SEQUIM GAZETTE
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 • A-1
Celebrate SHS!
Wolf portraits
Rally ’round the radio
Sequim High School puts on a once-in-100-years bash. See pictures, stories online at www.sequim.k12.wa.us and www.sequimgazette.com
Canis lupus, through a camera lens.
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Old-time mystery to air on KSQM.
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‘My dad died a hero’ Dorwan Stoddard, fourth from left, died after being shot in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 8. Here he is pictured with, from left, Kane Stoddard, Ken Stoddard, Ron Stoddard, Kassie Stoddard and Jim Stoddard at Ron and Terry Stoddard’s house. Ron and Jim are Dorwan’s sons, Ken his grandson, and Kane and Kassie his greatgrandchildren.
Former Sequim man victim of Arizona shooting by AMANDA WINTERS Sequim Gazette
When Daniel Gautschi, of Sequim, read that his old friend died acting as a human shield to protect his wife from erratic gunshots in Tucson, Ariz., he wasn’t surprised. That’s just the kind of man Dorwan Stoddard was, Gautschi said. “He was always looking out for the other guy.” The 76-year-old, who spent about a decade in Sequim, was attending an event hosted by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., in front of a Safeway grocery store with his wife, Mavanell “Mavy,” when a gunman opened fire. Dorwan Stoddard covered his wife on the ground to protect her from the barrage of bullets. He was shot three times and it was a shot to the head that ended his life, sister-in-
Photo courtesy of Terry Stoddard
law Sandy Stoddard, of Sequim, said. Mavy Stoddard was shot three times in the leg, she said. Six people, including Dorwan Stoddard, died and more than a dozen were wounded. Authorities say 22-year-old Jared Loughner was the gunman. Political motivations,
A NEW FACE
as well as mental instability, are suspected.
Unexpected end Daughter-in-law Terry Stoddard said they had expected a phone call about Dorwan Stoddard’s passing for a year. After all, he had 16 or 17 stents
OF
in his heart and it was likely to go at any time. But it was a sheriff ’s deputy who left an emergency note on their door while they were out watching a Super Bowl playoff game on TV who
See SHOOTING, page A-4
FIREFIGHTING
Devin Hale, 18, is one of 16 recruits taking a 12-week course to become volunteer firefighters. Hale moved to Sequim from Chicago, Ill., in June and Sequim Gazette photos by Amanda Winters is a full-time student at Peninsula College.
Fire recruits begin with basics Annual 12-week academy to equip 16 to be volunteers by AMANDA WINTERS Sequim Gazette
One of Devin Hale’s fondest memories of growing up in the south Puget Sound region was hanging out with firefighters while his mom was at work with the city of Kent. “They were all really laid back and happy,” he said. “They enjoyed their jobs and still had time to pursue other interests.” Now Hale, 18, is embarking on the
Part one in a bimonthly series of stories following the Clallam County Fire District 3 recruit academy first step toward being a volunteer firefighter for Clallam County Fire District 3. Hale and 15 others began a 12-week recruit academy Jan. 5 that
See RECRUITS, page A-4
Volunteer firefighters with Clallam County District 3 practice extinguishing a car fire. The district has 67 volunteers and trains new recruits once per year. Sequim Gazette photo by Amanda Winters
INDEX Business ......................... A-7 Classifieds ...................... D-1 Crossword ....................... C-5
A&E Calendar ................. C-6 Obituaries ......................A-11 Opinions/Letters ...........A-12
Real Estate ..................... D-1 Schools ........................... B-5 Sports/Recreation ......... B-1
Strait Scenes ................. C-1 Weather .......................... A-2
Sequim lavender association splits Original farmers reorganize; festival refocused by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
Philosophical and administrative differences within the Sequim Lavender Growers Association led 11 farmers and founders to leave the organization on Jan. 8 at a special meeting called by the association members. The new group, Sequim Lavender Farmers Association, comprises all the Lavender Festival tour farms and others including: Angel Farm, Cedarbrook Lavender & Herb Farm, Jardin du Soleil Lavender, MooseOEN dreams Lavender Farm, Purple Haze Lavender, Olympic Lavender, Port Williams Lavender, Sunshine Herb & Lavender Farm, Victor’s Lavender, Washington Lavender, and Weary Gardener. “This new association is dedicated to returning to the core values and original purposes of the founders of the lavender movement in Sequim Valley; to promote the growing of lavender, reclaiming former farmlands for lavender production, and maintaining Sequim as the lavender center of North America,” said Vickie Oen, general manager of Purple Haze, in a written statement. “The 11 of us did not see this going in the farming direction,” Oen said. “That’s who we are, what we are and where we’re going.” She and others in the Farmers Association feel their focus is on organizational structure and developing a long-range business plan to ensure the continued growth and support of the lavender farmers of the SequimDungeness Valley. Terry Stolz, Growers Association president and owner of Sierra Nevada Soap, said all he’s been told is that the Farmer’s Association philosophy is different from the direction the Growers Association is going.
Lavender Festival status The Sequim Lavender Growers Association retains the rights to the Sequim Lavender Festival and all trademarks of it, including “Lavender Capital of North America” and Celebrate LavSTOLZ ender. The festival still is set for July 15-17. “We want to focus on being a community event,” Stolz said. “What better forum is there than a world-class festival where a diversity of people can assemble, enjoy themselves free of charge and support their favorite cause? We want to go in a different direction and eliminate the perception that events, such as ours, are all about sales.
This Week’s Forecast: See page A-2 for local weather. Check for updated weather reports at www.sequimgazette.com
See LAVENDER, page A-6
A-4 • Wednesday, January 12, 2011
SEQUIM GAZETTE
A SEQUIM CHAMBER WELCOME
Recruits From page A-1 will teach them everything they need to know to be a volunteer firefighter. “It really is amazing to see how much these students pick up in three months,” volunteer Capt. Steve Chinn said. “By the time they finish, they are completely different with everything they have learned. For several, this is just the first step in a career; for some it’s the step after retiring from other careers.”
