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Drought and deluge Little to no snowpack causes drought; record-low runoff for Dungeness expected by ALANA LINDEROTH

watershed. With no reservoir established, the Dungeness Valley and its water users instead rely on Nearly zero snowpack in the snowpack – thus, despite recent Olympic Mountains is cause rainfall the future looks dry. for drought on the peninsula, See DROUGHT, A-3 including the Elwha-Dungeness Sequim Gazette

ally warm temperatures brought a downpour of 2.39 inches of rain according to www.wunderground. com on March 15. Flooding was reported all around Sequim Gazette staff the Sequim area. Fire Chief Steve Vogel with ClalSunday was a wet one in Sequim. lam County Fire District 3 said his Despite a lack of snowpack in See FLOOD, A-2 the Olympic Mountains, unusu-

Sunday rains flood six Sequim homes

Tribe has no immediate plans to repair trestle

The haunting of the

Dungeness Schoolhouse Paranormal investigation team seeks answers about ghosts in Sequim

by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette

Halloween is long over and it’s not quite time for spooky stories over a summer campfire but Sequim may have a ghost story coming to life at the Dungeness Schoolhouse. A team with Red Ball Paranormal Investiga-

tions out of Jefferson County recently examined the historical building at the prompting of Julie Haney, a former criminal investigator and Sequim transplant. She helped the team of three women: Stephanie Brock-Farrington, lead investigator; Cricket Webster, chief administrator; and Shawna Falero on Feb. 20 examine the school

The trestle at Railroad Bridge Park remains damaged from a late winter storm. Photo by Mary Marsh

for paranormal activity. The women have investigated several other places but this was their first time investigating a Sequim location. Falero said they aren’t there to prove if there is a ghost or not in any place they visit. “We just put the evidence out there,” BrockFarrington said.

See HAUNTED, A-10

Officials awaiting project costs by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette

Permenant repair or reconstruction to the trestle at Railroad Bridge Park isn’t likely to occur in the near future. “Best scenario would be construction begins next summer… that would be my CHITWOOD guess,” Scott Chitwood, natural resources director for Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, said. Flood conditions in early February urged the Dungeness River to shift from its main channel into a more western channel and erode six pilings from the river bottom allowing them to break away from the remaining structure and a portion of the deck to collapse. Although the trestle is stabilized and the bridge portion is open to the public, but not to through traffic, the cost of repair remains unknown.

Local lab fosters big biofuel potential

Specialized ponds at PNNL’s Marine Science Laboratory in Sequim exist nowhere else in the world and allow researchers to simulate climate conditions, including the light and water temperature fluctuations experienced in outdoor ponds at any location in the world. Photo courtesy of PNNL’s Marine Sciences Laboratory

PNNL scientists seek to advance production by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette

Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Marine Sciences Laboratory in Sequim aim to better the

techniques used to transform microalgae into biofuel. A process, trademarked “AlgaeAirFix,” has the potential to remove the limitations surrounding the production of biofuel by maximizing the

See TRESTLE, A-6

transfer of carbon dioxide from air into large-scale algal ponds using a combination of physical, chemical and biological processes.

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From page A-1 crews had 29 calls on Sunday with seven of those related to water issues. “We did a lot of damage control,” he said. Fire crews helped with sandbagging at Seabreeze Apartments off McCurdy Road where four units were damaged from flooding, at a home in Sunland off Horizon View Lane where the basement flooded after a culvert failed and at another home’s basement on Happy View Lane off Seventh Avenue. Vogel said they used four pallets of sandbags at Seabreeze to divert water from an irrigation ditch that went into the homes. Twila Bridwell, a Seabreeze resident, said the lower townhouses were flooded and sand bags were placed outside their doors. “Since 2001, I’ve been up here and I’ve never seen it rain so hard,” she said. Ann Soule, City of Sequim water resource specialist, said the Seabreeze flooding was caused by drainage from the western flank of Happy Valley. Heavy rains since January saturated the ground and not much runoff was absorbed, she said. The water flow was so great on Sunday, Soule said, that it overwhelmed the irrigation ditch at U.S.

Dave Shreffler, a City of Sequim/Streamkeepers volunteer, helps monitor water flow in a culvert near Happy Valley Road on March 15. Photo courtesy of Ann Soule

Highway 101 forcing extra water into the bypass cut and onto Bell Creek, which may have contributed to flooding at Seabreeze. Mike Brandt, City of Sequim streets manager, reported that there were several places in the city

where water went over the roadway. He said Blake Avenue, Brown Road, Hammond Street and Still Road were all marked with signs but by Monday morning most of the standing water was gone. Soule said the irrigation ditches

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as most water traveling through culverts under the city, she said. Although the creek took on most of the water, Soule said, it did have some back-ups near South Brown Road and Blake Avenue. Earlier this week, city maintenance crews picked up sand bags and began sweeping streets and unclogging drains of garbage and brush. “We want to make sure they are all open for the next event,” Brandt said. Despite the flooding, the information collected in response to Sunday’s rainfall by Soule and five community volunteers will provide useful data for the city’s first Stormwater Master Plan currently under construction. The draft plan is expected to be available for public review in late May and before the planning commission in late June. “Stormwater monitoring is just one component of the plan’s development, but an important one,” Soule said. Calculating the amount of runoff entering city limits from upland and the county and how much of that water is escaping to the marine environment is key in bettering stormwater management and creating the Stormwater Master Plan, Soule said. “The city’s objective is to keep as much of the water as possible in the ground to maximize the overall preservation of the resource,” she said.

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Comet the pony got to enjoy the easy life at his 35th birthday celebration on March 13 outside the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. Volunteers with the Native Horsemanship Riding Center brought Comet down for club members to meet and greet the pony with carrots after coloring horse pages, eating cake and enjoying goodies provided by Agnew Grocery. Gussie Barton, vice-president of the center, said they brought Comet’s birthday to the club because many of the children have ridden him before. For years, Comet has given rides to people of all ages for training and/or therapy. For more information on the center, visit Nativehorserc.weebly.com or call 582-0907.

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Master Gardener Muriel Nesbitt will speak from 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the Gala Garden Show on Heirloom Vegetables and Saving Seeds. She was inadvertently left out of the Gala Garden Show special section published on March 11.

*Editor’s note: Two astute Gazette readers saw that last week’s sunrise/sunset times did not account for the switch to Daylight Saving Time and the source information has been updated.

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Biofuel

From page A-1 For the next two years, researchers from the Department of Energy’s PNNL and Micro BioEngineering, Inc. will be pursue the process utilizing a recent $900,000 grant from DOE’s Bioenergy Technologies Office, Dawn Zimmerman, PNNL’s news and media relations representative, said. Project lead and research engineer at the Marine Sciences Laboratory Michael Huesemann plans to begin research as soon

Drought From page A-1

“The volume of runoff (into the Dungeness River) from April through September is expected to be the lowest ever in 45 years and lower than any other drought year,” Jeff Marti, Washington Department of Ecology’s water resources program drought coordinator, said in reference to a water supply chart generated by officials with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Northwest River Forecast Center. Via ongoing modeling, officials with the Northwest River Forecast Center predict the water supply for the Dungeness River will be 43 percent of normal from April through September. “A drought can be declared when an area is experiencing or projected to experience a water supply that is below 75 percent of normal and water users within those areas will likely incur undue hardships as a result of the shortage,” Mike Gallagher, water resources section head for the DOE Southwest Regional, said. “The Dungeness is well below normal.” The Olympic Peninsula was among three regions in the state that Gov. Jay Inslee declared drought for on March 13. Other regions included Yakima, Wenatchee

as next month or May. Huesemann has worked at PNNL for 22 years and has devoted about 15 years of his career toward microalgae research. Along with his colleagues, Huesemann is using state-of-the-art indoor ponds to identify microalgae strains with high productivity and therefore biofuel production capabilities. The goal of the research is to select the best strains, both wild and/or engineered, of microalgae for outdoor cultivation in largescale ponds. Huesemann also hopes to use the data gathered at the Sequim lab to choose the optimal

and the Walla Walla region. “We can’t wait any longer, we have to prepare now for drought conditions that are in store for much of the state,” Inslee said. “Snowpack is at record lows and we have farms, vital agricultural regions, communities and fish that are going to need our support.” In preparation for dealing with the challenges of little to no snowpack and therefore water supply, DOE officials already have a request into the Legislature for $9 million for drought relief, Dan Partridge, communications manager for DOE’s Water Resources Program, said. Relief funds may be used for agricultural and fisheries projects, emergency water-right permits, changes to existing water rights and grant water-right transfers.

Lease program Given the Dungeness Valley is one of, if not the largest area to rely on irrigation in Western Washington, officials with Washington Water Trust are finalizing a “Dungeness 2015 Dry Year Leasing Program,” Amanda Cronin, Washington Water Trust project manager, said. Utilizing $200,000 from DOE, Cronin will collaborate with the seven irrigation districts and companies that comprise the Dungeness Water Users Association to solicit a voluntary late season leasing program from Aug.

geographic location for the envisioned large-scale outdoor pond cultivation system and match that with an ideal strain. “If it works, it would revolutionize the microalgae biofuel industry,” Huesemann said. Existing nowhere else but at the Marine Sciences Laboratory, the 800-liter, fiberglass, temperaturecontrolled indoor ponds, equipped with thousands of LED-lights that can simulate the full spectrum of sunlight allow Huesemann to mimic climate conditions encountered in outdoor ponds at any location in the world.

“We can simulate the conditions of an outdoor pond in Morocco right here in Sequim if we want,” he said. “There’s always excitement in doing research.” Traditional methods for producing biofuel from microalgae rely on locations associated with concentrated amounts of CO2, such as flue bases from power plants, but production efficiency is hindered by location limitations. “Basically right now in order to make biofuels from microalgae, you need concentrated CO2, which limits the process next to power plants,” Huesemann said. “But,

really you also need water, sunlight and flat land (for the ponds). The uniqueness of the concept is getting microalgae to grow from air.” Removing the dependency of microalgae biofuel production process on sources of concentrated CO2, and instead to largescale cultivation ponds utilizing CO2 readily available in the air is estimated to produce up to 2,500 gallons of algal oil a year, Zimmerman said, meeting DOE’s microalgae biofuel program goals. Reach Alana Linderoth at alinderoth@sequimgazette.com.

To help make available funding opportunities to address challenges related to drought conditions as a result of record low snowpack, Gov. Jay Inslee declared drought in three regions of the state including the Olympic Peninsula on March 13. Map courtesy of Washington State Department of Ecology

15 through Sept. 15. “This is a really poor snowpack year and perhaps one of the worst since recording began for the Olympic Mountains,” Cronin said. “It is our goal to conduct a water leasing program that is both economical for irrigators and beneficial for Dungeness River flows in the late season.” Eligible water users (those with a recent history of irrigating commercial agricultural crops on at least 5 acres) will have the opportunity to

participate in bid form process, Cronin said. All bids will be reviewed by WWT officials, who will prioritize low bids to high bids and the larger number of acres among comparable bids. Water users with accepted bids will then be paid for fallowing their fields in the late season. “This is our primary way to increase flow in the river,” Cronin said. “We’ve done leasing programs before and have had good participation.” Although this year’s water return from snowpack is anticipated to be the lowest yet for the Dungeness, past state droughts were declared in 1977, 2001 and 2005, Marti said. Locally, DOE officials did similar late season lease programs in 2001, 2003, 2004 and 2005 and WWT officials did a lease program in 2009.

In addition to maintaining a dairy, Smith farms about 700 acres in Sequim and admits he “can’t imagine us having enough water for those last 30 days (of the season).” However, the weather conditions and the early onset of crops may make up for some of the harvest potentially lost at the end of the season, he said. Regardless of a possible early first harvest, given the snowpack or lack there of, Smith said there will “definitely be a plea out there for everyone to use water sparingly.” The dry forecast is considered daunting by most agricultural standards, but for lavender farmers the drought may be beneficial. “Lavender is probably one of the best drought-tolerant

perennials there is,” Paul Schiefen, lavender farmer and owner of Jardin du Soleil, said. “We’re concerned for other farmers, but we’re not stressed about it.” Because of ample precipitation, Schiefen watered his lavender fields for the first time in three years just last year, and not much water at that, he said. “Lavender prefers to not have too much water,” Schiefen said. “Actually, being somewhat water stressed causes the plant to produce more oils and fragrance.” Drought conditions could produce one of the most fragrant lavender seasons, but Schiefen noted the only disadvantage is the dry weather likely will cause the plants to bloom a few weeks early, similar to Smith’s commercial crops. Looking ahead toward a possible long-term water management strategy, Smith is optimistic about the reservoir site on River Road owned by Department of Natural Resources. If the option proves viable, it could provide up to 1,500 acre-feet for water storage and supply water for late summer irrigation and facilitate better stormwater management. “DNR (officials) have taken quite a while to respond to our inquiry, but have indicated that they are considering the project internally and will let us know what the options are,” Cronin said. “We’re still hopeful the project will move forward, but it’s not going to happen anytime soon.” To track snow and watershed totals, DOE officials are posting daily updates to its drought website at www.ecy. wa.gov/drought.

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According predictions generated by officials with the NOAA’s Northwest River Forecast Center, from April through September the volume of runoff into the Dungeness River is expected to be the lowest recorded amount within the past 45 years with an anticipated 61.9 KAF (1,000 acre-feet) or 43 percent of normal. Graph by Alana Linderoth with data from NOAA’s Northwest River Forecast Center

Precipitation continues to fall, but unusually warm temperatures have caused most to fall in the form of rain instead of snow, Ben Smith of Highland Irrigation District and owner of Maple View Farm, explained – causing his crops to be about three weeks ahead of schedule.

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Sequim schools superintendent Kelly Shea still has nearly 15 weeks remaining with the district, but the Sequim School board of directors is well on its way to naming his successor. The board unanimously agreed Monday night to hire McPherson & Jacobson LLC — the same firm they used to find Shea three years ago — to recruit, vet and help SHEA select finalists for the district’s top administrator job. Board directors also agreed to a timeline that could see Sequim’s next schools superintendent selected by mid-May. Richard Parker, representing McPherson & Jacobson LLC on Monday, told the board that his firm has handled 10 similar searches this year and averaged about

20 applicants per position. “You have a number of applicants who have applied and gone through the process and found out they didn’t get the job they applied for,” Parker said. “Sequim is more attractive than most d i st r ic t s ,” Parker said, noting the large pool of PARKER applications Sequim received in 2012. “I think you’ll get more (than 20).” Parker said that because of Sequim’s relatively late starting time for opening up the superintendent position, the traditional timeline for accepting applications of four to six weeks should be cut to three or four. School board director Michael Howe asked Parker what the possibilities are of using an interim superintendent. Parker warned against it. “(Using an interim) stalls all the momentum in the

district,” Parker said. “It’s the last option, but it is an option, and it does happen (in other districts).” The McPherson & Jacobson LLC representative did note that if the board chose to use an interim, his firm would help them find that candidate and drop some fees for a superintendent search the following year. Sequim’s board of directors agreed to contract with McPherson & Jacobson LLC for the superintendent search for $9,000, an increase of $500 from its 2012 contract.

