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Heavy rain, wind and waves threaten Hoh Beach

Hoh Beach in Front of the ancient village site Friday morning.

Hoh Beach in Front of the ancient village site Tuesday morning. Submitted photos

Three storms came and went the week of Dec 7. The first two storms dropped four to nine inches of rain in the Hoh River basin and each weather event added up to drive the river up to 30,000 cfs. On Tuesday, Dec. 9, Olympic Corrections crews placed sandbags around buildings in the lower Hoh village between storms one and two. The river eventually rose to within one

foot of overflowing its banks, behind the local ballfield, but no flooding resulted. The third storm brought strong winds but thankfully not as much rain. The beach in front of the ancient village was threatened early in the week and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers sent an advance team Tuesday morning to assess the situation. The Corps then responded by

Olympic National Park looking at entrance fee increases

not raising the annual pass or making the price increases over several years. Those in attendance expressed concerns over lowincome families and their ability to visit the national parks. Maynes also brought up that the senior pass that is $10 would not be changed, available to U.S. citizens 62 or over, and the park also offers several times a year that park fees are waived.

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are considering fee hikes to fund maintenance projects — not dayto-day operations — and are collecting comments on the proposal. She said, “Regional and national offices are looking at what people have to say about the proposed increase.” Comments on the pro-

posal can be submitted through Dec. 31 at www.parkplanning. nps.gov/OLYMfees. “If input says this is a bad thing, it won’t happen, it is not mandated.” she added. “But, there is a huge potential for benefits to the parks if extra funds are raised,” as it would help with a deferred maintenance backlog. The park also is looking at different options as well, like perhaps

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Barb Maynes, Olympic National Park spokesman, addressed a full house at the Forks Chamber of Commerce meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 17, at JTs Sweet Stuffs in Forks. Maynes told the group that the nation’s 131 national parks that charge entrance fees

placing 400 tons of riprap Tuesday night. When the heaviest wind and waves struck Thursday evening, Dec. 11, some debris was hurled over the new riprap wall but no land was lost to the storm. The Hoh Tribe wishes to express its appreciation to the agencies who provided assistance during these events: • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

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Forks Weather Report By Jerry R. King Dec. 8-14, 2014 Date 12/08 12/09 12/10 12/11 12/12 12/13 12/14

High 56 57 58 52 51 48 46

Low 46 50 48 43 43 35 31

Rainfall 0.69 4.31 3.30 1.20 0.93 0.03 0.00

Total rainfall for year.................115.71 in. December Rainfall.......................... 11.93 Average rainfall.........................108.60 in. December snow ....................................... Snow Year .........................................2.00

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Forks Dec. Weather Facts: High Temp 71° on Dec. 21, 1968. Low Temp. 3° on Dec. 28, 1968. Average High Temp. 46°. Average Low Temp. 35°. High Rainfall, 40.12 in 1979. Low Rainfall, 4.23 in 1914. Average Rainfall 18.82. High Day Rainfall 8.00 on Dec. 9, 1956. High Dec. snowfall 36.00 in 1964.

Eighth-grade band directed by Matt Kuka. Photo by Lonnie Archibald

The FHS band directed by Matt Kuka. Photo by Lonnie Archibald

Winter Band Concert The Forks School Winter Band Concert was held Dec. 17 at the Forks High School Commons. For the first time in a very long time QVSD has an all high school band, as the school music program continues to grow.

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4-H more than just showing cows and chickens Scott Archibald and David Bennett made the meeting rounds last Wednesday to the West End Business meeting in the morning and Forks Chamber of Commerce at noon. The two are participating in a 4-H project called “Know your government.” The 4-H sponsored program allows students to learn about and participate in the nation’s three branches of government. The theme this year is Digital Citizenship. Archibald and Bennett will be in Olympia from Feb. 14-17, 2015, to participate in hands-on civic education. The topic will delve in to the impact of social media. The two are fundraising and will need $350 each to attend the event. Participants from Sequim and Port Angeles also will attend. For more information or to donate, contact Roxanne Bennett at 360-640-8123.