Teaching by expertise
Members of the 2011-2012 Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce board of directors are recognized at a Jan. 11 luncheon. From left are Deon Kapetan, Vickie Oen, Ron Gilles, Joe Borden, Deborah Rambo Sinn, Bill Thomas, president Christy Rookard, vice president Jean Wyatt, Jeff Anderson, Marc Lawrence, past president Bill Littlejohn and Steve Perry. Board members not pictured are Ron Farquhar and Lizbeth Harper. Submitted photo
Shooting From page A-1 brought the news. Her husband, Ron Stoddard, dialed the number the deputy left on the note.
“My husband got off the phone and he looked at me and said, ‘My dad died a hero,’” she said, her voice breaking. “And I said, ‘What do you mean?’ and he told me what happened and said, ‘He pushed Mavy down and took the bullets and
he’s gone.’”
‘Together for a reason’ Childhood sweethearts who reunited after losing their long-term marriage partners, Dorwan and Mavy Stoddard led a happy life,
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never be filled again, never,” she said, calling the shooting a “senseless, stupid act.” She is angry there was no security at the political meeting, especially when the congresswoman had received threats in the past. She is angry Loughner’s friends didn’t call the police after he posted a goodbye note on his MySpace page alluding to what would happen in front of the grocery store. She is angry people died from needless violence that has no place in her country. “Nobody’s time (to die) should be like that … fighting for your life and your
wife’s life,” she said. “That is something happens in war zones, not outside a grocery store in the United States of America.” But, at the same time, she knows Dorwan Stoddard didn’t want to die an invalid. She knows how much he loved his wife, Mavy. And she knows he had a few moments before his passing to lie in her arms one more time and know that she was OK. “He wouldn’t have had it any other way,” she said. “He would rather that she lived.” Reach Amanda Winters at awinters@sequimgazette. com.
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Mavy Stoddard enjoys an evening with family at the home of Terry and Ron Stoddard. Mavy was shot three times in the leg after a gunman opened fire at a Tucson, Ariz., Safeway on Jan. 8. Photo courtesy of Terry Stoddard
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Sandy Stoddard said. “They were put together for a reason,” she said. The couple married in their 60s and spent their time fishing and traveling extensively across the U.S., Canada and Europe. They would have been married 16 years this Valentine’s Day, daughter-in-law Terry Stoddard said. Active in church and civic life, it wasn’t surprising they went to Giffords’ meeting with constituents, said Sandy Stoddard, who happened to be vacationing in Tucson at the time of the shooting. “Mavy told me their life together was put together so well,” Sandy Stoddard said. “They just enjoyed each other and she knew when he laid his body on her that he was giving his life for hers.” Sandy Stoddard said Mavy is expected to be released from the hospital this week.
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SEQUIM GAZETTE
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 • A-1
Celebrate SHS!
Wolf portraits
Rally ’round the radio
Sequim High School puts on a once-in-100-years bash. See pictures, stories online at www.sequim.k12.wa.us and www.sequimgazette.com
Canis lupus, through a camera lens.
A-9
Old-time mystery to air on KSQM.
C-1
SEQUIM GAZETTE Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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‘My dad died a hero’ Dorwan Stoddard, fourth from left, died after being shot in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 8. Here he is pictured with, from left, Kane Stoddard, Ken Stoddard, Ron Stoddard, Kassie Stoddard and Jim Stoddard at Ron and Terry Stoddard’s house. Ron and Jim are Dorwan’s sons, Ken his grandson, and Kane and Kassie his greatgrandchildren.
Former Sequim man victim of Arizona shooting by AMANDA WINTERS Sequim Gazette
When Daniel Gautschi, of Sequim, read that his old friend died acting as a human shield to protect his wife from erratic gunshots in Tucson, Ariz., he wasn’t surprised. That’s just the kind of man Dorwan Stoddard was, Gautschi said. “He was always looking out for the other guy.” The 76-year-old, who spent about a decade in Sequim, was attending an event hosted by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., in front of a Safeway grocery store with his wife, Mavanell “Mavy,” when a gunman opened fire. Dorwan Stoddard covered his wife on the ground to protect her from the barrage of bullets. He was shot three times and it was a shot to the head that ended his life, sister-in-
Photo courtesy of Terry Stoddard
law Sandy Stoddard, of Sequim, said. Mavy Stoddard was shot three times in the leg, she said. Six people, including Dorwan Stoddard, died and more than a dozen were wounded. Authorities say 22-year-old Jared Loughner was the gunman. Political motivations,
A NEW FACE
as well as mental instability, are suspected.
Unexpected end Daughter-in-law Terry Stoddard said they had expected a phone call about Dorwan Stoddard’s passing for a year. After all, he had 16 or 17 stents
OF
in his heart and it was likely to go at any time. But it was a sheriff ’s deputy who left an emergency note on their door while they were out watching a Super Bowl playoff game on TV who
See SHOOTING, page A-4
FIREFIGHTING
Devin Hale, 18, is one of 16 recruits taking a 12-week course to become volunteer firefighters. Hale moved to Sequim from Chicago, Ill., in June and Sequim Gazette photos by Amanda Winters is a full-time student at Peninsula College.
