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Jeri Sanford, owner of Over the Fence, left, helps Debbie Weinheimer of Agnew shop for a new rug before Thanksgiving. Sanford and other local businesses participate in the annual Small Business Saturday by extending hours on Nov. 28, following the Thanksgiving shopping rush. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

Free dinners, Small Business Saturday and Santa are slated for this week

offering plenty of goodies and specials. Continuing this year are a few free meals on Thanksgiving along with the Sequim tree Sequim Gazette staff shopping on Thanksgiving or lighting, Santa Claus coming Black Friday or looking local on Shopping options abound this Small Business Saturday, many and a classic tractor procession. weekend in Sequim. stores in the Sequim-Dungeness See SHOPPING, A-6 Whether you are an early bird area are extending hours while

A future for Sequim’s farmland Challenges, efforts and successes to maintain local farms by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette

Since 1950 the amount of farmland in Clallam County has declined by 70 percent, leaving about 20,000 acres accessible. At that rate, an average of about 1,000 acres per year of local farmland disappears, Tom Sanford, North Olympic Land Trust executive director, said. “Sequim is a farm town and our community reflects that in so many ways, even though farming isn’t anything like it once was,” Joe Holtrop, Clallam Conservation District executive director, said. “As we lose farmland, we lose a critical part of what helped create our character.” Sequim continues to be home to the oldest festival in the state, the Sequim Irrigation Festival that began when the first headgate on the Dungeness River was lifted to allow for irrigation in 1895 — A lingering indicator of the historic importance of agriculture in the valley. The Sequim-Dungenes Valley, once dotted with more than 500 dairies, now supports two, Sanford said. Although it continues to undergo change and face challenges, many individuals and organizations are working to protect and keep what farmland is left. The fertile soils of the Dungeness River delta and the river as a water supply make the SequimDungeness area, stretching to Agnew an ideal location for farming, Sanford explained. “We’re so lucky here in Clallam County with great resources,” Clea Rome, Washington State University Clallam County Extension director, said. “Soil and water are a farmer’s greatest resource and there is a large proportion of prime farmland in our county and we’re unique with

A historical aerial of Sequim in the mid-1900s shows the open and vast farmlands once sprawled across the Sequim-Dungeness Valley between the foothills of the Olympic Mountains and the Strait of Juan De Fuca. Since 1950, farmland in Clallam County has declined by 70 percent. Photo courtesy the Clallam County Historical Society At left, relying on creativity and collaboration, cooperative farm owners Anna Bunk, Noah Bresler, Sallie Constant, James and Liam Burtle founded River Run Farm off Woodcock Road in the fall of 2012 after being drawn to the Sequim-Dungeness area because of its proximity to urban centers, access to fertile land and water. Sequim Gazette photo by Alana Linderoth

our irrigation network.” The United States Department of Agriculture recognizes 32,961 acres of prime farmland based on an area’s soil type and 250,455 acres of farmland of statewide importance. “Prime farmland” as defined by the USDA is “land that has the best combination of physical and chemical characteristics for producing food, feed, forage, fiber, and oilseed crops and is available for these uses.”

A balancing act The area’s natural makeup conducive for farming, the flat, scenic land with mild weather and surrounding a town (Sequim) became an attractive place to live. By the 1960s and continuing into

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YMCA reports positive results from SARC survey Pickering: Report is just ‘next step’ in efforts to reopening Sequim facility by MICHAEL DASHIELL

of the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center — had positive responses to a possible YMCA/SARC partnership. The majority of Sequim residents That’s the summation from Kyle polled in a telephone and online Cronk, CEO of the Olympic Peninsurvey — both users and non-users sula YMCA, after reviewing results Sequim Gazette

of a survey conducted in October by the Spokane-based Strategic Research Associates company. “The question we wanted to answer was, ‘Do you want to see a YMCA come to this community?’,” Cronk said. “Overwhelmingly you have said, ‘Yes.’” Cronk and Joanne Vega, director/ partner with Strategic Research

Associates, delivered highlights of the survey to a packed room at the Sequim Civic Center on Nov. 18. Nearly 70 percent of all surveytakers had a positive response to a possible co-management of SARC, a multi-use athletic facility at 610 N. Fifth Ave., that closed on Oct. 30 after running out of operating funds.

“There is an urgency now,” Cronk said. “SARC is closed. This is a community-wide solution to open its doors.” SARC still would be community owned, SA RC board chairman Frank Pickering said, while the YMCA would present a

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Puget Sound Partnership officials gathered in Sequim to honor those leading the local effort to improve the area’s water quality. The celebration “Digging the Dungeness” on Nov. 20 shined light on the recent upgrade of 728 acres of shellfish beds in Dungeness Bay resulting from the ongoing efforts among individuals collaborating under the Sequim-Dungeness Clean Water Work Group and local community cooperation. Those presented with plaques to signify the accomplishment included Joe Holtrop, Clallam Conservation District executive director; Andy Brastad, Clallam County Health and Human Services Environmental Health director; Matt Heins, Dungeness Farms manager; Theresa Lehman and Kurt Grinnell, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Council members; and Ben Smith, Dungeness River Agricultural Water Users Association president. “You should all be proud … these are not numbers you can get and change alone,” Sheida Sahandy, Puget Sound Partnership executive director, said. “These 728 acres are a building block of the 2020 10,800-acre goal before us.” Puget Sound Partnership is the state agency tasked with leading the region’s collective effort to restore and protect Puget Sound. In mid-October Washington State Department of Health officials reclassified 688 acres in the bay from “Conditionally Approved” to “Approved” and 40 acres from “Prohibited”

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the following decades, Sequim became a targeted area for residential development. “Growth in the SequimDungeness Valley is a challenge because that’s where a lot of people want to live,” Steve Gray, Clallam County planning manager, said. “During the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and even into the 1990s people were buying and selling 1- to 2-acre lots. The zoning development now reflects that.” “It’s certainly a balancing act,” he said. “Once the land is divided, establishing the new development footprint has its challenges.” The onset of development and draw to the area opened the door to economic potential and the chance for many farmers to pursue a different lifestyle. “Dairy farming is very hard

work that requires a constant presence to milk, feed and clean up after the cows,” Holtrop said. “That generation of farmers was worn out and not very well off … the next generation wasn’t real excited about taking over. The Sequim-area farmers had an out — their land was very valuable for residential development.” To help balance growth, Clallam County officials created the zoning designation “Agricultural Retention” (AR) following the state Growth Management Act. “The purpose of the Agricultural Retention zone is to maintain and enhance the agricultural resource industry of Clallam County through conservation of productive agricultural lands and discouragement of incompatible land uses within the agricultural retention zone,” according to the county zoning code. Under the zoning designation, the minimum size for an AR development is 16 acres

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the AR zoning designation, county planners use “cluster” development as a method for balancing growth with farmland. For example, cluster development occurs when development is concentrated in one parcel of six, 5-acre parcels of a previously subdivided 30-acre farm, thus leaving 25 acres available for agricultural use. “I think overall its (zoning) certainly been effective in keeping the Agricultural Retention zones intact,” Gray said. “I’d still like to see more of the 5-acre parcels combined.” However, Holtrop doesn’t look to zoning as an effective method for conserving the area’s farmland. Instead, he points to the property own-

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High school seniors from Clallam County are eligible to apply for a new college scholarship. This $500 award is made possible through an annual donation from Mark and Katherine Feiro and their family. Applications are being accepted through www.thewashboard.org. Any high school senior residing in Clallam County and intending to enroll in a post-secondary program during the 2016-2017 school year is eligible to apply; this includes homeschooled students. Scholarship applications are due by Dec. 23. For more contact Melissa Williams, executive director, at 4176254 or melissaw@feiromarinelifecenter.org.

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Free day at ONP on Friday In celebration of Thanksgiving and as a way to encourage healthy outdoor time, Olympic National Park will offer free entry to all park areas on Friday, Nov. 27. Despite recent storm impacts, most park The Sequim Softball boosters are trying to raise funds for its softball program by offering Christmas areas are scheduled to be open on caroling from the softball players. Above, softball players and friends stop by a Sequim residence in the day after Thanksgiving. 2014. Spread Christmas cheer among your friends, family members or to your favorite business. Send all The Olympic National Park Visiorders to Shawrigg@olypen.com or deon.kapetan@ccmclending.com. For questions, contact Shawnna tor Center will be open from 9 a.m.at 808-5448 or Deon at 461-6511. Checks can be made out to Sequim Softball Boosters. Submitted photo 4 p.m. and the Hoh Visitor Center will be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Weather permitting, Hurricane program will be at 12:30 p.m. Mon- “The iPad Family 2015.” The slide- artwork/photography, and more. Admission is free. Santa and Mrs. Ridge Road is scheduled to be open day, Dec. 7, at Dungeness Valley Lu- show will be an overview of all theran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave. current iPads. The presentation Claus will attend from 10 a.m.-2 during daylight hours. will highlight the features and ca- p.m. There will be raffle items and Information about visiting pabilities of each model, as well as door prizes, baked goods, See’s Olympic National Park can be Newcomers Club to meet found at www.nps.gov/olym. Come ring in the holiday season including descriptions of the new Candies and soup and salad at the and join the Newcomers Club of iPad Pro accessories, the Smart cafe. Griffith talks Peace Corps For more information (includthe Olympic Peninsula on Dec. 1 Keyboard and Apple Pencil. For more information, contact ing a list of this year’s vendors), Mary Griffith, a member of for lunch at the Red Lion Hotel visit www.sisequim.org/galagiftDungeness Valley Lutheran Church, Ballroom (upstairs) 221 N. Lincoln Jerry Freilich at 457-4660. show.html or send an e-mail to will give a presenta- St., Port Angeles. Port Angeles High Soroptimist bazaar has it all GalaGiftShow@gmail.com. School’s select choir, Vocal Unlimtion about her 2012Soroptimists International of 2015 Peace Corps ited, will perform. RSVP by noon Friday, Nov. 27, to Warren Pierce at Sequim will have its annual Gala VFW sets free Thanksgiving experience in Fiji. She will provide warren.newcomers@gmail.com or Gift Show from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. dinner for vets, families Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Boys & The Sequim Veterans of Foreign an overview about 630-992-5613. Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St., Sequim. Wars, 169 E. Washington St., will the country of Fiji, The Gala Gift Show will feature have a free Thanksgiving dinner a description of her SMUG reviews iPads GRIFFITH The Strait Mac Users Group will 45-plus vendors offering unique from 1-4 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 26, service with the Ministry of Health National In-service meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, at and luxurious items in home decor, for veterans and their families. Nursing Division and her work with St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 clothing, jewelry/accessories, cu- Needy families also are invited. Free nurses around the country and her N. 5th Ave., Sequim. Ray Bentsen linary items, health/beauty prod- winter clothes will be available at life as a Peace Corps volunteer. Her will present a slideshow entitled ucts, pet items, children’s books, the dinner.

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Gifts from Christmas angels The Crossing Church, 96 Deer Park Road, Port Angeles, is sponsoring its Christmas Angel Program from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Dec. 12, where low-income parents may select presents for their children from infants to 18 years old. Presents may be chosen at Fairview Bible Church, 385 O’Brien Road, Port Angeles.

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• Over the Fence, 112 E. Washington St., open 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday. • Pondicherri, 119 E. Washington St., open until 7 p.m. Saturday, with refreshments. • Solar City, 135 W. Washington St., open until 7 p.m. Saturday with refreshments and live music by Anna and Jeremy Pederson. • That Takes the Cake, 171 W. Washington St., open until 7 p.m. Saturday.

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Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, openings: • Sunny Farms, 261461 U.S. Highway 101, open 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday. Nursery closed. • Rite Aid, 520 W. Washington St., open 8-5 p.m. Thursday. Pharmacy open 9 a.m.-3 p.m. • Walgreens, 490 W. Washington St, open 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Thursday. Pharmacy closed. • JCPenney, 651 W. Washington St., open 3-11 p.m. Thursday and opens 5 a.m.-11 p.m. Saturday. • QFC, 990 E. Washington St., closes at 6 p.m. Thursday and reopens at 5 a.m. Friday. • Office Depot, 1235 W. Washington St., open 6 p.m.-9 p.m. Thursday and 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday. • Sears, 232 Alley Road, open at 6-11 p.m. Thursday and 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday. 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday. • Safeway, 680 W. Washington St. remains open 24 hours. • Walmart, 1110 W. Washington St., remains open Thanksgiving with specials beginning at 6 p.m.

