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Sports B-5 • Schools B-8 • Arts & Entertainment B-1 • Opinion A-8 • Obituaries A-6 • Classifieds C-1 • Crossword Section C

In this issue

The bridge is back! A-6

Hailey Nor-dlie, 11, cel-

ebrates mak-ing a batch

of fresh popcorn in

the Sequim Boys & Girl’s

Club’s new popcorn

maker on Dec. 18

with friends and Shaun Carr, youth

development professional.

Each year Santa Claus

brings a new big toy to the club

to share, staff said. See story,

A-3. Sequim Gazette photo

by Matthew Nash

Nancy “Happy the Elf” Rugh gives games advice to Jen-nifer Hale for her two children at the Toys for Sequim Kids event on Dec. 15. See story, A-3. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

by ALANA LINDEROTHSequim Gazette

Whether a $731,705 grant request

by the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center Board of Commissioners from the Clallam County Opportu-nity Fund is approved rests with the

Clallam County Commissioners. Following a public hearing held

by the Clallam County Opportunity Fund Advisory Board on Dec. 18, the board unanimously supported a positive recommendation to the

board of county commissioners to support the request.

Partners pend grant“As a YMCA board member this

money for the air handler is critical

to our success and to our moving forward because I think that a piece of the puzzle is we don’t want to lease a building that has an air

Opportunity Fund Board supports SARC funding request


Recent rainfall is dampening the spirits of local skateboard and BMX enthusiasts.

For 15 years veteran and as-piring BMX (bicycle motocross) riders and skateboarders of all ages have gathered at the City of Sequim skateboard park and neighboring BMX track in Car-rie Blake Park, but it’s becoming increasingly unsafe to do so.

“Safety is probably the biggest issue,” Chris Ryerson, a longtime BMX rider, said. “It’s (skatepark)

filling with water from beneath.”Because the ground is satu-

rated after each rain event, water is forced upward through faults

in the concrete of the skatepark. The standing water then causes the park to become slick and un-safe to use, Ryerson explained, with four friends and fellow park users nodding in agreement.

Ryerson has used the park and track almost everyday for the past five years and has witnessed the structural integrity of both the park and track decline.

“There are four spots now where water bubbles up,” he said. “I noticed the first crack about three years ago and it’s definitely getting worse.”

Because of the high water table, Joe Irvin, city manager assistant and park manager, ad-mits, “There’s really not a whole lot we can do right now.”

“I think after the wet season we’ll need to evaluate it and

Slippery slopes at skatepark, BMX track

by MATTHEW NASHSequim Gazette

Following the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season, the Sequim Food Bank will transi-tion to new leadership in 2016.

Current executive director Mark Ozias begins his newly elected role as a Clallam County commissioner in Janu-ary so food bank book-keeper Andra Smith accepted the role, which starts Jan. 1.

Smith said taking the job, which helps distribute about 1 million pounds of food annually to in-need Sequim residents, was something she “needed to do.”

“The food bank is part of who I am,” she said. “It’s more of a calling to come here.”

For the past year, she’s split her time as the administrative assistant at the Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness


More rate changes for Clallam County Public Utility District #1’s utility users are slated next year.

PUD commissioners unanimously ap-proved the PUD’s $59.4 million budget on Dec. 14, which includes a 3.8-percent in-crease for 30,000 electricity customers and a 6-percent increase for both 5,000 water and 60 sewer users with 900 of water/sewer users in Sequim.

PUD General Manager Doug Nass said the electric rate increase is “consistent with

New food bank director feels ‘calling’ for job

PUD approves more electric rate increases for April 2016

Having watched the structural integrity of both the Skateboard Park and BMX Track at Carrie Blake Park deteriorate to the point of being unsafe to use, from left Shawn Jackson, Chris Ryerson and Nate Hampton hope to raise public awareness about the declining conditions. Sequim Gazette photo by Alana Linderoth

See SKATEPARK, A-2See PUD, A-4

See FOOD BANK, A-4

See SARC/EDC, A-6

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From the children prep-ping goodies in the kitchen to the long, weaving line around the game room waiting for Santa, everyone was in the spirit of the holiday season at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club on Dec. 18.

Club staff prepared plenty of surprises for the festivities, too, after school including a new popcorn machine. But behind closed doors was an-other special effort.

For the third year, the club’s membership services coordinator Tessa Johnson organized the club’s Christ-mas giving program. Since November, she’s coordinated with businesses and orga-nizations to support some children in need.

That day, tables in the art room were covered with Legos, pajamas, gift cards and plenty more goodies.

Johnson said each year they ask parents/guard-ians of children on free or reduced lunch or in special circumstances if they’d like assistance with Christmas

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Ten-year-old Jordyn Simpson sits with Santa Claus during the Sequim Boys & Girls Club’s Christmas party on Dec. 18. More than 100 club members lined up for a photo with St. Nick. Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash

potentially identify ways to mitigate the issue, but there’s no quick fix,” he said.

Water problems plusAlthough time and weather

takes a toll on the skatepark and track, users agree nei-ther are really worth saving and instead hope to see each replaced and built correctly.

Coupled with flooding and inadequate drainage, Ryerson said the skatepark is unsafe and challenging to use because of its rough, bumpy surface and overall bad layout. But, given the status of the BMX track with its poor design, rock soils and encroaching vegeta-tion, Ryerson still prefers to use the skatepark over the track.

When riding the skate-park, however, “There’s a lot of stuff that leads to nothing,” he said. “There’s really only a couple lines people can ride,” he said. “Pretty much only about half the park is ridable.”

According to Oct. 21 meet-ing notes by Hough Beck & Baird (HBB) Inc., the Seattle-based landscape architecture

firm the City of Sequim is working with to design the Carrie Blake Community Park Master Site Plan, a util-ity contractor with “no real experience designing and building a skate facility” won the bid to construct the Sequim Skateboard Park.

“Years ago the city tried to reach out for this facility and met with some skaters, laying out pieces and skate elements: volcano, pyramid and ledges,” according to the notes. “These were then cobbled together without much thought to how skaters flow from element to element or how important the surface texture is.”

Sourcing solutionsRecognizing the skatepark

and BMX track are in need of attention, both amenities are somewhat addressed in the effort to develop a master site plan for Carrie Blake Park. Having spent many hours collaborating with HBB Inc., and after hosting an open house in early November on three park plan alternatives, Irvin presented the draft plan to the city council on Dec. 14.

Following the city coun-cil meeting, another open

house was held on Dec. 15 where individuals from the skateboard and BMX com-munity came and voiced their needs and concerns.

“Frankly, one of the neatest things about this master site planning process is getting to know the different park users like the skateboard and BMX community and understand what their needs are,” Irvin said. “The skateboard folks are saying a differently designed skatepark would be ideal.”

“That’s a longterm en-deavor,” he said given the time and funding needed to create a new park.

The Carrie Blake Park Master Site Plan doesn’t include the design specifics of a skatepark, nor does the city have a funding plan for skatepark improvements, Irvin said. But, the plan does identify and designate the space available for one.

“The city is committed to working with the skateboard community to understand what a desired skatepark would look like,” he said. “From there we can sit down and start to strategize funding options.”

To help bring the concept of a new skatepark closer to

reality, owners and found-ers of a Sequim skateboard shop are preparing to start a nonprofit to raise funds and already have consulted with Grindline Skateparks, a Se-attle-based skatepark design and construction company.

“The goal is to make the skatepark more desirable, attractive and safe for kids,” Shaun Jones Sr., Dynamic Board Shop founder and owner, said. “Kids aren’t skating here anymore be-cause there’s nowhere for them to safely learn or skate … it bums me that skate-boarding is dying here.”

Jones, a lifelong skate-boarder, moved to Sequim in 1986 and was involved with the original push to install a skateboard park in Sequim during the mid-1990s.

In working with Grindline Skateparks, Jones is confi-

dent whatever park is built will be “done right this time,” he said. “I see a whole differ-ent future for this park.”

Jones also would like to include a BMX track, but envisions it being separate from the skatepark for safety given the high speeds associ-ated with BMX.

“I’m glad that they are self-organizing and have some leadership to start fundrais-ing,” Irvin said of those like Jones and Ryerson. “It’s great the energy and momentum they’re bringing to the table.”

However, unlike the skate-park, the BMX track is “hardly used and what’s there isn’t worth salvaging,” Irvin said. Thus, under the draft Carrie Blake Park Master Site Plan, eight pickleball courts are slated for construction in the location of the BMX track.

Irvin envisioned the BMX

track as more of a “regional use” when creating the mas-ter site plan for the park.

“So when we looked at community park uses, it made more sense to take a separate longterm approach to the BMX track,” he said.

Instead of trying to “jam it into Carrie Blake Park,” Ir-vin anticipates working with the county and/or large lot property owners to secure a location better suited to build a BMX track and can also accommodate specta-tors with bleachers.

Master site planIrvin plans to present a final

version of the Carrie Blake Park Master Site Plan to the city’s Park and Recreation Board on Feb. 1 and to the city council on Feb. 8. At that time it’s possible the council will take action on the plan, he said.

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A number of Sequim children will have warmer Christmases thanks to another successful Toys for Sequim Kids, in its 68th year.

Donna Tidrick, presi-dent of the organiza-tion, said they provided presents for 145 parents/ guardians to share with 404 children up to age 14 in the Sequim area.

As is custom, parents/guardians must provide a picture ID and proof of residency.

“The community is what made this event a go,” Tidrick said. “Without them we wouldn’t have enough toys for all these kids.”

Community businesses and groups partnering to help the event include Clallam County Fire Dis-trict 3, the Co-Op Farm & Garden, Sequim Gym, QFC, Les Schwab, Costco, Walmart, Toys for Tots, Safeway, Grocery Outlet and the Sequim Realtors Association.

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From the children prep-ping goodies in the kitchen to the long, weaving line around the game room waiting for Santa, everyone was in the spirit of the holiday season at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club on Dec. 18.

Club staff prepared plenty of surprises for the festivities, too, after school including a new popcorn machine. But behind closed doors was an-other special effort.

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Johnson said each year they ask parents/guard-ians of children on free or reduced lunch or in special circumstances if they’d like assistance with Christmas

presents. If so, they’ll fill out forms and Johnson does her best to recruit donations.

“It means every child has a chance to have something for Christmas who might not necessarily get something,” Johnson said.

Businesses and organiza-tions like the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe, Sound Com-munity Bank, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and Dren-nan & Ford Funeral Home and Crematory set up giving trees or provided monetary donations, she said.

This year, 64 children, ages 2-18, including siblings, received presents on Dec. 19.

Toys for Tots and com-munity donors also helped provide a toy for each club member the day before. The club’s computer room was filled with toys that children could explore including cars, games and more. As a special treat, Santa Claus, played by George Stuber, visited the club the same night for photos and handed out candy bags.

Unit director Dave Miller coordinated with Santa again to make an annual purchase

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Community shares season’s greetings with Sequim Boys & Girl Club members

Ten-year-old Jordyn Simpson sits with Santa Claus during the Sequim Boys & Girls Club’s Christmas party on Dec. 18. More than 100 club members lined up for a photo with St. Nick. Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash

for the club to bring in a pop-corn maker.

Shaun Carr, a club youth development professional, said every week they open the Kids Cafe where club members can purchase items but for the Christmas party they offered free popcorn and

Italian sodas for everyone to celebrate.

