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Get It Growing Judy English It is that time of year again — time to get back out to the garden and figure out how much soil, compost or fertilizer is needed. The following basics will help make those calculations easier.

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For now, Calvary Chapel Sequim hosts the only disc golf course in Sequim. Its Elevation Golf Course features nine holes, including hole nine next to a pond that creates a beautiful view with a devastating effect on players’ scores. Sequim Gazette photos by Ross Coyle

Alternative sport catches on with locals at Sequim church

by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette

Take a deep breath, say a prayer and heave a halo to the heavens.

While that may not be everyone’s approach to disc golf, at Calvary Chapel Sequim’s Elevation Disc Golf Course, 91 S. Boyce Road, it may be appropriate.

The Rev. Hans Bailey said he, fellow pastor Jeremy Botkin, Tim Creasey and other congregation members worked to create the nine-hole disc golf course more than a year ago. The course is free and open to the public.

“We wanted to bless people because Jesus has blessed us so much,” Bailey said. “Sometimes, people feel churches want stuff from them, so we wanted to give back in some way. That’s the emphasis behind it (the course).”

Elevation already has found dedicated disc golfers, or dis-

cers, or frolfers (Frisbee golfers), like Sequim friends Chris Brown and Tony Mingoy.

They come at least once a week and find it refreshing to have a course locally. Along with more friends, the group plays rain or shine and finds some of their best scores come with precipitation.

This group isn’t alone: Disc golf, the alternative sport, became popular in the 1960s and 1970s and has grown in recent years with more than 50 courses in Washington alone.

Its rules are self-explanatory to those familiar with regular golf: Each player throws his/ her disc to a basket or pole in as few throws as possible.

Par is given for each hole and casual players, particularly in Sequim, use the honor system, especially when a dog who likes to play fetch tags along.

Bailey said the response has been great.

Word has slowly spread

You need to know the area of a garden or lawn to apply appropriate amounts of fertilizer or lime, or to calculate the volume of a raised bed. For rectangular or square gardens, multiply the length times the width to get the area. (Example: 10 feet width by 10 feet length = 100 square feet.)

If your garden is triangular, multiply the base by the height and divide by 2. For a circular garden, measure from the center of the circle to the edge (this is the radius), multiply the radius times itself and then multiply the resulting number by 3.14 (pi). If your garden is an irregular shape, divide this irregular shape into rectangles, triangles and circles; calculate the area of each and add them together.

Upcoming free brown bag talks: Zack Franey of Sequim throws from the first hole at Elevation Disc Golf Course. He said the course is friendly to newcomers to the sport with the hardest part at holes two and three where players throw parallel to U.S. Highway 101. The free course is open to the public.

about the course through a sandwich board sign on the

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tion’s website, which lists all official courses in the world.

“Last summer it seemed like five to 10 people were there every day playing,” he said.

Players travel from all over to try courses, with the peninsula offering the Sequim course, Lincoln Park in Port Angeles and H.J. Carroll Park in Chimacum. A short drive puts you at even more courses, such as Fredericksen Wilderness Disc Golf Course in Poulsbo, The Bud Pell at Ross Farm in Silverdale and Bremerton’s courses at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds and NAD Park.

Lucas Dailey of Portland, Ore., was visiting family in Sequim and has played Elevation’s course twice this trip.

He said the course looks good even though it’s not the same caliber of courses in bigger cities like Portland.

“It’s a beginner’s course and really flat,” he said. “The only real challenge is along the highway where people might be afraid to really go for it.”

The Sequim High School Band marches down Disneyland’s Main Street before thousands of spectators on March 22. The band returned from the national Heritage Music Festival in Anaheim, Calif., with honors: silver awards for both the Jazz and Percussion ensembles; bronze for Concert Band and Wind Ensemble; a special auxiliary award for the Flag Team; and an adjudicator’s award for See Disc saxophone soloist Hillary Smith. The trip went smoothly although airline mechanical problems caused the band to wait for more than eight hour s in the airpor t before some were shuttled to another airline, leaving 6 3 s tudent s and chaperones to return home the following night.

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SEQUIM GAZETTE Creasey said he and others volunteered hours and donated items to create them with materials he had in his shop. He estimates each basket costs about $40 each and the cheapest he’s seen them in stores is about $100.

As for others doing a similar course in Sequim, Creasey said it’s a definite possibility.

Bailey said maintaining the course takes a lot of time and gas, but it’s worth it.

Sequim’s discing history

In 2008, some controversy arose when public discussion began on whether or not to build a disc golf course in Robin Hill Farm County Park.

Many park users grew concerned and opposed the proposition with more than 1,000 signatures.

Clallam County commissioners voted later to prevent any future installation of a disc golf course at the park but it was added to the parks master plan as a future project.

Joel Winborn, Parks, Fair and Facilities Department director, said the controversy was something people didn’t see coming.

The good news for those longing for another Sequim disc golfers Chris Brown, left, takes a shot on hole two while Tony Mingoy course is that the county is considering a potential site in East Sequim with $20,000 budwaits for his turn on a rainy day at Elevation Disc Golf Course.

Sequim Gazette photos by Ross Coyle geted.

Winborn said To learn about uphe doesn’t want coming events, visit to release more the kiosk of faceFrom page B-1 details until more book.com/elevationCourse layout things are in place, discgolfcourse Built around the church’s grounds, Elevation’s but he’s an advocourse weaves back and forth on nine holes with a few cate of disc golf. of those being somewhat risky for the newcomer.

“It’d be a great thing to have in this area,” he said.

