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More than 100 of the Sequim School District’s 2,627 students report they are homeless

Bringing their past Kiwanis experience and diverse backgrounds with a common passion for community involvement and an emphasis on children, Kiwanians Jack Gourlie, Wayne Boden, Philomena Lund, Mary Boden and Lily Lawson are among those revitalizing the Sequim-Dungeness Kiwanis Club. Sequim Gazette photo by Alana Linderoth

Kiwanis club makes comeback ‘Improving the world one child and one community at a time’ by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette

A new wave of Kiwanians are working to fill any and all community cracks left behind after the Sequim-Dungeness Kiwanis Club dissolved more than two years ago. “All of us come to Kiwanis with a big love of children,” Philomena Lund, Sequim-Dungeness Kiwanis Club president, said. Not only do the members of the renewed club each share a passion to serve and support their community with an emphasis on youth, but each brings years, some decades, of previous Kiwanis experience. Kiwanis clubs aimed at “improving the world one child and one community at a time,” Lund said, are found in individual communities nationwide. However, each club is part of a bigger network operating under the umbrella

See KIWANIS, A-11

Sequim’s most vulnerable The struggles homeless youth and young adults face daily in Sequim are nearly invisible to many, but are far from absent. Within the Sequim School District, 101 students have self-identified as being homeless and even that triple digit number likely fails to capture all youth without a consistent home environment in Sequim, Jennifer Van De Wege said. Since April, Sequim High biology teacher and activity coordinator Van De Wege also has become the school VAN De WEGE district’s McKinney-Vento liaison. “It’s been eye-opening and there’s a big learning curve,” she said, reflecting on the mere months she’s been the district liaison. Of the self-identified homeless students, about a dozen are unaccompanied and about 15 are kindergarten age. “It’s the ‘littles’ that really make me sad because they’re not going to self-advocate,” she said. See HOMELESS, A-4

Sequim students and advocates struggle to handle homeless issues by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette

Playfield parking plan to add 60-plus spots Family Advocates, City agree on project by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette

More parking is a go at the Albert Haller Playfields and James Center for the Performing Arts. Plans were unanimously approved on Nov. 23 by Sequim city councilors who designated $140,000 in the city’s 2016 budget to help add 60-70 parking spots at the Water Reuse Demonstration Site north of Carrie Blake Park while increasing safety. City staff estimate the project cost-

ing about $318,000 to add a one-way road from the Interpretive Center off Blake Avenue traveling east to new angled parking that connects to existing parking toward Rhodefer Road. The effort to add parking stems from Phase II of the Sequim Family Advocates’ plans around the playfield. “We’re totally behind this latest proposal,” said Dave Shreffler, president of the Sequim Family Advocates. “It makes a lot of sense and it’s a better solution than what we had previously been discussing. We’re thrilled

the city has some skin in the game this time.” Shreffler said no dollar amount has been set yet, but he believes contributions from the Albert Haller Foundation, Sequim Family Advocates and other contributors will exceed the city’s contribution.

Plans unfurled Previously, the advocates returned $128,000 back to the Albert Haller Foundation, which granted the funds. Total, they had about $164,000 raised, including the grant for the project

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A new $318,000 plan for parking adds 60-70 spots at the Albert Haller Playfields. Photo/map courtesy of the City of Sequim

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Civic Center tree lighting set for Friday Join the City of Sequim and the City Arts Advisory Commission for the first yearly Tree Lighting Reception at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St., from 4-6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4. Sequim Mayor Candace Pratt will

make a presentation at 4:45 p.m. and Sunshine Generation will perform at 5 p.m. The holiday tree, in the lobby, will be decorated with ornaments created by local fourth-grade (or age equivalent) students. Students have been encour-

aged to submit ornaments based on the 2015 theme “Nature’s Creatures.” This is intended to be an annual programming inviting students to create ornaments based on a theme for the tree.

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Sequim Public Works crew member Del Singer installs an LED unit in a sidewalk illuminating street lamp. Submitted photo

More LED lights save city dollars Sequim Gazette staff

The City of Sequim Public Works crew continues to replace the bulbs in city street lamps with energy efficient light-emitting diode (LED) units as a way to reduce energy costs. In 2013, 26 units were installed in the large lamps that focus on illuminating streets, resulting in a $4,000 reduction in the city’s annual electrical bill. In 2014, an additional 49 units were installed in large street lamps and the savings increased to $8,000 for the year. Crews have installed an additional 19 units in large street lamps in 2015 and are currently installing 285 new LED units in the smaller sidewalk illuminat-

ing lamps. The addition of the new units should bring annual electrical savings to about $12,000 in 2016. The installation of the final 26 units in 2016 will bring annual electrical savings to about $13,000 per year. In addition to savings in electrical costs, over time the city also should see a reduction in labor costs and materials as the LED units will need to be replaced less frequently than traditional bulbs. The conversion project has cost $37,843 to date. The PUD has provided $26,490 in rebates toward the new units. Additional grant monies are being pursued to cover the balance of the cost.

Kyler Read, then 3, meets with “Santa Claus” outside Costco in December 2014. As he did last year, Santa is traveling with Clallam County Fire District 3 through the week collecting food and toys for the community. Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash

Clallam County Fire District 3 and Explorer Post 1003 are going to be collecting food, toys and donations as they drive around Sequim on a decorated 1939 antique fire engine. Santa and his helpers will be handing out candy canes as they collect donations. Donations go to the Sequim Food Bank and Sequim Community Aid. Dates are Tuesday-Friday, Dec. 8-11. Day and locations are: • Tuesday, west of Sequim Avenue, Fir Street to Pine Street • Wednesday, east of Sequim Avenue to North Blake Avenue • Thursday, Emerald Highlands area and Elk Creek Apartments • Friday, stores along Washington Street and a make-up day for inclement weather.

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“They needed to step up.” In late October, the plans were narrowed down. Shreffler said he credits much of the progress to new city manager Charlie Bush for “bringing staff along and helping educate city councilors on the issues.”

From page A-1 before a series of events led to it be shelved for awhile. Originally, the advocates’ plan included 64 parking spots west and south of the bandshell. City councilors approved the plans in 2011 along with the playfields but costs for grass pavers that city officials mandated were deemed too expensive. As an alternative members of the advocacy group spent about $20,000 to pursue creating parking on Rhodefer Road at city staff’s suggestion along with installing an emergency turnaround and a bathroom/storage facility near the playfields. However, the Army Corps of Engineers denied the plans because it was identified

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Jillian Hutchison passes the ball away from Raelynn Opdyke during a Sequim High School girls soccer team practice in September at the Albert Haller Playfields where new parking is slated to the west of the fields by 2016. Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash

in December 2014 as a jurisdictional wetland that can’t be paved over. Shreffler said his group revisited the original 64 parking spots proposal as a phase project after representatives with the Albert Haller Foundation received numerous complaints about safety at the playfields. He said the advocates didn’t have a problem with the pavers, but wanted to place gravel until the city could contribute toward the bricks. In a June special meeting

of the The City of Sequim Parks and Recreation Board, parks manager Joe Irvin recommended that gravel could not be used without grass pavers because he felt it didn’t meet low-impact development specifications. However, city councilors heard testimony from the advocates in August and designated city staff to pursue new options. “They finally heard us loud and clear that we were frustrated with how the city was treating us,” Shreffler said.

After agreeing to partner on the project, city staff will run the project going forward including the engineering, permitting and contracting. Irvin said these concepts tie into the proposed Master Site Plan for Carrie Blake Park and the Water Reuse Site and will support the growth of the park in the future. A final construction date tentatively is set for 2016 if complete funding comes through. Plans for installing a restroom and storage building by the playfields isn’t off the table either, Shreffler said, but there haven’t been any recent discussions about them. With the new parking project approved, city staff said they must seek to change the city’s code to allow grass parking during events and place no parking signs on Rhodefer Road.

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Collecting for Christmas Sequim Community Aid group readies for annual gift giveaway by ALANA LINDEROTH

290 Macleay Road, Sequim Community Aid volunteers have begun collecting toy and clothing donations. Clothing donations can be taken to the Co-op Farm & Garden, 216 E. Washington St., where there’s a tree with many tags hanging from it, waiting to be taken. Two more trees aimed on gathering toys can be found at Sequim Gym, 145 E. Washington St., and QFC, 990 E. Washington St.

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As is tradition, Santa and Mrs. Claus are coming a bit early this year. Hope you’re hungry. Hosted by First Teacher, the 24th-annual Breakfast With Santa is slated for 8 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Sequim Middle School cafeteria, 301 W. Hendrickson Road. The event includes free books for each child, crafts, music, raffles and more. Pictures will be taken with Santa and prints will be available for pick-up at JG Photography’s studio within one to two weeks. Breakfast includes scrambled eggs, ham, potatoes or hash browns, orange juice and coffee.

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day, Dec. 12, so volunteers can begin setting up on Monday, Dec. 14. Volunteers on Dec. 14-15 are welcomed, as Sequim Community Aid members need help with the set-up and distribution of gifts, Tidrick said. Already local Boy Scout Troop 1103 is contributing to Toys for Sequim Kids by spearheading a blanket drive at 9 a.m., Saturday, Dec. 5, at Grocery Outlet, 1045 W. Washington St. “The whole thing is to try to help families and children get through Christmas without feeling like nobody cares — thats been my goal,” said Tidrick, who joined Sequim Community Aid in 1983. Toys for Sequim Kids is a concentrated community effort in December, but throughout all 12 months of the year Sequim Community Aid volunteers work to provide emergency assistance for rent and utilities to residents within the Sequim School District. Money donations to Sequim Community Aid can be sent to PO Box 1591, Sequim, WA

Find a tree at The Co-op Farm & Garden, Sequim Gym and QFC to select a tag and return it with a donation by Saturday, Dec. 12, to provide underprivileged Sequim children with gifts this Christmas at the annual event “Toys for Sequim Kids” hosted by Sequim Community Aid. Sequim Gazette photo by Alana Linderoth

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officials continue to run their Dream Center in Port Angeles, a drop-in center for homeless and at risk youth ages 13-23, but that too has experienced reduction in programs because of funding and space limitations.

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McKinney-Vento The McKinney-Vento Education of Homeless Children and Youth Assistance Act is a federal law that “ensures immediate enrollment and educational stability for homeless children and youth,” according to the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. The act enables federal funding to states to help support school district programs that serve homeless youth, like the Sequim School District. Under the act, each school district is responsible for designating a homeless liaison to identify students needing served, provide public notice to homeless families and facilitate access, like transportation, to school. Districts also are required to track homeless students and annually report their data to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. “The federal regulations are very basic and nearly wholly unfunded,” Van De Wege said. Although benefits exist as a smaller school district like Sequim, Van De Wege admits the size of the district poses difficulties, such as the time allotted time to coordinate and serve homeless students. “In a small district, it’s a sliver of your job description,” whereas in larger districts there may be multiple employees focusing on homeless or at risk students, she said. “I’m supposed to be spending significantly less than five hours a week on this, but when trying to coordinate resources for more than 100 students, it’s difficult,” Van De Wege said. Trying to best serve and connect with the all the homeless students within the school system, Van De Wege is spreading the responsibility beyond only her and onto the schools’ counselors. “Counselors in e ach building are now points of contact and are able to connect with the students, help monitor them, look up their attendance records and grades,” she said. “This is just one more type of positive adult intervention.”

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Based on three years of records, Sequim School District representatives estimate about 100 local student-aged youths are homeless. Sequim Gazette photo by Alana Linderoth

safety net. “If I had somewhere to go, I’d leave,” Jaimee said. Jaimee is a senior at Sequim High School and stays with her boyfriend after previous living situations with family and later a best friend fell through. Although the year Jaimee lived with her best friend proved the most stable, she was left with little housing options after her friend moved out of the state, she said. Before moving in with her friend, Jaimee’s family had lost their home and thus moved in with her grandmother — sharing a small two-bedroom home. Given the limited space, Jaimee slept on the couch. “I felt like there just wasn’t any room for me,” she said. “I hated that couch.” Her family later moved into a house of their own, but again lost it. Between the inconsistent housing and disagreements with her parents, Jaimee moved out just two weeks after her 18th birthday. “I have places I can stay but it’s easier when you have one place you know will be there,” she said. “I know a lot of people are in a far worse situation than me, so I just want to help.” Things are off and on between Jaimee and her boyfriend, which leaves her on edge whenever they disagree because he’s able to kick her out and has done so before, she explained. If she could leave him, she would, she said, but after looking into affordable housing options in Sequim, she has yet to find an alternative. Jaimee works, but with school she’s not able to work enough to pay rent and still have money for daily expenses, like food. “If we (Sequim) had a temporary housing shelter, I think I’d try to live there until I graduate and can work more and find a place,” she said.

consistent relationships and/ or living with grandparents because their family is in a financial crisis, equate to about 80 percent of the homeless youth within Sequim schools, Van De Wege estimates. Based on the past three years of records the number of homeless youth enrolled in Sequim schools remains consistent, at about 100 students. Van De Wege notes, most of the names are new from year to year, indicating the transient lifestyle of many of the students. From last year, only about 25 percent of the students no longer listed as homeless or in a crisis situation still are enrolled in the school, Van De Wege said. “I don’t see the number changing (number of homeless students), but I would like to see that 25 percent be more like 75 percent,” she said. “The problem is just too massive to address all the needs, but keeping the school a safe, stable space and continuing to help them achieve academic success is about the best we can do.” The concept of being “homeless” can be misleading, Van De Wege explained, as it doesn’t only refer to those unsheltered, but it could include youth and young adults couch surfing or staying in temporary housing situations. “We’re seeing more situations where parents are leaving children with grandparents and leaving,” she said. Depending on the organization, federal or state perspective, the definition of homeless can change.

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Despite the difficulties faced when trying to reduce youth and young adult homelessness, the efforts are ongoing to better serve young, displaced individuals like Jaimee. Within the past year Serenity House officials increased their outreach and time at the resource centers, are collaborating with local law enforcement, revamping their “Ready to Rent” curriculum and continue to focus heavily on education and employment skills to foster self-sufficiency. “We need more volunteers,” Ware said. “The more people youth can connect with when they come into the resource centers, the better.” In hopes of increasing public awareness, understanding of the McKinneyVento Act and coordination between family services and the schools, Serenity House officials are working to coordinate a public McKinneyVento training in May. Additionally, Serenity House officials seek to narrow and deepen their focus with a countywide survey. Because the younger homeless or at-risk demographic tend to be “mobile,” Wa re s a id , t he a s s e s s ment is aimed at gathering more specifics about the demographics’ WARE needs, common risks and obstacles to services. “Most of our data comes from people that are coming through our doors, but one of my concerns is what about everyone else?” she said. “The assessment will help us move in the right direction and augment the HMIS (Homeless Management Information System) data.” “We’ve done different needs assessments, but the difference with this one is hopefully it will be more global in its scope,” Ware said. “The assessment will complement the outreach we’re already doing and help us get to more of that target demographic.” The assessment is developed, but Serenity House officials are coordinating the launch of the assessment with organizations like the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, churches and schools. “We plan to roll it out in the next couple of weeks,” Leach said.