Free Sequim dinners • Celebrate Thanksgiving at Trinity A traditional Thanksgiving turkey dinner will be served at 4 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave. Reservations are requested by phoning the church at 683-5367 between 9 a.m.-2 p.m. by Wednesday or by e-mail to dinners@sequimtumc.org. • Free dinner at Hardy’s Hardy’s Market, 10200 Old Olympic Highway, invites the public to enjoy a complimentary traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Dine in or take with you while supplies last from 11 a.m. Thanksgiving Day.

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Shawne Johnson of Port Angeles looks for a present with her daughter Alice, 6, at Dungeness Kids Co. for Alice’s sister Aida who is turning 4. Dungeness Kids Co. is one of many businesses extending its hours for the Christmas shopping season by opening on Sundays. Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash

• Sunshine benefit dinner Sunshine Cafe hosts its 13th annual freewill donation Harvest Dinner plus all the trimmings from noon-4 p.m. Thursday at 145 W. Washington St. Dine in or carry out. Reservations are suggested; call 683-4282. • PA Catholic Church offers meal The Queen of Angeles Catholic Church, 209 W. 11th St., Port Angeles, offers a Thanksgiving dinner from 11:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Thursday, with Santa Claus stopping by. Coats, hats and gloves will be given out to those in need along with a Faith, Hope and Love bag (sundries).

• Big 5 Sporting Goods, 171 Alley Road, opens at 5 a.m. Friday. • The Home Depot, 1145 W. Washington St., opens at 6 a.m. Friday. • Goodwill, 680 W. Washington St., opens at 7 a.m. Friday. • Brian’s Sporting Goods, 542 W. Washington St., opens at 8 a.m. Friday. • Sally’s Beauty Supplies, 1043 W. Washington St. open from 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday. • Costco, 955 W. Washington St. opens at 9 a.m. Friday • Dungeness Kids Co., 163 W. Washington St., open 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday and noon-4 p.m. Sunday with Sundays continuing Black Friday, Nov. 27 openings: until Christmas. • Hart’s Fine Books, 161 W. • Game Stop, 1400 W. Washington St., Ste. 107, opens at 5 a.m. Friday. Washington St., open 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sundays through Christmas. It opens from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Dec. 18-23 and closes at 3 p.m. Christmas Eve.

W. Cedar St., open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday for the North Olympic Fiber Arts Festival Show and Sale. • A Dropped Stitch, 136 S. Second Ave. open until 6 p.m. Saturday. • Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., open until 6 p.m. Saturday. • Local Yarn Shop, 213 E. Washington St. Ste. 1, open until 6 p.m. Saturday. • Heather Creek, 122 W. Washington St., open until 7 p.m. Saturday.

Small Business Saturday, Nov. 28 A meric a n Ex press, which started Small Business Saturday six years ago, reports an estimated 88 million U.S. consumers shopped on Small Business Saturday last year and spent $14.3 billion at local and independent businesses, organizers report. Many Sequim businesses extend Karen Lauzon, a personal chef in Sequim, smells a candle in Over the their hours for the event and Fence, her favorite store. She plans to return to the store this weekend through the holiday season. for Small Business Saturday. • The Museum & Arts Center, 175

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• Celebrate with Santa, tractors and more Sequim City Band opens a full day of activities at Sequim Centennial Place at the intersection of Washington Street and Sequim Avenue. The band will perform at 1 p.m. with Santa arriving via carriage at 2 p.m. and at 4:30 p.m. the community tree lighting takes place. A participant who counts correct amount of lights could win $100. An antique tractor procession dressed in lights following the lighting from JCPenney to QFC. With questions call the SequimDungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce at 683-6197. To sign up for the tractor procession, call the Sequim Museum & Arts Center at 683-3669. Editor’s note: To announce if your business is changing its hours for the holidays or anytime of year, e-mail editor@sequimgazette.com or visit the Sequim Gazette’s office at 147 W. Washington St.

National Park goes green on Black Friday, offers free admission Following a national movement to go outside on Black Friday, Olympic National Park, along with Mount Rainier National Park, will offer free admission on Nov. 27. Members of the Washington National Park Fund, a nonprofit supporting the state’s three largest national parks, made the announcement recently following REI’s movement #OptOutside to turn the day into an opportunity to enjoy the outdoors. Park organizers are calling the local experience “Green Friday.” Randy King, superintendent of Mount Rainier National Park, said the crowds are greatly diminished at the parks this time of year so “you’ll feel like the parks are all yours, which in fact they are!” Marc Berejka, REI’s Director for Community and Government Affairs, said “Mount Rainier and Olympic National Parks are two of this state’s most phenomenal places. When families, adventurers or groups of friends go there, they’re creating memories for a lifetime.” “Whether it’s snowshoeing, skiing, hiking or taking a scenic walk, we really encourage everyone to make time to get out into nature,” said Bret Wirta, board president of Washington’s National Park Fund. “Making the national parks part of your Thanksgiving tradition can create treasured memories that would certainly be more meaningful than any shopping bargain you may find that day.” Over seven years, Washington’s National Park Fund has helped contribute more than $3 million for the benefit of Mount Rainier, North Cascades and Olympic National Parks. For more information, visit www.wnpf.org. For more information about the National Parks, visit www.nps.gov.

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Raffle benefits OPHS Each year Port Angeles-based Harbinger Winery and Adventures Through Kayaking, both at 2358 Highway 101 West, collaborate to raise funds and awareness for the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society. For the eighth year, Adventures Through Kayaking has donated a kayak to be raffled off with all of the proceeds to benefit OPHS. Harbinger Winery has produced a red wine by the name of “Menagerie” for which all of the profits also will benefit OPHS. The raffle will conclude on Dec. 31. Get tickets at either business.

Learn to control pain with MFR Ulia Cummings, physical therapist from Sequim MFR, is giving a presentation on Myofascial Release Treatment titled “Pain Management Solutions” at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, in the boardroom at The Lodge at Sherwood Village, 660 Evergreen Farm Way, Sequim. The presentation is free and open to the public. RSVP at 360-216-6088.

Employees raise $700 On Nov. 10, S equim Health & Rehab raised money for the American Red Cross but more specifically for the Washington firefighters and families that were affected by the fires. There were two types of fundraisers; one was blue jean Friday. Anyone that wore jeans on Friday had to throw a dollar in the pot. The other was three raffle baskets: They were sold for a dollar a ticket or $20 for 25 tickets. The baskets were open to the community, residents and their family members and employees. The total amount raised and sent off to the American Red Cross was $700.

Greywolf Veterinary welcomes new vet Unfortunately, this black and white photo doesn’t show the cacophony of color in Kathryn Kitts’ apron, given to her by a customer and made by Kitts’ favorite Port Townsend apron maker. Accented in red and black, the apron brims with orange, green, red and white vegetables. Sequim Gazette photo by Patricia Morrison Coate

how grateful I am to have and have had biding their time in the Medical Services the right persons to work alongside me Building or its employees and others are all these many years because we always Sequim folks who just know good food have the opportunity to learn from each when they taste it. other whether it be a short time or much “OMC has been very wonderful — not longer.” only are its employees great customers, If you’re looking for fare that’s fresh but I’ve become friends with a lot of staff. and not fried, try the soup of the day, It gets crazy busy!” Kitts laughed. one of four salads or As if she’s not sandwiches, includbusy enough, Kitts ing dilled chicken, The Sweet Beginning is looking for a venue meatloaf, turkey, Location: 840 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim; to teach culinary egg salad, white al- inside Medical Services Building arts and is writing a bacore tuna and veg- Phone: 582-4175 cookbook she plans etables with cream Hours: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday to complete in 2016. cheese. Sandwich/ The focus is on her soup or sandwich/ culinary journey and salad combos are available. Start off about “consciously cooking with love.” the day with a homemade selection of The cookbook “is about my philosopastries including scones, bear claws phy about food, energy and thoughts and sticky buns, with or without gluten, while cooking and creating sacred paired with hot or iced coffee drinks, space, harmonious space and loving including espressos, Americanos, cap- space while cooking. The ambiance puccinos, lattes or mochas — or choose resides in the food — but most imporfrom three different cocoas. Customers tantly it’s love.” may request healthy smoothies with To get some of that lovin’, stop by 840 their own choice of ingredients. N. Fifth Ave. or for an order to go, call Many of Kitts’ customers are patients 582-4175.

The doctors and staff at Greywolf Veterinary Hospital, 1102 E. Washington St., Sequim, announce the arrival of its newest member, Dr. Brittany Rose. After graduating from Auburn University, Rose earned her DVM degree from the University of Illinois in 2013. In addition to dogs and cats, Rose has a special interest in exotics and birds.

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Pauline Geraci, owner of Fit4Life Studio, and Bill Campbell, a new instructor, completed the TRX Suspension Training Group Training Course in Seattle. Fit4Life offers TRX classes at 1245 W. Washington St. Learn more at www.fit4lifesequim.com or call 360-464-5231.

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FROM THE POLICE BLOTTER Nov. 18 8:55 a.m. — Stalking, 270000 block of U.S. Highway 101 9:23 a.m. — Theft, 800 block of Evans Road 9:28 a.m. — Vehicle accident, North Sequim Avenue/East Washington Street 1:12 p.m. — Theft, 200 block of Valley Center Place 3:40 p.m. — Theft, 100 block of Rhodefer Roaad 4:59 p.m. — Domestic violence, Wright Lane 8:48 p.m. — Vehicle accident, Hooker Road/ Atterberry Road Nov. 19 3:39 a.m. — Criminal traffic, 100 block of West Stephens Place 8:10 a.m. — Vehicle prowl, 600 block of McComb Road 11:00 a.m. — Burglary, 900 block of Carlsborg Road 2:32 p.m. — Theft, 100 block of West Washington Street 4:02 p.m. — Vehicle prowl, 400 block of Gupster Road

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come from its main and shallow pool, would need more funding than what comes in the door, he said. “Pools on their own are unsustainable,” Cronk said. “We would not be able to operate in the red.” Cronk said a YMCA/SARC partnership still would need to seek help from other community entities to be part of the partnership; the Olympic Peninsula YMCAs operate with 10 to 15 percent of operating costs coming from “contributed support,” Cronk estimated. Those partners could include the City of Sequim to Clallam County to Olympic

Medical Center, Clallam County, local schools, the Shipley Center and others, he said. “This is not just a YMCA/ SARC commissioner conversation,” Cronk said. “This is a much bigger conversation. We need to get SARC back open again (but) I’d ask for a little bit of patience. There are a lot of moving parts.” Sequim City Manager Charlie Bush said his organization is interested in being included in the conversation about the partnership, but with a caveat about funding: “This isn’t something the city can do on its own,” Bush said. He noted that the majority of SARC users live outside BUSH of the city limits and that any possible funding from city coffers should be drawn proportionally. “It has to be fair from our perspective,” Bush said. The meeting drew interest from dozens of community members plus representa-

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tives from the City of Sequim, Sequim School District, Olympic Medical Center and newly elected Clallam County Commissioner Mark Ozias, among others. “We’re very interested in partnering with the YMCA,” Olympic Medical Center CEO Eric Lewis said last week. “It makes a lot of sense for us and the YMCA and the community.”

Possible changes Cronk said the YMCA board of directors plans to talk about the survey results at its Nov. 25 regular meeting, but that there is no set timeline for a YMCA/SARC proposal. “It could be a month, could be two months,” Cronk said. Cronk said he’s already looking at possible solutions to help cut funding and grow revenue sources at SARC, from repurposing or downsizing to renting out portions of the facility. The YMCA leader also said he is looking at how to ensure low-income families and individuals can use SARC in the future. “Not everyone can pay for use of a facility like SARC,” Cronk said, but added the YMCA traditionally will find ways through philanthropic sources to make sure they can. “We make that promise across the Olympic Peninsula; that’s not going to change,” Cronk said.

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Vega, the research specialist from the Strategic Research Associates, said survey results were culled from 245 SARC users, 404 from non-users and 784 online responses. The phone surveys were completed in October before the announcement of SARC’s closure and the firm saw some online responses come in after the announcement.