But Bailey said the course really is for anyone and “The people with the Port Angeles course have everyone. done a great job. It’s quite popular and gets a lot of “Discers tell me it’s a well-laid-out course and it chaluse. The parking lot is full on the weekends. Where lenges even the most skilled disc golfer,” he said. we’re looking at is pretty wide open.”

At 28 throws for par on the course, holes two and Michael McAleer, who originally advocated for three may be the most intimidating, as they rest the Robin Hill Farm course in 2006, is working with parallel to U.S. Highway 101. Some players prefer the county on this project, too. to roll their discs to the baskets rather than use a Bailey said he was aware of the controversy regular arched throw. Yet, crunched discs along the at Robin Hill Park and before proceeding with highway aren’t uncommon.

Elevation’s course, they checked with the develHole six is the longest, with a straight shot through opment property owners behind the church (also Lucas Dailey of Portland winds up some trees, which are scattered throughout the where the out-of-bounds falls) and he said they for a throw halfway through a hole at course. were OK with it.

Elevation Disc Golf Course.

Along the way, holes seven, eight and nine play In the City of Sequim, Jeff Edwards, parks mannext to out-of-bounds areas of undeveloped grass- enter the church’s main driveway. You’ll find a pad ager, said he was considering a disc golf course in there for teeing off. land and the church parking lot.

2008 where the Albert Haller Playfields are today.

Players can use standard Frisbees or buy speciality Hole eight provides the second longest shot of the But discussions came up to develop the playfields day with a straight shot behind the church toward a discs that are smaller but heavier for different uses and the city and community group Sequim Famdepending on the hole. large hill of homes. ily Advocates felt a playfield would benefit more Depending on how in-depth you want to go, there people.

Two wolf decoys sit in the middle to frighten birds from leaving waste on the nearby playground are drivers, putters, mid-range discs and caddies that Edwards said he is in favor of a disc golf course in carry upwards of 30 discs for various situations. Lo- the city but there isn’t funding available. and playfield.

Hole nine is arguably the most challenging but cally, retail stores like Big 5 Sporting Goods sell an One potential site is at Keeler Park, a large park most fun hole as players walk beside the church to array of discs. that the city is in the process of paying off.

Players often carry backup discs just in case shoot toward a basket next to a pond.

“If we have funding available, that would be a nice one gets stuck in a tree or lost in deep brush or way to start,” Edwards said about disc golf. “But Getting started water. we’re going to need a million dollars out there (for If you are confused about where to start, look for Elevation uses homemade baskets, which are electricity, water and sewer) to build that park up a kiosk sign board with a course map as you first PDGA approved, using online blueprints. in order to make it work.”

Libraries offer ‘Food for Fines’ amnesty From Monday, April 15, through Saturday, April 27, the four libraries in the North Olympic Library System — Sequim, Port Angeles, Forks and Clallam Bay — will hold a community food drive with a twist: The library will waive accrued overdue fines in exchange for a donation of nonperishable food for local food banks.

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Food FinFeOR s Fines will be waived for books, DVDs, magazines and other materials that were returned past their due dates, as well as overdue items returned during the Food For Fines amnesty period. Charges will not be waived for Inter-Library Loan items, lost or damaged items, processing fees or collection agency fees.

The libraries will turn over donated items to the Sequim Food Bank, Port Angeles Food Bank, Forks Community Food Bank and the New Hope Food Bank in Clallam Bay. In return, staff at the library hope to see some long-lost library users come through the doors.

For more information, call Vera Glica at 4178500, ext. 7728, e-mail vglica@nols.org or go to www.nols.org, and click on “Events.”

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OFF THE SHELF Emily Sly

Nash’s Organic Produce farms on more than 450 acres of land within fi ve miles of its store. Not pictured are 95 acres on the Janadu, McInnes and Wheeler Farms. Photo by Dave Woodcock

Nash’s Organic Produce looks at big picture process

by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette

Going from field to field, Nash Huber sees growing crops as a delicate dance.

“When you think about design, it’s not something you just pull out of your head,” Huber said.

“You’re looking at trying to get all these criteria (weather, soil, etc.) in.

It’s very much like a dance.”

Since starting Nash’s Organic Produce in 1979, Huber has upped his farming acreage by hundreds of acres (more than 450 total), which comes with plenty of planning, designing an intricate system of areas from 200-foot beds to 45-acre expanses.

Huber and his wife, Patty McManus-Huber, own 19.5 acres and lease the rest with about half of that protected strictly for farming by conservation easements with the North Olympic Land Trust and PCC Farmland Trust.

Crew members like Sam McCullough, the seed, field and equipment manager, work in 16 different locations all within five miles of Nash’s Farm Store at 4681 Sequim-

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Dungeness Way. “It can be well planned and worked out to total controlled chaos and everything in between,” McCullough said.

“There is a plan going on but you have to stay flexible and adapt. Farming is not something you can cheat and rush, and you’ll never know it all. It’s a constant work-in-progress.”

McCullough said farmers rarely

Chris Tipton, vegetable production and sales manager, stands in a field of blooming phacelia. He said it can sound like a jet engine with all the bees, who help pollinate neighboring crops and eat invasive insects.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

get ahead by being greedy.

Enter crop rotation.

The soil they work on is subject to a number of factors if they continue to replant their vegetables in the same spot. It could lose nutrients and structure, leading to destructive insects and diseases. With carrots they rotate spots every four years to avoid root fly maggots.

Each year, the farm alternates dry (grains) and wet (vegetables) crops except berries, orchards and sometimes artichokes, in the fields.

McCullough said it’s a constant learning process.