For more information on the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, 400 W. Fir St., which includes the Sequim and Port Angeles’ clubs, call 683-8095 or visit www.bgc-op.org.

Tessa Johnson continues her work coordinating presents for 64 children in the Sequim Boys & Girls Club who are on free/reduced lunch in Sequim School District or in special need this holiday season.

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our strategic objective of maintaining stable rates and financial responsibility to our customers.”

“And while rate increases are not something custom-ers want, they are necessary given current rate pressures,” he said. “Even with the rate increase though, we are fortunate to have among the lowest electric utility rates in the state and country.”

In April 2015, a 3.5-per-cent increase began for electric users averaging about $3.35 more a month following commissioners’ approval in December 2015. Next year’s 3.8 percent increase marks the fifth time in six years the com-missioners agreed to raise electric rates.

New electricity increases go into effect on bills ren-dered on or after April 1, 2016, and water/sewer in-creases are effective on Feb. 1, 2016.

For electric customers, the new rate averages to about $4.20 per month us-ing 1,200 kWh per month.

PUD staff said the actual retail electric rate increase is applied as an increase of $2.50 per month on the customer’s base charge and about 2 percent on kilowatt hours used, for a total of about 3.8 percent.

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Other cost issues for the PUD include the Bonne-ville Power Administra-tion enacting an 8-per-cent wholesale rate every two years to help pay for aging infrastructure and machines along with in-creased health care costs for staff and the costs of meeting the mandates of Washington’s Energy In-dependence Act, aka I-937. In 2016, the PUD will pay about $302,000 on renew-able energy credits for the Energy Independence Act.

PUD staff said they are splitting the BPA increases over two-year increments while dipping into about $2 million of reserves through 2019 as they expect more increases in 2017 and 2019.

In October 2015, the BPA increased rates by about 6 percent, which accounts for 44 percent of the PUD’s total budget.

For water and sewer us-ers, the 6-percent increase follows the same amount in-crease earlier this year to pay for aging infra struc-ture. Water users will see t heir bi l l s increase for that portion by about $2.50 on average and by $2.40 on the sewer portion.

Nass said, “With a smaller customer base and aging infrastructure, these (water/sewer) rate increases are necessary to not only main-tain the system but also to make certain we are able to deliver the quality water expected.”

Fudge folks take a breakWeDo Fudge, 11 Valley Center Place, Sequim, will close its

drive-thru fudge stand from Dec. 25-Feb. 1. It will reopen Feb. 2 in time for Valentine’s Day.

Local companies honored by stateOn Dec. 16, Secretary of State Kim Wyman presented

Corporations for Communities Awards and honor roll certificates to several Washington companies in her office.

First Federal was one of the four companies to receive the CFC Award this year.

Black Bear Diner also received an honor roll certificate. Acecepting the awards (in photo) are, from left, Kelly Liske

and Larry Hueth of First Federal, Wyman, and Bret and Trisha Wirta of Black Bear Diner.

Hardy’s holiday feast setThis holiday season Hardy’s Market, 10200 Old Olympic

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No early birds please. Dine in or take out one per person while supplies last.

BUSINESS NEWS

City offices to closeCity of Sequim offices will be

closed Thursday-Friday, Dec. 24-25, for the Christmas holiday. City offices will reopen on Monday, Dec. 28. Offices also will be closed on Friday, Jan. 1, and will reopen on Monday, Jan. 4.

Lab closes for holidaysThe Clallam County water testing

laboratory will be closed Dec. 23-25 for the Christmas

holiday; and Dec. 31-Jan. 1 for the New Year holiday. Water tests require a 24-hour period for results, so no water samples will be accepted the day before the holiday closure. For questions or information, con-tact the Clallam County water lab at 417-2334.

PUD cancels meetingsThe Clallam County Public

Utility District officials canceled meetings on Dec. 21 and Dec. 28. The next regular meeting will be on Monday, Jan. 4.

Newcomers meet in JanuaryCome join the Newcomers’ Club

on Jan. 5, 2016, for special brunch buffet program at Joshua’s, 113 Del Guzzi Drive in Port Angeles. Habitat for Humanity will update members on its plans for the greater peninsula area. Socializing starts at 10 a.m., brunch buffet Program at 10:30 a.m. The cost is $18 and the program fee is $5 which includes only non-alcoholic beverages.

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Friends, from left, Jesse Reynolds, Ryan French, Mike French and Ken Smith with Benjamin Komar (not pictured) play card games waiting for the 3-D showing of “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” on opening night, Thursday, Dec. 17. Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash


Olympic Peninsula Sci-Fan fans joined in on the international hype for the opening of “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens” on Dec. 17, at Deer Park Cinemas.

Matt Bailey from Port Angeles was officially first in line at noon that day for the 2-D showing. His reason? He was second in line for “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” when it opened in Port Angeles in 1999, “so I had to be first this time,” Bailey said. This time he was joined for the showing with his two sons Hollund, 14, and Edun, 11.

Mike French from Port Angeles was second in line and said he and his friends came out of tradition because they saw Episode I in Port Angeles, too. To pass the time, French and his friends setup a table and played cards and role-playing games from the early afternoon until the 8 p.m. 3-D showing.

Both Thursday showings of Episode VII sold out, a theater official said.

Matt Bailey of Port Angeles sits with his sons Edun and Hol-lund waiting for the first showing of “Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens.” Bailey was first in line on Dec. 17 at Deer Park Cinemas because he remembers being second in line for “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.”

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Clinic and the food bank, where she’s been the book-keeper for four years.

Board members like presi-dent Stephen Rosales and Ozias encouraged her to consider the job.

“She has a lot of compas-sion and is well-organized, which is important for an organization like this,” Ro-sales said.

Smith said she enjoyed her position at the clinic but realized she still could serve there in other ways. She moved to Sequim nine years ago in December with her husband Craig, now controller of Price Ford, and two daughters, Mollie, 21, and Samantha, 15, from Texas. Smith said formerly she was a Subway franchisee, UPS store owner and worked for her family’s petroleum wholesale/retail business.

Her daughter Mollie was one of the original “Fantas-tic Four” children for the Sequim Food Bank that pio-neered teens leading services on Saturdays.

Smith has helped coordi-nated multiple food drives/fundraisers for the food bank, too, including peanut butter drives. “I’ve seen first hand how giving this community is,” she said. “It’s amazing to see what can happen.”

Ozias’ outro Ozias began as executive di-

rector at the food bank in June 2013 following Rosales serving as interim director.

In his 2½ years at the food bank, Ozias said he’s proud of multiple efforts including growing the volunteer pro-gram from 12 volunteers to about 40-50 each week, not including teens, building re-lationships with community organizations and encour-

aging healthier eating by offering more fruit and veg-etables. Ozias also partnered with Olympic Peninsula food banks to form the Clallam County Food Bank Coalition about a year ago.

Smith is excited to continue Ozias’ partnerships such as with the Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic which encourages children and families to eat healthier with the 5-2-1-0 program — five fruits and vegetables a day, two or fewer hours of screen time a day, 1 hour of exercise and no sugar added bever-ages. She also looks forward to meeting more with volun-teers and said she left a recent volunteer luncheon feeling great from their energy.

Food bank services This week, the food bank

wrapped up its holiday bas-kets program. For Thanks-giving, volunteers provided about 900 baskets, which is about 50 more than in 2014, Rosales estimates.

Annually, the food bank operates on about $200,000 in monetary donations along with about $650,000 of in-kind food donations from several organizations.

Ozias sa id Sequim’s Walmart last year provided 49 percent of in-kind food donations but this year they received more support from Northwest Harvest, a statewide hunger support program, and other agencies.

The food bank purchases milk, eggs, margarine, pota-toes and sometimes bread if not enough is donated, Ro-sales said. All other vegetables and fruit come in by donation.

The food bank continues its weekly backpack program providing weekend meals for 130 children among the two Sequim elementary schools, Boys & Girls Club and Sequim Middle school.

It continues through win-ter break as children or their parents/guardians can receive their weekly packs from the Sequim Boys & Girls Club.

Ozias said each backpack set of meals costs $6 and will cost in total about $40,000 annu-ally if they expand the offering into Sequim High School.

Along with continuing and expanding programs, Smith says she has one big idea that sticks out as a dream goal — establishing a food bank farm or garden to educate people on cultivating their own food.

“I’ve read that when chil-dren grow their own veg-etables, they are likely to eat it more,” she said.

In the coming year, the food bank continues to seek financial donations for the backpack program and on-going staples of peanut but-ter, rice, tuna, cans of soup, macaroni and cheese, pasta and pasta sauce.

The Sequim Food Bank, 144 W. Alder St., is open 1-4 p.m. Mondays and 9 a.m.-noon Fridays and Saturdays with children leading services on Saturdays. Call 683-1205.

Following the hustle and bustle of the Christmas season, the Sequim Food Bank will transition to new leadership in 2016. Current executive director Mark Ozias begins his newly elected role as a Clallam County commissioner in January so food bank bookkeeper Andra Smith accepted the role, which starts Jan. 1. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

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Fudge folks take a breakWeDo Fudge, 11 Valley Center Place, Sequim, will close its

drive-thru fudge stand from Dec. 25-Feb. 1. It will reopen Feb. 2 in time for Valentine’s Day.

Local companies honored by stateOn Dec. 16, Secretary of State Kim Wyman presented

Corporations for Communities Awards and honor roll certificates to several Washington companies in her office.

First Federal was one of the four companies to receive the CFC Award this year.

Black Bear Diner also received an honor roll certificate. Accepting the awards (in photo) are, from left, Kelly Liske

and Larry Hueth of First Federal, Wyman, and Bret and Trisha Wirta of Black Bear Diner.

Hardy’s holiday feast setThis holiday season Hardy’s Market, 10200 Old Olympic

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No early birds please. Dine in or take out one per person while supplies last.

BUSINESS NEWS

City offices to closeCity of Sequim offices will be

closed Thursday-Friday, Dec. 24-25, for the Christmas holiday. City offices will reopen on Monday, Dec. 28. Offices also will be closed on Friday, Jan. 1, and will reopen on Monday, Jan. 4.

Lab closes for holidaysThe Clallam County water testing

laboratory will be closed Dec. 23-25 for the Christmas holiday; and Dec. 31-Jan. 1 for the New Year holiday. Water tests require a 24-hour period for results, so no water samples will be accepted the day before the holiday closure. For questions or information, contact the Clallam County water lab at 417-2334.

PUD cancels meetingsThe Clallam County Public

Utility District officials canceled meetings on Dec. 21 and Dec. 28. The next regular meeting will be on Monday, Jan. 4.

Newcomers meet in JanuaryCome join the Newcomers’ Club

on Jan. 5, for a special brunch buffet program at Joshua’s, 113 Del Guzzi Drive in Port Angeles. Habitat for Humanity will update members on its plans for the greater peninsula area. Socializing starts at 10 a.m., brunch buffet, program is at 10:30 a.m. The cost is $18 and the pro-gram fee is $5 which includes only non-alcoholic beverages. RSVP by noon Dec. 30. For more informa-

tion, contact Warren Pierce at [email protected] or 630-992-5613.

Alzheimer’s support group meets in Sequim

Are you caring for someone with memory loss? Do you need infor-mation and support? Alzheimer’s Association family caregiver sup-port groups provide a consistent and caring place for people to learn, share and gain emotional support from others who also are on a unique journey of providing care to a person with memory loss.