Vega said it’s the largest online turnout she’s seen. “We try to get at least 400 (responses) in a population of Sequim’s size,” she said. About 70 percent of SARC users and 68 percent of nonSARC users said they are favorable for a partnership with the YMCA. Most (57 percent) prefer one or more adult memberships compared to 39 percent joining with family passes. The survey polled residents about possible price rate increases, Vega said. Current SARC users were more sensitive to possible price increases, Vega said. She noted about 5 percent of SARC users said they were less likely to join with a rate bump — between $45-$55 for an individual adult monthly pass — while non-users showed more of an interest — from 56 percent to 64 percent — after being told of the price rates. The survey also polled residents about their willingness to contribute to programs that help low-income users access the facility, with about 30 percent of SARC users and about 23 percent of nonusers expressing willingness to donate for such programs. Despite a strong overall positive response, Vega said her research firm tempered the numbers of residents — 56 percent of SARC users and 30 percent of non-SARC users — who said they are “likely to join” a proposed YMCA/ SARC-led facility within the next 12 months. Vega estimated about 12.4 percent of the Sequim market actually would purchase some kind of membership, she said. “A healthy amount of conservatism is good at this point,” Cronk said. Vega and Cronk said the survey results will be posted online for public access, but not before the Thanksgiving holiday.

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Workshop schedule • Tuesday, Dec. 8, 6-8 p.m., Dry Creek Grange, 3130 W. Edgewood Drive, Port Angeles. • Wednesday, Dec. 9, 6-8 p.m., Sequim Transit Center, 190 W. Cedar St., Sequim. • Thursday, Dec. 10, 6-8 p.m., DNR meeting room, 411 Tillicum Lane, Forks. Visit www.clallam.net/ weed/ for more information about the draft IRWM plan. Reasonable accommodations will be made for persons with disabilities and special needs who contact Cathy Lucero, clucero@co.clallam.wa.us, or 417-2442.

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Local libraries feel crunch of lower property values Officials slowing materials spending by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette

The Sequim Library and its three sister branches in the North Olympic Library System continue to feel the financial crunch. Despite passing a levy lid lift in 2010 worth 50 cents per $1,000 assessed valuation, property taxes across Clallam County decreased from 2011-2014, prohibiting the library system from collecting its allowed 1 percent tax growth amount from the previous year. Despite the hit, as detailed in the NOLS 2012 business plan, library staff expanded hours and materials at its branches. With the valuation decline countywide, the revenue decrease led the library system’s board of trustees to consider pulling from reserves in recent years. “In 2014, it became clear that NOLS’ annual levy was not sufficient to sustain the service levels as implemented in the NOLS 2012 business plan,” NOLS director Margaret Jakubcin wrote to the trustees in the draft

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Dr. Sharon Buck has been chosen as Peninsu l a C ollege’s Vice President of Instruction. She fills the position left vacant by Dr. Mary BUCK O’Neil Garrett’s retirement in December 2014. Buck serves as the Dean of Instruction, Transportation and Applied Technologies at Lake Washington Institute of Technology in Kirkland. “Dr. Buck has a wealth of experience with both academic and vocational/ technical programs, as well as broad-ranging experience within the state community college system,” Peninsula College President Luke Robins said. “She’s a ‘systems thinker’ who can embrace our guiding principles and help us achieve the ambitious strategic goals we’ve set for the coming months and years.” In her role at LWIT, Buck serves as the Technical Dean for the welding, machining, electronics, automotive, collision repair, diesel and motorcycle programs, and Applied Baccalaureate in Transportation and Logistics Management. For more information, contact Pattie Fischer at pfischer@pencol.edu.

2016 budget. Trustees approved their 2016 operating budget worth $3.9 million on Nov. 19, but for a third year the budget calls for transferring from reserves. In 2014, trustees approved a transfer of nearly $79,500 to balance the budget but it was rescinded following staff reorganization. This year, staff projected withdrawing almost $45,000 but they said that likely will be made up through operational efficiencies. Next year, staff projects transferring nearly $73,000 to balance the budget. “The significant drop of the assessed valuation in 2012 undermined NOLS’ long term fiscal outlook,” Jakubcin wrote. “Even if property values increase in the future, the most the library can expect to receive is an additional 1 percent each year in property tax revenues (about $35,274 in the current 2016 budget).” Clallam County’s assessed valuation did rise in 2015 by $60 million and so far the county assessor’s office estimates another increase

the Sequim Library’s longdiscussed building project will be addressed again in January during capital budget discussions. No changes in hours or services are planned in Sequim but the Clallam Bay Branch Library reduced its hours on November 12.

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Bill Dickin of Sequim peruses the books in the Sequim Library where he serves as a volunteer. The North Olympic Library System, including Sequim, plans to spend about $462,700 on books and other materials in 2016 for its four branches. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

of close to $265 million ($7.3 billion total countywide). Jakubcin added that with inflation continually rising it will result in further tightening in the budget and net loss of buying power. While the purchasing of books and other materials in 2016 is slated at $462,672, it’s a 1-percent increase over 2015. Since the levy lid lift though in 2011, it’s a 46-percent increase over 2010’s

materials budget. Jakubcin wrote that following the increase in funding, the library system has recovered its collection after years of tight budgets. “At this point it is no longer deemed necessary, operationally feasible or fiscally responsible to continue exponential materials collection growth,” she wrote. “Further growth in the budget for materials is

Tree talk set at Nash’s Arborist Josh Dallen presents “Basic Tree Physiology for the Homeowner” at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at Nash’s Farm Store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way. The talk is free and open to the public. “This will be a primer and basic guide to correct practices when tending your own trees or considering hiring a professional,” Dallen said. “We will look at some of the more common errors and misconceptions about trees and we’ll introduce some of the fundamental concepts of plant physiology that help us care for them the correct way.” A few of the concepts Dallen presents include how plants grow and create new plant parts; how plant hormones regulate growth and shape and how it relates to

OBITUARIES Michael A. Morris Sequim resident Michael Allen Morris died Nov. 11, 2015, in Port Angeles at the age of 68. No services are planned. He was born Sept. 17, 1947.

Arborist Josh Dallen presents “Basic Tree Physiology for the Homeowner” on Dec. 12. Submitted photo

pruning; how trees deal with wounds and decay from pruning and injury; what trees look like underground and why roots are so important and how and why trees die. Dallen is a licensed arborist, owner of Arbor’s Edge Orchard and Tree Service and orchard manager for the

Tickets available for Sequim Community Christmas Chorus Tickets are available now for the Sequim Community Christmas Chorus’ 31st-annual Christmas Concerts. The concerts take place at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4; 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. Each concert is at Sequim Seventh-day Adventist Church, 30 Sanford Lane, Sequim. Tickets are $5 each and went on sale Nov. 2. They will be available at Bauer Interior Design, the Chamber Visitor Information Center and Hart’s Fine Books in Sequim, and at Elliott’s Antique Emporium in

expected to be moderate in the coming years.” Library staff also has taken a different route with capital project planning. In 2011, the library system did save for long-term plans but didn’t in 2012 or 2013. Now trustees address capital projects in January after timber and forest product revenues are more definite from the previous year. Jakubcin said any plans for

The library system’s 2016 $3.9 million budget is up nearly $109,000 from 2015, which staff attributes the increase largely to an increase in PERS rates at about $42,000 from this year to next. Next year, the library system employs 53 full-time employees after filling a vacant management and a part-time customer service position. Library staff plans to receive $55,000 in fines and fees from users next year along with $90,220 in grants from the four library’s Friends of the Library groups. Donations will help pay to redesign the libraries’ website ($10,000) and pay for performers and speakers ($32,000). For more information on the budget, visit nols.org or call 417-8500 or 683-1161.

Port Angeles. Children younger than 12 are admitted free. Buy your ticket in advance at one of the listed outlets or make a donation (suggested $5) at the door. A portion of proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to local charities; last year donations were made to Sequim Community Aid and the Shi-

Dungeness River Lamb Farm in Sequim. He has nearly a decade of experience studying and working with trees, including work with the University of Washington’s Grounds Management Department, and as crew chief for Aeldrun Landscape Installation and Design. pley Center scholarship fund for low income seniors. The program, directed by Gary McRoberts and accompanied by Kayla Dyment, include time-honored hymns such as the “Hallelujah” Chorus from Handel’s “Messiah,” “Peace, Peace” and “A Song of Peace” by local composer Karen Williamson, along with a variety of Christmas music. For more information, call chorus coordinator Gail Sumpter at 477-9361.

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Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim, opens the first production of “Chandelier” at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 28, presented by the Ceres Dance Theatre, a profes An especially designed stage will feature speed tapping developed with inspiration by Ann Miller, a great dancer from the 1940s-1950s, by principal dancer Rose Kelly. Tickets are $18.50-$20 at the door or by calling 683-7326 with 10 percent of proceeds benefiting low-income children in Port Townsend. On Nov. 27 at 7 p.m., the company’s soprano Dotti Holland will perform a review of vocals from several Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals and Stephen Sondheim’s work. A charge of $10 per ticket benefits Ten Star Productions and Food Life Line at the Port Townsend Food Bank. Tickets are available at the Kitsap Credit Union, Port Townsend; and Olympic Theatre Arts, Sequim. The touring company will tour Port Townsend, Sequim, Port Angeles, Bainbridge Island and Port Ludlow.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Honor your right to vote

Recently I attended the Veterans Day ceremony held at the Port Angeles Coast Guard Station, for the 17th year. The music provided by the Port Angeles High School Band, the Sequim Select Choir, the Peninsula Mens Chorus and the Grand Olympics Chorus of Sweet Adelines was inspiring and well-performed. The ceremony was well attended but not as many people where there as in previous years when they would stand along the walls of the hangar. The men and women of the five branches of the military have volunteered to serve their country and provide the U.S citizens with security and liberty. One of the rights and one that women fought long and hard for is the right and privilege to vote! Recently there was an election in Clallam County in which a very low percentage of the population cast a ballot. No matter what you choose on an issue or what candidate you support it should be expressed by your vote. The men and women in the military are standing ready to protect the right to vote. Shame on registered voters who failed to mail in their ballots and shame on unregistered voters who have failed to register. Every vote counts in a local election. I would like to commend those citizens who volunteer to pick up trash along Highway 101 ramp at River Road and continuing west. It is disheartening to me that there is that much trash that has accumulated from passing cars to facilitate this volunteer action. Thank you for your services. Midge Hull Sequim

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Opposes FM radio antenna I object to the proposed construction of a 150-foot monopole near Brigadoon Boulvevard to support a new FM radio transmitting antenna and up to three wireless carriers. I believe a better location could be found farther from residences. A copy of the notice is posted at 686 Brigadoon Blvd. The Federal Communications Commission states maximum permissible exposure limits recommended by the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements. The Department of Community Development at the courthouse has more information and a copy of the study done on the proposed projects effect on specific homes in the surrounding area from Brigadoon to Chickadee to Kirner. There is still time to submit comments to the county: the comment period ends Nov. 27 for the threshold determination and the public hearing is Dec. 9 at 1 p.m. Don Myers Sequim

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Readerspeak One Gazette reader who A table of family income, wrote in response to my excluding the elderly, shows last column “Voter Count that families with an annual Counts” stopped short of income of less than $21,000saying, “What’s wrong with $65,000 — that would be 60 you people in Sequim!” percent of families counted Instead she denounced the in the table —pay between “tyranny of the minority” 10.1 and 16.8 percent of and suggested that some in their income in taxes. Those the community adopt the Think About It ... families with an annual inmotto, “If I don’t do it, it ain’t come of $197,000-$507,000 Bertha Cooper worth doin’.” — that would be 7 percent Wow, that’s a gut punchof families included in the er; makes those who didn’t vote or voted table — pay 2.4 to 4.6 percent of their against SARC and the school bond sound income in taxes. like self-interested individuals who really Washington seems to practice the tax don’t care if children have safe schools or rule that tax revenue should come from the adults and children have a community majority of income earners and spenders. pool. In some ways that makes sense, but does She went on to explain that she and her that have to mean that the more money you husband were planning a move to Sequim make, the less you should pay? and were actively looking for a home. That Apparently it means just that in WashingSequim had a lap pool was among the rea- ton primarily due to its dependence on state sons they selected Sequim. sales tax instead of state income tax. We know Now SARC has closed and, if this couple that some people come to our state because happened to need the two by four to the side we don’t generally have droughts, never hurof the head approach, the owner of one of ricanes and no income tax. the homes they are looking into was selling Tim Eyman, initiative entrepreneur, seeks because the community no longer has a pool. to raise our most unfair ranking in nearly Commenting that they might be another every election. He serves and profits from loss to the community, she answered her own those who assume no responsibility beyond question with undisguised disillusionment, their gates and claim to be exploited by those “OK, no big loss, right?!” that might benefit from services such as Wow, there it was again, reference to the education and health care. And Eyman wins great uncaring minority who rule. every time. That’s most unfair! The unhappy writer ended with an offer Since this website has put me in a mood of help and wanted to know who to contact. to embarrass the state, I will post two little I sent her contact information and said I known reasons our state ranks high in havhoped they would come; that we could no ing the most regressive tax system. doubt use her. Washington enacted a refundable Earned Income Tax Credit, but lawmakers have failed Minority rule and Butterfly Effect to provide funding for the credit and fail to I also heard from a Gazette reader who provide a property tax “circuit breaker” credit answered my column mind wonderings into for low-income non-elderly taxpayers. minority rule by calling it the “Butterfly Effect” of Washington’s regressive tax system Final reader words (for now) on and sent along the Institute on Taxation and pools and schools Economic Policy ITEP website to make the Yet another reader reminded me not to forpoint (www.itep.org/whopays/). get the City of Sequim’s “vigorous campaign The website ranks Washington the most, against the SARC Metropolitan Park District as in No. 1, unfair in maintaining income (MPD) vote in August and that the city said equality, which I read to mean that the gap it would “save the day with their own MPD.” between low and high incomes grows even The reader went on to point out that the larger due to the regressive nature of tax See COOPER, A-11 policy. Is that an honor?

