Louie Rychlik, a longtime Sequim businessman and volunteer, died on Aug. 9.

Rychlik was selected the 2015 Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce’s Citizen of the Year in February 2016.

Owner of Louie’s Well Drilling of Port Angeles, Rychlik was known in the community for his philanthropic and volunteer endeavors throughout the community, with Sequim’s Museum and Arts Center, the City of Sequim’s Music in the Park series, local Sequim festivals, construction of a BMX track and other community efforts.

Read more in the Aug. 17 print edition of the Sequim Gazette.