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like the Boiler Room in Port Townsend — a nonprofit coffee and tea house and social services hub with resources, education, activities and socialization opportunities for many youth and young adults. “A project like the Boiler Room was in our initial plan,” Ware said. “We even have the building (located in Port Angeles) for us to do it, but we don’t have the funding and staffing capacity right now.” A similar, but grass roots effort was started last year by a handful of concerned citizens and community organization officials to bring The Coffee Oasis to Sequim. The Coffee Oasis is an established faith-based, nonprofit organization aimed at providing community gathering places and is supported by serving self-roasted coffee from direct-trade coffee beans. The organization has multiple locations in Kitsap County where Sequim resident Cecilia Eckerson first became familiar with the nonprofit. However, after a few months of meeting in Sequim with few results, the local effort took a turn in a different direction, but hasn’t gone away, Eckerson said. In collaboration with another concerned Sequim citizen, Gail Lucas, Eckerson is continuing to work toward developing a place devoted to youth and young adults in Sequim. “Coffee Oasis is a good model for Kitsap County, but I just think Sequim is a different animal and we need something that fits this community,” she said. “What we would like to do is rent an apartment or house and start a drop-in center.” Although the Boys & Girls Club in Sequim provides a safe place for youth, it too has limitations. “There’s the Boys & Girls Club, but when you get to a certain maturity level it’s just different,” Jaimee said. “It’s kind of a weird place to be when you’re 19 and older.” Ellen Bartee, a local resident involved in both the Clallam County Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) program and the effort to implement a Coffee Oasis in Sequim, echoes Jaimee and recognizes a local need for a place that focuses and serves older youth and young adults. “The Boys & Girls Club is an excellent club that is making a huge impact on younger children,” she said. “But, I think particularly urgent are the needs surrounding 16-24 year olds who may be aging out of foster care, struggling with various addictions and victims of abuse.” The concentration of social services in Port Angeles for at-risk or homeless teens and young families, Bartee said, continues to leave a “glaring gap” in Sequim.

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COMMUNITY NEWS BRIEFS Coffee with mayor continues CCGS hosts party, auction The City of Sequim Coffee with the Mayor program continues in December. Sequim residents can meet informally with Sequim mayor Candace Pratt at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, at Bell Street Bar & Grill, 707 E. Washington St. The mayor will be at a different published location each month to listen to anyone who wants to chat, ask questions, express a concern or make a comment about the city or the community. Call Pratt at 5820114 or e-mail cpratt@sequimwa. gov with questions.

The Clallam County Genealogical Society is inviting the public to a holiday party and silent auction from noon-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, held at the the society’s research center, 402 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. The auction is set for 1-3 p.m. and includes gift baskets, books, collectibles and more. For more information, call the center at 417-5000. The center is open to the public from 10 a.m.-4 p.m, Tuesday-Friday.

More discussion about shoreline program set

The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild’s Thrift Shop, 204 Bell St. in Sequim, will be open from 11 a.m.3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. The shop is bursting with unique holiday decorations, dishware, clothing for all family members, fine jewelry and vintage baby clothing. The shop still has a 1940s vintage wedding dress. All white-tagged items will be marked half-price. Consignors and volunteers always are needed. Call 683-7044 for information.

The Clallam County Planning Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. On the agenda is a continued review of the November 2014 Draft Shoreline Master Program. Call 417-2277 for more information.

Christmas potluck planned The Olympic Peninsula Art Association will hold its next general meeting at 10 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 525 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim, This is the annual Christmas Potluck lunch and will feature presenter Larry Bennett, a fiber from nature artist. He will demonstrate how he makes his unique pine needle baskets. Bring your favorite dish to share and do not forget your personal place setting. As always, the meetings are open to the public.

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Diaper/book drive planned First Step Family Support Center announces its first Diaper and Book Drive at Pacific Office Equipment, 314 E. Eighth St. in Port Angeles. Items to be collected are diapers sizes 0-6, wipes, formula and children’s books. Contributions of warm baby clothes also are appreciated. All donations are given directly to needy families in Clallam County.

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S’Klallam elder Elaine Grinnell will share traditional stories from 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, in Red Cedar Hall in the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s Community Center in Blyn. Grinnell, a Native American cultural storyteller, specializes in the stories of her ancestors. Grinnell presents ancient teachings and lessons through the art of storytelling using inspiration, wisdom and humor that is suitable for audiences of all ages. To RSVP, call 681-4632 or e-mail library.jamestowntribe.org for more information.

The City of Sequim is accepting donations of non-perishable food items now through Friday, Dec. 18, for the Sequim Food Bank. Donations can be placed in the red barrel in the lobby of the Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St. The donations will be delivered to the Sequim Food Bank in time for holiday meals. Business hours for the City of Sequim are 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday.

A Season for Sharing During the days leading to Thanksgiving officials and volunteers with the Sequim Food Bank supplied turkeys to community members in need of a little help this holiday season. Stephen Rosales, Sequim Food Bank food drive coordinator, estimates about 800 turkeys were distributed. “Anybody that needs a turkey can have one,” Rosales said. Pictured above, a mix of Rotarians and Kiwanians (from left), Wayne and Mary Boden, Colleen Robinson, Charlotte Frazier, Dick Hughes, Lily Lawson, Philomena and Ted Lund and Jack Gourlie, volunteer Nov. 23 at the food bank to help supply food and turkeys. To allow everyone within the community the opportunity to enjoy a bountiful Christmas dinner too, those at the Sequim Food Bank plan to provide turkeys and food baskets from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Dec. 18-19 and Dec. 21. Sequim Gazette photo by Alana Linderoth

drickson Road, Sequim, will host Frosty’s Winter Fest for families and children from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, at the center. There will be vendors, live music, a children’s coloring contest, five raffles and the Olympic Chorus at 2 p.m. For every donation of cat food you bring for Peninsula Friends of Animals, you will receive an additional raffle ticket for a 32inch flat screen TV.

offered. Upcoming classes are Jan. 9, “What Bird Was That?”; Feb. 6 “Nesting”; March 5 “Migration”; April 9 “Spring Landscaping for Birds”; May 14 “Spring Sounds”; and June 11 “Out of the Nest.”

Windermere plans food drive Throughout December, Windermere Real Estate Sequim-East and Sunland are collecting nonperishable food items for the Sequim Food Bank. A donation bin can be found in the lobby of each office: 842 E. Washington St. and 137 Fairway Drive in Sequim. For more information about donating directly to the food bank, see sequimfoodbank.org.

Learn about winter bird care

Christie Lassen of Wild Birds Unlimited will present “Winter Care and Feeding,” the Dec. 5 program for the Backyard Birding series presented by the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society. This class is third in the series presented by OPAS. All sessions are at the Dungeness River Audubon Center in Railroad Bridge Park from 10 a.m.-noon. The public is invited to attend any or all of the eight sessions. For adults over age 18 a $5 fee will be payable for each class. After Fest for youngsters set five classes are attended, a free year The Fifth Avenue, 500 W. Henof membership in OPAS will be

Senior Nutrition menu set Sequim Senior Nutrition Site menus are served at 4:30 p.m. at the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Suggested donation is $5 (60 and over), $8 guest and a 24-hour advance reservation is needed. RSVP to 683-8491. Menus

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December 2015 City Web site: www.sequimwa.gov

Meeting dates & locations The meetings are held at the Civic Center located at 152 W. Cedar Street. City Council Regular Meeting

Council Chambers 2nd & 4th Monday • 6:00 p.m. December 14 only this month

City Council Study Session

Council Chambers (when required) 2nd & 4th Monday • 5:00 p.m.

Planning Commission Council Chambers No meetings in December

Parks & Recreation Board

Community Conference Room 1st Monday • 6:30 p.m.

Lodging Tax Advisory Committee

Community Conference Room Quarterly - Next meeting December 14 • 10:00 a.m.

Arts Advisory Commission Community Conference Room 3rd Monday • 8:30 a.m.

Reporting Excessive Jet Noise

Please contact the Navy directly by email at comments. NASWI@ navy.mil or call (360) 257-6665 to address concerns, complaints, or questions regarding noise from Navy jets over the Sequim area.

Coffee with the Mayor in December

Sequim residents can meet informally with Sequim Mayor Candace Pratt on Thursday, December 3 at 8:30 a.m. at Bell Creek Bar and Grill, located at 707 E. Washington Street. Mayor Pratt will be at a different published location each month to meet with anyone who wants to chat, ask questions, express a concern, or make a comment about the City or the community. Please contact Candace Pratt at (360) 582-0114 or cpratt@sequim wa.gov with questions.

Be Fire Smart This Holiday Season As you prepare to deck the halls this holiday season, be fire smart. A small fire that spreads to a Christmas tree can grow large very quickly. Here are a few tips for your Christmas tree: • Choose a fresh tree that has green needles that do not fall off when touched. • Cut 2” from the base of the tree trunk before placing in tree stand. • Keep tree a minimum of 3 ft. away from any source of heat like fireplaces, candles, and heat vents. • Do not block an exit with the tree. • Keep the tree watered daily. • Use lights that are labeled from a recognized testing laboratory. Some lights are for indoor or outdoor use. • Replace any string of lights that are worn or have broken cords or connections. • Never use lit candles for tree decorations. • Turn off the Christmas tree lights before leaving home or going to bed.

SEQUIM NEWS Office Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Clean Audits for the City and TBD The Washington State Auditor’s Office has completed a Financial Audit of the City of Sequim and the Transportation Benefit District (TBD) for 2014, and an Accountability Audit for both organizations for the years 2012, 2013, and 2014. There have been no findings in City of Sequim audits in more than 20 years. The TBD has also received clean audits since its inception in 2010. Financial Audits check the adequacy of internal controls over financial reporting and ensure accurate financial statements and disclosures. The audit determined that both organizations’ financial statements met the requirements of Washington state regulations and were fairly presented. Accountability Audits are designed to verify that public resources are safeguarded from fraud, loss, and abuse and ensure compliance with rules, regulations, and internal polices and procedures. The audits found that both organizations complied with applicable requirements and provided adequate safeguarding of public resources. That State Auditor’s Office is charged with auditing all agencies in Washington state. Their goal is for government to work better, cost less, and earn greater public trust. The audit reports are available on the Washington State Auditor’s Office website www.sao.wa.gov and on the City of Sequim website www.sequimwa.gov. Please contact City of Sequim Administrative Services Director Sue Hagener at (360) 681-3426 or shagener@sequimwa.gov with questions.

Plenty of Public Parking in Downtown Sequim Plan to keep your holiday dollars in town and shop local this season. Be sure to visit businesses throughout the City. If you are coming into Downtown, below is a map to show where you can conveniently park. In addition to parallel parking on most streets, there is a public parking lot on the east side of North Sequim Avenue, angle parking on West Cedar Street, and head-in parking on Seal Street and West Bell Street. Many private businesses have their own lots. Please be sure to respect their parking spots and use them only when you visit those specific businesses.

Utility Discounts Available for Low Income Residents To financially assist those struggling to meet their basic needs, utility rate reductions will be available for qualifying low income residents effective for January 2016 usage. If your income does not exceed 125% of the federal poverty guidelines or $25,000/year, you may be eligible. There is an additional net asset-based test to determine qualification. The exact amount of your discount will be administratively determined upon receipt of all applications. Qualifying applicants will see the discounted rates on their January usage bill. Even if you already receive the low income discount, all applicants must reapply annually. Applications are due January 15, 2016 and are available at the following locations: City Hall, DSHS, Sequim Community Aid, St. Vincent de Paul, Serenity House, United Way and the Sequim Senior Center. Applications can also be downloaded from our website at www.sequimwa.gov. Please don’t hesitate to call the Finance Department at (360) 683-4139 with your questions.

VOLUNTEER CORNER Be a Concierge for the City Do you like to meet new people and stay current with City events? You would make a great concierge! The City of Sequim is seeking volunteers to serve as concierge in the Sequim Civic Center. Volunteers will greet visitors to the facility and help direct them to the department that can best serve them. The volunteer concierge also assists in providing tourism-related information about Sequim and the surrounding Dungeness Valley to visitors and may provide some assistance to City departments. For a full job description, visit www.sequimwa.gov. To learn more about how you can volunteer with the City and make a difference in the community, contact City Clerk Karen Kuznek-Reese at (360) 681-3428 or kkuznek@sequimwa.gov.

Bring your Donations for the Sequim Food Bank to the Civic Center

Help to ensure a happy holiday for everyone. The City of Sequim is accepting donations of non-perishable foods for the Sequim Food Bank now through Friday, December 18, 2015. The Civic Center is located at 152 W. Cedar Street. Business hours are 8:00 to 4:30 p.m. All donations are greatly appreciated.

Telephone: 360-683-4139

Happy Holidays! CITY OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED ON THURSDAY & FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24 & 25 for the Christmas Holiday and FRIDAY, JANUARY 1 for New Year’s Day

Carrie Blake Park Master Site Plan Open House A Master Site Plan is currently under development for Carrie Blake Park and the Water Reuse Site. An Open House for public input to help prioritize the elements of the plan is scheduled for Tuesday, December 15 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St. Your input is important to the success of the plan.

PREPARE YOUR PIPES FOR FALL AND WINTER Winterize your outside water connections.

Unhook any attached hoses from outdoor taps and drain any remaining water from the hose. Cover the taps with a Styrofoam connector to help prevent freezing. If you have pipes that are not underground, disconnect them from the water source if possible. If disconnecting them is not possible, put insulation on or over the exposed piping.

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Going out-of-town for a few months?

If you live in Sequim city limits and are on City water, consider having your water shut-off at the meter by the City. There’s a one-time charge of $42.00 (rate through December 2015). You would only be billed a stand-by fee of $23.11 for water and $23.11 for sewer (rates through December 2015) per month. You will need to come into City Hall and sign paperwork to have your water turned off. After the meter has been shut-off, there may still be water in the lines. Turn a faucet on until no remaining water comes through, then turn off the faucet. If possible, turn off the water tap coming into the house, if you have one. When you are ready to return, call Sequim City Hall at 360-683-4139 at least two (2) business days prior to your arrival to have the water turned on. Please note: Someone will need to be at your home when the meter is turned on. Doing any of these things may help save you money.

WATER SAVING TIP OF THE MONTH Around the house — FIX LEAKY FAUCETS IMMEDIATELY. A leaky faucet may simply need a new washer. Small faucet leaks can waste 20 gallons of water a day. Large leaks can waste hundreds of gallons.

This page is a public service on behalf of the City of Sequim and does not reflect the views or opinions of the editorial staff of the Sequim Gazette or Sound Publishing.

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Hotel plans huge project 60 rooms on tap to be refurbished by PATRICIA MORRISON COATE Sequim Gazette

After a decade decked out in forest green and brick red, the decor is changing at Sequim’s Quality Inn & Suites to reflect the azure skies of the “Blue Hole.” “About every 10 years most hotels do a project improvement plan to keep them updated, raise the quality and keep customers happy,” said Nancy Merrigan, the hotel’s general manager, on board since October. “We’re hoping to start in January to lay carpet in and paint all 60 rooms. We’ll also replace lamps and ergonomic chairs and we’ll add sheers,” Merrigan noted. “We’ll do it floor by floor from the top down — the top always is the most popular so we’ll start there,” she said. “Our goal is to be done by the end of April, when we’ll have some kind of open house.” The carpet, from McCrorie Carpet One in Sequim, will be in blues and browns and each room will receive a blue accent wall, done by Precision Painting, also of Sequim. Merrigan said bedspreads will be in a cocoa brown with drapes in the same shade accented with blue. Aside from the local purchases, the rest will come from corporate vendors. Quality Inn & Suites general manager Nancy Merrigan poses in one of 60 rooms Merrigan said she and former gen- to be decorated this winter. Sequim Gazette photo by Patricia Morrison Coate eral manager Andrea Pythian chose the But Merrigan said she is thinking color scheme, focusing on blue because Worldwide. Amenities include free high“blue is such a soothing, relaxing color speed Internet, several suites (one with past the renovation project: she’d like and that’s what we a hot tub), microwaves/ to come up with an activity to bring want for our guests.” refrigerators, air condi- visitors to the Olympic Peninsula during Quality Inn & Suites During the hustle Location: 134 River Road, Sequim tioning, free cable TV, the winter and early spring months. “We have this wonderful property and bustle of the refree Continental breakPhone: 683-2800 decorating process, fasts and an indoor right next to us so we want to think of some kind of attraction to bring people Quality Inn & Suites pool with a hot tub. will offer special rates and work closely The hotel is pet-friendly and smoke- to Sequim, for example a butterfly garden,” she said. “I’m looking for ideas.” with its sister property, the Holiday Inn free. To watch the renovation in progExpress, to minimize guest disruption, “The most exciting thing will be to see Merrigan said. Both hotels are owned the changes and to experience guests’ re- ress, visit www.facebook.com/Quality and operated by Wirta Hospitality sponse after it’s all done,” Merrigan said. InnAndSuitesSequimWa.