FROM THE WEB • “Sequim School District’s board of directors hired Gary Neal as superintendent” (Nov. 4) Congratulations (to) Gary Neal. Sequim School District is lucky to have someone as dedicated as you! — Jodi Minker Very lucky to have someone like Mr. Neal who cares deeply about our children and future of our district! — Shenna Younger • “Sequim is ranked the fifth worst place in Washington to get a job says this analysis. Port Townsend is ranked the worst while Port Angeles is sixth.” (Nov. 5) I’d be curious to know the percentage of self-employed residents. Having moved here recently for reasons other than work, the only way I can see making reasonable income is to devise my own business opportunity. Retail/service jobs that pay minimum wage or barely above will not be adequate to support a family and a mortgage. — Katie Magelssen Cut property taxes if you want to

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‘Show up’ for voting rights We do not hold dear what we do not pay dearly for. Mail-in ballots have made voting too easy, too ordinary, unremarkable; barely a blip on the screen. What mail-in ballots have accomplished: They have diminished the meaning of exercising our responsibility to vote. Instead of more citizen participation; fewer voters bother to make the effort. Once upon a time, voting was an occasion for celebration and pride. Your ‘I Voted’ lapel pin was handed to you after you sealed your ballot in an envelope and put your envelope in a special Voting Box. The now quaint custom of in-person voting contributed to a feeling of community. (Isn’t creating community the purpose of the Sequim Growth Plan?) A polling place gave us the opportunity to get to know our neighbors. Showing up to vote was a demonstration of your qualification: After signing in, you were handed a ballot by someone who volunteered to get involved. Then you entered a curtained voting booth to have one more opportunity to give some serious thought to the choices you were about to make. Somehow people get themselves to a motor vehicles department if they want to drive legally! It should be a requirement to “show up” to vote. (unless prevented by illness or other incapacity — that’s why absentee ballots were issued). Voting should be a conscious deliberate act. Perhaps elections would be more meaningful if casting your ballot once again became a special occasion. Shelley Taylor Port Angeles

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encourage opportunity for employment here. If you saw the percentage of property taxes we have to pay compared to the labor expended and income generated in agri-tourism, you’d think we were crazy to have built a B&B business and started a lavender farm. The attitude of those who live off the taxpayers is appalling. They think of us as their ATM and will find creative ways to raise our taxes and keep stealing from us to keep their jobs and finance their rich pensions with other peoples’ money. — Dan Abbott It’s always been a retirement community since the lumber and paper mills shut in Port Angeles years ago. It is more built up now. — Marsha Basey Ferguson Same was true back in the 1970s and 1980s when I lived there. — William Volkmann Jobs? Make your own. Sole proprietors are the heart of the nation and small businesses are the future of our well-being. You want jobs in Sequim, Washington. Fine. Start a business,

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grow and create jobs. That is what it is all about … — Sea Basket Farm I’m far from dead and true, I am retired, but I didn’t have a problem finding a second job (which I’ve since quit and another qualified person took my place). You just have to get off your butt and look for it, just like in any other city. I say if someone is having a hard time making it here, then they should seek another place to live. — Diana Wickman I would rather live here than the Tri-Cities or Seattle. I’m from South Dakota and it is much better here … just my opinion. — Dezseri Sharnbroich While this outlook is bleak, there are sectors of tremendous job growth. In the Jefferson County and Clallam County areas the population over age 65 is over 25 percent, which is far higher than the national average. Baby boomers are getting older and are looking for all options of care. CNAs, HCAs and caregivers are in high demand all throughout the peninsula. The

good news, most of our agencies on the peninsula offer free training for certification to start in this career field. If anyone is looking for a longterm career where they can really make in impact in someone’s life, not just a job, consider caregiving. — Angela Gregory School bond passage would guarantee five years of commercial construction jobs. — Brian Lewis • “With SARC closed, the pool remains open for the SHS girls swim team through Nov. 12 relying on a grant from the SARC Foundation” (Nov. 5) This doesn’t make sense to me. If you are still heating the pool, treating the water, paying the utility bills, etc., wouldn’t it make sense to have paying customers using the pool? Either completely close it or reopen it. — Debbie Eustice Let’s get SARC back open for everyone in Sequim! It is needed by many. Keep our kids swimming! — Candi Stoffer Applegate

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Help make wishes come true at SHS The holiday season is approaching and the countdown to Sequim High School’s ninth-annual Winter Wishes Assembly has begun! On Dec. 16, our leadership team will be making wishes come true for the entire Sequim High community. Each SHS student is given the chance to request one wish for themselves and one for a friend. Wishes come in all sizes and range from packages of candy to plane tickets to see loved ones. With donations from local businesses and individuals, we aim to grant as many wishes as possible and touch lives this holiday season. Careful consideration is given to students less fortunate than others, and with the help of our wonderful counseling staff, we are able to grant many items to students in need. With the spirit of giving

in mind, we hope that you will consider contributing to this treasured tradition. Any and all donations from businesses and individuals are greatly appreciated — and tax deductible! In order to pull off this miracle, all donations need to be received by Wednesday, Dec. 2. You may drop off or mail items, gift cards or monetary donations to the Sequim High School main office at 601 N. Sequim Ave. You also may e-mail our donations chairman at o’mera.megan16@sqsd.k12. wa.us with any questions. We are happy to send committee members to pick up donations of any kind. Thank you for your support! Megan O’Mera Sequim High School student

Learn lessons from our history What we need least are more spendthrift liberals in government buying votes: federal, state or local. Especially those officials who continue to “buy” the poor, blacks and immigrants, legal or otherwise. It is clear that pouring

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Burbank prompts ‘oh hell no’ vote Editor, for those who are wondering why we won’t vote for your school bond, I refer to your editorial which I call The Sequim Newspaper’s 4th of July AntiAmerican Diatribe (“Time to reflect on our values,” guest opinion by John Burbank, July 1), in which you stated that our racist nation, with all the money we’ve spent on education, has done nothing other than to create, how’d you put it, “a classroom to prison highway.” Well I, for one, will no longer contribute to such evil as you described, so I voted not just no, but Oh Hell No. Chris Pedersen Sequim

city shelved its MPD plans “shortly after they helped kill SARC,” the reader’s not so subtle gut punch to the city in explaining the pool’s closure. The failure of the school bond triggered another reader to dip into Dickens for a remedy. The reader points out that the community simply doesn’t respond to the notion that Sequim schools ought to be at least as safe and technologically set up as McDonald’s. Instead he proposes that “schools run with the ‘Please sir, I want some more?’ as illustrated in Oliver Twist, approach to school funding” and sent along a drawing of what could be students on treadmills producing power for class computers. I started this column about the reader who may not move to our community due to the pool closure and will end it with telling you about a family who is disrupting their lives so their child will receive the education they think the child needs in order to succeed. Maybe they will join the physician that moved from the community several years ago for the same reason. It seems these families didn’t think the school or the community can get itself together. Thank you readers. Paris Redux 9-1-1 Part 2 Postscript: “Nous pleurons avec vous, nos amis Paris.” 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.

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varied floor plan, luxury condo on top of what is now SARC. These would be very expensive residences housed within a structure built with the “greenest” energy conserving technology available. For guidance, the city and the site developer could reference Seattle’s Bullitt Foundation Center or the nearly completed Amazon Tower. Dedicate an entire floor to parking; offer condominium offices to medical specialists; set aside a portion for senior residential care; hire a concierge. Make this a building that will throw off architectural sparks. But who will buy these pricey condos? Target the top 1 percent of the worldwide wealthy — the same people who buy luxury occasional homes in New York, Monte Carlo, London, Paris, Portofino, Hong Kong, and yes, Seattle. A Sequim hidey-hole would seem like a bargain to these folks. Consider the penthouse on top of One Hyde Park in London: $227 million; the penthouse offered by 432 Park Ave., NYC: $95 million. A modest 400,000-square-foot residence in Mumbai: over $1 billion. Dare we suggest that the Dungeness Plain has much to attract those

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The good citizens of Sequim are Admittedly, there isn’t much of entirely justified in mourning the a market for an undersubscribed, demise of SARC. It encourdead broke, not-for-profit aged fitness. It provided recreational facility with healthy activities for kids. skyrocketing energy exIt offered succor to the penditures on a lot mostly infirm. It was a convenient dedicated to parking. The place to get together with fact that SARC appears to active, like-minded people. be unmanageable doesn’t Briefly, it was an invaluable add to its appeal. asset. However, let’s remember Unfortunately, this view preposterousness. “HighGuest est and best use” is a real of SARC is preposterous. O pinion The literal definition of estate term that describes “preposterous” describes the utilization of a property Greg Madsen anything that “has the that produces the highest hind end in front,” somemarket value, regardless of thing that is contrary to common its current use. sense or reason. Instead of focusing on what SARC was, perhaps we Hope in a high-rise should start envisioning what the A multi-acre lot in the midst of critter called SARC could become. Sequim’s “Avenue of Cures” with unSARC is not only an “invaluable paralleled views to the north/south/ asset” because of what it contributed east/west offers site qualities that are to Sequim. It also is a tangible asset ideal for a luxury, multi-story condowith significant monetary value. minium development. If a problem is primarily financial, Of course, there would be a comisn’t it logical to seek a financial fortable and generously scaled pool solution? Sell it! Use the proceeds to and exercise spa on the ground floor design and build a new SARC that ex- — available only to residents. actly fulfills the needs of the commuStrip away unnecessary structure nity, that is energy efficient, and most and square footage, install heat importantly, that is manageable. pumps, then build a multi-story,

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From page A-3 farmland is the North Olympic Land Trust. Having incorporated Friends of the Fields, within its 25 years officials with the land trust have conserved 3,200 acres countywide, Sanford said. Of that, about 460 acres are working farmland, about 11.5 miles are salmon habitat and 1,800 acres of timber land with 460 work working timber land. “One of the targeted focal areas has been in the lower Dungeness basin,” he said. “The North Olympic Land Trust has worked to conserve 14 farms in the county and 13 of them are in eastern Clallam County.” Both the Dungeness Valley Creamery and 24-Carrot Farm are success stories of farmland conservation, Sanford said. The Dungeness Valley Creamery is one of two of the remaining dairies in SequimDungeness and was able to continue after owners Jeff and Debbie Brown retired. Friends of the Fields worked with the Browns’ daughter Sarah McCarthey to secure state and federal grants as

well as community fundraising to purchase the farm’s development rights and afford her parents to retire. “This gave the Browns the equity to retire and allowed their daughter to buy the family business,” Sanford said. “It’s a good example of intergenerational transfer of farmland.” In 2012, the land trust was able to successfully work with landowners of a 10-acre parcel of prime farmland that had once been part of the Delta Farm. Using funds from several years of community fundraising, the development rights were purchased on the parcel known as “24-Carrot Farm.” This effort then allowed Nash and Patty Huber, owners of Nash’s Organic Produce, to purchase the land at affordable agricultural prices. There’s plenty of willingness from farm owners to sell their development rights, but it’s expensive to buy them so the land trust is limited, Sanford explained. This is especially true when it comes to smaller farms like 24-Carrot Farm that aren’t large enough to compete for state and federal grants. “We work with a number of farmers and landowners that are very interested in selling

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their development rights of the farmland, but not in a financial position to donate it, so how much we can do really depends on us being able to get funding,” he said. The 1960s surge in development in Sequim wasn’t unique to the area, but farmland was disappearing across the state. In reaction, concerned Washingtonians shortly passed an amendment aimed at the taxation of agriculture and timberland, allowing active farms to be taxed at a lower rate. “That farmland value is pennies per acre than if it were valued at full market price,” Susan Lundstedt, GIS technician for Clallam County and county representative on the county’s Agricultural Commission, said. “The program works well until a farmer gets too old to farm.” If a farmer can’t keep the farm active to satisfy the current use requirements, it’s often costly to transfer the property from its designated current use. The tax program helps make it affordable for farmers keep their land, but its also been designed to prevent large and/or well-off developers from stashing their land at a reduced tax rate until they’re able to develop it, Lundstedt explained. “That’s the reasons for the compensated tax,” she said. “It’s been very successful for that first and second generation of farmers … if they were paying full blown taxes they would be under, but the challenge comes when they decide they want to stop farming and move their land into another use.” Typically, although there are exemptions and caveats, when taking farmland out of its current use, the difference between the agricultural value and what would have been paid on full market value (based on highest and best use price) for the past seven years need paid. “Those bills can get big really fast,” Lundstedt said.