A big part of Nash’s Organic Produce’s success comes from some of its leads, from left, Waylon Barrett, Sam McCullough, Chris Tipton, and Nash Huber, standing in Nash’s Red Russian Kale.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

Love when a plan comes together

While some may need a map to navigate the acreage on Nash’s Farm, McManus-Huber said her husband, McCullough and others know the grounds so well, they hardly refer to maps. She said maps are mostly used in the winter, planning the crop sequence for the next season despite an ever-changing landscape.

Chris Tipton, vegetable production and sales manager, said their plans change a lot over the course of a year.

“Our design stays fluid around soil type and the weather,” Tipton said.

“With our orchards or pig grounds or perennial crops being fixed, shorter term planning things have to have more fluidity. You keep in mind how pests affect it, and how do we plant our brassicas? Part of our philosophy in maintaining everything is having

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“A lot of it is experience of what grows well in that season and with as diversified of a cropping pattern as we have, it could come down to logistics,” he said.

“As easy as the rotations that follow each other, those plants will contribute to each other. You don’t want to put root crops on top of root crops.”

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Zooming in on the iris

Farm

From page B-1 the flexibility to not dictate terms and at the same time learn the lessons and apply them.”

Huber said “You don’t tell nature what to do.”

He added that warmer years like this year change things.

“There hasn’t been a spring like this in 25 years. I remember springs like this in the 1970s and 1980s,” he said.

“It changes the timing you get in the field. Two springs ago you couldn’t get in the fields until April. This year we were starting in March.”

Waylon Barrett, vegetable production manager, said they generally look at fields and find what is best suited to those fields that seem warmer and drier or vice-versa.

“Every season things aren’t going to go where you thought they were going to go,” Barrett said.

“And some years it designs itself with nature involved.”

Plant protection

With the message of growing organic foods front and center, Huber’s crew find many of their techniques are things everyone can do.

Creating a healthy habitat for birds, certain insects and flowers is crucial to a healthy field system, McCullough said.

“If it’s not productive, we’re not going to push it. Chances are you’re going to damage the soil,” he said.

He compares using pesticides to modern medicine

Chris Tipton, vegetable production and sales manager, looks for sprouting seeds in one of Nash’s Organic Produce’s fields.

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

in that pathogens in people are building up immunities in much the same way plant predators are.

One of Huber’s biggest allies is phacelia, a plant that attracts insects, namely honeybees, that eat aphids and other invasive insects. With brassicas like Brussels sprouts, they’ll plant three rows of crop and then one row of phacelia.

“This is something gardeners can do,” McManus-Huber said. “Don’t just make it a vegetable garden. Plant flowers that will attract these types of insects to protect your garden.”

To kill weeds without pesticides, McCullough said in the spring they’ll plow and disk to produce good tilth in the soil and pre-irrigate it to flush out weeds, keeping moisture up.

“You just killed an entire generation of weed seed,” he said. “We may do that one or two or more times depending on the time of year.”

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Timing it right

Life on the farm always is going, McManus-Huber said.

Crew leaders might be on phones or doing field walks resolving problems and timing harvests just right each season.

“It’s noticing the texture of the soil, smell of soil, to what that crop looked like last year and as time goes on your experience builds at the same time,” McCullough said.

“You wouldn’t want to put a bunch of spinach, a fast crop, 3-4 weeks, then one bed of parsley that can go all the way into next spring. You’ve created a bed there you are going to have to work around.

You plant like things with like things so fields stay the same age. It’s hard to do and sometimes you have to work around that.”

“But when things are working right, there’s a synchronicity between everyone,” Tipton said.

“We’re finishing each other’s sentences and there’s a point in

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But the nature of the farm is to grow and change.

“It’d be nice to take a field every year and cover crop it and rotate it with the others, every five or eight years,” McCullough said. “We’re working our way to that point, but it’s like this farming thing is addictive. You never have enough ground.”

Tipton finds it’s tricky but fun keeping the nuts and bolts of the business together while room for trying new things expands.

“There are lifetimes of projects here from seed breeding to acclimatizing a variety (of seed) you like to this area to growing all the varieties you want to play with,” McCullough said. “When you’re doing it right, it’s fun.”

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Can you name the plant whose flower parts include the terms “standards,” “falls” and “beards” and, according to Greek mythology, was named after the goddess thought to be the messenger of love who walked on a Rainbow Bridge between Heaven and Earth?

If you said, “bearded iris” or “German iris,” you are correct!

The iris (family name Iridaceae) has a very delicate scent.

It typically blooms from the end of February through May. On close examination one sees the exquisite intricacy of the flower: six petals, divided into three standards and three falls, and — for bearded irises — each fall with a beard.

Each flower part can be the same or a different coloration. When all of the flower parts are the same color, it is called a “self.”

The color spectrum is virtually limitless and ranges GET IT GROWING from nearly luminescent to pale and demure. The Judy English semi-evergreen leaves are sword-shaped and grow in fan-shaped clumps.

The bearded iris has a fleshy underground stem called a rhizome. Rhizomes grow along the surface of the soil, sending leaf fans upward and roots downward from their growing end.

During the heat of summer the rhizomes become hardened, protecting the resources within.

Rhizomes divide and multiply annually. Each rhizome flowers once and a new rhizome will develop behind the current season’s flower stem or from buds along the rhizome’s length. This process provides the plant access to nutrients in new soil.

Choose a location that allows the fan, which is the leading edge of the growth point, to “march away” from what will become the “spent” mother rhizome.

Easy to grow

The iris plant is easy to establish and maintain. It is drought tolerant and can be grown directly in the landscape or in containers.

Irises are available in different heights ranging from 8 to 30 inches. Shorter cultivars generally bloom earlier than taller cultivars. As is true with most plants, the iris performs most dramatically when planted in well-drained soil. It prefers full sun but will perform in partial shade.