Meetings are held from 1-2:30 p.m. the second Thursday of the month at Sequim Bible Church, 847 N. Sequim Ave, Room 401, Sequim. For information, call Carolyn Lind-ley at 683-5294.

Senior Nutrition menu setSequim Senior Nutrition Site

menus are served at 4:30 p.m. at the Shipley Center, 921 E. Ham-mond St. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Suggested donation is $5 (60 and over), $8 guest and a 24-hour advance reservation is needed. RSVP to 683-8491. Menus are subject to change.

Friday, Dec. 25: Closed for Christ-mas

Tuesday, Dec. 29: Tossed salad, chicken fried steak, mashed pota-toes, country gravy, peas/carrots, brownies

Wednesday, Dec. 30: Cheese-burger w/fixings, potato fries, fruit

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Spruce Railroad Trail reopens

The Spruce Railroad Trail along the north shore of Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park reopened

last weekend following a four-month closure for trail construc-tion. The east trailhead was closed since late July to allow contractors to improve 1,800 feet of the trail for universal accessibility. Weather permitting, the Hurricane Ridge

Road is scheduled to be open Friday-Sunday in winter, with the exception of Christmas Day when the road will be closed. The road is scheduled to be open daily from Dec. 26-Jan. 3. All vehicles are re-quired to carry tire chains.

COMMUNITY NEWS BRIEFS

Sequim Middle School eighth-grade student Devin Anderson interviews Doug Nass, general manager of Clallam County Public Utility District (PUD) No. 1, at the district’s new main office at 104 Hooker Road in Carlsborg. Anderson does radio reports for KSQM and was at the event to cover the facility’s Dec. 12 grand opening. Submitted photo

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Bus Route #50 service from Sequim to the Jamestown Campus has been funded through 2018. The James-town S’Klallam Tribe was successful in securing a 2015

Tribal Transportation Dis-cretionary aware of $76,413 from the Federal Transit Authority. This, coupled with an award of $138,432 from WSDOT’s Consolidated Grants Program, will fund continued weekday service from Sequim to Blyn on Clal-lam Transit System’s Route #50 (downtown Sequim to the Jamestown Campus) through April 2018.

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Additional YMCA officials in attendance of the hearing echoed Johnson, but SARC board’s partnership with the YMCA isn’t the only partnership that hinges on the funding to replace the 20-year-old decrepit air handler unit.

The air handler is a car-sized piece of equipment required by the Washington State Department of Health and maintains the air qual-ity, humidity and chemicals at a safe balance within the building on an indoor swim-ming pool, such as SARC, Frank Pickering, SARC board chairman, explained.

The original grant re-quest of $760,000 by SARC lowered to $731,705 by the time of the Opportunity Fund Advisory Board public hearing as result of further consultation by Abacus Re-source Management Com-pany, an energy services performance contractor and energy engineering firm from Issaquah.

In working with Aba-cus Resource Management Company engineers and officials with Washington State Department of En-terprise Services via an energy efficiency program, it’s estimated the air handler and water and waste system well suited for SARC could save about $17,750 in annual expenses.

“Air handler units do a lot of heat recover, which is where the majority of the costs go in the cost of these things,” Pickering said.

On Dec. 14 the Sequim

City Council unanimously approved a contract to con-tribute $30,000 a year over three years to YMCA for low income memberships, but only if the grant request by SARC is approved.

“That motion that was ap-proved unanimously is con-tingent on the request for $760,000 coming through county opportunity funds to help pay for this new air handler unit,” Joe Irvin, city manager assistant and parks manager said during the hearing.

“It’s very important to the City of Sequim that we find a way to reopen SARC,” he said “There’s a lot of jobs at stake in our community, it helps with real estate purchasing, bringing in professionals to the Sequim community and we have definitely worked with SARC and YMCA to bring this proposal to this point and we would like to see a positive motion move forward to the Clallam County Board of Commis-sioners.”

Lastly, a “very important partnership” in the effort to reopen SARC, which houses the city’s only public pool, is with Olympic Medical Cen-ter, Pickering said.

Although Eric Lewis, Olympic Medical Center chief executive officer, didn’t attend the advisory board’s public hearing, he submit-ted a letter.

“Olympic Medical Center would like to express strong support for the SARC’s capital funds application from the Clallam County Opportunity Fund for a replacement air handler,” he wrote. “OMC is commit-ted to partnering with the YMCA to successfully oper-ate the SARC facility for the longterm.”

Within the letter Lewis outlines Olympic Medical Center’s intention to lease space in SARC to offer car-diac and pulmonary reha-bilitation, physical therapy, sports medicine and other chronic disease manage-ment services. By doing so, Lewis notes will generate a “significant” number of jobs.

Aside from the potential jobs created via the part-nership and expansion of Olympic Medical Center into SARC, Pickering told the

Opportunity Fund Advisory Board about 45-55 full and part-time jobs are to be re-covered as a result of SARC reopening.

Concerns voicedDespite the importance

put on the need for a new air handler, Bill Hermann, Opportunity Fund Advisory Board member represent-ing the Port of Port Angeles, expressed concern with sup-porting a grant to purchase a piece of equipment when SARC closed despite its func-tioning air handler.

“We could have a really nice air handling system and still no facility if you can’t figure out how to get the revenue here,” he said.

However, Gary Huff, chairman of the Olympic Peninsula YMCA fundrais-ing board, responded to Her-mann assured the Opportu-nity Fund Advisory Board with a number of reasons why the YMCA is continuing to move forward.

“In any business endeavor there are always guesses and in raising money there is always guesses, but we have long history,” he said. “And it isn’t just raising money either. We are putting to-gether contracts.”

Huff referred to the form-ing $60,000 annual con-tract with Olympic Medical Center, the annual $30,000 contract with the City of Sequim and the Sequim School District plan to pay a certain amount for services, too, he said.

The grant application came before the Opportu-nity Fund Advisory Board after it was first reviewed and deemed appropriate to move forward by the Clallam Economic Development Corporation.

The positive recommen-dation by the Opportunity Fund Advisory Board was one of four necessary steps needed to toward reopen-ing SARC, Pickering said. Remaining steps include the approval of the Op-portunity Fund grant by the county commissioners, approval of a final budget by both the Olympic Pen-insula YMCA and SARC boards and lastly approval of a definitive management contract by the YMCA and SARC boards.

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What may be to many a greatly anticipated and excit-ing Christmas surprise, the newly built bridge at Railroad Bridge Park will open for use on Thursday, Dec. 24.

Access across Dungeness Railroad Bridge and adjoin-ing wooden trestle that also acts as an integral part of the Olympic Discovery Trail has been closed since early February when heavy rains and corresponding river con-ditions caused damage to the trestle, rendering it unsafe.

For the past 11 months the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe, as owner of the park and its structures, has taken the lead toward replacing the dam-aged trestle with a modern, river and fish-friendly bridge.

Annette Nesse, chief oper-ating officer for the tribe, said she’s “absolutely” pleased with the project.

“Not only did we get the trail back up and that trans-portation corridor open again, but we improved salm-on habitat and the ability for

the river to move through that area in a more natural way,” she said.

The $2.5 million project replaced the structurally un-sound wooden trestle with a 750-foot steel pedestrian foot bridge. A total of 180 creosote pilings were removed as well as 166-feet of railroad grade from the floodplain.

“It’s beautiful and func-tional,” Nesse said.

A variety of funding sources paid for the project, including funds from the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe, Salmon Recovery Funding Board, Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office, Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration, Washington De-partment of Ecology’s Flood Plains by Design, Bureau of Indian Affairs Federal High-way Administration and the Peninsula Trails Coalition.

Construction is weather dependent and planned for early 2016, but an additional $100,000 contribution from the First Federal Community Foundation will be used to re-deck the 150-foot histori-cal Howe Truss bridge and

corresponding ramp on the eastern side of the river.

“We wouldn’t be able to finish the project the way we want to without that contribution and support,” Nesse said.

Beyond the outstanding plans to re-deck the bridge and ramp, installation of both a handrail and tribal art-work selected to be integrated into the concrete decking, the new bridge is “basically done,” Nesse said.

To publicly celebrate the new and improved river crossing, a grand opening ceremony has been sched-uled for 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 30, at Railroad Bridge Park.

Christmas comes early for park and trail usersBridge at Railroad Bridge Park opens Dec. 24, celebration Dec. 30

Grand opening of Railroad Bridge steel truss trestleWhen: 1 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 30Where: Railroad Bridge Park, 2151 W. Hendrickson RoadMore info: Light refresh-ments will be served following a short program and ceremony on the bridge deck. This is an outdoor event, so dress accordingly.

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Port Angeles resident Edwin E. Bushaw died Dec. 14, 2015, in Port Angeles at the age of 71.

A memorial service will be held at a later date.He was born Jan. 1, 1944, in Prairie Grove, Ark.

Gerald E. AurandSequim resident Gerald Elso Aurand died Dec. 12, 2015, in

Seattle at the age of 82. A memorial celebration will be held for friends and family

at a later date. He was born Dec. 4, 1933, in Oak Park, Ill.


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Rocky Fankhouser, 71, of Sequim, Washington, passed away peacefully at home on December 9, 2015 a� er a yearlong battle with cancer.

Born on March 31, 1944 in Wichita, Kansas to Cyril and Phyllis (Fisher) Fankhouser. He grew up in Huntington Beach and Costa Mesa, California.

He graduated from Costa Mesa High School in 1962. Rocky married Pam (Williams) in March of 1964. � ey had 2 children, Rocky II and Beth.

Rocky began working for Boeing Aviation in 1965 as a dra� sman in Seattle, Washington where they remained until 1967.

� ey moved back to Southern California and he began working for Technicolor, Inc. in Irvine, California in the engineering department. Later he accepted a job as a mechanical design engineer for the Mitsubishi Corp., making many trips to Japan for consultation over the years.

He and Pam retired in 2001 and moved to Sequim, Washington, not far from his parents who had relocated there.

He designed and built their beautiful home secluded in the woods. His main source of pride was the woodshop/art studio he built, where he spent many happy days doing what he enjoyed most. Rocky was a gi� ed artist of many di� erent media, a sculptor, woodworker, just to name a few.

Rocky was a devoted son, brother, husband, father and grandfather and will be deeply missed by his family and all those lucky enough to have known him.

He is survived by his parents; his wife of 51 years, Pam; son Rocky of Carlsbad, California; daughter Beth of Sequim; sister Jan Anderson of Longmont, Colorado; brother and best friend Woody of Sequim; 7 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

Donations in Rocky’s name can be made to the Sequim Museum and Arts Center, 175 W. Cedar St., Sequim, WA 98382 or Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, 540 E. 8th St., Port Angeles, WA 98362.

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10:06 a.m. — Vehicle ac-cident, U.S. Highway 101/River Road



10:35 a.m. Theft, 100 block of Bonnie Grace Road

10:49 a.m. — Theft, 1200 block of West Washington Street

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Property east of Sequim envisioned as a disc golf course got the needed ap-proval by the Clallam County commissioners almost a decade after initial efforts to confirm a course location began.

Following a public hearing held Dec. 8, the commission-ers unanimously passed the request from the Clallam County Parks, Fair and Fa-cilities Department to amend the Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Map to reflect the rezoning of 40 acres bisected by Thompson Road off Old Blyn Highway.

