Wed, Aug 5, 2009
Irrigation Festival seeking logo with railroading theme
Submissions are being accepted for the 2010 Sequim Irrigation Festival logo design. The theme for the 2010 festival is "115 Years of Pioneers."
Humane Society seeks canine foster homes during kennel upgrade
The Olympic Peninsula Humane Society received a grant for $5,000 from the Mary P. Dociani Halloran Foundation in New York to refinish the dog kennel floors.
Health care bill will alter Medicare
I would like to start this month's column with an update to my May column. In that column, I explained that I had written to 20+ government officials, both elected and appointed, regarding my observations and opinions of the Medicare system.
Goodwill opens learn/earn program for seniors
You thought you'd be happily grazing in high grass, having been put out to pasture, but now you must get back into harness.
Father Victor Olvida comes to St. Joseph's
Starting over is a constant theme throughout the Bible.
Elbow bending page turning
Despite writing "Bar Exam: Tavern Tales and Reflections," about a tavern and its patrons, Bill Lamperes doesn't consider himself a lush.
David Brewer remembered for singing and teaching
Sequim resident O. David Brewer was remembered by people who worked with him as a kind man with an amazing voice that a reviewer once compared to an entire Greek chorus.
Community news briefs
Collectors explore world in a 1-inch square
Hans Kask escaped from Estonia with his family in the 1940s when he was a child and his older brother managed to bring out a small stamp collection.
Church news
Cedar, salmon: Northwest icons combine for feast
Kitchen Korner
Business briefs
Bill's Plumbing marks 50 years in business
Sometimes men send their wives into Bill's Plumbing to buy a part or ask a question. What could the woman behind the counter know about plumbing?
Annual festival offers art, pet psychic
Paws In The Garden, the sixth-annual artists for animals benefit, is 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 8-9, at Vision Landscape Nursery, 131 Kitchen-Dick Road, between Sequim and Port Angeles. The fundraising event includes education, entertainment, art and music.
Wed, Jul 29, 2009
WAITING to INHALE
In April 2003, Pat Hovis learned a new word. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis.
Vote for vet to kiss a pig
One lucky local veterinarian will have the opportunity to kiss a pig at the Clallam County Fair - courtesy of the 4-H Leaders' Council.
Transportation tax returning to ballot
The proposed Transportation Benefit District sales tax that voters narrowly defeated in November 2008 is headed to the ballot again in November 2009.
Too little water flows UNDER the BRIDGE
People may be enjoying this stretch of warm, dry weather, but some east county residents could be asked - or required - to conserve water soon if it continues.
Tiny trees from giant efforts grow
Master Gardener Bob Kauffman will discuss the fundamentals of creating your own bonsai at 10 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 6, at the Master Gardener demonstration garden at 2711 Woodcock Road, Sequim.
Thief beats man for saving sign
A 29-year-old Clallam County employee stopped thieves from taking a signpost at the intersection of Kitchen-Dick Lane and Woodcock Road.
The last moment lasts forever
In Vetrospect
Starting a new chapter in life
Reporter's Notebook
Sofa Cinema
Rebecca Redshaw
Sequim Open Aire Market
The Sequim Open Aire Market welcomes August and you from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. this Saturday, Aug. 1, on Cedar Street in downtown Sequim.
Schools bring back most aides
After a long winter of economic woes, Sequim's schools got a bit of good news last week.
River Festival will grow with the flow
The Dungeness River Festival, Sept. 25-27, is growing. Last year, nearly 3,000 attended this celebration of the water, wildlife and bounty of the river's watershed, held at Railroad Bridge Park, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road, in Sequim.
RESTORING the FUTURE
Robert Couch has begun a new project - restoring his life - much like he restored handmade classic cars.
Resale shop gives back
Two Serenity House Thrift Store shoppers added to their pocketbooks by luck of the draw. Sequim residents Kathleen Hennen-Vietz and Jeff Nugent each won $250 Visa gift cards for shopping at the Port Angeles, 502 E. First St., and Sequim, 215 N. Sequim Ave., thrift stores.
Ready to rummage
Prepped since February, the Sequim Senior Activity Center's volunteers have packed three storage units and their building for the center's fourth benefit sale.
Raspberries ready at U-pick farms
Kitchen Korner
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