Wet clay and heavily shaded conditions are the least desirable. Long periods of wet weather in clay soil can soften and weaken the rhizome, allowing slugs or other pests to destroy the plant.

The following planting and maintenance tips apply to both the bearded iris and the smaller Dutch iris (Iris x hollandica): When to divide: 4-6 weeks after flowering When to plant: June-September Location: Full sun with good drainage Soil: Well-drained soil with pH of 6.8 Depth to plant: Top of rhizome exposed with roots spread out and facing downward Distance apart: 12-18 inches (5-10 inches for Dutch iris) Watering: Newly set plants need moisture but once established do not need to be watered.

Fertilization: Bone meal, superphosphate and 6-10-10 fertilizers all are effective. Apply lightly in early spring and a month after bloom.

Thinning old clumps: Thin or divide every 3-4 years.

General care: Keep beds clear and free of weeds. Cut off bloom stems close to the ground after blooming. Remove brown leaves.

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Sequim’s Corn maze designer talks about her methodology

Above, Eric and Amanda Lawton stand in the entrance to this year’s corn maze at the Pumpkin Patch. They’ve worked on the maze in varying capacities for years with Amanda designing the past few years on her own. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Below, this year’s logo honors the Olympic National Park’s 75th anniversary. Photo by Dave Woodcock

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Amanda Lawton, Pumpkin Patch farm manager, has heard them all.

From using lasers to carve a path to planting the seeds for just the right picture, the farm’s annual corn maze is a guessing game for people of all ages.

“Nope, it’s done with measuring tapes and yarn,” said Eric Lawton, Amanda’s brother and cohort in building the maze.

For years, Amanda has been involved in some capacity following the designs of Roger Schmidt, owner of Sunny Farms.

“I thought it was pretty cool,” she said about first helping. “I volunteered to help and followed him around to learn how he did it.”

The past four years she’s been designing it herself with help this year from her mom Betsy.

From the aerial photo, people can see that this year’s maze celebrates the 75th year of the Olympic National Park using elements of their logo, initials and a 75.

The park contacted farm owner Theresa Lassila about the idea and she was on

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The Port Angeles Symphony Chamber Orchestra presents an “All Haydn” concert featuring his overture, “Orlando Paladino” Piano Sonata No. 46 in E, Concerto in C for Cello and Orchestra with cello soloist Mara Finkelstein, and Symphony No. 58 in F. The concerts are at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 11, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 Lopez Ave., Port Angeles; and Saturday, Oct. 12, at Sequim Worship Center, 640 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim. Tickets are $12 for general admission with attendees 16 and under free. They are available at the door; Port Book and News, 104 E. First St., Port Angeles; the symphony office, 216-C N. Laurel St., Port Angeles; The Good Book/ Joyful Noise Music Center, 108 W. Washington St., Sequim, and Sequim Village Glass of Carlsborg, 761 Carlsborg Road, Carlsborg Finkelstein studied cello at the Gnessin College of Music and the Tchaikovksy Conservatory in Moscow before coming to the United States in 1989.

Sequim Arts sets sails for members show “Under the Southern Cross” by Robert Lee is one of many pieces at Sequim Arts’ annual “ Members Art Show” at St Luke’s Episcopal Hall, 525 N. Fifth Ave. It runs from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 10-12 and 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, with an artist’s reception from 7:30 p.m. the last night. This show is a chance to see artists of all skill levels with many pieces for sale. The show is free.

For more information, visit sequimarts.org.

Appearing on the November 2013 ballot, I-522 will give Washington voters the chance to require clear labeling of genetically engineered produce, seed and seed stock, and processed foods that contain genetically engineered ingredients.

Also included in I-522 is mandatory labeling of GE salmon, which the FDA recently recommended for approval.

Polls show that over 90 percent of Washingtonians support enacting a GMO labeling law and that has the you-know-what scared out of The Grocery Manufacturers Association, Monsanto, Dow, DuPont and Bayer – the five top contributors to the “No on 522” campaign.

So far, these corporate bullies have dumped $17 million into a media blitz designed to convince perfectly reasonable people that I-522 would “impose costly new burdens on Washington farmers,” “raise the cost of groceries for the average family by $450 annually,” and “cost taxpayers millions each year to implement and enforce.”

These arguments are based solely on the assumption that if given a clear choice, consumers will reject products made with genetically engineered ingredients – so it would be better if we didn’t have the information to make that choice.

The “costly new burdens” refer to the farmers’ expense of purchasing non-GMO seed to avoid labeling their products as GMO, yet hundreds of Washington farmers have endorsed I-522 and with good reason.

Agriculture is Washington’s No. 1 employer, with over 150,000 jobs tied to the apple, wheat and seafood industries alone. Agriculture also is Washington’s No. 2 export crop, second only to goods and services produced by the Boeing Company.

Our state is the fourth largest wheat producer in the country, growing over 41 percent of the nation’s white wheat and exporting over 80 percent of our crop.

The top three importers of Washington wheat are Japan, Thailand and Taiwan — and all require GE products to be labeled.

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From page B-1 board. Amanda said there were no strict guidelines just the idea of celebrating the anniversary through the design.

“This is a pretty good one,” Amanda said.

She and her brother particularly liked the cowboy boot design from 2010 that read “Yee-haw.”

Carving the right path As usual, Amanda drew out several ideas on graph paper while brainstorming. She holds onto them from year to year and hopes to use an elk design and a pirate theme at some point.

On the paper, she estimates each graph square equals about 15 feet and scales it to the maze at just over six acres.

Amanda said it’s crucial to make sure the trails are spaced right so they aren’t too skinny.

“You don’t want people cutting through and ruining the walls,” she said. “It happens every year. A lot of it is kids making their own paths.”