Fire recruits begin with basics Annual 12-week academy to equip 16 to be volunteers by AMANDA WINTERS Sequim Gazette
One of Devin Hale’s fondest memories of growing up in the south Puget Sound region was hanging out with firefighters while his mom was at work with the city of Kent. “They were all really laid back and happy,” he said. “They enjoyed their jobs and still had time to pursue other interests.” Now Hale, 18, is embarking on the
Part one in a bimonthly series of stories following the Clallam County Fire District 3 recruit academy first step toward being a volunteer firefighter for Clallam County Fire District 3. Hale and 15 others began a 12-week recruit academy Jan. 5 that
See RECRUITS, page A-4
Volunteer firefighters with Clallam County District 3 practice extinguishing a car fire. The district has 67 volunteers and trains new recruits once per year. Sequim Gazette photo by Amanda Winters
INDEX Business ......................... A-7 Classifieds ...................... D-1 Crossword ....................... C-5
A&E Calendar ................. C-6 Obituaries ......................A-11 Opinions/Letters ...........A-12
Real Estate ..................... D-1 Schools ........................... B-5 Sports/Recreation ......... B-1
Strait Scenes ................. C-1 Weather .......................... A-2
Sequim lavender association splits Original farmers reorganize; festival refocused by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
Philosophical and administrative differences within the Sequim Lavender Growers Association led 11 farmers and founders to leave the organization on Jan. 8 at a special meeting called by the association members. The new group, Sequim Lavender Farmers Association, comprises all the Lavender Festival tour farms and others including: Angel Farm, Cedarbrook Lavender & Herb Farm, Jardin du Soleil Lavender, MooseOEN dreams Lavender Farm, Purple Haze Lavender, Olympic Lavender, Port Williams Lavender, Sunshine Herb & Lavender Farm, Victor’s Lavender, Washington Lavender, and Weary Gardener. “This new association is dedicated to returning to the core values and original purposes of the founders of the lavender movement in Sequim Valley; to promote the growing of lavender, reclaiming former farmlands for lavender production, and maintaining Sequim as the lavender center of North America,” said Vickie Oen, general manager of Purple Haze, in a written statement. “The 11 of us did not see this going in the farming direction,” Oen said. “That’s who we are, what we are and where we’re going.” She and others in the Farmers Association feel their focus is on organizational structure and developing a long-range business plan to ensure the continued growth and support of the lavender farmers of the SequimDungeness Valley. Terry Stolz, Growers Association president and owner of Sierra Nevada Soap, said all he’s been told is that the Farmer’s Association philosophy is different from the direction the Growers Association is going.
Lavender Festival status The Sequim Lavender Growers Association retains the rights to the Sequim Lavender Festival and all trademarks of it, including “Lavender Capital of North America” and Celebrate LavSTOLZ ender. The festival still is set for July 15-17. “We want to focus on being a community event,” Stolz said. “What better forum is there than a world-class festival where a diversity of people can assemble, enjoy themselves free of charge and support their favorite cause? We want to go in a different direction and eliminate the perception that events, such as ours, are all about sales.
This Week’s Forecast: See page A-2 for local weather. Check for updated weather reports at www.sequimgazette.com
See LAVENDER, page A-6
A-4 • Wednesday, January 12, 2011
SEQUIM GAZETTE
A SEQUIM CHAMBER WELCOME
Recruits From page A-1 will teach them everything they need to know to be a volunteer firefighter. “It really is amazing to see how much these students pick up in three months,” volunteer Capt. Steve Chinn said. “By the time they finish, they are completely different with everything they have learned. For several, this is just the first step in a career; for some it’s the step after retiring from other careers.”
Teaching by expertise
Members of the 2011-2012 Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce board of directors are recognized at a Jan. 11 luncheon. From left are Deon Kapetan, Vickie Oen, Ron Gilles, Joe Borden, Deborah Rambo Sinn, Bill Thomas, president Christy Rookard, vice president Jean Wyatt, Jeff Anderson, Marc Lawrence, past president Bill Littlejohn and Steve Perry. Board members not pictured are Ron Farquhar and Lizbeth Harper. Submitted photo
Shooting From page A-1 brought the news. Her husband, Ron Stoddard, dialed the number the deputy left on the note.
“My husband got off the phone and he looked at me and said, ‘My dad died a hero,’” she said, her voice breaking. “And I said, ‘What do you mean?’ and he told me what happened and said, ‘He pushed Mavy down and took the bullets and
he’s gone.’”
‘Together for a reason’ Childhood sweethearts who reunited after losing their long-term marriage partners, Dorwan and Mavy Stoddard led a happy life,
Come on in from the cold & blustery weather to enjoy some hot soup from our deli. Different varieties every day, available in quarts, pints, and half-pints.
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never be filled again, never,” she said, calling the shooting a “senseless, stupid act.” She is angry there was no security at the political meeting, especially when the congresswoman had received threats in the past. She is angry Loughner’s friends didn’t call the police after he posted a goodbye note on his MySpace page alluding to what would happen in front of the grocery store. She is angry people died from needless violence that has no place in her country. “Nobody’s time (to die) should be like that … fighting for your life and your
wife’s life,” she said. “That is something happens in war zones, not outside a grocery store in the United States of America.” But, at the same time, she knows Dorwan Stoddard didn’t want to die an invalid. She knows how much he loved his wife, Mavy. And she knows he had a few moments before his passing to lie in her arms one more time and know that she was OK. “He wouldn’t have had it any other way,” she said. “He would rather that she lived.” Reach Amanda Winters at awinters@sequimgazette. com.
“Nobody does it better.” “Hats off to the Gazette for promoting the move to shop locally!” – Dr. Sharon Jensen, DVM
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Mavy Stoddard enjoys an evening with family at the home of Terry and Ron Stoddard. Mavy was shot three times in the leg after a gunman opened fire at a Tucson, Ariz., Safeway on Jan. 8. Photo courtesy of Terry Stoddard
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Sandy Stoddard said. “They were put together for a reason,” she said. The couple married in their 60s and spent their time fishing and traveling extensively across the U.S., Canada and Europe. They would have been married 16 years this Valentine’s Day, daughter-in-law Terry Stoddard said. Active in church and civic life, it wasn’t surprising they went to Giffords’ meeting with constituents, said Sandy Stoddard, who happened to be vacationing in Tucson at the time of the shooting. “Mavy told me their life together was put together so well,” Sandy Stoddard said. “They just enjoyed each other and she knew when he laid his body on her that he was giving his life for hers.” Sandy Stoddard said Mavy is expected to be released from the hospital this week.
