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Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Sequim High School Interact Club members and a representative with the Sequim Sunrise Rotary gather for a photo after filling buckets and containers for the annual Walk for Water event. Students walked about four miles on April 18 as part of a fundraiser to build a well in Ghana.

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Walk for Water supports Ghanaian town’s well

Once again, a group of dedicated local teens sought out and received support to pay for a well…

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Lost Mountain School’s original bell is now in front of Sequim Museum & Arts as a joint effort between Clallam County Fire District 3, museum officials and volunteers, and local business Doin’ Stuff. Pictured from left are Bob Stipe with the museum, Luke and Daniel Berneking with Doin’ Stuff, Tharin Huisman, CCFD3 maintenance supervisor, firefighter/EMT Ryan Hueter, Captain Ivan Hueter, firefighter/paramedic Joel Bower, Fire Chief Justin Grider, and the museum’s Executive Director Judy Reandeau Stipe.

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Lost Mountain’s historic bell finds new home in Sequim

Museum adds item next to Veterans Monument

Photos courtesy Keith Sandell Sequim Community Church’s mission trip team members with new homeowners stand outside one of two homes they built in Mexico during spring break for local families. It’s the second time they’ve built homes in Vicente Guerrero in Baja California, Mexico.

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Sequim church’s teens spend spring break building homes in Mexico

Two families benefactors of youth group’s efforts

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Colin Banitch helps his son Finn, 5, reel in a trout during Kids Fishing Day with help from volunteers with the North Olympic Peninsula Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers.

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Hook, line and fun for Kids Fishing Day

Families circled the Water Reuse Demonstration Pond, 202 N. Blake Ave., on Saturday hoping to catch some of…

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ FORMA Construction was selected as the general contractor/construction manager (GC/CM) to remodel Sequim High School and build a new Career and Technical Education (CTE) building called the Ramponi Center for Technical Excellence. They’ll work with architecture firm Mahlum on the preconstruction process, a design, budgeting and permitting process.

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Designers, builders finalized for HHE, SHS, CTE buildings

Conceptual designs, logistics being worked on now

Photo courtesy Silas Crews Public input on the the City of Sequim’s draft for its Comprehensive Plan update will likely become available to residents in the coming months once consultants finish their work, according to city staff. The Sequim Planning Commission and Sequim City Council will host public hearings sometime in late summer or early fall with the council holding final approval.

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Updated: City’s Comprehensive Plan draft delayed to June

Blueprint document anticipated to be approved by fall

Sequim Gazette file photo by Matthew Nash Tiffany Lam, Sequim’s No. 1 singles girls player, pictured earlier this season, earned two wins last week both with 6-0, 6-0 sets.

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Sports roundup: Tennis takes matches against PA, North Mason

Baseball splits games with Roughriders, including a pitchers’ duel

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Players with Troll Haven’s coach pitch baseball team take the field on April 11 for opening day of Sequim Little League’s season.

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Little League opens season with 350-plus players

Running through the rain, hundreds of ballplayers took the field on Saturday for Sequim Little League’s long-standing tradition…

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ As part of their 40th anniversary celebration, Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club members took group photos of club members by the decade they joined. For 1986-1995, club members include, from left, Joanne Thoma, Nancy Davis, Alicia Crawford, Marilyn Bosckis, and Norma Herbold.

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Sunbonnet Sue’s still stitching and quilting 40 years later

After 40 years, quilters with the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club all share a similar sentiment: they love quilting…

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City council delays decision to support tribe’s land transfer proposal

Sequim city councilors, at their regular meeting Monday evening, pushed a decision to the end of April on…

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Clallam County Fire District 3 fire commissioners continue to seek options to fund new stations, such as for Carlsborg Station 33, which firefighters say is too small and in poor condition. Commissioners voted down doing a survey of the community on a potential bond because they felt it was too costly and would conflict with a potential Emergency Medical Services levy lid lift in the coming years.

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Fire commissioners pause bond survey, board expansion talks

Port Angeles, Sequim area fire districts discussing joint regional strategies

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Seventeen-year-old Clare Turella has captured two 2A state high jump titles as a freshman and sophomore, and for her junior year she’s set her sights on Sequim’s school record.

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Clare Turella keeps going to such great heights

Sequim high jumper sets big goals following 2A state titles

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash While contract negotiations are still underway, the Progressive Design-Build team of Absher Construction of Puyallup, and McGranahan PK Architects of Tacoma will tentatively lead design and construction efforts for the new Helen Haller Elementary in Sequim. The project was approved as part of a bond in February 2025.

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Negotiations ongoing for elementary, high school bond project leads

Construction completion remains tentatively set for summer 2029