Rezoning the property pro-posed to become a disc golf course will add to the existing recreational opportunities in eastern Clallam County, Commissioner Jim McEntire said, noting the ample access to hiking and the John Wayne Marina.

“This is yet another star in the recreation constellation surrounding Sequim Bay,” he said.

Changing the property from Rural Low to Parks and Recreation was the final step needed to allow county of-ficials to begin building the long discussed 18-hole disc golf course.

“It has been almost 10 years now that we’ve been working on this,” Bruce Giddens, Parks and Fair supervisor, said. “It’s good to see we’ve

Property rezone OK’d for disc golf course ‘Another star in the recreation constellation’

gotten to the point where we can start construction.”

Honoring of a 10-day ratifi-cation period after the public hearing, followed by a 60-day notice of adoption, Giddens won’t start work at the site until mid-February, he said. But, come February, Giddens plans to host multiple vol-unteer work parties to prep about half of the available 40-acres for the course.

The completion of the course relies heavily on vol-unteer involvement, thus it’s difficult for Giddens to know when the estimated $20,000

project will be done, but he’s hopeful to complete it by late spring or early summer.

In 2007, the original disc golf course proposal aimed at Robin Hill Farm County Park ceased after public concerns centered on the location arose, but led county officials to turn their attention to the property off Thompson Road.

Being farther east, the fu-ture disc golf course location is “even a little better” than the previous option because it likely will attract people from Jefferson and Kitsap counties and the Gig Harbor

area, Commissioner Mike Chapman said.

“The course at Lincoln Park here in Port Angeles just continues to get used more and more,” he added.

Disc golf is a game that combines the concepts of golf, basketball and frisbee. It can be played solo or with many, where each individual throws a small disc into bas-kets scattered throughout a course with natural ob-stacles, such as trees and hills. The object of the game is to traverse a course from start to finish with the fewest number of throws of the disc.

Supportive of the seeming-ly increase in use at Lincoln Park, “over the past decade, the game has seen a 12 to 15 percent annual growth rate across the country,” accord-ing to the Clallam County Parks, Fair and Facilities 2013 disc golf proposal.

The commissioners’ deci-sion to approve the rezone request is consistent with the positive recommendation given to them by the Clallam County Planning Commis-sion, which completed its review and public hearing on the request by early October.

Reach Alana Linderoth at [email protected].

On Dec. 8 the Board of Clallam County commissioners unanimously approved a request to rezone of two 20-acre parcels bisected by Thompson Road in Blyn from Rural Low to Parks and Recreation, therefore allowing Clallam County Parks, Fair and Facilities Department officials to construct a disc golf course. Graphic courtesy of Clallam County


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Eight lawmakers entrusted with drafting a school funding plan in line with the tenets of the state constitution and dictates of the Supreme Court won’t complete their task this year.

The contingent of Democratic and Repub-lican lawmakers met for a final time in 2015 on Dec. 14, adjourning without agreement on the contours or content of a proposal to put forth in the 2016 session.

They plan to gather again Jan. 4 — one week before the session begins — with hope but uncertainty of reaching an accord.

“We’re still negotiat-ing. We’re taking our task very seriously,” said Rep. Norma Smith, R-Clinton, who is one of the lawmakers involved in the work group. “What we’re trying to do is craft something that can be well-received in the Legislature.”

What this means is the Legislature will begin 2016 just as it did in 2015: in contempt of a Supreme Court order demanding a blueprint for amply funding public schools by the 2018 deadline set in the McCleary case.

In addition, a $100,000-a-day fine levied by justices in August continues to pile up. Thurs-day will mark the 127th day of sanctions which amounts to $12.7 million.

Any notion those sanctions will push lawmak-ers toward a more rapid conciliation hasn’t oc-curred as some lawmakers, including a couple of members of the McCleary 8, think the Supreme Court exceeded its authority. There is resistance to any action perceived as placating justices.

“Our focus has been on doing the right thing for the education system, not on responding to the Supreme Court,” said Rep. Chad Magen-danz, R-Issaquah. “The fines are not really a fine.

No one will drop a bill to pay the fine.”Though the group is not “fixated on the fine

issue, there are members, and I am one of them, that would like us to be out of contempt,” said Sen. Christine Rolfes, D-Bainbridge Island.

To recap, the McCleary decision dealt with the entire tab for the basic education of a mil-lion students.

Lawmakers and Gov. Jay Inslee figured out how to spend billions of additional dollars on things like supplies, all-day kindergarten, smaller class sizes and buses in the last two state budgets.

But they still are wrestling with how to end the reliance on local property tax dollars to pay teachers, principals and staff. It will require a new method of compensating school employ-ees with state funds. That will cost money and could see some residents paying new or higher taxes.

The Democrat-controlled House and Repub-lican-run Senate couldn’t find a solution in this year’s record-setting 176 days of session. And their leaders don’t plan on finding one in 2016 — an election year session — either.

Since September, the work group, with help from two of Inslee’s top aides, is deciding what information must be gathered next year so lawmakers are able to take some tough votes in 2017.

They are not negotiating levy rates and salaries but a timeline for collecting data, ex-plained House Majority Leader Pat Sullivan, D-Covington, who is in the group.

“If we could agree on a plan, we could act early in session,” he predicted. “It shouldn’t be that hard.”

But it has been so far.

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Olympic Medical Center’s board of commissioners and chief physician officer Rebecca Corley, MD, acknowledged six employees for excellence at the Dec. 2 board of commissioners meeting.

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Rotarians celebrate at B&G clubSequim Sunrise Rotary held its annual Community Christ-

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Entertainment was provided by Sequim City Band, Sequim Hugh School Select Choir, Christmas carols led by Cathy

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Bully tactics from editor, writerSir, you have in the past called for “a national

dialog” on this or that subject, but I can’t see how that’s possible, given that someone who dares to question any part of your Democrats’ divisive agenda, can be subjected by your newspaper to an immediate and public Full Alinski. Ridicule, label, then destroy, or talk fast enough to get somebody else to do the destroying.

One of your readers expressed his need to bully and abuse others by writing a cutsie little top 10 list re: the school bond issue (Letters to the edi-tor, Dec. 16, page A-8). Clearly he feels that people who disagree with him on this are dumber than dirt. People need to recognize a bully when they see one and call him out.

The country is way too divided, due in part to the education system. If we want a chance to come together again, we need to recognize Socialist tactics. They want to change “We The People” into “Us and Them.” It’s a divisive tactic. Saul Alinski, look him up. Hillary’s champion.

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Be leery of YMCA/SARC dealAs a board member of the Sequim Aquatic

Recreation Center, I’ll vote against any future board resolution to transfer management or property to a private 501(c)3 corporation that doesn’t adequately compensate the public own-ers for their 34,000-square-foot, fully equipped recreation center.

It’s fundamentally wrong for an independent franchisee of the third-largest charitable corpo-ration in the United States to be subsidized by a three-year, $90,000 gift contract from the City of Sequim or $750,000 from the county’s portion

of the Opportunity Fund which by statute (Ch. 5.40) may not be within the intent of the law!

The YMCA’s tentacles have even pulled the taxing districts of the Sequim School District and Olympic Medical Center into their clutches; but they want to use a publicly owned asset without proper remuneration and then charge the owners higher user fees is ludicrous!

A second item that’s bothersome is the lack of inquiry to the sustainable financials required to cover the YMCA’s annual 15-20 percent budget-ary shortfall normally covered by donations … other than your taxes. Any missed features of the contract caused by lack of funds between the YMCA and SARC could spell the end of Peninsula Family YMCA and making any further reopen-ing all but impossible.

SARC’s boards tried for the last 13 years to run your community-owned recreation center without city, county or rejected levies as sources of revenue — something that had never been accomplished by any of the other 57 Washington state Park and Recreation districts.

It’s my opinion both the City of Sequim and Clallam County have stabbed this board and their citizens in the back. For the city and county to have turned their back on a community’s amenity, only to come to the monetary aid of a private corporation that operates at the same 80 percent efficiency at 50 percent greater user fees … disgusting!

I wish no harm befall the YMCA, but to the community, “You don’t know what you had, till it’s gone!”

Jan RichardsonSequim(Richardson is a Sequim Aquatic Recreation

Center board member.)

Northwest December darkness may yield the most recognized religious holidays celebrated than any other month; at least that’s my impression. I knew about Christmas (Dec. 25) and Hanukkah (Dec.

6-13), but had to do a bit more research to give weight to my theory. Here’s what I found.

I discovered that Bodhi Day is Dec. 8 and celebrates the day Buddha be-came enlightened. Yule occurs this year on Dec. 22 and is celebrated by Wicca/Pagan

followers as the day the sun is reborn. December likely includes a celebration of Mo-

hammad’s birthday; the actual date depends on the Islamic calendar which is lunar. Mohammad had two celebrations in 2015; one occurred on Jan. 3 and another will on Dec. 23.

Dec. 26, anniversary of the death of Zarathustra, is celebrated in Zoroastrianism — origin ancient Persia — the oldest monastic religion in the world so says the source. Once the most powerful religion, it is now the world’s smallest with fewer than 190,000 followers.

Some have thought of Kwanza, celebrated in December as a religious holiday, but it is more a fes-tival intended to honor African heritage in African-American culture.

I have long thought that all these significant events were conveniently placed in December to help folks get through hours of darkness, bitter cold and often dreary daylight.

This theory of mine does nothing to explain the same holidays celebrated in the southern hemi-sphere and how the people apparently manage to get through their June winters just fine.

Still and despite broken theory, we are living in Sequim, one of the most northern parts of the con-tinental USA so I’m sticking with the having joy in darkness theme. I love being surrounded by holiday lights and enjoying wood stove fires.

Winter seasonI also love the colors of winter, something I never

saw until I became semi-working. Many spend the darkest winter months driving to and from employ-ment in the dark like I did and don’t stop to look at the scenery while catching up on chores and doing indoor family things on days off.

Typical winter scene photos show snow-covered landscape with evergreens and barren brown trees and may or may not include a cottage with lights in the window and smoke coming out the chimney.

Once having the opportunity, I discovered a very different Northwest beauty among our towering evergreens. On close look muted auras of sepia and rose hues blend into what at first glance appeared to be dead bushes and ground cover. It seems to me the blanket of subtle colors protects the life waiting below and asks us to be patient.

Lately, our patience through miserably stormy days has been rewarded with wonderful photogenic rainbows and skies of puffy clouds that seem to reflect the same sepia tones and as the sun rises or sets, the same rose hues. I’ve seen the same skies over and over in the oil paintings of the Old Masters.

’Tis the season of all the seasons that pulls us into reflection and gratitude. Of course I can say that because I am old and a long way past the little girl that wanted to open every Christmas card, put the tinsel on the tree, see all the decorated store windows and shook packages under the tree when no one was looking.

Changing seasons’Twas the season of all the seasons and my family

put aside the acrimony if only for one evening or one day until the season they no longer could or would. By then I was growing up and within a few years I was in my own home watching the gradual disillu-sion of pretense in my childhood family until the final twig of decoration was left at Goodwill along with the tree stand.

I am not alone in that kind of memory and not the only one among us who is old enough to have gone through the disillusion and rebirth, if you will, of a new meaning of the “season.”