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Assistant Chief Ben Andrews assigns instructors to cover each section of the academy, including orientation, history, hazardous materials operations, radio communications and fire suppression, based on their
about fighting fires and can’t wait to get some hands-on experience. But during the first week of the academy, there was no such excitement. “They told me it’d be the boring week,” he said. Hale estimated he spent 16 hours studying for the academy and attending the lectures last week. Lectures are scheduled two nights a week and Saturdays are reserved for all-day lectures and practicals. Also a full-time student at Peninsula College, Hale said the academy is just like another college class. But unlike his classes at P.C., this one will have him in a burning building in a matter of weeks.
area of expertise. “No one is the master of everything,” he said. The academy is broken into different sections with lectures, reading assignments, quizzes and hands-on practicals. Typically 14-35 recruits participate in the academy, which happens once a year. They start by learning basics like safety and first aid but by the end are suppressing live fires, Andrews said. “We build on (the material) to eventually get into fire behavior and building construction to anticipate how fire will act and how buildings will react,” Andrews said.
“Blue Mountain Animal Clinic is one of many locally owned businesses that benefit from advertising client (and patient) services in the Sequim Gazette. I know that I read all of our local papers daily as do most of my clients (my patients try but the words are too long). Hats off to the Gazette for promoting the move to shop locally, grow locally and promote locally owned and operated businesses.” - Dr. Sharon Jensen, DVM
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SEQUIM GAZETTE
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 • A-1
Celebrate SHS!
Wolf portraits
Rally ’round the radio
Sequim High School puts on a once-in-100-years bash. See pictures, stories online at www.sequim.k12.wa.us and www.sequimgazette.com
Canis lupus, through a camera lens.
A-9
Old-time mystery to air on KSQM.
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‘My dad died a hero’ Dorwan Stoddard, fourth from left, died after being shot in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 8. Here he is pictured with, from left, Kane Stoddard, Ken Stoddard, Ron Stoddard, Kassie Stoddard and Jim Stoddard at Ron and Terry Stoddard’s house. Ron and Jim are Dorwan’s sons, Ken his grandson, and Kane and Kassie his greatgrandchildren.
Former Sequim man victim of Arizona shooting by AMANDA WINTERS Sequim Gazette
When Daniel Gautschi, of Sequim, read that his old friend died acting as a human shield to protect his wife from erratic gunshots in Tucson, Ariz., he wasn’t surprised. That’s just the kind of man Dorwan Stoddard was, Gautschi said. “He was always looking out for the other guy.” The 76-year-old, who spent about a decade in Sequim, was attending an event hosted by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., in front of a Safeway grocery store with his wife, Mavanell “Mavy,” when a gunman opened fire. Dorwan Stoddard covered his wife on the ground to protect her from the barrage of bullets. He was shot three times and it was a shot to the head that ended his life, sister-in-
Photo courtesy of Terry Stoddard
law Sandy Stoddard, of Sequim, said. Mavy Stoddard was shot three times in the leg, she said. Six people, including Dorwan Stoddard, died and more than a dozen were wounded. Authorities say 22-year-old Jared Loughner was the gunman. Political motivations,
A NEW FACE
as well as mental instability, are suspected.
Unexpected end Daughter-in-law Terry Stoddard said they had expected a phone call about Dorwan Stoddard’s passing for a year. After all, he had 16 or 17 stents
OF
in his heart and it was likely to go at any time. But it was a sheriff ’s deputy who left an emergency note on their door while they were out watching a Super Bowl playoff game on TV who
See SHOOTING, page A-4
FIREFIGHTING
Devin Hale, 18, is one of 16 recruits taking a 12-week course to become volunteer firefighters. Hale moved to Sequim from Chicago, Ill., in June and Sequim Gazette photos by Amanda Winters is a full-time student at Peninsula College.
Fire recruits begin with basics Annual 12-week academy to equip 16 to be volunteers by AMANDA WINTERS Sequim Gazette
One of Devin Hale’s fondest memories of growing up in the south Puget Sound region was hanging out with firefighters while his mom was at work with the city of Kent. “They were all really laid back and happy,” he said. “They enjoyed their jobs and still had time to pursue other interests.” Now Hale, 18, is embarking on the
Part one in a bimonthly series of stories following the Clallam County Fire District 3 recruit academy first step toward being a volunteer firefighter for Clallam County Fire District 3. Hale and 15 others began a 12-week recruit academy Jan. 5 that
See RECRUITS, page A-4
Volunteer firefighters with Clallam County District 3 practice extinguishing a car fire. The district has 67 volunteers and trains new recruits once per year. Sequim Gazette photo by Amanda Winters
INDEX Business ......................... A-7 Classifieds ...................... D-1 Crossword ....................... C-5
A&E Calendar ................. C-6 Obituaries ......................A-11 Opinions/Letters ...........A-12
Real Estate ..................... D-1 Schools ........................... B-5 Sports/Recreation ......... B-1
Strait Scenes ................. C-1 Weather .......................... A-2
Sequim lavender association splits Original farmers reorganize; festival refocused by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
Philosophical and administrative differences within the Sequim Lavender Growers Association led 11 farmers and founders to leave the organization on Jan. 8 at a special meeting called by the association members. The new group, Sequim Lavender Farmers Association, comprises all the Lavender Festival tour farms and others including: Angel Farm, Cedarbrook Lavender & Herb Farm, Jardin du Soleil Lavender, MooseOEN dreams Lavender Farm, Purple Haze Lavender, Olympic Lavender, Port Williams Lavender, Sunshine Herb & Lavender Farm, Victor’s Lavender, Washington Lavender, and Weary Gardener. “This new association is dedicated to returning to the core values and original purposes of the founders of the lavender movement in Sequim Valley; to promote the growing of lavender, reclaiming former farmlands for lavender production, and maintaining Sequim as the lavender center of North America,” said Vickie Oen, general manager of Purple Haze, in a written statement. “The 11 of us did not see this going in the farming direction,” Oen said. “That’s who we are, what we are and where we’re going.” She and others in the Farmers Association feel their focus is on organizational structure and developing a long-range business plan to ensure the continued growth and support of the lavender farmers of the SequimDungeness Valley. Terry Stolz, Growers Association president and owner of Sierra Nevada Soap, said all he’s been told is that the Farmer’s Association philosophy is different from the direction the Growers Association is going.