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KING-5 TV’s “Evening Magazine’s” 23rd annual Best of Western Washington results have been announced and two Sequim businesses have placed first in their categories: The Cedars at Dungeness took first place out of 56 for golf courses; and for the third year in a row, That Takes the Cake, 171 W. Washington St., Sequim, was voted first place for Best Wedding Cake out of 83 nominees. In addition, That Takes the Cake also was voted fourth place out of 87 nominees in Best Desserts and sixth place out of 60 in Best Cupcakes. Paul and Sue Boucher, owners, will be hosting an open house from 4-6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, as a thank you to the voters and community supporters. Top-selling cake flavors will be served. The public is welcome. Other Sequim businesses placing include: • Les Schwab Tire Centers, first out of 58 • Blondie’s Place, second out of 26, Best Tapas • Dungeness Kids Co., ninth out of 64, Best Children’s Gifts • Lucky Star Consignment Clothing, third out of 106, Best Vintage and Resale; seventh out of 47 Best Women’s Accessories • Maggie May’s Espresso & Outfitter, third out of 130, Best Food Truck • Nourish, sixth out of 30, Best Gluten-free Menu • Oak Table, 10th out of 125, Best Brunch • Purple Haze Lavender, seventh out of 168, Best Gift Shop • 7 Cedars Casino, fourth out of 26, Best Casino.

BUSINESS NEWS Santa to visit Hardy’s Santa is coming to Hardy’s Market, 10200 Old Olympic Highway from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5. Get free pictures with Santa, hot cocoa and snowflakes of fun.

Free crafts workshops set A Dropped Stitch yarn shop at 136 S. Second Ave. in Sequim will offer its annual free “Finish A Project By Christmas” workshops on the first Friday of December Art Walk. “Learn to Knit” offered by nationally certified knitting instructor and co-owner Nora Polizzi, and “Felted Christmas Ornaments” offered by renown spinner and felting instructor Lauralee De Luca, will be held free on a drop-in basis from 1-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4. For more information, call 683-1410.

First Northwest Bancorp announces new board member First Northwest Bancorp, the holding company for First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Port Angeles, announces that the company’s shareholders have elected Dana Behar to its board of directors. Behar BEHAR also was appointed as a director of First Federal. Behar earned a bachelor’s degree in business from the University of Washington, an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and completed the AMD program at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Behar serves on the board of directors for HAL Real Estate Investments, Inc., Capitol Hill Housing and Forterra. Additionally, he serves on the advisory board of ULI Northwest and is a trustee of the Samis Foundation.

Holiday cheer, promotion at Wind Rose Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St., Sequim, has promoted Angie Dickson to wine bar and tasting room manager. Wind Rose Cellars is having a customer appreciation party from 6-8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 16, with live music from local talent Jeremy and Anna from Port Angeles. They’ll play a mixture of Christmas songs and non-holiday songs. There also will be an ugly sweater contest. Call 681-0690 or see www.windrosecellars.com.

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Sequim dancers help stage ‘Nutcracker’ Sequim Gazette staff

Port Angeles’ Ballet Workshop Productions and the Juan De Fuca Foundation bring together more than 60 ballet students, theater performers and guest dance artists from across the West Coast for a new staging of “The Nutcracker.” Sequim sends 31 performers for the shows at 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, at the Port Angeles High School Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave. The six most-featured Sequim girls include Emily Grubb, Kate D’Amico, Isabella Knott, Brianna Jack, Eden Batson and Hannah Lewis. Also performing are Aya Thygesen from the Pacific Northwest Ballet School, Noah Long from the National Ballet of Canada and Martina Prefontaine from the San Francisco Ballet School. The show’s story follows Marie and her brother Frank in 1895 in Clallam County who are given a magical nutcracker from their godfather Gregers M. Lauridsen, a wealthy business tycoon, at their family’s Christmas Eve

More than 60 performers help stage “The Nutcracker” in Port Angeles High School on Dec. 5-6, including Sequim ballet students with the Ballet Workshop, from back left, Brianna Jack, Eden Batson, Hannah Lewis, Kate Long (director); front left, Emily Grubb, Kate D’Amico and Isabella Knott. Photo courtesy of Kate Long

barn dance. Following the festivities, the siblings are taken on a journey with the Nutcracker Prince, dreaming of a fairytale land where sugar plums dance and lavender sparkles in every field.

This version is set to Tchaikovsky’s traditional “Nutcracker” score while paying tribute to the history of life on the North Olympic Peninsula with locally made costumes and hand-painted backdrops of the Olympic

Mountains and lavender fields. Tickets cost $15-$35 with children 14 and under $10. Purchase tickets at www.jffa. org, Port Book and News and Joyful Noise Music. For more information, call 457-5411.

ally grown over the years,” said Rick Ross, associate dean for student life. “This is the 13th year we’ve hosted the event here at Peninsula College. Our student leaders are partnering with Jenny Mora and the local dance community to collect thousands of dollars’ worth of toys for children.” New this year, Sangeeta, one of the dancers from the Salsa N’ Seattle Studio, will hold a workshop at the Aspire Academy of the Performing Arts in Sequim from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Dec. 5. Shula Azhar of Port Angeles. Cost for the workshop is $17 and no wrapped toy or a cash donation. The toys experience is necessary. For more information about the workand cash will be donated to the Salvation shop or the Dancing for Toys event, contact Army. “This is a tremendous event that has re- Jenny Mora at jacisheefra@yahoo.com. Submitted photo

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FROM THE POLICE BLOTTER Nov. 21 8:32 a.m. — Vehicle prowl, U.S. Highway 101/ Palo Alto Road 11:47 a.m. — Vehicle accident, North Sequim Avenue/East Washington Street 8:26 p.m. — Domestic violence, West Hendrickson Road Nov. 22 1:50 a.m. — Vehicle accident, 270000 block of U.S. Highway 101 7:55 a.m. — Criminal traffic, 266000 block of U.S. Highway 101 9:36 a.m. — Vehicle accident, Savannah Lane/ Carlsborg Road 9:37 a.m. — Vehicle accident, Savannah Lane/ Carlsborg Road 12:55 p.m. — Burglary, 200 block of Kirk Road 1:27 p.m. — Domestic violence, Madrona Way 4:47 p.m. — Warrant arrest, Whitefeather Way/U.S. Highway 101 4:58 p.m. — Burglary, 100 block of Jersey Lane Nov. 23 1:29 a.m. — Criminal traffic, Hooker Road/Roupe Road 11:06 a.m. — Vehicle prowl, 600 block of North Sequim Avenue 3:46 p.m. — Theft, 1200 block of West Washington Street 5:15 p.m. — Theft, 100 block of Valley Center Place 11:46 p.m. — Criminal traffic, 500 block of West Washington Street 11:54 p.m. — Warrant arrest, 100 block of Over Street Nov. 24 12:08 a.m. — DUI/DWI, 400 block of North Priest Road 5:19 p.m. — Vehicle accident, 100 block of Slab Camp Road 5:25 p.m. — Vehicle accident, 100 block of Slab Camp Road Nov. 25 8:36 a.m. — Domestic violence, West Hendrickson Road 9:04 a.m. — Vehicle prowl, 1000 block of West Brackett Road 9 : 2 2 a . m . — Wa rrant arrest, East Prairie Street/South Sunnyside Avenue 10:07 a.m. — Vehicle prowl, 1000 block of West Bracket Road 11:34 a.m. — Vehicle accident, River Road/U.S. Highway 101 12:19 p.m. — Vehicle accident, 500 block of North Blake Avenue 2:46 p.m. — Vehicle accident, Old Olympic Highway/ Kitchen-Dick Road 2:47 p.m. — Vehicle accident, Old Olympic Highway/ Kitchen-Dick Road 3:51 p.m. — Stalking, 500 block of East Washington Street 3:52 p.m. — Theft, 1200 block of West Washington Street 6:08 p.m. — Theft, 600 block of West Washington Street

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City residents can expect to see a slight increase in their water/sewer bills, some road repairs and a few other noticeable projects in the City of Sequim next year. Sequim city councilors approved the city’s $28.1 million 2016 budget in a 6-1 vote on Nov. 23 with Councilor Erik Erichsen voting against the budget. As with previous city budgets, Erichsen opposes the city paying $75,000 for human service contracts with nonprofit agencies saying it’s an individual’s decision, not the city’s, to support these agencies. Next year’s budget is bala nced, s ays City Manager BUSH Charlie Bush, with general fund revenues at about $8.85 million and expenses at $8.83 million. City staff said the 2016 budget restores training and other cutbacks taken for the $37.9 million 2015 budget as the city’s Civic Center was constructed. Many city departments have increased their budgets, including the police department at $177,000 ($2.838 million total) in part to continue funding the Sequim School Resource Officer position, help the department begin its state accreditation process and complete the emergency operations center. Equipment reserves for the city will go up more than $80,000 to $440,000 with some of the purchases helping to buy two police cars and their equipment

($100,000), replace two service trucks ($95,000), a mechanic’s truck ($65,000) and de-icing and plow equipment ($30,000). As a whole, city staffing levels reduce by 0.75 to 75.54 full-time employees following administrative retirements, creation of three new positions (office worker, maintenance worker and resources manager) and eliminating two seasonal positions. Next year, non-uniformed employees will receive a 1.5 percent wage increase and a market wage adjustment, and management, non-represented staff, will receive a 1-percent increase. Contracts with police sergeants and officers still are in negotiations. Four city councilors will receive increases next year following a 2014 ordinance that raised pay for the council by $1,680 ($24,678 total) for 2016 and eliminated extra pay for special meetings. In 2018, their total salary will go up $1,080 to $25,841 based on the new pay structure.

Utilities increase Rate payers in the city receive a 3-percent water increase and 2.5-percent sewer increase following a Utility Rate Study from 2013-2014. City staff said the increases equate to about $1.12 in water for those who use 1,000 cubic feet of water and a $1.72 increase for sewer users per month. Last year, residents’ sewer bills went up 2.71 percent and water went up depending on usage under a new tier system. Peninsula Financial Consulting recommended the city needed to fund increasing operational costs and planned projects by generating an additional 4 percent of revenue each year through rates or structural

changes in both water and sewer utilities. Under the plan, the city tentatively would raise water by 3.19 percent and sewer by 0.68 percent in 2017. For those in need of help, the city continues its lowincome discount for utilities, which 40 households currently use. Applications are due Jan. 15 and are available through the Sequim Civic Center, DSHS, Sequim Community Aid, St. Vincent de Paul, Serenity House, United Way, Shipley Center and on the city’s website at www. sequimwa.gov. For more information, call 683-4139.

Capital projects The city slated $4.58 million in capital projects for 2016 with a bulk of that consisting of water and sewer projects. One major project repairs water and sewer on Sunnyside Avenue from Hammond Street to Fir Street for sewer repairs costing $579,000 and water repairs costing $615,000 on Sunnyside from Bell Street to Fir Street. Some of the major street projects include installing a bike lane on Sunnyside, converting street lights to LED and spending $473,000 on pavement rehabilitation. P u b l i c Works Director David GarGARLINGTON lington said he and City Engineer Matt Klontz are developing a list and schedule for pavement rehabilitation projects that typically begins in June/July dependent on weather. Much of that rehab work ($199,000) comes from the Transportation Benefit District’s $408,000 budget, which also pays for most of the LED light conversion

($53,000). In parks, the city intends to put $140,000 toward parking at the Water Reuse Demonstration Site next to the Albert Haller Playfields. Sequim Family Advocates officials plan to pay for most if not all of the remainder of the project through grants and donations. City staff also designated $51,000 to matching funds from pickleball players to construct courts in Carrie Blake Park.

Notable expenditures • City councilors approved the allowable 1-percent tax levy increase that is anticipated to generate about $1.37 million for the city and cost a resident with a home worth $200,000 about $3 more a year going toward the city. • The city continues to pay off its general obligation debt for the Civic Center at $665,000 annually. • Keeler Park, originally purchased for $806,000, will be paid off in December 2016 instead of 2018. • Contracts continue with the health and human services nonprofits along with $77,820 contracted to the Chamber of Commerce’s Visitor Information Center and $5,000 to the Clallam Economic Development Corporation. • A $225 administration fee was added to pay for city staff’s time in tracking and collecting fees following a new ordinance that defers impact fee totals until final inspection, the home is occupied or on the closing sale. Many other licenses through the city went up slightly to account for staff time such as business licenses, SEPA licenses, subdivisions and plat amendments. For more information about the budget, visit www. sequimwa.gov.

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Crabby Collections Contributor Bob Lampert spots local crabbers at John Wayne Marina on Nov. 22. Recreational crab fishing is open in Marine Area 6 — east Juan de Fuca Strait to Port Angeles Harbor and Discovery Bay — but Oregon and parts of the Washington coast are delaying crab seasons because of a toxic algae outbreak.

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With the school year headed into winter months, Sequim School District officials are planning for possible partial or complete closure of schools because of inclement weather. “Our first and most important priority is to ensure the safety of all our students,” Sequim schools superintendent Gary Neal said. “While the decision to open, NEAL close or delay the school start time can be complicated due to changing and unpredictable weather occurrences, it is our goal to inform our families as soon as possible using a variety of communication avenues. Our decision options will be kept to a minimum to assist with communication.” The district targets three options when considering poor weather conditions: 1. Schools open at regular times. Buses either operate on regular routes at regular times or on pre-determined

snow routes. If buses operate on snow routes in the morning, they also operate on snow routes in the afternoon regardless of changing weather conditions. There will be no Opportunity to Excel (OTE) sessions on snow route days. 2. Schools open on a two-hour delayed start. Schools open two hours later than regular times. This means for Helen Haller Elementary, Sequim Middle School, Olympic Peninsula Academy and Sequim High School, a two-hour delayed start time MondayFriday would be 10:15 a.m. For Greywolf Elementary School, the two-hour delayed start time Monday-Friday is 10:30 a.m. Bus pick up times will be two hours later than the normal times and may operate on regular routes or on snow routes. Preschool programs will not be offered on delayed start days. Announcements concerning evening activities, practices, etc., will be made on the day of the delay. 3. Schools will be closed. If the decision to close is necessary, all scheduled school events, practices, community

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Safety in mind On snow route days, parents/guardians of students are asked to be there to pick up their student(s) at the dropoff locations by the listed times (for those students not walking to their homes). If a parent or responsible adult of a bus-riding student does not meet his/her child at the drop-off location, that student will remain on the bus and return to the bus garage with the driver, district officials said. “Our buses are the safest means of transportation during inclement weather,” Neal said. “Our drivers are highly trained and all precautions are taken to ensure the safety of our students. “Rarely is school cancelled as a result of our inability to safely operate our buses,” Neal said. “However, a number of factors must be considered when making our inclement weather decision.”

Clallam public transit ‘Snow Plan’ announced Clallam Transit System customers should be aware of the possible changes in routes and schedules when the Olympic Peninsula experiences severe ice or snow conditions.

