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Bringing water rights home Chamber picks Citizen of Year candidates Effort seeks control of Exchange

munity Development, are taking a swing at bringing the Dungeness Water Exchange under local control. by MARK ST.J. COUHIG The Exchange was created by Sequim Gazette the Washington Department of Ecology to provide “mitigation Two Clallam County commis- water” to those affected by the sioners and Sheila Miller, the See WATER, A-9 Clallam County Director of Com-

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Sequim’s top citizens, come on down. A committee made up of past recipients, has met to choose three finalists for the SequimDungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year for 2013.

The finalists are Al Friess, Patsy Mattingley and Gary Smith. One will be selected as Citizen of the Year and two Community Service Awards for 2013 at the chamber’s luncheon set for 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25 at Sunland Golf & Country Club.

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Sequim schools putting bond issue to voters District targets April 22 ballot for $154M capital projects proposal by MICHAEL DASHIELL Sequim Gazette

Four Sequim firefighters, from left, Lee Oman, Jared Romberg, James Brown and Brian Oullette climb 69 floors at the Columbia Center on March 9 to benefit Leukemia and Lymphoma research. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

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They’ll be scaling the second tallest building west of the Mississippi River on March 9 for The Leukemia & A few steps in and about 1,300 to go, Lymphoma Society as part of the 23rd some Sequim firefighters are in for a annual Scott Firefighter Stairclimb. climb. Four Sequim firefighters with Clal-

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lam County Fire District 3 and 11 firefighters from the Port Angeles Fire Department join 1,800 firefighters from around the world to climb 69

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Fair royalty hosts big fundraiser Sequim girls look to become Clallam queen

Time to grow? Sequim school leaders and advocates have two months to convince voters to approve a $154 million capital projects bond that would fund the building of a new elementary school, a major overhaul of Sequim High School, significant modifications to Greywolf Elementary School and more. On Feb. 11, the Sequim School Board of Directors unanimously approved putting the proposal to voters for a special election on April 22. “What do we need to do for our students and staff to be successful? We’re looking after our constituents. I think we have a responsibility BRIDGE to let the voters decide,” Sequim school board president John Bridge said last week. The 20-year bond would

pay for projects that include: an $87 million overhaul of Sequim High School, $25.5 million for a new elementary school, $17.7 million in renovations to Greywolf Elementary School and $8 million in renovations to Helen Haller Elementary School, as it transitions into the new home for Olympic Peninsula Academy and other community programs. Also on the list is $4.75 million for an athletic facility that would replace an aging football and soccer stadium off of Fir Street and $2 million earmarked for land acquisition for the elementary school that would replace Helen Haller. The project list also includes $1 million in modifications to the Sequim Middle School roof, which has seen significant drywall damage, school district business manager Brian Lewis said. The previous design that pools some rainwater atop flat sections, and that water seeps into the structure.

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The Clallam County Fair royalty is all from Sequim with candidates, from left, Hannah Fritz, Hannah Gauthun, Mia Steben, and Hailey Lester, not pictured. Here, three of them sit at a county fairgrounds facility where they host their biggest fundraiser, a potato dinner and live/silent auction on Feb. 22. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

It’s time to eat some spuds for a royal occasion. Four Sequim girls – Hannah Fritz, Hannah Gauthun, Hailey Lester and Mia Steben – make their first appearance as the Clallam County Fair Royalty for their baked potato dinner and live/ silent auction fundraiser. It begins at 6 p.m. SaturLESTER day, Feb. 22, in the Home Arts Building at the Clallam County

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Sequim school board president John Bridge looks at proposed capital improvements to the Sequim School District’s main campus last week. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell

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School resource officer position official Police look for new hire or lateral officer Sequim Gazette staff

The formalities are done and now it’s a matter of finding the right fit for Sequim’s new school resource officer. The Sequim City Council amended its budget on Jan. 27 to increase the city’s police officers from 18 to 19 after both the city and Sequim School District finalized an agreement to share the costs of the

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position in late 2013. Sequim Police Chief Bill Dickinson said their options for a new hire are to find a lateral officer in the field or enter the hiring process, which they’ve already started for other previous hires. He said finding an existing officer would save the city dickinson and schools time and training expenses because the next academy entry date would be April or May. The position might not be

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ready for the next school year. Sequim schools last had a resource officer in 2009 before cutbacks led to the city and schools agreeing to stop funding the position. For the new officer, the city received a four-year grant for $125,000 from the U.S. Department of Justice’ Community Oriented Policing Services, COPS, hiring program. The grant pays 75 percent of costs in year one and two with $56,055 set for year one. It would cost both entities about $9,342 each for the

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floors at the Columbia Center, formerly Bank of America Tower, in downtown Seattle. “That’s about 23 Vintage’s on top of each other (Sequim’s tallest residential building),” said Jared Romberg, a firefighter/EMT with Clallam County Fire District 3. He’ll make the climb for the first time with fellow firefighters James Brown, Brian Oulette and Lee Oman in full firefighter equipment. The firefighters said the pressure was on to do it at least once since 10 other firefighters in the department have done it before. “We had to say we did it,” Oullette said. “Plus it’s a good way to give back.” Teams and individuals Four Sequim firefighters, clockwise from top, Brian Oullette, Jared raise money before the event Romberg, Lee Oman and James Brown, climb 69 floors at the through individual and team Columbia Center on March 9 to benefit Leukemia and Lymphoma research. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash sponsorships. Clallam County Fire District 3’s team raised $2,545 Patterson’s recommenda- using a stair climber wearing of its $2,500 goal so far and tion is to pace yourself and weights or their gear. They the Port Angeles Fire Dis- keep going. Romberg echoed also trained on the tower trict team is at $4,021 of its this from what he’s heard. department’s tower several $10,000 goal. “They say to pace yourself times. Last year, 1,500 firefight- because if you race and get to When the big day comes, ers from 282 fire depart- the 30th floor, you’re dead,” both Oullette and Romberg ments raised $1.44 million he said. hope to finish in or before 15 for blood-cancer research Brown said a major x-factor minutes while Oman wants and patient services. This is the heat. to finish in under 20 minutes. year, organizers “There are so Oman, age 61, said there added 300 more many firefight- were only nine participants in spots and there ers in their gear his age bracket last year and was a rush to that it naturally the best time was 19 minutes. sign up, local heats up,” he “I hope to beat that,” he firefighters said. said. said. Lt. Jake PatTo prepare, Brown isn’t putting a time James Brown terson with the the firefighters on his finish. Port Angeles Fire aren’t taking the “My goal is to just finish Department and a Sequim rigorous climb lightly. with a smile,” Brown said. resident, plans to participate Patterson said he and the To learn more about the in the event for the 10th time. others will climb stairs in full Scott Firefighter Stairclimb, He said the good cause is gear in Port Angeles. He also visit http://www.llswa.org. one reason he keeps doing it trains locally even a few times To make a contribution in along with the camaraderie in the gym in full gear. the name of a team or parwith the other firefighters. “I do feel more energetic,” ticipant, click “donate” on the “We’re all part of the fire he said. “Some of the guys do Stairclimb’s page and search department family,” he said. it for motivation during the for either “Clallam County Three of the 11 Port An- winter months.” Fire District 3” or “Port Angeles firefighters are first The Sequim crew has geles Fire Department.” timers, too. mixed up its training too by

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curve.” Maloney will act as the managing partner and largest shareholder, with A nderson a s a second shareholder. The initial builder will be Anderson Homes, Maloney said. He said he and Anderson are developing a business plan for what they plan to do with the properties. Reach Michael Dashiell at editor@sequimgazette.com.

City of Sequim is seeking applicants for scholarship The City of Sequim is now accepting applications for the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) Center for Quality Communities Scholarship Fund. The scholarship is available through a statewide competitive process for students who are actively engaged in their community and/or city government and plan to attend post-secondary school in fall 2014. To be eligible, a student must be graduating from high school, home school or receiving a GED in spring/ summer 2014; live in the city limits or have a family member working for the city; plan to continue their education at an accredited post-secondary institution in the 2014-2015 academic year on a half-time or more basis; and currently be involved or have been involved with a city government or with a community/school leadership activity. Information and application materials can be obtained at http://cfqc.org. Completed applications are due no later Feb. 26. Submit completed materials to: City of Sequim, Attn: Karen Kuznek-Reese, P.O. Box 1087, Sequim WA 98382 or kkuznek@sequimwa.gov.

OPA’s ‘Night of Excellence’ set Olympic Peninsula Academy’s Night of Excellence is slated for 6 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27, in the Sequim High School auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave. The event is designed to showcase OPA’s enrichment activities. Students from the music, dance and Future City programs are featured. The evening includes a silent auction sponsored by OPA’s Parent Teacher Organi-

their loan as a region-wide real estate market depression left all but about 20 lots undeveloped. “I was familiar with (the subdivision),” Maloney said. “I though Allen did an excellent job. Unfortunately, the timing was poor. The economy hit everybody.” Maloney said he and Anderson have met with existing homeowners to let them know the property has been sold. “They seemed to be

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A new bill filed by Sen. Jim Hargrove, D-Hoquiam, could be worth a million dollars a year to Olympic Medical Center. Senate Bill 5859, co-sponsored by Sen. Brian Hatfield, D-Raymond, HARGROVE creates a classification for certain rural hospitals in order to align state Medicaid reimbursement rates with federal Medicare compensation rates. If it’s signed into law, the bill would provide approximately $1 million of additional reimbursement annually for outpatient Medicaid to OMC. The center is reimbursed at a rate of 55 percent of cost for outpatient Medicaid services. Hargrove’s bill would increase that percentage to 70 percent of cost. Hargrove said rural hospitals have been especially hit hard by the recession, with more patients relying on Medicaid and Medicare to cover their costs.

The reimbursements received by these hospitals are often less than the cost for services provided. He said that in response to the growing costs, many small rural hospitals have been forced to make difficult cuts, adding that doctors and nurses are already stretched thin, many of them performing duties outside of the scope of their job duties. “By moving this legislation forward, we not only ensure our citizens will have access to a quality hospital, we also retain jobs,” Hargrove said. OMC CEO Eric Lewis expressed his support of the bill, saying, “We appreciate Sen. H a r g ro v e’s leadership and vigilance on this bill, and his work to get it out of the Senate. Now we are urging LEWIS our local state representatives – Steve Tharinger and Kevin Van De Wege – to continue this effort in the House. “This reimbursement fix is significant and we need it now to help us preserve services, particularly for our elderly and low income.”

A pair of local investors are seeking to bring new life to the Cedar Ridge housing development. Cedar Ridge Properties, a corporation formed by Sequim businessman Brown M. Maloney and Port Angeles homebuilder Rick Anderson, purchased the remaining undeveloped properties of the 64-acre subdivision off of Keeler Road. Maloney, owner of the KONP radio station, owner of commercial properties in downtown Sequim and former owner of the Sequim Gazette and Forks Forum newspapers, said he and Anderson have purchased 159 lots in the subdivision for $2.7 million, with a threephased plan moving ahead in the next year to develop those lots. The property was developed in 2006 by Allen Grant and Larry Freedman, but was foreclosed upon by Frontier Bank — now owned by Union Bank — in 2010. The developers defaulted on

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After a two-year absence from the playoffs, Sequim’s Lady Wolves seniors got one more chance to capitalize on this season’s success. But Sequim (10-6 in league, 10-11 overall) couldn’t overcome the Franklin-Pierce Cardinals (11-4, 16-9) at the District 3 2A Girls basketball tournament on Monday afternoon. Led by Gabby Evans’ 16 points, the Cardinals beat Sequim 41-31 at Curtis High School, eliminating them from the postseason. Coach Evan Still told his Sequim players after the loss they had a great year regardless. “Nobody expected us to be in the playoffs,” he said. “Use this as fuel for next year. If you show commitment, as a group, show up to everything you can then we can go far.” After finishing the first quarter down 7-2, Sequim scored 15 and went into halftime tied at 17.

Alexas Besand helped swing the momentum for Sequim by taking an offensive foul and scoring seven points in the second quarter including a 3-pointer to tie it at 13 and an offensive board for the quick put back for two points and the 15-13 lead. The Wolves would have held the lead going into halftime if not for an Evans’ buzzerbeater to tie it at 17. Sequim started strong in the third with a Besand bucket and Melanie Guan sinking a mid-range jump shot to go up 21-18. The Cardinals responded with a 3-pointer by Ana Lennox and a steal by Evans and a layup to go back up 23-21. Evans had another steal and bucket and Destiny Vaiolo scored to go up 27-21 with 1:37 to play in the third. Jordan Miller kept it close with a bucket of her own to pull the Wolves within four (27-23) but Mary Patterson hit a 3-pointer to go back up by seven (30-23) before the end of the quarter.