Lavender Festival status The Sequim Lavender Growers Association retains the rights to the Sequim Lavender Festival and all trademarks of it, including “Lavender Capital of North America” and Celebrate LavSTOLZ ender. The festival still is set for July 15-17. “We want to focus on being a community event,” Stolz said. “What better forum is there than a world-class festival where a diversity of people can assemble, enjoy themselves free of charge and support their favorite cause? We want to go in a different direction and eliminate the perception that events, such as ours, are all about sales.
This Week’s Forecast: See page A-2 for local weather. Check for updated weather reports at www.sequimgazette.com
See LAVENDER, page A-6
A-4 • Wednesday, January 12, 2011
SEQUIM GAZETTE
A SEQUIM CHAMBER WELCOME
Recruits From page A-1 will teach them everything they need to know to be a volunteer firefighter. “It really is amazing to see how much these students pick up in three months,” volunteer Capt. Steve Chinn said. “By the time they finish, they are completely different with everything they have learned. For several, this is just the first step in a career; for some it’s the step after retiring from other careers.”
Teaching by expertise
Members of the 2011-2012 Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce board of directors are recognized at a Jan. 11 luncheon. From left are Deon Kapetan, Vickie Oen, Ron Gilles, Joe Borden, Deborah Rambo Sinn, Bill Thomas, president Christy Rookard, vice president Jean Wyatt, Jeff Anderson, Marc Lawrence, past president Bill Littlejohn and Steve Perry. Board members not pictured are Ron Farquhar and Lizbeth Harper. Submitted photo
Shooting From page A-1 brought the news. Her husband, Ron Stoddard, dialed the number the deputy left on the note.
“My husband got off the phone and he looked at me and said, ‘My dad died a hero,’” she said, her voice breaking. “And I said, ‘What do you mean?’ and he told me what happened and said, ‘He pushed Mavy down and took the bullets and
he’s gone.’”
‘Together for a reason’ Childhood sweethearts who reunited after losing their long-term marriage partners, Dorwan and Mavy Stoddard led a happy life,
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never be filled again, never,” she said, calling the shooting a “senseless, stupid act.” She is angry there was no security at the political meeting, especially when the congresswoman had received threats in the past. She is angry Loughner’s friends didn’t call the police after he posted a goodbye note on his MySpace page alluding to what would happen in front of the grocery store. She is angry people died from needless violence that has no place in her country. “Nobody’s time (to die) should be like that … fighting for your life and your
wife’s life,” she said. “That is something happens in war zones, not outside a grocery store in the United States of America.” But, at the same time, she knows Dorwan Stoddard didn’t want to die an invalid. She knows how much he loved his wife, Mavy. And she knows he had a few moments before his passing to lie in her arms one more time and know that she was OK. “He wouldn’t have had it any other way,” she said. “He would rather that she lived.” Reach Amanda Winters at awinters@sequimgazette. com.
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Mavy Stoddard enjoys an evening with family at the home of Terry and Ron Stoddard. Mavy was shot three times in the leg after a gunman opened fire at a Tucson, Ariz., Safeway on Jan. 8. Photo courtesy of Terry Stoddard
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Sandy Stoddard said. “They were put together for a reason,” she said. The couple married in their 60s and spent their time fishing and traveling extensively across the U.S., Canada and Europe. They would have been married 16 years this Valentine’s Day, daughter-in-law Terry Stoddard said. Active in church and civic life, it wasn’t surprising they went to Giffords’ meeting with constituents, said Sandy Stoddard, who happened to be vacationing in Tucson at the time of the shooting. “Mavy told me their life together was put together so well,” Sandy Stoddard said. “They just enjoyed each other and she knew when he laid his body on her that he was giving his life for hers.” Sandy Stoddard said Mavy is expected to be released from the hospital this week.
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Assistant Chief Ben Andrews assigns instructors to cover each section of the academy, including orientation, history, hazardous materials operations, radio communications and fire suppression, based on their
about fighting fires and can’t wait to get some hands-on experience. But during the first week of the academy, there was no such excitement. “They told me it’d be the boring week,” he said. Hale estimated he spent 16 hours studying for the academy and attending the lectures last week. Lectures are scheduled two nights a week and Saturdays are reserved for all-day lectures and practicals. Also a full-time student at Peninsula College, Hale said the academy is just like another college class. But unlike his classes at P.C., this one will have him in a burning building in a matter of weeks.
area of expertise. “No one is the master of everything,” he said. The academy is broken into different sections with lectures, reading assignments, quizzes and hands-on practicals. Typically 14-35 recruits participate in the academy, which happens once a year. They start by learning basics like safety and first aid but by the end are suppressing live fires, Andrews said. “We build on (the material) to eventually get into fire behavior and building construction to anticipate how fire will act and how buildings will react,” Andrews said.
“Blue Mountain Animal Clinic is one of many locally owned businesses that benefit from advertising client (and patient) services in the Sequim Gazette. I know that I read all of our local papers daily as do most of my clients (my patients try but the words are too long). Hats off to the Gazette for promoting the move to shop locally, grow locally and promote locally owned and operated businesses.” - Dr. Sharon Jensen, DVM
TM
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WILD BIRD SEED New 25 lb. bags
$
99 EA.
12
REG.
16 oz. $16.89
Economy
Now in stock for
2011
SOY PROTEIN
REG. $17.09
The Sequim Gazette is proud to be a part of the successful growth and promising future of Blue Mountain Animal Clinic!
ULTRA SHAKE
$
1329
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$
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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CALL
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SEQUIM GAZETTE
Wednesday, January 12, 2011 • A-1
Celebrate SHS!
