Wed, May 27, 2009
No sea gullibility here
Observations
Murray Motors eyes used cars
After 75 years in business in Port Angeles, Murray Motors may say farewell to the Clallam County community as a Chrysler dealership.
Mother: 'Our family is destroyed'
Mitzi Sanders, Ben Merscher's mother, told Engre Brown in Clallam County Superior Court she never will be the same after her son's death.
Life soup and crusty bread
Get out your stockpot. Prepare yourself for one of my favorite recipes. It's called Soupa, Soupa, Soupa. Not your ordinary soup, but something special that will warm your body, mind and soul - and prepare you for unexpected guests.
Kids fair slated for Saturday at Carrie Blake Park
Have children and itching to get out of the house this weekend?
Historical Society honors 'Coastie,' ONP
Following a tradition that started in 1984, the Clallam County Historical Society will honor winners of the Heritage Award and the Historic Structure Award at its annual meeting, at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 7.
Hatler to keep conservation seat
The Clallam Conservation District can get back to its busy agenda now that the disputed Feb. 19 election is settled, said District Commissioner Don Hatler.
Five points for diabetes self-care can ensure you have 5-star vacation
Whether you are anticipating an extensive vacation this year or are going to do a "staycation" to see the local sights, planning is required.
First 'Death with Dignity'
Sequim resident Linda Fleming, 66, became the first person to die under Washington's "Death with Dignity" act.
Evidence ban brings guilty plea
Engre Brown pleaded guilty May 20 to vehicular homicide for the death of Benjamin Merscher because much of the evidence that might have supported a first-degree murder charge was excluded by Clallam County Superior Court Judge Ken Williams.
Edwards heads to FBLA nationals
What recession? Students of Sequim High School's Future Business Leaders of America club capped a successful year, with 21 members placing at their regional winter leadership conference in Bremerton and on to the state conference in Spokane.
Eaton, Fulbright award winner, to study in Albania
Jonathan Eaton, a 2005 graduate of Sequim High School, was one of five students from Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Ind., to be awarded a Fulbright Award to teach abroad in the coming academic year.
Community news briefs
College closes year with 9 days of varied art
With the end of the academic year just around the corner, Peninsula College is devoting nine days in May and June to showcasing student achievements and the arts in the musical, visual, literary and dramatic art fields.
Business News
Wed, May 20, 2009
'Last Chance Harvey' flubs golden opportunity
A soufflé is a light, fluffy, baked dish made with egg yolks and beaten egg whites combined with various other ingredients and served as a savory main dish or sweetened as a dessert.
Wolves seek return to state
Two years ago, Sequim was the surprise of the state 2A tournament.
Take a time out at Sequim Bay State Park
Have you had enough and can't take it anymore?
Sing praise of soup these chilly May days
Kitchen Korner
Sequim High School Honor Roll
Sequim Community Church helps Honduran hospital
New screens protect hospital staff
Sequim comedian hospitalized
Shonda Sierra takes her wedding vows very seriously. Which is why she plans to stay by her husband's bedside at Harborview Medical Center until he fully recovers from a recent bout with pancreatitis.
School briefs
Pull empty belly up to an Oak Table breakfast
The dish on dish
P.A. pet store expands into Sequim
When customers started asking Shell-ey Van Cleave to open a second pet store in Sequim, the Port Angeles business owner responded by saying, "Are you crazy? It's the middle of a recession."
Park rangers receive Department of the Interior Valor Award
Four Olympic National Park rangers were honored at the Honor Convocation at the Department of the Interior's headquarters in Washington, D.C., for their rescue of a lost skier.
Operation pencil push
Care packages usually include personal letters and homemade cookies, but Sarah McCarthey of Sequim sends her husband pencils.
Olympic Wi-Fi goes off beaten path
Not sure where you'll be in 12 months and hesitant to sign a two-year Internet contract?
No joker: Sighting harlequin ties writer's Birdathon record
As we did last year, my wife and I meet Bob Boekelheide, director of the Dungeness River Audubon Center, and his teammate Jerry Freilich on the outskirts of Sequim at 3:30 a.m. Saturday, May 9.
June Robinson, county historian, dies at age 83
For someone who was born, raised and spent much of her life in Seattle and the east coast, June Robinson surely convinced locals that she was a lifelong Clallam County native.
HS band and choir perform well at All-State competition
For the size of their city, Sequim High School's band and choir held their own April 24-25 against some of the biggest schools in Washington.
History Day dessert set for May 27
Community members who love history and want to support Sequim's young historians are invited to attend the annual History Day Dessert Fundraiser at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, May 27 in the Sequim Middle School cafeteria, 301 W. Hendrickson Road.
From the Police blotter
Dungeness River rises to new flood plan
The Dungeness River has chameleon-like capabilities. In the summer, it camouflages itself in drought-like conditions but in the winter and spring, its water rises quicker than a car trip to Seattle.
Ducks defy economic current
Met by sunshine and temperatures in the high 60s, families and friends gathered at the Nippon Paper Industries canal in Port Angeles on Sunday to watch the annual Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby.
Dragon drags in top show award
Sequim Arts held its annual juried show from May 7-10 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Community News Briefs
Brown murder trial gets under way
Jury selection continued Tuesday in the first-degree murder trial of Engre Brown, charged in the death of Benjamin Merscher of Sequim in Clallam County Superior Court, Port Angeles.
Broad stripes and bright stars in Sequim
Sequim Sunrise Rotary Club plans to fill the city with red, white and blue for Memorial Day.
Bob hits a higher note
Every 75 years, Robert "Bob" Thomsen plans on releasing a new album.
Best is best at Sequim Strongman competition
The show had as many personalities as it did muscles.
Author plans 10-book series on 19th-century evangelest
Port Angeles resident Francis Kyle said he found his life's work in a Connecticut used bookstore.
A smile and a wave
The parents who just dropped off their children get a smile and a wave.
$6,000 saves summer series
Like a knight in shining armor, Louie Rychlik saved the Music and Movies in the Park summer series in one swift motion.
Wed, May 13, 2009
Eighth-graders take sex seriously
Winners were announced for Sequim Middle School's "Take It Seriously: Sex, Abstinence and the Media" project contest. Eighth-grade students designed and implemented their own media literacy and abstinence education messages and products.
Young photographer SNAPs prize-winning pictures
When Garet Bonham used to go on photo shoots, he would come back with only one or two usable shots.
Won't be gulled into washing car
Observations
Who won what at parade, car show, Strongman match
Veterans groups schedule Memorial Day observances
Veteran's Corner
This little piggy went to market
Investment corner
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