After the Chamber meeting last week the group was invited to take a tour of the progress of the Rainforest Arts Center. The tour was led by Rod Fleck, Forks City attorney/planner. Some of the cement work has started outside and Fleck pointed out that the Division Street side of the new building will have a much wider sidewalk than was there in the past. It is thought it could be used as additional retail or activity space for good weather events. On the interior sheet rock has started to appear. A few of the details pointed out were the use of wood on the interior, laminated beams from Roseburg, Ore., and a small but commercialrated kitchen. The main event room is the same square footage as in the old building. A few details that will be added to tie the past to the present include a bench around one side and an old window from the IOOF Hall that has been refurbished and will be installed in the front entry. Other details will include pictures of the old

Changes at Lunsford Real Estate Sandy Schier, owner Lunsford Real Estate and Property Management, announces that there are a few changes happening at Lunsford Real Estate. Julie Powers, who formerly worked with property assistance, has received her broker’s license and is available to help clients with their listing and selling needs. Rachel Breed has been hired to take over Powers’ former position in the rental department and Kaylee Wood is available at the front desk as well as being an office assistant. Schier has been at the helm

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COURT REPORT The following people were fined $100 or more and/or received jail sentences when they appeared in District II Court in Forks: Wendy Salme was fined $500 and sentenced to 364 days of jail with 358 days suspended for Assault 4-DV. Shannon Robinson was fined $1,200 and sentenced to 364 days of jail with 292 days suspended for Driving under the influence. Tasha Moss was fined $250 and sentenced to 364 days of jail with 364 days suspended for shoplifting. Charles O. Simmons Jr. was fined $300 and sentenced to 364 days of jail with 359 days suspended for Malicious Mischief 3-DV José Salazar was fined $250 and sentenced to 90 days of jail with 90 days suspended for negligent driving 1st degree.

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THE REAL FORKS The Real Forks Night before Christmas ’Twas the night before Christmas and all through the town The businesses in Forks (except 76) were all closed down The decorations were hung down main street with flair By our city employees, under Dave Zellar’s care When down at town square, there arose such a clatter We don’t have a town square, but that doesn’t matter The point is, on the left, near Ron’s Shell Station A scene was unfolding into a gossipy situation A cop had someone pulled over, the sirens were a’blare Within five minutes, the whole town had become aware Everyone asked friends, “Do you know? Did you see?” “I heard it’s Mr. Monohon, but you didn’t hear that from me.” Soon a lady said, “The mayor’s getting arrested for sure.” Apparently a neighbor’s boyfriend’s mom’s friend told her. As the rumors spread like wildfire, the story grew. Somehow the city council members became involved, too. And Juanita and Mike and Kevin, John and Bill It was their turn for the Forks rumor mill Word on the street, accurate or not They were drinking and driving and eventually caught Finally, as it happens, the truth came to light Not surprising in Forks, no tales were right Mr. Monohon was just heading home from city hall No drinking had been done by him or the council at all So what were the sirens and lights all about? Just a simple case of a taillight out Rick Bart gave a warning and said, “Fix that light.” Then he said Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

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The Night before Christmas ’Twas the night before Christmas and all through the town it was raining big buckets we thought we might drown Our raincoats were hung by the backdoor with care in case we went out, they’d be handy right there I was all ready to call it a night listening to raindrops it all sounded right When outside my window there arose such a clatter I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter I tore open the curtains and looked to the garage and there I saw standing a barefoot Mick Dodge He was all wet and dirty and covered with moss He threw his head back and gave his hair a little toss

He had a big grin it went ear to ear and then he said, I lived in a stump for 25 years He said, I had a message the town wanted Mick. I said you got it wrong, what they said was St. Nick Well in that case, he said, I better escape I’ll go down to Sully’s for a burger and shake With that he was off, he decided to leave I didn’t mention Sully’s is not open on Christmas eve Our town has had Ax Men and now a guy named Mosshopper but the people that live here, they are the real show stoppers We have teachers and coaches and nurses and loggers store clerks and artists and Internet bloggers

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We have the Scholarship Auction and the Fourth of July Relay and car washes and bake sale pie Some people get bothered by reality TV They say that stuff they’re doing doesn’t represent me! (you know who you are) Then I woke up, it had all been a dream or maybe a nightmare I thought I might scream As I pulled up the covers to resume my sleep I thought I heard a voice it sounded quite deep As I reached for the light switch and turned out the light I heard Merry Christmas to all and what’s this thing called Twilight?