Wolf portraits
Rally ’round the radio
Sequim High School puts on a once-in-100-years bash. See pictures, stories online at www.sequim.k12.wa.us and www.sequimgazette.com
Canis lupus, through a camera lens.
A-9
Old-time mystery to air on KSQM.
C-1
SEQUIM GAZETTE Wednesday, January 12, 2011
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‘My dad died a hero’ Dorwan Stoddard, fourth from left, died after being shot in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 8. Here he is pictured with, from left, Kane Stoddard, Ken Stoddard, Ron Stoddard, Kassie Stoddard and Jim Stoddard at Ron and Terry Stoddard’s house. Ron and Jim are Dorwan’s sons, Ken his grandson, and Kane and Kassie his greatgrandchildren.
Former Sequim man victim of Arizona shooting by AMANDA WINTERS Sequim Gazette
When Daniel Gautschi, of Sequim, read that his old friend died acting as a human shield to protect his wife from erratic gunshots in Tucson, Ariz., he wasn’t surprised. That’s just the kind of man Dorwan Stoddard was, Gautschi said. “He was always looking out for the other guy.” The 76-year-old, who spent about a decade in Sequim, was attending an event hosted by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., in front of a Safeway grocery store with his wife, Mavanell “Mavy,” when a gunman opened fire. Dorwan Stoddard covered his wife on the ground to protect her from the barrage of bullets. He was shot three times and it was a shot to the head that ended his life, sister-in-
Photo courtesy of Terry Stoddard
law Sandy Stoddard, of Sequim, said. Mavy Stoddard was shot three times in the leg, she said. Six people, including Dorwan Stoddard, died and more than a dozen were wounded. Authorities say 22-year-old Jared Loughner was the gunman. Political motivations,
A NEW FACE
as well as mental instability, are suspected.
Unexpected end Daughter-in-law Terry Stoddard said they had expected a phone call about Dorwan Stoddard’s passing for a year. After all, he had 16 or 17 stents
OF
in his heart and it was likely to go at any time. But it was a sheriff ’s deputy who left an emergency note on their door while they were out watching a Super Bowl playoff game on TV who
See SHOOTING, page A-4
FIREFIGHTING
Devin Hale, 18, is one of 16 recruits taking a 12-week course to become volunteer firefighters. Hale moved to Sequim from Chicago, Ill., in June and Sequim Gazette photos by Amanda Winters is a full-time student at Peninsula College.
Fire recruits begin with basics Annual 12-week academy to equip 16 to be volunteers by AMANDA WINTERS Sequim Gazette
One of Devin Hale’s fondest memories of growing up in the south Puget Sound region was hanging out with firefighters while his mom was at work with the city of Kent. “They were all really laid back and happy,” he said. “They enjoyed their jobs and still had time to pursue other interests.” Now Hale, 18, is embarking on the
Part one in a bimonthly series of stories following the Clallam County Fire District 3 recruit academy first step toward being a volunteer firefighter for Clallam County Fire District 3. Hale and 15 others began a 12-week recruit academy Jan. 5 that
See RECRUITS, page A-4
Volunteer firefighters with Clallam County District 3 practice extinguishing a car fire. The district has 67 volunteers and trains new recruits once per year. Sequim Gazette photo by Amanda Winters
INDEX Business ......................... A-7 Classifieds ...................... D-1 Crossword ....................... C-5
A&E Calendar ................. C-6 Obituaries ......................A-11 Opinions/Letters ...........A-12
Real Estate ..................... D-1 Schools ........................... B-5 Sports/Recreation ......... B-1
Strait Scenes ................. C-1 Weather .......................... A-2
Sequim lavender association splits Original farmers reorganize; festival refocused by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
Philosophical and administrative differences within the Sequim Lavender Growers Association led 11 farmers and founders to leave the organization on Jan. 8 at a special meeting called by the association members. The new group, Sequim Lavender Farmers Association, comprises all the Lavender Festival tour farms and others including: Angel Farm, Cedarbrook Lavender & Herb Farm, Jardin du Soleil Lavender, MooseOEN dreams Lavender Farm, Purple Haze Lavender, Olympic Lavender, Port Williams Lavender, Sunshine Herb & Lavender Farm, Victor’s Lavender, Washington Lavender, and Weary Gardener. “This new association is dedicated to returning to the core values and original purposes of the founders of the lavender movement in Sequim Valley; to promote the growing of lavender, reclaiming former farmlands for lavender production, and maintaining Sequim as the lavender center of North America,” said Vickie Oen, general manager of Purple Haze, in a written statement. “The 11 of us did not see this going in the farming direction,” Oen said. “That’s who we are, what we are and where we’re going.” She and others in the Farmers Association feel their focus is on organizational structure and developing a long-range business plan to ensure the continued growth and support of the lavender farmers of the SequimDungeness Valley. Terry Stolz, Growers Association president and owner of Sierra Nevada Soap, said all he’s been told is that the Farmer’s Association philosophy is different from the direction the Growers Association is going.
Lavender Festival status The Sequim Lavender Growers Association retains the rights to the Sequim Lavender Festival and all trademarks of it, including “Lavender Capital of North America” and Celebrate LavSTOLZ ender. The festival still is set for July 15-17. “We want to focus on being a community event,” Stolz said. “What better forum is there than a world-class festival where a diversity of people can assemble, enjoy themselves free of charge and support their favorite cause? We want to go in a different direction and eliminate the perception that events, such as ours, are all about sales.
This Week’s Forecast: See page A-2 for local weather. Check for updated weather reports at www.sequimgazette.com
See LAVENDER, page A-6
A-4 • Wednesday, January 12, 2011
SEQUIM GAZETTE
A SEQUIM CHAMBER WELCOME
Recruits From page A-1 will teach them everything they need to know to be a volunteer firefighter. “It really is amazing to see how much these students pick up in three months,” volunteer Capt. Steve Chinn said. “By the time they finish, they are completely different with everything they have learned. For several, this is just the first step in a career; for some it’s the step after retiring from other careers.”