With measurements in hand, the Lawtons go into the corn field about a month before it’s at its peak to measure and spray paint where they want to cut.

Next, they will use a Bobcat tractor with a front tiller to cut the maze.

“You cut between waist and shoulder high so you can see where you cut next,” Amanda said.

For an even and smooth look, they’ll go back in with machetes and hack down the leaves and branches.

Total, it takes about 2½ days to finish.

The effort is worth it as the maze and farm remain a big draw each fall, Amanda said.

“We have people who come out every year,” she said. “One woman has brought her grandson since he was a baby (for 10 years). They get the same photo in the same spot every year. It’s a family tradition for a lot of people.”

Entry to the maze is $5 for 12 and under and $10 for 13 and up.

at night to give people an added fright.

“We usually have a bonfire going on those nights and you can hear people getting scared. It’s kind of funny,” Amanda said.

“Why go into a corn maze at night if you don’t want to get scared?” Eric said.

The haunted house is open Friday and Saturday nights through October, sundown to closing at 10 p.m.

In the fields, Amanda said pumpkins did really well this year with several types available in shapes and sizes.

Nearby, the pumpkin shoot continues with three shots for $5. If you make it in a barrel you win $100. Last year five people made the shot all in the same day, Eric said.

The most they’ve had make the shot was 12 in one season two years ago.

Overall, Eric said the Pumpkin Patch is a good place for family fun.

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Intersection of U.S. Highway 101 and Kitchen-Dick Road Open: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays-Thursday; 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays U-pick pumpkins (50 cents per pound), children’s straw maze, pumpkin shoot, corn maze, haunted house (open Friday and Saturday sundown to close), farm animals and more (fees apply) The farm accommodates field trips and birthday parties. For more information, call farm owner Theresa Lassila at 461-0940.

“Things like searching for pumpkins, a lot of families don’t have that time now,” he said. “This is a great place to come together.”

This boot design from 2010 is both Amanda and Eric Lawton’s favorite design from their years working on the field.

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More traditions The Pumpkin Patch keeps multiple events going through October. Visitors can pick out pumpkins, shoot small pumpkins for a reward, see farm animals, visit the haunted house, climb the pumpkin tower and children can play in their own structure.

Eric Lawton runs the haunted house he calls Northwest Terror, which boasts a creepy freak circus with Lawton and his friends dressed as scary clowns.

He said if there aren’t visitors to the haunted house, they’ll go into the maze

Designs go on graph paper to ensure the picture stays in scale with the corn maze when it’s being constructed.

Dealing with the fall webworm Get It Growing Bill Wrobel Hey, what’s this? Are those pesky tent caterpillars back again? I thought last spring’s attack was the end. Well, what you see now are not the same as the tent caterpillars that infested us last spring. The ones coming out now are the fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea (Drury), a completely different species. You can find these critters in the Pacific Northwest as early as August. Fall webworms spin webs that are often mistaken for those of tent caterpillars.

How can I tell the difference between these web spinners? First, fall webworm caterpillars hatch and begin feeding around mid-summer, whereas tent caterpillars hatch and feed in early spring. Also, fall webworms live entirely inside their tents and do all their feeding there, while tent caterpillars leave their tents to feed and return to them at night or during stormy weather. Fall webworm webs are usually smaller than 1 to 2 inches long but tent caterpillar tents can get much larger.

The adult fall webworm is an attractive white moth, sometimes with a few irregular black markings on the underside of the wings.

Adult females lay round yellow or white eggs on the undersides of leaves in June and July. Eggs hatch in about a week. A fully developed fall webworm cat-

erpillar is about 1½ inches in length and is yellowish-tan with orange bumps and long tufts of whitish hairs.

Webworms complete their development by fall and overwinter as cocoons in crevices of bark or in leaf litter on the ground.

Fall webworms are concealed in their webs on branches of host trees and feed on the encased foliage.

These webs enlarge and expand as the insects grow and as more food is needed.

Defoliation caused by the webworm can be alarming and make trees unsightly, but typically there is no significant damage to the tree and the foliage will return next year. If bothersome, the tents can be pruned out and destroyed unless they are hard to reach or pruning will destroy the shape and structure of the tree.

Spraying of fall webworm infestations is rarely warranted. In cases where it may be necessary to control them, apply the insecticide as soon as webs begin to appear. Insecticides containing the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) will kill feeding caterpillars and may need to be applied more than once. Use as directed.

Remember, Western tent caterpillars appear in the early spring, while webworms appear in late summer/fall. This is the best way to determine which one you are dealing with. If you are unsure which caterpillar you have, bring a sample of the insect to one of our Master Gardener plant clinics and we will help you determine the best method of control.

Bill Wrobel i s a Washington State University certified, Clallam County Master Gardener.

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One section of Key Arena was devoted to Emblem3 fans from Sequim on Nov. 12. Some of them met with the band before and after the show. Photos by Scott Downing

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A few moments after Drew Chadwick took the stage, Kristy Sallee could only see glimpses of her son’s roots.

“I kept seeing him when he was 12, with long hair playing with The American Scholars at the Boys & Girls Club,” Sallee said.

Chadwick, along with brothers Wesley and Keaton Stromberg, have come a long way since their days in Sequim. As part of Emblem3, the

trio opened Key Arena on Nov. 12 for pop sensation Selena Gomez and created quite the fervor back home.

Hundreds of Sequim fans, family members and friends made the trek from the peninsula and the reviews are nothing short of amazing.

The show was 9-year-old Bailey McComas’ first concert, said her mom Hayley Wilson.

“Since we followed them on ‘The X-Factor’ last year, we’ve been in love with them and Selena Gomez,” Wilson said.