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Sequim-Dungeness Kiwanis Club likely to have an understanding of membership chairman, said. potential community needs, Lund Gourlie moved to Sequim from said. Already, they’ve met with perPort Townsend where he was involved sonnel with the Boys & Girls Clubs with the Port Townsend Kiwanis Club of the Olympic Peninsula, Sequim and before that involved with Kiwanis School District, Shipley Center, in the Seattle area, equating to more a literacy group, the Rotary Club than 30 years as a Kiwanian. of Sequim, the Museum and Arts When longtime Kiwanians Mary Center and the City of Sequim. and Wayne Boden In spe a k ing moved to Sequim with Joe Irvin, Sequim-Dungeness from Anchorage, City of Sequim Kiwanis Club meeting Alaska, last June parks manager, they too were When: 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 8 the Sequim Little (second/fourth Tuesday monthly) “shocked” to find League fields bethat there was Where: Mariner Cafe, 609 W. came an area of Washington St. no active club in interest for the Sequim, as were Kiwanis club to More info: Call club president Philomena and get involved in Philomena Lund at 477-4742 . Ted Lund who after discovering moved to Sequim that “it’s pretty five months ago from Spokane. much up to the parents and coaches Since July the new club members to prepare the fields,” Lund said. have worked to reorganize, elect ofTo help ensure the quality of the ficers and most recently reach out field and ability for children to readto other people in the community ily play, members of the Sequim-

yourself about the different options and barriers, especially given the shifts in health care and the opportunities that are available in this area. There will be handouts for the audience with lots of information about different support groups, educational programs and typical insurance coverage. Dissing has been a registered nurse since 2000 and she received national accreditation as a certified diabetes educator in 2008. She would like the audience to think of this forum as their opportunity to ask

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Brian FitzGerald Port Angeles resident Brian FitzGerald died Nov. 22, 2015, in Port Angeles at the age of 61. A private family graveside service will be held and an obituary with memorial service details will be published in an upcoming edition. He was born July 15, 1954 in Tokyo, Japan.

Betty Jean Murry Port Angeles resident Betty Jean Murry died Nov. 20, 2015, in Port Angeles at the age of 74. Services will be private. She was born May 26, 1941.

Tony Del Mastro Sequim resident Tony Del Mastro died Nov. 28, 2015, in Sequim at the age of 93. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, at Holyrood Cemetery, 205 NE 205th St., Seattle. He was born Sept. 21, 1922.

FAITH NEWS ‘Habitable Alien Worlds’ is topic The Rev. Amanda Aikman will discuss “Habitable Alien Worlds” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, at the Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at 73 Howe Road, Agnew. Aikman is a Unitarian Universalist minister serving the South Fraser Unitarian Congregation in Surrey, British Columbia. See www.olympicuu.org or call 360 417-2665.

Join Friends in remembrance The Compassionate Friends group will join a worldwide candle lighting service and remembrance for families that have experienced the death of a child or adult child. The event is from 6:30-8:10 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, at Eastern Hills Community Church, 91 Savannah Lane, Carlsborg.

Dungeness Kiwanis Club are collaborating with city officials to help spearhead field maintenance and a spring clean-up event. Additionally, Kiwanis members plan to utilize the existing partnership between Kiwanis International and the publishing company Scholastic to distribute books to local children, as well as volunteer with the Sequim Food Bank. The Bodens, representing the Sequim-Dungeness Kiwanis Club, recently worked with other Kiwanis clubs to plant trees at Camp Beausite Northwest — a camp originally opened by the Sequim-Dungeness Kiwanis Club in 1989. Located in Chimacum, the camp continues to provide camping experiences to adults and children with disabilities. Although the club’s initial community projects are beginning to take shape, all its members are eager to help other community-centric organizations, too, Mary Boden said.

WOW! forum takes on diabetes management Kitty Dissing, RN, CDE, will present a free WOW! Working on Wellness forum titled “Self-Management of Diabetes: Options & Barriers” at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave., in Sequim. Dissing says that diabetes usually is considered a “selfmanagement” disease and that the job of a diabetes educator is to empower people through knowledge and through the resources available to help them control their disease. She will focus on the importance of educating

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“Hopefully, we can foster some communication between the other groups, like Rotary and the Lions clubs,” Lund said. “We’d like to work side by side, collaborate to benefit the whole North Olympic Peninsula and make sure the different needs are being met.” Having focused their energy first toward getting organized, members of the Sequim-Dungeness Kiwanis Club have reached a turning point and are beginning to grow their membership. “We’re open to anyone,” Lund said. “We try to do things in the community so nobody feels they’re tackling the world on their own and hopefully give the kids of the community a sense that there’s a whole group that will go to bat for them.” Anyone interested in learning more about Kiwanis is welcome to attend the club’s bimonthly meetings or contact Gourlie, at 360-302-1371.

Ronald Vincent Johnson June 20, 1929 - November 20, 2015

Ronald Vincent Johnson died in Port Angeles, Washington on November 20, 2015. Born June 20, 1929 in Algona, Iowa, to Frank C. Johnson and Myona Whitmarsh. After graduating from Cresco High School, Iowa he enlisted in the US Navy from 1946 - 1948 achieving the rank of Second Class Pettty Officer. While stationed at naval Station Treasure Island, San Fransciso he met and married his sweetheart, Pauline McGregor on August 5, 1950 at Hamilton AFB, California. In 1952, received his BS in Electrical Engineering from Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in Ames, Iowa. After graduation he moved his young family to Southern California whilet he commence his post graduate work at University of Sourthern California. While in Southern California from 1952-1965, Ronald’s family expanded by 3 while he worked at Hughes Aircraft Company, TelAutograph Corporation, Endix and Data Control Corporation. In 1965 the Johnson family moved to Los Altos, California. For the next 26 years Ronald was a Reliability Assurance Manager for Philico-Ford (a.k.a., Aeronutronic Ford Corporation, Ford Aerospace and Communications Corporation, and Loral) in Palo Alto and Sunnyvale locations. Throughout his career he remained actively involved in activities to increase and stretch his knowledge by taking endless work certifications and participating in Dale Carnegie and Toastmasters. Ronald had a special love of the outdoors particularly family/scouting camping and backpacking trips, fly fishing, growing his vegetables and award winning gladiolus flowers. Throughout his life he provided volunteer service focused on support of his church and scouting including serving as leader, assistant leaders, merit badge counselor, mentor, camp builder, and cook (especially pancake breakfast). In 1973 Ronald was awarded the Silver Beaver from the Stanford Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America in his recognition of over 30 years of service. In 1991 Ron and wife retired to Sequim, Washington, where he remained active in with the local chapter of the Knights of Columbus. Proceed in death by his parents, his first wife Pauline McGregor, brothers Lewis, Gary and Richard and his second wife, Milly Bjork. Survived by his wife Maire Breitsprecher; his sons: Ronald P. Johnson of Penn Valley, California; David J. Johnson of the Phillippines, Douglas K. Johnson of Alexandria, VA and his daughter Moira L. Johnson of New York, NY; 5 grandsons, 2 granddaughters and 1 great granddaughter. Sisters: Mildred Buckler and Beverly Hunt of Columbia, Mo. and brother Charles Johnson of Princeton, Texas. Funeral Mass at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church, Sequim, Washington, on Monday, November 30, 2015 at 11:00 AM. Internment at Skylawn Memorial Park, San Mateo, California.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Don’t blame ‘vote by mail’ Contrary to “Show up for voting rights” (Letters to the editor, Sequim Gazette, Nov. 25, page A-10), voting by mail may not be quaint but it is convenient and less costly. Unlike driving to the DMV, as suggested, voting does not require an exam but does have time constraints. Volunteer inspectors and clerks are paid a stipend and must be trained by professionals. Polling places are not always prepared on time and ballots are not always counted and returned in a timely manner. Confusion often occurs over provisional ballots, spoiled ballots, precinct locations, out-of-precinct voters, medical and language issues. Additionally, long lines, time constraints, inclement weather, medical and transportation issues negatively impact voters. Lastly, those who do not vote by mail would likely not vote at all. Roger Huntman Sequim

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Abiding by codes, laws costly for SARC You can argue for not wanting to pay taxes for something not used, but to imply the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center was totally mismanaged shows one’s ignorance. Public recreation centers such as SARC prioritize funds received, taxes and user fees, from the community that created it by vote. It’s extremely difficult to prioritize money one doesn’t have, for expenses mandated by business or law. What makes most suggestions non-relevant, like the YMCA’s takeover of SARC, is, where’s the revenue? At a YMCA public meeting on Nov. 18, the YMCA’s representative (Kyle Cronk) all but admitted they can’t support the expense of operating SARC by themselves, let alone the

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Get informed, exercise voting rights First I’d like to thank all those that put in so much work and effort on the school bond campaign. Although we fell 0.45 percent short (approximately 54 votes) of the required 60 percent super majority, there were some positives along the way: an increase in total percentage by 2 percent, increased precincts over 60 percent from nine to 17, increased parent voter turnout by more than 300. By now I’m sure you all know that voter turnout was again abysmal at best. With that said, I believe there are three types of voters: those that vote informed, those that vote uninformed and those that do not vote at all. To those that voted informed, no matter how you voted, I thank you for researching the facts, attending coffee chats, visiting the schools to see the conditions, sitting with one of our special needs students at Helen Haller Elementary in the crowded noisy hall helping them read while trying to concentrate with all the distractions, helping the band students move expensive heavy equipment across a busy street in poor weather conditions, helping set up and take down the lunch tables at Grey Wolf in the multi-purpose room so students could have lunch in the same room they just finished gym class in. If you did not take part in any of these events, then you are one of the uninformed voters and I encourage you to do so in the future. And to those that did not vote at all I give you one number again: 54! How many of you would like to have seen the much needed changes made to our schools but thought, “My vote doesn’t count anyway”? I’m betting there are at least 54 of you out there. Your vote does count and by failing to vote this allowed a minority, 40.45 percent of the voting population to make our communities’ decision for us. I know the requirement is set at 60 percent super majority and I’m not sure about you but having a 19.05 percent advantage in the vote and losing is kind of hard to swallow. So from this point forward, no matter what the initiative is all I ask is that each of you do some research and become an informed voter. Brandino Gibson Sequim (Gibson is vice president of Citizens for Sequim Schools.)

Shellfish party with some bite I recently had the privilege described a tribal tradition of enjoying an oyster bar with to think ahead seven generafour varieties right here in tions. Sequim. It was set up for a celAs a student of the geologic ebration of the re-opening of time scale, I really appreciate shellfish beds in Dungeness this way of thinking — and so Bay by the state Department does Jane Iddings, the blogger of Health — a status change that started “Water Matters.” owing to vastly improved Jane’s first column apwater quality. peared in early October when Water Matters our region was deep in the Back in the 1990s we could buy a jar of fresh oysters worst drought on record. It Ann Soule grown in that patch of tidewas an opportune time to lands adjacent to the Jamestown S’Klallam raise awareness about water supplies and Tribe’s Oyster House, now Dungeness Land- conservation. Now that we’ve had a few ing County Park. But the operation was shut gully washers and snow is blanketing the down at the turn of the century because mountains, do we really still need to talk concentrations of fecal bacteria in Dungeness about water? Jane’s last column on snowpack Bay indicated that those oysters may not be explained: yes. safe to eat. Watch this space for more conversation Fifteen years later — and a lot of fixed septic about Sequim’s original claim to fame – wasystems, piped ditches, public outreach and ter. Whether it’s short-term drought or longwater testing — and it’s time to share some term melting of glaciers, a seven-generation oysters in celebration! (The local Olympia outlook is a good way to go. variety grown by the tribe is uniquely tiny but Geek moment: worth trying if you get a chance!) The Puget Sound Partnership sponsored Snow depth in the upper Dungeness basin the celebration of this success story and SNOTEL station measured at the time of the tribe and Taylor Shellfish brought the Jane’s Nov. 18 column on the topic = 7 inches. fresh oysters. PSP is a state agency originally Nov. 25 = 11 inches. formed by the governor in 1985 with the mission to clean up Puget Sound — a Northwest Ann Soule is a licensed hydrogeologist version of the “Save the (Chesapeake) Bay” working on water quality and quantity campaign. concerns in the Dungeness watershed since The upgrade in Dungeness Bay, which 1990. She now works for the City of Sequim. allows commercial shellfish growing to Columnist Jane Iddings is handing off her resume, is the result of perseverance by the Clean Water Work Group — local entities Water Matters column to Ann Soule this with a shared mission to clean up Dunge- week. Iddings, who along with being a newspaper columnist ness Bay. The PSP director, Sheida Sahandy, and staff worked as a retired attorney/ came to Sequim to say thank you for good mediator, teacher and social progress and did a great job of recognizing policy analyst, wrote a blog about Sequim water (sequimslocal efforts. Accepting an award for the Jamestown water.com). She and her husTribe’s major role in the upgrade was Tribal band recently decided to return IDDINGS Council member Theresa Lehman. The- to Arizona — their home state resa expressed gratitude to the local part- for decades while they moved/traveled all over ners working to restore water quality and the world.

When a higher wage isn’t The news is full of Atlantic magazine reorganized protests and ports that food servers in street demonstrations San Francisco average $13 demanding a $15 miniper hour in tips, in addition mum wage. Several citto their $12.15 minimum ies across the nation have wage. That results in a $25 passed or are considering hourly wage. big hikes in their miniA national survey of mum wage. 15,000 food service workSeaTac was the first in found that servers in Guest ers our state to pass the $15 Miami, Boston and San Opinion Francisco minimum wage, followed reported the by Seattle and the Univerhighest median tips per Don Brunell sity of Washington. Washhour at around $13. The ington, D.C., now has the lowest — around $7 — were nation’s highest “state” minimum in Minneapolis, Detroit and Seattle. wage at $10.50, followed closely by There’s another problem. Washington at $9.47. Tips, which can amount to up to Supporters say a $15 minimum 70 percent of a server’s income, often wage will improve the lives of low- go unreported to the IRS. In fact, the wage workers and boost the economy Internal Revenue Service estimates by putting more money in their pock- that $11 billion in tip income goes ets to spend in the local community. unreported each year. But workers may not see the As higher minimum wage laws promised benefit to their bottom shift servers’ income from tips to line. Consider the restaurant indus- wages, that income will now be retry. Some restaurant owners subject ported by employers and Uncle Sam to the higher minimum wage are will get his cut. banning tips on the theory that tips, There is another underreported which formerly supplemented low aspect of some new minimum wage wages, are no longer necessary or laws: the union exemption. Many appropriate. That will put a big hole ordinances passed to date, including in workers’ pockets. SeaTac’s, specifically exempt employ-

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perienced workers are pounding the pavement looking for work? The youth unemployment rate is more than double that of adults. Mandating higher wages will only make that situation worse. More than half the counties in our state have unemployment rates above the national average — 184,000 people are jobless. If they can’t find work at $9.47 an hour, how will they find work at $15 an hour? Finally, we wouldn’t be talking about mandating a higher minimum wage if the economy were in better shape. In a strong, vibrant economy, employers compete for workers with higher wages and better benefits. The answer is not to mandate higher wages, but to free private-sector Younger workers vs. older employers from crushing taxes and Look at it from the employer’s costly regulations so they can expand perspective. and create the good-paying jobs milThe only thing that offsets the lions of Americans want and need. time and money it takes to train a young worker is they earn less than Don C. Brunell is a business experienced employees. Once they analyst, writer and columnist. He get training and experience, they can retired as president of the Association move up the ladder and command a of Washington Business, the state’s higher salary. oldest and largest business organizaWhy would an employer hire an tion, and now lives in Vancouver. He untrained, inexperienced person for can be contacted at theBrunells@ $15 an hour when older, more ex- msn.com. ers from paying the higher minimum wage if they have a union contract. Many analysts believe that supporters like the powerful Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are pushing the higher minimum wage laws specifically to leverage employers into signing union contracts. But union membership comes with union dues, money the unions spend to increase their political influence and power. Bottom line: Those dues come out of the workers’ pockets. And finally, to benefit from a higher minimum wage, you must first have a job. And for many untrained young people, the $15 hourly wage is an unsurmountable barrier.