I may have taken longer because I have never been good at separating from things I cherish, no matter how false or how necessary. Still, it got me along with many of you to this place where I could see the true beauty of the season whether the subtle beauty of earth and sky or the joy and simplicity of being alive each day.

Over time and piece by piece the trappings have gone the way of the Christmas tree stand and Christ-mas cards replaced by e-mails or Facebook. Family is separated by distance and enjoying their warm holiday traditions. We, now elders, have given into the problem of night driving and stressful holiday dinners by avoiding them. We turn more to each other and enjoy our lights, wood stove, favorite decorations, good food and good company.

The season turns into many days and months in which we celebrate each day as a beautiful day when I wake and husband brings me coffee. One day one of us won’t. We know and are much too wise to think otherwise. We’ve had many changing seasons. ’Tis our winter season and life is good.

Season’s Greetings to you!

Bertha D. Cooper is retired from a 40-plus year career as a health care administrator focusing on the delivery system as a whole. She still does oc-casional consulting. She is a featured columnist at the Sequim Gazette. Reach her at [email protected].

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Knights help raise $2,500 for charitiesThe St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church parish chapter of the Knights of Columbus

collected over $2,500 for special needs charities at the annual “Tootsie Roll” fundraiser that was held at Walmart in October. From left are Lee Ruiz, Walmart Store manager with two of his staff; Grand Knight Jim Fryxell presenting a check to Priya Jayadev, ex-ecutive director of Clallam Mosaic; and fundraiser chairman Fritz Field presenting the check to Russ Bonham of Clallam County Special Olympics. The Knights of Columbus is a fraternal organization of Catholic men. They conduct a variety of fundraisers which raise more than $20,000 for Sequim and Clallam County charities annually.

OMC honors employeesOlympic Medical Center’s

board of commissioners and chief physician officer Rebecca Corley, MD, acknowledged six employees for excellence at the Dec. 2 board of commissioners meeting.

They are Stephanie Par-tridge, certified medical as-sistant, OMP Primary Care Clinic in Port Angeles; Aleisha Autrey, lead medical office as-sistant, OMP Specialty Clinic and OMP Orthopaedic Clinic; Malina Whitehead, certified medical assistant, OMP Ortho-paedic Clinic; Norma Lovgren, medical records coordinator, OMP Primary Care Clinic in Port Angeles; Jody Eastey, elec-tronic health records preload specialist, transcriptionist, Olympic Medical Physicians; and Jackie Paradis, lead medi-cal office assistant at the Spe-cialty Clinic Call Center.

Each received an award for their leadership, can-do at-titude and efforts in being a role model for achieving high standards of customer service.

Audett-Knapp engagementBud and Shelley Knapp of Sequim are happy to announce

the engagement of their son Adam D. Knapp to Dr. Marie C. Audett.

He is a 1998 graduate of Sequim High School and joined the U.S. Air Force in 2000. In 2014, he accepted a position as a ra-diation dosimetrist at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.

She is a general surgeon at Wright Patterson AFB. She received her medical degree from Brown University in 2009 and completed her residency in general surgery at the Uni-versity of Cincinnati.

Her parents are Jack and Ellen Audett of New Jersey.A 2016 wedding is planned in Newport, R.I.

Editor’s note: The above photo was inadvertently left out of last week’s announcement. — MD

Rotarians celebrate at B&G clubSequim Sunrise Rotary held its annual Community Christ-

mas Luncheon at the Boys & Girls Club on Saturday, Dec. 12. A traditional meal of ham, scalloped potatoes, pumpkin pie and all the trimmings was served to 127 Sequim seniors and members of Clallam Mosaic.

Entertainment was provided by Sequim City Band, Sequim High School Select Choir, Christmas carols led by Cathy

Marshall and, of course, an appearance by Santa with gift bags for all.

Bryce Fish participated in this event with his Rotary club in Madison, Wis. At his suggestion when he moved here, the Sequim Sunrise Rotary adopted it and has sponsored this event since 2000. Club members and the community look forward to this every year.

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It was February. Our breath hung in the air, a lifeless cloud exhaled from our warm lungs. All the trees looked dead, their decaying leaves frozen to the ground. The stream was solid ice and the stone walls of our cave were bitter as the inside of a freezer.

We came to live for a year in the wilds of southern Utah’s slickrock country, where ancient Anasazi once dwelt among these same can-yons. Our d au g ht er S h a r l e n e was three years old and our son Er ic wa s just a year. Later in life, when Eric explained to his friends how he learned to walk while living in a cave, he took some flak for mak-ing up such a story. But it was true.

The kids were too young to un-derstand what was happening or to protest if they didn’t like the idea. My wife Becky was the real hero in our true-life adventure, supporting my desire to spend a year living in the wilderness in preparation for a career of writing about and teach-ing primitive living and outdoor survival. It was my job to keep us all alive during that year of isolated research.

This was no camping trip — it was a time to experience a more primi-tive lifestyle.

We took no sleeping bags, no tent, no camp stove, no lantern, no axe, no saw, no expedition gear. All we had were the clothes on our backs and none of that was anything special. We each had a wool blanket and Becky and I each took a knife. The rest we fabricated from what

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This holiday season my Thanksgiving and Christmas feasting experiences were hands-on.

Instead of unwrap-ping a turkey from tightly stretched plastic to protect its perfectly plucked skin with its giblets tidily placed inside, Ralph (my partner) and I decided to source our own turkeys.

Though a lot of reasoning and logic led us to the decision to obtain our own meat to complete

the picturesque and traditional vision shared among many holi-

day tables, it took a conscious effort to remind myself of that same logic and rea-soning in the midst of slaughtering the turkeys.

When you buy a turkey, it’s typically

neatly wrapped, gutted and plucked. With no head or feath-ers and often an oddly plump

A thoughtful turkey day Quickly scald-ing the turkey in 140-degree water allowed Ralph Riccio and Alana Lin-deroth to easily pluck the bird in preparation for the next step of clean-ing it.Submitted photo

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BY MATTHEW NASHSequim Gazette

As the weather turns from wet to worse in the coming months, one Sequim author recommends you take up a new hobby to wet your whistle.

Victoria Redhed Miller’s latest literary effort turns her at-tention from birds — “Pure Poultry: Living Well with Heritage Chickens, Turkeys and Ducks” to distill-ing liquor — “Craft Distill-ing: Making Liquor Legally at Home.”

For 15 years, Miller has brewed her own beer and made her own wine before she began investigating spir-its of the drink variety. She’s not sure what exactly pushed her to pursue making drinks like rum and gin but she said it “felt like the next step for someone who has brewed their own beer.”

Her interest led to writing the book for New Society Publishers, which releases on Jan. 12.

She has numerous local and West Coast book sign-ings and speaking engage-

ments coming up including one from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, at Nash’s Farm Store, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 9, at Rain-shadow Coffee, and more can be seen on her site www.victoriaredhedmiller.com.

Miller’s intent with the book, she said, is “aimed at those who want to make really good-quality spirits, not just cheap or fast booze.”

The logistics are all there with how-to-guides for setting

up your own distillery, mak-ing different types of drinks and the economics and future of home distilling.

But doing what Miller does hasn’t been exactly an easy process.

In November 2012, Miller applied for a state craft distillery license that allows licensees to make up to 150,000 gallons a year. She was the first person to apply for home use but was told she only could have the license if she was going to do it as a business.

“I was definitely not plan-ning on making that much,” she said. “With the still I

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Book shares distilling help, discusses going legal route

For 15 years, Victoria Redhed Miller has brewed

her own beer and wine. She said brewing spirits

was her next challenge in homebrewing, which led to

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have, it automatically limits the amount of booze you can make. You can’t just turn up the heat and have it run faster.”

With her calculations and running 24/7, she might come close to 100 gallons a year, she said.

After several back-and-forths with state and local officials, she was given the solution of posting a notice on her front door about installing a distill-ery. However, she lives a few miles from neighbors off the grid with her hus-band David, so any pos-sible objection was moot.

By the bookDespite living in the

countryside, Miller want-ed to do things legally.

In Washington, you must have a state license and federal permit, but she found most of the state laws date back to 1933 when Prohibition was repealed.

While Miller isn’t sur-prised to run into road blocks initially because she was one of the first people to inquire about this home use, she finds the process unfair.

“What are the govern-

ment’s interests? We’ve been able to make beer and wine since 1978?” she said.

At all her presentations, she’s asked numerous times, “How can I make beer and wine but not distilled liquor?”

She outlines a solution in the book where she wants everyone to “work together on a solution everyone is happy with.”

Miller said the state’s concerns are two-fold: safety and tax revenues.

With safety, state of-ficials, she said, are con-cerned around the risk of fire and explosion because the first things that come out are nearly pure alcohol. Her solu-tion is creating a class where safety concerns can be addressed.

She also debates how much revenue the state would lose to home brewing.

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Sequim students from the first second and third year of the Sequim Com-munity Orchestra strings program classes recently celebrated with their first holiday concert on Dec. 8 at the Boys & Girls Club.

The concert marked the third year of the orches-tra’s program for Sequim school children. Students are provided with top qual-ity instruction from trained and experienced teachers

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we found in nature — handmade traps, stone and bone tools, and such. Besides the caves, we lived in an aban-doned mine shack. We built a wikiup and tested other expedient shelters.

We brought some food — wheat to grind between stones in ancient style, rice and a few other staples. Local ranchers and their wives who didn’t quite understand what we were up to took pity on us and provided some food as the year progressed.

Although we used every wild food resource, we gladly accepted their generosity.

We weren’t there just to see if we could find enough food to survive. We were there to live off the grid and have isolated time to research

all that the region offered. It was a year of profound learning — not only about survival, but also about what’s important and what isn’t. It changed our lives forever.

In this column — “Guide to Staying Alive” — I’ll occasionally tell stories from our adventure in the wilderness.

But mostly, I’m going to explain how to survive when everything runs amok no matter where you are — in civiliza-tion or wilderness. Trust me, the day will come when things will run amok. Guaranteed.

Maybe it’ll happen during a simple day-hike when you turn around and nothing looks familiar. You realize that you’re lost.

Fear grows into panic and this is when things go to pot in a hurry.

Maybe it’ll be when an earthquake or a storm or an enemy destroys the grid long term. That’s when modem life

ceases and you might as well be living 200 years ago.

Maybe it’ll be when economic collapse or the effect of a changing climate or a pandemic sweeps the country with resulting chaos, food and water shortages, or mass quar-antine and epic death toll.

Read this column regularly, then get prepared for whatever may come. Because sure as the sun rises in the east, something is coming and you might as well know how to handle it when it does.

Sequim resident Rich Johnson is a former Special Forces survival expert and author of several books, including “The Ultimate Survival Manual,” and “Rich Johnson’s Guide To Wilderness Survival.” These and other books of his are available at Amazon. Reach him via e-mail at [email protected].

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Methodists hold candlelight serviceA candlelight service will be held at 6 p.m. Christmas Eve,

Dec. 24, at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave. Music, including traditional carols, will feature the Trinity Singers, bell choir and Carlos Xavier on the flute.

For children, there will be a story, a “treat bag” and a glow stick. The service will conclude with the lighting of individual candles and the singing of “Silent Night.”

Information is available at 683-5367.

Winter darkness is topicThe next Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship service

will be at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Dec. 27, with speaker Joseph Bednarik who will discuss “The Ancient Genius of Firelight and Darkness.”