A polar bear, including three penguins to represent the three Luong children, guards the home of Huan and Trang Luong at 194-220 Highway 101 north of Forks. Christmas decorations can be found in several areas around Forks including Evergreen Loop as well as Terra Eden and Sherwood Forest. Photo by Lonnie Archibald

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Community News FREE CHRISTMAS DAY DINNER The Feeding Five Thousand weekly lunch program will provide a free dinner at the Community Center, 91 Maple Ave., from 1-3:30 p.m. on Dec. 25, Christmas Day. Local churches have donated the food for the dinner. Although the dinner is free, donations of cash or food always are welcome. For more information, contact Laura LaFrenz at 374-4093. CHRISTMAS MASS SCHEDULE St. Anne and St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic churches an-

nounce their Christmas Mass schedules. On Christmas Eve, St. Thomas the Apostle in Clallam Bay will celebrate Mass at 5 p.m. At St. Anne in Forks Misa en Español, Mass in Spanish, will be at 7:30 p.m. Christmas carols will begin at 10 p.m. followed by Mass at 10:30 p.m. Christmas Day Mass will be at 9 a.m. Come celebrate with us! MARATHON BINGO The 3rd Annual Marathon Bingo Bowl will be from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 1, at the Forks Elks Lodge, 941 Merchant Road. This is a family friendly event with most

games costing only a quarter each. Children are welcome with adult supervision. Concessions are provided by the Forks Emblem Club at nominal charges. All bingo proceeds benefit the lodge’s charities. FUN-A-DAY FROM RCA The Rainforest Council for the Arts invites everyone to participate in Fun-A-Day for the month of January. Explore your creativity every day in January by working on a project of your choice. You can write, journal, sew, craft, etc., every day of the month. We will gather all who want to display their wares in

February at the Forks Library. If questions, call or e-mail Kathi Whitworth at 374-2661 or hipkip1954@yahoo.com. Information also can be found by searching Fun-A-Day on the Internet for ideas and inspiration or follow our activities on our Facebook page. DATE FOR THE 2ND ANNUAL FHS 1970S REUNION SET It is official. The 2nd annual Forks High School 1970s Reunion will be from noonmidnight Saturday, April 25, 2015, at the Forks Elks Lodge. The classes of 1968-1981 are all invited to take part. There will be snacks served

all day and night, plus a dinner in the evening. Just like last year, the suggested donation is $20 per person, but extra donations will be accepted, and just like last year the Elks will use the event as a fundraiser for their community projects. Class representatives will contact classmates in order to get a headcount as the event gets closer. Spread the word! FORKS RADIO TO EXPAND LISTENING AREA Twilight 96.7 has plans to dramatically expand its broadcast footprint starting early CONTINUED on page 6

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COMMUNITY, from page 5 in 2015. The FCC recently granted the radio station’s owner a construction permit to upgrade the Class A to a Class C3 facility while relocating the KBDB-FM broadcast antenna to Ellis Lookout tower at 731 meters above average sea level. “Our new signal will fill the communities along the Strait de Juan de Fuca and blanket some of the most attractive tourism regions in two nations, generating tremendous synergy with Twilight 96.7’s highly popular adult contemporary format,” said Mark Lamb, president of Forks Broadcasting. Research shows the adult contemporary music format category delivers a lucrative and active audience whose recent vacation incidence and adventure expenditure levels are far above average. This format popularity combined with Twilight 96.7’s increasing regional signal dominance is creating outstanding advertising opportunities for savvy tourism marketers that want to capture the high discretionary spending visitors bring to the region. Separately, Forks Broadcasting announced the appointment of Kathleen Landa as regional tourism marketing director to develop Twilight 96.7 programs for area travel, lodging and tourism businesses, including gaming and entertainment attractions.

DONATIONS FOR PET FOOD SOUGHT Our pets provide so much comfort and sometimes hard times mean having to give up a pet. The Friends of Forks Animals is asking for the community’s help in feeding hungry pets during the holidays. It is easier for the organization to receive cash donations and then buy the food they supply to the Forks Food Bank. Help FOFA feed hungry pets over the holidays! Send your donation to Friends of Forks Animals, P.O. Box 2022, Forks. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES 2015 SALAL PERMITS FOR SALE The Department of Natural Resources will be selling salal/ brush permits for 2015 on Dec. 24 and 31 and every Wednesday beginning Jan. 7, 2015. Permits can be purchased between 9 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Olympic Region office, 411 Tillicum Lane, Forks. Permits for locations in Jefferson and Clallam counties will cost $500 per person and will be valid until Dec. 31, 2015. Permits are valid for commercial harvest of salal, huckleberry foliage and berries, sword fern, Scotch broom, Oregon grape, moss, St. John’s Wort flower, valerian, foxglove flower, boxwood and fiddlehead ferns on state land. With each permit, you will receive a map of the designated harvest area of your choice, a