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Let’s take a lesson from our neighbors in Idaho and Oregon and 43 other states where people who receive more, pay more in taxes toward our community priorities — so all of us can have access to these public goods now and in the future: an income tax. Here is a dead-simple way to do it: the Legislature entirely exempts the first $50,000 of income from taxation, then the tax steps up the income ladder, so the effective tax rate is zero for families at $50,000, 2 percent for families at $100,000 ($2,000 in taxes), 5 percent for $500,000 of income and 10 percent for a million dollars or more of income. Washington has a lot more wealthy people than most other states. They just don’t pay their share of taxes. This progressive income tax would fix that and bring in $7.5 billion a year. Combine that income tax with a 2-cent sales tax decrease, as opposed to Eyman’s 1 penny, and legislators will have lowered taxes on three out of four households in our state — and still be able to meet their duty to fund the foundations of economic opportunity and a prosperous economy here in Washington. A bold Legislature would take advantage of Initiative 1366 to pass this tax reform to benefit all of Washington’s residents. But will they be bold? John Burbank is executive director of the Economic Opportunity Institute (www. eoionline.org). His e-mail address is john@ eoionline.org.

of federal, state and local statutes. Fifteen thousand of those pages were for the American Disability Act which cost SARC $9,000 to replace a piece of equipment that meets state codes. The Virginia Graeme Swimming Pool and Spa Sa fet y Act cost SA RC $85,000 to comply with or face a $10,000 per day fine. The City of Sequim told

SARC it had to install a new improved water valve at a cost of $8,500; the fire department made SARC rehab — at $97,000 — a fire extinguisher system. There are laws on how hot the pool water has to be ($70,000/year), the amount of light per cubic yard and how many lifeguards have to be on duty. These and costly hundreds

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more will be applicable to the YMCA, plus the maintenance of a 30-year-old building. If you thought SARC’s board dysfunctional, think of: 20 YMCA, five city, three county, several hospital and five SARC management members all trying to control … really! It could be the time for a swimming pool in Eastern Clallam County has passed.

If the public wants a swimming pool, the public will have to pay. The most economic way is 1) change the dba name to Community Pool & Rec. Center and 2) pass a maintenance & operation levy for the community pool side only. Jan Richardson Sequim (Richardson is a SARC board member.)

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Recently, Chinese So, where does WashPresident Xi Jinping ington stand after the visited our region, meetanalysis? Stuck in the ing with business, civic middle, ranking 24th and political leaders among all states. Good from Everett to Seattle, enough? No. We should Bellevue and Tacoma. be in the top 10. Guest Opinion Years ago, this might Currently, Wa shhave been a statement ington ranks 18th in that our region had Steve Mullin and Kris Johnson Achieve (education). come of age, taking a While we do reasonably prominent role on the world stage. This well on fourth-grade reading and eighthvisit, however, represents an affirmation, grade math, as well as associate degrees not an announcement. The central Puget awarded, our high school graduation rate Sound region and Washington have long ranks very near the bottom 10 states. We been a center of global trade. also perform below the median state for A look behind the numbers, however, production of bachelor’s and advanced reveals that many Washingtonians are degrees. falling behind. And far too many young It won’t surprise commuters to learn people fail to get the education they need that Washington ranks 38th in Connect to succeed and compete for great jobs (transportation). The transportation being created by Washington employers. package passed by the Legislature this To address those concerns, a year ago year should improve Washington’s perwe organized Opportunity Washington, a formance. statewide coalition of business and civic On Employ (economic vitality), Washgroups. We traveled the state, meeting ington again ranks in the middle, coming with educators, small business owners in 23rd. and business leaders. We asked them — Strong performance in private R&D what changes are most needed? investment and entrepreneurial activity From these conversations and our own is offset by higher-than-average business research, three priorities rose to the fore- costs such as unemployment insurance front — things we must do well to ensure and business taxes. all Washingtonians can take advantage No one sets out to be average. Washingof great career and life opportunities. We ton can and must do better. categorized them as “Achieve,” for educaBecoming a top 10 state will take a tion quality and outcomes; “Connect,” sustained commitment with frequent for transportation and infrastructure benchmarking. We will update opporreliability and efficiency; and “Employ,” tunity scores for Washington and all 50 for economic vitality. states quarterly, allowing us to track We called our report a roadmap for progress and assess opportunities for expanding opportunity and we laid out a improvement. plan for improving Washington’s perforIt’s great to be a world leader, as Washmance in each category. It’s not enough, ington is in many ways. We must take though, to draw a map. There must be this opportunity, however, to create the a reliable way to determine where we conditions that will offer everyone in are, where we’re headed and measure this region and every community in our progress. state, the tools and capacity to prosper. To that end, we have calculated a Together, we can achieve that goal. new “opportunity score” for each state, Join our effort at Opportunitywa.org. measuring performance on Achieve (education), Connect (transportation) and Steve Mullin is president of the WashEmploy (economic vitality). The analysis ington Roundtable. Kris Johnson is the relies on 16 variables, with data drawn president of the Association of Washingfrom respected national sources. ton Business.

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MILESTONES Oh babies!

Preschool program gets grant

Nov. 9, 1:31 a.m. — a daughter, Savannah Jo Fuller, 6 pounds 13 ounces, to Silas and Vanessa Fuller, Sequim. Nov. 13, 10:33 p.m. — a daughter, Aria Anabelle Ambro, 8 pounds, 4 ounces, to Jason and Holly Ambro, Sequim. Nov. 17, 11:55 p.m. — a son, Alexander James Sotebeer, 7 pounds 10 ounces, to Craig and Maria Sotebeer, Sequim.

First Step Family Support Center in Port Angeles recently received a $3,000 grant from the Ben and Myrtle Walkling Memorial Trust to help provide a “Tools of the Mind” Early Learning Academy for 3- and 4-yearold children from low-income families. The “Tools of the Mind” curriculum focuses on building young children’s executive function skills that foster self-regulation, inhibitory control, working memory and cognitive flexibility, thus enabling very young children to begin to develop critical thinking skills that are extremely important for school readiness and school success. Parents of the children attending the Early Learning Academy learn along with their children. For more information about the Early Learning Academy, contact Nita Lynn at First Step Family Support Center, 4578355 or visit www.firststepfamily.org.

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Dao gets Rotary honor Cathy Dao, a junior at Sequim High School, was recognized as the Sequim Sunrise Rotary’s November student of the month. Dao, pictured above with SHS teacher Mark Knudson, moved to Sequim from Saigon, Vietnam, just two months ago. Knudson, who teachers advanced placement economics at SHS, nominated Dao. Knudson told the Rotary Club how Dao wrote to him while she was in Vietnam asking him what studies she should be doing in preparation for the class. Some of Dao’s favorite classes include jazz ensemble and AP U.S. History. She also is involved with the FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) group and Honor Society, and is a rhinoceros protection ambassador for Vietnam. Dao attended the Rotary meeting with her parents Susan and Don. Her future plans include attending a fouryear college in the field of diplomacy and political science. Her hope is do something that includes human verbal interaction among Chinese, Vietnamese and English.

Maura Rego and Gene Mattson were married on Nov. 27, 1965, in Gustine, Calif. A reception for their 50th wedding anniversary was held Nov. 28 at the Sequim Submitted photos Elks Lodge at 143 Port Williams Road, Sequim. The Mattsons lived in Fullerton, Calif., until retiring to Sequim in 2003. He worked in aerospace and then as a special officer with the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, retiring in 2003. She spent 37 years teaching high school math and as a middle school principal in the Tustin Unified School District. The Mattsons remain active in their retirement by participating with Sequim Elks and Footprinters. The couple have one daughter, Gini, who is an admiralty attorney in Dallas, Texas.

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Soroptimist International of Sequim is supporting Helen Haller Elementary School’s reading program through a book club with fourth-grade girls and with a financial contribution to the school’s literacy program. In November, Elaine Churchhill, book club leader for the Soroptimist organization, presented a check in the amount of $500 to school librarian Sheri Kruckeberg. The money will be used to purchase books written for fourth- and fifth-grade girls. Betsy Smith, the school’s literacy specialist, organized the book club. Smith said she always appreciates community support for young readers, whether financial donations or volunteer time.

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Jordan Miller goes up for a lay-up while practicing Sequim’s new fast-paced offense. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

Wolves leaning on versatility, seek to New role for Sequim’s boys hoops: Underdog? up pace this season Guard Payton Glaser looks for an open teammate in a preseason practice last week. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell

Senior wrestler Kevyn Ward looks to place at each tournament he competes in this year, including the Class 2A State Mat Classic. Last year he qualified for state and went 1-2. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

Sequim eyeing another winning season on mats by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette

Chances are the pins will continue to go the Wolves’ way on the wrestling mat this season. Last year, Sequim won four head-to-head match-ups ending three seasons without a team win. “Our freshmen and sophomores were getting their hats handed to them but now it’s their turn,” said head coach Charles Drabek. Returning are three of four class 2A state competitors – Senior Kevyn Ward (did not place at 152 pounds), junior Alma Mendoza (seventh place 125 pounds) and sophomore Kiara Pierson (eighth place 115 pounds). Ward went 1-2 at the 2A State Mat Classic after sweeping his opponents at regionals with pins and taking the No. 1 seed while Mendoza went 3-2

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With the Olympic League MVP on the opposing side, Sequim foes knew they had to guard Alex Barry from baseline to baseline. This winter, with Barry graduated, those opponents will be left wondering who will take the reins for the purple and gold. That thought had occurred to Sequim head coach Greg Glasser as well. “This is the first time in a long time we will go into most games as the underdog,” the ninth-year coach says as he watches a preseason practice at Sequim’s Rick Kaps Gymnasium last week. “I love that,” Glasser says. “There’s nothing more rewarding than to take a group of guys and exceed expectations.” Last season, Sequim — behind Barry, Vance Willis and a host of experienced role players —

The Lady Wolves are looking for some grit this season. With only a few post players and a lot of speedy guards, head coach Justine Wagner said her mantra this season is to look for fast breaks and make sure everyone on the floor can play any position. “The girls have a wide variety of skill sets,” she said. “I want the guards to post-up and the post players to be able to handle the ball so that they are interchangeable at any spot.” Six varsity players return from a squad last year that achieved some milestones that had been looming for years. The Wolves won their first game at districts since the 2007-2008 season and overcame a 17-game losing streak against Port Angeles. Senior Jordan Miller, then a junior, hit

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SHS captain Wendall Lorenzen gets warmed up before a preaseon practice. Lorenzen and fellow Wolves are calling Port Angeles’ William Shore Pool home this season.

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Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell

While boys prep swimming and diving teams are preparing for the winter season, Sequim’s squad is hoping they’ll have one at all. A month after seeing their home pool, the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center, close, the Wolves now call Port Angeles’ William Shore Memorial Pool home. “It’s a challenge. It’s an extra hour each day (to

Port Angeles and back, for practice), Sequim head coach Linda Moats says. “Not too bad — it could be worse.” With just 10 athletes — eight swimmers and two divers — turning out, Sequim’s team has just enough participants for a season, Moats says. “Nationally, boys have lost interest (in swimming),” Moats says.

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New bowling squad seeks to pin down wins Sequim Gazette staff

With a crop of new athletes to the team — and to the sport itself — Sequim coach Randy Perry is looking at a bit of a rebuilding project with Sequim High’s bowling crew. Gone are all but one athlete from last year’s 4-8 squad, but returning junior Dakota Henderson has plenty of top experience. Henderson was one of Sequim’s two qualifiers for the West Central District tournament.

Sequim High junior Dakota Henderson works on her game at a practice at Laurel Lanes in Port Angeles last week. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell

“There’s no reason Dakota can’t push going to state this year,” Perry says. Last year’s squad of 11 players were enough to have varsity and JV squads but with just eight players, each Wolf is making varsity, the Sequim coach says. Early on, these Wolves have had to learn the basics, but Perry sees plenty of progress. “They think it’s this big competitive sport; no one

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OTA is celebrating season with ‘Holiday Music Revue’ Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim, will celebrate the 2015 holidays with a “Holiday Music Revue,” the first of the theater season’s Second Stage productions. The evening’s entertainment will feature an ensemble of eight carolers, soloist Kate Lily, the Olympic Peninsula Men’s Chorus and the barbershop quartet No Batteries Required. The show will be presented on the OTA main stage from Dec. 11-13. Soprano Cathy Marshall is directing the program. “OTA will take theatergoers to a time past with carolers strolling city streets and men and women of good cheer eager to share with one another the excitement of the coming holidays,” Connie Jenkins, the show’s production manager, said. “Come, sit back, enjoy the fun, the moments that will touch you and the glorious music that so defines the mood and joy of the holiday season.” During the second act, audience members will be encouraged to sing along with the carolers as they perform holiday favorites. Performances on Friday and Saturday will begin at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday matinee will start at 2 p.m. Tickets are $10 and available at the theater box office from 1-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. For more information or to order tickets by phone, contact Olympic Theatre Arts at 683-7326.

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Sequim’s Art Walk goes for the gold A The Dec. 4 First Friday Art Walk color theme is gold. Gold is the color of the star Sol as people celebrate the Winter Solstice and the return of the sun during December. Find works of art and folks supporting the option to dress in shades of gold or interpretations of this festive time of year to celebrate harmony, illumination and hope. First Friday Art Walk Sequim is a free, self-guided tour of local art venues in Sequim on the First Friday of every month from 5-8 p.m. Visit online at www.sequimartwalk.com to download and print a map, find special events, links and how to be part of art. This arts event is sponsored and produced by unique as you/Renne Emiko Brock-Richmond.

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Above, Lizbeth Harper’s fused glass art gets a spotlight at the Blue Whole Gallery on First Friday. At left, Olympic Theatre Arts brings local jazz musicians BlueSkyz to the stage Friday evening. Below, Craig Robinson’s hand painted furniture and artwork at Sequim Spice and Tea for the Art Walk. Submitted photos

Special events • There’s a new venue on the Art Walk! Mia Bella at 130-A N. Third Ave., has joined the Art Walk showcasing gift giving artwork by George Zien, Pat Gordon, Pam Kauffman, Pricilla Patterson, J.P. Lee and Yeti ranging from water color, acrylic, ink work and metal work. Start the season of festivities at Mia Bella with holiday refreshments and handmade goodies! • The Olympic Lavender Co., 120 W. Washington St. also is a new venue and is having a grand opening for its new downtown shop during the Art Walk. Olympic Lavender is a USDA certified organic lavender farm, which makes all of its own products and is on an “Olympic Lavender Heritage Farm” that is 20 years old. • There’s a finale reception due to relocation for Gallery on the Walls which showcases Sally Cays and Patricia Taynton at 128 E. Washington St. inside the Sequim Vision Center. • Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., will bring to the stage for Sequim’s First Friday Art Walk local jazz musicians BlueSkyz featuring performers from Sequim, Port Angeles and Port Townsend offering their smooth interpretation of the “American Song Book” standards. The event is at 6 p.m. Doors will

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• Museum & Arts Center, 175 W. Cedar St., fiber art by local artists. • Hart’s Fine Books, 161 W. Washington St., author Jonathan Evison from 5-6:15 p.m., signing his latest novel “This is Your Life, Harriet Chance!” • Blue Whole Gallery, 129 W. Washington St., Annual Holiday Group Show with paintings, photographs, ceramics, pottery, fused glass, holiday cards and ornaments, jewelry, fiber art, sculpture of wood, drift wood, gourd and mixed media created by Blue Whole Gallery artists. • A Dropped Stitch, 136 S. Second Ave., local fiber artists and instructors in a shop full of fiber, yarn and classes for holiday gifts. • Sequim Spice and Tea, 139 W. Washington St., Craig Robinson’s hand-painted furniture and artwork. • Rainshadow Roasting Company, 157 W. Cedar St., Todd Fisher’s artwork is on display. • Pacific Pantry, 229 S. Sequim Ave., meet artist Janie Brackney from 5-8 p.m. • Bank of America, 114 S. Sequim Ave., photography by Judy Larimore, for sale during regular business hours. • Sequim Civic Center, 152 W.

Cedar St., art by Tuttie Peetz, Lyn Smith, Pat Oden, Ryoko Toyama, Mary Franchini and Nancy Hoffman, during regular business hours. • Strait Financial Advice, 193 W. Cedar St., photography by Scott Erickson during regular business hours. • Gallery at the Fifth, 500 W. Hendrickson Road, 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, photography by Valerie Henschel.

