Missing yearbooks are club treasures
Recently, Sequim Prairie Garden Club held a party in Pioneer Memorial Park to celebrate our 75th anniversary. It is with a sad heart I have to report that five of our yearbooks, that were displayed in the clubhouse, were stolen. These booklets measure approximately 4 inches by 5 inches. They name the officers and scheduled activities for that year. Most were 10-20 pages and were hand-printed or mimeographed. We are missing several years: 1948-49, 1950-51, 1952-53, 1953-54, and 1959-60. They were our only copies.
The celebration was the first time all the yearbooks had been displayed. We had 74 out of 75 years of history, the missing year being, the Covid-19/pandemic year, where we had no activities aside from park maintenance to report.
Sequim Prairie Garden Club is asking, for whomever took the yearbooks, to please return them. We want to maintain our history for future members and the community of Sequim.
The yearbooks can be mailed to: SPGC, PO Box 46, Sequim, WA 98382-4300.
Ellen B. Castleman
President, Sequim Prairie Garden Club
New ‘residents’ are problem
I was wondering what the laws were pertaining to the parking of unattended trailers and the people now living in the parking lot of the local QFC? It seems that within the last four days the squatters that are arriving in the QFC parking lot has gone from one to five. This I believe is a safety hazard and health problem. To say nothing of the eyesore it creates. I have already observed antisocial and unsanitary behavior from “our new residents.” At what point does the town proactively remove them? If no action is taken, this problem will continue to grow exponentially. I would hope that the city of Sequim has the best interest of its residents and will remove the squatters before we have a larger, more serious issue that will negatively impact the community.
Richard Keiss
Sequim
Commissioner represents community interests
A recent letter questioned a possible “conflict of interest” by Clallam County commissioner Mark Ozias (“Commissioner may have conflict of interest,” Letters to the Editor, Sequim Gazette, Aug. 23, page A-9); however, it is worth noting that constituents should and do expect the commissioner representing their area to be aware of such details as planned industrial activity in a residential area.
Even more valuable is an intimate knowledge of the specific area involved which could be assumed by a close resident of the planned activity.
Having no personal acquaintance with Commissioner Ozias, I would expect his opinion is exactly the representation expected by his constituents as it represents their best interests and concerns … hardly a “conflict of interest” … but exactly why we elect representation for the community.
One would hope his opinion and concerns are valued as those of the community he represents.
Nancy Bull
Carlsborg
Share blame for debt
I agree with the letter “Consider spending habits in 2024 election” (Sequim Gazette, Aug. 23, page A-9).
The first thing we should do is dispel the myth that only Democrats overspend. The news agency Reuters said on Aug. 24 that “the last Republican president to run a budget surplus was George W. Bush in 2001, but even that year was partly influenced by the cost-cutting measures put in place by his Democratic predecessor.”
When talking about runaway federal spending at the Republican presidential debate on Aug 23, candidate Nikki Haley said “the truth is that Biden didn’t do this to us; our Republicans did this to us too.”
Former President Trump increased the debt by about $7.8 trillion over his four years (FiscalData, treasury.gov). To be clear, the president is not the sole force driving federal debt. Congress passes spending bills and the president signs them.
During Trump’s tenure, Republicans held the Senate for all four years and the House for two years. With regards to Fitch downgrading the nation’s credit rating, they pointed to political dysfunction and the growing debt burden. Surprisingly, Fitch didn’t express any concerns about the Biden family.
On Medicare and Social Security solvency, Democrats are proposing new taxes on the wealthy and expanded benefits. Republicans have outlined changes that would shrink benefits and reduce eligibility.
As for crime in cities, I’m not sure what that has to do with considering spending habits in the 2024 election.
Louis Kalmar
Sequim