The mom-and-daughter duo went

Emblem3 band mates Keaton and Wesley Stromberg and Drew Chadwick sing their fan favorites “3,000 Miles” and “Sunset BLVD” for thousands of fans on the Stars Dance Tour. A headlining tour might soon be in the works in 2014.

with Bailey’s best friend Chelsea Carriveau and her mom Sarah Berg but their concert almost didn’t happen.

“I was at the Boys & Girls Club auction bidding on them but I didn’t win,” she said. “So I searched online for three hours but they kept selling out until finally I found some decent tickets.”

At the concert, Wilson said she’d never heard her girl be so loud and giddy.

“(Concerts) take you out of your element and transport you to a new place. They came out of their skin and weren’t embarrassed to sing and dance,” she said. “They were hoarse as can be from screaming.”

Wilson said the concert experience wasn’t different from her own in eighth grade when she took a bus to see Bon Jovi and Skid Row.

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Peninsula Singers sing to quarter century Anniversary show highlights group’s classic repertoire Sequim Gazette staff

The Peninsula Singers bring 25 years of performances together for two shows at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 23, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 24, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 Blake Ave. Conductor Dewey Ehling chose opera, musicals, folk and some George Gershwin and Cole Porter to create “25 Years of Musical Remembrances.” He said the event is special to him because it’s the first time in his career he’s been with the same group for so long.

“It isn’t often that a conductor reaches this milestone with a specific group, so I wanted to capture the moment to include many of my personal favorites and songs that I know audiences love,” Ehling said.

The concert will start off with the party scene from Act II of “Die Fledermaus” by Johann Strauss and later include Giuseppe Verdi’s “Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves” from “Nabucco.”

Ehling also chose two selections from composers Ralph Vaughan Williams and Samuel Barber and

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Conductor Dewey Ehling leads the Peninsula Singers in a rehearsal before their Nov. 23 and 24 shows at Trinity United Methodist Church. This year marks 25 years for the conductor and he joked it’s been remarkable they’ve put up with him for that long. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

Many of us look forward to the holiday season as a way to break out of our routine and shower family and friends with extras that we often deny during the rest of the year.

But the holidays also can bring about unwanted frenzy and increased stress as our budgets, time and resources are overstretched.

This year, rather than overspending, overscheduling and wasting your precious time in crowded stores, consider simplifying your holiday celebrations so that you enjoy them more with less anxiety.

1. Have a family meeting.

Before the season gets too hectic, talk with your family to determine exactly what they like about the holiday season – and what they don’t like or need anymore. What is important to them? Do they prefer spending time together at home or going out to parties? What are their favorite traditions? Maybe some members of the family want to try something new this year!

2. Simplify gift giving. In addition to setting limits on spending, consider supporting your local small businesses and artisans instead of traveling to the major malls. Even if the economy has made buying presents extremely limited, consider giving your time. Wrap up an offer to babysit, clean house, prepare a meal or do yard work as your gift to family or friends.

3. Take a tour around town. Just because you may not be spending as much money, limiting consumerism doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the holiday fun. Take a walk downtown to enjoy beautiful shop windows or drive through neighborhoods to admire light displays. Send a note to businesses or houses that provide the best holiday cheer.

4. Explore holiday traditions, old and new. Beloved traditions make the holidays more meaningful and memorable. Activities might include decorating cookies, making a gingerbread house, playing games together,

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Stephanie Clark, the band’s middle school and high school choir teacher, wanted to see her former students prior to the show and went to a Q&A session before the concert.

“I love their music,” Clark said. “I listened to American Scholars (their first band). Wesley said they were going to be famous and I believed him.”

At the Q&A, Clark was spotted by the band among the hundreds of teenage girl fans. She said Keaton stood up and said she taught them how to sing. Afterward, fans even wanted a photo with her.

“I taught them like everyone else. I don’t want to dumb down something when I’m given a compliment but I gave them the opportunity to keep singing,” she said. “The rest they did in their garage and on their own.”

As a former music professional, Clark said seeing the trio on stage was thrilling.

“To watch my kids live my dream through their dreams means so much to me,” she said.

“The concert as a whole was an awesome experience. I thought it was going to be so loud but you could hear all of them singing.”

Laraine Claire, mom of Wesley and Keaton Stromberg, left, stands with Sequim music teacher Stephanie Clark at the Emblem3 VIP event. Clark, who was Emblem3’s choir teacher, said she’s followed the band since the beginning and that seeing them on stage was a thrill. Photo by Scott Downing Sequim’s familiar faces gather outside with Emblem3 and shout out loud from Wesley Stromberg’s prompt to go crazy. Photo by Jenifer Clark

After the show, they met up with band members and about 30 others for dinner.

“For two days, we’ve been walking around with stupid grins on our faces,” Clift said.

For family For obvious reasons, Sallee said the concert was one of the best nights of her life. “He’s living his dream,” she said of Chadwick.

Sallee doesn’t doubt he’ll remember the night forever either, as he said from stage. “(People) love him for more than his talents. He’s out to change the world and make it a better place and spread positivity,” she said.

“He’s a firm believer in ‘The Law of Attraction’ with thinking good things.”

On the monorail over to the show, Sallee was wearing a shirt she made that reads, “Drew’s Mom,” which caught the eyes of some fans who wanted a photo — including a woman about the same age as Sallee. Her reason: she loved Chadwick’s positive message.

So does Jake, Chadwick’s younger brother, who had a long conversation about life that night with his brother, Sallee said.

“Jake said it was the most amazing night he’s had,” she said.

Karen Griffiths, the Strombergs’ aunt, had an interesting encounter with Keaton and some fans outside the arena. A young man, dressed in all black, stood near the crowd taking snapshots of the sights before snapping photos of the fans.