Richard Parker, left, of McPherson & Jacobson LLC, talks with Sequim School Board directors (from left) Bev Horan, Heather Jeffers, Walter Johnson, John Bridge and Michael Howe. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell

tion for position • March 24-26, McPherson & Jacobson LLC reps meet with stakeholders (staff, students, community members) • April 13, school board meets with Parker for an update on applicants • April 16, close application • April 20, applications to school board directors • May 4, meeting with The timeline Parker to shorten list of apParker and board members plicants agreed on a timeline for the • May 11-13, finalist insuperintendent search, start- terviews ing with the application that would be on several regional Other board action and national school adminSequim students may be istration websites by today, losing some sleep-in time March 18. on Mondays but getting a bit The search will include a more the rest of the week, as community forum in late the Sequim School District March. looks at changes to next The timeline is as follows: year’s school calendar. • March 18, open applicaSchool board members got

a look at the proposed 20152016 calendar Monday night, one that sees the school year start before Labor Day, moves two snow days from mid-year to June and has teachers working a full day on the last day of school instead of the traditional half-day. The calendar also proposes the elimination of late start Mondays and tweaks the daily schedule for students to start their days at 8:35 a.m. instead of 8:15 a.m. Several of the changes were made to ensure Sequim students in later grades get their mandated 1,080 hours and 180 days of instruction. The recommended changes still need to be negotiated with the Sequim Education A ssociation. Representative Brian Berg said the recommendations

will go to the teachers’ union and be discussed in the next couple of weeks. “We would not be able to do this without the cooperation of the teachers’ association,” Shea said. Late start Mondays was designed to provide time for teachers’ professional development. Berg said that in theory that works very well, but in practice can be less fruitful, particularly with large groups of staffers. Teachers still will be required to start their day at 7:45 a.m., Berg said, but with the proposed changes teachers will have 50 minutes in the morning (7:458:35 a.m.) and 10 minutes following class on a typical school day, instead of having 30 minutes before and 30 minutes after.

Sequim High School reopens tennis courts Girls team plays after unsafe conditions led to six-month closure by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette

A fter more than six months, the two bottom courts at Sequim High School are open again. John McAndie, maintenance and operations supervisor for the Sequim School District, said staff members completed the restoration and striping of the courts last week. “The repair was less than perfect but we believe we have the courts in a playable condition,” he said. District staff closed the courts in the fall due to

unsafe conditions from cracks and uneven playing surfaces. They attempted to fill and seal the courts but were unable to fix them at the time. Making the issue more pressing was that the Sequim boys tennis team needed to adjust its practice and meets in the fall to accommodate less playing space. District staff also wanted to be finished with repairs for the spring because the girls team traditionally has a high turnout. The idea to make cuts was presented for the girls team but not implemented by Cheyenne Sokkappa returns a hit next to doubles teammate Katelyn Wake on the recently head coach Justine Wagner. repaired lower courts at Sequim High School. They were closed for about six months due to cracks and an uneven playing surface. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

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long-range planning. The current Parks Master Plan update shows plans, barring grants/donations, to build four tennis courts in 2017-2018 valued at $225,000 and eight pickleball courts in 2016-2017 for $150,000. However, the city’s Parks Master Plan includes $4.3 million in projects over six years and traditionally the city only spends about $100,000 annually on parks projects. In recent years, proposals to resurface the courts and/ or build new structures such as The Bubble, an inflatable dome for tennis, were rejected by either the Sequim School Board or city council. But Sequim city councilors on Feb. 23 mostly backed the idea of building courts as soon as possible. Sequim Superintendent Kelly Shea also wrote to the city councilors saying that he and the school district want to collaborate with the city, Clallam County’s parks department and tennis community groups to find a location and help pay for new courts. Representatives with the Peninsula Tennis Club said another possible funding option for new courts is that a foundation of a local private company still is committed to six figures for an outside tennis courts with some stipulations such as for lighting. The Sequim Community Tennis Fund also was established by recent transplant Terry Parks to bring awareness for new tennis courts and support any effort to build courts. The Sequim Community Tennis Fund can receive funds at First Federal locations and by contacting Parks at sctf40love@gmail.com, terrenceparks@netscape.net or 808-7949.

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“I wouldn’t say the courts are ideal but they are playable,” he said. “We’ll definitely take another look this summer.” A long plywood board still blocks off the main entrance to the courts, but the courts are open again to the public, McAndie said. A gate is now unlocked on the other side.

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already started to develop some small cracks.” But a few days in and the courts are already back in use. Sequim girls tennis team played its first meet against the Olympic Trojans on March 16. Wagner said she and the team are pleased to have them done. “The custodial staff did a great job on the lines,” she said. “I’m a happy camper. Now everyone will get to the hit the ball more frequently and there won’t be any more standing around waiting.” McAndie said the repairs are a temporary fix.

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Community members had to adjust, too, since Sequim High School hosts the only public courts in the Sequim-Dungeness area. After the closure, only three courts remained open. McAndie said maintenance staff used a rubberized base material last week and let it solidify over the weekend. “We’ll see how it does,” he said. “The other materials took quite awhile to dry and we were short on time so we went with this other material. We also found the material we used last fall

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at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 24, in the Community Hall of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim. They will present a talk and demonstration on exercise for seniors and make you “Younger by Friday.” The public is invited to the speaker portion of this meeting.

Is your footwear limiting the mobility of your entire body? Learn how shoes can both help and hinder your health during “Footwear and Your Body,” part of the ongoing Taking Care of You series at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 24. Biomechanist and local author Reading tutor training set Katy Bowman will discuss what Interested in becoming a volunthe latest research is saying about feet and shoes, and demonstrate teer reading tutor at one of Sequim’s simple exercises everyone can do elementary schools? The Greywolf WA Reading Amerifor healthier feet. Corps members are providing another Reading Tutor training opBunco fundraiser on tap The Olympic Medical Center Aux- portunity at Greywolf Elementary, iliary presents a bunco fundraiser at 171 Carlsborg Road, in Room 142 from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, March 19, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, at the Port Angeles Senior Center, March 25. For more information 328 E. Seventh St. There will be a about the Reading Tutor training crazy hat contest, prizes, a raffle program, call 582-3300 or e-mail kchatters@sequim.k12.wa.us. For and refreshments. Tickets are $10 and are available more information on volunteering at the door or at the gift shop at in the Sequim schools, call 582OMC. All proceeds benefit Olympic 3264 or e-mail mdashiell@sequim. k12.wa.us. Medical Center.

Telephone town hall on tap State Reps. Steve Tharinger and Kevin Van De Wege will hold a telephone town hall from 6:30-7:30 Monday, March 23, to hear THARINGER from constituents about what issues matter most to the 24th District and for the legislators to talk about the work they’ve done so far this session. VAN DE WEGE Dial in with 1-877229-8493 and enter the pin 18646.

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Two training sessions will be held on wildlife and oil exposure in the Exposition Hall at the Clallam County Fairgrounds, 1608 W. 16th St., Port Angeles. The first, Oiled Wildlife Basic Intake & Stabilization, is from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, March 28; register by March 21. The second is Oiled Wildlife Search, Collection, & Initial Stabilization, from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Saturday, April 11. Register by April 4. Register at www.clallam. net/nav/index.asp?page=hazwoper or call 417-2361.

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The Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge is seeking volunteers to assist visitors and staff. Primary duties include greeting visitors and providing information about the refuge’s trails and wildlife. Additional opportunities include wildlife surveys, invasive species mitigation, habitat restoration, maintenance, beach clean-up and administration. The refuge will hold its annual new volunteer training from 8 a.m.-noon Friday, April 3, with lunch provided at the Sequim Prairie Grange Hall, 290 Macleay Road. New volunteer training is offered only once each year and is a requirement for volunteering at the refuge. The refuge also will hold its annual refresher for current volunteers from 1-3 p.m. For more information and to reserve your space at the training, call the refuge office at 457-8451 or send an e-mail to david_falzetti@fws.gov. with four age groups (2-4, 5-7, 8-9 Washington St, Ste. B102, Sequim. and 10-11). For more information, This event will give people the call Lewis at 460-0380. opportunity to learn more about rabbit nutrition and care and conBreakfast at the grange siderations for becoming an adopSequim Prairie Grange, 290 tion home for rabbits in need. Macleay Road, will serve a pancake Rabbits will be on site for petting breakfast from 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and learning. All purchases from Sunday, March 22. In addition to the retail stores “Rabbit Central” pancakes, the menu includes ham, will be 10 percent off during the eggs and beverages. Cost is $5 for event. adults and $3 for children ages 10 and younger. Proceeds will be used Senior Nutrition menu set Sequim Senior Nutrition Site for maintenance on the grange’s menus are served at 4:30 p.m. at building and grounds. Suncrest Village Retirement ApartAuthor speaks on marijuana ments, 251 S. Fifth Ave. Suggested Roger Roffman, author and donation is $5 (60 and over), $8 University of Washington profes- guest, and a 24-hour advance ressor emeritus, speaks about the ervation is needed. RSVP to 683-8491. Menus are impacts of cannabis legalization at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 26, subject to change. Thursday, March 19: Tossed salin the Raymond Carver Room of the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. ad, beef enchiladas, refried beans, mixed fruit, baked custard Peabody St. Friday, March 20: Carrot salad, Drawing from his 2014 memoir “Marijuana Nation,” Roffman ex- beef Stroganoff, whipped potatoes, plores how legalization brings both broccoli, pears Monday, March 23: Tossed opportunities and pitfalls. For more information about this green salad, cheese ravioli w/ and other upcoming events, see marinara sauce, spinach, garlic bread, apricots www.nols.org or call 417-8500. Tuesday, March 24: Potato salad, Rabbit adoption scheduled baked beans, hot dog w/bun, orange Join North Olympic Rabbit slices, ice cream sundae Wednesday, March 25: Green Rescue leader and expert Brandon Montoya for “Rabbit Adoption” days salad, liver/onions, whipped pofrom noon-5 p.m. Friday, March 20, tatoes w/gravy, green peas, citrus at Best Friend Nutrition, 680 W. sections.

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The Clallam County chapter of Sequim Pre-3 is a nonprofit NAMI has cancelled its meeting for organization for parents and guardPFOA offers free spays/neuters Thursday, March 19. ians with children ages 10 months Peninsula Friends of Animals to 3-and-a-half years old. Parents sponsors a yearly event for low- Free community dinner set come weekly with their children A free community dinner will be for a variety of activities including income families to honor February National Spay/Neuter Month. This served at 5 p.m. Thursday, March music, art, social interactions, drayear 32 large male/female canines 26, at Trinity United Methodist matic and outdoor play. will be altered at its expense during Church, 100 S. Blake Ave. The There are two classes available: a three-day event March 23 and meal includes baked ham, sweet Tuesdays or Fridays, from 9:30March 25-26 at Sequim Animal potatoes, vegetables, green salad, 11:30 a.m. at the Sequim Worship desserts and beverages. Hospital. Center, 640 N. Sequim Ave., next to Reservations, which are request- the Sequim Library. Spring quarter PFOA also sponsors low cost spay/neuter clinics throughout the ed to ensure that enough food is runs through June 5. For more year. For information, call 452-0414 prepared, may be made by phoning information, call Kelsey Horst at the church at 683-5367 between 360-504-1011. ext. 4. 9 a.m.-2 p.m. on the Monday, TuesPlanning commission to day or Wednesday before the dinner Parade applications due discuss marijuana or by e-mail to dinners@sequimParade applications and informaThe Clallam County Planning tumc.org. The church presents the tion for the 2015 Irrigation Festival Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. dinners on the last Thursday of each are available at www.IrrigationMarch 18, at the Clallam County month. Festival.com. The parade begins at Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port noon Saturday, May 9. The deadline Angeles. The agenda items include Local Scout fundrasier for applications is April 17. the Draft November 2014 Clallam offers lawn aeration County Shoreline Master Program As a fundraiser, Sequim Boy Easter egg hunt set and a review of recreational mari- Scout Troop 1498 offers lawn Organizers of the Sequim Elks juana policies. aeration services Saturday-Sunday, Lodge’s community easter egg hunt April 11-12. Cost is $50 for up to on Saturday, April 4, are in need of Hospital guild presents one-quarter acre. Owners need not clean plastic eggs. ‘Younger by Friday’ be home for the service but need to Those who can donate are asked The Sequim Dungeness Hospital have lawns mowed, underground to contact Karen Lewis at 3lewis@ Guilds Speaker Series will feature sprinkler heads marked and dog q.com or 683-5449, or drop them Heidi and Jay Bryan, owners of waste picked up. Make checks pay- by the Elks Lodge, 143 Port WilAynytime Fitness, with a com- able to: Boy Scout Troop 1498. To liams Road, Monday, Wednesday or bined 40-plus years experience in sign up for the service, call 681-2784 Friday, from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. the health and fitness industry or e-mail sueanelson@msn.com. The egg hunt is set for 10-11 a.m.