In the final quarter, Sequim would get as close as five but couldn’t overcome the gap. Kylee Williams sunk a 3-pointer to narrow the lead to 32-26 and later Guan another 2-pointer (33-28) but they couldn’t capitalize on their steals and wild shots from the Cardinals. Sequim seniors Besand finished with 9 points, a team high, Guan 4 points and Vanessa Martinez 1 point. While the loss was emotional for the team, the girls said they were proud of their accomplishments. “The fact that we went from 5-15 to 10-11 is huge,” Besand said. “I just wanted to give us one more chance to get back here. They agreed their underclassmen teammates will be at the top of the Olympic League next year and plan to watch them play. Still complimented them for sticking with the team through their senior year. “You all led by example and you guys were constant leaders,” he said. Looking at the loss, Still thinks the playoff experience

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will help his team grow. “It would have been nice to get this one and even if we lost the next two, it would have been good experience,” he said. “I’m so proud of them. They are definitely my favorite team I’ve ever coached. (I appreciate) how hard they played for each other and the seniors.” The team was without Caitlin Stofferahn, a junior and one of the team’s leading scorers, who tore her ACL against Bremerton shortly into the 53-38 playoff clinching win on Feb. 11. Her recovery is estimated at 9-12 months. Besand again led the team with 25 points followed by Jordan Miller scoring 11.

Sequim’s McKenzie Bentz shoots for 3 points against the FranklinPierce Cardinals on Monday.

Sequim Middle Schoolers host a pancake breakfast from 8-10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at Applebee’s, 130 River Road, as a benefit for their June 2125 trip to Washington, D.C. Breakfast includes pancakes, bacon, eggs, sausage, coffee

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to all Sequim School District students. Kawal said the event promises to be a “fun and exciting event.” Film Festival winners are awarded up to $6,750 in scholarship funds, plus cash and merchandise prizes. In addition to individually creative films, this year school clubs and organizations have the opportunity to make promotional videos about how their club embodies school spirit. The winning organization video receives a $500 cash award for their club. The “peoples’ choice” Elkie Award goes to the winning video chosen by the audience. Find more about the foundation and the film festival at www.sequimed.org or on Facebook.

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COMMUNITY NEWS BRIEFS Ribbon cutting at new clinic 452-5244 or 452-4235. Today at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 19, U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Washington) be in Port Angeles to attend the ribbon cutting of the new North Olympic Peninsula Clinic, a Veterans Affairs facility that will replace the existing outpatient clinic and provide triple the outpatient services for veterans on the Olympic Peninsula. The new clinic is at 1114 Georgiana St.

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OMC commissioners meet

Port Scandalous Roller Derby presents “Not Your Mama’s Bingo” benefit at 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, at the Eagles Lodge, 2843 E. Myrtle St. in Port Angeles. Advance tickets are $20 and available at the Peninsula Daily News and Drakes Pizza & and subs. Tickets at the door are $25. The event includes dinner, 10 games and drawings.

The Olympic Medical Center’s Board of Commissioners meet at 6 p.m. tonight, Feb. 19, in Linkletter Hall at Olympic Memorial Hospital, 939 Caroline St., Port Angeles. Agenda items include: a medical staff report, safety report, advocacy and operations update from CEO Eric Lewis, a home health contract settlement and more. Call 417-7705.

Clallam County Planning Commission sets meeting The Clallam County Planning Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. tonight, Feb. 19, at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. The agenda includes a work session regarding a draft of the Clallam County Comprehensive Stormwater Management Plan and an overview of Initiative 502 (recreational marijuana) implementation.

Shelter Providers Network focuses on issues Reducing homelessness in the face of rising poverty will be the featured conversation at the 9 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, Shelter Providers Network of Clallam County meeting in Holy Trinity Lutheran Church’s downstairs fellowship hall, 301 Lopez Ave., Port Angeles. Shelter Providers meetings are open to everyone who is interested in ending homelessness. The Countywide TANF Rapid Re-housing Team will meet at 10:30 a.m., immediately after the SPN adjourns. For more information, call Network coordinator Martha Ireland at 452-4737 or e-mail shelterprovidersnetwork@gmail.com.

The Sequim Guild of Seattle Children’s Hospital sponsors a luncheon with an afternoon of bunco at 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 21, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim. Entry fee is $12 and includes chances at a silent auction and door prizes.

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Legal talk for caretakers set Clallam Mosaic will have a parent/caregiver network meeting on “Taking Care of Your Loved One with Developmental Disabilities: Legal Matters” by Sequim attorney Alan Millet from 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Feb. 22, in the Sequim Library meeting room, 630 N. Sequim Ave. For more information, contact info@clallammosaic.org or 360-797-3602.

Explorers take to ODT Join the Olympic Peninsula Explorers on Saturday, Feb. 22, for a walk from Railroad Bridge Park to Robin Hill Farm. The walk is 5, 12 or 15 kilometers and rated 1A (very small hills, probably suitable for strollers and wheelchairs and almost entirely on pavement). Pets must be on a leash. The walk is on the Olympic Discovery Trail and passes fields, forest, wetlands and research plots/ gardens. Restrooms on route. All walkers must sign in before 9 a.m. Sign up is at the QFC, 990-B E. Washington St., Sequim. After sign in the group drives to the start point. Maps will be furnished. For more information, call George Christensen at 473-8398.

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North Olympic Salmon Coalition board meeting will be from 4:306:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 25. All NOSC NAMI to show film about members and public are welcome to major depression All people interested in mental attend. Call 360-379-8051 to RSVP illness and mental health are and for directions. invited to NAMI’S (National Alli- Harvey at Guild meeting ance for Mental Illness) Clallam The Sequim Dungeness Hospital County Affiliate meeting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at Olympic Guilds Speaker Series and business Medical Center in the basement at meeting will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, in the community Hall of 939 Caroline St in Port Angeles. Four short videos on depression St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 will be shown. Following the videos N. Fifth Ave. in Sequim. The first there will be a time to share com- portion of the monthly meeting is ments. For more information, call open to the public and will feature

B&G’s 12th Man Sees ’Hawks Dave Miller, unit director of the Sequim Boys & Girls Club, joins club members Conleth Jackson, Mally Jackson, Kendra Munger, Easton Munger, Jameson Gray, Jackson Gray, Emma Wyant, Jordan Kidd and Preston Wright at the Seattle Seahawks’ Super Bowl Parade and Rally in Seattle on Feb. 5. “The kids loved it and two of them got Skittles from Marshawn Lynch, which they promptly ate!” Miller writes. “It was a great experience for all of us.” Submitted photo

the Director of Senior Information and Assistance, Mark Harvey, back by popular demand. He will field any questions you have relating to senior problems and assistance. His presentation will be followed by a short recess before the business meeting and coffee and light refreshments will be served.

Newcomers get together Have you recently relocated to Sequim or are you considering it? Are you ready to connect with friendly locals? Would you like to know more about Sequim’s history? If you answered yes to any of these questions the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce’s quarterly New in Town conversation was meant for you. The chamber and Terrific-Transitions co-sponsor this event at the Visitors Information Center from 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 1192 E. Washington St. For more information, call 582-1081.

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Tasty Trinity dinner A free community dinner will be served at 5 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave. The meal includes turkey, rice with gravy and condiments, vegetables, carrot-raisin salad, desserts and beverages. Reservations, which are requested to ensure that enough food is prepared, may be made by phoning the church at 683-5367 between 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday before the dinner or by e-mail to dinners@sequimtumc. org. The church presents the dinners on the last Thursday of each month.

Kevin Kane of SHKS Architects will be presenting the results of his needs assessment/feasibility report on the possibility of a larger Sequim Library at the next North Olympic Library System Board of Trustees meeting,

for its monthly luncheon Tuesday, March 4, at C’est Si Bon, across from Deer Park Cinema, Port Angeles. Linty Hopie, Director of Community Education, Peninsula College, will speak about a broad range of non-credit special interest and job training courses available to the general public, both in Port Angeles and in Sequim. RSVP by Feb. 28 at noon to sammemail@aol.com or 1-360504-2522.

Senior Nutrition Menu set Sequim Senior Nutrition Site menus are served at 4:30 p.m. at Suncrest Village Retirement Apartments, 251 S. Fifth Ave. Suggested donation is $5 (60 and over), $8 guest, and a 24-hour advance reservation is needed. RSVP to 683-8491. Menus are subject to change. Thursday, Feb. 20: Cottage cheese with fruit, chicken and pasta, salad plate, dinner roll, apricots Friday, Feb. 21: Green salad, turkey pot pie, dinner roll, dessert Monday, Feb. 24: Soup, salad, sandwich, dessert from Prairie Springs Tuesday, Feb 25: Waldorf salad, pork loin, scalloped potatoes, Harvard beets, fruit cobbler Wednesday, Feb. 26: Apple slaw, fish and chips, cantaloupe, lemon poppy seed cake with fresh strawberries

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Mount Vernon man wins derby More than 170 fish entries top six pounds Sequim Gazette staff

Larry Quesnell of Mount Vernon shows off his 2014 Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby winner. Photo courtesy of Gardiner Salmon Derby Association

Larry Quesnell of Mount Vernon weathered the storm and a storm of competitors to take the $10,000 grand prize at the 2014 Olympic Peninsula Salmon Derby this week. Quesnell hooked a 15.4-pound salmon, edging Jay Campbell of Port Townsend who earned the $2,000 second prize with a 15.25 pound fish. Third place went to Geoffrey Cobb of Port Angeles, whose 14.25-pound salmon earned the $1,000 cash

prize from 7 Cedars Casino. In all, 171 winter blackmouth chinook salmon heavier than 6 pounds were submitted, below last year’s record of 249 but in line with earlier derbies, event officials said. Wind was the biggest factor, keeping some from going out and driving others into port, officials said. “We had decent fishing, considering … but everybody who was out there knows why this derby gets called the ‘Ironman Derby,’” said Dan Tatum, president of Gardiner Salmon Derby Association. Anglers were competing for a prize list worth $22,833. (Large cash prizes were funded through ticket sales, but all other prizes

were donated by area residents and businesses.) Net proceeds from each derby support local emergency services and other community needs. Tatum said that plans for the 2014 derby proceeds have not yet been decided but more details will be provided at an appreciation dinner, set for 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, at the Gardiner Community Center, coinciding with the association’s annual meetings. The Gardiner Salmon Derby Association, a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation, runs this ongoing annual event. “This was the toughest we’ve had in years, with gusts of 40-50 miles per hour,” Tatum said. “That’s

rough in a small boat. Weather reports before the derby were discouraging, which kept a lot of people away. We sold 600 tickets this year, less than we hoped due to the weather.” Still, Tatum noted, the derby drew anglers from as far as Florida. All derby ticket holders are entered in the Northwest Marine Trade Association’s end-of-year (September) grand prize boat drawing. For a list of the fish submitted and other details, see www.GardinerSalmonDerby.org and the derby Facebook page at www.Facebook.com/SalmonDerby. Pictures from the derby can be found on Facebook.

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Armstrong to lead anglers auction Kia Armstrong is used to selling carrots and talking up Brussels sprout in her position as sales manager at Nash’s Organic Produce, but on Feb. 22, she’s taking the stage as the live auctioneer at the Annual Puget Sound Anglers — North Olympic Peninsula Chapter (PSANOPC) Annual Auction Dinner and Fundraiser. “I was delighted to be invited to host the auction,” said Armstrong, “because all the money goes toward such a great cause. Just think of how many kids catch their first fish ever at the Fishing Day! I’ve been told I have a big mouth before and now I guess I can put it to good use!” The public is invited to attend the PSANOPC’s largest fundraiser of the year and all proceeds from the event go to raising rainbow trout for the Kids Fishing Day held annually in May at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim and to a natural resources scholarship for a local student.

The local band “The Highlanders,” led by guitarist Chuck Grall, will be performing for diners, featuring songs from their pop, folk and country repertoire. Kia’s husband, Cort ARMSTRONG A rmstrong, also will make a guest appearance with the band and will assist her with the auction as well. Close to 100 items are slated for the silent and live auctions, including rods, reels, tackle and guided fishing trips have been donated by area sponsors and members. The 2014 Auction and Dinner will be held at Sunland Golf & Country Club on Feb. 22. Doors open at 5 p.m. to view the auction items. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. “I’m excited to help kick up the auction a notch and hook some donations for the derby,” Armstrong says.

Marine toxin warnings The Washington Department of Health has issued several bans on the harvest of shellfish. In Clallam County, Pillar Point east to the Jefferson County line is closed to butter and varnish clams only. The following beaches are closed to the recreational harvest of the species listed. All species means clams (including geoduck), oysters, mussels and other invertebrates such as snails. All areas are closed for the sport harvest of scallops.The following closures do not apply to shrimp. Crabmeat

is not known to contain the PSP toxin, but the guts can contain unsafe levels. To be safe, clean crab thoroughly and discard the guts (butter). In Clallam County extended seasonal closure of ocean beaches includes all species from the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Cape Flattery eastward to Pillar Point; from Pillar Point east to the Jefferson County line, butter and varnish clams only; Discovery Bay. butter, varnish clams and geoduck clams only; and Sequim Bay, butter and varnish clams only.

