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County candidates tag housing issue BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — Candidates for the Jefferson County District 1 commissioner seat discussed at a forum how the county could help create affordable housing.
“There has been a lot of discussion about affordable housing where the county hasn’t been at the table,” Kate Dean said at the forum at the Port Townsend Community Center on Wednesday. She added that the topic is brought to her attention several times a day.
“The county has a lot of assets like land and bonding capacity, and should choose to apply them in this area,” she said. CHARLIE BERMANT/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Dean, 41, is the North Olympic Candidates for the Jefferson County commissioner Peninsula Resource Conservation District 1 seat appearing at a Wednesday campaign forum & Development Council manager. were, from left, Kate Dean, Jeff Gallant, Cynthia Koan and TURN TO FORUM/A7 Tim Thomas.
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Chimacum to pay $78K for CTE funds BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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Barb Landbeck and Maribel Gonzalez, co-owner of Victor’s Lavender, hang lavender bundles in the farm’s barn earlier this week.
Sequim lays out the lavender BY MATTHEW NASH OLYMPIC PENINSULA NEWS GROUP
SEQUIM — Sequim’s busiest days are here so prepare your sunglasses, satchels and selfie sticks for the Sequim Lavender Weekend that begins today. This year marks the 20th year of the Sequim Lavender Festival, put on by the Sequim Lavender Growers Association.
Free tours, fair In addition to free self-guided farm tours, the growers association will host a street fair featuring more than 100 food, craft, art and agricultural items on Fir Street between Sequim and Third avenues. TURN
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SEQUIM — Heading out to Lavender Weekend? Here are a few things to know before you go:
Admission required These farms are open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily with some special events extending hours: ■ Purple Haze Daze at Purple
Haze Lavender Farm, 180 Bell Bottom Lane; open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tickets are $10 presale, $12 at gate for the weekend; children 12 and younger free. Go to www.purplehazelavender.com for more information. ■ Washington Lavender Festival at Washington Lavender Farm, 965 Finn Hall Road, Port Angeles. TURN
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CHIMACUM — The Chimacum School District will return more than $78,000 to the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction after the state auditor found that courses in career and technical education enrollment were overfunded due to a lack of internal controls. “There were issues concerning one of the teachers in February 2015, and the former superintendent asked for the state auditor to look into it,” Superintendent Rick Thompson said.
Fours years examined The audit examining four years ending in 2015, which was released Thursday by the state Auditor’s Office, said the district had received money in support of teachers who were not properly certified to teach career and technical education (CTE) courses. Thompson said many of the problems identified “have already been cleared up.” The CTE courses are taken as electives in the regular schedule and include topics such as food and digital photography. “These courses give kids a good framework,” Thompson said. “After a class, they have a skill that has the potential to turn into a career.”
Training provides exposure One course does not guarantee a career, he added, but the training provides exposure to vocational opportunities and work experiences. Past courses in horticulture — not under the present instructor — and materials science were challenge areas identified in the audit, Thompson said. TURN
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