Wed, Jul 15, 2009
Checking in at the new Holiday Inn
The frame is set, and Damian Humphreys, marketing director for the new Holiday Inn Express, readies himself to hang the picture in tourists' minds to stay in Sequim.
Chamber won't sell city image in 2010
The city has to find someone else to do its marketing in 2010 after the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce informed the city on Friday it doesn't want to renew its contract.
Business Briefs
Bringing up 'Squeakers'
When they found her, the young fawn wasn't moving an inch. Nestled in the thick grass under a hot summer sky, she soon was surrounded by curious - and eventually quite concerned - human neighbors.
Breaking Ground
The Bookmonger
Asian vagrant did stint near Sequim
Our Birds
Wed, Jul 8, 2009
Wildland fire serves as safety reminder
A wildland fire July 2 in the Johnson Creek Road area served as a reminder for people to be careful when they are outdoors this season.
Weekend fires injure no one
Firefighters were kept busy over the weekend with a mobile home fire on Saturday and a fast-moving grass fire on Sunday.
U.S. Bank grants P.A. Symphony $3,000
The U.S. Bancorp Foundation has granted the Port Angeles Symphony's Adventures in Music school project $3,000 as part of the company's local contributions program.
Tongue-in-cheek shirt may raise a few hairs
T-shirts are walking billboards for slogans, logos, rock bands, famous art and more.
Solana no longer only for seniors; buyers under 55 welcome
Three major changes have occurred at Solana, a Sequim housing development off Simdars Road, since the beginning of the year:
Sofa Cinema
Smell smoke?
Professor Dwight Barry doesn't fight wildland fires anymore, but his latest project has the potential to douse more blazes than by adding him to the county firefighting force.
Service clubs support many causes
Veteran's Corner
Sequim's new librarian welcomes change
The young girl was in love with books. Her father, a teacher at a vocational school, urged her toward something more practical.
Sequim toddler clothier marks first year
Mookimoo Sleepwear, LLC, a family owned Sequim-based company, recently celebrated its first year in business, having sold hundreds of "Mookis" to parents and caregivers worldwide.
Sequim Open Aire Market
The Sequim Open Aire Market will be positively bursting with fresh produce, locally made cheeses, fish and shellfish, baked goods, beautiful art and a wide variety of high-quality handcrafted items made by Olympic Peninsula artists this Saturday, July 11.
Sequim High School Honor Roll
Sequim folks sing, sign and float the Fourth
Residents of Sequim celebrated Independence Day in song and on signs close to home and aboard a float in Forks' Old-Fashioned Fourth of July celebration.
Senior meal program gets stimulus funding
Federal stimulus funding could mean as many as 95 more meals per week for seniors in Clallam and Jefferson counties served through Olympic Community Action Programs.
Searching for the summit beyond the clouds
Discoveries
School Briefs
Red, Set, Go! Event funds defibrillators
The Olympic Medical Center Foundation is launching a communitywide Automatic External Defibrillator Program.
Readers soar to new heights
Library-goers who pulled their noses from their books and squinted into the sun saw a rainbow sky of colors.
Prepare for above-normal wildfire peril
Projected dry conditions will lead to above normal significant fire potential in areas of Washington this summer.
Downtown P.A. to celebrate getting gussied up
On Saturday, July 11, Port Angeles will host a citywide celebration showcasing the results of a community volunteer initiative to restore its downtown.
Community News Briefs
Coast Guard wife finds pleasure in peninsula's beauty
An American flag ripples in the slight Dungeness breeze outside the Staton residence.
Campers, hikers, backpackers: Keep food safe from bears
With snow melting rapidly in the park's high country and people gearing up for summer hikes, Olympic National Park staff reminds hikers and backpackers to be prepared for safe food storage in the Olympic National Park wilderness.
Bridge to replace culvert this summer
The culvert underneath West Sequim Bay Road will be replaced later this summer with a 31-foot-long, 31.5-foot-wide precast concrete bridge.
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