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Speech pathologist brings language to local youth

Dana Doss has just opened a new clinic, Dungeness Speech and Language. Sequim Gazette photo by Patricia Morrison Coate

Play therapy opens up communication skills BY PATRICIA MORRISON COATE Sequim Gazette

Dana Doss knows what most of the public doesn’t — that if toddlers just hear language, they don’t automatically pick it up. Doss, a certified speech pathologist with a master’s degree, recently opened her private practice Dungeness Speech and Language in Carlsborg after a 10-year career serving adults with communication problems due to stroke or brain injuries. Fifteen years ago she focused her practice on children. She’ll split her week between the Carlsborg office and her primary clinic in Olympic. “I work with children from 18 months through the teen years in speech and language communication,” Doss said. “I help children match their speech sounds, learn vocabulary and expand

learning to understand play and social communication skills. There are children with receptive language deficits who struggle with the process in language. Others are not even wired for how and why we use language to communicate. They may struggle using language in conversation.” Doss s a id the causes of sp e e ch a nd DOSS language disabilities may be from brain development, before and after birth, environmental influences, illnesses and disorders across the autism spectrum, structural and facial difficulties, such as cleft lip and palate. Whether a child has no concept of language cognitively or understands but doesn’t speak at all or clearly enough to be understood, Doss accepts each indi-

vidual’s challenge. She said she knew she wanted to be a speech pathologist after seeing as a teenager the difference one made in her nephew who stuttered badly. Doss describes her practice as “fun” and becomes animated when she talks about making a difference in her young clients.

In practice Sessions are 45 minutes and parents of young children can watch Doss in play therapy through a one-way window. Referrals are from pediatricians, early intervention specialists, word of mouth and school speech pathologists. “For example, with an 18-month-old you’d look for early communication milestones not being met or not understanding simple language and very limited play interest,” Doss said. “I really want to get the word out about early inter-

The last day for the Mariner Cafe at 707 E. Washington St. is set for Thursday, Feb. 20. Look for the cafe to reopen in the JC Penney Plaza (609 W. Washington St.) before the end of February. Call 683-1055.

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Dave Olney, owner of Fisherman’s Galley, the new seafood restaurant that opened in Sequim two weeks ago, said he has closed it down for the foreseeable future. Olney said the closure was caused by an illness that struck both him and his wife. Because the staff was so small, they had no choice but to close. Olney said he and his wife have been called away from Sequim to lend a hand to a relative in need. He added that he’s not giving it up — they will return, and Fisherman’s Galley, which received rave reviews through its few days in operation, will reopen. Fisherman’s Galley is located at 735 W. Washington St.

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vention. About a third of my clients are on the autism spectrum and early intervention is especially important with them.” According to her website, “Dana brings expertise to the community in serving children with speech sound delays and disorders, language deficits, auditory processing disorders and phonological processing/reading deficits.” Doss’ face brightens when she speaks about progress from play therapy she’s seen in her young clients. Her enthusiastic personality lets her get down to each client’s age level. Of her modern office, brimming with children’s tables, chairs and lots of toys and color, Doss said, “This is going to give me a big beautiful space for parenting education classes. I can teach parents how to give their children more strategies in order to help with development and to get the kids talking and understanding. My longterm goal is to have a reading specialist and occupational therapist and develop a full pediatric clinic for therapy.” To get acquainted with the community, Doss is offering free screenings from 9 a.m.5:30 p.m. on each Friday through March for parents and their children in a play session. On Thursday, March 20, Dungeness Speech and Language will have an open house from 3-6 p.m. and parents and children with any communication issues, as well as the public, are invited for questions.

Fundraiser for Haller at Dungeness Kids Co. Dungeness Kids Co., at 163 W. Washington St., hosts a fundraiser for the Helen Haller Elementary ParentTeacher Organization from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22. On that day, 20 percent of the sales (on regular priced items) will be donated to the PTO to be used for supplies and programs for the children. For more information, call 582-1700.

Nash’s presents talk Join acupuncturists and East Asian medical practitioners Randy Sorenson and Theresa Valenzuela as they present “Hand Reflexology and Acupressure for Health” at Nash’s Farm Store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way in Dungeness at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, March 1. The talk is free and open to the public. Sorenson and Valenzuela will talk about Oriental medicine, its history and principles, the four pillars of diagnosis and common areas of pain and dysfunction. Using hands as the model, they will show participants some simple demonstrations and instructions.

Sleep Center earns accreditation The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recently reaccredited Olympic Medical Sleep Center. Accredited as recently as 2012, the sleep center opened its new clinic space and sleep lab in Sequim Medical Plaza last June, requiring a new site visit and accreditation survey. “We had anticipated retaining our accreditation for our state-of-the-art center here in Sequim,” said center manager Lindsay Johnson. “We are pleased that the American Academy of Sleep Medicine recognizes that our new sleep center meets and exceeds all requirements set forth by the AASM for accreditation purposes.” For more information about the center, call 582-4200.

CORRECTION Castell Insurance (www.castellinsurance.com) is pleased to announce that Stephany Shackelford has joined the company. After owning her own local agency, Shackelford brings multiple licenses to the agency and will be focusing on health, home and auto. “I am ecstatic to join the agency full time and am looking forward to meeting all of our clients,” she says. Castell Insurance was misspelled in the Feb. 12 edition of the Sequim Gazette.

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Olympic Medical Center Chief Executive Officer Eric Lewis and the medical center’s board of commissioners recognized six employees from across the organization at its Feb. 5 board of commissioners meeting. They are, from left, from left, Ronda Anderson, espresso operator; Lacey Wilson, RN; Rob Gale, construction carpenter; Jim Leskinovitch, 2014 board president; David Rudzinski, security officer; Michael Loucks, laboratory customer service supervisor; and Randi Lelle, medical assistant. In the past few months, several managers also have received recognition by Lewis. Holly Wickersham, operations manager for Olympic Medical Physicians; Graciela Harris, director of nutrition services; and most recently Tanya Rutherford, director of the medical/surgical/pediatric unit received recognition in November, December and January, respectively. Submitted photo

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Warrant sweep nets arrests

FROM THE POLICE BLOTTER Feb. 11 6:11 a.m. — Vehicle accident, Old Olympic Highway/ Carlsborg Road 6:13 a.m. — Vehicle accident, Old Olympic Highway/ Carlsborg Road 7:28 a.m. — Vehicle accident, West Sequim Bay Road/Bell Bottom Road 9:48 a.m. — Theft, 800 block of East Washington Street 2:19 p.m. — Theft, 600 block of West Washington Street 7:06 p.m. — Theft, 500 block of Keeler Road 9:12 p.m. — Theft, 600 block of West Washington Street 11:45 p.m. — Prowler, 100 block of Crownview Lane Feb. 12 10:06 a.m. — Warrant arrest, 200 block of Patricia Lane 3:02 p.m. — Theft, 100 block of East Washington Street 5:26 p.m. — Vehicle accident, 100 block of South Sequim Avenue 6:24 p.m. — Theft, 1200 block of West Washington Street 10:34 p.m. — Prowler, 3700 block of Lost Mountain Road Feb. 13 9:01 a.m. — Theft, 600 block of West Washington Street 10:34 a.m. — DUI/DWI, 100 block of River Road 12:14 p.m. — Theft, 100 block of Yentna Lane 1:17 p.m. — Vehicle accident, 268000 block of U.S. Highway 101

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6:10 p.m. — Vehicle accident, Dorothea Way/Valley Center Place 6:28 p.m. — Theft, 900 block of Woolsey Court Feb. 14 1:08 a.m. — Prowler, 100 block of Doe Run Road 1:43 p.m. — Auto theft, 100 block of Hooker Road 2:17 p.m. — Theft, 1200 block of West Washington Street 5:39 p.m. — Theft, 600 block of West Hemlock Street 6:17 p.m. — Theft, 100 block of Mill Road Feb. 15 10:55 a.m. — Warrant arrest, 300 block of South Fifth Avenue 11:02 a.m. — Burglary, 100 block of Silber Lane 12:21 p.m. — Vehicle prowl, 300 block of Grandview Drive 2:21 p.m. — Vehicle accident, 2100 block of East Sequim Bay Road 2:27 p.m. — Theft, 100 block of Dandelion Way 5:35 p.m. — Theft, 500 block of West Washington Street 6:31 p.m. — Warrant arrest, 300 block of Carlsborg Road 8:15 p.m. — Theft, 1200 block of West Washington Street 9:24 p.m. — Warrant arrest, 100 block of Streit Road Feb. 17 11:12 a.m. — Vehicle prowl, 100 block of Windmill Lane 3:27 p.m. — Vehicle accident, South Fourth Avenue/ West Bell Street

On Feb. 12, Clallam County Sheriffs deputies arrested Todd Michael Perszyk, 50, and Holli A. Bell, 34, during a warrant sweep in Carlsborg. Bell was arrested on an outstanding Department of Corrections pickup order while Perszyk was arrested for multiple charges including possession of stolen property, obstructing a law enforcement officer and possession of illegal narcotic (heroin) with intent to deliver, according to the Clallam

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Michael Gawley is Fire District 3’s newest commissioner. Fellow board members swore Gawley in at a special meeting on Feb. 12. Gawley was appointed to the position left open when former commissioner Gar y Coffey resigned his position at the end of December 2013. Gawley is eligible to serve on the board COFFEY until his term expires on Dec. 31, 2015, and may run for election to fill the position for a full six-year term prior to the current term expiring. In 2005, Gawley retired from the Federal Aviation Administration after 32 years of service as an air traffic controller, staff support specialist and computer specialist. He spent the last 26 years of his career in Honolulu. Gawley moved to Sequim after retirement and began serving as a volunteer firefighter with District 3 in 2006. He earned an emergency medical technician certification and has been serving as a senior firefighter and EMT from Station 31 in the Dungeness area. Gawley has been married 48 years to Teddie Gawley, a retired nurse from the Department of Defense. Gawley has two sons; Michael, who lives in Australia, and

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Bill, who also is a District Fire district reschedules meeting 3 volunteer firefighter and Clallam Fire District 3 is rescheduling its regular meeting from member of the Technical Tuesday, March 4, to Monday, March 3 at 1 p.m. at Station 34, Rescue Team. 323 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim. Outside the office, Gawley enjoys building a small airplane at Sequim Valley properties, riding his mo- sioner meetings are open to Airport, working on rental torcycle and being involved the public and are held at 1 with various aspects of Fire p.m. on the first and third District 3. Tuesdays of the month at Fire District commis- 323 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim.

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County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies initially went to a residence in the 900 block of Heath Road in Carlsborg on the morning of Feb. 12, attempting to serve an arrest warrant on 21-year-old Drew Tyler Balch, 21. Balch has felony warrants for failure to obey a court order and a misdemeanor warrant for third-degree theft. Balch was not located at the residence, but deputy Todd Yarnes located a stolen chain saw in the back of a pickup truck; the truck belonged to Todd Perszyk, deptuies said last week. Perszyk obstructed deputies by barricading the front door of the residence shut, refusing to open it and trying to prevent deputies from gaining entry to

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From page A-1 The board unanimously approved the ballot measure, though board member Mike Howe added before the vote, “I do think these are needed (but) I think it can be done in phases.” Bridge said, “It’s a long time (that) we’ve been putting this off. We keep putting band aids on our facilities.” Dave Mattingly served on a committee that looked at potential capital projects for the district and made recommendations to the board in recent weeks. “If not now, when? I just feel it’s really time to step forward and do something good for the kids,” he said. “I really look forward to engaging this community and getting this passed.”

Dollar figures When voters get their ballots in April, the ballot will note the total amount of the bond, details of what the projects are and how long the term is. A tax rate is not mentioned. “It’s up to district to tell taxpayers what the rate is,” said John Gores of Port Angeles-based DA Davidson, who advised the board regarding bond figures in recent weeks. The bonds would carry a 20-year term and add about $1.74 per $1,000 of assessed

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pressed with the district’s financial prudence with similar projects, such as the bond that helped build Sequim Middle School in the late 1990s. “This school board and district have a history that when the project comes under budget, they give that (money) back,” he said. He said citizens of Sequim will see support for this vote from “every corner of the community: retirees, professionals, parents, everybody … and across party lines.” “I’m excited to see this come to a vote,” McAleer said.

Timing is everything A topic of concern among board members was sequencing the construction of the projects. Kelly Shea, the school district’s superintendent, said his priority would be to see the new elementary school built first, then open up Helen Haller Elementary School as a kind of “open chair.” Helen Haller could then be used by Greywolf Elementary School

on water rights for water banking purposes.” McEntire said he’s not optimistic the bills will be passed during this session, but said he’s not giving up. He said the Washington State Association of Counties may “turn it into a request bill” for a future legislative session. He said he also will pursue other means of accomplishing the effort of bringing the water Exchange under local control, including further discussions with Ecology. Commissioner Mike Doherty did not sign the letter sent by Chapman and McEntire.

students during significant construction phases, then by older students during construction of the Sequim High School modifications, and then transition into the new home for Olympic Peninsula Academy, housed now at the earmarked-tobe- demolished Sequim Community School. She said school construction is “extremely disruptive” to students and would encourage the district to move Greywolf students to Helen Haller for the duration of major renovations and building. “I’ve been through both as a parent and principal,” Shea said. Modifications to the middle school’s roof and construction of a new stadium could be done in summer months, BLRB architects said. Lee Fenton of BLRB Architects encouraged the board that a sequencing plan “wouldn’t take months but days” to prepare. Projects could be complet-

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Athletic field project stays A point of conversation among board members was the $4.75 million for construction of an athletic field facility on the site of the current Sequim High School multi-use complex. Brian Lewis, the school district’s business manager, said for Sequim to host district tournament-level games, state officials like to see synthetic turf, access to press boxes, covered seating and conveniently located team facilities, such as locker rooms located below the home side grandstands. At halftime during football games, Sequim and opposing athletes walk back to the high school’s locker rooms. “It’s safe to say we don’t have ‘conveniently located’ team facilities,” Lewis said. Reach Michael Dashiell at editor@sequimgazette.com.