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March 10 12:23 p.m. — Domestic violence, Rhododendron Drive 2:44 p.m. — Burglary, 1000 block of SequimDungeness Way 3:13 p.m. — Theft, 500 block of South Third Avenue 5:17 p.m. — Vehicle accident, 100 block of North Sequim Avenue 5:22 p.m. — Theft, 100 block of Horsetail Road March 11 2:55 a.m. — Prowler, 8900 block of Old Olympic Highway 7:07 a.m. — Prowler, 100 block of America Boulevard 9:27 a.m. — Vehicle prowl, 500 block of Williamson Road 11:02 a.m. — Prowler, 1000 block of SequimDungeness Way 11:10 a.m. — Auto theft, 600 block of West Hemlock Street 11:30 a.m. — Burglary, 300 block of Dungeness Meadows 12:50 p.m. — Criminal traffic, 700 block of North Fifth Avenue 2:27 p.m. — Vehicle accident, River Road/Grant Road 6:32 p.m. — Public drunkenness, South Fifth Avenue/West Prairie Street March 12 12:36 a .m. — Wa rrant arrest, East Spruce Street/North Knapman Avenue 2:38 a.m. — Vehicle prowl, 100 block of East Cobblestone Lane March 13 12:43 p.m. — Vehicle accident, 800 block of East Belfield Avenue 2:26 p.m. — Vehicle accident, South Priest Road/ West Washington Street

3:48 p.m. — DUI/DWI, 1200 block of West Washington Street 6:22 p.m. — Warrant arrest, U.S. Highway 101/ Woods Road 8:08 p.m. — Vehicle accident, Evans Road/Old Olympic Highway 8:10 p.m. — Vehicle accident, Evans Road/Old Olympic Highway March 14 1:16 a.m. — Vehicle accident, 1200 block of Taylor Cutoff Road 2:48 p.m. — Vehicle fire, 1100 block of West Washington Street 3:00 p.m. — Theft, 600 block of West Washington Street 4:36 p.m. — Theft, 600 block of West Washington Street 11:14 p.m. — DUI/DWI, 100 block of River Road March 15 3:02 a.m. — Warrant arrest, 100 block of Hooker Road 11:14 a.m. — Theft, 270000 block of U.S. Highway 101 2:09 p.m. — Vehicle accident, Jamestown Road/ Serpentine Avenue 2:44 p.m. — Vehicle accident, Lotzgesell Road/ Evening Star Way 6:37 p.m. — Vehicle accident, 1000 block of West Washington Street March 16 10:51 a.m. — Criminal traffic, 1200 block of West Washington Street 12:24 p.m. — Warrant arrest, 300 block of North Seventh Avenue 6:19 p.m. — Theft, 1200 block of West Washington Street 7:54 p.m. — Warrant arrest, 300 block of Frost Road 8:21 p.m. — DUI/DWI, 100 block of Madrona Way

A car chase and head-on collision near Sequim sent a Clallam County Sheriff’s Office deputy to the hospital and two Sequim residents to jail on March 10. Deputy Mark Millet was injured and treated at Olympic Medical Center after a crash with his vehicle and one driven by Sequim resident Marvin Lamprecht, 24, who, along with Sequim resident Kody Kautzman, 25, were attempting to evade law enforcement officers on a forest service road. On March 10, detectives with the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office were in the Sequim area looking for Kautzman, who reportedly left his court-ordered drug treatment and had a bench warrant issued for his arrest. According to the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, at about 1:47 p.m. that day, Clallam Detective Brian

is Developmental Disability Awareness Month

March is Developmental Disability Awareness Month in Clallam County as well as nationally to help raise awareness about people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Powered by the energy of self-advocates, families and volunteers around the country, the month will commemorate the progress toward improving the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and recognize the challenges that remain in achieving full inclusion for people with I/DD. From left, with a proclamation of the county commissioners, are DDAC member Annie Achziger, Clallam County Health & Human Services Planner Tim Bruce, Morningside job developer Vic Entriken, Clallam County Commissioner Jim McEntire, Morningside job coach Lara Radke, Clallam County Commissioner Bill Peach and Clallam Mosaic’s Executive Director Priya Jayadev. For more information, call 417-2428. Submitted photo

Sheriff Bill Benedict announced that on Feb. 20, Corrections Deputy Elizabeth A. Lundberg graduated from the Corrections Officer Academy in Burien. Lundberg was a member of Class No. 430, Session 10003, which was conducted at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Center Burien campus. Lundberg received three special recognitions during the commencement ceremonies. She was a Class Guidon Bearer, a member of the Class Counsel and was recognized for exceptional dedication and performance in Defensive Tactics Instruction. Benedict and several Command Staff members traveled to Burien where they met and joined her family to celebrate her professional accomplishments. Lundberg and her husband Jonathan make their home in the Port Angeles area.

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usable or safe.” To fully replace and repair the aging trestle would require the equivalent of four Dungeness Bridges, but about a 150-foot section needs to be built to address the damaged section only and possibly allow access across the new channel. “This could be a temporary fix, but really we’re looking at 600 feet in need of fixing,” Chitwood said. “There’s been some talk about getting a temporary bridge up for events.” The trestle owned by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is insured, but the deductible is “rather large,” he said. “We’re probably talking about a couple million dollar project,” he said. “The design and engineering work hasn’t been done yet, but everyone seems to have the sense it’s going to be a pretty big price tag.”

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Officials with the tribe are working on a funding scheme, Chitwood said, and are exploring various options including possible funds from North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity or re-obligating funds from Floodplains by Design. Because the park is privately owned, federal and/or state financial support may be sought, but not a given. Chitwood isn’t directly involved with the effort to address the trestle, but said he knows “the tribe is doing everything it can to find a solution.” Until the bridge is reopened, Olympic Discovery Trail users can take two alternative routes, Jeff Bohman, president of the Peninsula Trails Coalition, said – either the southern route along U.S. Highway 101 or the northern alternative along Old Olympic Highway.

The case was submitted to the Clallam County Prosecutor’s Office for review, including the charge of attempting to elude a pursing police vehicle. This is Kautzman’s eighth arrest since 2013 and Lamprecht’s fifth since 2014, according to the sheriff’s office. Both have a history of being in possession of controlled substances and delivery of controlled substances, the sheriff’s office said. Drug paraphernalia (syringes) were found in the vehicle. The collision is being investigated by the Washington State Patrol. Other agencies that assisted in the arrest include deputies of the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, an officer of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, along with dispatchers from both Peninsula and Jefferson County communications centers.

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Knutson saw Kautzman get into the passenger seat of a white Honda Accord at 7 Cedars Casino; Knutson requested a deputy in a marked patrol car assist him MILLET making contact with Kautzman but the vehicle left prior to the deputy’s arrival. Knutson followed the vehicle from the casino’s parking lot east on U.S. Highway 101, then south on Woods Road. Once the vehicle reached the area were Woods Road turns into Forest Service Road 2850, it accelerated to speeds between 50-60 miles per hour, according to the sheriff’s department. Knutson pursued the vehicle for several miles before losing sight of the vehicle. Millet arrived in the area and, seeing signs the suspects’ vehicle turned onto

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Chi’s Farm breaks ground

Pam Larsen, founder of the Community Organic Gardens of Sequim, will present “Plant Circadian Rhythms: Getting Our Shifts Together to Improve Human Nutrition” at Nash’s Farm Store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way in Dungeness, at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 28. The talk is free and open to the public.

Open house on roofing set Hartnagel Building Supply, 3111 E. Highway 101, Port Angeles, is hosting a free Roofing Day Open House from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, March 28. The public is invited to drop in to visit with roofing professionals from Diamond Roofing, Emerald Roofing, Earth Tech Construction & Roofing and Campbell Roofing, who will be on hand to answer questions about residential and commercial roofing, composite and metal roofing, torch down HANSON and flat roofs. A selection of roofing materials will be on display in Hartnagel’s roofing showroom. For more information, call Hartnagel’s roofing material specialist Kevin Hanson at 452-8933.

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Having recently broken ground at Chi’s Farm, farmer and owner of Sequim’s newest certified organic farm Scott Chichester is busy prepping the land to grow a variety of crops for CSA (community supported agriculture) shares. Sequim Gazette photo by Alana Linderoth

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will coincide with share pick up days each Wednesday. “The weekly pizza parties are a way to bring community together and allow people to connect with the farm, ask questions and provide feedback,” Chichester said.

Room to grow Reaching beyond being Washington State Department of Agriculture certified organic, Chichester deliberately aims to produce vegetables that also taste good, he said. Relying on his years of experience in organic agriculture and skills honed within his own greenhouse, Chichester is well-versed at selecting plants that produce tasty results. In his ongoing pursuit for flavor, Chichester’s “long range vision is to also do plant seed production, breeding and seed sales,” he said. Although Chichester believes the overall movement and interest in local goods and connection with farmers is great enough to support both the large and small farmers dotting the Dungeness Valley, he also said, most farmers want to create their own niche. “Eventually I’d like our niche to be more seed production focused,” he said. “The climate here is so unique – it’s perfect for growing seed crops.” Using his farm as a stage, Chichester hopes to allow those interested in engaging with the land and their food to do so by taking them one step further into the world of seed production. “I want to give customers the opportunity to weigh in and I can use that information to help grow a variety of seeds and future crops.” Chi’s Farm 2015 CSA shares are available. For more information, visit www.chisfarm.com or call Chichester at 477-2784. Reach Alana Linderoth at alinderoth@ sequimgazette.com.

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Fundraiser set Port Angeles/Sequim Mobile Detail is hosting a fundraiser for the Captain Joseph House, starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 21, at Les Schwab, 2527 E. Highway 101, Port Angeles. A $10 donation — with 40 percent going to the nonprofit group — buys a car wash and vacuuming. Captain Joseph House is a nonprofit corporation created to support Gold Star Families of fallen heroes who served in all branches of the military and have died in combat since 9/11.

Horticulturalists honored Neil Burkhardt and Jane Stewart, the former owners of McComb Nursery in Sequim, are the recipients of the 2015 Harold Young Lifetime Achievement Award from Washington State Nursery & Landscape Association. The award was presented at the Northwest Green Industry Conference in Tacoma in January.

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To best involve people and connect them with their food, Chichester is promoting “community supported by ALANA LINDEROTH agriculture (CSA),” where families Sequim Gazette and/or individuals invest in the farm at the beginning of the season in reYears of longing for a farm to call turn for weekly shares from the farm’s his own has come to an end for Scott production. Chichester. Shares vary in size and price to fit “It feels like I am fulfilling a personal each member and include a wide variety dream that has been welling up inside of vegetables each week. Arugula, basil, me for a lot of years,” Chichester said beans, bok choi, broccoli, cauliflower, smiling and gazing across a plot of chard, cilantro, cucumbers, leeks, letfreshly turned ground. tuce, onions, parsley, radishes, salad Nested among the historical farm- mix, spinach and summer squash are lands and fertile soils of Dungeness just a few kinds of vegetables ChichesValley, Chichester’s farm, Chi’s Farm, ter is eager to grow. Additionally, with consists of five acres along a greenhouse on site, Towne Road. The DungeChichester anticipates Chi’s Farm ness River flows to the ongoing crops of heirloom farm’s west and the jag- Where: 142 Towne Road tomatoes, peppers and ged peaks of the Olympic Phone: 477-2784 eggplant. “For vegetables, Mountains sprout from E-mail: csa@chisfarm.com I’ll be growing almost the earth’s surface to cre- On the web: chisfarm.com everything that thrives in ate the backdrop for farm. our climate, but I’ll lean “It (farming) satisfies more toward what people a curiosity for me,” Chichester said. tend to like and want,” he said. “I love working outside and you learn CSA members can be assured carrots something everyday.” will be a staple, as Chichester openly Chichester became involved in or- admits his ever growing “love affair ganic agriculture more than 15 years with carrots.” ago while working at Nash’s Organic Although Chichester and the farm’s Produce, he said. Despite the demand- gathering and sharing manager Ankur ing nature and long hours associated Shah Delight decide which items are inwith farming, he quickly fell in love with cluded each week based on the harvest, the trade and has continued to foster his Chichester said members are given oppassion rain or shine. portunity for input and some flexibility “I think there are very meaningful to pick what items do or don’t make it livelihoods to be made on small acre- into their weekly share. age farms … especially with a direct Shortly following the summer solmarket approach,” Chichester said. “I stice, from June 24 to Nov. 11 Chi’s want to harvest something and hand Farm shares will be available for pick-up it directly to the people that are going every Wednesday or during appointed to eat it.” farm hours or at a Port Angeles drop Along with a variety of vegetables and point. perhaps fruit in the future, the farmer/ To further encourage community consumer relationship is one Chiches- participation and to provide a platform ter seeks to grow. for education, wood-fired pizza parties

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Lies, danged lies and statistics “Trust God but lock your car.” I’m not sure who told me that years ago, but it’s something that’s stuck for some reason. I don’t think about crime too much, not in the past dozen years or so since I moved to the Olympic Peninsula. Sure, I’d had my share of extremely minor victimizations (stolen wallet, stolen car cassette deck) and even spent the longest hour of my life in a holding cell once (I was 15 and it’s a long story, OK?) … but nothing too serious. Then I read the “SEQUIM IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS CITIES IN WASHINGTON STATE!!!” (the all-caps and superfluous exclamation points added) This, according to homesecurityshield.org. In another of those pseudo-surveys that make the rounds now and again, the website purports that, Editor’s based on statistics they’ve Corner uncovered, Sequim ranks Michael Dashiell No. 14 among the “15 Most Dangerous Cities in Washington,” along with Tukwila (No. 1), Tacoma and Lakewood (No. 2 and 3), Seattle (No. 8), Wapato (No. 10), Fife (No. 12) and Centralia (No. 15). The site lists the cities of populations 5,000 and more using “the most recent FBI Uniform Crime Report” (it’s actually from 2012) to list rates of violent and property crimes. “We realize that this topic is inherently controversial in nature and hits close to home. We are aware that there are many different ways to present this data, but when compiling this list we chose to consider not just murder rate, but both violent and property crimes,” the website says. The website, as one might imagine, also links to “home security options you can trust” starting at about $1 a day. This, much to the consternation of Sequim police chief Bill Dickinson. “The first thing you have to look at is that (the list) reflects raw data; it doesn’t tell you what that means,” Dickinson says. The more than two-year-old data sets don’t tell a clear picture of crime in Sequim. Dickinson notes that the vast majority of the listed violent crimes from that year (2012) were committed by persons known to the victims, that a change in reporting assaults spiked the numbers (a fight involving six people became six assaults rather than one incident, Dickinson says) and that Sequim’s relative small size of less than 7,000 in a community of more than 20,000 gave the community a seemingly sizable violent crime rate. “That year, it appears we had a lot of violent crime. When you merge that with our small number of property crimes, it really looks bad,” Dickinson says. “That kind of statistic will make people scared. When I see something like that web page, that this is not a safe place, I counter that, ‘It’s not dangerous here … but lock your car and your front door.’” The largest number of theft crimes in our area, the chief says, is shoplifting, followed by folks stealing items from people’s cars. Drugs, however, remain a thorn in the side of the community, he says, one that contributes to the issue of property crimes. “One thing we do have up here are drug users,” Dickinson says. “Until we solve that problem, it’s not going to go away.”