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“From my point of view the biggest concern for these farms is getting new, younger people to come in take these farms over,” she said. “That’s the surest and safest way that these farms will survive.”

An aging demographic According to the USDA 2012 Census of Agriculture, the average age of farmers is 58.3 years, continuing a 30year trend of steady increase. Given the aging farming population, Rome said there’s not only a need to maintain access to farmland, but there needs to be an active push to foster the next generation of farmers. Rome helps with this effort through her work at the WSU Extension. In collaboration with local farmers Extension offers an internship program aimed at educating the next generation of farmers. The Extension also hosts a variety of workshops and educational opportunities to help bridge the knowledge gap for interested future farmers. “There are different legs of the stool we are all working on to address farming here,” Sanford said. “The land trust focuses on land, whereas I lean heavily on the (WSU) Extension to help ensure the farmers are there.” When working with future farmers, Rome and the programs offered through Extension focus on farming practices, but also the technical and business side of farming, like how to invest and successfully market their products and grow their business. “It can be difficult for farmers to transfer their land to willing, excited young farmers that also have the capital,” she said. “For a thriving farming community, we need more innovative ways for new and beginning farmers to access capital and strong local and national policies that support farming.” Two community programs beginning to take shape and help contribute to those needed access to capital are “Local Dollars and Sense” and “COIN” (Clallam Opportunity

Investment Network), Rome said. Both network groups work to pool funds and invest into the community. Already, within its first year of existence, the Local Dollars and Sense have made local loans. Despite the challenges facing farmland and aspiring farmers, Rome is “encouraged within the past couple years,” she said. “There have been people here or coming here that are interested in commercial agriculture.” “River Run Farm is a great example of this,” she said.

Industry sees growth In the fall of 2012 River Run Farm off Woodcock Road was co-founded by young farmers and friends. The cooperative farm is run by four partners, with an additional two partners coming this winter. Noah Bresler, 31-years-old, settled in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley, along with his partners to start their own farming endeavor after eyeing a variety of areas in Washington. “We moved to Sequim because we saw a lot of potential,” Bresler said. “A big part of that was because there was a lot of land here — it’s fragmented by development, but still has a lot of potential.” “We were looking for a place with good soil and water and close enough to urban centers to make enough revenue to support businesses,” he said. There are some huge agricultural areas in Skagit and many parts of eastern Washington, but with the existing large-scale and successful farmers, Bresler said, “it felt difficult to access good land” in places like that. “The farm business is really difficult to pencil out,” he said. “I think at this point you have to do it for the love of working outside and growing plants — that’s why we’re doing it, but in doing so you’re forced to make it financially viable.” Being a cooperative farm is an innovative and creative way to pursue operating their own farm, Bresler said. It spreads the costs of operating the farm and equipment among more people, he said, and provides

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more “economic stability.” Bresler and his business partners ran into the hurdles that keep many people from getting started, but fortunately found ways to overcome the challenges. With financial support from family and collaboration with local descendants of the Woodcock family who wanted to see their historical farmland kept in farming, Bresler and his partners were able to buy part and lease the rest of their 60-acre farm. “The inspiration and skills are out there,” Bresler said. “I have a lot of really bright friends that want to farm and know what they’re doing, but the capital and access to land is the challenge.” Recognizing the funding limitations of local organizations like the land trust, Bresler feels in order to conserve farmland, it’s dependent on the area’s land owners. “Ultimately it depends entirely on the land owners and what they want to do with their land,” he said. “It’s a pretty grim future if land owners can’t afford to do anything but get top dollar for their land.” Although not all land owners can afford to get anything less than their land’s fair market price, it’s “really important” for those that can to make the monetary sacrifice for the greater good, Bresler said. Bresler points to the fact that most people who move or visit Sequim are doing so because of the area’s rural character and open space. While still allowing for growth, Clallam County Agricultural Commission member Paul Forrest sees plenty of local, untapped farming potential. With a diversified career in many facets of the agriculture industry both domestically and internationally, Forrest noticed the absence of agriculture in some areas of the county when he moved to the area more than two years ago. “A lot of farmland isn’t being farmed and should be,” he said. “I find it unsatisfactory that all these parcels of land are going to weeds, but first we need to show there’s money to be made.” “The only thing sustainable in agriculture is profitability,” he said.

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If ambitious farmers can get both the access and capital to begin to farm the untapped farmland in the area, Bresler is confident the market is there. Making way for the success of River Run Farm is the shifting and developing consumer market. “The demand for what we’re doing is growing exponentially,” he said. “Especially in the Seattle area, but around here, too.” However, Bresler is quick to point out that the market River Run Farm serves is specific and centered primarily on those seeking local and organic. “One of the biggest challenges with the farmland is the fact that farmers own only a very small percentage of the land they farm,” Holtrop said. Because of fewer large swaths of available farmland good for crops like grain and fact that many farmers lease their land, Holtrop envisions more, small “diverse farms that are nimble enough to adjust to changing consumer demands,” he said. However as efforts to balance land use continue, the characteristics of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley will continue to offer unique opportunities “that can’t be done very easily anywhere else in Washington,” Holtrop said. For example, the climate and geographic isolation of the peninsula makes the area an “excellent location for growing seed, which is a high value crop and already being done” and is seeing more interest. “It’s been a big transformation, but maintaining the farmland that’s here is important, Sanford said. “It’s a piece of our identity.”

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Knights of Columbus keeping kids warm For the third year some local children were protected against the cold weather by coats donated by the Knights of Columbus from St. Joseph’s Church in Sequim. One hundred coats were received by the Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program, Clallam County Juvenile and Family Services from the Knights. Coats were distributed by CASA to children through schools and to agencies in Clallam County who serve children in need. The “Coats for Kids” program is an outgrowth of the Knights “Help a Child in Need” campaign, which began in 2006. Altogether, the Knights of Columbus expect to distribute more than 32,000 coats this winter across the U.S. and Canada. Helping children in need was a fundamental reason for the formation of the Knights of Columbus in 1882 and continues to be a very important component of their work today. The Knights from St. Joseph’s are involved in a number of fundraising activities in Clallam County. Proceeds benefit organizations including the Special Olympics, Hospice, Clallam Mosaic, Sequim Food Bank, the Boys & Girls Club, Dungeness Health & Wellness Clinic and others. The Knights of Columbus is the world’s largest lay Catholic organization with more than 1.7 million members worldwide. Last year, the Knights donated more that $170 million to charity. Above, Jim Fryxell, Grand Knight, St. Joseph’s Parish; Val Brooks, CASA program director, Clallam County; and Joyce Mininger, principal, Jefferson Elementary School, look over some of the coats donated by the Knights of Columbus.

PC students honored for drama production Four Peninsula College students received recognition for outstanding achievement for their work in PC’s Main Stage production of Charles Busch’s comedy, “Our Leading Lady,” staged recently in the campus’ Little Theater. Jonathan Mitchell and Joe Crollard were recognized for their outstanding research and presentation work as dramaturgs (research and development specialists) for the production. Victoria Smith and Steven Berry were selected to compete in the Irene Ryan Competition at the upcoming Kennedy Center for the American College Theater Festival, held in Denver, Colo., in February. A representative of a national “Respondent Program” selected the PC students and others to attend regional theater festivals across the country. Students attend classes and workshops to improve their skills, meet and work with theater professionals, see plays and compete to showcase their skills with a chance to advance to a final competition at New York’s Kennedy Center April 11-16.

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Harker gains Rotary honor Sequim High School senior Daniel Harker was honored as Student of the Month for November by Sequim Noon Rotary. Harker will be Submitted photo graduating in June and is active in school as president of the Honor Society, vice president of both the Executive (all school) Associated Student Body and the International Club as well as a member of the Link Crew. His appointment as an Eagle Scout is pending approval. Harker has submitted his application to attend the Air Force Academy in hope of being commissioned an U.S. Air Force officer upon graduation. He is the son of Colleen and Scott Harker who are employees of the Sequim and Port Angeles School districts, respectively. The presentation was made by club president-elect Ed Ebling last week. For information about the Rotary Club of Sequim, visit www. sequimrotary.org.

Powers is new WSP trooper At a ceremony held in the Capitol Rotunda on Nov. 19, Abigayle Powers of Sequim was among the 25 Washington State Patrol troopers who were sworn in by the Associate Chief Justice of the Washington State Supreme Court Charles W. Johnson and were presented their commission cards by Gov. Jay Inslee and Chief John R. Batiste, who welcomed them into the organization. Powers will work in District 7 (Marysville) for the state patrol. Cadets join the state patrol after completing more than 1,000 hours of training at the Washington State Patrol Academy. The academy produces about three cadet classes each biennium, accounting for about 100-120 new troopers. Historically, only about 4-6 percent of the total number of applicants make the grade to become WSP troopers. “The 25 cadets graduating today endured a rigorous application process, extensive background investigation and received the best training, unmatched anywhere else in the nation,” Batiste said. “They will join the ranks of Washington’s finest, as troopers of the Washington State Patrol.”

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It’s been a DIY Christmas for some musicians on the North Olympic Peninsula. Popular duo Dillan Witherow, 22, and Abby Latson, 26, plan to selfrelease their latest album “Christmas,” a 5-track on Black Friday. They host an album release show that night at the Upper Room in Port Angeles with admission including a copy of the album. While distinctly a Christmas album, Witherow said it serves as an introduction to the band’s new electric sound. “Christmas” releases exactly three years after their first album “Standing on Shoulders,” which was more of a folk release. Since a summer tour in 2014, the duo said they asked themselves “What do we want to play?” after finding their sound “not being folk enough” for the folk crowd, Witherow said. Following a push by former bandmate Adam Bettger to go electric, the duo eventually softened to the idea but Bettger “left right after we got used to it,” Witherow said. So they embraced the change as Witherow taught Latson electric guitar over a few months. Now she plays lead guitar for the band while continuing to share vocals with Witherow. As she became more comfortable behind the guitar, Witherow shared their experiences online and the band found itself in a new world. Witherow said they started gaining thousands of fans/followers on Instagram, a mobile social networking site, as they shared videos and photos,

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which led into more social media and YouTube attention for them. Latson said people were generally interested in seeing a woman working with gear and playing instruments because it’s predominately maledominated in the music industry. “They like to see a girl who knows what she’s doing,” she said. Over the past year, Witherow said they started using the Internet more to their advantage, which led to more opportunities with sponsors and promotions for the duo including gigs at trade shows. After experiencing what they feel were mixed results from their first album and 2014 single “Love You Better,” Witherow said they felt they could do much of the promotion and recording themselves. “We care about our band more than anyone else,” Witherow said. “Why not do it ourselves?” Costs of outside services were one push for the duo, too.

Witherow’s ‘Christmas’ Featuring: “Joy to the World,” “Silent Night,” “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Snowfall” and “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.” “Christmas” available at www.witherowmusic. com and on major music sites Nov. 27. Album release show that night at The Upper Room.