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valuation to property tax bills of taxpayers in the Sequim School District, Gores said. The property tax bill for a homeowner with a $200,000 home would increase by about $29 per month. Sequim’s 2013 levy rate is $2.29, second-lowest in Clallam County — only Crescent School District’s rate is lower. A 1998 bond that built Sequim Middle School expires soon, so if the April 22 bond passes, taxpayers in the Sequim School District would see the cumulative school tax rate rise to $3.85 per $1,000 of assessed valuation. The board considered a 25-year-term bond at a lower tax rate ($3.59 per $1,000) but decided the waste of millions of dollars in interest wasn’t worth it. “There is a lot of wasted money in those extra five years,” Gores said. Sequim would also receive $4.5 million in state matching funds.

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administratively by the Department Skagit River Basin. of Ecology in order to avoid bringing In letters sent to Ecology, McEndevelopment in the affected area to a tire, Chapman and Miller note that in complete halt. much of the affected area no water is available for new outdoor uses. Three sign up They say the rule, in place for The new effort by commissioners more than a year, remains a work in Jim McEntire, Mike Chapman and progress, with more work needed to Miller piggybacks on the petition “make the operation of the rule fair, filed in January by the Olympic Re- clear and predictable for Clallam source Protection Council (ORPC). citizens who now own land within In its petition, the ORPC asked the rule area, or who seek to buy or Ecology to rewrite the rule in light sell land where no public source of of a recently Washington Supreme water is available.” Court decision that denied the legitiOne important step, they said, macy of similar “reservation water would be to rework the water rights” established by Ecology in the exchange, which they note is “cur-

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My Dear Readers, After nearly four years at the Gazette, I’m saying goodbye. Sort of. Mostly. I’m giving up my job as a reporter and moving into what we can call semi-retirement, a designation required by my financial status, which we can call semi-broke. My wife and I will continue living in Sequim. We moved here four years ago to take care of my ailing mother-in-law and have since grown to love this place, which is good, because we’re too poor to move. In my years at the Gazette, I enjoyed some great good times. On one occasion a public employee/candidatefor-office angrily accused me of breaking into her office and stealing documents. Another time I was loudly cursed out by an elected Sequim city official — at night, in the parking lot of a bar. Another office holder told my former boss, Sue Ellen Riesau, that by hiring me she had “created a REPORTER’S monster.” NOTEBOOK Ah, good times. Of course, it hasn’t Mark St.J. Couhig been all fun. For example, my plan to bring together under one roof the collected membership of the 4-Cs, our local conservatives, and the MoveOn.org folks, our local liberals. That was shot down by the power-that-was before I even got to the part about serving complimentary whiskey. One benefit of the reporter’s life is the opportunity it provides to talk to a great many people. Through my job I met many good and interesting folks, young and old, liberal and conservative. In these cynical times I think it’s worthwhile to mention that with very few exceptions I’ve found our public servants — elected and employed — to be fine, conscientious people. Most understand that press inquiries are a necessary part of a necessary public conversation. Most understand that public criticism comes with public service. They are gracious and hard-working and they deserve our thanks. A final comment: I recall once receiving an e-mail from a reader who complained that I had wasted space in the paper retelling a tale told by a young person who while wandering the world found herself in dire straits. “With all the intelligent and well-educated people in the Sequim community, I can’t imagine you could not find someone with a more worthwhile story to tell.” Well, no. I couldn’t. The most popular story I wrote in my four years concerned a formerly hopeless drunk who with a little divine assistance found hope and sobriety. I believe life is an adventure, or it’s nothing. Intelligence and education are splendid things, as long as they aren’t ends in themselves. Or to put it another way: I’ve never met a measured man — one who always knows who he is and where he’s going — who is nearly as interesting, or as wise, as the one who is an occasional fool. I’m looking forward to spring. Reach Mark Couhig at mcouhig@gmail.com.

FROM THE WEB • Feb. 5 This week’s Gazette: Sequim School board considers $154 million bond … Take a tour of our districts over crowded, outdated schools and then check out and of the new schools other district are lucky to have, I guarantee your opinion will be swayed, especially if you yourself ever went through the public school system or have kids or grandkids who are, or will utilize the system eventually. — Theodore Skyler Lewis

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Awareness of trends in our state and federal government legislation is important for all of us in maintaining and protecting our individual freedom. Kansas House Bill 2453 defines the right of religious freedom for individuals, businesses and government employees to refuse services to any marriage or partnership or similar arrangement contrary to their sincerely held religious beliefs regarding sex or gender. This bill passed the House with a good majority and is on its way to the Kansas Senate. A flag is raised to be aware of trends occurring some of our states. Communities of individuals band together under a set of moral and ethical standards defined by the majority of the individuals. Boundaries established by the

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Brian Cays, a hometown boy, is owner of Olympic Peninsula Surveying and Drafting. He’s been in the business for more than 30 years. He recently explained how he got “hooked” by the trade. “When I first started working we used to do Forest Service work. We’d do monument recovery and restoration. (Monuments are markers for property lines.) The original surveyors had set the monument and would blaze a tree in each of the four quadrants (northeast, northwest, and so forth) The Forest Service people would give us corners that were last seen in, let’s say, 1945. And they would say, ‘Go find it.’ We’d take the original notes from the original surveyor and go out to a certain section and recover the corner for that section. We’d put in a new monument and re-blaze the trees. Once we got contracted to go find this corner where there was this granite stone. The notes said it was 7 by 5 by 14 inches, or something like that. The last surveyor claimed that it was buried by a tree that had fallen over. It was about a three mile hike in to it, with the chain saw, gas and the whole nine yards. We found the bearing pretty easily and we found the stump of the tree that had fallen on it. So we cut the log out. And we dug, and dug and dug, and couldn’t find anything. We were kind of pissed that we’d brought that chain saw with us. But this was on a slope. And I said, I’m going to look down there. I went down the hill. All the trees had blazes on them, but it was just where other trees had bumped them.

So I turned around and started to come up and I kicked a stone. And I called up, ‘How big was that stone?’ And he said the size. And I said, ‘Granite?’ And he said, yeah. I said, ‘I think I found it!’ When the tree fell down it had knocked the monument down the hill. It had rolled about 30 or 40 feet down the hill. So we replaced it back where it was supposed to go. That was pretty interesting. It was probably placed there in the 1800s. When the original surveyors came along, they didn’t always do a good job. Some tried to be precise. Some sat in camp and got drunk and did it on a piece of paper. You can take the good surveyor’s notes and follow it on a topographical map to find out where he went. Others would say, ‘I went this far and crossed a crick, and then I went this much farther and crossed another crick. And you’re going, ‘Well, there ain’t no crick there.’ So you could tell who did a good job. Finding corners was always interesting to me. What makes it really fun is if it hasn’t been seen in 40 or 50 years. That makes it even more of a challenge. That was what probably hooked me.” Everyone has a story and now they have a place to tell it. Verbatim is a firstperson column that introduces you to your neighbors as they relate in their own words some of the difficult, humorous, moving or just plain fun moments in their lives. It’s all part of the Gazette’s commitment as your community newspaper. If you have a story for Verbatim, contact Mark Couhig at mcouhig@sequimgazette.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Does separation of church, state exist?

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standards established by the resident community. Larry Barnes Sequim

It’s jobs, stupid And I quote, Feb. 5, Page 5: “Ten acres of a proposed 127-acre single family housing project (read slum) could go to the Sequim School District …” Now you see the need for the $15 million city hall/jail! Front page, School eyes $154 million bond vote. Property owners just got stuck with a $23 million last year? A school board member mentioned “live births” as a possible reason for the $154 million bond. If that were the only criterion for a school bond, there would never be a need. About 52 percent of the school district is over the breeding age and 25 percent are under that age; and with approximately 90 storefronts in Sequim and many more on the peninsula standing

empty … doesn’t promote breeding that can financially sustain itself. The Olympic Peninsula is fast becoming the Australia of the 1800s, a dumping grounds. Olympia, Seattle and other socially refined cities in their efforts to control their Title 8’s should do so in their own bailiwicks … not exporting them! This may offend, but needs to be articulated; if you can’t afford a child, don’t have two or more transgressions. A rant means nothing without a suggestion of a possible remedy; that solution, a four-letter word “work,” also known as jobs. The elected officials of both county and cities had better get off their collective asses and promote jobs before starting any new grandiose projects on a pauper’s income. Without new capital being brought into the system, the peninsula will become a Third World pit! Jan Richardson Sequim

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Gary Smith of Maple Valley Farms, an independent dairy operation northeast of Sequim, was nominated by Joe Holtrop. Smith has been a dairyman since 1970 and has been married to his wife, Janice since 1960. They are the parents of four children. Smith’s community service activities outside of the farm include water and irrigation issues, a PEO chapter providing g scholarships for girls, as past president of the Dungeness Agricultural Water Users Association, past president and board member of the Sequim Prairie TriIrrigation Company. Smith also was on the Farm Credit Services board for 14 years and served as its board president for four years. “I was surprised and very honored to do this. My wife and I were born and raised in Sequim, so we’ve been very involved in the community all of our lives. We have a great love for Sequim.” Holtrop explained his nomination of Smith. “Gary Smith has unselfishly devoted his life to making Sequim and the Dungeness Valley a better place; a better place to raise a family, a better place to farm and a better place for newcomers to move to. He was elected by his irrigation peers to lead them through challenging times of change in the world of irrigated agriculture. Under Mr. Smith’s leadership, the valley’s irrigation districts and companies have implemented conservation measures that have saved many thousands of acrefeet of irrigation water. These conservation achievements have resulted in increased flows in the Dungeness River, thus improved habitat for threatened and endangered salmon.”

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Patsy Mattingley, nominated by Bobbie Usselman, City of Sequim deputy clerk Mattingley, a former preschool teacher and volunteer, is nominated for the first time due to her commitments with the Sequim Centennial Celebration, Sequim City Band, Sequim Education Foundation, Dungeness Health & Wellness Clinic and more. “She’s done a lot for the community locally and nationally,” Usselman said. “She just always goes above and beyond.” Mattingley said she appreciates the nomination. “When you do a lot of stuff in the community, it’s nice to be recognized,” she said. Mattingley moved to Sequim in 1997 with her husband Dave, a retired federal law enforcement officer, from the Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, area. She grew up in Chicago but the couple has lived all over the country. They have a daughter who lives in Washington, D.C. with her two sons. Mattingley’s father Rex Bates lives in Sequim. “Sequim has been a really nice place to live and do activities,” Mattingley said. “I like the small town atmosphere. I’ve never lived in anything but a suburb before. It’s been a real adventure.” Usselman said Mattingley was instrumental to the city’s Centennial Celebration in 2013 by serving on its committee for five years and chairing the Old Fashioned Fourth of July Picnic. She also helped out at several events leading the centennial’s booth answering questions and selling merchandise. For two years, she led a variety shows benefiting the Sequim Education Foundation’s Engineering Challenge. Mattingley also served on the organizing committee of the Dungeness Health & Wellness Clinic’s Fun Walk and remains a volunteer. She serves on the City of Sequim’s Parks and Recreation board, the National Equine Land Conservation Resource board and Whitman College’s board of overseers.

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Sequim resident Helen Margaret Funston died Feb. 15. 2014, in Sequim at the age of 99. There will be a memorial Mass service at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 21, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Sequim. A full obituary will run at a later date.

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Loretta Shaw Former Sequim resident Loretta Shaw died Feb. 5, 2014, in Halfway, Ore., at the age of 80. Interment will be at the Haines Cemetery in Haines, Ore. She was born April 29, 1933, in Goldfield, Nev., to Harry Earl Clark and Vera Gerber Clark. On July 15, 1953, she married Glen Robert Shaw. He died Oct. 22, 2007. They were devout members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The couple served a mission together in Malaysia between 2001-2003. She is survived by six of her seven children, David Shaw and wife Alice of Haines, Ore., Susan Ternyey of Vancouver, Wash., Sally Jackson and husband C.W.of Blaine, Veda Walker and husband Clay of Halfway, Ore., Stevan Shaw and wife Jody of Nibley, Utah, and Clark Shaw and his wife Jeannette of Riverton, Utah; her older sister, Barbara Wood of Marysville, Calif., and an older brother Earl Clark of Gilbert, Ariz; 28 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband of 54 years, a son Robert Shaw and her brothers, Don, Dick and Keith Clark. Memorial contributions may be made to the LDS Missionary Fund through Gray’s West & Company, 1500 Dewey Ave., Baker City, OR 97814.

The covered bridge spanning the Dungeness River, circa 1910s, with the Dungeness Schoolhouse and now-deconstructed Baker House visible at far right. Photo from Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Collection

History program spotlights river floodplain restoration

Scott H. Hulbert Sequim resident Scott H. Hulbert died Feb. 8, 2014, in Sequim at the age of 56. An obituary will run at a later date. He was born July 28, 1957. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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T he on goin g L ower Dungeness River Floodplain Restoration Project is the topic of a history presentation by Clallam County habitat biologist Cathy Lear on Friday, Feb. 21, at the Dungeness Schoolhouse.