On the loose! A caring Sequim resident/Gazette reader sent in a couple of newspaper clippings the other day, noting that they may be of interest. Her first clipping was a “From the police log” article from sometime “the ‘90s.” Among the items listed: “May 14, 11:06 a.m. — A cat was reportedly chasing quail in

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Regarding SARC, it seems that its managers and users want non-using property owners to pay for their wish list? This reminds me of the golf course at Sunland wanting all Sunland residents to pay for the golf course maintenance, whether they use it to play golf or not. There are at least two other fitness facilities in Sequim, which are making it on their own: Sequim Gym and Anytime Fitness. If the local schools’ swimming teams use the SARC pool, let them pay for it. If this is a cityowned facility, let the city pay for it directly; all property owners contribute to the city’s general fund. But if SARC ever gets its “hooks” into Sequim property owners, where ballot tax levies are (can be) six-plus times the failed tax levy (12 cents versus 75 cents per $1,000 assessed property valuation and need only a 50 percent voter approval instead of 60 percent), as in a “metropolitan parks district,” then it would seem they would have carte blanche to operate any way they saw fit. If this ridiculous proposal is passed, then only non-SARC-user property owners will be penalized because many local voters — SARC users and non-users — are not property owners. In reading your Gazette article, I note that SARC has a Board of Commissioners, an executive director, at least one lawyer, an unknown number of managers and an unknown number of employees and fitness trainers. I do not know how many of these people are paid through the SARC system but I would bet their costs and all equipment replacement and maintenance are included in the proposed tax levies. Question: Why doesn’t SARC simply raise its user fees? (including schools, etal.). The

users are the only beneficiaries of SARC. Regarding Mr. Richardson’s letter, he really hit a nerve, when he asked (paraphrased): “Would you trust a professional politician with your vote and money forever?” I believe that any sane person (based on experiences with members of Congress and our Legislature, etal.) would respond “Absolutely not!” or “Are you out of your mind?” Even though he is a member of SARC, I couldn’t tell from his letter if he were pro or con on the proposed SARC tax levy. I have lived a long time, but as I get older I continue to wonder “why?” about many seemingly nonsensical things (to me) in our society. Dick Hahn Sequim

Olympic Peninsula needs ‘progressive change’ Kudos to Alana Linderoth for her article, “Challenges, Changes with navigating long-term care” (Sequim Gazette, March 4, page A-1). My husband and I chose Sequim for retirement over 20 years ago. I’m proud to be part of this active community. In 2008, I became a consumer and care provider when my husband needed hospice and my sister had to relocate from Portland, Ore., to live in Sequim. We needed help from care agencies, private caregivers, including myself as an Independent Provider under DSHS. We chose Avamere Rehabilitation when it became unsafe to care for my sister in her home. Avamere accepted Medicaid reimbursement when her funds ran out. My sister was grateful. Aside from the Medicare rating system addressed in the article, everyone

Democracy or sausage Most of us have heard the saying that watching legislation being made is like watching sausage being made. The image brings to my mind watching pigs being sacrificed and seeing some parts going to fine cuts of pork for those that can afford it and less desirable, unappetizing parts being ground into sausage for just about everyone’s breakfast. The implication is that the process of making laws is a lot like making sausage and so revolting that we would lose our faith in the quality of the final product, that is, if we haven’t already. I resent this analogy typically used by politicians involved in the process and all-knowing pundits. It comes

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After all, we call our legislative process democracy, which should be a transparent process that can be audited at any point by the voting public. Groups or individuals who wish to influence public policy are at a significant disadvantage when they do not have access to the process. As much as they keep their eye on the process around their bill and attempt to use the system to make their case, they cannot know the deals that are made behind the scenes.

across too much as an insider reflection that separates us ordinary folk Making sausage from elite law makers and observers Case in point is an example that and, I think, might cover up things dashed the hopes of a singularly they don’t want us to know. dedicated group, Healthcare for All/

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See LETTERS, A-9 WA (HCFA-WA), that has been working for over a decade to improve access to health care while reducing health care costs not only for the government, but for the individual and family. Following the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), they started working with the state Legislature to activate a provision that would allow a waiver to the State of Washington to enact a version of the single payer system that would provide for health care for all Washington residents. 2015 was no different and another bill (HB 1025), sponsored by 23 legislators, one of whom was Steve Tharinger from our district, was submitted to the House. A public hearing for the bill was scheduled for

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Bill would clarify and strengthen the teacher and principal evaluation process. The measure would require that school districts include the results of federally mandated student assessment tests in the teacher and principal evaluation process. This educator-evaluation bill would allow the state to regain control over some $40 million in Senate Bill 5226 Bill would require public federal funds for education. Passed the Senate on March 11 disclosure of public employee unions’ finances. It would extend by a vote of 26-23 the disclosure regulations that Sen. Hargrove N apply to private sector unions House Bill 1646 under federal labor law to public Bill would establish the equal employee unions in our state. Passed the Senate on March 10 pay opportunity act. The measure would modify existing equal by a vote of 26-22 Sen. Hargrove Y pay laws to include prohibiting

ance for the most part and move to a less complicated single payer system. To make their point, the From page A-8 group pulled together businesses Feb. 20 before the House Health owners and representatives to and Wellness Committee on which testify at the hearing to the ecoTharinger and Kevin Van De Wege, nomic value of a single payer plan our other representative, sit. to businesses. Both Tharinger and Van De Wege have said that there wasn’t a snow- Secret sauce ball’s chance on Hurricane Ridge A related bill (HB 1967) was put in 2015 that it would pass during forth by Health and Wellness Comthis legislative session. Still, the mittee asking for a different waiver group persisted as many do (think provided for in Obamacare around women’s right to vote) because they Feb. 1. “HCFA-WA only learned did want to keep the issue before the Legislature for passage in 2016 or 2017. In order to understand what’s going on in this story, it is important to remember that payment of our nation’s health care system is through commercial insurance predominantly provided as an employee benefit, govern- about the bill one week before their ment payers such as Medicare, scheduled testimony on HB 1025,” Medicaid and Tricare and com- according to Patrick Noonan, a mercial insurance purchased by member of HCFA-WA who would provide testimony. individuals through Obamacare. HCFA-WA’s idea is to eliminate The new bill introduced by the commercial health care insur- committee (HB 1967) would “per-

mit employers to integrate employer health care arrangements with individual market policies and to authorize alternative structures for those participating in medical assistance.” In other words, the bill supported the existing American method of insurance policies for health care and effectively silences any effort toward single payer in the near future years. The public hearing for the new bill with three sponsors was held on Feb. 11 and executive action was taken on Feb. 17, three days before the scheduled hearing at which HCFAWA would appear. The Health and Wellness Committee passed the new legislation with a majority, which included Tharinger and Van De Wege, and was sent to appropriations on a relative fast track. I could have burst into tears hearing this all too familiar story of the long-suffering boyfriend or girlfriend that waited for years only to be left standing at the altar except this bride or groom of democracy was ruthlessly sent into obscurity

“The process should allow for transparency and inclusion of differing views. Things that have to be hidden in the sausage can’t be good.”

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From page A-8 the 9900 block of Old Olympic Highway.” The next: “May 14, 2:10 p.m. — A pair of horses was reportedly running through lavender fields near Cameron Road and Old Olympic Highway.” The next: “May 14, 4:23 p.m. — A quintet of horses was reported alongside the roadway at Highway 101 and Sherburne Road.” And so on. In the police log just two days later … “May 16, 6:29 a.m. — A pair of horses was reported alongside the roadway in the 500 block of Diamond Point Road.” And, “May 16, 7:20 a.m. — A dark brown horse was reported running loose in the 1400 block of O’Brien Road.”

OK … “May 16, 1:08 p.m. — A female caller reported a neighbor’s wiener dog attacked chickens in the 100 block of West Robert Place. Also, “May 21, 2:30 p.m. — A pair of full grown pigs was reported charging down the 200 block of Thornton Drive.” What was going on in the here 1990s? Did you folks just let your livestock run willynilly across the peninsula? (And did I just use the term “willy-nilly”?) It goes on! From the same note: “May 22, 7:25 a.m. — A female caller reported something killing her sheep (on the 4300 block of) Old Olympic Highway.” And, “May 22, 3:46 p.m. — A pair of pigs and a calf were reported running eastbound in the 100 block of Peterson Street.”

needs options to decide how and where they will receive care to live with dignity and purpose. Care on the Olympic Peninsula is top management directed. In the greater Seattle area, Resident Directed Care is a model practiced at Providence Mt. St. Vincent, where more than 400 residents live in neighborhoods. They receive care from the same caregivers. They choose when to get up, when to eat breakfast and how to spend the day. Caregivers are honored and compensated for creative partnership with care recipients. If child birthing centers could replace the old ways of delivering babies, consumers should expect to live in home-like settings where their voices are respected, honored and heard every day. I’m hoping for the same positive changes in our progressive Olympic Peninsula. Pauline Olsen Sequim

Later that day … “May 22, 7:50 a.m. — A pair of llamas was reported frolicking in the roadway in the 400 block of Erving Jacobs Road.” The reader’s note also included a gem from a July police log: “July 6, 8:45 a.m. — A mother raccoon and babies were reported living under the front porch of a residence (on) Elizabeth Lane.” The note also came with a point. Clipping a “From the Police Blotter” section from one of our February 2015 editions, our Gazette reader noted that in the span of seven days, 14 thefts, two car thefts (and a car prowling incident) along with three burglaries. Note: No animals were reported running wild in the area. In thumbing through some of our editions from the 1990s, it became clear

without so much as an explanation. Sure there was a public hearing for the new bill, but who knew? Who on the Health and Wellness Committee could not take the time to say we are going in another direction? And why not? No one seemed to have the interest or courtesy to tell this group or, as it turns out, to listen to any more they had to say.

Grind to a humiliating halt HCFA-WA’s time at the Feb. 20 hearing was reduced to 10 minutes. One HCFA-WA participant reported that they were first on the agenda and although Tharinger and Van De Wege were present, very few legislators were. Other legislators arrived at a leisurely pace during the presentations. Once seated, many of the few made no pretense to listen and turned their attention instead to their electronic device or each other. There was nothing subtle about the message; they were not interested. Noonan had driven from the Olympic Peninsula and stayed the night so he could participate in the legislative process. He lamented, “The path was already decided,” and added, “I

that our reader’s compilation needed some perspective. One look in those back editions show Sequim hasn’t descended into a pit of chaos and mayhem in just a few years. Along with animals running wild were murders and thefts, drug use and domestic violence, rape and abuse and other forms of awful con-artistry. So the message remains, now as in any age: Lock your doors, people. And, to be safe, know where your livestock is.

Have a sip? According to seattlepi. com, the great city of Victoria is not likely to start treating its sewage until 2023. The capital of British Columbia continues to dump millions of gallons of raw, untreated sewage each day into the Strait of Juan de Fuca, nine

was embarrassed for us and I was embarrassed for them. Mostly, I was embarrassed for democracy.” So why do it; why waste their time and the time of interested citizens? My guess is that the Health and Wellness committee of the House needed to document that they gave 10 minutes to HCFA-WA in compliance of some sort of rule. The point is not whether one supports the bill or not; it’s more that the process should allow for transparency and inclusion of differing views. Things that have to be hidden in the sausage can’t be good. In the end, the group and presenters were not allowed at the table making the sausage. I can’t help but think that someone more influential than this low-budget, nonprofit group was at the table and will get the fine cut of pork. Bertha D. Cooper is retired from a 40-plus year career as a health care administrator focusing on the delivery system as a whole. She still does occasional consulting. She is a featured columnist at the Sequim Gazette. Reach her at columnists@ sequimgazette.com.

years after agreeing to clean it up. The seattlepi notes that the Capital Regional District — including Victoria and surrounding cities — does not even have a site to put its treatment plant. Go ahead and drink in the views of Canada … but just the views.

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And finally … T he A mer ic a n Ga ming Association estimates that 40 million Americans will fill out more than 70 million college basketball March Madness brackets and wager approximately $9 billion on the NCA A tournament, according to research released last week. Or, between $500 million-$1 billion more than the gross domestic product figure for the entire countries of Andorra and Montenegro for 2013. Ironically, perhaps, the winner of the Andorra/ Montenegro plays Kentucky in the round of 64. Got your brackets ready?

Normally I don’t tell folks to go somewhere else unless I really don’t like them, but The Everett Herald, a fellow Sound Publishing newspaper, has a great story and slideshow about a young’ man’s fight with a deadly disease. See “Strength and love carry Monroe family through boy’s battle with cancer” at heraldnet.com or simply Reach Sequim Gazette google “Everett Herald,” editor Michael Dashiell at “Gavin” and “Dragon.” editor@sequimgazette.com.

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OBITUARIES Bruce D. Ritchie Sr. Sequim resident Bruce Donald Ritchie Sr. died March 11, 2015, in Sequim at the age of 68. A committal service with military honors will be at 11:30 a.m., Friday, March 27, at Tahoma National Cemetery, Kent. He was born Nov. 5, 1946.

Richard L. Grimsley Port Angeles resident Richard L. Grimsley died March 15, 2015, in Port Angeles, at the age of 85. He was born Sept. 8, 1929.

FAITH NEWS Women exalted in presentation Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 73 Howe Road, Agnew, will host speaker Joseph Bednarik presenting “A World Rich in Daughters: Raising Powerful Women,” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, March 22. The sermon explores on of the richest resources on the planet — women — and one father’s recent journey in raising two of them. Bednarik serves as the assistant to the minister in the Pulpit Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in Port Townsend. He is the co-publisher of Copper Canyon Press, a nonprofit dedicated to poetry.

Taize service set All are welcome to the ecumenical Taize service at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim, starting at 7 p.m. Monday, March 23. 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. Taize will continue to be held the fourth Monday of each month.

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“It is a new field and we don’t understand it all but that’s why we do it.” Katherine Vollenweider, former director of the Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley, joined the group who spent five-plus hours in the dark taking photos, watching video, recording audio and trying to communicate with spirits. The group reported their findings to a group of family and friends at the Museum & Arts Center’s DeWitt Building coincidentally on Friday, March 13. “(The schoolhouse) definitely ha s para norma l activity,” Brock-Farrington said. “But it’s nothing to be afraid of. It’s just another part of this wonderful, historical building.” Webster said by listening to raw recordings for Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP), sounds found on electronic recordings that are interpreted as spirit voices, they heard communications from one or two children, a woman and possibly a man mumbling. Vollenweider said while speaking to the alleged spirits they referenced artifacts such as a photo of a student named Catherine Monson, which is the first picture upon walking into the schoolhouse. This image was one of the items the team found the most response from, Vollenweider said. Some of the phrases they captured in the evening were “I’m here” and “don’t know” in response to their questions. In their photos, the group saw orbs or white lights, which they said weren’t caused by their cameras or other known sources. “People assume they are a spirit anomaly,” Webster said.