Griffiths said because Keaton was so low key, it took them a second to recognize him,

Sequim shout out Even though the band blasted through a short set, “Girl Next Door,” “Spaghetti,” “XO,” “3,000 Miles,” “Just For One Day,” Rihanna’s “Diamonds,” “Sunset Blvd” and “Chloe (You’re the One I Want),” Sequim got its time to shine.

Sean Clift, a family friend of the band, said the show was an 11 out of 10 especially with Emblem3 giving shout outs to Sequim and the Pacific Northwest, family and friends and giving the back story to “3,000 Miles.”

“It was a nice tribute. It showed where their hearts are at,” Clift said.

Clift said he got to know the band well through their teen years going on mission trips and was seen on on “The X-Factor” as Chadwick’s mentor.

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watching favorite movies or reading traditional Christmas stories aloud as a family. There are many local performances and events including tree lightings, holiday bazaars, concerts (the Sequim Community Christmas Chorus for one) and more (the Gazette will keep you informed!).

As our families grow and change, so do their tastes and preferences for

Bailey McComas, left, and Chelsea Carriveau, enjoy their first concert at Key Arena on Nov. 12.

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“They went from being on a road of maybe destruction to a road that’s awesome, but that’s not (because of) me or my wife, that’s all grace given to God,” Clift said.

He saw a big change in Chadwick after visiting the Dominican Republic after the Haiti earthquake.

For the Seattle show, Clift took much of his family and a few of his children’s friends in the middle of the day with the hope to spend time with the band. They bought tickets at the door and were able to hang out before the concert.

certain activities.

Don’t be afraid to take a break from the old and try new some things.

But also, learn to say “no” to the excess and choose the meaningful activities that enable you to best enjoy each other’s company.

5. Create homemade fun. Try cooking up new fun with old holiday favorites like potato latkes, eggnog, peanut brittle or other candy. Make ornaments for the tree or as gifts. Decide on a new family project each year. If your

children are small, you might want to enjoy a special coloring books and new box of crayons each year.

6. Celebrate the seasons with meaning. Even if you don’t consider yourself a “religious” person, the holidays offer an opportunity to stop and reflect. Gratitude during Thanksgiving, joy at Christmas and optimism for the New Year aren’t solely for those who attend churches. Take time to review and appreciate the good things that happened this past year and

but once the girls saw him “they were all aflutter and in jitters.”

One car screeched to a halt, she said, and one fan jumped out to give him a personal painting of the band.

“She was so thrilled to be able to give it personally to Keaton. He hugged and thanked her, took a little time to pose with the fans and then escorted us backstage where we hung out a bit,” Griffiths said.

“Keaton, my folks and me were just at the Key Arena a couple years ago watching Michael Buble give a wonderful concert,” she said. “Who knew Keaton would be up there in such a short time? (It’s definitely) surreal and a dream come true.”

Wesley and Keaton’s godmother Victoria Jazwic was at the concert as she’s been through much of their performing careers.

Standing with their mom at the show, Jazwic said they cried happy tears about how far the boys have come.

“They were little boys with big dreams and now it’s happening,” she said.

But through their success, Jazwic said she is grateful the band called Sequim home during their most integral years.

“Thankfully, they were grounded enough to go back into that big world,” she said.

“You can see a shift in people seeing them differently. My hope is this town maintains breathing space for them. That world is going to be tugging on them everyday and I hope that they can keep this space sacred.”

Emblem3 performs Thursday, Nov. 21, on “The X-Factor.” Read more on Emblem3 at emblem3.com or facebook.com/EmblemThree.

anticipate with joy what the future might hold.

7. Give to those who are struggling. The economy has hit hard and, unfortunately, there are more opportunities than ever to serve and give over the holidays. As a family, consider helping at a local food kitchen or participate in a toy or book drive (a great way to declutter your gently used clothes, toys and books that the youngsters have outgrown!).

The gift of your care and concern may be just the thing to ease some-

one’s loneliness and depression.

This year, take time to simplify your holiday celebrations without going overboard. Tradition, family and faith don’t have to be obscured by the pressures to overspend and overschedule. Show your loved ones you care about them in fun and creative ways.

Brenda Spandrio, aka The Declutter Lady, is an organizing and productivity consultant. Contact her at brenda@thedeclutterlady. com or by calling 360-504-2520.

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Outside the bright red Big Barn Farm on Kitchen-Dick Road, where barn dances bring a flurry of fun lies a box of adventure, mystery and drama

waiting for you to open it.

Inside the little replica red barn is Sequim’s first Little Free Library, cofounded by 12-year-old Sequim boy Tane Ridle and his aunt Erin Ridle of Portland, Ore. The little library is exactly as it sounds — all free and available to anyone.

“You take a book and leave a book.

It’s as simple as that,” Tane said.

The sixth-grader at Sequim Middle School setup the library with his aunt and Uncle Jason this summer and

slowly people are learning about the treasures inside. Tane left a comment book inside and the notes have been encouraging.

“The book rocked. I love this library (smiley face),” one reader said.

Others have said it was “awesome,” “adorable,” “cute” and a “boost for community.”