Special Forest Products Permit, a County Hauling Permit and permit card to place in your windshield. Valid photo identification and motor vehicle insurance coverage documentation are required to purchase a permit. For additional information about salal and brush sales, contact Laura Gray at 374-2834. FORKS CITY HALL HOLIDAY HOURS Forks City Hall will close at noon on Wednesday, Dec. 24, and remain closed all day on Thursday, Dec. 25. City Hall will be closed all day on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. ALL ABOARD! On Saturday, Dec. 27, at 2 p.m., the Forks Library invites children of all ages to celebrate the return of the Forks Library reading train. Included in the fun will be a special trainthemed story time, activities, refreshments and free takehome books for children of all reading levels. The reading train was purchased by The Friends of the Forks Library nearly seven years ago using funds donated by community members. Since that time the little wooden train has been a favorite place for youngsters to sit, read, discover and learn. Now, thanks to the financial support and generous volunteer efforts of Forks Elks Lodge #2524, the little train has a fresh coat of paint and several enhancements to inspire a new generation of beginning readers.

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Dear Santa... Forks Community Preschool Morning Class with teachers Beth and Janice Church Dear Santa, My name is Brooklynn I have been very good this year. What I would like most for Christmas is a unicorn in pink, a mermaid for the bathtub, Barbie Ariel and Barbie and horses. Thank you!

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Dear Santa, I helped my mommy and brother put up decorations. I have been nice. I would like a stuffed pony, Barbie toy with store and a toy rainbow and a stuffed pony for KyLee. Love, Kaylee

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Dear Santa, I help to clean my room. I have been nice. I would like a heart dress and Elsa toys and a puppy for Emsley. Love, Piper

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Dear Santa, My name is Jonah. I helped daddy. I have been nice. I would like a Hot Wheel track builder and some ropes too. Also a spiderman costume and a track builder for Liam. Love, Jonah

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Dear Santa, My name is Craig. I have been very good. I would like a logging truck, cars and Machines. Merry Christmas! Dear Santa, I helped my mom. I have been nice. I would like an XBox and a X-box for my friend King. Love, Carson Dear Santa, I helped mom and dad. This year I have been nice. I would like Go Go Shark Ship, helicopter, cars, a shark and cars for Trent. Love, Braedon Dear Santa, I helped my brother and sister get wood. I have been nice. I would like a transformer that comes with Optimus Prime, a Transformer dinosaur (with a sword,) and Lego’s for Dylan. Love, Austin Dear Santa, My name is Zoey. I have been very good. I would like Pony Pops, a new game (like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,) and

Dear Santa I am nice to Julianne. I have been nice, I would like a remote control car, make it go fast with a giant button and a girl car for Delilah. Love, Trent Dear Santa, My name is Dylan. I have been very good. I would like DS games, Mario and Angry Birds, cause I lost mine. Dear Santa, I have been very good. My name is Kingston. I would like an X-Box with mine craft and sky rim. If your elves are not to busy I would like them to make an apple pie. Merry Christmas! Dear Santa, The nicest thing I did this year was to shake hands with people and smile and also hugging. I have been nice. I would like a new car, an instrument and a guitar. For my friend Lochlyn get her a drum. Your friend, Kolton

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I helped mom decorate the tree. I have been nice. I would like a shark with a helicopter and a boat to land on, two cars and a person, cleats, shoulder pads and a transformer for my friend Austin. Love, Lane

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Dear Santa, I like to make my hair so fancy. I have been nice. I would like the new Big Hero 6 movie and pretty hair things for Grace. Love, Lochlyn

Dear Santa, I helped Kolton. I have been nice. I would like a rattle snake bath toy with a button on it to make its little tail rattle and a sparkly unicorn toy and a stuffed animal for my friend Kylie. Love, Julianne

Dear Santa, My name is Kendyl. I have been very good. I would like Dear Santa a big girl horn for my bike. My name is Logan. I want Could it be purple? If the elves cars. are not too busy I would like a pony bed that fits in my room, a pink dress with sparkles on it, a sparkly unicorn for one of my best friends. Merry Christmas! Dear Santa, I put away clothes for my mom. I have been nice. I would like a pretend Christmas tree to decorate, a glow star in green and one in purple for my room and a box of gumballs for my friend Julianne. Love, Kylie Dear Santa, My name is Molly. I have been good. I would like a bike with a basket on the front of it, a reindeer hat and pony bag. Thanks!