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Author aims to spread her love of books ‘Bulls-Eye and Tigger Go to the Museum’ soon to hit bookshelves nationwide by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette

Inspired by her love for reading, life experiences and her 6-year-old son, Sequim author Lisa Amoni’s second book was released Nov. 10. The children’s book “Bulls-Eye and Tigger Go to the Museum” takes readers on a series of adventures by unlocking doors to the past. At the heart of the story are two bold and curious house cats that encounter things such as Vikings, pirates and dinosaurs after sneaking into a museum. “It shows that it’s OK to try new adventures, but it’s important to think about the consequences,” Amoni said. Although the story is fictional, its characters, including both Bulls-Eye and Tigger are real. Along with her two cats, Amoni also incorporates herself, son and a close friend into the storyline. “It’s fun to take people you know and build on their character,” she said. Amoni adopted Bulls-Eye and Tigger about three years ago and shortly

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after getting them began jotting down the unexpected things the cats would do and the trouble they’d continuously get into. “I thought they would make really good characters in a book,” Amoni said. Pulling from a fond and impressionable trip to the Royal British Columbia Museum as a child, Amoni built her own, unique museum setting and stage for Bulls-Eye and Tigger unveil their mischievous behavior. “I’ve always liked museums,” she said. “Mostly because I really love learning new things.” Like museums, books have been

a constant tool Amoni has relied on throughout her life to learn and expand her view of the world. “Books are important because you can learn so much from them,” she said. “A lot of people can’t afford to take trips all over the world, but almost everyone can open up a book.” Amoni always has read and has a growing collection of signed books she plans to one day pass onto her son. “My goal with my son is to get him to enjoy books just as much as I do,” she said.

About Fourth Friday Arrive early to purchase your coffee or tea at the Bistro when you enter The Lodge. The event is accessible to everyone. There are an elevator and stairs to the media room on the second floor. Plenty of parking is available. Following the featured speakers, there will be an hour of 5-minute open mic readings. Interested writers may submit their names before the event begins. For open mic guidelines, e-mail rmarcus@olypen.com. The event is sponsored by Writers on the Spit.

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A Sequim resident for more than 10 years and an author, Lisa Amoni, released her second children’s book “Bulls-Eye and Tigger Go to the Museum” on Nov. 10. The book, centered on two curious house cats that lead readers on a creative adventure through a museum, is driven by Amoni’s own passion for books and her desire to inspire young readers. Sequim Gazette photo by

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Dillan Witherow and Abby Latson practice in their new studio space prior to releasing their new album “Christmas,” a 5-track EP. It is available online on Nov. 27. Photo courtesy of Witherow

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Latson began going to Peninsula College to learn marketing and web design with plans to earn two two-year degrees while Witherow built a studio in a spare room in his mom’s house. There the duo with friends, including longtime bass player Jason Taylor, recorded “Christmas.” Sequim producer Jeremy Cays mixed the album. “It’s so much more gratifying to maintain creative control,” Witherow said. “It’s empowering to be in a community where we can make music surrounded by people we love.” Without outside influence, the duo said they can create and release content faster, too, which includes plans for a new full-length album sometime next year. “Abby plays electric guitar now and that’s rad but people can only hear our folk music now,” Witherow said. “Our content has to match and keep up with what we’re doing.”

Tingstad, Rumbel back on the Peninsula Join Grammy Award-winning artists Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel for “The Gift of Giving” Benefit for Captain Joseph House Foundation dinner, concert and auction from 5-9:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at C’est Si Bon, 23 Cedar Park Drive, Port Angeles. Tingstad is a composer who plays finger-style guitar and Rumbel plays oboe, English horn and the double ocarina, a type of flute. For more information about their touring schedule, history and discography of Tingstad and Rumbel, visit http://tingstadrumbel. com. Tickets are $80 each or $70 for veterans, active military or Gold Star Family members. For tickets, contact Betsy Schultz at 460-7848 or Sam Coyle 460-4079 or www. CaptainJosephHouseFoundation.org. Submitted photo

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for Latson. But she liked it and said she had to convince him it was a keeper. Latson said they wanted to think outside the box for the physical release of their album, too. Witherow had the idea to package the CD version of “Christmas” like a card so that people could share it. But again he wasn’t keen on the idea. Latson said she and friends and neighbors had to convince him to do it. Going into Thanksgiving and December, the band plans to release music videos produced by Latson to coincide with the release. For more information on Witherow, visit www.witherowmusic.com.

Witherow “Christmas” album release at The Upper Room

“Christmas” is one part passion project for the duo and the other part a gateway to their new sound, the duo said. Latson said she’s a big Christmas fan and wanted to do a Christmas album since her time with Abby Mae & the Homeschool Boys. While keeping the album on a DIY budget, the duo said they mostly chose songs that were free of royalties such as “Joy to the World” and “Silent Night,” Witherow’s favorites, and “O Come O Come Emmanuel,” Latson’s favorite. They did opt to choose one licensed song, “Have Yourself a Merry Christmas,” which they said bridges the two halves of the album nicely. Witherow wrote their instrumental “Snow-

• 112 N. Lincoln St., Port Angeles 6 p.m. doors. 6:30 p.m. show. Friday, Nov. 27. • Opening: David & the Psalms • Tickets: $7, includes “Christmas” album; 12 and under free entrance. Advance sale at Port Book & News. fall” in pieces over recent years and they found it tied well into “O Come O Come Emmanuel.” Choosing “O Come O Come Emmanuel” started as a joke though, Witherow said, as he played a rock version of it

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Ensemble gets jazzy for fall concert The Peninsula College Jazz Ensemble presents its Fall Quarter Concert at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1, in Maier Performance Hall at Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd. Admission is free. The band features Robbin Eaves on vocals

backed by 12 horns and six rhythm instruments. The performers in this band come from Sequim, Port Angeles, Joyce, Quilcene and Port Townsend. Directing the ensemble is Dr. David P. Jones, head of the music program at the college.

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Beginner’s America, 114 S. Sequim Ave. Ask a teller for Casino, 270756 Highway 101, Blyn. 683-7777. Highway 101. classes available, 477-4240. 921 E. Ham• The Strait Stamp Society. 6-8 p.m. first a photo sheet with titles, prices. • Bread & Gravy, Americana/rock, 6-8 p.m., mond St. • Alcoholics Anonymous: Call 877-682- Thursday monthly, Sequim Library, 630 N. Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. Tuesdays 4143 or 360-797-0259 or see www.distric- Sequim Ave. See www.straitstamp.org. Saturday Nov. 28 • Sequim Community Orchestra rehearst55aa.com for meeting schedule, times. • Gardiner Community Cemetery Com• Heart by Heart, 1970s-1980s hits, 10- als. 7-9 p.m. September-June, James Center • Shipley Center classes, activities. 921 E. missioners. 7:30 p.m. second Thursday 11:30 p.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. for the Performing Arts, 681-5469. Hammond St., Sequim, 683-6806. monthly, Gardiner Community Center, 1040 Highway 101. • Olympic Peninsula Men’s Chorus reSundays Old Gardiner Road, Gardiner. • Robin Bessier Trio, jazz, 6-8 p.m., Wind hearsal. 6:30 p.m. Olympic Theatre Arts • Open mic with Victor Reventlow, 5-8 • The DUCK Discussion. 10-11:30 a.m. Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. Center, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim. p.m., Fairmount Diner, 1127 West Highway every Thursday, Parkwood Community Friday Dec. 4 • Olympic Mountain Cloggers. 6 p.m. 101, Port Angeles, 797-4906. clubhouse, 261520 U.S. Highway 101, www. • Jake Reichner, rock, 6-8 p.m., Wind Rose Howard Wood Memorial Theater, 132½ W. • The Sequim VFW, 169 E. Washington St., YourInnerDuck.com. Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. Washington St., Sequim, 681-3987. breakfast from 9:30 a.m.-noon every Sunday • Alzheimer’s Association family caregiver Saturday Dec. 5 • Square dance workshop. 7:30-9:30 p.m. for $5. Open to public. support group. 1-2:30 p.m. second Thursday • Jenny Davis Jazz trio, 6-8 p.m., Wind Rose Call for location, 683-0155. • Open mic. 5:30-8 p.m., Shipley Center, 921 monthly, Sequim Bible Church, 847 N. Sequim Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. • Rhody O’s Square Dance Club. 7:30 p.m. E. Hammond St., first, third, fourth Sundays. Ave, Room 401. 683-5294. • Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel, “The Gardener Community Center, 683-2409. • Full Contact Trivia. 6 p.m., Wii Bowling 8 Saturdays Gift of Giving” benefit for Captain Joseph • Strait Wheelers Square Dances. 7-9 p.m. p.m. Oasis Bar & Grill, 301 E. Washington St., • Meditation group. 9-10:30 a.m. second/ House Foundation, 5-9:30 p.m., C’est Si Bon, Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh Sequim. 582-3143. fourth Saturdays monthly. Dungeness Val23 Cedar Park Drive, Port Angeles. St., Port Angeles, 457-3912. • Bingo. Noon, Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port ley Lutheran Church parish house, 923 N. Sunday Dec. 6 Wednesdays Williams Road. Min. $10 buy-in. 683-2763. Sequim Ave. All welcome. 683-4775. • The Cat’s Meow Band, 2-4 p.m., the Fifth • Sequim City Band rehearsals. 7-9 p.m., Mondays • The Northern Olympic Lung Pulmonary Avenue, 500 W. Hendrickson Road. James Center for the Performing Arts, 563 • Ecumenical Taize service. 7 p.m. St. group. 11:30 a.m. fourth Saturday monthly, Friday Dec. 11 N. Rhodefer Road. scb@sequimcityband.org Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Mariners Cafe, 609 W. Washington St. Call • Mary Tulin, Celtic folk, 6-8 p.m., Wind or 360-207-4722. Ave., fourth Monday monthly. 681-3010 or 565-8301. Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. • Open mic with Victor Reventlow. Sign-ups • Pingpong, advanced, 681-4675; bingo, • Visually Impaired Persons of Sequim. Saturday Dec. 12 at 6 p.m., Nourish, 101 Provence View Lane. 683-9546. Noon-2 p.m. first Saturday monthly, Bell • Bread & Gravy, Americana/rock, 6-8 p.m., • Open mic. 9:30-10:30 p.m. 7 Cedars CaTuesdays Creek Bar & Grill, 707 E. Washington St., Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. sino, 270756 Highway 101, Blyn, 683-7777. • Drop-in grief support group. 1:30-3 p.m. Sequim. 582-6931. No host luncheon. first/third Tuesdays monthly, Sequim Com• Retired Coast Guard. 10 a.m. breakfast, munity Church, 950 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim. third Saturday monthly, Joshua’s, 113 Del Call Paul Fiorini, bereavement coordinator Guzzi Drive, Port Angeles. STORE CLOSING at Assured Hospice, 582-3796. • The Compassionate Friends Grief Sup- Ongoing Classes port Group. 6-8 p.m., third Tuesday monthly, • Meditation Group, 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Village Heartbeat Studio, 353 Chickadee Ave., Sequim. Lane, Sequim. 681-5407. PRICE REDUCTIONS • The National MS Society support group. • Cardiac care classes, 417-7486. 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Underclassmen, but not under the radar by a long stretch. Freshman quarterback Riley Cowan and sophomore do-itall Gavin Velarde were among the five Sequim Wolves picked for the all-Olympic League football first team, announced last week by league coaches. COWAN Velarde was a dual pick, earning selections for wide receiver and kick returner. He caught 41 passes for 690 yards and six scores, and added a pair of touchdowns on kick returns. Cowan, the lone freshman all-league selection, was 78-of-143 passing for 1,160 yards and 11 scores and eight interceptions. SHS seniors Zach Hebert, Kane Stoddard and Chris Whitaker also were named to the all-league first team. Hebert helped the Wolves rack up 2,671 total yards — about 335 yards per game — includSTODDARD ing 1,279 through the ground game. Stoddard and Whitaker helped anchor a defense that held five opponents to 10 points or less this fall. Sequim senior wide receiver Noah Christiansen and offensive lineman Jack Ellison were named to the all-league second team. Christiansen had 16 receptions for 237 yards

and two touchdowns. Led by head coach Erik Wiker, Sequim’s coaches earned the Coaching Staff award for the season, helping Sequim to a 5-3 overall record and coming within one win of a WIKER postseason berth. With 10 rushing touchdowns, Olympic High senior running back Geordyn Shinard was named Olympic League MVP while teammate Matt Becker, the quarterback who helped lead the Trojans to a 6-0 league record and Olympic League title, was named Offensive MVP. North Kitsap linebacker Bob Evans was picked the league’s Defensive MVP. North Mason and Kingston shared the Sportsmanship Award. North Kitsap led the league with eight all-Olympic League first team selections, followed by Olympic (seven), Sequim (six) and Kingston (six). Port Angeles had six all-league selections, all on the second team.

Volleyball honors Sequim High senior Megan Breckenridge was named to the all-Olympic League volleyball first team. The outside hitter led Sequim with 9.4 kills and 16.3 digs per game in the regular season, helping the Wolves earn a class 2A state tournament berth.

