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Responder Blotter — June 3, 2026

The weekly blotter includes calls in the City of Sequim and in unincorporated Clallam County in the Sequim-Dungeness…

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COMMUNITY NEWS — June 3, 2026

Great Decisions June meeting

Image courtesy City of Sequim/ Sequim city councilors agreed on May 26 to continue the process of seeking the annexation of the Flaura’s Acres development. Following annexation procedures, the homeowners association south of East Washington Street could be annexed by late July or early August through an ordinance at a city council meeting. It’s part of an effort to help homeowners connect to city utilities as their water and sewer lines are failing.

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City of Sequim moves towards annexation of Flaura’s Acres

Homeowners, government agencies partner to fund utility projects

Photo courtesy Sequim Police Department Deputy Chief John Southard was surprised with a Distinguished Service Award on May 26 by Police Chief Mike Hill during the Sequim City Council meeting. Southard retired from the department on May 29.

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Deputy chief retires from Sequim Police Department

A temporary assignment became three more years of service for John Southard.

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Free clinic topic of next WOW Radio Forum on June 10

Sara Nicholls, executive director of the Sequim Free Clinic, will present a free WOW! Working on Wellness Radio…

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Sequim High School’s class of 2026’s valedictorians are, from left, Olivia Baros, Nico Musso, Laila Sundin, Julia Reandeau, Kendra Dodson, Kailah Blake, Emma Gilliam, and Shelby Haskins.

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Eight chosen as class of ’26 valedictorians

This year’s Sequim High School graduates were honored on May 27 at the annual Scholarship and Honor Awards…

Photo by Charles Johnson The 2026 Senior Class at Sequim High School gathered recently for a group photo as the end of their final year in public school drew near. The graduation ceremony is set for Friday, June 5

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A final class photo

Photo by Charles Johnson

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OMC board seeks permanent leader as worries rise over staffing, morale

The Olympic Medical Center commissioners will move ahead with a search for a permanent chief executive officer to…

Paula Watson, director of Peninsula College’s dental hygiene program, shows visitors the school’s nearly completed dental clinic, where the first cohort of 10 students will begin learning radiology, digital imaging, teeth cleaning and other preventive dental care as part of the new program that will launch this fall. The college developed the program with significant financial support from U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Seattle, and from Delta Dental of Washington to help workforce shortages and address gaps in dental care. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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New dental program at Peninsula College set to launch this fall

Two-year program in Port Angeles boosted by federal funding

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash A new effort through Sequim Education Foundation and Sequim High School students called the Student Community Partnership Initiative has set a $20,000 matching grant to support students and families through St. Vincent de Paul. Donors can provide funds to the Sequim nonprofit through June 30 by mail to “St. Vincent de Paul, P.O. Box 2114, Sequim, WA 98382.” <ins>Some of those involved in the effort, include, from left Executive Director Lauren Denton with Sequim Education Foundation, SHS junior Olive Bridge, SHS freshman Kendall Adolphe, SHS senior Laila Sundin, Ed Koszykowski with St. Vincent de Paul, SHS senior John Pehrson, and Mike Flynn with St. Vincent de Paul. </ins>

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Students form board to support families, nonprofits

New initiative group looks to connect kids, community

Photos courtesy Charles Meyer Cindy Zechenelly was honored on May 19 with a Lifetime Achievement Award through the President’s Volunteer Service Award program managed by Points of Light. She’s served more than 4,000 hours as a co-founder of Sequim’s Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT), sponsored by Clallam County Fire District 3. Here Zechenelly is recognized by fire commissioner President Bill Miano, left, and Fire Chief Justin Grider.

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CERT co-founder receives lifetime achievement award

For nearly 10 years, Cindy Zechenelly has been dedicated to helping prepare Sequim residents.

Photo by Andrea Starr, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Leaders with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the City of Sequim said the entities are planning to bring city water services to PNNL-Sequim on West Sequim Bay Road to support a modernization effort at the campus along with future development of a “Bench to Bay Deployment and Applied Sciences Laboratory.”

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PNNL seeks City of Sequim water extension

Sewer lift station on hold along West Sequim Bay Road

Photo courtesy Sequim Soroptimists Young ladies who participated in Sequim Soroptimist International’s inaugural Dream It Be It program received a day of instruction intended to put them on the road to success. Various individuals, companies and organizations assisted with the program.

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Milestones — Soroptimists, OMC, Footprinters — May 27, 2026

Soroptimists launch Dream It Be It program

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