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The Cottage Hotel By Christi Baron

A few years ago Larry Burtness told me that the oldest building in Forks was a small wooden structure that sat in the side yard of the former Ninke house Schutz on her horse in front of the Cottage which sits in the Mary Hotel. middle of downtown. I thought to myself I need to take a picture of that little building and of course I didn’t. One day driving on West Division I looked over and the building was gone. It had been torn down. Here is the story of the building that was once the Cottage Hotel. The Cottage Hotel was not built where it stood when it was torn down. It originally was built about 1880 on the homestead of Ole Nelson, one of the earliest settlers in Forks. When a larger home was built on the homestead in the 1890s the building was moved to the spot where Native to Twilight is today at the stoplight. The earliest residents of the house at this new location were Sam Kilby and his wife Barney. They kept a small general store with staple groceries, men’s boots and work clothes, bolts of cotton fabric and almost anything. Barney took care of her family, hurried into the store when the opening door rang a bell that announced a customer. She occasionally served a meal to others beside her own family. Sam drove a freight wagon between Forks and Clallam Bay, a four-day trip in those days, bringing supplies for the store and handling any other freight that needed transport. The Kilbys added on to the original house and shingled the exterior. About 1900 the Kilbys sold to Casper and Ray Maxfield, members of a pioneer family that settled the Quillayute Prairie in the 1870s. They continued the store and the freight service. Eventually Charlie Sult took over the store but not the freight business. Since there were now two other stores nearby the Sults discontinued retailing and opened the Cottage Hotel. It was not much of a hotel. One bedroom was downstairs and two upstairs and one of the bedrooms you had to go through the other bedroom to get to, so much for privacy. The rooms had iron beds and springs and homemade mattresses of ticking filled with straw from locally grown oats. The mattresses were “renewed” after every late summer harvest. There was a small dresser, a kerosene lamp, a washstand with a bowl and pitcher of water, cold water. If someone wanted hot water, they could go to the kitchen and help themselves to hot water in a reservoir on the back of the cook range. Other facilities were 30 feet off the kitchen in the backyard. The Sults served meals to the boarders and anyone else that showed up at mealtime. The “office” had bare floors scarred by hobnail and caulks of hundreds of heavy boots, replaced in spots and scarred up again. A few wooden chairs and a wooden bench for seating and a small counter with a register book also were in the room. Decorations on the walls were large calendars on the papered walls. However, the Sults had something that drew many to this humble room, they had a phonograph with a fine wooden horn. The machine sat on a table beside a wooden chest that held some 200 records neatly arranged and numbered. The Sults bought only the good records and usually a half dozen callers would come in the evening to listen to the phonograph. Sometimes a visitor would purchase a record and bring it along. A dozen turns to the crank and a push of a lever and the music would start. The humble Cottage Hotel was Forks’ first night spot. In 1912 the Sults built a new larger hotel with indoor plumbing, it was also called the Cottage Hotel. In the late 1920s John Grader built a two and a half story addition in front and nailed a huge set of elk antlers in the east gable and changed the name to the Antler’s. It was at that time that Ole Nelson’s one time home was moved to the place it sat before it was torn down.

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Forks cheerleaders to perform in ‘Disney Parks Frozen Christmas Celebration’ Alisha Chase, Brooke Jacoby and Sabrina Collins are Forks High School cheerleaders. Submitted photos

best all-around cheer and dance talent attending one of more than 400 NCA or NDA Summer Camps held each summer. In just two short practices, the group perfected the performance in the parade. This high energy routine wowed the thousands of spectators watching the parade. Robin Roberts of ABC’s “Good Morning America” will host the re-imagined television special inspired by the blockbuster hit’s message of uniting family and loved ones. Roberts will lead the telecast from Walt Disney World Resort in Florida with support from GMA contributor and ESPN and SEC Network analyst Tim Tebow. A very big heart felt thank you goes out to the community for all their love and support in getting the girls to this event. A special thank you to Forks Outfitters, Jerry’s Rental, Chinook Pharmacy, Forks True Value and Diane Winter for their generous donations and support! Brooke, Alisha, Sabrina and their families cannot express how much love and appreciation they have for their amazing community. Merry Christmas to you all!

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Community Calendar FORKS

FOURTH TUESDAY

FIRST MONDAY

6:30 p.m. — Quillayute Valley PTA, FMS library.

SECOND MONDAY

7:30 p.m. — Forks City Council, Council Chambers, Forks City Hall.

FOURTH MONDAY

7:30 p.m. — Forks City Council, Council Chambers, Forks City Hall.

