Wed, Aug 12, 2009
Sequim man dies following Aug. 6 Ellensburg wreck
Alfred W. Crampton, a 65-year-old Sequim resident, died Sunday evening from injuries sustained in an Aug. 6 car crash on Interstate 90 east of Ellensburg, according to the Washington State Patrol.
Sequim leaves a light on
Police officers targeted four Sequim communities on Aug. 4 - for a good cause.
Sequim grad gets salsa, science lessons at camp
Ashiyah Cays-Vesterby, a 2009 graduate of Sequim High School, was selected to represent Washington at the National Youth Science Camp in West Virginia from July 1-25.
Senior Center benefit biggest yet
Building off momentum from last year, 50 Sequim Senior Activity Center volunteers prepped the largest Benefit Sale to date. The sale was Aug. 6 and 7.
School Calendar
School Briefs
School board discusses budget
School board aims to restore $435k to district
As Sequim students are getting ready for going back to school, their school board is giving them a little more to come back to.
Recession not so rocky for Superior Stone firm
Greg Johnson has been installing masonry for 32 years. Two years ago, he opened Superior Stone, manufacturing lightweight stone products, thanks to the economic pinch in California and Arizona.
PT Flotilla teaches boating safety
Port Townsend Flotilla 47 of the Coast Guard Auxiliary offers "All About Boating Safety" classes 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Aug. 22 at Point Wilson Lighthouse in Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend.
Police blotter
Peninsula College grants available for 45 credits, books
Peninsula College's Opportunity Grant program has funds to assist with tuition for up to 45 credits and the cost of textbooks. The application deadline is Sept. 1.
PEAK Program introduces new directors
PEAK Leadership Program has become an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization operating under a regional board of directors.
Parent connection group starts
OMC to build loop road around its Sequim campus
A loop road will run through Olympic Medical Center's Sequim campus to and from Fifth Avenue in a $950,000 project approved for bids at the hospital commission's Aug. 5 meeting.
Olympic Oxygen, OMC accreditated
New prescription disposal program enacted
The plan for prescriptions is changing at two local pharmacies.
Murder and mayhem star in fiction from Northwest masters of mystery
The Bookmonger
Meetings calendar
Massage certificate, degree programs in P.A.
Peninsula College now offers a massage therapy program, new to the school in 2009-2010.
Junior Livestock Auction rewards hard work
Strong smells and long hours don't deter local 4-H and Future Farmers of America members.
Irrigators impose voluntary restrictions
Seven Sequim-Dungeness Valley irrigation districts and companies have agreed on a water conservation plan to address Dungeness River stream flows seen only once every 20 years.
Hospice race gives rest to weary
For years, when it came to comforting those in need, Cliff Robinson was ready. A nurse by trade, he served as hospice nurse from 1994 to 2000, giving medical attention to those with terminal illnesses and a respite to their families.
Health care needs a maul, not a chisel
"If you have a doctor, be happy that you have a doctor."
First Teacher stays afloat on stimulus $s
Something is better than nothing, Cynthia Martin says.
Falling in love, again, with nature
Valley Gardens
Experts to enforce DUI emphasis patrols
Between Friday, Aug. 14, Monday, and Sept. 7, extra DUI patrols will traverse Clallam County roadways in search of impaired drivers.
E-mails show meddling in manager search: East
The city council campaign became more heated last week when candidate Mike East accused Councilor Ken Hays of interfering with the search for a new city manager.
DRY measure
The Olympic Peninsula already meets one of two criteria for a drought declaration and, if irrigators are forced to ration their water, it will meet the second.
County studies how to get most from materials
From refuse to resource, Clallam County builders are trying to transform trash, if not into treasure then into usable building materials.
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