Shadows and process Possibly the most significant experience the group discovered was snapped in two photographs in a closet. In one image, a piece of A/V equipment sits with a flat surface but in a second image shooting into a mirror and looking into that closet there was a reflection of a round figure that appears to resemble a head.

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team’s approach. “Everything was calculated and scientific,” she said. “If someone would cough or clear their throat, they would say who is clearing her throat and the time. And at one point in time, we were seeing all these little things on the screen, they called them orbs, so they stirred up dust to compare.”

C.J. Hills and Holly Brownfield look at video footage of alleged ghost activity in the Dungeness Schoolhouse. Brownfield said she and Hills are both interested in paranormal activity and want to investigate things like this, too. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

Webster said she’s still on the fence about the images. “I have no logical explanation,” she said. “I can’t say that was A/V equipment or not.” Webster said paranormal historians would refer to images like this as shadow men but they are typically attributed with evil. “But I didn’t feel there was any evil there,” she said. Prior to testing and attempting to communicate with ghosts, the team sets up multiple cameras in each room and tests the rooms’ temperatures, visuals and audios. Falero, who has been with the team since it started 1½ years ago, said they test everything prior to starting to not confuse any readings. “We can usually debunk if it’s something else,” she said. In an evening, they’ll take hundreds of photos with the flash on and Webster said they don’t filter or edit their images or recordings. Participants are asked not

to wear new scents like perfume or deodorant, too. Brock-Farrington said, “It doesn’t happen often but they can get a whiff of something coming through.” Vollenweider, a biologist by trade, said she was impressed with their process. “I didn’t feel they brought in any agenda,” she said. “They also established a baseline and proceeded along standard protocol to do it sequentially.” She appreciated that they answered her questions, too, while working which she said showed they were comfortable using their equipment.

Friday the 13th After presenting their findings in the schoolhouse, the paranormal team set up inside the DeWitt Administration Building’s collection room on Sequim Avenue on Friday night. This time they welcomed back Vollenweider and museum volunteer Joy Headley and museum board secretary

Barbara Leona Kertis June 2, 1932 - February 12, 2015

Barbara was born to Florence and Gordon Craig in Seattle, Washington on June 2, 1932. She grew up in Kirkland where she graduated from Lake Washington High School in 1950. She married Howard Kertis, the love of her life, in 1952. They had three children Annette, Lisa and John. Barbara was employed in the airline industry most of her career. She started working for Boeing in Renton and then went to work for San Juan Airlines after moving to the Olympic Peninsula. She ﬁnished her working career as a sales associate for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s Northwest Native Expressions Gallery. Barbara traveled the world with family and friends. She was a voracious reader, loved football and tending to her garden and her cats. She was a warm and loving mother, adored her grandchildren and had many close friends. Barbara was preceded in death by her husband, Howard, her mother Florence, her brother Donald Craig and her sister Marcia Omura. She is survived by her daughters Annette (Peter) Nesse and Lisa (Chuck) Parrish; her son, John Kertis and her grandchildren Callie (Steven) Higgs and Cory Parrish. A celebration of life is planned for April 25, 2015, 1:00 P.M. at the Nesse’s farm at 408 Shore Road in Port Angeles. Memorial contributions in lieu of ﬂowers may be sent to the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society, 2105 US 101, Port Angeles, WA 98363.

Bob Stipe. He was the first man to come on an investigation with Red Ball Paranormal Investigation. But the investigation seemed anticlimactic, the team and volunteers said. Even though they don’t fully disclose their findings until after they review audio and video, Webster said she’d rate the schoolhouse at an 8 for paranormal activity and the DeWitt Building at 1. Headley said she was told that since the building was built in 1996, spirits are more connected to places than things but she’s still glad she participated. “I never felt scared or that it was hokey,” she said. “It was done in a way I feel they were taking it very seriously to see if there is something there.” Vollenweider agrees with the sentiment. “I didn’t feel we were at a séance,” she said. “We were at some kind of scientific experience.” Headley said she sat with Haney attempting to speak with spirits using a device for a portion of the night. “We got someone to say something,” she said. “The name Dick came out but we’re not sure if it’s a first or last name.” In the 20-30 minute conversation she said they could make out the words “human,” “confused” and “outside.” Headley said she’s still skeptical a little bit but she had fun and appreciated the

Stipe said he wouldn’t commit to whether there are ghosts or not in the schoolhouse. “Two different people could look at it two different ways,” he said. “Some may be scared that there are spirits there whereas others may say it’s adventurous. I’m not going either way.” The Dungeness Schoolhouse was built in 1892 and served the community in a number of roles through the years before the museum took over ownership and management of it in 1988. Vollenweider said in her time as director ghosts never came up in conversation. “I think that’s why I’m so interested in it,” she said. “I was so busy dealing with the day-to-day that it never came up.” She said there’s a lot of attention in paranormal activity particularly on television but she feels everyone recognizes the schoolhouse as a wonderful building. “It fills with light, has high ceilings and is built to invite people and encourage learning and still does, no matter what the results are,” Vollenweider said. The investigation of the schoolhouse and DeWitt Building were done at no cost to the museum. Red Ball Paranormal Investigation team members are coordinating with the museum to arrange a public meeting on the findings of both investigations. For more information on the Museum & Arts Center, visit macsequim.org. For more information on Red Ball Paranormal Investigation, visit facebook.com/ redballparanormalinvestigations or http://redballparanormal.wix.com/red-ballparanormal.

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Barbara Ann (Barbie) McGriff was born a cobbler’s daughter in 1933. She grew up in Urbana, Illinois, helping at her dad’s large shoe repair shop. She passed away March 6, 2015 at Sequim Health and Rehabilitation. She majored in music at the University of Illinois. She later gave up music to concentrate on her passion for oil painting. A talented artist, she sold a few paintings, but painted mostly for enjoyment and for family and friends. In the mid-1950’s she met and married James Fling in Urbana. He was stationed at nearby Chanute Air Force Base. They eventually ended up in Beaverton, Oregon and had three sons, David, Daniel and Darryl. Barbie worked for the Oregon Regional Primate Center in Beaverton for ﬁve years. In 1968 she married Mark McGriff and moved to the Queen Anne area of Seattle, where her three boys graduated from high school. Barbie and Mark then moved to Woodinville, Washington where they lived for many years on Lake Leota. Barbie was always active in church, until her health failed, but she remained a soul winner for her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, until the end. She was a great assistance to Mark in supervising the employees in his transit claims business. They retired to Sequim two years ago and were married for forty-seven years. Barbie was preceded in death by her parents, Grant and Rilla Mae Brown; sister Joclyn Brown; and brother Vernon Brown. She is survived by her husband, Mark McGriff; sister Marilyn Fairﬁeld; sons David, Daniel and Darryl (Robin) Fling; grandsons Taylor, Evan and Blake Fling; step-granddaughter Misty Marie Jensen; and many nieces and nephews. A memorial service was held at 2:00 P.M. Friday, March 13, 2015, at Sequim Worship Center, 640 North Sequim Ave., Sequim, WA. Interment will be at Eastlawn Burial Park in Urbana, Illinois among the Brown family plots.

In photo at left, looking into a closet at the Dungeness Schoolhouse, a television sits undisturbed. In photo at right, looking through a mirror, team members with Red Ball Paranormal Investigations say there might be a figure standing in the reflection of the mirror by the television set because the set has a flat top. Submitted photos

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Estes couple celebrates their 70th Gene and Shirley Estes of Sequim celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in February with two of their seven children, daughters Robyn Braidwood and Marcia Kent, at a Mexican restaurant in Sequim. They were married on Feb. 23, 1945, in Mount Helix, Calif. He is 88 and she is 89.

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Feb. 7, 1:27 p.m. — a son, Payton Michael Mahitka, 9 pounds 1 ounce, to Steve and Michelle Mahitka, Sequim. Feb. 15, 7:46 p.m. — a son, Maxton Patrick Inman, 10 pounds 5 ounces, to James and Robyn Inman, Sequim. Feb. 19, 2:19 a.m. — a son, Braylen Wayne Welch, 6 pounds 5 ounces, to Amy Groff and Billy Welch Jr., Sequim. Feb. 28, 10:12 a.m. — a son, Bennett James Castell, 8 pounds 3 ounces, to James and Sarah Castell, Sequim.

Soroptimist International of Sequim announces that Kim Kasinger (on left) is the recipient of the $1,500 Live Your Dream award for the 2014 year program. Shown with Kasinger and presenting a check and certificate is Soroptimist International of Sequim president Sandy Lawrence. Live Your Dream is the new name given to the Women’s Opportunity Award program and assists women who provide the primary financial support for their families. In addition, eligible applicants also must be enrolled in, or have been accepted to, a vocational skills training program or undergraduate degree program. The monetary award can be used to offset any expense associated with education. Kasinger is a student at Peninsula College in the Medical Assisting program and is raising two small children.

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Pair on SPU dean’s list Tyler Gilstrom and Natalie McMurray, both of Sequim, made the Seattle Pacific University 2014 autumn quarter dean’s list. Students on the dean’s list have completed at least 12 credits and attained a 3.50 or higher grade-point average.

At its annual George Washington Tea and Awards Ceremony, the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recognized outstanding citizens in Clallam County. Receiving the DAR Medal for American History Essay award was Alyssa Ardickas Bonheyo, a fifth-grade student at Greywolf Elementary School (pictured above). The essay contest is available to fifth-, sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade students in Clallam County. Christine Hill, co-chairman of the committee, said, “This is the 125th Anniversary celebration of Ellis Island. Students were to imagine immigrating to the U.S. in 1892 and write to their cousin telling of their experiences.” Bonheyo was awarded the Outstanding History Student medal, a certificate and a $75 check from the chapter. A surprise announcement was made at the tea that Bonheyo’s essay had won at the state level. She and her family are invited to be honored at the Washington State Society Conference in Redmond on May 2. Hill noted that Bonheyo’s essay will now be judged at a regional level and the firstplace essay will then be sent to be judged at a national level. The national winner will be presented at the DAR Continental Congress in Washington, D.C., in July, Hill said. Other honorees at the tea included the DAR Medal for NJROTC Cadet awarded to Cadet Lt. Dusti S. Lucas of Port Angeles High School; the DAR Conservation Award was presented to Deborah Moriarty, development director for the Feiro Marine Life Center, and two awards for DAR Community Service were awarded to Dr. Edward Hopfner and Phyllis Hopfner, founders of Volunteers in Medicine in the Olympics, veterans stand-downs in three locations and other community organizations.

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Heat, hills and hot springs: Exploring Idaho by mountain bike by HEIDI AND DICK PATTEE For the Sequim Gazette

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The authors pause to appreciate the beauty near Stanley, Idaho. Submitted photo

“You will sweat. Your lungs will ache. Your Where: Sequim High School legs will burn. You will run out of water. You library, 601 N. Sequim Ave. will buy your food from the ammo and bait shop. Cost: Suggested $5 donation Your route will be blocked by a forest fire. You (adults); 18 and younger, free will ford a river barefoot. You will pedal uphill Presenters: Heidi and Dick for hours at a pace so slow that it will be quicker Pattee to get off the bike and walk.” Presentation: “Heat, hills and It’s unlikely we would have undertaken our mountain biking adventure last summer if we hot springs: Exploring Idaho by mountain bike had read such a brutally honest depiction of what lay ahead. Fortunately, the savvy market“The Idaho Hot Springs Mountain Bike ing department of the Adventure Cycling As- Route guides riders over and through the sociation published a more idyllic description See JOURNAL, B-3 of their brand new backcountry bicycling route:

Above left is Bob Caldwell, water manager at the Firs Street community garden. Photo by Sonja Younger. Above right, an aerial photo of the Fir Street garden. Photo by Pat Fox

Community Gardens bloom again Sequim Gazette staff A potato harvest. Photo by Sonja Younger

The Community Organic Gardens of Sequim, COGS, are reopening for another season. Plots are available at the Fir Street Garden behind St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and June Robinson Memorial Park Garden on the corner of Sunnyside Avenue and Spruce Street. Gardeners receive a plot or raised bed of their own, compost and water, and a full-day class on Saturday, April 11, on basic organic gardening from Pamela Leonard-Ray. The gardens are all organic and plots vary from 100 square feet to elevated beds that are about 2 feet tall by 32-40 square feet. Cost is Kathy Dahlen harvesting beans. Photo by Sonja $45 for a plot or raised bed. Younger For a space at the Fir Street Garden, make checks/money orders payable to “COGS,” and mail it to Lizbeth Harper, 360 Chelsamish Drive, Sequim 98382. With questions, call Harper at 683-7698. For a June Robinson Park space, make checks/ money orders to “City of Sequim” and send it to Pamela LeonardRay, 152 W. Cedar St., Sequim, 98382. Call Leonard-Ray at 360-912-3421.

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low or missing from garden soil. How do plants access nutrients in the soil? Root hairs have their own electrical charge and they exchange their cation for a cation attached to soil particles. The root hair exchanges a hydrogen cation for every cation nutrient of calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, iron, ammonium and hydrogen absorbed. This exchange of cations is how the plant “eats.” The number of exchange sites in soil measures the capacity of soil to hold nutrients needed by plants. This capacity is called “Cation Exchange Capability” or CEC. Clay and organic particles in soil impart a high CEC to soil because more nutrients can be stored in the soil. Too much clay, however, can decrease essential air spaces resulting in poor drainage.

What is soil pH? Simply said, pH is a way to measure liquids to determine if they are acid or alkaline. The pH range is from 0 to 14. A lot of hydrogen ions makes a solution acidic (low pH). Relatively few hydrogen ions results in a solution that is alkaline (high pH). When a plant exchanges a hydrogen cation for a nutrient cation, the concentration of hydrogen ions in the solution increases. As the hydrogen concentration increases, the pH decreases and the soil becomes more acidic. The soil pH created by the nutrient-ion exchange influences what types of micro-organisms live in the soil. Soil pH influences plant growth by affecting the availability of plant nutrients and affecting the activity of soil micro-organisms which in turn

OTA sets cast for ‘Steel Magnolias’ ‘Lark Eden’ auditions coming soon In place of the previously scheduled play “The Birthday Party” by Harold Pinter, Olympic Theatre Arts will show “Lark Eden” by Natalie Symons from May 8-17 in its Gathering Hall. “Lark Eden” chronicles the friendship of three Southern women over a period of 75 years from the beginning of the Great Depression era and through the early years of the 21st century. The cast calls for three women ages 35-65. Thelma is a prudent Christian woman who yearns to be a good mother; Mary is wise-mouthed and spirited yet quietly wounded; and Emily is desperately searching for something to believe in. The play will be a staged as a “reader’s theatre” production Auditions will be held 5-7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, and 1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 21, at the theater, 414 N. Sequim Ave. Audition forms are available in advance online at olympictheatrearts. org and for more information call the theater at 683-7326 or the play’s director Charlotte Carroll at 907723-7000.