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11 Pirates picked for NWAC allstar status Peninsula College placed 11 soccer players on the North Division women’s and men’s All-Star teams; freshman Johnny Martinez was named Most Valuable Player; and women’s head coach Kanyon Anderson MARTINEZ received Coach of the Year honors, as announced this week by the Northwest Athletic Conference. Myu Ban, Karen Corral, Lexi Krieger, Kai Mahuka and Ellie Small were named to the North Division Women’s Soccer All-Star Team, while MVP Martinez was joined by Eddie Benito, Trevan Estrellado, Santiago Sierra, Jose Soto and Jonathan Vasquez on the North Men’s All-Star Team. Anderson’s honor marked the fourth time he was named as a division Coach of the Year, earning that title in the West Division in 2011 and 2012 as women’s coach, ANDERSON and then last year as Peninsula’s men’s coach as well. He was the NWAC Coach of the Year in 2011. Anderson, who will help coach the North/South All-Stars, also was pleased to have five of his players named to the team. “These five players deserve all of the accolades they get,” he said. “We wouldn’t be where we are without their contributions. Karen (Corral) and Kai (Mahuka) have been very steady in the center back. They are smart, organized and athletic. CORRAL Myu (Ban) leads the league in assists and has been a key to our creativity. Ellie (Small) and Lexi (Krieger) have scored big goals for us all season.” First-year men’s coach Cale Rodriguez also was excited by his team’s recognition with six of the 12 AllStars representing Peninsula College. “All six players are very well deserving of being named All Stars for the 2015 SIERRA season,” Rodriguez said. “Santi (Sierra) and Jose (Soto)

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WINTER SPORTS PREVIEW: PENINSULA COLLEGE MEN’S, WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Strong sophomore class returns for Peninsula men

NWAC Coach of the Year Ali Crumb, right, leads her team in a preseason practice. Photo courtesy of Peninsula College

Eight sophs back for PC squad that took third at NWAC tourney Sequim Gazette staff

Pirate women looking to defend first NWAC title Stars Smith, Laster lead PC into ’15-’16 campaign Sequim Gazette staff

Cinderella story? Sure. But Peninsula College’s women’s basketball squad isn’t sneaking up on anyone this season. The Pirates surprised the field at the 2014-2015 Northwest Athletic Conference Basketball Championships to win the first women’s basketball title in school history. Port Angeles native Ali Crumb enters her sixth year as head

coach at PC, and the 2014-2015 NWAC Coach of the Year says this year’s squad is a new team and it’s a new year. “The last thing we want to do is ride the coat tails of last year,” Crumb said. “This is a new year, and at this level, you lose half your team every year. So this is not going to be the same team, but we will have the same goals. We want to be a position to win a championship at the end of the season,” she added. “Beyond that, everything else is new and that makes it exciting.”

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Lowest seed in the tournament? No problem. Peninsula College men’s basketball team was the surprise story of the NWAC championships last March, bringing home a third-place trophy, and the team looks loaded for another long playoff run. Peninsula coach Mitch Freeman and his staff have four starters back, eight sophomores with game experience, and a good recruiting class looking to take the Pirates to the NWAC championship. “We are excited about this year’s team and look to build off of how we finished last year,” Freeman said. “We return nine players and add six freshmen, which gives the added depth to our team that we did not have

Peninsula head coach Mitch Freeman, right, led PC to a thirdplace finish at last season’s NWAC tournament. Here he helps direct a preseason practice at the PC gymnasium. Photo courtesy of Peninsula College

last season. Our team was very excited with the way we finished last year but were also a little disappointed, which left them hungry and wanting more.” The list of returners is headed up by Ryley Callaghan, a 6-foot 1-inch sophomore guard from Port Orchard who led the Pirates in scoring with a 17.5 average, and assists at 2.7 last year. Also putting up big numbers last year was Deonte Dixon, a

6-foot 2-inch sophomore guard from Bremerton who averaged 16.4 points per game. Both Callaghan and Dixon were named to the North Division All-Conference Team in 2015. The Pirates return their leading rebounder in 6-6 sophomore Malik Mayeux of Tacoma, who pulled down 154 boards

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Nominations sought for PC Hall The Peninsula College Athletics Hall of Fame Committee is now accepting nominations for its 2016 induction ceremony, coming up in January. The deadline for nominations is Dec. 1. The Athletics Hall of Fame was established in 2014, inducting the 1970 Pirate Men’s Basketball Team, Jerry Allen, Art Feiro, Kathy Murphy-Carey and Dr. Wally Sigmar. Community members may nominate individuals or teams using a form on the Peninsula College Athletics website (www.pencol.edu), which also lists the criteria for the award.

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Turkey tournament on tap at SkyRidge SkyRidge Golf Course hosts a Post Turkey Day tournament, set for a 9:30 a.m. start on Friday, Nov. 27, at the course, 7015 Old Olympic Highway. Format is a two-person scramble and better ball. Cost is $60 per team; $20 team honey pots are offered. Fee includes gross and net prizes, KPs, LPs and lunch after play. Power carts are $15 per seat. An optional horserace scramble after tournament and lunch is scheduled. Call 683-3673 for more information or to register.

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Sequim High School junior Jack Shea signs a letter of intent to play golf and attend Montana State University in Billings. The Yellowjackets compete in the NCAA Division II’s Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Shea was named the Olympic League MVP following the 2015 season, when he averaged 36.9 per nine holes during the regular season and tied for 10th place at the Class 2A state tournament. He also was named an all-Olympic Leaguer as a sophomore in 2014. With Jack in the photo are his parents Bill and Cathy Shea, sister Sarah Shea and grandmother Susan Sanford. Submitted photo

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junior students competing (10 in all) plus one adult student, Larry Muckley. For five for the junior students, this was their first tournament. Hunter Muckley was the star of the tourney, earning three gold medals. Earning two golds each were Adrian and Jessica Golbeck. Earning one gold each were Aron Golbeck, Bryant Laboy, Larry Muckley, Devin Rineierson and Ian Thill. Jackson Laboy earned two silvers, while Mhin Tu Hardin and Dean Rineierson earned one silver apiece. On July 25, Mason hosted a second invitational tournament that Bodystrong attended. Each Bodystrong student medaled in all three categories of patterns, sparring and breaking. Black belts Allen, Troy Phipps and Trenton Phipps had busy schedule for the day, as each spent time officiating as well as competing. SaVannah Cregg earned two gold medals while Allen, Hunter and Larry Muckley, Logan and Marshal and Trenton Phipps earned one gold each. Troy Phipps earned three bronzes.

“I thought the season went great; I was really proud of the team for making it to state this year,” Breckenridge said. “I wasn’t worried about placing.” Breckenridge, a senior, also had team-highs of 26 kills, 75 digs and 71-of-72 serving in four district games. A relay runner for SHS’s track team, Breckenridge said she hopes to earn a track scholarship BRECKENRIDGE to a college or university and try out for that school’s volleyball team as well. “(This season), every day was a highlight,” Breckenridge said. “Coming to practice every day, every game was fun, (and) the bus rides, the tournaments … I miss it all already.” SHS juniors Sydney Balkan and Ella Christiansen were selected to the all-league second team. Balkan, a setter, led Sequim with 175 assists in 14 regular season matches, BALKAN or 12.5 per game. Christiansen, a middle hitter, led the Wolves with 101 kills and 23 blocks during the regular season and had a team-high 10 aces at districts. SHS libero McKenzie Bentz, a senior, was named an all-league honorable mention. She paced Sequim with 198 digs in 14 regular season matches. BENTZ Clay Blackwood of Bremerton was named the league’s Coach of the

Year after leading the Knights to a second place finish, while Port Angeles took home the Team Sportsmanship Award. North Kitsap outside hitter Bri Duchemin was named the Olympic League MVP while Viking teammate Molly Lemon, a libero, was named the league’s Defensive MVP. Along with first team setter Autumn Johnson, NK led the league with three first-team selections. Port Angeles had three allleague honorable mentions: Genna Orr, Kiana Robideau and Emily Johnson.

Girls soccer Sequim High sophomore Claire Henninger was named to the all-Olympic League girls soccer first team last week. The lone underclassmen on the first team, Henninger posted three shutouts and gave up two goals or less in 12 of the Wolves’ 15 games this fall. SHS senior defender Mattie Clark CLARK was named to the league’s second team. North Kitsap senior midfielder Mary Cait Moriarty was named the league’s MVP, scoring three gamewinning goals in as many contests and leading the Vikings to a league title and state playoff berth. North Mason’s Mitchell James was named Coach of the Year while Kingston and Port Angeles were picked to share the Team Sportsmanship Award. NK’s Vikings led the league with four first-team selections while Olympic and North Mason had two apiece. Port Angeles midfielder Maddie Boe was a first team selection and fellow Roughrider Taylar Clark, also a midfielder, was named to the second team.

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Port Angeles Recreation men’s league • Nov. 16 Carlsborg Shell 75, Black Diamond Electrical 60. Leading scorers — Carlsborg: Cody Smithson 19, Jeremiah Johnson 18; Black Diamond: Ben Shamp 18, Tyler Rouses 13

Anytime Fitness 103, Sunny Farms 24. Leading scorers — Anytime: Jim Halberg 36, Sten Christanson 17; Sunny: Bobby Shea 7, Johnny Waldron 5 NW Builders 74, Elwha River Casino 68. Leading scorers — NW: Darren Mills 22, Jeff Berry 13; Elwha: Rich Albaugh 23, Keith O’Neil 14.

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Ballantyne, 53 Third flight — Gross: 1. Bill Riley, 63. Net: 1. Milt Mickey, 49; 2. Ted Johnson, 51 Fourth flight — Gross: 1. Dick McCammon, 74. Net: 1. George Switzer, 54; 2. Morris Fosse, 55 KPs: Grant, Warren Cortez, Richard Hanson, Ted Johnson.

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The United States Taekwon-do Federation hosts two black belt tests each year on the West Coast. On Oct. 3, two students from Bodystrong Taekwon-do of Sequim tested for — and earned — black belts. Dr. Linda Allen tested for her second-degree black belt and Logan Phipps tested in front of the testing panel, headed by Master David Mason, for his first-degree black belt. Allen received a commendation for her excellence in patterns and Phipps, at just 11 years old, received comment on his self-discipline regarding his dedication to Taekwon-do. Phipps is now the third person in his family to achieve the rank of black belt, his brother Marshal, now a blue belt, plans to test for his black belt in about two years. Twice this year, Bodystrong Taekwondo students travelled to Battle Ground to compete against other Taekwon-do schools from the Northwest. On April 18, Bodystrong had a large showing of

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Leading the team into competition this year are two AllConference returners in Imani Smith, a 5-foot 8-inch guard from Ontario, Calif., and Zhara Laster, a 5-foot 9-inch guard originally from Maryland who now calls Port Angeles home. Smith was Peninsula’s secondleading scorer last year with a 12-point average and also the team leader in assists, averaging 2.8 per game, and steals, averaging 2.1. Laster also is an impact player, who averaged 8.3 points per game, 2.5 assists, 1.9 steals and was the team’s second leading

Peninsula standout Johnny Martinez led the Pirates’ offense with 12 goals and seven assists. For his efforts, Martinez was named the North Division’s Most Valuable Player. Photo by Jay Cline

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last year, a 7.3 average per game. Also returning with a significant contribution to last year’s successful season are: Jeremiah Hobbs, a 6-foot 4-inch forward from Seattle; Jonah Cook, a 6-foot 9-inch forward from Mount Vernon; Chris Reis, a 5-foot 9-inch guard from Spokane, and Zach Nibler, a 6-foot 4-inch forward from Olympia. Peninsula’s other two returners are red-shirt freshman C.J. Woods, a 6-foot guard from Friday Harbor who was injured last year, and red-shirt sophomore Dimitri Amos, a 6-foot 6-inch forward from Las Vegas, Nev., who promises to make a big impact in the paint for the Pirates. He played his freshman year at Mayville State University in North Dakota. “I thought that the guys worked extremely hard in

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shirt freshman Jackie Schaubel, a 5-foot 10-inch freshman from Seattle. “Our returners are strong and mentally tough,” Crumb said. “They really have come back in shape and you can tell they have worked on their game throughout the summer.” The Pirate women opened their 2015-2016 season at the Pirate Tip-off event on Nov. 6. The Pirates then play most of their nonconference schedule on the road until returning home Dec. 17-19 when they host the eight-team NWAC North Region Crossover Tournament. The PC women will then begin their quest to win their third North Division title when conference play gets under way Jan. 9.

the off season, both in the weight room and on the court, to improve themselves individually,” said Freeman, who enters his third year at the Pirate helm. That coaching staff recruited a class of freshmen that includes: Alex Baham, a 6-foot 4-inch guard from Wasilla, Alaska; Darrior Daniels, a 5-foot 10-inch guard from Las Vegas; Omar Lo, a 6-foot 6-inch guard from Los Angeles; Alex Losee, a 6-foot 6-inch forward from South Jordan, Utah; Jason McCullough, a 5-foot 9-inch guard from Fairbanks, Alaska, and Abraham Venske, a 6-foot 2-inch guard from Neah Bay. The Peninsula men opened their non-conference schedule at home on Nov. 20 against Big Bend. The Pirates host Tacoma on Dec. 5 (time to be determined) and South Puget Sound at 1 p.m. on Dec. 6. Peninsula jumps into North Division play beginning Jan. 9 at Edmonds.