EVERY MONDAY 6:30 p.m. — Fletcher-Wittenborn Post #9106 Bingo, Post home on Spartan Ave.

FIRST TUESDAY 6 p.m. — QVSD Board of Directors, District Office board room.

THIRD TUESDAY

11:30 a.m. – Forks Timber Museum, Umpqua (Sterling Bank), Linda 374-9663.

5 p.m. — The Board of Commissioners of Clallam County Hospital District 1, FCH conference room.

EVERY TUESDAY 11:30 a.m. — The Caring Place, a pregnancy resource center, 374-5010. Noon — Free Lunch, Forks Church of the Nazarene, served at Forks Community Center. 1 p.m. — Women’s support group, resource room at Forks Abuse Program facility, Linda, 374-6411. 6 p.m. — Bingo Forks Elks Lodge, Merchant Road. 7 p.m. — Fire Dept. volunteers, Forks, Beaver and Quillayute fire halls.

FIRST WEDNESDAY

11 a.m. — Friends of Forks Animals, Forks Library, 171 S.

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First Congregational Church (U.C.C.)

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Forks St. Anne Catholic Church Parish

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St. Swithin’s Episcopal Church

Prince of Peace Lutheran Church

Sunday morning Holy Eucharist ��10:30 AM Meeting at Long Term Care, Forks Hospital Sunday Evening Holy Eucharist & Potluck 5 PM Meeting at 250 Blackberry Ave. (Prince of Peace)

1:30 p.m. – Bogachiel Garden Club, Community Center, Forks, 374-2437. 7 p.m. – West End Sportsmen Club, Sportsmen Club Road. 640-1497

FOURTH WEDNESDAY

7 p.m. — Boy Scout Troop 1467, Forks Congregational Church, Scoutmaster Ron Anderson, 374-2489. 7:30 p.m. — Questers Quilting Club, 374-2437.

EVERY WEDNESDAY

7:30 a.m. — West End Business & Professional Association, DNR conference room.

FIRST THURSDAY

4:30 p.m. — Habitat for Humanity – Forks branch, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church Fellowship Hall. 5 p.m. - West Olympic Council for the Arts, ICN Building. 5:30 p.m. — Soroptimists of the Olympic Rain Forest business meeting, Masonic Hall. 7 p.m. — West End Thunder Car Club, Forks Fire Hall.

EVERY THURSDAY 11:30 a.m. — The Caring Place, pregnancy resource center, 374-5010. 6 p.m. — Hoh Healing Circle and potluck, Hoh Tribal office. 7 p.m. — Overeaters Anonymous Prince of Peace Lutheran Church 250 N. Blackberry, Forks. 7 p.m. — Forksestra Rehearsal, Forks Library, 374-6233. 7 p.m. – Bingo, West End Sportsmen’s Club

FOURTH FRIDAY

EVERY FRIDAY

Noon — Women’s support group, Hoh Tribal Center. Forks Abuse Program, Linda, 3746411. 2p.m. – Team Work, N.A., next

7 p.m. — Rainy Day Gamers, ICN Building.

SECOND FRIDAY 7 p.m. – Forks American Legion Post 106, Masonic Lodge Division St.

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3 p.m. — T.O.P.S., Clallam Bay Presbyterian Church. 6 p.m. — Crafters’ Creative Night, Chamber of Commerce building. 7 p.m. — Texas Hold’em Tournament, Clallam Bay/Sekiu Lions Club. 7 p.m. — West End Youth & Community Club, Sekiu Community Center kitchen, 963-2438.

SECOND TUESDAY

4 p.m. --- Clallam Bay Friends of the Library. Clallam Bay Library, 963-2946

FOURTH TUESDAY

7 p.m. — Women’s Support Group, Three Sisters of Clallam Gallery, Clallam Bay, 963-2854.

EVERY TUESDAY

10 a.m. — Messy Palette Art League, Sekiu Community Center, 963-2221.

FIRST WEDNESDAY Noon — Clallam Bay-Sekiu Chamber of Commerce, business meeting, Sekiu Community Center. 7 p.m. — Clallam Bay Lions, Lions Den in Clallam Bay.

FOURTH WEDNESDAY 11 a.m. — CB/Sekiu Fire Department Board of Commissioners meeting, CB/Sekiu Fire Dept. 10 a.m. - Noon — New Hope Food Bank is open. 7 p.m. — Clallam Bay Clinic Advisory Board, Clallam Bay Clinic.