Mary Lou Yandell October 13, 1930 - February 8, 2014

Mary Lou “Lou” Yandell passed away February 8, 2014 at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle at the age of 83. She was born October 13, 1930, in Royal Oak, Michigan, to Charles William and Agnes “Peg” (McArdle) Brent. Lou married the love of her life, William “Bill” Lunsford Yandell II, December 23, 1961 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Successfully attaining both a Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in Education from the University of Cincinnati, Ohio, she later taught a range of classes to varying age groups in the Cincinnati area for over 25 years, her main focus being English. Having a very successful career as a vocalist and pianist during and after college, Lou was passionate about singing Soprano professionally with Christ Church in downtown Cincinnati. After relocating to Sequim, WA in 1990, Lou and Bill immediately became active members in the community – speciﬁcally at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church. Lou served in multiple roles at St. Luke’s for many years and remained an active member of the choir until her passing. She also participated in the League of British Women, the Sequim branch of the Seattle Children’s Guild Association, Sequim Guild of Clallam County, and was an active supporter of the Port Angeles Symphony. She is survived by her son, Charles Yandell, of Surprise, Ariz.; daughter, Megan Yandell, of Stockbridge, Ga.; and nephew, Kurt Wiesenberger, of Bowling Green, Ky. A memorial service ofﬁciated by Reverend Robert Rhoads will take place February 13, 2014 at 2:00 pm at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 North Fifth Avenue, Sequim, WA 98382.

The program, presented by the Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley, begins at 10 a.m. at the schoolhouse, 2781 Towne Road, Sequim. Admission is $5 for MAC members or $7 for nonmembers and payable at the door. Fees support MAC programming. In addition to addressing the history and future of the

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sedimentation in Dungeness Bay – it makes sense to purchase property from willing landowners, decommission the structures and replant the area in native species.” This presentation continues a winter series of local history programs presented by the MAC at the Dungeness Schoolhouse, which is ADA accessible. The series concludes on Friday, Feb. 28, with a program about Jamestown S’Klallam totems by master carver Dale Faulstich. Faulstich also will lead a separate guided tour of the “House of Myths” Carving Shed, located on the Jamestown S’Klallam tribal campus in Blyn, at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 1. Tour admission is $20 for MAC members or $25 for non-members and payable at the door. For details, visit www.macsequim.org or call 681-2257.

Catherine Ann Pearce passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2014, at home with her family around her. She was born in Olympia on March 20, 1928, to Joe and Attona Leonard. Her father was a logger and she and her sister, Leona’s, early years were spent in logging camps with one room school houses and the family later lived on Hood Canal, next to Waketickeh Creek. After High School she attended the Moler Beauty School, graduating in 1948. She owned and operated her own beauty shop in Hoodsport, where she met the love of her life, Bob Pearce. They were married on March 18, 1950. They lived in Shelton and then Olympia, settling in 1969 in Sequim, as co-proprietors of Sequim Lumber Company. Catherine, known fondly as “Shorty” to friends and family, was a gifted craftswoman, specializing in ceramics, doll making, quilting, needlepoint and painting. She loved gardening and will be remembered for her lavish and beautiful ﬂower gardens. She loved holidays, especially Christmas, and would create all year long, transforming her entire house into a magical wonderland of Christmas joy for her entire extended family and friends, each year a new theme.

She loved to work puzzles, have a hot mocha, shop, play the slot machines, collect agates at Lincoln City, wear beautiful jewelry, and never missed getting her hair done on Friday. Her true specialty was making people feel loved and important and she did it with joy and true caring. Everyone was welcome in her circle and instantly fell in love with her warmth, kindness and generosity. Her favorite thing was spending time with family and friends. Her grandkids, Jacob and Emily Carel, were the light of her life. Catherine was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; their infant son, Walter; her niece, Pam Hereford; and nephew, Joe Mazzoncini; and brother-in-law, Bill Mazzoncini. She is survived by her daughter, Jill Carel, of Sequim; her grandchildren, Jacob and Emily Carel, also of Sequim; her sister, Leona Mazzoncini, of Tacoma; and many nieces and nephews and their families. There will be a Memorial/Celebration of Life held in her honor on Saturday, February 22, 2014, at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 McLeay Road, in Sequim at 1:00 p.m., immediately followed by a buffet and time for reminiscing together.

Cathe Muller will present the fundamentals of good soil preparation for a low maintenance garden on Thursday, Feb. 27, at noon in the county commissioners meeting room of the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E Fourth St., Port Angeles. A 12-year veteran of the Master Gardener Program, Muller will emphasize how important soil is for vegetable and landscape gardening and that it must be “living” to provide nutrients for h e a lt h y plants. She will MULLER cover soil testing, amendments, how deep to dig and how to “treat” poor soil in order to be able to plant immediately. This presentation is part of the Green Thumbs Garden Tips brown bag series sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners on the second and fourth Thursday of every month in Port Angeles. The lecture series provides home gardeners with education on gardening topics relevant to planting and maintaining sustainable gardens and landscapes in Clallam County. Attendees may bring a lunch. The presentations are free and open to the public. However, donations to help offset copying costs for handouts are accepted. For more information, call 417-2279.

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Sequim resident Dixie Rae Sick and her Papillon, J.R., competed in the first Masters Agility Championship at Westminster in New York City on Saturday, Feb. 8. The event was part of the famed Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show week. The agility trial was limited to dogs competing at Excellent or Master level, including both purebred and mixed breed dogs. The Mixed Breed category is especially significant, bringing non-purebred dogs to a Westminster event for the first time since the very earliest days of the event.

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Soroptimists honor local girls Sequim High School seniors Katherine Harker, left, and Christie Honore were recognized on Feb. 11 as Girls of the Month by Soroptimist International of Sequim. Harker is taking the most advanced classes offered at Sequim High School while earning a 3.7 grade-point average. She is involved in Link Crew, photography advisory council and plays volleyball. She plans to become a physical therapist and has been accepted into three schools: Seton Hall, Loyola Marymount and Gonzaga. Harker said that her parents have been a huge part of her success. Honore’s first passion has been theater since her first performance of “Hansel and Gretel” at age 8. She has performed in 12 productions at Sequim High School and serves as president of the school’s Operetta Club. Honore wrote a program her junior year that allows theater students to receive a varsity letter. She has served as a princess for the Sequim Irrigation Festival and volunteers at the Sequim Library. Honore will be attending Vassar College in New York where she will major in theater.

Paging Ms. Shreffler Sequim High School student Waverly Shreffler recently served for a week as a page in the Washington State House of Representatives. Sponsored by state Rep. Steve Tharinger, Waverly is the daughter of Ann Soule and Dave Shreffler of Sequim. Waverly took care of a wide variety of responsibilities in her work as a page. Outside of her work as a page, Waverly is the sophomore vice president at Sequim High, a member of the Honors Society Club and competes in varsity soccer and track.

Oh baby! Jan. 20, 6:02 a.m. — a son, Porter Reid Shea, 6 pounds, 6 ounces, to Kristi and Philip Shea, Sequim.

Yvette TwoRabbits from Native Horsemanship Riding Center, left, recently received a $400 donation from Amanda Beitzel of Soroptimist International of Sequim. The Native Horsemanship Riding Center has been in operation on the peninsula since 2006, helping youth and adults through the healing power of horses.

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On Thursday, Jan. 16, the Sequim Noon Rotary presented Jay Patton (far right) with his first Paul Harris Fellowship pin. During the same ceremony, other local Rotarians received additional Paul Harris Fellow pins to add to their collections, including, from left, Dave Collins, Sara Maloney, Lang Hadley and Joe Watkins. Sequim Rotarians not pictured who also received pins are Patra Boots, Don Sorensen and Hank Marrerro. A Paul Harris Fellow is an individual who contributes, or in whose name is contributed, the amount of $1,000 to the Rotary Foundation.

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B COMMUNITY Wednesday, February 19, 2014

SECTION

SEQUIM GAZETTE

A Q&A with Sequim jeweler Dan Fuller

B-3

Sports • Arts & Entertainment • Schools • Calendar

The Chilean Antarctic base named for former president Gabriel Gonzalez Videla, first of the world’s heads of state to visit Antarctica, 1949. Photo by Nancy Krill

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Polar Bears to Penguins

A surprise visitor in the Canadian Arctic. Photo by Mark Roye

Sailing from the Eastern Arctic to Alaska, by Way of Cape Horn and Antarctica

by MARK ROYE AND NANCY KRILL For the Sequim Gazette

Most of us who cruise under sail do so, in part, in search of adventure. But adventure is a very personal matter and each of us defines it in terms truly

Traveler’s Journal “Polar Bears to Penguins: Sailing from the Eastern Arctic to Alaska, by Way of Cape Horn and Antarctica” When: 7 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 20 Where: Sequim High School cafeteria, 601 N. Sequim Ave. Cost: Suggested $5 donation (adults); 18 and younger, free Presenters: Mark Roye and Nancy Krill

meaningful only to ourselves. For both Nancy and me, adventure must include a challenge that poses a significant risk of failure. Not necessarily a physical risk, but difficult, distant or complex enough that success is never assured. Probably most sailors that consider a cruising adventure plan to sail to tropical destinations. This was not the case for me or for Nancy. During a long career skippering fishing vessels from the Gulf of Alaska to the Bering Sea, my dreams were of the aurora borealis, massive icebergs and majestic fjords. Nancy also wanted the more dramatic, the more difficult to achieve. Each of us arrived at this common definition from different ports of embarkation. My heroes, of course, were the wellknown explorers, but also the lesserknown Yankee maritime fur traders, sealers and whalers. Particularly those venturing around Cape Horn to the

Pacific Northwest — those who, in Melville’s words had, “Penetrated the secret drawers and lockers of the world.” I wanted to sail in their track, to experience what they had experienced, to anchor in the same harbors, see the same peoples and places, and solve the same problems that had confronted them. Nancy shared the dream as well. She’s trained as a geologist and she’s also widely traveled throughout the more exotic parts of the world. She too was eager to sail to more challenging destinations and to find that kind of adventure. Our slide show and lecture combines Nancy’s fine photography with my passion for story telling and maritime

See JOURNAL, B-3

Nancy Krill and Mark Roye aboard their sailboat Tamara, Tierra del Fuego. Photo by Nancy Krill

Actresses keep ‘Waiting in the Wings’ P.A. Players recast the spotlight this weekend Sequim Gazette staff

Conflict resurfaces between actresses Lotta (Kathleen Balducci, third from left) and May (Kathleen Hussey, fi fth from left) in “Waiting in the Wings” opening this weekend at Port Angeles Community Playhouse. Photo by Kate Carter

Deadlines

See ACTRESSES, B-2

At 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 25, and Tuesday, March 25, the Sequim Library offers workshops where you can learn how to download library e-books and audio books. Library staff demonstrate how to use the library website to find downloadable audio or e-books to check out, or to download them to an e-reader, tablet, i-Pod or smartphone. Workshops are free and open to the public. To allow ample time for individualized assistance and hands-on experience, registration is required. Come with a device to learn on — Nooks can be placed on hold through the library catalog. Register online at www.nols.org/events/ sequim.html, over the phone or in person. See www.nols.org or contact Amber Blume-Barrett at ablume-barrett@nols.org or 683-1161. The Sequim Library is at 630 N. Sequim Ave.

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The limelight comes back over a group of retired actresses in the Port Angeles Community Players’ “Waiting in the Wings” this weekend. Centered on a feud between May (Kathleen Hussey) and Lotta (Kathleen Balducci) and a fundraiser for the retirement home, Noel Coward’s “Waiting in the Wings” opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21. Shows continue at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22, 25, 28, March 1, 4, 7, 8, and 2 p.m. Sundays, Feb. 23 and March 2 and 9.

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SEQUIM GAZETTE

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Symphony revs up for annual fundraiser

FAITH NEWS Free film at Trinity United The story of a boy who survives a disaster at sea is told in a Faith in Film series movie at 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 21, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave. The plot follows the boy as he is thrown into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. The movie and popcorn are free. Information is available from the church at 683-5367.

Taize service set All are welcome to the ecumenical Taize service at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., starting at 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 24. In a meditative candlelit atmosphere which includes singing simple repetitive songs, one may simply sit peacefully during the hour long service or join in the chorus while experiencing the calming effect of being in God’s presence. Taize will continue to be held the fourth Monday of each month.

World Day of Prayer Several Sequim churches will join again this year to present the annual World Day of Prayer service, which will be held at noon on Friday, March 7, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim. The World Day of Prayer is a worldwide ecumenical movement of Christian women of 170 countries who observe a common day of prayer on the first Friday in March each year. The different countries take turns writing the World Day of Prayer worship service interpreting the Bible in their own context and lifting up issues of mission, justice and peace that are important to them. The 2014 worship service was written by the women of Egypt using the theme of “Streams in the Desert.” An offering will be collected during the service which will help fund grants to nonprofit organizations within the U.S. and internationally. Call Janet Martin at 683-5418.

The Port Angeles Symphony presents its premier fundraiser, Applause! Auction “All Dressed Up and Somewhere to Go” at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Naval Elks Lodge, 131 E. First St., Port Angeles. Tickets are $75 and reservations are required. Call 457-5579 for reservations or go to portangelessymphony. org. The evening starts with wine and hors d’oeuvres while guests bid on silent auction items and enjoy music by an ensemble of musicians. Items offered for silent auction bidding include tickets to a wide variety of events, gift certificates and a unique selection of gourmet wines, foodstuffs and merchandise. The live auction features dinner and lively bidding on a wide variety of items.