Port Angeles venues

Second Friday • Landing Artists Studio, 115 Railroad St., 4-7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11. • Lower Elwha Heritage Center, 401 E. First St., photography of Randy Radock in the Great Room, during regular business hours. • Heatherton Gallery, 115 Railroad St., 5-7 p.m., Friday, Dec. 11.

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The Pacific Northwest Wood Artisans Holiday Show and Sale will be from 9 a.m.3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, in Pioneer Park, 387 E. Washington St., Sequim.

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Art Walk themes To create inclusion between venues, artists, and audience, everyone is encouraged to participate in the Art Walk’s monthly themes as a fun community activity in any creative form they wish to express it. J anuary is silver, February is red, March is green, April is pink, May is aqua, June is white, July is purple, August is yellow, September is blue, October is orange, November is brown and December is gold. The information above was supplied by Janie Brackney, Olympic Peninsula Art Association; she is resigning her newsletter position in December; and Renne Emiko BrockRichmond at 460-3023 or renne@ uniqueasyou.com; and compiled by Sequim Gazette staff.

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Some spirited singers are looking to kick off Christmas for Sequim. Sixty-seven singers with the Sequim Community Christmas Chorus perform three shows at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4; 3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, at the Sequim Seventh-day Adventist Church, 30 Sanford Lane. Gary McRoberts returns to lead the chorus for its 31st season with Kayla Layer accompanying the group. Admittedly biased, McRoberts said every year he’s directed the chorus has been the best and this year is no different. While the chorus does not require auditions nor fees to join, it brings in some of the finest voices from around the Sequim-Dungeness area. One of the many highlights, McRoberts said, is Sequim High student Colleen Carpenter singing “Breath of Heaven” on Friday and Saturday and Cynthia Webster on Saturday. Other highlights, McRoberts said, include solos by Robin Reed in “I Wonder as I Wander” by Benjamin Britten, and Kyra Humphrey singing “That’s the Good

Longtime Sequim Community Christmas Chorus director Gary McRoberts fills in for pianist Kayla Layer during rehearsal as the group readies for its 31st set of shows on Dec. 4-6.

Members of the Sequim Community Christmas Chorus, from front left, Julie Jackson, Bobbie Dahm, Pat Baldwin and Carol Drythout, rehearse at a recent practice for the group’s upcoming shows on Dec. 4-6 at Sequim Seventh-day Adventist Church. Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash

News” by David T. Clydesdale. A few of the many other songs say they want it to be known that The chorus is ecumenical and include “Joy to the World,” “We they are grounded in the true focuses on traditional Christmas Three Kings” and “The First Noel.” meaning of Christmas. choral songs. The chorus’ longtime members Originally, the chorus formed behind the efforts of Elaine Carlson and downtown merchants with local church choirs coming together to put on an entertaining Christmas show emphasizing what they believe is the true meaning of Christmas. In 1984, Phil Rader directed the first chorus with 175 singers, which also included the Sequim High School Choir and Bell Choir at the Sequim Seventh-day Adventist Church. McRoberts said every year since he’s joined, they’ve seen a range of 20-25 new singers annually. For more information on the Sequim Community Christmas Chorus, contact Gail Sumpter at 4779361 or at gail@gailsumpter.com.

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Catch the Holiday Spirit with our ensemble of talented carolers as they lead you though their lively expressions of seasonal songs and introduce our featured artists: The Olympic Peninsula Men’s Chorus, soloist Kate Lily, and the barbershop quartet, No Batteries Required. You may even feel like singing along! Come and enjoy! — Directed by Cathy Marshall.

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR Music/Dance/Etc. Thursday, Dec. 3 • Robin Bessier Trio, jazz, 6-8 p.m., Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. Friday Dec. 4 •Rhythm Nation, classic, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101. • Jake Reichner, rock, 6-8 p.m., Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. Saturday Dec. 5 • Sway, Hot 100, 9 p.m.1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101. • Jenny Davis Jazz trio, 6-8 p.m., Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. • Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumbel, “The Gift of Giving” Benefit for Captain Joseph House Foundation, 5-9:30 p.m., C’est Si Bon, 23 Cedar Park Drive, Port Angeles. Sunday Dec. 6 • The Cat’s Meow Band, 2-4 p.m., the Fifth Avenue, 500 W. Hendrickson Road. Friday Dec. 11 • Jet City Players, rock, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101. • Mary Tulin, Celtic folk, 6-8 p.m., Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. Saturday Dec. 12 • Emerald City Throwdown, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101. • Bread & Gravy, Americana/rock, 6-8 p.m., Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Wash-

ington St. Friday Dec. 18 • M 80’s, 1980s, 9 p.m.1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101. • Jeremy & Anna, acoustic folk, 6-8 p.m., Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St. Saturday Dec. 19 • Notorious 253, today’s hits, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101. • Sarah Shea Christmas Special, jazz, 6-8 p.m., Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St.

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Ongoing music/dance Mondays • Grand Olympic Chorus rehearsals for women’s a cappella four-part harmony. 6:30 p.m. 990 E. Washington St., Ste. 103. 681-6836 or 681-7135. • Shipley Center ukulele group. 1-3 p.m. $3 non-members/$2 members. Beginner’s classes available, 477-4240. 921 E. Hammond St. Tuesdays • Sequim Community Orchestra rehearsals. 7-9 p.m. September-June, James Center for the Performing Arts, 681-5469. • Olympic Peninsula Men’s Chorus rehearsal. 6:30 p.m. Olympic Theatre Arts Center, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim. • Olympic Mountain Cloggers. 6 p.m. Howard Wood Memorial Theater, 132½ W.

Put some jingle in your jazz this year while helping a great cause at the third annual Jingle Jazz concert, set for 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9, in Peninsula College’s Little Theater. This year’s program features PC’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble and offers tunes for audiences of all ages that feature jazz standards like “Mack the Knife” and traditional holiday fare such as “Baby It’s Cold Outside.” This year’s guest soloist is renowned jazz singer Greta Matassa. She has been voted “Northwest Vocalist of the Year” by Earshot Jazz seven times in 15 years. Advance tickets are $10; get them at pencol.edu/foundation or www.jinglejazz2015.brownpapertickets.com. If available, tickets also may be purchased for $15 at the door. Submitted photo

Washington St., Sequim, 681-3987. • Square dance workshop. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Call for location, 683-0155. • Rhody O’s Square Dance Club. 7:30 p.m. Gardener Community Center, 6832409. • Strait Wheelers Square Dances. 7-9 p.m. Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St., Port Angeles, 457-3912. Wednesdays

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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. 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 4604079 or www.CaptainJosephHouseFoundation.org.

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• Sequim City Band rehearsals. 7-9 p.m., James Center for the Performing Arts, 563 N. Rhodefer Road. scb@sequimcityband.org or 360-207-4722. • Open mic with Victor Reventlow. Sign-ups at 6 p.m., Nourish, 101 Provence View Lane. • Open mic. 9:30-10:30 p.m. 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 Highway 101, Blyn, 6837777. Saturdays • Hawaii Amor. 2-5 p.m. Elliott’s Antique Emporium, 135 E. First St., Port Angeles, second Saturday monthly.

schedule, times. • Shipley Center classes, activities. 921 E. Hammond St., Sequim, 683-6806. Sundays • Open mic with Victor Reventlow, 5-8 p.m., Fairmount Diner, 1127 West Highway 101, Port Angeles, 797-4906. • Sequim VFW, 169 E. Washington St., breakfast from 9:30 a.m.-noon every Sunday for $5. Open to the public. • Dottie and Vienna’s Open Mic. 3-5 p.m., Bell Creek Bar and Grill, 707 E. Washington St., Sequim. 775-6137. • Full Contact Trivia. 6 p.m., Wii Bowling 8 p.m. Oasis Bar & Grill, 301 E. Washington St., Sequim. 582-3143. • Bingo. Noon, Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road. Minimum $10 buy-in. 683-2763. Mondays • Ecumenical Taize service. 7 p.m. St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., fourth Monday monthly. • Pingpong, advanced, 681-4675; bingo, 683-9546. Tuesdays • Drop-in grief support group. 1:30-3 p.m. first/third Tuesdays monthly, Sequim Community Church, 950 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim. Contact Paul Fiorini, bereavement coordinator at Assured Hospice, at 582-3796 with questions. • The Compassionate Friends Grief Support Group. 6-8 p.m., third Tuesday monthly, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim.

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SEQUIM GAZETTE Wednesdays • The Olympic Peninsula Oneness Blessings Circle. 6:30-8 p.m. every Wednesday, 2227 E. Lindberg Road, Port Angeles, 477-5682. • Bird walks at Railroad Bridge Park, 681-4076; blood pressure checks, 417-7486. Thursdays • Questers Clallam C’lectors. 1-3 p.m. first Thursday monthly. Call Nancy Hoffman at 582-0022 for location. • Sequim Valley Lions Club. 6:30 p.m. second/fourth Thursdays monthly, Paradise Restaurant, 703 N. Sequim Ave. • Olympic Peninsula Chapter of Club Miata Northwest. 6-8 p.m., second Thursday monthly. Contact kidchellin@gmail.com or call 4571082 for meeting location. • Bingo. Noon, Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road. Minimum $10 buy-in. 683-2763. • Clallam County Type 1 Diabetes Educational Support Group. 6 p.m. fourth Thursday monthly, Olympic Peninsula YMCA, 302 S. Francis St., Port Angeles. 417-2364. • Pingpong, advanced, 681-4675. • Trivia Time Live. 8-10 p.m. 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 Highway 101, Blyn. 683-7777. • The Strait Stamp Society. 6-8 p.m. first Thursday monthly, Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. See www.straitstamp.org. • The Gardiner Community Cemetery Commissioners. 7:30 p.m. second Thursday monthly, Gardiner Community Center, 1040 Old Gardiner Road, Gardiner.

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Author Does the ‘Walk’ Best-selling author Jonathan Evison will read from his latest novel, “This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!” at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. — during the winter Art in the Library’s opening reception and First Friday Art Walk events. Evison, a Bainbridge Island resident, is the New York Times-bestselling author of three award-winning novels. His latest, “This Is Your Life, Harriet Chance!” was released in September. The opening reception for the winter Art in the Library exhibit is at 6 p.m. preceding Evison’s reading, and an opportunity to meet featured artist Jarrod Jackson; the winter show is through March 1. Submitted photo

• The DUCK Discussion. 10-11:30 a.m. every Thursday, Parkwood Community clubhouse, 261520 U.S. Highway 101, www.YourInnerDuck.com. • Alzheimer’s Association family caregiver support group. 1-2:30 p.m. second Thursday monthly, Sequim Bible Church, 847 N. Sequim Ave, Room 401. 683-5294. Saturdays • Meditation group. 9-10:30 a.m. second/fourth Saturdays monthly. Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church

parish house, 923 N. Sequim Ave. All welcome. 683-4775. • The Northern Olympic Lung Pulmonary group. 11:30 a.m. fourth Saturday monthly, Mariners Cafe, 609 W. Washington St. Call Annette Mari at 681-3010 or Diane Dettmer at 565-8301 for details. • Visually Impaired Persons of Sequim. Noon-2 p.m. first Saturday monthly, Bell Creek Bar & Grill, 707 E. Washington St., Sequim. 582-6931 or nfbclallamcounty@gmail.com.

Peninsula College’s Studium Generale presents “A Celebration of Study Abroad” with International Studies advisor Val Conroy and PC student John Pritchard III from 12:35-1:25 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, in Peninsula College’s Little Theater. Pritchard has published a collection of poems and will talk about his experiences in studying abroad. The event is free and open to the public.

• Tai Chi classes begin Jan. 4 at the Dungeness Schoolhouse, 2781 Towne Road, Sequim. Minimal fees apply. Contact instructor Michelle Biery for registration information at smbiery@gmail.com or 681-2360. Beginning/intermediate classes 3:30-5:30 p.m.; advanced classes 5:30-7 p.m. • Meditation Group, 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Village Heartbeat Studio, 353 Chickadee Lane, Sequim. 6815407. • Cardiac care classes, 417-7486. • Yoga, 425-225-2990 or www.sequimyoga.com; hula, 360-809-3390 or zardo@olypen.com; jewelry making, 681-5087; tai chi, 866-651-0544; Whole Person Drumming classes, 681-5407; meditation classes/groups, 681-5407; Energy Healers/Intuitive Development, 582-0083; American mahjong, 683-6806; free language classes, German–Mondays, French– Tuesdays/Fridays Italian/Spanish– Wednesdays, 681-0226; Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement, 775-6373. • Red Cross first aid, CPR/AED (adult/pediatric), disaster services, babysitting, pet first aid. 457-7933. • Bridge lessons, nonprofit Sequim Duplicate Bridge Club, 10 a.m.-noon Mondays. $30/player, $100 per foursome. Masonic Lodge, 700 S. Fifth Ave., Sequim. 681-4308.

‘Cats’ play at the Fifth The Fifth Avenue, 500 W. Hendrickson Road, Sequim, invites you to come dance or simply enjoy the sounds of The Cat’s Meow Band from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6. The group includes a 3-piece rhythm section that accompanies their saxophone and trumpet front line.

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Poets of all ages and levels of experience from Clallam and Jefferson counties are invited to participate in the second annual Rainshadow Poetry Contest. Deadline for submitting poetry is 5 p.m., Jan. 22, 2016. Write about anything that inspires you. Winning poems will be presented at a public reading at Olympic Theatre Arts on May 1, 2016. See www.rainshadowpoetry.com.

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Area pickleball players battle in Arizona Sequim athletes vie for top places at national tourney Sequim Gazette staff

A long way to go for some competition, but they’re bringing home some trophies. The Hastings family of Sequim, who are part of the Sequim Picklers group, and a pair of other locals joined pickleball players from across the country at the USAPA Nationals VII, held Nov. 8-15 in Casa Grande, Ariz. McKenna Hastings teamed with sister Kendall to take bronze in the Junior Women’s Doubles division. McKenna then joined Jack Munro to take gold in the Junior Mixed Doubles while Kendall and partner Garret Parvu took bronze (third place). McKenna also earned bronze in the Junior Women’s Singles division. Mom and Dad didn’t fare too badly, either. Doug and Allison Hastings competed in several divisions. Doug placed fourth/fifth in the 24-player Men’s Singles 35+ division and teamed with Shayne Johnson to take fifth/sixth out of 20 teams in Men’s Doubles 35+.

In Women’s Doubles 35+, Allison and partner Melissa McCurley took fourth place out of 16 teams. Doug and Allison Hastings teamed up to take 20th out of 39 teams in the Open Mixed Doubles division, winning three of their five matches. Sequim’s Julie Haney competed in the Senior Open Women’s Singles division, scoring a win in three matches, and in the Senior Open Women’s Doubles division with partner Laura Schwarz, also winning one of three matches. Haney teamed with Andy Gensch in the Senior Open Mixed Doubles and won two of four matches. Also from Sequim, Chris Goettling competed in the Mixed Doubles 35+ division with partner Vivian Edwards, going 2-2. Goettling also competed in the Men’s Doubles 19+ division and Open Mixed Doubles divisions. Read more about the tourney at www.usapa.org/nationals-vii. The Sequim Picklers’ mission is to facilitate the growth of the sport of pickleball in the area, encourage physical activity, interaction and mentorship of players of all ages and expanding local facilities as needed. For more information about the pickleball group, call 681-3845 or mail to: Sequim Picklers, PO Box 3441, Sequim, WA 98382.