FOURTH FRIDAY

6 p.m. - Clallam Bay-Sekiu Fire District #5 Commissioners Meeting, Clallam Bay Fire Hall.

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Forks Ave. 374-0747. 7:30 p.m. — Mt. Olympus Lodge, Masonic Temple, 130 W. Division St.

7 p.m. — New Beginnings, Forks Masonic Hall.

MONDAYS 7:30 p.m. – Narcotics Anonymous, Hope in Recovery, First Baptist Church, South Forks Ave.

TUESDAYS

7 p.m. — Al-Anon, First Congregational Church.

WEDNESDAYS

8 p.m. — Sekiu AA, Sekiu Recreation Center.

THURSDAYS

7 p.m. — How It Works group, Forks Senior Center.

FRIDAYS

6:30 p.m. – Narcotics Anonymous, Forks Masonic Lodge, 130 W. Division St.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY 7 p.m. — Narcóticos Anónimos en Español, Cada jueves y viernes. Narcóticos Anónimos en Español. West End Outreach Services, 551 Bogachiel Way. Llama al 274-6271 extension 117 para más información.

SATURDAYS

7 p.m. — How It Works group, Forks Senior Center. 8 p.m. — Sekiu AA, Sekiu Recreation Center. 7:30 p.m. – Miracles Happen group, West End Outreach Center conference room, 530 Bogachiel Way.

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One Small Town

By Laurie Jo Porter

line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child.” Luke 2:3-5. There are about six motels and several bed and breakfasts in Forks to accommodate the many tourists who visit Olympic National Park during the summer months with hunters and fisherman arriving in their individual peak seasons. I like looking at the vacancy or no vacancy signs whenever I enter the city limits. However it was different that one holy night when Mary said, “Joseph, it’s time.” And there was a no vacancy sign at the inn. “While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.” Luke 2:6-7. But instead the story does not end there. It continues to the shepherds living in the fields near Bethlehem where angels appear and shout, “GLORY, your King has come!” And later on the Magi tromp into town from afar

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following one large bright STAR to worship this KING of KINGS. And then Herod, after being outwitted by the Magi, sends a troop of warriors to kill off this newborn King. But the holy child is moved to Egypt until it is safe to return. A friend of mine once said, “There is often more happening in a small town than one realizes.” And such is the case in Bethlehem. “I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all

the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the LORD.” Luke 2:10-11. O holy Child of Bethlehem, Descend to us, we pray; Cast out our sin and enter in, Be born in us today. We hear the Christmas angels The great glad tidings tell; O come to us, abide with us, Our LORD Emmanuel! By Phillips Brooks, 1874

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As the rains begin I am reminded once again about how different this past year has been while living in Forks. Forks, is a small town of 3,200 and lies in the heart of the Olympic Peninsula’s rain forest sandwiched between sea and mountains. Most of my adult life I have lived in cities so I’ve been amazed at some of the differences my husband Tony and I have observed while living in this small town. Here are a few … You know that you live in a small town when you stop by the local grocery store with a small list in hand and end up having six different conversations with people who know you by name. You know that you live in a small town when every car or pickup driver waves to you on your early morning walk even though you are clueless as to who they are. You know that you live in a small town when the hardware store up the road lends you a cordless drill to put on your new license plates for the car. You know that you live in a small town when an office clerk knows you live in “the brown house” when you register with the water department. You know that you live in a small town when your entertainment consists of counting how many fishing boats are coming into town during the salmon run in March. You know that you live in a small town when there are more elk grazing at the airport than there are planes. As my thoughts turn to Christmas and this Advent season, I’m reminded once again that Jesus the Messiah was born in a small town. Bethlehem was its name. In Hebrew it means “House of Bread” and in Arabic, “House of Meat.” Five miles south of Jerusalem the population of Bethlehem was smaller than Forks at the time of Jesus’ birth. But what else do we know about this small town? We do know that the story in the book of Ruth takes place in and around the fields of Bethlehem. After Naomi

leaves for Moab with her husband to escape a famine in Bethlehem she then returns as a widow with one of her daughters-in-law named Ruth. Ruth, also a widow, ends up picking up leftover grain in a field that Boaz owns. Boaz is a single man related to Ruth’s father-in-law and the rest is history. Boaz and Ruth marry and have a son named Jesse. Then one day Hannah’s son Samuel is given a mission from God. “I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem. I have chosen one of his sons to be king.” So off Samuel goes looking for this new king of Israel in the town of Bethlehem. After Samuel meets Jesse he is introduced to seven of his sons but the Lord reminds Samuel, “The LORD does not look at the things human beings look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.” (I Samuel 16:1,7) So David, Jesse’s youngest son is called in from watching the sheep fold and is anointed as king. Thus the town of Bethlehem today is called the “City of David.” Years later Joseph, who also was related to King David’s bloodline, was asked to take the 100-mile trip from Nazareth to Bethlehem to register his name for a census that Caesar Augustus mandated when Mary was with child. “And everyone went to their own town to register. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and