A partial list of auction items includes:

Trips including: • A 7-day Holland America Cruise • One Week in a 5-Star Resort in the French Quarter in New Orleans. • Apa Kabar Villas, Bali Indonesia • South Africa Photo Safari • The Jewel of Medieval Tuscan hill towns — Cortona, Italy

Actresses From page B-1

Tickets are $12 for adults; $6 for students and children with Tuesday performances $12 for reserved seating or $6 at the door. Tickets are available at Odyssey Bookshop in Port Angeles, pacommuni-

maker dinner for the four and their significant others hosted by Camaraderie Cellars in the barrel room • Australian Didjeridu • Gourmet dinner parties at some of peninsula’s most beautiful homes • A barrel of fine wines • A concert on the patio at Camaraderie Cellars with wine and light picnic fare • Unlimited car wash and • Victoria packages wax for one car for one year • Ta ll dra m at ic Ship Services, merchandise Model • Prize-winning driftwood • Artwork sculpture by Tuttie Peetz • and many other items. • Become a winemaker: Four persons will be a part Golden Ticket Raffle The winner of the Golden of the “blending panel” to create the very first wine Ticket Raffle is announced just for the symphony under during the live auction – it’s the guidance of Camarade- not too late to purchase a rie Cellars’ winemaker Don ticket for a chance at this Corson. Together they craft a prize. The prize is your unique “cuvee.” The day will choice of any item offered at finish with a delicious wine- the live auction.

typlayers.com or the door 1203 S. Laurel St., Port Angeles. Wheelchair seating and headsets available. First-time P.A. Players director Nikkole Adams said “Waiting” has a bit of everything in it. With comedy, drama and touching moments. “The show on the whole is a very touching experience that any seasoned show-

goer will simply have to see,” she said. The cast includes E.J. Anderson, Kathleen Balducci, Anita Bonham, Beverly Brown, Wayne Calvin, Pam Fries, Stephanie Gooch, Deb Hansen, Merala Heins, Ean Henninger, Kathleen Hussey, BJ Kavanaugh, Lynne Murphy, Jeremiah Paulsen, Anneliese Russell, Elise Ray, Marilyn Welch and Jan Yates.

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Traditional Worship Services

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Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church

Sequim Seventh-day Adventist Church

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SEquim Gazette

Random Questions

A&E briefs

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

Orca film set

With Dan Fuller With Valentine’s Day in full bloom, Dan Fuller, a goldsmith with Cole’s Jewelers, took a few minutes to answer a few random questions. He started in the jewelry business in 1981 initially in sales before moving to the goldsmith bench where he learned the trade. He worked in a trade shop for seven years before starting his own jewelry business in a Bonus Question 3: Favorite thing Question 11: What is a guilty plea& beauty salon. to work on/for? sure of yours? Fuller: Enjoy dealing with people. I Fuller: Really good beer. I like ScalQuestion 2: Why did you like to talk. We’d rather make a friend dis, a Belgian beer. move to Sequim? than a customer. Fuller: I’ve been in Sequim 20 years. A lot of senior, single people don’t Question 31: Would you give me a (Cole’s Jewelers) was looking for a have to buy anything but I tell them dollar? Why or why not? goldsmith and I was looking for a job. they can come in and talk. Fuller: Sure. If I got one and you need one. Life is good. Bonus Question 1: Did do anything Question 10: Share one thing people to celebrate Valentine’s Day? might not know about you? Question 47: Do aliens exist? Fuller: I bought my wife Kathy flowFuller: I was born in Page, Arizona. Fuller: Yes, I did see something one ers this year. I lived there six months. My dad was night that I can’t explain. It was just in construction building Glen Can- weird. Bonus Question 2: For Valentine’s, yon Dam. In construction, you move what are people most looking to buy? around a lot. In Random Questions, members of Fuller: It’s across the board. The the community each draw five random scope of what people are buying. Question 28: If you were a profes- questions (sometimes more) out of Some will come in and say they sional, what would it be in? 50 from a bag and he/she will answer have $100. Others come in and price Fuller: I’d be a hunting guide. I these questions for your entertaindoesn’t matter. There’s no rhyme and haven’t gotten to hunt as much as ment. With suggestions for random reason. But for the most part people I like but I hope to pick it back up interviews, e-mail Matthew Nash at shop for price. this year. mnash@sequimgazette.com.

Journal

From page B-1

About the presenters:

The Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts presents two concerts the last weekend of February with the Tannahill Weavers of Scotland at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, and songwriter Ruth Moody at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 2. Tickets are $20 or $35 for both concerts. Both concerts are in the Little Theater on the Peninsula College campus. Tickets are at Pacific Mist Books (Sequim) Port Book and News (Port Angeles) or at jffa.org. The Tannahill Weavers have received worldwide accolades over the years as Scotland’s finest traditional band. Moody is a two-time Juno Award (Canadian Grammy) winning songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Carver featured

Sequim Arts meeting Thursday, Feb. 27, is at St Luke’s Episcopal Hall, 525 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim, starting at 9:30 a.m. with refreshments. An entertaining presentation by professional wood carver Ken Davis will follow a business meeting at 10:00 a.m.

Solo art on display at P.C.

A solo art exhibition by noted Irish painter and storyteller Josie Gray opened in Peninsula College’s PUB Gallery of Art on Feb. 11. The exhibition, entitled “From the Land of Ghosts & Shadows,” will be on display through March 14. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday from 8 a.m.-8 p.m.

liam Sound. Along the way they would follow the route of those earlier Yankee sailors bound to the Northwest, calling in at Newfoundland, the Azores, Madeira, the Canaries, Cape Verde, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, the Falklands, Antarctica, Cape Horn, Tierra del Fuego and Chilean Patagonia, the Galapagos, Mexico and Hawaii. In all they have logged nearly 50,000 miles aboard Tamara The Tamara in Northern Labrador. Photo by Nancy Krill and still are cruising Alaskan rounded out Mark’s techni- interests. Their voyages waters. cal background with the would take them several ease of travel attained only times to Labrador, Hud- About the presentations: by years of just going and son’s Strait and the eastTraveler’s Journal is a prefiguring things out along ern Canadian Arctic, then sentation of the Peninsula the way. finally home to the Pacific Trails Coalition. All of the The couple’s cruising Northwest via the Alaska money raised is used to buy plans would combine these Peninsula and Prince Wil- project supplies and food for

volunteers working on Olympic Discovery Trail projects. Shows are each Thursday in February and March and start at 7 p.m. in the Sequim High School cafeteria at 601 N. Sequim Ave. The cafeteria benches are hard and people should bring their own cushions. Suggested donation is $5 for adults. Youths 18 and under are welcome for free. Rainshadow Coffee Company is providing free coffee. One selected photo enlargement will be given away each week as a door prize. Creative Framing is donating the matting and shrinkwrapping of the door prize. Call Dave Shreffler at 6831734 for more information.

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For more then 20 seasons Mark Roye owned and skippered fishing vessels throughout Alaska. From the Gulf of Alaska to the Bering Sea, his career not only earned him a living, but also brought a wealth of experience for what he schemed and planned for all along — to cruise under sail. Cruise not just anywhere, but sail the higher latitudes. The Arctic and Antarctic always consumed him and he pursued his fishing career with that ultimate goal in mind, logging more than 200,000 miles during these years. Mark’s partner, first mate of their 44-foot steel ketch Tamara, Nancy Krill had spent time aboard their 91-foot fishing vessel and gained experience as well. But she brought a different set of skills just as valuable to the couple’s future cruising plans. Having traveled extensively to many of the exotic and less frequented parts of the world, she

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history. The presentation chronicles our voyages aboard our steel ketch Tamara from Hudson Strait in the Eastern Canadian Arctic to Alaska, by way of Newfoundland, the Azores, Cape Verde, Brazil, Argentina, the Falklands, Cape Horn, Antarctica, Chile and the Galapagos — the route of mariners who, bound for the Pacific Northwest, opened those secret drawers and lockers of our world and ushered our young nation to the forefront of world trade. Along the way we experienced the same places, peoples and cultures, geography, geology, and wildlife as those who pioneered this route. We came to revere their seamanship. Whatever else we might think about the activities of those earlier generations of sailors, their accomplishments as mariners are unrivaled. After we were awarded the Cruising Club of America’s Charles H. Vilas Prize for 2011 and the Royal Cruising Club Trophy for 2012, we began to be asked to present our slide lecture at places like the Mystic Seaport Museum and other venues that are the true repositories of the maritime traditions we

value so highly. This, to us, was an even higher honor. But we’re even happier to bring this same passion to presentations right here at home, and honored to present our show at the 2014 Traveler’s Journal Series in Sequim.

Peninsula College’s Magic of Cinema film series brings the true story of Luna, a young wild killer whale, to the silver screen on Friday, Feb. 21. The documentary “The Whale” begins at 7 p.m. in Maier Performance Hall, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd. The film’s screening is followed by a panel discussion featuring Dr. Robin Baird, a research biologist with Cascadia Research, and Dr. Richard Osborne, a marine biologist and research consultant with The Olympic Natural Resources Center in Forks. Admission to the film is $5 or free with a current PC student ID.

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Friday Feb. 21 • Old Sidekicks. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oasis Bar & Grill, 301 E. Washington St. Saturday Feb. 22 • Re-Arrangers, swing jazz. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wind Rose Cellars. 143 W. Washington St. • Creme Tangerine. 9 p.m. 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 Highway 101. • Gil Yslas, blues guitar. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wind Rose Cellars. 143 W. Washington St. Wednesday Feb. 26 • Buck Ellard. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oasis Bar & Grill, 301 E. Washington St. Friday Feb. 28 • Gil Yslas. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oasis Bar & Grill, 301 E. Washington St. • Taylor Ackley, honky tonk. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wind Rose Cellars. 143 W. Washington St. Saturday March 1 • Nostalgia. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oasis Bar & Grill, 301 E. Washington St. • Gil Yslas, blues guitar. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wind Rose Cellars. 143 W. Washington St. Wednesday March 5 • The Blue Hole Quintet. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oasis Bar & Grill, 301 E. Washington St. Friday March 7 • Discovery Bay Pirates. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oasis Bar & Grill, 301 E. Washington St. Saturday March 8 • Olympic Express Big Band. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Oasis Bar & Grill, 301 E. Washington St.

• “Summer of Love” by Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday Feb. 2122; 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 23. Pay-as-you-wish, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12. Advance tickets at www.olympictheatrearts.org or at the box office, 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. • Fourth Friday Readings. 6 p.m. Feb. 28 at Rainshadow Coffee, 157 W. Cedar St., Sequim features Rita Kepner and Keith Moul followed by five-minute open mike readings. Open mike readings may include poetry, fiction, memoir and biography. Additional guidelines are available through Rmarcus@olypen. com. • Josie Gray, “From the Land of Shadows & Ghosts” art exhibit, through March 14. At Peninsula College PUB Gallery of Art, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. Hours: M-F, 8 a.m.-8 p.m. • Olympic Theatre Arts’ “Love, Loss, and What I Wore.” 7:30 p.m. on March 7-8, 14-15, 2 p.m. on March 9 and 16. Olympic Theatre Arts Performing Arts Center, 414 Sequim Ave., Sequim. 683-7326.

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• The Shipley Center ukelele group meets 1-3 p.m. on Mondays except holidays. Cost is $3 for non members and $2 for members. Beginner’s classes available. For more information, call instructor Mike Bare at 4774240. 921 E. Hammond St. Tuesdays • Sequim Community Orchestra rehearsals from 7-9 p.m. James Center for the Performing Arts. sequimcommunityorchestra.org or 681-5469. • Olympic Peninsula Men’s Chorus rehearsal. 6:30 p.m. Olympic Theatre Arts Center, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim. No auditions required. • Olympic Mountain Cloggers. 6 p.m. Howard Wood Memorial Theater, 132½ W. Washington St., Sequim. 681-3987. • Square dance workshop. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Call for location. 683-0155. • Rhody O’s Square Dance Club. 7:30 p.m. Gardener Community Center. 6832409. • Dance lessons, 7 p.m. Macleay Hall, Sequim. 4572001 or luvndancin14@ yahoo.com. Wednesdays • Beginning (8:30 a.m.) and intermediate (9:30 a.m.) tap, Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road, 4528905. • Open mic. 6:30 p.m. Nourish, 101 Provence View Lane, Sequim. • Open mic. 9:30-10:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 Highway 101, Blyn. 683-7777. • Cats Meow Dance Band. Ongoing music/dance 6-8 p.m. the fourth Wednesday of each month. Shipley Mondays • Grand Olympic Chorus Center, 921 E. Hammond St. rehearsals. 6:30 p.m. 990 E. $4 cover for members, $5 for Washington St., Ste. 103. non-members. Thursdays 681-6836 or 681-7135. • Cort Armstrong and Friends, Americana folk/ French Cuisine bluegrass. 5:30-7:30 p.m. never gets old ... Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. it only gets better! Washington St., Sequim. C’EST SI BON • Peninsula College’s Studium Generale series. Class Reunions Community members are Fund Raising, Weddings invited. Free. Programs are . . . Check With Us First at 12:35 pm in the college’s Little Theater on main campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., 10 miles west of Sequim (Across from Deer Park Cinema) Port Angeles. www.cestsibon-frenchcuisine.com 1 Family Dining Restaurant in USA

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Ongoing Events • Shipley Center classes, activities. 921 E. Hammond St., Sequim. www.olypen. com/sequimsr/ or 683-6806. Sundays, Thursdays • Bingo. 12:30 p.m. Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road. Minimum $10 buy-in. 683-2763. Mondays • Open mic night Snug Harbor Café hosts an open microphone the first Monday of each month. Open mic nights are no charge and welcomes all performers of all ages, no reservations needed. Snug Harbor Café is at 281732 U.S. Highway 101. Call 360-379-9131. Wednesdays • Bird walks at Railroad Bridge Park, 681-4076; blood pressure checks, 417-7486. Library story times, 6831161. Thursdays • Pingpong, advanced, 681-4675. • Trivia Time Live. 8-10 p.m. 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 Highway 101, Blyn. Free. 683-7777. • The Olympic Peninsula Oneness Blessings Circle, first Thursday of every month from 6:30-8:30 p.m.

