the meeting, and Kidd interrupting speakers. Kidd ended the second public comment session — the last item on the agenda — during a comment by a citizen who was being critical of pro-
fluoridation council members, including Kidd. The six-part complaint alleges Kidd and Gase violated provisions under which public Kidd officials must “comply with rules and procedures of the city,” not bring “disrepute” to the city or engage in “abusive conduct,” must show “respect, courtesy and pro- Gase fessionalism,” must not “demean, harass or intimidate another person” and must “conduct themselves in a civil and professional manner that will foster public respect and cooperation.” “I have no comment because I haven’t seen it,” Kidd of the complaint Friday. Our Choice! attorney Gerald Steel, who wrote the complaint, said Gase was included because Gase was the only council member who left City Hall after Kidd adjourned the meeting. TURN
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Bank shares its legacy First Federal donates to Peninsula BY ROB OLLIKAINEN PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — First Federal continues to support the communities that support it, officials said while announcing recent grants from First Federal Community Foundation. The nonprofit foundation has awarded $741,300 to organizations and projects in Clallam, Jefferson and Kitsap counties since its inception in January 2015. “First Federal has a legacy of giving back to the community,” said Karen McCormick, executive director of the foundation and past president and CEO of First
development in communities where First Federal operates a full-service branch. First Federal has branches in Federal, in a recent interview. “It has always done that since Port Angeles, Port Townsend, it opened its doors in 1923. The Sequim, Forks, Silverdale and bank wanted to continue that Bellingham. legacy in a very big way.” The foundation, a private August grants 501(c)(3) charitable corporation, Ten local nonprofits received a started with a gift of $400,000 in total of $441,300 in the foundacash and 933,360 shares of stock tion’s first round of grant awards in First Northwest Bancorp, the announced last August. parent company of First Federal Among them was a $100,000 Savings and Loan Association, donation to the Dungeness River upon the bank’s conversion to a Audubon Society for the replacepublic company in January 2015. ment of the deck on Railroad The foundation provides Bridge over the Dungeness River grants for community support, near Sequim. affordable housing, economic TURN TO BANK/A5 development and community
From left are David Flodstrom, president of the First Federal Community Foundation board of directors and board member of First Federal; Larry Hueth, president and CEO of First Federal; Karen McCormick, executive director and board member of the foundation; and Stephen Oliver, board member of the foundation and board chairman of First Federal.
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