Bednarik serves as Assistant to the Minister in the Pulpit at Quimper UU in Port Townsend. When not preaching, he is co-owner of Copper Canyon Press, a printery devoted to printing poetry. OUUF is at 73 Howe Road in Agnew.

body, I’m easily removed from the fact that what I’m about to consume is a turkey and at one point was a living, breathing, fully feathered creature.

I enjoy eating meat, but to say that the notion of transi-tioning to a vegetarian diet while slaughtering the tur-keys never crossed my mind would be a lie. However, as long as I choose to consume meat and have the ability to responsibly source where the meat I eat comes from, I’ll be sure to do so. The concept of knowing and fully appreciat-ing food, especially meat, is reinforced by Ralph and his thoughts, too.

Growing up on a small farm with animals and hunt-ing and fishing continuing to be a part of my adult life, I feel I have a fairly secure sense of life and death, but slaughtering turkeys was a first for me and certainly reinforced the magnitude of taking another life.

Like how many of Ralph and my adventures and mis-adventures seem to begin, the search for a farm-raised turkey started on Craigslist. With only a few days until Thanksgiving, Ralph con-nected with a small farm owner in Quilcene who had a few heritage turkeys for sale.

Heritage turkeys are of a domestic variety of turkey that have retained some historic characteristics and are more comparable to wild turkeys.

Multiple breeds of heritage turkeys exist, but all tend to have longer life spans and are much slower growing than turkeys bred for industrial agriculture. Additionally, unlike most industrially bred turkeys, heritage turkeys can reproduce without artificial insemination.

Equipped with a sharp knife, cooler and high hopes of distancing ourselves from the mass production of tur-keys, Ralph and I drove to Quilcene. Upon our arrival we met the farm owner, still

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ceases and you might as well be living 200 years ago.

Maybe it’ll be when economic collapse or the effect of a changing climate or a pandemic sweeps the country with resulting chaos, food and water shortages, or mass quar-antine and epic death toll.

Read this column regularly, then get prepared for whatever may come. Because sure as the sun rises in the east, something is coming and you might as well know how to handle it when it does.

Sequim resident Rich Johnson is a former Special Forces survival expert and author of several books, including “The Ultimate Survival Manual,” and “Rich Johnson’s Guide To Wilderness Survival.” These and other books of his are available at Amazon. Reach him via email at [email protected].

body, I’m easily removed from the fact that what I’m about to consume is a turkey that at one point was a living, breathing, fully feathered creature.

I enjoy eating meat, but to say that the notion of transi-tioning to a vegetarian diet while slaughtering the tur-keys never crossed my mind would be a lie. However, as long as I choose to consume meat and have the ability to responsibly source where the meat I eat comes from, I’ll be sure to do so. The concept of knowing and fully appreciat-ing food, especially meat, is reinforced by Ralph and his thoughts, too.

Growing up on a small farm with animals and hunt-ing and fishing continuing to be a part of my adult life, I feel I have a fairly secure sense of life and death, but slaughtering turkeys was a first for me and certainly reinforced the magnitude of taking another life.

Like how many of our ad-ventures and misadventures seem to begin, the search for a farm-raised turkey started on Craigslist. With only a few days until Thanksgiving, Ralph connected with a small farm owner in Quilcene who had a few heritage turkeys for sale.

Heritage turkeys are of a domestic variety of turkey that have retained some historic characteristics and are more comparable to wild turkeys.

Multiple breeds of heritage turkeys exist, but all tend to have longer life spans and are much slower growing than turkeys bred for industrial agriculture. Additionally, unlike most industrially bred turkeys, heritage turkeys can reproduce without artificial insemination.

Equipped with a sharp knife, cooler and high hopes of distancing ourselves from the mass production of tur-keys, Ralph and I drove to Quilcene. Upon our arrival we met the farm owner, still

in the midst of processing a couple of turkeys of her own.

The turkeys typically freely roamed, roosting in sur-rounding trees, hunting and gathering their food with some grain supplementa-tion, but had been locked up for our catching ease. After being handed a large net, we were pointed to the direction of the chicken coop and ad-joining poultry yard.

The turkeys were beauti-fully marked with metallic feathers. They were fast,

tall and lean, but still plenty filled out. After picking out what appeared to be a fairly large, healthy young tom ,we herded the turkey to the corner of the yard and successfully netted him. Holding him upside down by his legs kept him calm while we carried him to the side of a building where brackets were placed to slip his feet into, keeping him upside down.

I held the wings and in a single breath Ralph killed the

turkey using his knife and then helped to sup-port the bird while it bled out.

The act of slaughtering the turkey was swift and done as humanely as possible with no struggle and both Ralph and I quietly thanked the turkey again and again for its life.

After a few minutes the

turkey was bled out and we dunked it in 140-degree water, which allowed us to pluck its feathers before cleaning, separating and keeping whatever organs we desired. Something a bit unexpected while helping Ralph process the turkey was its organs, such as the

liver and gizzard. They were far larger, fuller and healthi-er in appearance than those found in a commercially raised turkey.

Having emotionally and mentally survived the new experience of killing my fam-ily’s soon-to-be Thanksgiv-ing centerpiece, Ralph and I decided to repeat the process with one more turkey for Christmas.

Although slaughtering turkeys may be quite com-mon for many, it was a first for me and proved impact-ful. Having intimately par-ticipated in the steps that eventually led to a dinner filled with laughs and joy-ous memories left me with a deeper appreciation for the food and overall holiday din-ning experience.

I felt more connected and had expanded my sense of awareness, not to mention the turkey tasted phenom-enal.

Reach Alana Linderoth at [email protected].

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Above: Just moments before trying the turkey, Alana Linderoth and Ralph Riccio sit together, sharing a sense of excitement and anticipation at Thanks-giving dinner in Ellensburg. At right: Packed with an oyster stuffing made with Sequim-grown oysters, the turkey cooked beautifully and tasted just as good with full, juicy flavors in every bite. Submitted photos

revenue but I could run my still and not make that much booze,” she said.

“Everything about my pro-posal hinges on limiting the size of the still and how much booze you can make.”

Miller said she and her husband still buy spirits and that’s because “I haven’t come up with something that’s the equiva-lent of 18-year-old scotch yet.”

Going forwardFollowing the privatization of liquor sales in Washington,

Miller said she’s found it harder to find certain brands that state-run stores used to stock.

At grocery stores, she suspects they only have so much shelf space for top selling brands opposed to niche drinks.

Several reports state Washington pays more for liquor now than pre-I-1183 with a higher tax-rate on liquor and that fewer consumers are buying it.

In the U.S., Washington residents pay the most for liquor at an average of $35.22 per gallon for spirits followed by Oregon

at $22.73 per gallon, according to The Tax Foundation. She said the same thing happened in 1862 when President

Abraham Lincoln brought back liquor taxes to help pay for the Civil War, which led to more bootlegging businesses.

“They were buying less, so the government lost a lot of money,” Miller said.

Miller said New Zealand is the only country in the world to al-low liquor distilling without a license because the country was paying more to prosecute people than the cost of the penalty.

“They made a simple amendment and it ended up being win-win for everyone,” she said.

Miller is in discussion with state Rep. Kevin Van De Wege about some possible legislative action but is waiting to hear back about the 2016 session.

“It’s a matter of convincing the powers that be that no matter how much I make I’m still buying it,” she said. “It’s a hobby and no one is doing this full time.”

Pre-order “Craft Distilling: Making Liquor Legally at Home” from newsociety.com and other online retailers. For more information on Victoria Redhed Miller, visit www.victoriared-hedmiller.com.

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C’lectors. 1-3 p.m. first Thursday monthly. Call Nancy Hoffman at 582-0022 for location.

• Sequim Valley Lions Club. 6:30 p.m. second/fourth Thursdays monthly, Paradise Restaurant, 703 N. Sequim Ave.

• Olympic Peninsula Chap-ter of Club Miata Northwest. 6-8 p.m., second Thursday monthly. Contact [email protected] or call 457-1082 for meeting location.

• Bingo. Noon, Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Wil-liams Road. Minimum $10 buy-in. 683-2763.

• Clallam County Type 1 Diabetes Educational Sup-port Group. 6 p.m. fourth Thursday monthly, Olympic Peninsula YMCA, 302 S. Francis St., Port Angeles. 417-2364.

• Pingpong, advanced, 681-4675.

• Trivia Time Live. 8-10 p.m. 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 Highway 101, Blyn. 683-7777.

• The Strait Stamp Soci-ety. 6-8 p.m. first Thursday monthly, Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. See www.straitstamp.org.

• The Gardiner Com-munity Cemetery Commis-sioners. 7:30 p.m. second Thursday monthly, Gar-diner Community Center, 1040 Old Gardiner Road, Gardiner.

• The DUCK Discussion. 10-11:30 a.m. every Thursday, Parkwood Community club-house, 261520 U.S. Highway 101, www.YourInnerDuck.com.

• Alzheimer’s Association family caregiver support group. 1-2:30 p.m. second Thursday monthly, Sequim Bible Church, 847 N. Sequim Ave, Room 401. 683-5294.

Saturdays• Meditat ion group.

9 -10 :30 a .m. second /fourth Saturdays monthly. Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church parish house, 923 N. Sequim Ave. All welcome. 683-4775.

• The Northern Olympic Lung Pulmonary group. 11:30 a.m. fourth Saturday monthly, Mariners Cafe, 609 W. Washington St. Call Annette Mari at 681-3010 or Diane Dettmer at 565-8301 for details.

• Visually Impaired Per-sons of Sequim. Noon-2 p.m. first Saturday monthly, Bell Creek Bar & Grill, 707 E. Washington St., Sequim. 582-6931 or [email protected]. No host luncheon.

• Retired Coast Guard. 10 a.m. breakfast, third Saturday monthly, Joshua’s, 113 Del Guzzi Drive, Port Angeles.

Ongoing Classes• Tai Chi classes begin Jan.

4 at the Dungeness School-house, 2781 Towne Road, Sequim. Minimal fees apply. Contact instructor Michelle Biery for registration infor-mation at [email protected] or 681-2360. Beginning/intermediate classes 3:30-5:30 p.m.; advanced classes 5:30-7 p.m.

• Meditation Group, 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Village Heart-beat Studio, 353 Chickadee Lane, Sequim. 681-5407.

• Cardiac care classes, 417-7486.

• Yoga, 425-225-2990 or www.sequimyoga.com; hula, 360-809-3390 or [email protected]; jew-elry making, 681-5087; tai chi, 866-651-0544; Whole Person Drumming class-es, 681-5407; meditation classes/groups, 681-5407; Energy Healers/Intuitive Development, 582-0083; American mahjong, 683-6806; free language class-es , German–Mondays , French–Tuesdays/Fridays Italian/Spanish–Wednes-days, 681-0226; Feldenkrais Awareness Through Move-ment, 775-6373.

• Red Cross first aid, CPR/AED (adult/pediatric), disas-ter services, babysitting, pet first aid. 457-7933.

• Bridge lessons, nonprofit Sequim Duplicate Bridge Club, 10 a.m.-noon Mon-days. $30/player, $100 per foursome. Masonic Lodge, 700 S. Fifth Ave., Sequim. 681-4308.

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Music/Dance/Etc. Thursday Dec. 24• Nostalgia, 6-10 p.m., 7

Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101.

Friday Dec. 25• A Castle Christmas,

Geoffrey Castle, 7-11 p.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101.