Ex-Wolf of the Week: Lopaka Yasumura A 2013 Sequim High School grad, Lopaka Yasumura geared up for the Shasta College Knights this fall, capping their season Nov. 21 with a 51-14 win at West Hills Coalinga in the NCFC American Division Championship Bowl. Yasumura was a two-way player for Shasta in 2015, rushing for 56 yards on 12 carries (4.7 per attempt), 17 yards on two receptions and tallying six tackles in six games. In the 2012-2013 season, Yasumura was a second-team all-league running back and competed in track and field, placing 10th in the shot put at the state 2A finals.

The tourney’s youngest and oldest, both from Washington state: Kendall Hastings, 10, of Sequim, was a bronze medal winner in both Junior Mixed Doubles and Junior Women’s Doubles divisions. Here she joins Joyce Jones, 85, of Bothell, who was a gold medal winner in both Women’s Doubles 80+ and Singles 75+ division, and a silver medal winner in the mixed doubles 85+ division. Submitted photo

SPORTS BRIEFS Sign-up for Holiday Hoops The Port Angeles Parks & Recreation Department is hosting the 18th-annual Holiday Hoops Tournament, set for Dec. 12-13. The youth basketball tournament has divisions for boys and girls teams in grades 4-8. Cost is $250 per team with a four-game guarantee. For more information or to register, call Dan Estes at 417-4557 or e-mail destes@cityofpa.us.

Volleyball tourney set Port Angeles High School is the site of this year’s North Pole Volleyball tournament, slated for an 8:30 a.m. start on Sunday, Dec. 6. Format of coed reverse fours. Cost is $80 per team. Tournament champs get T-shirts and the event

features other prizes. Youth basketball to begin For more information or to regSequim Youth Basketball hosts ister, call Christine Halberg at 989- registration on Dec. 5 and Dec. 12 506-2263 or e-mail chalberg@ at Sequim Middle School, 301 W. portangelesschools.org. Hendrickson Road. Youths in grades kindergarten-2 SkyRidge plans tourney register from 9-11 a.m. and may SkyRidge Golf Course hosts drop in at those times. Youths in the Pre-Christmas 18 Hole golf grades 3-4 register from noon-2 tournament, starting at 9:30 a.m. p.m. Those players are asked to Saturday, Dec. 12, at the course, be there at noon to participate in 7015 Old Olympic Highway. For- player evaluations. mat is “Triple Six” — six holes of Cost is $55 per player. Bring scramble, six of better ball and six a registration form (available at of aggregate. www.sequimyouthbasketball. Cost is $60 per two-person team; com or on-site), a water bottle only the first 28 teams will be regis- and athletic wear (clothes and tered. Fee includes golf, range balls shoes). and food. Power carts are available Find Sequim Youth Basketball for $15 per seat. Call 683-3673 to on Facebook or follow on Twitter register or for more information. and Instagram at @syb_hoops.

COMMUNITY SCOREBOARD Golf SkyRidge Golf Course • Member’s Event, TwoPerson Scramble, Nov. 15 1. Ken Chace III/Andy Cordeiro, 66. Net: 1. Dennis Ferrie/John O’Rourke, 54.0; 2. Paul Boucher/Brian Cays, 56.8; 3. Chuck Parrish/Andy Watkins, 58.6; 4. Bud Bowling/John Naples, 59.2; 5. Don Daniels/Don Heinkel, 59.4. • Member’s Event, FourClub Day, Nov. 22 Gross: 1. (tie) Josh Koester and Shane Price, 82. Net: 1. Paul Boucher, 67; 2. (tie) Don Moody and Allen Patton, 70; 4. (tie) Brian Cays and Neil Cays, 71; 6. Gene Potter, 72; 7. (tie) Rich Burlingame and Jim Lounsberry, 74.

• Member’s Event, Modified Chapman, Nov. 29 Gross: Ken Chace III/Andy Cordeiro, 71. Net: 1. Rich Garvey/Sandy Garvey, 67; 2. Josh Koester/Mike Tipton, 70; 3. Don Daniels/Mike Penna, 71.6; 4. Paul Boucher/Brian Cays, 73.8.

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Area sports/rec Dec. 2 9 a.m. — Over the Hill Hikers hike: National Forest Service Road 120. Meet at 8:45 a.m. at Sequim Goodwill parking lot, 680 W. Washington St. Call 417-3728. Dec. 4 9 a.m. — Over the Hill Hikers hike: Dan Kelly Road. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at Sequim Goodwill parking lot, 680 W. Washington St., for carpool. Call 417-3728. Dec. 9 9 a.m. — Over the Hill Hikers hike: Walk About Trail. Meet at 8:45 a.m. at Sequim Goodwill parking lot, 680 W. Washington St. Call 417-3728. 7-9 p.m. — Greywolf Flyfishing Club. At Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road.

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Dec. 2 7 p.m. — Sequim High School boys basketball at Mount Tahoma (Tacoma). JV starts at 5:15 p.m. Dec. 3 3 p.m. — Sequim High School bowling vs. North Mason. At Laurel Lanes, 108 W. Eighth St., Port Angeles. 3:30 p.m. — Sequim High School boys swimming at Kingston. Dec. 4 2 p.m. — Peninsula college women’s basketball vs. Columbia Basin, at Walla Walla CC. 7 p.m. — Sequim High School boys basketball vs. Klahowya. At SHS gymnasium, 601 N. Sequim Ave. JV starts at 5:15 p.m. 7 p.m. — Sequim High School girls basketball at Klahowya (Silverdale). JV start time TBA. Dec. 5 9 a.m. — Sequim High School wrestling at White River Classic tournament, Buckley. 4 p.m. — Peninsula college women’s basketball at Walla Walla. Dec. 5-6 TBA — Peninsula college men’s basketball hosts First Federal Pirate Classic. At PC gymnasium, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles. Dec. 6 TBA — Peninsula college women’s basketball at Wenatchee Valley. Dec. 7 6 p.m. — Sequim High School girls basketball vs. Crosspoint. At SHS gymnasium, 601 N. Sequim Ave. Dec. 8 Sequim High School girls basketball vs. Bremerton. At SHS gymnasium, 601 N. Sequim Ave. JV starts at 5:15 p.m. 7 p.m. — Sequim High School boys basketball at Bremerton. JV starts at 5:15 p.m. Dec. 9 5:15 p.m. — Sequim High School basketball vs. Neah Bay. At SHS gymnasium, 601 N. Sequim Ave. Girls start at 5:15 p.m., boys start at 7 p.m. 5:15 p.m. — Sequim High School JV basketball at Crescent (Joyce). Girls start at 5:15 p.m., boys start at 7 p.m.

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Winter Sports Preview: Sequim High Wrestling

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and Pierson 2-3 to medal. In total, Sequim sees 29 boys and nine girls turnout this season. Of those returners, six more wrestlers qualified for regionals including Craig Baker (sixth place at 120 pounds, alternate to state), Michael Latimer (0-1 injury default at 220 pounds), Jamie Schroepfer, Aylee Bennett, Andrea Kienholtz and Sven Wiker (did not compete). With so many returning players, Drabek feels Sequim can replicate last year’s results. “The team is growing up and we can fill in all the weight classes barring injuries,” he said. Along with Mendoza and Pierson, Bennett and Kienholtz gained some valuable experience in their postseason runs last year, Drabek said, so “they know what to expect this season.” Two Oregon wrestlers, Adrian Klarich and Mckenzie Stockdale, moved to Sequim this school year and may be impact players, too, he said. One Sequim wrestler, junior Grant Pierson, Kiara’s older brother, took his offseason regime above and beyond by participating in most of the open gyms throughout the off-

2014-2015 record: 4-3-1; 11 qualified for regional tourney, four for state Head coach: Charles Drabek Returning wrestlers: Craig Baker, Travis Baker, Nick Barrett, Aylee Bennett, Christian Benson, Hunter Davidson, Hayden Gresli, Ty Jones, Andrea Kienholz, Bailey King, Michael Latimer, Alma Mendoza, Ben Newell, Grant Pierson, Kiara Pierson, Dylan Perreira, Chris Puksta, Jamie Schroepfer, Kelvin Solis, Natalie Thurston, Glenn Uy, Kevyn Ward, Sven Wiker.

Last year’s state finishers for the girls, Kiara Pierson, left, (eighth place 115 pounds) and Alma Mendoza (seventh place 125 pounds) practice some new techniques before the regular season. Pierson said there are a lot of new girls on the team but it doesn’t mean they won’t make it to state. “I did it as a freshman,” she said. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

season and sparring with Glenn Uy who wrestles a bigger weight class. “That kid has worked so hard all offseason,” Ward said. “I don’t think he’s stopped wrestling.” In between wrestling days, Pierson said he’s been lifting weights and has gone from the 120 weight class as a freshman to 138 as a sophomore to 145 this year. “I’m always tying to better myself

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and beat my own goals, not always the opponent,” Pierson said. “I’m trying to learn what works for me and get down the basics.” Grant’s sister echoes some of his strategy. “I plan to focus on the simple moves,” Kiara said. “I want to get them into my muscle memory because the simple moves are what win.”

Swimming

Winter Sports Preview: Sequim High Bowling

From page B-1 how to bowl (at first),” Perry says. “None of (these player) have bowled before. None could walk up to the line.” Two weeks later, he says, they’re consistently bowling games of 80 to 110, and throwing in a few strong games like a 127 from promising newcomer Destiny Stauss. Sequim will need those games to stay competitive in the Olympic League, as a balanced North Mason squad and aces from Klahowya and Olympic look to put the Bulldogs, Eagles and Trojans atop the standings. Last season, Henderson and Kaitlin Jackson were lone Wolves at districts. Jackson was 33rd and Henderson placed 39th.

Washington state prep bowling squads start their seasons earlier than other winter sports. Sequim dropped its first four decisions before upending Bremerton 5-2 on Nov. 24 — their first win against the Knights in school history. Henderson led the squad with games of 145 and 180 as Sequim won the first game, both Bakerformat games and overall pin total (1,283 to 1,259). Cheyenne Huffman was second with a 208 total over two games, followed by Kaleigh Cassal at 178, Quinn Danielson at 168 and Stauss at 164. Myranda Sophomore Destiny Stauss bowls in an early Dye led Bremerton and was second overall with 298 season practice at Laurel Lanes in Port Angeles pins over two games. last week. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell

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a 3-pointer in the waning seconds at home on Jan. 9, to help give the Wolves their first win against the Roughriders since 2007. One of three all-league players, Adrienne Haggerty, returns from last season, too. She said that even though they lost some strong players to graduation, Sequim remains one of the more skilled teams in the Olympic League. “We have a lot more returners and a lot of teams lost crucial seniors,” Haggerty said. “Our team should stand out.” Wagner said with a grittier approach to the game for the girls, she’s simplified the offense by limiting the number of plays they’ll run. “Last year, we ran a wide variety and Evan (Still) was very creative and made a lot of plays that can be very successful,” she said. “My

Winter Sports Preview: Sequim High Boys Swimming

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Head coach: Randy Perry (8th year) 2014-2015 record: 4-8, tied for third in Olympic League; two players to district tournament Top returning player: Dakota Henderson (jr.) Newcomers: Kaleigh Cassal (sr.), Quinn Danielson (fr.), Porter Funston (fr.), Cheyenne Huffman (sr.), Thais De’ Moura (jr.), Sarah Newell (sr.), Destiny Stauss (so.)

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Mendoza said she’s looking to fill some of the gap left by graduated seniors and former state competitors Sophia Cornell and Kaylee Ditlefsen. Her strategy is to be more aggressive and take more shots while going against her old mindset as a defensive wrestler. “Bill (Schroepfer, assistant coach) tells me not to be so nice to people,” she joked.

Sequim needs 10 participants to have an eligible team, Moats says; any fewer and they’d lose funding for a coach and any athletes who want to compete would have to join a nearby district — like Port Angeles — and cover their own travel expenses. “I’m not sure what’s going happen yet,” Moats said early last week, as the team approached their first meet of the season. Apart from those issues, the Wolves see four returning athletes in swimmers Wendall Lorenzen, Christian Goodrich and Brandon Grow, and diver Mathew Craig. Lorenzen, a senior, is the team captain. “As a freshman, he wasn’t a swimmer,” Moats recalls. “One day it just clicked. He grew into it and got faster. He learned everything as he went along.” Sequim took 12th place out of 17 teams at last season’s West Central District 2A meet. Lorenzen and SHS’s 200 free relay team take 11th at districts while Craig took seventh at the district meet last season as a freshman, then went on to

Head coach: Linda Moats (15th year) 2014-2015 record: 0-6 in Olympic League Returners: Wendall Lorenzen (sr.), Christian Goodrich (jr.), Brandon Grow (sr.), Matthew Craig (so.) Newcomers: Alex Barikoff (fr.), David Calderon (fr.), Brenden Jack (fr.), Alex Mittmann (sr.), Liam Payne (fr.), Baylee Rux (fr.) place 15th at the state 2A meet. With fewer than 18 participants, Sequim loses its second coach, diving coach Mark Pincikowski. That means Craig and fellow SHS diver Brendon Jack will practice and compete with Port Angeles this season, Moats says. The Sequim coach says she has some good raw talent coming in, particularly in incoming freshmen David Calderon — sibling to SHS standouts Noe and Cassandra Calderon — and Liam Payne. “(Liam) is so coachable: I tell him to change something and he does it,” Moats says. The Wolves open the season Dec. 3 at Kingston, then have a “home” meet in Port Angeles, against Port Angeles, on Dec. 10. Allysen Montelius, passing to a teammate, joins McKenzie Bentz and Jordan Miller as the Wolves’ only seniors this season. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

Winter Sports Preview: Sequim High Girls Basketball Head coach: Justine Wagner (first year) 2014-2015 record: 5-7 in Olympic League, 10-13 overall, 1-2 in districts. Returning players: McKenzie Bentz (sr.), Ella Christiansen (jr.), Adrienne Haggerty (jr.), Jordan McMinn (jr.), Jordan Miller (sr.), Allysen Montelius (sr.) Newcomers: Jordan Bentz (jr.), Erica Bower (jr.), Alisha Grasser (so.), Carissa Leal (jr.) philosophy is simplicity and basically grit.” Haggerty said she sees the new mindset working well because everyone is quick. “When it comes to fast breaks any of us can take it up the floor,” she said. “There’s a lot of pressure on me and Ella (Christiansen) for being the tallest players and to get rebounds and playing a crucial role on defense.” But they also are outside threats, too. “If we’re not able to shoot down low, we can also shoot mid-range,” Haggerty said. “It’s nice to have that diversity.” Wagner doesn’t expect her post players to put the defense on their

shoulders though. “We need our guards to be stronger and faster and take better care of the ball and fight for every loose ball,” she said. “The bigs we need to battle down low to get some points and stops down there, too.” One consistent plague for the girls has been turnovers. However, Wagner starts every practice with 15 minutes of ball handling to stymie that problem while establishing better communication among teammates. Looking to lead many of the fast breaks and the team are three seniors, Miller, McKenzie Bentz and Allysen Montelius. Miller said she sees a lot of potential with the Wolves this year.

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went 9-3 in league play and won two games at districts before being ousted by league foe Olympic just two games short of a state berth. But nine of their 11 regulars for last season’s initial roster are gone after either graduating or moving from the district. Back is all-league honorable mention Jackson Oliver, who tallied 7.9 points per game and was third on the team in blocks and steals. Also back is guard Payton Glasser, who as a freshman last season averaged four rebounds and two assists and shot 43 percent from the field. “I’m going to rely on them for leadership,” As Sequim coach Greg Glasser looks on, guard Arnold Greg Glasser says. “They might be thinking, Black looks to pass as he’s guarded by SHS teammates ‘I have to be the guy to take over that scorJackson Oliver and Kyler Rollness. Sequim Gazette ing responsibility’ (but) it’s important not to photo by Michael Dashiell have one guy try to do too much.”