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Terrorist Natasha, played by Brenda DeChant, threatens a thoroughly frightened Max, the Air Traffic Controller, played by Merv Wingard in Readers Theatre Plus’ production of “The Cupcake Conspiracy.”

‘The Cupcake Conspiracy’ a farce with icing on top Readers Theatre Plus (RT+) presents its annual scholarship fundraiser “The Cupcake Conspiracy,” a comedy/farce by C.J. Ehrlich and Philip J. Kaplan and directed by Janice Parks at the group’s new location, the Mount Pleasant Grange Hall in Port Angeles, starting this weekend. Air Traffic Controller Max, played by Merv Wingard, finds himself on a blind date and in a case of mistaken identity involving cupcakes, terrorists, the Empire State Building and the night of his life all while trying

to avoid his soon-to-be ex-wife. Cast members include Jeff Clinton, Pam Fryes, Ric Munhall, Damon Little and Judi Wingard. The play runs 7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, March 20-21 and March 27-28 and 2 p.m. Sundays, March 22 and March 29, at the Mount Pleasant Grange Hall, 2432 Mount Pleasant Road, Port Angeles. Tickets are $10 in advance at Sequim Spice and Tea and Purple Haze Lavender in Sequim or Odyssey Books in Port Angeles, or $12 at the door.

Interested in raising high value crops for local markets? Come to a lecture by one of WSU’s expert vegetable horticulturists from 2-4 p.m. Friday, March 20, at the Sequim Transit Center, 190 W. Cedar St. The presentation by Dr. Carol Miles will include a discussion about commer-

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Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., brings a diverse cast to its stage for its production of Robert Harling’s “Steel Magnolias.” The play focuses on a group of gossipy Southern ladies in a small-town beauty parlor where conversation is alternately hilarious and touching and, in the end, deeply revealing of the strength and purposefulness which underlies the characters’ banter. In her first speaking role, Jennifer Horton plays Truvy and she gets to “do hair,” which she truly loves while Darlene Clemens, a Port Angeles teacher and ballroom dancer, plays Ouiser. Lauren Denton, a mother of two and new to the Sequim area, performs as Shelby. Returning players for the theater include Angela Poynter-Lemaster as M’Lynn, Lily Carignan as Annelle, and director Olivia Shea as Clairee. The play runs April 3-19 with a preview night on April 2 and pay what you will night on April 9. Reserved seating tickets for all regular performances are now on sale through the OTA box office, open 1-5 p.m. Mon-

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affect nutrient cycling. Do a soil test so you know the pH of your soil. Many vegetable garden crops prefer a pH of 5.5 to 7.5, more in the middle of the pH range. Blueberries and rhododendrons are more adapted to acid soils (low pH, high number of nitrogen ions). Wetter soils usually are more acidic. The pH level can be adjusted: adding lime or wood ash will increase the pH of soil; adding sulfur will decrease the pH of soil. How much adjustment is appropriate is determined in a soil test. Coming next week: “Understanding garden soil, Part III: The fertilizers.”

Learn to bird by ear with a course that meets from 8:3011:30 a.m. Fridays between March 20-June 19 at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road, Sequim. The course cost is $60 for OPAS and DRAC members, $80 for nonmembers. Dates are March 20, March 27, April 3, April 10, April 17, April 24, May 1, May 8, May 15, May 22, May 29, June 5, June 12 and June 19. Register at 681-4076.

Photographers share underwater works Olympic Peaks Camera Club will meet from 7-9 p.m. Thursday, March 26, at the Dungeness Community Church, 45 Eberle Lane, Sequim. This month’s speakers are Maurine Shimlock and Burt Jones, the principals of Secret Sea Visions, www. secretseavisions.com. They will talk about “Photographing Nature’s Richest Reefs.” The talk focuses on underwater photography.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Music/Dance/Etc. Thursday March 19 • Gang of Four, blues, 6-8 p.m., Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. • Jim Hoffman, country, 6-10 p.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101, Blyn. Friday March 20 • Rufus and the Blue Hares, rock/blues, 7-9 p.m., Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. • The Hookys, reggae, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101, Blyn. Saturday March 21 • Silver and Gold, dance music, 6-8:30 p.m. Sequim VFW, 169 E. Washington St., no cover. • Linda Dowdell, Ted Enderle & Ed Donahue Jazz, 7-9 p.m., Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. • Heart by Heart, 1970s1980s, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101, Blyn. Thursday March 26 • Stringology, blues, 6-8 p.m., Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. • Stardust Big Band, 6-9 p.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101, Blyn. Friday March 27 • Rufus & the Blue Hares, rock, blues, 7-9 p.m., Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. Saturday March 28 • Round Trip, dance music, 6-8:30 p.m., Sequim VFW, 169 E. Washington St. • Robin Bessier Trio, vocal jazz, 7-9 p.m., Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. • Stevie Stone Live, hip hop, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101, Blyn.

Sunday March 29 • Jesse Ahmann & Nicole Cannavaro, vocal jazz, 5-8 p.m. Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. Thursday April 2 • Buck Ellard, country, 6-9 p.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101, Blyn. Friday April 3 • Nite Crew, top 40s, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101, Blyn. Saturday April 4 • Nite Crew, top 40s, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101, Blyn.

Ongoing music/dance Mondays • Grand Olympic Chorus rehearsals. 6:30 p.m. 990 E. Washington St., Ste. 103. 681-6836 or 681-7135. • The Shipley Center ukelele group. 1-3 p.m. $3 nonmembers and $2 members. Beginner’s classes available. Call at 477-4240. 921 E. Hammond St. Tuesdays • Sequim Community Orchestra rehearsals from 7-9 p.m. September-June, 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. • Strait Wheelers Square Dances. 7-9 p.m. Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St., Port Angeles. For more information, call Glen at 457-3912. Wednesdays • Sequim City Band rehearsals from 7-9 p.m., James Center for the Performing Arts, 563 N. Rhodefer Road. scb@sequimcityband.org or 360-207-4722. • Nourish, 6:30 p.m., open mic with Victor Reventlow, with sign-ups at 6 p.m., 101 Provence View Lane. • Open mic. 9:30-10:30 p.m. 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 Highway 101, Blyn, 6837777. Thursdays • Cort Armstrong Musical Showcase, folk/blues/ Americana. 6-8 p.m. Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. Saturdays • Hawaii Amor plays Hawaiian music at Elliott’s Antique Emporium, 135 E. First St., Port Angeles, from 2-5 p.m. the second Saturday of the month.

Ongoing Events • Shipley Center classes, activities. 921 E. Hammond St., Sequim. www.olypen. com/sequimsr/ or 683-6806. Sundays • Open mic from 5:30-8 p.m. at the Shipley Center, 920 E. Hammond St., Sequim, with Dottie and Vienna on the first, third and fourth Sundays of the month. No charge. • Full Contact Trivia 6 p.m. Wii Bowling 8 p.m. Oasis Bar & Grill, 301 E. Washington St., Sequim. 582-3143. Sundays, Thursdays • Bingo. noon, Sequim

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Friends of Brubeck will perform a special tribute to Dave Brubeck’s classic works later this month. Dave Brubeck is a household name in much of the world. When he died in 2012, saxophonist Craig Buhler suggested to pianist Linda Dowdell that they perform some of Brubeck’s memorable songs at a local gig. Since that time, the duo has become a quartet, focusing not only on Brubeck’s classics such as “Take Five,” “Blue Rondo à la Turk” and “Three to Get Ready” but other songs as well, arranged in styles that blend classical and jazz music with a somewhat Brubeck-ish result. The quartet will perform at 7 p.m. Friday, March 27, in Peninsula College’s Maier Performance Hall. Bassist Ted Enderle and “Groove King” Terry Smith on drums round out the quartet, supplying a solid rock for the band. Tickets for the performance are $15 in advance (until 11 p.m. March 26) at Brown Paper Tickets by searching “Friends of Brubeck” or at www.pencol.edu/foundation. For same-day ticket sales, call 4176264. Tickets will be available at the door on a space-available basis. Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road. Minimum $10 buy-in. 683-2763. Mondays • All are welcome to the ecumenical Taize service at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., at 7 p.m. the fourth Monday of the month. • Pingpong, advanced, 6814675; bingo, 683-9546. Wednesdays • Bird walks at Railroad Bridge Park, 681-4076; blood pressure checks, 417-7486. Thursdays • Sequim Valley Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays of the month at the Paradise Restaurant, 703 N. Sequim Ave. New members are welcome. • Olympic Peninsula chapter of Club Miata Northwest meets at 11:30 a.m. every second Thursday at the Black Bear Diner, 1471 E. Washington St., Sequim. Find out about upcoming drives and events. RSVP to kidchellin@ gmail.com. • Clallam County Type 1

Diabetes Educational Support Group, 6 p.m. Olympic Peninsula YMCA, 302 S. Francis St., Port Angeles. Meetings are fourth Thursday of each month. Call 417-2364. • 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 monthly from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 73 Howe Road, Agnew. No religious affiliation. 360-6401254. • The Strait Stamp Society. 6-8 p.m. on the first Thursday monthly, Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. See www. straitstamp.org. • Gardiner Community Cemetery Commissioners meet at 7:30 p.m. every second Thursday, downstairs in the Gardiner Community Center, 1040 Old Gardiner Road, Gardiner.

Tuesdays • The Compassionate Friends Grief Support Group meets monthly on the third Tuesday of each month, 6-8 p.m., at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, downstairs, 525 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim. Members offer friendship and emotional support to those who have experienced the painful loss of a child or an adult child. • National MS Society’ Sequim support group. Meetings are from 2-4:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of every month at the Sequim Library. Call 808-9626. Saturdays • Sequim Deaf Coffee House. Noon-3 p.m. the second Saturday monthly in Geneva Hall, Sequim Community Church, 960 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim. Contact sdch_2010@comcast.net. • Retired Coast Guard members meet the third Saturday monthly for breakfast. 10 a.m. at Joshua’s, 113 Del Guzzi Drive, Port Angeles

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For the second time in as many seasons, Sequim coach Brad Moore has his hands full filling out his roster. With 75 athletes turning out for a variety of track and field disciplines — and the majority of their top athletes from last year’s squad back — the Wolves are well-poised to challenge for Olympic League titles and some postseason hardware in 2015. “I’m very pleased; I attribute that to what my assistant coaches are doing,” Moore said. “There’s a lot of unknown personnel yet (on the roster), but definitely some talent in this group.” Among Sequim’s top returnees is senior Alex Barry, who earned a third-place

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Assistant coach Phil Milliman leads a pole vault warmup during a preseason practice last week.

finish in the javelin to pace Sequim’s top finishes at the class 2A state meet last season, and nearly earned a state berth in the triple jump. Also back are several members of Sequim’s cross country squad that placed No. 2 at the state meet in the fall, including 2014 state track qualifiers junior C.J. Daniels (800 and 1600) and senior Mikey Cobb (1600). Junior Jackson Oliver is back, seeking to improve upon his ninth place finish at last year’s state high jump competition, and senior Josh Cibene, who was Working on their relay handoffs last week are, from left, Alex Barry, 13th at state in the pole vault. Junior Miguel Moroles, Jason Springer and Oscar Herrera. Oscar Herrera is also back. Like Oliver and Daniels, he just missed the medal Spring Sports Preview: SHS track & field stand at last year’s state track meet after placing ninth in the 300-meter hurdles 2014 record in league, overall: Boys — 7-1, second at league meet, third and 10th in the 110-meter hurdles. at districts, 31st at state (one state medalist); Girls 6-2, seventh place at league Moore said some of Sequim’s boys meet, 17th at districts came into the season hurting from the Coaches: Brad Moore (21st year); assistants John Fodge, Doug Meyer, Chuck and wear and tear of other sports. Phil Milliman, B.J. Schade, Elizabeth and Kjel Skov, Judah Breitbach “It’s not where you are today that (is) Top returning athletes: Boys — Christian Ash, Alex Barry, Josh Cibene, important — it’s where you are at the Mikey Cobb, C.J. Daniels, Brendon Despain, Rickey Gross, Oscar Herrera, Miguel end of the season that’s important,” Moore said. Moroles, Peter Ohnstad, Jackson Oliver, Chase Ridgway, Jason Springer, Kane He likes Sequim’s boys’ chances for a Stoddard; Girls — Cheryl Armstrong, Mattie Clark, Molly Early, Rylee Gray, strong season, “if they can stay healthy.” Gretchen Happe, Sophia Radford, Katelyn Rogers, Audrey Shingleton, Waverly On the girls’ side, the Wolves lost Shreffler, Emily Van Dyken, Heidi Vereide, Emily Webb, Mercedes Woods pole vaulter Sarah Hutchison and Key newcomers: Boys — Austin Adams, Evan Chatters, Andrew Hansted; sprinter Hannah Hudson to graduGirls — Alyse Armstrong, Abigail Hansted, Elizabeth Rosales ation but get back nearly each piece

See TRACK, B-7

Key league competition: Olympic, North Kitsap, Kingston, Port Angeles

SPRING SPORTS PREVIEW: GOLF

McMenamin, Shea set for high marks Sequim looks sharp in first two events by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette

Just two events in and Sequim’s best boy and girl golfers are on par with their performances last year. Junior Jack Shea and sophomore Alex McMenamin led the Wolves and all golfers at the season opening Jamboree on March 10 and their first Olympic League meet on March 11 against Kingston.

McMenamin, who earned third last year at the state 2A tournament as a freshman and was named Olympic League MVP, leads the Sequim squad of 11 girls including seniors Brianna Kettel and Kailee Price, who made districts last year. McMenamin said she continued to work on her game, particularly her shot shape and putting, since last year. “I’m feeling pretty good about this season,” she said. Coaches think McMenamin has a good shot to do even better this year with many of her challengers graduated.