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In the human realm, questions His wife was just achieving the cast iron frying pan from a shelf. its resistance, the cast iron was for calculating how high up you need a cistern to be above had been raised upon whose relative safety of the about-to- With crazy acceleration in the badly deformed. driver’s seat seat, the barrels had My wife turned around as the your spigot, for a home cistern authority toxic waste barrels be-toxic bathroom. With a wild recruited enough foot pounds four barrels broke open on the system to gout water. Lay out a would interface with household roar, gravity over came lath tento make their own weather (see floor — 80 gallons of spring waterline of any dimension to an plumbing. Amid such debate and sile strength and set four water end Paragraph #4). When it met fresh toxic water! Still high on uphill water source. the fool’s eagerness to establish filled toxic waste barrels, each the fl oor, the skillet briefl y tried Hook up a standard psi gauge its brief association with accelweighing about 165 pounds, a home for his beloved barrels, eration, water rushed at both of available from any hardware us. You would expect something store. Without any leakage, the The U.S. Navy like a mini-tsunami, but the wave number on the gauge divided by encounters stature problems pro- 0.43 yields head or hydroelectric INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THE portional to coverage area and potential. There are many things Supplement to the Northwest Training and Testing EIS/OEIS we just got a good shin-soaking. you can do with that energy beSince the release of the Northwest Training and Testing (NWTT) Draft Environmental Impact Statement/Overseas My wife was speechless stand- sides flattening cast iron pans! A gallon of water weighs 8.34 Environmental Impact Statement (EIS/OEIS) on Jan. 24, 2014, the U.S. Navy has determined that updated ing in the bathroom doorway. I training requirements or new information relevant to environmental concerns would result in changes to the intuitively knew that she might pounds. Remember how gravProposed Action or analysis. To address these changes, the Navy has prepared a Supplement to the be concerned about recent deci- ity conspires with cubic numNWTT Draft EIS/OEIS, which is available for review and comment. Other than these changes, the Draft EIS/OEIS sions I had made and how her bers before walking under your remains valid and will be merged with the Supplement into the Final EIS/OEIS. counsel had been ignored. I in- cistern. A cubic foot of water tuited that she might have angst weighs about 64.5 pounds, so a The Navy welcomes your input! about the way I had executed 3-foot cube will weigh almost those suspect choices. I moved 175 pounds. A 55-gallon drum Public Review and Comment Open House Information Session: 5 to 8 p.m.. toward her in hopes of concili- of water will weigh over 460 Navy and Coast Guard representatives will be The Supplement is now available for review pounds. ation. available to provide information, answer questions and accept and comment through Feb. 2, 2015. A few more words of advice I stepped over the wreckage comments on the Supplement. The public can arrive any time Visit www.NWTTEIS.com or view the Supplement at public on cisterns: Look for a water of my plumbing and a small during the advertised hours; the open house will not include a libraries in Aberdeen, Bremerton, Everett Main, Gig Harbor, container worthy of the task. section of the ceiling. I picked formal presentation or verbal comment session. Hoquiam, Oak Harbor, Port Angeles, Port Hadlock, Internet search puts a million up the deformed skillet and Monday, Jan. 12, 2015 Port Townsend and Poulsbo. different containers up for your marveled that the floor had held Poulsbo Fire Station Conference Room choice. Even in 1975, Sears sold up against such furious an at911 NE Liberty Road SUBMIT WRITTEN COMMENTS TO: 55-gallon water barrels … if I tack. I presented it to my wife, Poulsbo, WA Naval Facilities Engineering Command Northwest had known. like a make-up fl ower, but she Attention: Ms. Kimberly Kler – NWTT EIS/OEIS Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015 Support your cistern on both cursed. “I felt the wind on my Project Manager Grays Harbor College HUB sides and be sure there is patrear end!” she further confided 1101 Tautog Circle, Suite 203 1620 Edward P. Smith Drive ent structure and foundation in a frightened voice. Silverdale, WA 98315-1101 Aberdeen, WA between the cistern and earth. 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