Teaching by expertise
Members of the 2011-2012 Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce board of directors are recognized at a Jan. 11 luncheon. From left are Deon Kapetan, Vickie Oen, Ron Gilles, Joe Borden, Deborah Rambo Sinn, Bill Thomas, president Christy Rookard, vice president Jean Wyatt, Jeff Anderson, Marc Lawrence, past president Bill Littlejohn and Steve Perry. Board members not pictured are Ron Farquhar and Lizbeth Harper. Submitted photo
Shooting From page A-1 brought the news. Her husband, Ron Stoddard, dialed the number the deputy left on the note.
“My husband got off the phone and he looked at me and said, ‘My dad died a hero,’” she said, her voice breaking. “And I said, ‘What do you mean?’ and he told me what happened and said, ‘He pushed Mavy down and took the bullets and
he’s gone.’”
‘Together for a reason’ Childhood sweethearts who reunited after losing their long-term marriage partners, Dorwan and Mavy Stoddard led a happy life,
Come on in from the cold & blustery weather to enjoy some hot soup from our deli. Different varieties every day, available in quarts, pints, and half-pints.
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never be filled again, never,” she said, calling the shooting a “senseless, stupid act.” She is angry there was no security at the political meeting, especially when the congresswoman had received threats in the past. She is angry Loughner’s friends didn’t call the police after he posted a goodbye note on his MySpace page alluding to what would happen in front of the grocery store. She is angry people died from needless violence that has no place in her country. “Nobody’s time (to die) should be like that … fighting for your life and your
wife’s life,” she said. “That is something happens in war zones, not outside a grocery store in the United States of America.” But, at the same time, she knows Dorwan Stoddard didn’t want to die an invalid. She knows how much he loved his wife, Mavy. And she knows he had a few moments before his passing to lie in her arms one more time and know that she was OK. “He wouldn’t have had it any other way,” she said. “He would rather that she lived.” Reach Amanda Winters at awinters@sequimgazette. com.
“Nobody does it better.” “Hats off to the Gazette for promoting the move to shop locally!” – Dr. Sharon Jensen, DVM
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Mavy Stoddard enjoys an evening with family at the home of Terry and Ron Stoddard. Mavy was shot three times in the leg after a gunman opened fire at a Tucson, Ariz., Safeway on Jan. 8. Photo courtesy of Terry Stoddard
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Sandy Stoddard said. “They were put together for a reason,” she said. The couple married in their 60s and spent their time fishing and traveling extensively across the U.S., Canada and Europe. They would have been married 16 years this Valentine’s Day, daughter-in-law Terry Stoddard said. Active in church and civic life, it wasn’t surprising they went to Giffords’ meeting with constituents, said Sandy Stoddard, who happened to be vacationing in Tucson at the time of the shooting. “Mavy told me their life together was put together so well,” Sandy Stoddard said. “They just enjoyed each other and she knew when he laid his body on her that he was giving his life for hers.” Sandy Stoddard said Mavy is expected to be released from the hospital this week.
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‘My dad died a hero’ Dorwan Stoddard, fourth from left, died after being shot in Tucson, Ariz., Jan. 8. Here he is pictured with, from left, Kane Stoddard, Ken Stoddard, Ron Stoddard, Kassie Stoddard and Jim Stoddard at Ron and Terry Stoddard’s house. Ron and Jim are Dorwan’s sons, Ken his grandson, and Kane and Kassie his greatgrandchildren.
Former Sequim man victim of Arizona shooting by AMANDA WINTERS Sequim Gazette
When Daniel Gautschi, of Sequim, read that his old friend died acting as a human shield to protect his wife from erratic gunshots in Tucson, Ariz., he wasn’t surprised. That’s just the kind of man Dorwan Stoddard was, Gautschi said. “He was always looking out for the other guy.” The 76-year-old, who spent about a decade in Sequim, was attending an event hosted by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., in front of a Safeway grocery store with his wife, Mavanell “Mavy,” when a gunman opened fire. Dorwan Stoddard covered his wife on the ground to protect her from the barrage of bullets. He was shot three times and it was a shot to the head that ended his life, sister-in-
Photo courtesy of Terry Stoddard
law Sandy Stoddard, of Sequim, said. Mavy Stoddard was shot three times in the leg, she said. Six people, including Dorwan Stoddard, died and more than a dozen were wounded. Authorities say 22-year-old Jared Loughner was the gunman. Political motivations,
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as well as mental instability, are suspected.
Unexpected end Daughter-in-law Terry Stoddard said they had expected a phone call about Dorwan Stoddard’s passing for a year. After all, he had 16 or 17 stents
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in his heart and it was likely to go at any time. But it was a sheriff ’s deputy who left an emergency note on their door while they were out watching a Super Bowl playoff game on TV who
See SHOOTING, page A-4
FIREFIGHTING
Devin Hale, 18, is one of 16 recruits taking a 12-week course to become volunteer firefighters. Hale moved to Sequim from Chicago, Ill., in June and Sequim Gazette photos by Amanda Winters is a full-time student at Peninsula College.