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the All-Star balloting, the two North Division championship coaches shared disappointment about those who missed making the team. “I am a split about the All-Star vote though,” Anderson said. “While I’m happy for those who were recognized, we had so many talented, wonderful players left off.” Rodriguez echoed his thoughts. “There are other players around these guys who have contributed to their success who have been just as important this season,” he said.

rebounder with 200 boards in 2014-2015, an 8.3 average. Also playing a key role in the NWAC title last year were the Moss sisters from Neah Bay. Ciera Moss, a 5-7 guard, led the team in three-point field goals with 40 and also found success attacking the basket, averaging 10.3 points per game. Older sister Cherish Moss, also a 5-7 guard, didn’t put up big numbers last year, but came up big in key times and also played a key leadership role for the Pirates. The Pirates’ other returners include Amanda Hutchins, a 5-foot 9-inch guard from Wasilla, Alaska; Savanna Gonzales, a 6-foot post from Honolulu, Hawaii; Nika Criddle, a 5-foot 10-inch forward from Downey, Idaho, and red-

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Check out events on the Sequim School District’s website calendar at www.sequim.k12.wa.us/Page/2. “Like” us on Facebook to receive updates. There is no school on Nov. 2627 in celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday. The district office will be closed on those dates as well. The next school board meeting is at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7. New school board directors Jim Stoffer, Robin Henrikson and Heather Short will be installed at this meeting. An agenda is available on the district website at www. sequim.k12.wa.us/domain/7. Board meetings are open to the public and time is set aside for public comment.

Clo sen Eise Ma Fifth-graders in Rebecca Bullard’s Olympic Peninsula Academy class are learning about rivers. At far left, student Cherith Thomas with her rodent skeleton she made from bones found in her owl pellet. At center, OPA students Dean Rynearson, Diego Buhrer and Jenna Mason create board games about the life cycle of salmon and then played each of them. At right, classmates Ethan Engeset, Vincent Carrizosa and Mirek Skov play a board game about the life cycle of salmon during a lesson about rivers. Photos by Rebecca Bullard, Hassana Dennis

GREYWOLF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Please note the reading tutor training session for Tuesday, Dec. 1, has been cancelled.

HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Since the beginning of the school year, Jaysa Hill’s fourth-graders have been practicing and utilizing a variety of good writing habits. These habits include everything from double spacing our writing and indenting our paragraphs to elaborating and using “juicy words” to spice up our writing. Recently, students also have begun recognizing and including different types of figurative language in their written work. Students have thus far mastered the use of alliteration and onomatopoeias and are now focusing on using similes and metaphors. The following samples of writing demonstrate the creative similes imagined by a number of students in our fourth-grade class. Enjoy! “The water splashed from the tunnel roof like falling rain.” Hunter Halverson “My foot felt like someone had just stuck an alligator tooth into it.” Destiny Henrickson “My favorite teacher is as sweet as pie.” Abbie Maher “The painting is as priceless as my BAYLON mom.” Aiden Baylon “Hannah is as light as a feather.” Annella Smith

“His head is as empty as a straw.” Ben Jones “Billy Bob is as fast as a cheetah.” Titus Liggins “The lost dog was as lonely as a snow sled in the summer.” TENNESON Shane Tenneson “The first day of school was as scary as a werewolf.” SaVannah Gragg “A vacuum cleaner sounds noisy like a tornado.” Sierra Milles “My couch feels as soft as a cloud.” Mason Eveland “The lost dog was as confused as a chameleon in a bag of Skittles.” Krista CHATTERS Charters “The painting on the wall is as crooked as a politician.” Conner Fowler

OLYMPIC PENINSULA ACADEMY Fifth-graders in Rebecca Bullard’s class are learning about rivers. The class looked at local food webs by dissecting local owl pellets. Through the data that was collected, the class determined that local owl diet consists mainly of rodents. They also were able to deduce that many of the owl pellets were made in the late spring/early summer, as multiple baby bird skulls were found in the pellets.

With the start of our study unit on salmon, their life cycle, energy transfer and ecosystems, each student made up a board game about the salmon life cycle. They thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to play and review each other’s games. Students also created shadow boxes depicting different trades during America’s Colonial era and gave great attention to detail. Some of the occupations the students chose included a milliner’s shop by Claudia Morris, a wheelwright’s workshop by Katherine Gould, a gunsmith’s shop by Diego Buhrer, a cooper’s workshop (person who makes jars, buckets barrels and other containers out of wood) by Vincent Carrizosa, a tailor’s shop by Leysha Engle, a miner’s workshop by Dean Rynearson, a miller’s mill by Myrek Skov, a silversmith’s workshop by Ethan Engeset, a cobbler’s shop by Cherith Thomas and a tanner’s tannery by Adin Underwood.

SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL Students in Jaye Hall’s glass fusing art class have been working on cutting glass into small pieces using tile nippers and assembling the pieces into mosaics. Some of the mosaics have been fired already and look beautiful. Some students have created mosaics using animals as their subject matter, some are doing landscapes and a few kids are making nonobjective designs.

Giving is thanking First, let me wish you a happy Thanksgiving. Hopefully, you are one of the fortunate people who can afford a turkey and the special items that go with it. Hopefully, you are one of the working class who has a job and one that pays enough to take care of your family. But many others may not be so lucky. For them, Thanksgiving can be a tough time. It is interesting that this is the time of the year when many nonprofits ask you to donate to help them continue to help others. There are agencies in our community that provide help to pay utility bills, provide free food, give legal help, provide free medical help and information, and help parents do a better job of

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raising young children. This is just a tip of what is available in our community thanks to the many people volunteering to help others. All of this community assistance comes with a price tag. Even in agencies which are run primarily by volunteers, providing services still costs money. The nonprofit I volunteer

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to work with, Parenting Matters Foundation, is a good example. Without help from groups like United Way we would have difficulties reaching out to the 85 percent of families in Clallam County who have children from 0-5. We strongly believe that the service we provide to the many families with young children helps them be better parents. When parents write to us and say they didn’t know they were so important until they began receiving First Teacher newsletters, we know we are providing a valuable service. When you contribute to United Way, you can specify which agency you want to have receive your donation. If you don’t have a preference,

This past quarter they have completed several assignments including sun catchers made of copper between layers of glass, wind chimes and candleholders. Their next project is to design a piece to be used as garden art. The acrylic painting class recently completed its “16 Techniques on Canvas” assignment. They learned techniques that can be used in future paintings such as alla prima, stencils, modeling paste, sgraffito and pastels. For the new project they recently began, students were given a choice of six different assignments. Each student chose what they were interested in, so there is a variety of painting styles going on in the classroom. Self-portraits, landscapes with plaster and gauze, and black and white portraits were a few of the choices. The drawing classes have just completed a still life of a pumpkin with colored blocks of wood. They were given blocks of different sizes, shapes and colors, and then were asked to set up their own still life. They carefully observed where the positive and negative spaces were and drew their items. After their drawings were complete, they shaded them in.

be available in the office starting Nov. 23. They must be completed and returned to the main office by Dec. 10 at 3 p.m. Band Boosters’ annual Down Home Holiday Bazaar is Nov. 27-28 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at the high school campus. This event features multiple vendors with quality handmade arts and crafts, as well as several raffles. Get holiday shopping done early and benefit the high school band and color guard groups at the same time! SHS’s Jazz Band, led by Vern Fosket, and the Select Choir, led by John Lorentzen, perform “The Lights of Christmas” at Warm Beach Camp and Conference Center in Stanwood on Saturday, Dec. 5. The Sequim High School Marching Band and Color Guard, led by WMEA Music Hall of Fame director Vern Fosket, will march in the Macy’s Day Parade in downtown Seattle at 9 a.m. Friday, Nov. 27.

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The holiday season is approaching and the countdown to our ninth Winter Wishes assembly has begun! On Dec. 16 the student leadWinter Ball will be from 8-11 ership team will be making wishes p.m. Dec. 12 in the cafeteria. come true for the entire Sequim Tickets will be sold the week of High community. All students are Nov. 30 for $10, the week of Dec. 7 for $15 and at the door for $20. See CHALK TALK, B-9 Winter Ball dance requests will

let the United Way Board of Directors distribute the money to one of their many agencies. They do this very carefully and thoughtfully. In order to receive funding through United Way, each agency must give a careful accounting of its budget and exactly how it intends to use each dollar it is given by United Way. The board has the ability to basically make sure the funds are used in a legitimate manner. The board makes sure there is a fair distribution to a variety of agencies so that it truly reaches the people throughout the county who need help.

Local support, needs If enough people say, “Thank You” for this effort by contributing to United Way, all of the 24 agencies who belong to United Way receive a certain amount. If

fewer people donate, all of the agencies receive less. Just look at the agencies you are supporting when you donate to United Way. They include the American Red Cross, Clallam Mosaic, Boys & Girls Clubs, Peninsula Dispute Resolution, St. Andrew’s Place, Serenity House, First Step Family Support, Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic, Forks Abuse Program, Olympic Community Action, Pro Bono Lawyers, Forks Food Bank, Healthy Families, Concerned Citizens, Clallam Bay/Sekiu Crisis Center, Girl Scouts of Western Washington, Peninsula Behavioral Health, Salvation Army, West End Club, Volunteer Chore Services, Lutheran Community Services, Olympic Peninsula YMCA, Volunteers in Medicine and the Parenting Matters Foundation.

This list represents a lot of help in our community. To make these agencies effective, it takes a lot of contributions from the fortunate people we have in our community. Think about what you can contribute. Give as much as you can to help the many people who are less fortunate than you. Look over the list. Remember you can specify which agency you want to help or you can let your contribution reach out to all of the agencies. Cynthia Martin is the founder of the First Teacher program and director of Parenting Matters Foundation, which publishes newsletters for parents, caregivers and grandparents. Reach Martin at pmf@olypen.com or at 681-2250.

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SCHOOLS CALENDAR Nov. 26-27 No school — closed for Thanksgiving holiday Nov. 27-28 10 a.m.-4 p.m. — Down Home Bazaar. At Sequim High School cafeteria, 601 N. Sequim Ave. Nov. 30 9:30-11 a.m. — First Teacher activities. Guest reader: Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship volunteer. At Sequim Boys & Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St. Call 681-2250.

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from local businesses and individuals, we aim to grant as many wishes as possible and touch lives this holiday season. Careful consideration is given to students less fortunate than others, and with the help of our wonderful counseling staff, we are able to grant many items to stu-

dents in need. With the spirit of giving in mind, we hope that you will consider contributing to this treasured tradition. Any and all donations from businesses and individuals are greatly appreciated and are tax deductible. All donations need to be received by Wednesday, Dec. 2. Items,

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PENNY had a hard start to her life but is doing great now, she is lovingSchool and playful and gets House along with most dogs but Dickerman not all. She has been out Gellor G at our training program Mountain Springs at Clallam Bay Corrections Center and has been doing great. She knows all of herTO112 basic commands, is great in the house and is looking Port Angeles for a new family to call her own. If you want a new best friend, this is your girl. W

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BEA would like to be your one and only, she is very smart girl, she loves to go for walks, play with a ball and relax in your living room. She does do the Sequim border collie nip so she will not be placed with small children. Bea likes to be the only dog as she wants Buckhorn Greywolfyou Klahane all to herself. She is sensitive to loud noises, so a quiet Bon Jon neighborhood would be best for her.

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CHIHUAHUAS Five little guys to choose from, and one girl. All came from same home, approx. 2 years old. Mostly paper trained. They are a little shy at first but then very sweet and cuddley. They are very playful and have great dispositions. They are all fixed, have vaccines and micro-chips. Please no small children ( less than 7 yrs old).

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