Alex McMenamin shoots for the green at the fifth hole on The Cedars at Dungeness. She played through the offseason working on her shot shape and putting, she said. Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash

Girls coach Gary Kettel, who coached from 19942006, takes over for Garrett Smithson who led Sequim girls to five league titles and

At left, Jack Shea leads the Wolves’ boys team in scoring through two events so far this season. He was Sequim’s top finisher at the state 2A meet last year. At right, Travis Priest looks for the green at The Cedars at Dungeness.

saw three top-10 state finishes, said McMenamin feels she can do better. “She didn’t shoot her best,” he said. “She has her sights on being No. 1 in state.” McMenamin said she didn’t think she’d place third. “I thought I would shoot better,” she said. “I had a lot of high score holes but it was exciting to place that high. (This year), I can’t really say where I’d place. Preferably I’d like to shoot in the 70s and not 85 and 86.” Outside of McMenamin, Kettel said eight girls shot in the 50s in their second match and he believes they can shoot even lower. “A lot of these girls don’t

practice year-round so it takes a couple of weeks to knock the rust off,” he said. After a hiatus from coaching, Kettel said he wanted to return because he missed the students. “I enjoy seeing them improve, mature and just get better,” he said. “(Smithson) really built the program up with good returning upperclassmen and we have four freshmen. We should do really well this year.”

Boys side As integral players graduate another group moves into

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Cale Rodriguez of Redlands, Calif., last week became the fourth Peninsula College men’s soccer head coach, hired to lead the Pirate men in the fall of 2015. Rodriguez is leaving his position as the assistant coach at University of Redlands — where he coached from 2012-2015 — to take t he helm to lead the Pirates, winners of three NWAC championships and six West Divi- RODRIGUEZ sion titles. He also served as an assistant coach at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas from 2011-2012. Rodriguez will be Peninsula’s fourth men’s coach, following groundwork established by Jeff Pitman for P.C.’s first three seasons (2000-2002), Andrew Chapman (2003-2013) and Kanyon Anderson, who coached both men’s and women’s teams in 2014. “I am humbled and honored to take over a program that coach Chapman and coach Anderson have left in such a great position,” Rodriguez said. “The overall experience provided to students at Peninsula College is extremely impressive and I consider it a privilege to be in a position to contribute to the overall success of studentathletes. I look forward to adding to the history and tradition of Pirate soccer.”

Bringing experience The California native also played college soccer at Redlands, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 2010 and a master’s degree in higher education in 2014. “We are very pleased to have Cale in our Pirate family,” P.C. athletic director Rick Ross said, noting the college received 35 applicants from eight countries. “We liked Cale’s experience, his passion for soccer and his fit for our college and for this community.” A mong Rodriguez’s strengths identified by the Peninsula College hiring committee was his experience as the recruiting coordinator at Redlands. “Cale is an outstanding recruiter with broad West Coast connections — and that is a critical component of this game,” Ross said. “I’m confident he’ll know something about every high school soccer player from Alaska to Southern California, including all those here on the North Olympic Peninsula. He’s also very connected to four-year colleges where he’ll be able to help our players move on.” Rodriguez will not only coach soccer at Peninsula, but he’ll teach physical education on a part-time faculty contract. “My goal is for Peninsula College to be the best place in the West to play junior college soccer,” Rodriguez said. “This may seem like a lofty goal, but I strongly believe that the future of this program is very bright. I look forward to the challenge of competing in the NWAC and continuing the success of a program known for excellence.”

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SPORTS BASEBALL CALENDAR School sports calendar March 18 4 p.m. — Sequim High School baseball, fastpitch vs. Coupeville. At SHS fields, Fir Street. 4 p.m. — Sequim High School girls tennis at North Mason (Belfair). March 19 3 p.m. — Sequim High School boys, girls golf at Port Angeles. 6:45 p.m. — Sequim High School boys soccer vs. Klahowya. At SHS stadium, Fir Street. JV starts at 5 p.m. March 20 4:15 p.m. — Sequim High School baseball vs. Chimacum. JV away. 4:15 p.m. — Sequim High School fastpitch at Chimacum. JV home. March 21 11 a.m. — Sequim High School track & field at Port Angeles Invitational. Noon — Sequim High School fa st pitch vs. Sehome. At SHS fields, Fir Street. 12:45 p.m. — Sequim High School boys soccer at Port Angeles. JV starts at 11 a.m. 2 p.m. — Sequim High School fastpitch vs. Lynden. At SHS fields, Fir Street. March 23 4 p.m. — Sequim High School JV baseball vs. Port Angeles. At SHS fields, Fir Street. March 24 4 p.m. — Sequim High School girls tennis vs. Bremerton. At SHS courts, Fir Street. 6:45 p.m. — Sequim High School boys soccer vs. Kingston. At SHS stadium, Fir Street. JV starts at 5 p.m.

Area sports/rec March 18 9 a.m. — Over the Hill Hikers hike: Washington State Resource Road. Meet at 8:45 a.m. at Sequim Goodwill parking lot, 680 W. Washington St. Call 417-3728. March 19 10 a.m. — St. Patty’s Day Shootout. At The Cedars at Dungeness golf course, 1965 Woodcock Road. Call 683-6344. 6-8 p.m. — Puget Sound Anglers, North Olympic Chapter meeting. At Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave. Call 582-0836. March 20 9 a.m. — Over the Hill Hikers hike: Siebert Creek. Meet at 8:45 a.m. at Sequim Goodwill parking lot, 680 W. Washington St. Call 417-3728. March 21 9 a.m.-noon — Youth ba seball clinic (boys and girls, grades 3-8). At Sequim High School fields, Fir Street. $20 per player. call 582-3600.

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The Sequim High Wolves kicked off their 2015 prep campaign with a split of preseason games Saturday. In game one, Enumclaw came back to top Sequim 4-3, with the Wolves getting a perfect inning each from Daniel Harker and starter Tanner Rhodefer; Harker had two strikeouts. Harker, Evan Hurn and Gavin Velarde paced the offense with singles, Harker getting an RBI. In game two, Sequim topped Federal Way 4-2, with hurlers James Grubb and Austin Hilliard getting one shutout inning each. Harker and Nigel Christina each had a two-RBI double apiece in the victory. Dusty Bates dives back to first base in the first inning of Sequim’s March 14 game against Enumclaw.

Sequim starter Tanner Rhodefer works in the first inning of a 4-3 loss to Enumclaw on March 14. Rhodefer pitched a scoreless, no-hit inning. Sequim Gazette photos by Michael Dashiell

The Port Scandalous Roller Derby club is seeking new players for the 2015 season, which kicks off at 6 p.m., March 28, at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. The club practices from 8-10 p.m. each Wednesday at the Clallam County YMCA, 302 S. Francis St. Port Angeles. No prior experience is required. The club also is looking for referees and NSO’s (non-skating officials). E-mail portscandalousrollerderby@ gmail.com or see m.facebook.com/ groups/portscandalousrollerderbyprospects for more information. Port Scandalous’ first match of its fifth season is against the Eves of Destruction Roller Derby from Victoria, B.C. Pre-sale tickets are $10 and are available at the Sequim Gazette, Drake’s U-Bake Pizza & Subs in Port Angeles or online at seasonfivegameone.brown papertickets.com. Tickets at the door are $12, with discounts for military personnel and seniors. Youths 6 and younger are free. Concessions are by the Boys & Girls Keystone Club. The event features a 21-and-older beer garden and 50/50 raffle.

SPORTS BRIEFS Anglers discuss salmon season The North Olympic Peninsula chapter of Puget Sound Anglers is hosting a meeting of the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife North of Falcon from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 19, to discuss the 2015 salmon seasons. Note this time change: one hour earlier than the group’s normal meeting time. State officials will discuss salmon season dates, catch limits and some new proposals to expand salmon fishing opportunities in 2015. Public input will be taken. More information about the salmon season-setting process for Puget Sound, the Columbia River and the Washington coast is available on WDFW’s website at wdfw.wa.gov/ fishing/northfalcon. The meeting will be held at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 Blake Ave. For information about the Puget Sound Anglers, see www. psanopc.org.

Practice your paddling The Olympic Peninsula Paddlers club has reserved the William Shore Pool (321 E. Fifth St., Port Angeles) for two hours on March 29 for kayak skills and safety practice.

Non-club members are welcome, but space is limited. For more information, contact club members through OlympicPeninsulaPaddlers.com or call Jim Benson at 683-4831 or e-mail benson@ olypen.com.

on Saturday, April 4, with a 9 a.m. shotgun start Tourney format is a one-man scramble over 18 holes, with all holes featuring 8-inch cups. Cost is $50 per person. Fee includes green fees, range balls and lunch. Divisions are Calloway, gross and net. Peninsula College hoops The Cedars at Dungeness is at 1965 Woodcock Road. For more informalegend dies Art Ruud, who helped Peninsula tion or to register, call 683-6344. College win the Wash- Baseball clinic set at SHS ington Athletic AssoSequim High School hosts a youth ciation of Community Colleges state basket- baseball clinic for boys and girls in ball championship in grades 3-8, from 9 a.m.-noon Sat1970, died Feb. 28 with urday, March 21, at the high school his family at his side. baseball fields off of Fir Street. Cost is $20 per player. Fee includes He was 64. RUUD a Wolves baseball cap and a snack. Ruud and his teamFor more information, call 582mates from that 1970 Pirate team 3600. were inducted into the Northwest Athletic Conference Hall of Fame and Youth basketball tourney the Peninsula College Hall of Fame in scheduled in Port Angeles January 2014. The Port Angeles Parks & RecreRuud’s accomplishments were recognized at halftime of the Peninsula ation Department is hosting the April College men’s basketball game on Fools’ Extravaganza Tourney, scheduled for March 28-29, with divisions Feb. 28. for boys and girls basketball teams ‘Go Big’ at The Cedars from fifth grade through high school. There is a four-game guarantee The Cedars at Dungeness hosts its second “Go Big” golf tournament and a $250-per-team entry fee. For

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• Port Angeles Parks & Recreation Olympic Lodge Spring Hoopfest youth basketball tournament, March 7-8 Girls sixth-grade division — 1. Peninsula Seahawks (Gig Harbor), 2. Port Angeles Thunder, 3. Port Angeles Threat Fivers, 3. Chimacum Cowgirls, 5. Sequim Lady Wolves, 6. Clallam Bay Bruins. Championship: Seahawks 31, P.A. Thunder 11 Girls eighth-grade division — 1. Port Angeles, 2. Avalanche Sixth, 3. Bainbridge Roots, 4. Gig Harbor Hurricanes, 5. Enumclaw Hornets, 6. Olympic Reign (Tumwater). Championship: Port Angeles 45, Avalanche Sixth 28 Boys fifth-grade division — 1. Eatonville Cruisers, 2. Rogers Rams (Puyallup), 3. Port Angeles Green, 4. Sequim Wolves, 5. Port Angeles White. Championship: Eatonville 44, Rogers Rams 38 Boys sixth-grade division — 1. Bainbridge Roots, 2. Olympia Bears, 3. Forks Thunder, 4. Port Angeles, 5. Sequim Wolves. Championship: Bainbridge Roots 40, Olympia Bears 39 (3 OT) Boys seventh-grade division — 1. Bainbridge Roots, 2. Port Angeles, 3. Hoop Nation (Silverdale), 4. Sequim Wolves. Championship: Roots 75, Port Angeles 53. Boys eighth-grade division — 1. Bainbridge Roots, 2. Sequim Wolves, 3. Lake Washington Kangaroos, 4. Forks Reign, 5. Port Angeles, 6. Meadowdale Mavericks, 7. Townsend Red. Championship: Roots 67, Sequim Wolves 43.

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Spring Sports Preview: SHS Golf 2014 record in league, overall: Boys — 6-2, third in Olympic League; three athletes to state 2A tourney; Girls — 7-2, 8-4; two athletes to districts, one to 2A state tourney Head coaches: Boys — Bill Shea (seventh year); Girls — Gary Kettel (2015-current, 1994-2006) Returners: Boys — Jade Arnold, Arnold Black, Alex McCracken, Travis Priest, Jack Shea, Connor Titterness; Girls — Kelly Anders, Brianna Kettel, Alex McMenamin, Megan O’Mera, Kailee Price Newcomers: Boys — Josiah Carter, Jonathan Stipe, Garrett Wehr and Jazz Weller; Girls — Sydney Balkan, Angela Carrillo-Burge, Mikaela Dodson, Grace Hurdlow, Sarah Shea, Samantha Smith Key league competition: Boys — Klahowya, Port Angeles, Olympic; Girls — Kingston, Port Angeles, North Mason

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From page B-5 place for the Wolves. This season, Sequim lost three seniors including state-qualifier Jesse Francis, but brings back Shea and Travis Priest, both state-qualifiers, and Alex McCracken, a districts competitor. “I think our squad is always strong,” head coach Bill Shea said. “Jack is fired up and he and Travis and Alex and Jade Arnold all played some in the offseason.” Jack Shea was named all-league last year and just missed the cut at the state 2A tournament placing 86th while Priest placed 90th. Bill Shea said he likes how the boys started off this season. “Jack was two under at the Jamboree and one over against Kingston and Travis (Priest) was one under and nine over,” he said. As for the newcomers, four freshmen, they are doing great, he said. “Course management is always a big part of it,” Bill Shea said. “Understanding how to get around the course is important.” Looking ahead, Bill Shea said a good test on how well the boys will do comes today, March 18, against Port Angeles. “We won our first match by 30 points, which says we’re doing well,” he said. “We do expect a little better performance.” Regardless, Bill Shea said he expects the Wolves to finish in the top three in the Olympic League. “It all depends on how we play. Best case, we win the league and the worst case scenario is we get third,” he said.