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at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 73 Howe Road in Agnew. No religious affiliation. Free but donations appreciated. 360-640-1254 or www.onenessuniversity.org. • The Strait Stamp Society meets from 6-8 p.m. on the first Thursday monthly, in the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. For more information, see www.straitstamp.org. Saturdays • Sequim Deaf Coffee House. Noon-3 p.m. the second Saturday of the month in Geneva Hall, Sequim Community Church, 960 N. Fifth Ave & Cape Hope Way, Sequim. Contact sdch_2010@ comcast.net. Sundays • Full Contact Trivia 6 p.m.

Carol Gouthro, Kristin Schimik and Sheila Sondik are the featured artists at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s newest exhibit, entitled “exotic terrane.” The exhibit runs through March 30. “Exotic terrane” was selected for this exhibition to reference the similar representations of geological and botanical forms that occur in the works of all three of artists, center members said. Though they all use unique methods to create and interpret the theme, each artist uses nature’s process of transformation (the building up and the erosion of material) as a social metaphor relating to the environment and ecosystems. The Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Thursday-Sunday. Woodland Art Park is open daylight hours, year-round. Admission is free. The center is at 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. For more information about upcoming programs, visit www.pafac.org or call 457-3532. Wii Bowling 8 p.m. Oasis Bar & Grill, 301 E. Washington St., Sequim. 582-3143. Mondays • Pingpong, advanced, 681-4675; bingo, 683-9546.

ian, French, Spanish, German, 681-0226; Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement, 775-6373. • Red Cross first aid, CPR/ AED (adult/pediatric), disaster services, babysitting, pet Ongoing Classes first aid. 457-7933, 800-733• Cardiac care classes, 2767 or www.redcross.org. 417-7486. • Yoga, 425-225-2990 Auditions/Submissions or www.sequimyoga.com; • Artists interested in Hula, 360-809-3390 or conducting a winter demo zardo@olypen.com; jew- contact MAC Exhibit Center elry making, 681-5087; tai manager Steph Ellyas at 683chi, 866-651-0544; Nia, 8110 or steph@macsequim. 808-4947 or petuzie@msn. org. com; Whole Person Drum• Consider joining the Port ming classes, 681-5407; Angeles Symphony Orchesmeditation classes/groups, tra. Rehearsals are Monday 681-5407; Energy Healers/ nights. Call 457-5579 or eIntuitive Development, 582- mail pasymphony@olypen. 0083; American mah-jongg, com. See portangelesssym683-6806; free classes, Ital- phony.org.

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Wolves send 2 to state tourney Cornell, Ditlefsen take on the best at Tacoma Dome

Sequim’s Alma Mendoza, Kaylee Ditlefsen and Sophia Cornell competed at a regional tourney at Steilacoom High School in Tacoma on Saturday. Ditlefsen and Cornell advanced to the state tournament with top-three finishes. Photo scourtesy of Donna Cornell

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Two Wolves are bound for the Mat Classic girls state tournament at the Tacoma Dome. Sophia Cornell (106 pounds) and Kaylee Ditlefsen (130), both juniors, took third and second respectively in their weight classes at the girls’ district tournament in Steilacoom on Feb. 15. Their high finishes earned them berths into the state tournament this Friday. Cornell, a first-timer at state, faces off with Jessica Eakins of Washougal, who went 1-2 at state in 2013, and Ditlefsen faces Chloe Spencer of Ephrata, who did not compete at state last year. Ditlefsen went 0-2 at state in 2012 and placed sixth at regionals in 2013. Coach Bill Schroepfer said he couldn’t be happier than a coach could be. “(Cornell and Ditlefsen) were turning a lot of heads with their matches,” he said. At districts, Ditlefsen went 2-1 by pinning Marissa Smith of Rogers High School in 1:19 and Maggie Cox of Spanaway in 1:29 before losing to Belen Simpson of Steilacoom by a tech fall 17-2 for the championship. Ditlefsen lost to Simpson last

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week at sub-districts but had the goal to not get pinned, be tied-up and put her all into the match. When Ditlefsen made her second pin before the championship, she jumped up and couldn’t hold herself back from crying tears of joy. “It was the most amazing feeling

to know I was in the finals again and I had my spot for sure as first or second going into state,” she said. Cornell went 3-1 by pinning Becca Dillon of Emerald Ridge in 1:46 but lost to second place finisher Abby Humphreys of Rogers High School by pin in 50 seconds.

She persevered by pinning Sophia Lamarr of Fife in 2:43 and Ana Sanchez of Federal Way by pin 2:05. Cornell said she was totally surprised to find herself going to state. “It still doesn’t feel real. It’s so

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A win and they are in District quarterfinal win gives Wolves a berth at regionals Sequim Gazette staff

The road only gets bumpier from here. A loss to Bremerton in last week’s season finale gave Sequim’s Wolves (13-3, 15-5) the No. 2 seed from the Olympic League. Despite the defeat, the Wolves are one win in the quarterfinal away from locking up a regional berth — the West Central District sends five 2A schools to regionals. Sequim, the No. 4 overall seed in the district tourney, plays at 6 p.m. tonight, Feb. 19, at Curtis High School. Sequim takes on the winner of the Feb. 17 Renton/ Foster matchup; the game was completed past deadline for this section. Renton is the tourney’s No. 5 seed; Foster, the tourney’s bottom seed at No. 12. Alex Barry leads the team with a 16.9 points-per-game average. He also leads the team in threepointers (49), rebounds (163 total, 8.15 per game) and steals (47, 2.35 per game). Rory Kallappa is the team’s second-leading scorer at 10.5 points per game. Anthony Pinza, Erik Christensen and Vance Willis round out a balanced scoring attack with 8.9, 8.0 and 7.9 points per game, respectively. Pinza leads the team in assists (107, 4.5 per game) and Christensen leads the squad in blocks (34).

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Back in the fast lane. Sequim junior Eric Prosser is returning to the state 2A meet after earning top-five finishes in both the 200 individual medley and 100 backstroke events at the West Central District meet in Renton Feb. 14-15. On Friday, Prosser bumped up his position in the 200 IM among district qualifiers to fifth, up from a seventh seed, to earn a spot in the district finals. Needing only to not get disqualified the next day to keep his place at state, Prosser improved his personal best from 2:17.22 to 2:17.07. In the 100 backstroke event on Friday, Prosser improved his time by nearly 2.5 seconds and qualified for state by allocation by placing fourth. His time

in Saturday’s final was a bit slower but he held on to fourth place. Teammate Markus Petersen also competed in the 100 backstroke, finishing 16th in preliminaries. “He is already taking notes on how to improve next season,” Sequim head coach Linda Moats said of Petersen. Lindbergh won the district team title with 268 points, followed by PETERSEN Steilacoom (232) and Port Angeles (178). Sequim placed 14th. Prosser moves on to the state finals, held Feb. 21-22 in Federal Way. Prosser competed as a sophomore last year, placing 24th in the 100 backstroke. He also competed with Sequim’s 200 medley and 400 free relay teams.

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SPORTS CALENDAR School sports schedule Feb. 19 5 p.m. — Peninsula College basketball vs. Shoreline. At P.C. gym, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd. Men start at 7 p.m. 6 p.m. — Sequim High School boys basketball at West Central District tournament. At Foss High School (Tacoma). Feb. 21-22 TBA — Sequim High School boys swimming at state 2A meet, Federal Way. TBA — Sequim High School girls wrestling at state 2A tournament, Tacoma. Feb. 23 1 p.m. — Peninsula College basketball at Bellevue. Men start at 3 p.m.

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catching fly balls. Registration and tryout is for players of ages 13-15, with league age determined by how old they are as of May 1. Cost is $100 for the first child and $50 for each sibling thereafter. Players need to provide a copy of their birth certificate. Registration forms can be found at Sequim Middle School, 301 W. Hendrickson Road, or picked up at the registration. For more information, call Bill Bates at 4609203.

Hurricane Ridge opens The Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports Club began its winter sports season last weekend with rope tow and tubing operations. An all-day bunny lift tickets are $12 and an intermediate tickets, including use of the bunny lift, is $24 all day and $22 for a half day. Half day price begins at 1 p.m. There is now a dedicated tubing area at Hurricane Ridge. Tubes are provided: cost is $10 for two hours or $8 for one hour. For more shuttle information, call All Points Charters at 460-7131.

Feb. 19 8:45 a.m. — Over the Hill Hikers hike: Pierce Road. Call 681-0359. 9 a.m. — Dungeness Men’s Club: Stableford. At The Cedars at Dungeness, 1965 Woodcock Road. Feb. 20 7 p.m. — Puget Sound Anglers, North Olympic Chapter meeting. At Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave. Call 582-0836. Feb. 21 8:45 a.m. — Over the Hill Hikers hike: Old Fort Townsend trails. Call 681-0359.

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‘Incredible Years’ series starts Feb. 24 The Sequim Youth Basketball Blue Jets team, a squad of third- and fourth-grade students, recently wrapped up an undefeated season. The team includes (back row, from left) coach Arthur Buhrer, Adrian Brown, Tyler Mooney, Lincoln Sparks and John Vaara, with (front row, from left) Diego Buhrer, Vincent Carrizosa and Matthew Lund. Not pictured is River Bess. Photo courtesy of Topper’s Photography

Peninsula’s Chapman named coach of pro Kitsap Pumas P.C. leader says he’s not leaving NWAACC champs The Kitsap Soccer Club announced last week that Andrew Chapman, Peninsula College men’s soccer team head coach, is taking over the position of head coach for the Premier Development League squad for the upcoming season. Chapman said he’s not leaving Peninsula College to coach the Pumas, but is “just adding to my fun.” He becomes the fourth Pumas coach in six seasons and replaces James Ritchie, who resigned to take an assistant coaching posi-

United Way of Clallam County Great Beginnings and First Teacher present a parenting series, “The Incredible Years for Toddlers,” starting from 5:30-8 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 24, from at Sequim Middle School, 301 W. Hendrickson Road. The 10-session parenting series is each Monday (ex-

cept for March 31 — spring break). Learn and share information on toddlers with other parents and enjoy a free, light healthy family dinner, free child care with activities and a free children’s book each session. Topics include: discipline, communication, dealing with behavior problems,

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tion with the Oklahoma Energy FC. The Pumas are a professional squad based in Bremerton. Chapman, who coached P.C.’s Pirates to back-to-back NWAACC titles in 2012 and 2013, started with the Pumas as an assistant coach for two seasons before resigning to spend more time with his family. He came back as the general manager in March 2013. “Being born and raised in Bremerton, it is fantastic to CHAPMAN be able to coach this team,” Chapman said. “We have enthusiastic people willing to help and great ideas already.”

Sarah Shea, shown here with Rotarian Bret Keehn, was named Sequim Sunrise Rotary’s January Middle School Student of the Month. Shea is the daughter of Bill and Cathy Shea. Her favorite subjects are mathematics, yearbook and P.E. and she has a 4.0 grade-point average. Shea said she enjoys playing basketball and soccer and golf with her dad. She’s working hard now to go to college upon graduation. Submitted photo

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extremely awesome and such a wonderful honor to have earned my way to the Dome,” she said. “I will be happy with any outcome at state but placing or taking champion would be even better. After my match Kaylee hugged me with tear-filled eyes and muttered words I couldn’t ever have imagined — “We’re going to state.” Schroepfer said the girls’ first matches should be winnable. “But then the wrestle factor at the Dome kicks in. It can be intimidating to wrestle in the Dome. The seats are packed and there’s 24 matches going on at once,” he said. “The second matches will be pretty tough but we have tough kids and it’ll be interesting to see how they do. It’ll be knockdown fights to the end.” Cornell said she’s going to keep doing what she’s been doing to prepare all season. “My game plan is always to size up my opponent and wrestle from there,” she said. “I generally like to tie up, snap down and attempt a shot. Each match is different though, so you just have to keep adjusting.” Ditlefsen echoed this. “I need to do what one of my coaches, Len Borchers, always has said, ‘Practice makes permanent.’ I just need to practice everything I know and condition to keep in shape before Friday,” she said.

