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PENINSULA DAILY NEWS June 7, 2016 | 75¢
Port Townsend-Jefferson County’s Daily Newspaper
County OKs Quilcene purchases
Cause to celebrate
Jefferson would buy riverside flood acreage dered on three sides by countyowned land that was similarly QUILCENE — Jefferson acquired, while a third property County is going ahead with the abuts land owned by the state purchase of 2.5 acres of land that Department of Fish and Wildlife. is subject to flooding, with the aim of restoring the parcels as salmon Funded with grants habitat. The full restoration project, Contact owners with an estimated cost of At a Monday afternoon meet- $690,695, would be funded with ing, the county commissioners grants from the state Recreation unanimously authorized Tami and Conservation Office and the Pokorny, an environmental health Salmon Recovery Funding Board. specialist for the county, to conAn independent appraisal and tact the five owners of the proper- review conducted by consultants ties with purchase-offer letters and facilitate the purchase and Rick Wells of ACE Professional Services and James B. Price from sale agreements. All of the property owners Appraisal Services Northwest have agreed to sell, according to sets the value of the parcels at District 3 Commissioner Kath- $208,000. leen Kler. The grant amount to be used for property acquisition adds up Salmon habitat to $228,700. According to the agenda request, salmon habitat associ- Buildings demolished ated with the lower half of the Big If the purchase occurs, all of Quilcene River is adversely affected by levies and other con- the three existing buildings on straints across the river’s natural the parcels will be demolished flow across the floodplain, where and the area restored to a natural the properties are located. “Property acquisition is neces- state, Pokorny said. Pokorny said there is no timesary to the implementation of a line for the project, although the restoration design intended to recover fish habitat and reduce grants have a two-year lifespan. flooding of developed areas,” The county is administering according to the request. the project in cooperation with the Hood Canal Salmon EnhanceAbout 2.5 acres ment Group. The properties in the flood________ plain have a combined area of Jefferson County Editor Charlie Berabout 2.5 acres, according to mant can be reached at 360-385-2335 or Pokorny. Two of the properties are bor- cbermant@peninsuladailynews.com. BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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Port Townsend fifth-graders, from left, Clara Conyers, Opal Mudrage and Matia Reimnnitz, all 11, celebrate their graduation from OPEPO, an alternative learning program operating out of Grant Street Elementary School, with a scavenger hunt at Fort Worden State Park on Monday.
PA man still recovering from 4 gunshot wounds Authorities say James Sweet in stable condition BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man who allegedly initiated a gunfight with law enforcement officers on Memorial Day weekend is recovering from at least four gunshot wounds, interim Police Chief Brian Smith said Monday.
Sweet, 36, a convicted felon under arrest for investigation of attempted murder of a police officer, is in stable condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Smith said. Sweet is being treated for injuries to the chest, stomach, thigh and arm or hand. Smith said at least 20 shots were fired at the intersection of U.S. Highway 101 at Monroe Road at about 10 a.m. May 28 by Sweet and four officers. The officers fired back at Sweet from 30-40 feet away as the Port Angeles resident took cover at the grassy corner of
Highway 101 and East Pioneer Way, Smith said. He said those shots began with Sweet firing from inside his car at Police Officer Sweet Whitney Fairbanks, who fired back and hit Sweet from inside her car from about 6 feet away before he climbed out his window and ran. TURN
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Quilcene schools cheer first accreditation Status validates district’s programs BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
QUILCENE — The Quilcene School District has earned accredited status for the first time in its history, which the principal said will set a quality standard and improve connections with other districts. “The awarding of accreditation to Quilcene signifies that our school has met the standards for accreditation at an exemplary level,” said Principal Gary Stebbins. “The awarding of accreditation certainly validates the continued good work taking place at our high school.”
The entire kindergartengrade-12 school was granted full accreditation by the Washington Association of Educational Service Districts, the regional accrediting association in the state that offers programs and services that monitor school performance and school-improvement efforts, Stebbins said. The district learned of the accreditation May 25. Accreditations are for a limited period. In this case, the school has earned a six-year term with a review after three years, Stebbins said. Quilcene graduates will now have increased chances of getting
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into the college of their choice with accreditation, Stebbins said. In a news release, Stebbins said accreditation assures that tax money is supporting a school facility and programs that have been judged worthwhile by an outside team of evaluators, both in terms of the school’s stated core values, beliefs about learning and student learning expectations and in terms of the school’s adherence to the standards for accreditation. “Through the process of accreditation, the citizen is advised of the strengths, needs and longrange plans of the school,” he wrote. The school has already received a plaque to be presented at a future school board meeting and purchased a banner, which Steb-
ccreditation assures that tax money is supporting a school facility and programs that have been judged worthwhile by an outside team of evaluators.
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bins said will be displayed on the front of the school for a period of time before moving to a location inside. “It’s more than a plaque and a banner,” he said. “With accreditation, the school gains transparency about its curriculum.” Stebbins said the school district last sought accreditation in
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The Port Townsend and Chimacum School districts are currently accredited: Port Townsend by the state of Washington and the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges and Chimacum by AdvancedEd of Stone Mountain, Ga. TURN
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the 1990s. Earlier this school year, Stebbins was investigating the possibility of accreditation when he was told the reason for the refusal in the 1990s was the lack of a librarian. He later found that the requirement was that the school have a certified library program, which was then established.
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