Ward has his sights on placing at every tournament this year including the Mat Classic. Last season, Ward said he missed taking a medal home in two regular season tournaments by one match each. Kiara Pierson said she’s optimistic those who went to state last year will return along with some newcomers. “We have a lot of new girls but that doesn’t mean they won’t make it to state,” she said. “I did it as a freshman.” Sequim opened its season on Dec. 1 at Port Angeles’ Wrestlerama Jamboree and travels to the White River Classic on Saturday, Dec. 5.

“We all work together well and like each other and we’re really positive,” she said. In the offseason, Miller said she worked on defense a lot and when she’s on the floor she’s going to be ready to shoot, too. “I want to help make better passes and be a smarter team player,” she said. As for leading, Miller said it’s fun to help the underclassmen learn more about the game while sharing

Winter Sports Preview: Sequim High Boys Basketball Head coach: Greg Glasser (ninth season) 2014-2015 record: 9-3 in Olympic League, 16-8 overall; 2-2 at districts Returning players: Jackson Oliver (sr.), Payton Glasser (so.) Newcomers: Arnold Black (sr.), Riley Cowan (fr.), Brendon Despain (sr.), Nate Despain (fr.), Nick Faunce (sr.), Justin Hermosada (jr.), Alex Holland (sr.), Konnor Parrish (jr.), Jack Shea (sr.), Kyler Rollness (fr.), Keeshawn Whitney (fr.) Making the move from the junior varsity squad is 6-foot 3-inch post Jack Shea, 6-foot 1-inch forwards Nick Faunce and Alec Holland, and 5-foot 6-inch forward Arnold Black. A trio of freshmen are among players vying for varsity time. By the end of the 2014-2015 season, teams were hardly surprised by the effec-

that feeling of wanting to win. But how far will the Wolves go through this season? “As a senior, I obviously want to go as far as we can,” Miller said. “As a team, we know we worked hard. I’m happy with that and I know I had a good experience with my high school career, however it goes.” The Wolves open their season in Klahowya on Friday, Dec. 4, and host Crosspoint Academy on Monday, Dec. 7.

tiveness of Barry, who led the Wolves in scoring (20.3 per game), rebounds (12.5), assists (3.3), blocks total) and steals (89). In addition to losing Barry, Sequim looks to the all-around contributions of Willis, Dusty Bates, Alex Rutherford and Josh McConnaughey. But Glasser, the co-Coach of the Year in the league last winer, says he is hopeful for this year’s Wolves. “We’ll surprise some teams,” Greg Glasser says. “It’s a nice group of kids. I’m always fortunate for the quality of kids I get to coach year in and year out.” He said the overall goal is to get into the top five for one of the Olympic League’s district playoff berths. Olympic, which looks to return allleague players Jumier Johnson and North Mason transfer Matt Becker, seeks a return to the top of the league, as do Cole Rabedeaux and league power North Kitsap. Olympic and NK were 10-2 last season, with Sequim third and Bremerton fourth.

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Check out events on the Sequim School District’s website calendar Patsene Dashiell, United Way at www.sequim.k12.wa.us/Page/2. fundraiser coordinator for the “Like” us on Facebook to receive Sequim School District, re- updates. ported that this year’s campaign, The next school board meeting which ran during the week of is at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7. New Oct. 19-23, raised $20,745 for school board directors Jim Stoffolks in need in Clallam County! This is a record amount and is fer, Robin Henrikson and Heather due to the generosity and caring Short are to be installed at this meeting. An agenda is available on of our staff. School building representatives the district website at www.sequim. for this year’s campaign were Vi- k12.wa.us/domain/7. Board meetenna Barron/Transportation, Mo- ings are open to the public and time nique Brasher and Greg Newton/ is set aside for public comment. Greywolf Elementary, Ione Marcy/ Helen Haller Elementary, Connie GREYWOLF Stites/Sequim Middle School, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Ned Floeter/Olympic Peninsula Academy, Sean O’Mera/Sequim At the end of the Veterans Day High School, Valorie Knieper and assembly held on Nov. 10, students Patsene Dashiell/District Office had an opportunity to personand Maintenance. A huge thanks ally thank veterans in attendance to these individuals for all their for their service. While walking energy and efforts! through the receiving line, thirdThanks also to Superintendent grader Joanna Seelye, from Aaron Gary Neal and administrative as- Reno’s class, handed a card to one sistant Marilyn Walsh for their of the veterans and it was given to Seventh- and eighth-grade Science invaluable support, and to Sonja veteran Gerald Rettela. Mr. Rettela Photo by Patsene Dashiell Brown and Kathy Wright in the was so touched by her gesture that payroll department for process- he came to the school to deliver a To help families in our coming the paperwork. special thank you letter to Joanna. munity this holiday season and to teach students about making a difference, Greywolf is holding a food drive to collect non-perishable food items during the month of December. Each day for 12 school days beginning on Dec. 2, a certain item from the food bank’s wish list will be collected and donated. Mark your calendars for: Dec. 2/canned vegetables, Dec. 3/canned fruit, Dec. 4/jar of pasta sauce, Dec. 7/box or bag of dried pasta, Dec. 8/peanut butter, Dec. 9/boxed cereal, Dec. 10/ oatmeal, Dec. 11/canned tuna, Dec. 14/macaroni and cheese, Dec. 15/ rice, dried beans or split peas, Dec. 16/pancake mix, Dec. 17/canned soup or chili. Feel free to substitute another non-perishable item. Each day, the class that brings in the most items will earn a bonus recess! For more information, contact the school’s office at 582-3300.

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HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Sheri Suryan’s fifth-grade class completed a geography unit combined with landforms. The students started by making a key to their maps making symbols for 15 geographic landforms, a capital city, village, major attraction, along Veteran Gerald Rettela presents third-grader Joanna Seelye with a letter, with longitude, latitude, scale thanking her for a Veterans Day card. Photo by Tricia Stratton and compass rose. Then, they put

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that together in a topographical map and also a relief map showing elevations. They completed the project by writing a myth about how their island came to be. Students presented their work to the class and classmates gave presenters two stars and a wish for feedback. We read several Greek myths and other legends to get ideas. It was a fun project and students were very engaged throughout the process. Gail Kite’s fifth-graders spent some time writing what they’re thankful for: What Thanksgiving means to me is that I have a life. My Thanksgiving is good because I get to stay with my family. I also like the part that you get to eat until you’re full. Last year I ate too much. I also get to go to different places every time on Thanksgiving. Last year we went to my mom’s mom and this year I am going to my dad’s sister. But the main thing about Thanksgiving is that you get to see family. And that is what Thanksgiving means to me. Dylan McKeown Hi! My name is Fiona. Today I am going to tell you how my Thanksgiving is. At Thanksgiving all my family is here. My aunts, uncles, my grandma and grandpa, and my mom and dad. When we sit at the table the food smells like the best thing in the world. Oh yeah, we

have to give thanks. We hold our hands together and close our eyes and we say our prayers. Then we all talk with each other and that is how my Thanksgiving goes. Fiona Orloff I love Thanksgiving. We have a lot of things that other people don’t have. Seriously, some people have to go without food for days, even weeks. So we should be grateful for what we have. I know sometimes people are a little greedy at times (aren’t we all), but if you see someone walking down the street and you have some extra AVERY food, why keep it for yourself? Give that person some. We all share this Earth. I mean, we can all be a little more generous. Thanksgiving is a day where people get together, have fun and eat food. But just remember Sequim, we can make a better life with those around us. Even if you see someone sitting on a bench looking glum, give them a high five or even say hello. Alyssa Avery

Children love opening preshave to have money to give ents during the holidays. It is something. Teach him fun to watch but sometimes about gift certificates for it can upset you because your work or breakfast in bed. child gets so much and it Help him make the cerdoesn’t seem to really matter. tificate and then the young She opens one and then sets it child can decorate it or the aside and wants the next one. older child can learn someMany times children don’t Parenting M atters thing on the computer to even say thank you; they just make it special. Certificates Cynthia Martin want more. for doing the laundry, rakSo what can a parent do to ing the lawn, shoveling help a child learn about giving as well as snow, giving the dog a bath or cleaning the getting? Actually, teaching your child about laundry room are all appropriate. giving can be the best present you give your Involve your child when selecting a gift for child this holiday season. someone special. You may think one gift is Learning about giving begins when your better and she may think another is better. Let child is little and begins in small ways. Think it be her choice. Even if you are talking about about the widow down the street who doesn’t making a donation to a nonprofit, see where have any family around. Talk with your child she is. You may be into cancer research but about baking cookies and taking her some. she may value the Humane Society. You want This is likely to sound good to your young her to feel that the gift she gives is important. child except for one problem. She will want Be a role model for giving. Giving can be to eat the cookies. So make plenty for the something you do together. Maybe you volneighbor and plenty for home. Help her fix unteer to do some baby-sitting for a neighbor them up special and let her give them to the so she can do shopping. Maybe you donate neighbor down the street. household items and small-size toiletries Help your child understand that he doesn’t like shampoo and toothpaste to a homeless

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Make giving visible for your child. When you send a check for charity, it has little impact on the child who can’t see where it is going. But delivering canned foods is more tangible for children to see. You also can A great way to relax “adopt” a needy family and choose gifts that The holiday season can be a happy but your child can wrap for them. hectic time. One thing you should set aside Along with giving there needs to be talking. Have family conversations about what each time for is the Breakfast with Santa. This of you are thankful for. This helps your child event, which is put on by the Parenting understand that other families may not have Matters Foundation and the First Teacher many of those things. Giving and talking program, will be from 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, about giving helps your child understand its Dec. 5. If you want to have breakfast, it is $10 importance. for anyone over 11 and $5 for younger. We all need to be into giving. It teaches But you don’t have to buy breakfast even us that we matter. It gives you a sense of though it is a very special treat from Sodexo. pride, responsibility and thoughtfulness. You can just enjoy a fun morning watching the It makes you realize that you and your acchildren talk with Santa. You can bring a child tions matter. or just yourself and watch this delightful scene Once again, as in many areas of life, there are important lessons that parents as Santa gives each child a chance to talk, to or someone in the child’s life need to teach have a new book and to have a picture taken. something to the child. Life’s lessons are Everyone gets very busy at Christmas. This is a great time to sit, relax and watch. You can everywhere and parents have a huge responsibility to make sure they are taught be a friend, neighbor, aunt or grandpa and to the children they love. just enjoy the activity. Parent always enjoy Cynthia Martin is the founder of the First the time but hopefully you will encourage Teacher program and director of Parenting some others to join you. Matters Foundation, which publishes newsletters for parents, caregivers and grandparshelter. He could help you decorate nice bags ents. Reach Martin at pmf@olypen.com or at 681-2250. to send them in.

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Dec. 11 TBA — Olympic Peninsula Academy Winter Festival. At OPA campus, 220 W. Alder St. Dec. 12 7:45 a.m. — ACT test. At Sequim High School cafeteria, 601 N. Sequim Ave. 8 p.m. — Sequim High School Winter Ball. At school cafeteria, 601 N. Sequim Ave. Dec. 14 9:30-11 a.m. — First Teacher activities. At Sequim Boys & Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St. Call 681-2250. Dec. 15 6:30 p.m. — Sequim Middle School choir concert. At school cafeteria, 301 W. Hendrickson Road. Dec. 16 3:30-4:30 p.m. — Greywolf Parent-Teacher Association meeting. At school library, 171 Carlsborg Road. Call 582-3300.

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Dec. 5 Sequim High School band, choir at Warm Beach (Stanwood) 7:45 a.m. — SAT test. At Sequim High School cafeteria, 601 N. Sequim Ave. 8 a.m.-noon — Breakfast with Santa. At Sequim Middle School cafeteria, 301 W. Hendrickson Road. Tickets $10 for 11 and older, $5 for younger. Call 681-2250. Dec. 7 9:30-11 a.m. — First Teacher activities. At Sequim Boys & Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St. Call 681-2250. 6 p.m. — Sequim School Board of Directors meeting. At school boardroom, 501 N. Sequim Ave. Call 582-3260. Dec. 9 6:30 p.m. — Sequim Middle School band concert. At school gymnasium, 301 W. Hendrickson Road.

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LICENSED NURSE’S Come join our team at Sherwood Assisted Living. Flexible hours, with benefits. Fill out an application at 550 W Hendr ickson Rd, Sequim, WA or contact Casey, Staff Development. (360)683-3348

CAREGIVERS: Our new management team is dedicated to serving the needs of our residents at Sherwood Assisted Living. We are looking for caring and compassionate caregivers to become a part of our new team and join our mission of enhancing the l i ve s o f a g i n g a d u l t s throughout our community. We have a variety of shifts available with c o m p e t i t i v e p ay a n d benefits. Find out more about this fulfilling career opportunity. Apply at 550 W Hendrickson Road or call Casey, the Staff Dev e l o p m e n t M a n a g e r, (360)683-3348 MAINTENANCE HOUSEKEEPER Part time / full time, must be available for weekends, day shift. Please apply in person at Park View Villa, 8th & G. Street, P.A. No phone calls please

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Cook Hourly/benefits. At Fifth Avenue in Sequim, we str ive to do the r ight thing for our guests. We are looking for a hard working, outgoing, and vibrant individual who would like to be part of our culinary team. Are you passionate about working with fresh ingredients & creating foods that our guests love? Can you prepare exciting meals that meet dietary guidelines and make food enticing, nutritional & healthy? Do you have previous cook or food service experience? Do you have a strong desire to grow and develop new skills? If this person is you, fill out an application at 550 W. Hendr ickson Road (Sherwood Assisted Living) (360)683-3348 MANAGER: Fifth Avenue in Sequim is looking for a Live in, On-Site N i g h t M a n a g e r, w h o would be responsible for ove r s e e i n g r e s i d e n t s and building secur ity. Please submit letter of interest and application at Sherwood Assisted Living, 550 W Hendrickson, Sequim.

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• 3 BR 2-1/2 BA • Mountain View • Kitchen W/Skylight • Living Room W/Bay Window & Propane Stove • Low Maintenance Landscaping • Full RV Hook-Up ML#292205 $230,000 Directions; E. Washington St. to N. Brown Rd., North on Brown Rd to E. Spruce St. Right on Spruce St. to 852 E. Spruce St.

BEAUTIFUL 3 BR, 2.5 BA, one owner home. Wonderful floor plan, beautiful fireplace, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances. Bamboo floors throughout with marble flooring in the master bath. Fenced back yard in a great neighborhood, and close to town! Call Kim Bower (360) 477-0654. ML#292240 $310,000

EASILY ACCESSIBLE ACREAGE just west of Joyce. Nice rural area with potential mountain views. Planted and maintained crop of Alder trees. There is power, water and a septic system installed. Easy to walk because there is a nice road into property that was well built and has been mowed regularly. Close to Beaches, Lake Crescent and Trails. Call Ed Sumpter (360) 808-1712. ML#292220 $199,000

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Light Up the Season

HOLIDAY BAZAARS

Port Angeles Friends of the Library

Annual Christmas Bazaar Fri. & Sat., December 4th & 5th 9:30 am-4:00pm 2210 S. Peabody St., Port Angeles

Featuring our custom made Holiday theme baskets, toys, decorated Christmas trees & much much more. We have something for everyone on your gift list!

A Bake Sale & Sale of Raffle Tickets will be ongoing during the event.

Fun, food & lots of Christmas Joy!

Santa is Coming!

Visit with Santa 1:30-3:30pm both days! All proceeds support the Port Angeles Library

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Boys & Girls Club, 400 W. Fir Street, Sequim ❉ 45+ Vendors ❉ Bake Sale ❉ Raffle Items ❉ Door Prizes ❉ See’s Candy ❉ Lunch Available ❉ Visit with Santa & Mrs. Claus from 10am-2pm See a list of vendors at www.sisequim.org/galagiftshow.html

Saturday, December 5th 9:00am-3:00pm

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Vern Burton Christmas Fair Sponsored by the City of Port Angeles

December 5th & 6th Saturday 9am-5pm Sunday 10am-4pm

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Sequim

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Sequim Prairie Grange 37th Annual

Handmade Christmas Fair