Saturday Dec. 26• Danny Vernon, Elvis trib-

ute, 7-8:30 p.m.; Gold Dust, Fleetwood Mac tribute, 10-11:30 p.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101.

• Lush Life Trio, jazz, 6-8 p.m., Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St.

Thursday Dec. 31• Wild Child, tribute to

ladies of rock, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101.

• Malcolm Clark Trio, blues/rock, New Year’s Eve Bash, 7-9 p.m., $5 cover, Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St.

Friday Jan. 1• Vote for Pedro, rock, 9

p.m.-1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101.

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blues, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. High-way 101.

Thursday Jan. 7• Buck Allard, cool blues,

6-10 p.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101.

Friday Jan. 8• The Triple Shot Band,

rock, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. High-way 101.

Saturday Jan. 9• Whiskey River, Lynyrd

Skynyrd tribute, 9 p.m.-1 a.m., 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101.

Ongoing music/danceMondays• Grand Olympic Chorus re-

hearsals for women’s a cappella four-part harmony. 6:30 p.m. 990 E. Washington St., Ste. 103. 681-6836 or 681-7135.

• Shipley Center ukulele group. 1-3 p.m. $3 non-mem-bers/$2 members. Beginner’s classes available, 477-4240. 921 E. Hammond St.

Tuesdays • The Cat’s Meow, waltz,

two-step, fox trot, Latin, Swing, 7:30-9:30 p.m., Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St., $5. Call 582-9026.

• Sequim Community Orchestra rehearsals. 7-9 p.m. September-June, James Center for the Performing Arts, 681-5469.

• Olympic Peninsula Men’s Chorus rehearsal. 6:30 p.m. Olympic Theatre Arts Center, 414 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim.

• Olympic Mountain Clog-gers. 6 p.m. Howard Wood Memorial Theater, 132½ W. Washington St., Sequim, 681-3987.

• Square dance workshop. 7:30-9:30 p.m. Call for loca-tion, 683-0155.

• Rhody O’s Square Dance Club. 7:30 p.m. Gardener Community Center, 683-2409.

• Strait Wheelers Square Dances. 7-9 p.m. Port An-geles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St., Port Angeles, 457-3912.

Wednesdays • Sequim City Band re-

hearsals. 7-9 p.m., James Center for the Performing Arts, 563 N. Rhodefer Road. [email protected] or 360-207-4722.

• Open mic with Victor Reventlow. Sign-ups at 6 p.m., Nourish, 101 Provence View Lane.

• Open mic. 9:30-10:30 p.m. 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 Highway 101, Blyn, 683-7777.

Saturdays• Hawaii Amor. 2-5 p.m.

Elliott’s Antique Empo-rium, 135 E. First St., Port Angeles, second Saturday monthly.

Ongoing Events• Alcoholics Anonymous:

Call 877-682-4143 or 360-797-0259 or see www.dis-trict55aa.com for meeting schedule, times.

• Shipley Center classes, activities. 921 E. Hammond St., Sequim, 683-6806.

Sundays• Open mic with Victor

Reventlow, 5-8 p.m., Fair-mount Diner, 1127 West Highway 101, Port Angeles, 797-4906.

• The Sequim VFW, 169 E. Washington St., breakfast from 9:30 a.m.-noon every Sunday for $5. Open to public.

• Dottie and Vienna’s Open Mic. 3-5 p.m., Bell Creek Bar and Grill, 707 E. Washington St., Sequim. 775-6137.

• Full Contact Trivia. 6 p.m., Wii Bowling 8 p.m. Oasis Bar & Grill, 301 E. Washington St., Sequim. 582-3143.

• Bingo. Noon, Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Wil-liams Road. Minimum $10 buy-in. 683-2763.

Mondays• Ecumenical Taize ser-

vice. 7 p.m. St. Luke’s Episco-pal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., fourth Monday monthly.

• Pingpong, advanced, 681-4675; bingo, 683-9546.

Tuesdays• Drop-in grief support

group. 1:30-3 p.m. first/third Tuesdays monthly, Sequim Community Church, 950 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim. Contact Paul Fiorini, bereavement co-ordinator at Assured Hospice, at 582-3796 with questions.

• The Compassionate Friends Grief Support Group. 6-8 p.m., third Tuesday monthly, St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., Sequim.

• The National MS Society support group. 2-4:30 p.m., the last Tuesday monthly, Sequim Library. 808-9626.

Wednesdays• The Olympic Peninsula

Oneness Blessings Circle. 6:30-8 p.m. every Wednes-day, 2227 E. Lindberg Road, Port Angeles, 477-5682.

• Bird walks at Railroad Bridge Park, 681-4076; blood pressure checks, 417-7486.


A series of November storms brought heavy rain and flooding to the park’s lowlands and a new blanket of snow to the Olympic high country. The park’s road crew has been busy clearing storm-damaged and debris-strewn road-ways, but attention has shifted to plowing snow on Hurricane Ridge Road for what may be a busy winter season.

A full listing of winter services and facility schedules for the Hurricane Ridge area is shown below.

Hurricane Ridge RoadWeather permitting; the Hur-

ricane Ridge Road is scheduled to be open Friday-Sunday and Monday holidays from Nov. 27-March 27. The road also is scheduled to be open daily, Dec. 26-Jan. 3.

All vehicles, including four-wheel drive, are required to carry tire chains when traveling above the Heart O’the Hills entrance station through April 1.


Nothing could keep the Ava-lanche Black team from a title — not even some of their own classmates.

The team of top area girls bas-ketball players took top honors in the seventh-eighth grade bracket of the 17th-annual Holiday Hoops Tournament in Port Angeles, hosted by the Port Angeles Parks & Recreation department and Port Angeles Boys & Girls AAU clubs and presented by The Warehouse.

Avalanche Black rolled past four opponents by a cumulative 231-83 score en route to their 11th championship.

“My girls played lights out this weekend,” coach Joe Marvelle said.

In game one, Avalanche Black dominated the Chimacum Cow-girls 59-2. Emilia Long led the team with 16 points while Han-nah Reetz added 14 points and six steals. Sequim’s Kalli Wiker added five rebounds and two steals.

In game two, Avalanche Black topped the Peninsula Seahawks, a team from the Gig Harbor/Purdy area, 50-26. Long scored 15 points to pace the offense, with Reetz adding 11 points and Madison Cooke scoring 10. Wiker, Ruth Moss, Myra Walker and Jaida

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A popular draw for winter sports enthusiasts at Hurrican Ridge is snowshoeing. The area hosts ranger-led snowshoe walks for individuals and families at 2 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and Monday holidays through March 27. Sequim Gazette file photo

’15-’16 forecast: Flurry of activities Park preps winter schedule, services at Hurricane Ridge

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Saturdays• Meditat ion group.

9 -10 :30 a .m. second /fourth Saturdays monthly. Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church parish house, 923 N. Sequim Ave. All welcome. 683-4775.

• The Northern Olympic Lung Pulmonary group. 11:30 a.m. fourth Saturday monthly, Mariners Cafe, 609 W. Washington St. Call Annette Mari at 681-3010 or Diane Dettmer at 565-8301 for details.

• Visually Impaired Per-sons of Sequim. Noon-2 p.m. first Saturday monthly, Bell Creek Bar & Grill, 707 E. Washington St., Sequim. 582-6931 or [email protected]. No host luncheon.

• Retired Coast Guard. 10 a.m. breakfast, third Saturday monthly, Joshua’s, 113 Del Guzzi Drive, Port Angeles.

Ongoing Classes• Tai Chi classes begin Jan.

4 at the Dungeness School-house, 2781 Towne Road, Sequim. Minimal fees apply. Contact instructor Michelle Biery for registration infor-mation at [email protected] or 681-2360. Beginning/intermediate classes 3:30-5:30 p.m.; advanced classes 5:30-7 p.m.

• Meditation Group, 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Village Heart-beat Studio, 353 Chickadee Lane, Sequim. 681-5407.

• Cardiac care classes, 417-7486.

• Yoga, 425-225-2990 or www.sequimyoga.com; hula, 360-809-3390 or [email protected]; jew-elry making, 681-5087; tai chi, 866-651-0544; Whole Person Drumming class-es, 681-5407; meditation classes/groups, 681-5407; Energy Healers/Intuitive Development, 582-0083; American mahjong, 683-6806; free language class-es , German–Mondays , French–Tuesdays/Fridays Italian/Spanish–Wednes-days, 681-0226; Feldenkrais Awareness Through Move-ment, 775-6373.

• Red Cross first aid, CPR/AED (adult/pediatric), disas-ter services, babysitting, pet first aid. 457-7933.

• Bridge lessons, nonprofit Sequim Duplicate Bridge Club, 10 a.m.-noon Mon-days. $30/player, $100 per foursome. Masonic Lodge, 700 S. Fifth Ave., Sequim. 681-4308.

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A series of November storms brought heavy rain and flooding to the park’s lowlands and a new blanket of snow to the Olympic high country. The park’s road crew has been busy clearing storm-damaged and debris-strewn road-ways, but attention has shifted to plowing snow on Hurricane Ridge Road for what may be a busy winter season.

A full listing of winter services and facility schedules for the Hurricane Ridge area is shown below.

Hurricane Ridge RoadWeather permitting; the Hur-

ricane Ridge Road is scheduled to be open Friday-Sunday and Monday holidays from Nov. 27-March 27. The road also is scheduled to be open daily, Dec. 26-Jan. 3.

All vehicles, including four-wheel drive, are required to carry tire chains when traveling above the Heart O’the Hills entrance station through April 1.

Winter storms may close or delay opening of the Hurricane Ridge Road, as high winds and blizzard conditions are not uncommon.

Road and weather condition updates are available on the park’s Road and Weather Hotline at 565-3131 or @HRWinterAccess on Twitter.

The Hurricane Ridge Road also may close temporarily if the parking lot becomes completely full. Park staff urges Hurricane Ridge visitors to carpool and pay extra attention to making the best possible use of the parking area.

Cross-country skiing, snowshoeing

Opportunities for cross-country skiers and snowshoe walkers range from open, level meadows near the visitor center to extreme terrain in the park’s wilderness backcountry. Anyone skiing or snowshoeing beyond the immediate Hurricane Ridge area should sign in at the registration box in the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center and be prepared for steep terrain and the possibility of avalanches. Although close to town, Hurricane Ridge is subject to ex-treme winter conditions, including

sudden storms, white-outs and ava-lanches, park officials say, making planning and preparation for winter conditions vital.

Information about ski and snow-shoe routes and trails is available at park visitor centers, the Olympic National Park website or the park’s visitor newspaper, the Bugler.

Downhill ski, snowboard and tubing area

Weather permitting, the Hur-ricane Ridge Ski, Snowboard and Tubing Area operates from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Saturdays, Sundays and Monday holidays beginning Sunday through March 27. The area also is scheduled to be open daily from Dec. 26-Jan. 3. More information about the Hurricane Ridge downhill ski and snowboard area is available at hurricaneridge.com.

The Hurricane Ridge Ski and Snowboard area operates a tubing park; check hurricaneridge.com for cost information, details and up-dates. Tubing and sliding are permit-ted free of charge for children 8 years of age and younger, at the Small Children’s Snowplay Area just west of the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center. If conditions become too dangerous

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So far, undefeated! OK, I had to write this

a day before the first bowl game, thanks to early press deadlines here at the Gazette.