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From page B-5 from last year’s squad. That includes three of the four pieces — Gretchen Happe, Waverly Shreffler and Mercedes Woods — of the 2014 state meet-qualifying 4x400 relay team. Shreffler, a junior who is coming off a strong cross country season in the fall, placed 13th at the state 400-meter competition in 2014. Moore likes the girls’ chances with returners like junior hurdler/high jumper Katelyn Rogers and sophomore thrower Cheryl Armstrong. “(Armstrong) threw well

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in their first event of the year hosting a Jamboree on March 10 at The Cedars at Dungeness. Jack Shea led all shooters with 2 under par (35) on nine-holes followed by Travis Priest at 1-par shooting a 36. Sequim’s other top scorers were Josiah Carter (53) and Arnold Black and Jade Arnold at 54. Port Angeles won the event with Port Townsend third and Olympic fourth. The Roughriders’ Alex Atwell and Austin Peterson both shot a 39 and Alex Brown a 40. Zack Glover led Port Townsend with a 42 and CJ Lagat and Roger O’Hara paced Olympic with 42 each. Sequim girls won their Jamboree with Alex McMenamin leading all scorers with a 38 followed by Brianna Kettel shooting a 50. Sequim’s other top finishers were Kailee Price (55) and Kelly Anders and Megan O’Mera shooting 59 each. Maddie Boe and Olivia Due led Port Angeles with 64 each while Olympic’s Ellie Wolfe shot a 52 and Abby Magee shot 53. Both Sequim squads won their first Olympic League meets of the year with home wins over Kingston on March 11. Shea, again, led the boy Wolves in the 330-367 win shooting 73 on 18 holes followed by Priest (81) and Arnold (85). The Buccaneers’ Caleb Start shot an 81 followed by Nolan Setterlund an 88. The Lady Wolves won 96-68 in Stableford scoring with McMenamin shooting four over par (41), Kelly Anders a 50 and Kettel a 52. Kindra Smith led the Buccaneers with a 47. This week, the boys travel to Port Angeles on March 18 and host Chimacum on March 24. The girls hosted Port Angeles on Tuesday and travel there on today, March 18. Their next match won’t be until April 8 in Port Townsend.

for us last year,” Moore said, noting the Wolves add Cheryl’s sister Alyse to the mix in 2015. “I’m looking forward to seeing what she’s capable of doing.” Sequim’s girls boast a number of athletes that could figure into the postseason mix as well, from young sprinters Mattie Clark and Rylee Gray to senior jumper Heidi Vereide and senior pole vaulter Emily Van Dyken. Sequim opens the season at the March 21 Port Angeles Invitational. The Wolves compete with the Port Angeles Roughriders, Chimacum Cowboys and host the Olympic Trojans at Silverdale Stadium on March 25.

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Students from Greywolf Elementary and Helen Haller Elementary schools and Sequim Middle School are winners in the Elks Grand Lodge 2014-2015 Americanism Essay Contest. Students competed on two levels — fifth and sixth grade, and seventh and eighth grade — with competitors writing about the theme of: “What the Pledge of Allegiance Means to Me.” Winners for the fifth and sixth grades include: first place, Kaleb Cassidy (fifthgrader, son of Kevin and Theresa Cassidy); second place, Bishop Budnek (fifth grade, son of Heidi Budnek) and third place, Isaac Bratsman (fifth grade, son of Rebecca Bratsman). Winners for seventh and eighth grades include: first place, Madeline Patterson (eighth grade, daughter of

Back row, from left, essay chairman Maura Mattson, joins division winners Madeline Patterson and Quinn Danielson, along with (front row, from left) Kaleb Cassidy, Bishop Budnek and Isaac Bratsman. Submitted photo

Jake and Danielle Patterson) and second place, Quinn Danielson (eighth grade, daughter of Eric and Christine Danielson). Budnek and Patterson’s

essays were selected as West District winners; their essays now will be forwarded to the state level for further competition. Americanism Essay Com-

mittee chairman Maura Mattson presented each winner with an award certificate and a monetary award of $30, $25 or $20 for first, second and third place respectively.

Library’s ‘Battle of the Books’ is set for Friday

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Ten teams of Clallam County fourth-graders will do battle in a trivia-style competition at 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 20, at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St. Battle of the Books 2015 is the culmination of a yearlong collaborative project between the North Olympic Library System, the Sequim, Port Angeles, Quillayute Valley and Crescent School Districts, and Queen of Angels. Throughout the year more than 200 fourth-graders participated in the program, each of whom received free copies of the five books read as part of the project. The students also received a T-shirt featuring art created by a fellow student during a design contest held last year. This year’s participating schools include Greywolf, Hellen Haller, Jefferson, Franklin, Roosevelt, Queen of Angels, Crescent, Forks Intermediate, Dry Creek and Hamilton Elementary. For five months prior to the competition, library staff led book club discussions at each of the schools

Clallam County youths compete in the 2014 Battle of the Books. Submitted photo

to help support and encourage student reading. Books read during the year included “The Sasquatch Escape” by Suzanne Selfors, “Chickadee” by Louise Erdrich, “Becoming Naomi León” by Pam Muñoz Ryan, “Rules” by Cynthia Lord and “The True Blue Scouts of Sugarman Swamp” by Kathi Appelt. The competition will include trivia questions about each book.

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“The program is designed to encourage kids to be lifelong readers,” Youth Services Librarian Jennifer Knight said. “We want reading to be fun — having a book club is a way to cultivate that. Last year NOLS did a pilot program in Port Angeles, which both teachers and kids enjoyed. This year, we expanded the program to include schools in Forks and Sequim.”

March 19-22 Sequim High School Band to Heritage Festival (Anaheim, Calif.) March 23 9:30-11 a.m. — First Teacher activities. Guest reader: Linda Cherry. At Sequim Boys & Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St. Call 681-2250. March 25 7 p.m. — Sequim High School choir concert. At school auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave. March 26 7 p.m. — Sequim High School band concert. At school auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave. March 27 No school — snow day March 30-April 3 No school — spring vacation March 31 6:30-8:30 p.m. — School board candidate workshop. At Sequim School District boardroom, 503 N. Sequim Ave. Call 582-3262. April 6 6 p.m. — Sequim School Board meeting. At At district boardroom, 503 N. Sequim Ave. April 11 7-10 p.m. — Olympic Peninsula Academy Ball. At Sequim High School cafeteria, 601 N. Sequim Ave.

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DISTRICT There is no school on Friday, March 27, unless a snow make-up day is needed. Spring break is March 30-April 3. The district office will remain open during spring break from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Students return to class on Monday, April 6. The next board meeting is at 6 p.m. Monday, April 6, in the board room. The agenda is available on the district website at www.sequim. k12.wa.us. Board meetings always are open to the public.

GREYWOLF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Training for volunteers interested in becoming reading tutors is from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 25, in Room 142. For more information, call the school office at 582-3300. All fifth-grade students throughout the district were given the opportunity to write an essay about Ellis Island. Located in Upper New York Bay, Ellis Island is the gateway for immigrants to the United States. The essay contest was presented by the Daughters of the American Revolution, a women’s service organization dedicated to promoting historical preservation, education, patriotism and honoring the patriots of the Revolutionary War. These fifth-grade students from Nathalie Maynock’s class were given certificates for their participation: Lauren Sundin, Kariya Johnson, Hannah Hampton, Zoey Johnson, Thomas Fendler, Madelyn Pickens, Eayn Thomas and Alyssa Bohenyo. Bohenyo won the essay contest at the state level and is in the running for a regional award. If she wins the regional award, she will then move on to compete at the national level was the first Spanish explorer to see in Washington D.C. the Pacific Ocean. I’m from Spain and I explored the northwest part HELEN HALLER of South America. I sailed for glory ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and gold. Kobe Applegate I am Jacques Cartier. Nice to Librarian Sheri Kruckeberg says meet you. I am from France and in the Cougar Writing Conference France born in St. Malo, Brittany. was a big success this week! Author The purpose of my three voyages Suzanne Selfors presented at two was to look for the quicker Northassemblies on Wednesday. Students west Passage to Asia, and also to attended a performance by Book-It look for gold, gold and glory. Robert Theatre of “Alice’s Adventures in Streck Wonderland” on Thursday and had I am Marco Polo, a Venetian the opportunity to participate in a merchant and explorer. By the age workshop after the performance. of 15, my dad, Niccolo Polo, and Students shared their writings in my uncle, Maffeo Polo, took me classrooms on Friday. to China to meet Kublai Khan. I served as his aide for the next 17 Sheri Suryan’s fifth-grade class years. I lived from 1254 to 1324. I has been studying about world am from Venice, Italy. I am from a explorers and the different reasons family of merchants, who traveled each explorer had for risking their to bring goods back to my homelives to find the Northwest Passage town. I explored mainly China, but to Asia. Each student has become the the Great Khan sent me to places explorer and here’s what they wrote: such as Tibet. On my way back, I I am Vasco Nuñez de Balboa. I was thrown in a war prison. The

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purpose of my exploration was to find goods to bring back to Venice. Also, I went to China because my dad and uncle wanted me to meet Kublai Khan. They wanted me to help bring the Khan oil blessed by the Pope. Angelina Cooper Hi, my name is Vasco da Gama. I am from Sines, Portugal. I went on a voyage from Sines around Africa to India. My purpose of my exploration was for God and glory. Bailey McComas I am Leif Erikson. I was born in Iceland around 980. I wanted to follow in my father’s footsteps. I explored Markland, Helluland and Vinland. I wanted to go exploring for glory. I named all the lands I found. Olivia Brandt I am Henry Hudson. I explored the Hudson Bay in Canada and the New York area, and I am English. My exploration was to find the Northwest Passage to China. I was trying to get gold and goods there. Tyler Lawson I am Samuel de Champlain. I was born 1567 in Brouage, France, and explored the southeast part of Canada and founded Quebec. There is a lake named after me for finding it. Champlain’s purpose was to have glory like the other explorers. He also wanted to get to the New World and he got to be known as the Father of Canada. Beau Halverson

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the Bill of Rights. The staged crime took place in the school cafeteria on Feb. 12, where students Silas Thomas and Christian Nicholson supposedly pored a toxic liquid into Hope Glasser’s water bottle. An investigative team gathered and processed evidence and took statements from witnesses, and the legal teams began taking depositions. Over the course of the next few weeks, time was spent each class day studying the application of Constitutional amendments, as well as laws that specifically relate to the rights of minors and students in school. The legal teams prepared their cases. Local attorney Virginia Shogren mentored the student lawyers on how to develop their legal strategies. FBI agent Andreas Kaltsounis and his wife, Sarah Kaltsounis, also provided professional expertise. Just before the trial day, subpoenas were served to all witnesses and summonses were served to all selected jurors consisting of parents and community volunteers. The Prosecution team consisted of Riley Scott (lead attorney), Deven Biehler (objections). Hannah Gloor (evidence) and Mia Underwood (witnesses). The Defense team included Liam Byrne (lead attorney), Jade Harris (objections), Andrew Cambalik (evidence) and Eden Johnson (witnesses). The investigative team was Olivia Hare, Eleanor Byrne, Devin Rhynerson and Brianna Cowan. Courtroom personnel included Samantha White (bailiff), Emily Neilson (clerk), Lili Taylor and Emma Shogren (stenographers).

Sixth-, seventh- and eighthgrade students demonstrated their knowledge of the American legal system by trying a fictitious assault case in a mock trial held in the cafeteria on March 13. Teacher Timothy Wilkinson assigned different roles SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL Sequim High School Leadership students provide a moment of respite for for each student. The project began custodians Tharon Iverson (seated, left) and Erik Cisneros (seated, right) when a fictitious crime was staged Teacher Brad Moore and 10 at Sequim High School by serving them doughnuts and juice on March in conjunction with a study unit on students with the Robotics Club 3. Photo by Patsene Dashiell

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won the Pacific Northwest District Glacier Peak event in Snohomish on March 6-8. They continue with district competition in Mount Vernon on March 13-15, where they hope to qualify for regional competition that will take place in Cheney over spring break. According to the Robotics Club constitution, students must each put in 100 hours of work on the project. They have six weeks to plan, design, program and wire the robot for competition. Then the majority of the robot’s parts must be boxed up until competition day, but they can continue to develop up to 30 pounds of the robot. This year’s challenge requires a robot designed to be able to pick up plastic storage totes, stack them six high and insert a Styrofoam “floatie” tube through a small opening in a receptacle placed on top of the storage totes. Leadership students Katie Stevenson, Waverly Shreffler, Danica Miller, Anika Van Dyken, Ricky Gross, Max Koonz, Dakota Henderson, Jordan McMinn, Cecilee Wech, Elena Springer, Cortney Gossett, Selesha McKibbon, Sadie Woods, Kailee Price, Stone Diggs and Emma LeBlanc participated in a staff recognition event on March 3 for custodial staff called “Golden Broom.” The students made the rounds for afternoon trash pick-up, while the custodians relaxed in the staff lounge with refreshments. HSPE writing make-ups for juniors and seniors will be from 8-10 a.m. March 18-19 in the cafeteria. Upcoming music student performances include a choir concert on March 25 and a band concert on March 26. Both concerts begin at 7 p.m. in the auditorium.

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Play encourages imagination, learning Play is an amazing thing. Children with questions like “Why did you like can do it without even having a toy. that?” Make a conversation or a game They can do it with empty bottles, a out of what you are doing with your pot, wooden spoons or empty box- child by taking turns. es. These are called During mealtime, “open-ended” toys bebath time and any cause they can be used time in your daily in many ways. routine, there are With these wondereasy ways to nurture ful “toys” a child can your child’s interest in check out her ideas learning. When you about how things stop at a signal, talk work. with your child about Your young child Parenting M atters where the people always is into checkmight be going who Cynthia Martin ing out her ideas and are walking across the thoughts. You may think that when street. When it is time to turn out she drops her spoon from the high- the light, let him do it and talk about chair that it was a mistake. It might be what he has accomplished by turning but it also might be a way she can test the light on and off. When he is in the what it will sound like when it drops bathtub, see what ideas he has about or just wants to see how it will drop. the soap bubbles and what they look The key to making play meaningful like to him. even with household items is to first When you are making dinner, talk keep it fun. Your involvement can about what you are doing. Ask him add in significant ways (Mind in the questions so you can have a give Making). Researchers have found that, and take conversation. All of these “When a parent joins in … it always conversations are building blocks for elevates the level of play.” his mind. The ways you join in but Parents should join in but should never take over are helping him build never take over. They have to follow a strong brain. the child’s conversation and lead. They Look around for household items need to talk about the kinds of things that make different sounds and have that the child is interested in even if different size parts. Encourage him they have a different way to do things. to explore what sounds each thing Always make sure that you make eye makes and how you can change contact as you play. Talk about what the sounds. Let him take anything you see and hear. Follow your child’s apart that comes apart. In the sumleads and follow up what the child says mer, be sure to do similar things

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The Landing Artists Studio announces that Maryann Proctor has joined the studio with her amazing “chickens with an attitude.” All of Proctor’s chicken drawings are based on the personalities of her own birds. Proctor captures their unique personalities in their faces and dress. Be it a “Sunday going to church” outfit, bib overalls or the obstinate blue and white attitude stripes, the birds always brings smiles and chuckles to those who read about them and their quirky behaviors. Proctor also is president of Sequim Arts and resides between Sequim and Port Angeles. The studio presents a wide range of fine art, handmade silk and wool scarves, Zen tangle art, Steampunk art, jewelry, and gifts. Visit the Landing Artists Studio and Proctor’s hen house at the Landing Mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave., Port Angeles. Hours are 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. The studio is closed on Thursdays. The studio will resume its participation in the Second Weekend Art Walk in April.

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