Teammates’ state bids Fellow state hopeful Alma Mendoza (118), a freshman, went 1-3 at districts while battling the flu. She lost her first match narrowly to Xochithl Suarez of Kent Meridian 8-7 but in

the in consolation she pinned Vanessa Williams of Vashon Island in 35 seconds. She lost to fourth place finisher Erin Redford of White River 6-3 and for fifth place lost in a rematch with Suarez 6-3. Schroepfer said on a healthy day Mendoza definitely would have done better. “She was disappointed and she knows she can do much better but she’s already looking forward to next year already,” he said. He plans to enroll Mendoza in the folkstyle state championship in the Dome this weekend, too. She’ll also match up with Cornell this week to ready for the weekend tournaments. Two boys, Royhon Agostine (132), senior, and Nathan Alison (220), sophomore, were set as alternates for the 2A regional tournament in Hockinson but spots did not open up for them to compete. Coach Charles Drabek said they did stay and watch some of the tournament where Olympic League competitors Adrian Mendoza of Olympic took first at 132 and Kyla LaFritz of Port Angeles at 220. “Our league just crushed them, which validates it a little bit. We had a tough league to get through,” he said. “Royhon knew he could’ve been competing there. The two guys he lost to were in the finals.” Looking at the season, where the Wolves did not win a head-to-head meet, Drabek said the team seems excited to continue on with several participating in freestyle wrestling and signing up for camps and training in the offseason. “I think we’ll come in next year and hit the ground running,” he said. “Especially if we can get those freshman running and a decent class of eighth-graders coming up, we’ll be able to compete.”

what to expect at certain ages and family management techniques. Nicole Brewer and Sandy Dunn are organizers and instructors of the series. The series is open to anyone with young children. To sign up for the class, call 681-2250 or 461-9992 or e-mail to: pmf@olypen.com.

SCHOOLS CALENDAR Feb. 19 TBA — Auditions for Sequim High School Operetta. At school auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave. Feb. 19 10 a.m. — Youth story times at Sequim Library,

630 N. Sequim Ave. Toddlers at 10 a.m., preschool ages at 11 a.m. Call 683-1161. Feb. 20 6:30 p.m. — Sequim High School Choir Boosters meeting. At choir room, Fir Street. Call 582-3600.

Feb. 22 Sequim High School Jazz Band to Lionel Hampton Festival (Idaho) Feb. 24 9:30-11 a.m. — First Teacher activit y with Sequim Youth Librarian Patty Swingle. At Sequim Boys & Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St. Call 681-2250.

Discipline isn’t easy Discipline is a lot more than just getting mad at what your child has done. You need to know what you are doing if you want to be doing an effective job. If you don’t, you can create a lot of problems for yourself no matter what age your child is. When you child does something wrong, begin by trying to understand his behavior. Did he know he was doing something wrong? Can you figure out what was happening that might have caused him to do what he did? Make sure you have appropriate and realistic expectations for your child. If you expect that your 10-year-old will do a first rate job cleaning his room, you may not be realistic about a child of this age. Tell your child what you expect so he will behave appropriately. If you want him to share his toys with his friend who is coming to visit, tell him ahead of time. Clearly tell him the limits and consequences of his behavior. Tell him that dessert will only be there if he eats all of his dinner. Let him know that he can watch television after he takes a bath. But if poor behavior persists, let him know what the consequences will be. Remind him that if he doesn’t share his

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favorite toy with his friend as you discussed with him, he will not be able to play with the toy for the rest of the day.

The ‘follow through’ Do what you told him you would do. This is called “following through” and is a key to effective discipline. If you don’t follow through, he will learn to not believe you when you tell him about consequences or even when you tell him what you want him to do. Make sure you set up situations for him to do the right thing and to succeed. If he is going with you to shop, remind him he needs to keep his hands in his pockets. When he needs to clean his room, tell him exactly what you expect. He should put his books on the shelf and his toys in the closet. Don’t reward him when he does the wrong thing even if it will quiet him down or make his stop doing

something that irritates you. When you have said dessert comes if he eats his dinner, don’t let him have a special treat like a milkshake just to keep him quiet. As much as you can, tell him what to do, not what NOT to do. It is better to say “Put your clothes by the washing machine” than it is to say “Don’t put your clothes on the floor.” When he hears “don’t and no” too frequently they have less impact. If what you are doing with your child doesn’t work, try doing something different … Don’t just be louder. Hitting your child and hollering at your child are not effective ways to discipline. They simply don’t get the results you are hoping for. Try something new. But remember, discipline needs to be fair. Take a look at how you discipline your child whether he is 2 or 16. Does it work? Are you proud of how you handled it? Is it fair? Cynthia Martin is the founder of the First Teacher program and director of Parenting Matters Foundation, which publishes newsletters for parents, caregivers and grandparents. Reach Martin at pmf@olypen.com or at 681-2250.

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Family Reading Night, held Jan. 29, was a great success! More than 360 parents and students joined Helen Haller families for an evening of reading activities organized by the district’s teacher-librarians. Each student left with a book to take home. We would like to thanks the teachers, parents and community volunteers who gave of their time to provide activities and sessions. Funds from Sequim Education Foundation and Helen Haller PTO provided the giveaway books.

GREYWOLF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Our Nation’s Founding Father, George Washington, aka Sequim resident Vern Frykholm, visited the classrooms of Renee Mullikin and Chris Stevens on Feb. 12 in anticipation of Presidents Day. Students had an opportunity to meet America’s first president in person and hear stories about the American Revolution. Students had all sorts of questions for him. They wanted to know if conditions at Valley Forge were harsh. How many hunting dogs did he have? How’s Martha, his wife? Where did he get the brass buttons on his overcoat? Did he like being president? Mr. Washington shared interesting facts with the children, including that he lost all but one of his teeth by age 61 and that during the American Revolution, he had to have his uniforms made in England.

eyeglasses to wear. The students made a special pair of glasses for Supt. Kelly Shea, who stopped by for a visit. They also practiced counting to 100, using alphabet pasta and grouping them into 10’s. Ione Marcy’s first-graders were furiously reading book after book and adding the titles to a wall poster. Their goal was to read 100 books in a day! They also made fashionable eyewear to commemorate the landmark date and they read aloud a poem about the number 100 that had exactly one hundred words in it for Supt. Shea. Some students brought collections Zero the Hero, that mysterious of 100s to school to share. masked man who loves to count, made his annual visit to Monique SEQUIM MIDDLE Brasher’s first-grade classroom to SCHOOL help the students mark the 100th day of school. The first-graders were Sequim Middle School has anbusily counting out and stringing up nounced the January Students of necklaces of 100 beads. Zero the Hero the Month. The students were nomiwill be back for next year’s 100th day nated by their teachers who felt they of school celebration — count on it! represented the characteristic of the month, Respect. Students were HELEN HALLER called to Town Center and presented ELEMENTARY SCHOOL with their awards. Each of their pictures will be displayed next to the Sheri Suryan’s fifth-grade class front doors of the school. presented their explorer research The nominees were: Yussef Awawin a virtual museum on Thursday, da, Amber Blackburn, Cooper BryFeb. 6. Each student researched an an, Rylee Collier, Matthew Crigler, explorer from the years 1000-1540. Nicholas D’Amico, Nate Despain, These early explorers were in search Kaylee Dunlap, Mary Ewing, Morof a northwest passage to Asia. They gana Ferguson, Collin Freeman, wanted gold, spices, silk, jade and Porter Funston, Mikayla Geniesse, jewels. Some explorers wanted to Emily Glenn, Brianna Jack, Robert spread Christianity to the natives Jesionowski, Shelby Jones, Emily and others wanted glory of claiming Klein, Raymond Lam, Ben Logan, land for their native country or for Brayden Metzger, Kelly Meyer, the country that sponsored them. Makenna O’Dell, Gabrielle Paulson, The students put their research John Purvis, Liliana Rayon, Tane together in a book with maps, time Ridle, Theodore Scheett, Heidi lines, interesting facts, pictures and Schmitt, Elena Springer, Austin a log book of their travels. They Vorhies and Mazie Whitteker. Condressed in period explorer attire and gratulations to the January Students presented their findings in a “virtual of the Month! museum” for Haller fourth-grade students and parents. They had to SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL write an expository essay, including works cited for all their research. These choir students received Learning about the explorers gave the students at inside look at hard- first-place ratings for their perforships at sea and finding out that gold mances at the Solo and Ensemble caused many of the explorers to want adjudications held in Port Angeles on Saturday, Feb. 1: more at any cost, even death. For solo performances: McKayla The 100th day of school, Feb. 11, was celebrated with different class Neale (soprano), Lauren Traczyk (soprojects. Judie Lawson’s second- prano), Ciara Westhoven (soprano, grade class colored and cut out “100” first alto) and Patrick McCarter

P.C. hosts Running Start info nights

Peninsula College will host a series of Running Start Information Nights in Port Angeles, Port Townsend and Forks during February and March. Information Nights on the college’s main campus (1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles) are Wednesday, Feb. 26, and Wednesday, March 12. The information session and a panel discussion is in Keegan Hall Lecture Hall (M-125) starting at 7 p.m. A campus tour is offered at 6:30 p.m. Call the college at 417-6340 or 877-452-9277, x2. Information about the program is also available on the college website at www.pencol.edu.

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Did you know Sequim’s Learning Support Services Department serves 607 students in supplemental reading and math services? Title I, Part A and the Washington State Learning Assistance Program provides funds for a corps of highly qualified staff to work with any student who may need a boost in these important areas. We serve 323 students in reading and 284 students in math, spanning grade levels from kindergarten to grade 12. To learn more, call the Learning Support Services office at 582-3400.

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100! Above, Judie Lawson’s secondgraders join Sequim Schools superintendent Kelly Shea on the 100th day of the school year. At left, Zero the Hero makes an annual visit to Monique Brasher’s class to make sure the students are counting to 100 to mark the 100th day of school and to dispense some super hero advice. Photos by Patsene Dashiell

(tenor). 26 and returning on March 31. For the men’s ensemble: Carlo Sequim High School choirs have Juntilla, Eric Hermosada, Hayden participated in four Heritage Festival James, Zachary Campbell, Jackson trips to Anaheim, Calif. Each year the Oliver, Daniel Newell, Ben Heintz, choir has made significant strides in Mikey Cobb, Nicholas Fazio and their vocal performances. In fact, Brandon Morgan. the choir earned three gold awards These students will advance to at the 2010 Festival and another two state competition, which will be held during the 2012 Festival. Because April 25-26 on the Central Washing- of their success record, they were ton University campus in Ellensburg. invited to participate in the Festival Twelve choir students qualified of Gold, which is a gathering of to participate in the finest schoolAll-State competiage vocalists in the tion in Yakima on Coming next week United States. This Feb. 14-15. They are Sequim Middle School students opportunity is by Elise Beuke, Aus- explore what Constitutional issue invitation only and tin Brock, Emma is a tremendous is important to them in “The Brown, Victoria honor. Student Scene.” Hall, Benjamin The students will Heintz, Eric Herhave the oppormosada, Patrick McCarter, McKayla tunity to learn under the direction Neale, Katie Oliver, Lauren Trac- of internationally acclaimed musizyk, Emily Van Dyken and Ciara cians and perform on the stage in Westhoven. Carnegie Hall. In addition, they will Opportunities for the community see a Broadway show and take a tour to hear the choir, led by John Lo- out to Ellis Island to see the Statue rentzen, perform include a matinee of Liberty. This trip will be a lifetime appearance with the Readers Theatre experience for these young people. Plus group at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, and a choir concert at 7 p.m. Operetta auditions conclude at Thursday, March 20. Both events will 6 p.m. Feb. 19 in the cafeteria and be held in the auditorium. auditorium. Students need to come The choir trip is fast approaching! prepared to sing a well-known song Forty-two choir students and 12 for one minute. This year’s operetta chaperones will travel to New York will be “The Sound of Music.” Call City to take part in the Heritage Fes- director Robin Hall at 460-7860 for tival at Carnegie Hall, leaving March more details.

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Continuing education grants available The Beta Nu Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma announces that applications are now available for continuing education grants from the Helen Gariepy Grants for School Educators in Clallam County. Any educator or paraprofessional working in a Clallam County school may apply. Funding may be for full reimbursement of funds or partial reimbursement for programs not paid for from any other sources. Applications are available at www.betanuchapter.com. The spring deadline for submission is April 15. Interested educators with questions may contact Sharle Osborne at sharleo@sequim.k12. wa.us or Kathy Strozyk at kjstrozy@olypen.com or 683-1299.

RWCC offers essay contest to students The Republican Women of Clallam County announce the Achievement Award Essay Contest. This year’s essay topic is, “Why is the Supreme Court important in the balance of powers: executive, legislative and judicial branches?” Two Achievement Awards will be given. First prize is $500 and second prize is $300. The contest is open to any enrolled high school senior attending a public, private or home school located in the Sequim, Port Angeles, Crescent or Forks school district who is planning to attend a post secondary institution. Additional information and submission forms are available from at each school’s counseling office. Submissions deadline is on or before 11:59 p.m. on April 4. Essay submissions must be submitted via e-mail to the Achievement Award Committee at kpstorst@aol.com. Call 452-9456 or see rwclallamcounty.org.

Learn about study abroad at program

January students of the month at Sequim Middle School, where the key word was “Respect.” Photo by Melody Schneider

Learn more about studyabroad opportunities at Peninsula College’s Studium Generale program in a special presentation entitled “Study Abroad: The Learning Experience of a Lifetime,” set for 12:35 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, in the college’s Little Theater on the main campus in Port Angeles. Upcoming study abroad and scholarship opportunities available through the college also will be presented.

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