Even though it’s been up for nearly six months, visitors tend to come while he’s in school so he hasn’t been

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Tane Ridle, 12, welcomes anyone to use his Little Free Library on Kitchen-Dick Road. He looks forward to meeting people who use it, so he can tell them what it’s all about. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

Santa Claus Day & other yuletide tales Sequim reminisces of Christmas past

by RENEÉ MIZAR

Mosaic participants in the Rec Club will have to give up this bright gym at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints after the winter quarter. Making Christmas cards for soldiers are, at left, Nina Wilson, and right, from back to front, Art Kargola, David Dow, Hannah Geiger, Kira Kersting and Alicia Stuber. Photo by Patricia Morrison Coate

Communications Coordinator, Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley

Mosaic is homeless in Sequim Club in dire need of new quarters

by PATRICIA MORRISON COATE Sequim Gazette

Come spring quarter, Mosaic, a nonprofit that helps developmentally delayed adults achieve social and physical well-being, may become homeless unless an entity in the Sequim com-

munity steps up to provide space for five classes, two days a week, before March.

Priya Jayadev, the group’s new executive director, explained the dilemma.

“Early this year the Mormons (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) began a new policy of only one or two days for any particular group.

As a consequence, we won’t have the ability to offer some

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Good-natured neighbors assuming the role of jolly old St. Nick, children eagerly awaiting their turn to sit on his knee to recite their wish lists and gathering to sing Christmas carols are just some of the local sea sonal traditions that are as treasured today as they were decades ago.

Ross Hamilton said Santa Claus Day already was a standing tradition at Southwood’s when he joined the popular West Washington Street store as assistant manager in 1972. He said one of the favorite aspects of the job was the annual task of dressing up the store in holiday finery, which was accomplished during open hours.

“Santa Claus Day was something that we had for many, many years,” said Hamilton, noting pictures with Santa was the main feature. “This was before the days when the town had a Santa. This was the big event of town.”

Fellow Southwood’s employee Mayme Faulk, who began working there in 1964,

A LOOK BACK

Above, Santa — as portrayed by Ferd Schnuriger — delivers a gift at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in December 1961. Photo courtesy of Terri Schnuriger Lillquist Upper right, Popular Christmas decorations in the 1940s and 1950s included ornamental wax candles. Photo by Angelina Reese. Photo from Priscilla Hudson Collection, Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley

School board examines facilities plan Financing questions are next on agenda

by MARK ST.J. COUHIG Sequim Gazette

The Sequim School District’s Facilities Committee presented the facts, but not the figures, for their grand new vision for Sequim schools during the school board’s meeting, Wednesday, Dec. 18.

A draft of the plan obtained by the Gazette says meeting the identified

needs would cost approximately $174 million if the board voted to approve the entire package.

The plan calls for building a new Helen Haller Elementary School in the eastern section of Sequim at a cost of $30.4 million. The other big ticket item, a thorough rebuilding of

the current high school, would cost $87 million.

Committee co-chairman Sue Ellen Riesau told the board the committee had been convened by District Superintendent Kelly Shea

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able to meet any readers yet.

The first reader came the day after they put it up.

“It’s fun to see the comments. It’d be fun to meet someone and tell them what it’s all about,” Tane said.

He hopes awareness grows for his and other libraries.

“I hope people will come here, see the little library and come back,” he said. “Maybe more people can come and meet each other through it.”

R aising Old Glory

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash

Worldwide reading phenomenon Tane’s little library was certified “Little Free Library of Distinction” 7,173 shortly after making it.

As part of this distinction, the library’s location goes onto littlefreelibrary.org where it’s put on a map with all the world’s little libraries.

It’s one of four locally with one in Port Angeles, Port Hadlock and Port Townsend.

Todd Bol of Hudson, Wis., started the Little Free Library concept in 2009 with a model one-room-schoolhouse as a tribute to his mother, a former school teacher who loved reading, and filled it with books in his front yard. From there he partnered with Rick Brooks of Madison, Wis., and the idea blossomed with an estimated 10,000-12,000 little libraries in the world by January.

Erin Ridle gave the idea to Tane after she came across two references of the library in the same day. They started planning more than a year ago before building it.

“Tane loves reading, so I thought it’d be perfect for him,” she said.

Inside are mostly adult books, but Tane said he tries to put things for all ages in-

Six months in, and Tane Ridle continues to circulate books out of his Little Free Library. He remembers after learning to read staying up late reading the “Magic Tree House” series.

cluding children’s books. He just started reading a book from inside last week and he’s read at least six from it since starting.

Don’t expect to see the same thing twice either as Tane tries to keep books circulating by moving books that might not be as popular.

Right now, the library is filled tight with dozens of books. Tane suspects that as awareness grows so will the library.

But he doesn’t think his library is going to grow as big or affect the Sequim Library.

“I try to go to Sequim Library as much as I can. They have a lot of good books,” he said.

Tane and Erin stocked up their library with mostly their own books to start. Erin even obtained books from BookMooch.com, a free book sharing site where users pay for shipping to share books, by using some of her points for the little library.

Anyone in Sequim, Port Angeles or the world is encouraged to start a little library, Tane said.

On the Little Free Library’s

site, organizers encourage little libraries to be near each other because of people’s vast tastes in reading.

“Anyone can set it up,” Tane said. “You just have to go to the website.”

As for the Sequim Little Free Library, Tane and his family say come anytime.

Visit the Sequim Little Free Library at 702 Kitchen-Dick Road. For more information, visit littlefreelibrary.org.

Reach Matthew Nash at mnash@sequimgazette. com.

Marine Corps veteran Larry Klinefelter, left, and Museum & Arts Center Executive Director DJ Bassett install a new United States flag at the Veterans Memorial located outside the MAC’s DeWitt Administration Center in Sequim earlier this month. The American-made, weather-resistant flag is at the center of the Veterans Memorial that includes nearly 200 memorial tiles recognizing military personnel and veterans service organizations.

A new flag also recently was installed at the historical Dungeness Schoolhouse, which the MAC owns and operates. For details about the Veterans Memorial at 544 N. Sequim Ave., visit www. macsequim.org. Photo by Reneé Mizar

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