Fire recruits begin with basics Annual 12-week academy to equip 16 to be volunteers by AMANDA WINTERS Sequim Gazette
One of Devin Hale’s fondest memories of growing up in the south Puget Sound region was hanging out with firefighters while his mom was at work with the city of Kent. “They were all really laid back and happy,” he said. “They enjoyed their jobs and still had time to pursue other interests.” Now Hale, 18, is embarking on the
Part one in a bimonthly series of stories following the Clallam County Fire District 3 recruit academy first step toward being a volunteer firefighter for Clallam County Fire District 3. Hale and 15 others began a 12-week recruit academy Jan. 5 that
See RECRUITS, page A-4
Volunteer firefighters with Clallam County District 3 practice extinguishing a car fire. The district has 67 volunteers and trains new recruits once per year. Sequim Gazette photo by Amanda Winters
INDEX Business ......................... A-7 Classifieds ...................... D-1 Crossword ....................... C-5
A&E Calendar ................. C-6 Obituaries ......................A-11 Opinions/Letters ...........A-12
Real Estate ..................... D-1 Schools ........................... B-5 Sports/Recreation ......... B-1
Strait Scenes ................. C-1 Weather .......................... A-2
Sequim lavender association splits Original farmers reorganize; festival refocused by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
Philosophical and administrative differences within the Sequim Lavender Growers Association led 11 farmers and founders to leave the organization on Jan. 8 at a special meeting called by the association members. The new group, Sequim Lavender Farmers Association, comprises all the Lavender Festival tour farms and others including: Angel Farm, Cedarbrook Lavender & Herb Farm, Jardin du Soleil Lavender, MooseOEN dreams Lavender Farm, Purple Haze Lavender, Olympic Lavender, Port Williams Lavender, Sunshine Herb & Lavender Farm, Victor’s Lavender, Washington Lavender, and Weary Gardener. “This new association is dedicated to returning to the core values and original purposes of the founders of the lavender movement in Sequim Valley; to promote the growing of lavender, reclaiming former farmlands for lavender production, and maintaining Sequim as the lavender center of North America,” said Vickie Oen, general manager of Purple Haze, in a written statement. “The 11 of us did not see this going in the farming direction,” Oen said. “That’s who we are, what we are and where we’re going.” She and others in the Farmers Association feel their focus is on organizational structure and developing a long-range business plan to ensure the continued growth and support of the lavender farmers of the SequimDungeness Valley. Terry Stolz, Growers Association president and owner of Sierra Nevada Soap, said all he’s been told is that the Farmer’s Association philosophy is different from the direction the Growers Association is going.
Lavender Festival status The Sequim Lavender Growers Association retains the rights to the Sequim Lavender Festival and all trademarks of it, including “Lavender Capital of North America” and Celebrate LavSTOLZ ender. The festival still is set for July 15-17. “We want to focus on being a community event,” Stolz said. “What better forum is there than a world-class festival where a diversity of people can assemble, enjoy themselves free of charge and support their favorite cause? We want to go in a different direction and eliminate the perception that events, such as ours, are all about sales.
This Week’s Forecast: See page A-2 for local weather. Check for updated weather reports at www.sequimgazette.com
See LAVENDER, page A-6
A-4 • Wednesday, January 12, 2011
SEQUIM GAZETTE
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Recruits From page A-1 will teach them everything they need to know to be a volunteer firefighter. “It really is amazing to see how much these students pick up in three months,” volunteer Capt. Steve Chinn said. “By the time they finish, they are completely different with everything they have learned. For several, this is just the first step in a career; for some it’s the step after retiring from other careers.”
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Members of the 2011-2012 Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce board of directors are recognized at a Jan. 11 luncheon. From left are Deon Kapetan, Vickie Oen, Ron Gilles, Joe Borden, Deborah Rambo Sinn, Bill Thomas, president Christy Rookard, vice president Jean Wyatt, Jeff Anderson, Marc Lawrence, past president Bill Littlejohn and Steve Perry. Board members not pictured are Ron Farquhar and Lizbeth Harper. Submitted photo
Shooting From page A-1 brought the news. Her husband, Ron Stoddard, dialed the number the deputy left on the note.
“My husband got off the phone and he looked at me and said, ‘My dad died a hero,’” she said, her voice breaking. “And I said, ‘What do you mean?’ and he told me what happened and said, ‘He pushed Mavy down and took the bullets and
he’s gone.’”
‘Together for a reason’ Childhood sweethearts who reunited after losing their long-term marriage partners, Dorwan and Mavy Stoddard led a happy life,
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Mavy Stoddard enjoys an evening with family at the home of Terry and Ron Stoddard. Mavy was shot three times in the leg after a gunman opened fire at a Tucson, Ariz., Safeway on Jan. 8. Photo courtesy of Terry Stoddard
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Sandy Stoddard said. “They were put together for a reason,” she said. The couple married in their 60s and spent their time fishing and traveling extensively across the U.S., Canada and Europe. They would have been married 16 years this Valentine’s Day, daughter-in-law Terry Stoddard said. Active in church and civic life, it wasn’t surprising they went to Giffords’ meeting with constituents, said Sandy Stoddard, who happened to be vacationing in Tucson at the time of the shooting. “Mavy told me their life together was put together so well,” Sandy Stoddard said. “They just enjoyed each other and she knew when he laid his body on her that he was giving his life for hers.” Sandy Stoddard said Mavy is expected to be released from the hospital this week.
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Assistant Chief Ben Andrews assigns instructors to cover each section of the academy, including orientation, history, hazardous materials operations, radio communications and fire suppression, based on their
about fighting fires and can’t wait to get some hands-on experience. But during the first week of the academy, there was no such excitement. “They told me it’d be the boring week,” he said. Hale estimated he spent 16 hours studying for the academy and attending the lectures last week. Lectures are scheduled two nights a week and Saturdays are reserved for all-day lectures and practicals. Also a full-time student at Peninsula College, Hale said the academy is just like another college class. But unlike his classes at P.C., this one will have him in a burning building in a matter of weeks.
area of expertise. “No one is the master of everything,” he said. The academy is broken into different sections with lectures, reading assignments, quizzes and hands-on practicals. Typically 14-35 recruits participate in the academy, which happens once a year. They start by learning basics like safety and first aid but by the end are suppressing live fires, Andrews said. “We build on (the material) to eventually get into fire behavior and building construction to anticipate how fire will act and how buildings will react,” Andrews said.
“Blue Mountain Animal Clinic is one of many locally owned businesses that benefit from advertising client (and patient) services in the Sequim Gazette. I know that I read all of our local papers daily as do most of my clients (my patients try but the words are too long). Hats off to the Gazette for promoting the move to shop locally, grow locally and promote locally owned and operated businesses.” - Dr. Sharon Jensen, DVM
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