Still, I’m feeling pretty good about my predictions, even if I’m not particularly sure about who my favorite college team is.

See, a few years back my alma mater (Western Washington University) decided to cut football. Not their coach or their season schedule — the entire pro-gram. Not that I am a big fan of Division II sports per se … but at least I’d have something to mull over with the Sunday paper.

Now I root for Huskies and Cougars and Eagles and most Pac-12 teams. It gets a little awkward at Apple Cup time, however, as half my family bleeds purple and gold, the other crimson and grey. Me? I’m Switzerland. (Plus, I prefer chocolate to Cougar Gold.)

Anyhow, on to round two of the college football bowl predictions:

Saturday, Dec. 26St. Petersburg Bowl (St.

Petersburg, Fla.)Matchup: UConn vs.

MarshallTime, channel: 8 a.m.,

ESPNThe skinny: Marshall (9-

3) finished second only to Western Kentucky in the C-USA standings while UConn (6-6) was in the middle of the American Confer-ence pack. Both teams had surprisingly tough season schedules looking back. I generally don’t pick against a team with “Thundering Herd” for a mascot.

My pick: Marshall, 31-20

Hyundai Sun Bowl (El Paso, Texas)

Matchup: Miami vs. Wash-ington State

Time, channel: 11 a.m., CBS

The skinny: Ah, the first of two games local fans will be particularly interested in … that starts 20 MINUTES before UW’s? Seriously? In any event, WSU gunslinger Luke Falk will be fun to watch as the Cougs (8-4) look to knock off a Hur-ricane team (8-4) that won four out of five under an interim head coach.

My pick: WSU, 45-44

Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl (Dallas, Texas)

Matchup: Washington vs. Southern Miss

Time, channel: 11:20 a.m., ESPN

The skinny: The schedules don’t tell you much here, as Washington’s Huskies (6-6) had a much tougher road than Southern Missis-sippi (9-4), even if the Golden Eagles are C-USA West Divi-sion champs. UW played five ranked opponents this season (Southern Miss played none) and another against a then-unranked Oregon squad (the Ducks, who beat UW by six points, are No. 15 now).

My pick: UW, 31-17

Time to go college football

‘bowling’ (Part II)

RepoRteR’s notebook

Michael Dashiell


Nothing could keep the Ava-lanche Black team from a title — not even some of their own classmates.

The team of top area girls bas-ketball players took top honors in the seventh-eighth grade bracket of the 17th-annual Holiday Hoops Tournament in Port Angeles, hosted by the Port Angeles Parks & Recreation department and Port Angeles Boys & Girls AAU clubs and presented by The Warehouse.

Avalanche Black rolled past four opponents by a cumulative 231-83 score en route to their 11th championship.

“My girls played lights out this weekend,” coach Joe Marvelle said.

In game one, Avalanche Black dominated the Chimacum Cow-girls 59-2. Emilia Long led the team with 16 points while Han-nah Reetz added 14 points and six steals. Sequim’s Kalli Wiker added five rebounds and two steals.

In game two, Avalanche Black topped the Peninsula Seahawks, a team from the Gig Harbor/Purdy area, 50-26. Long scored 15 points to pace the offense, with Reetz adding 11 points and Madison Cooke scoring 10. Wiker, Ruth Moss, Myra Walker and Jaida

Wood scored four points each.In the semifinal against Ava-

lanche White — their fellow program teammates — Avalanche Black ran away with a 69-20 deci-sion. Moss scored 16 points to lead the team while Wiker added 11 points, four rebounds and three steals.

In the final against PA Storm, an

older eighth-grade team from Port Angeles, Avalanche Black toughed out a 52-35 victory. Long led the team with 14 points, Cooke had 11 and Wiker added nine.

“Kalli hit a couple of big threes in the first half of the champion-ship that really got us going,” Marvelle said. “She had a great tournament for us.”

The Avalanche Black squad celebrates a division win in the 17th-annual Holiday Hoops Tournament in Port Angeles last weekend. Team mem-bers include (back row, from left) Jaida Wood, Kalli Wiker, Ruth Moss, Madison Cooke and Courtney Swan, with (front row, from left) Hannah Reetz, Camille Stensgard, Emilia Long and Myra Walker. Submitted photo

Holiday Hoops Tourney results Girls sixth-grade division — 1. Port Angeles Threat, 2. Drive Blue (Poulsbo), 3. Drive White, 3. Lady Gators (Port Orchard), 5. Port Angeles Haz-ard, 6. N.K. Elite. Championship: Port Angeles Threat 33, Drive Blue 15

Girls eighth-grade division — 1. Olympic Avalanche Black, 2. Port Angeles Storm, 3. Olympic Avalanche White, 4. Drive Basketball (Poulsbo), 5. Peninsula Seahawks, 6. Chimacum Cowgirls. Championship: Olympic Avalanche Black 50, Port Angeles Storm 35

Boys fourth-grade division — 1. Drive Basketball (Poulsbo), 2. Federal Way Warriors, 3. Blaine Borderites, 4. Port Angeles White, 5. Port Angeles Green. Championship: Drive Basketball 38, Federal Way Warriors 16

Boys sixth-grade division — 1. Federal Way Warriors, 2. Drive Basketball (Poulsbo), 3. Blaine Borderites, 4. Port Angeles White, 5. Port Angeles Green, 6. Drive White, 7. P.A. Fivers. Championship: Bainbridge Roots 40, Olympia Bears 39 (3 OTs)

Boys seventh-grade division — 1. Sequim Wolves, 2. NSE Titans (Lake Stevens), 3. Blaine Borderites, 4. Drive Basketball (Poulsbo), 5. Port Angeles White, 6. Port Angeles Green. Championship: Sequim Wolves 43, NSE Titans 31

Boys eighth-grade division — 1. Drive Basketball (Poulsbo), 2. Port Angeles, 3. Tsunami, 4. White River Sting, 5. NSE Titans. Championship: Drive Basketball 47, Port Angeles 46.

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A popular draw for winter sports enthusiasts at Hurrican Ridge is snowshoeing. The area hosts ranger-led snowshoe walks for individuals and families at 2 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and Monday holidays through March 27. Sequim Gazette file photo

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Snowshoe walksRanger-led snowshoe walks for

individuals and families are offered at 2 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and Monday holidays through March 27, as well as New Year’s Day (Friday, Jan. 1). Walks last 90 minutes and are less than one mile in length. Cost is $7 for adults, $3 for youth from 6-15 years old. Admission is free for children 5 years of age and younger.

Space on the walks is limited, so people should sign up at the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center information desk beginning 30 minutes before the scheduled walk. Organized groups such as youth or school groups must make advance reservations for snowshoe walks.

Group snowshoe walks are provided Saturdays, Sundays and Monday holidays at 10:30 a.m. for groups holding reservations. Space is limited, so group leaders should call Olympic National Park at 565-3136 for reservations and more information.

Visitor centerThe Hurricane Ridge Visitor Cen-

ter is open Saturdays, Sundays and Monday holidays, and daily from

New Era Pinstripe Bowl (New York, N.Y.)

Matchup: Indiana vs. DukeTime, channel: 12:30 p.m., ABCThe skinny: What a matchup? Wait,

this isn’t basketball? The Duke Blue Devils (7-5) have dropped four of five games — including a 35-point loss to UNC — while the Indiana Hoosiers (6-6) lost six of their past eight, needing two late-season wins to become bowl eligible. I predict many 3-pointers.

My pick: Duke, 33-30

Camping World Independence Bowl (Shreveport, La.)

Matchup: Tulsa vs. Virginia Tech

Time, channel: 2:45 p.m., ESPNThe skinny: Tulsa’s Golden Hur-

ricanes — who thinks up these mas-cots anyway? — and Virginia Tech are both 6-6, but VaTech’s Hokies are battle-tested and fairly balanced on offense, even if they aren’t the defense juggernaut they once were a decade ago.

My pick: V-Tech, 30-21

Foster Farms Bowl (Santa Clara, Calif.)

Matchup: UCLA vs. NebraskaTime, channel: 6:15 p.m., ESPNThe skinny: Ah, a battle of two

teams I really despise. Nebraska comes in with a 5-7 mark, but Big Red still has enough pull to land a bowl game. To be fair, they were the most unlucky team in the nation this year, losing five games of five points or less in excruciating fashion. Despite losses to USC and WSU in the past three games, UCLA (8-4) has to like this matchup. While both teams have great QBs, the Bruins have the edge at tailback with Paul Perkins (1,275 yards, 13 TDs).

My pick: UCLA, 28-24

Monday, Dec. 28Military Bowl (Annapolis, Md.)Matchup: Pittsburgh vs. (21) NavyTime, channel: 11:30 a.m., ESPNThe skinny: Never pick against Navy’s

Midshipmen (10-2), who bring crazy-talented QB Keenan Reynolds into the mix against Pittsburgh (8-4). Reynolds has about 1,100 passing and another 1,200 rushing. Plus, I’ve got Navy blood in the family.

My pick: Navy, 28-27

Quick Lane Bowl (Detroit, Mich.)Matchup: Central Michigan vs. Min-

nesotaTime, channel: 2 p.m., ESPN2The skinny: Minnesota’s Golden


Athletes from Sequim’s Bodystrong Taekwon-Do Academy got one more bout of competition before 2015 ended with a tourney in Battle Ground on Dec. 5, the final such tournament in the Northwest for the year.

Hosted by Master David Mason, the event was open to all non-Master (7th dan, or seventh black belt level) competitors, including black belts and red belts. The event saw first, second, third and fourth dan competitors from Washington and Oregon and two sixth dan competitors — Bodystrong Taekwon-Do instructor Brandon Stoppani and another from Colorado.

All competing Bodystrong athletes received med-als. Results are below:

• Black belt categoryBrandon Stoppani, 47 – Sparring Gold, Breaking

GoldLinda Allen, 53 – Sparring Silver, Breaking SilverJaden Rego, 13 – Patterns Gold, Sparring Gold• Color belt categoryPayton Williamson, 7 – Patterns Silver, Sparring

Silver

Bodystrong athletes battle in Battle Ground

SPORTS CALENDARSchool sports

calendarDec. 3010 a.m. — Sequim High

School wrestling at North Mason Classic, Belfair.

Jan. 210 a.m. — Sequim High

School wrestling at Battle for the Axe tournament, Port Angeles.

Jan. 33 p.m. — Peninsula Col-

lege men’s basketball at Grays Harbor (Aberdeen).

Jan. 52:45 p.m. — Sequim

High School bowling at Klahowya (Silverdale).

7 p.m. — Sequim High School boys basketball vs . Nor th Ma son. At SHS gymnasium, 601 N. Sequim Ave. JV starts at 5:15 p.m.

7 p.m. — Sequim High School girls basketball at North Mason (Belfair). JV starts at 5:15 p.m.

Jan. 6Noon — Peninsula Col-

lege basketball at Pierce (Lakewood).

7 p.m. — Sequim High School girls basketball vs. Coupeville. At SHS gym-nasium, 601 N. Sequim Ave. JV starts at 5:15 p.m.

Jan. 73 p.m. — Sequim High

School bowling vs. Olym-pic. At Laurel Lanes, 108 W. Eighth St., Port Angeles.

3:30 p.m. — Sequim High School boys swim-ming at North Kitsap (Poulsbo).

7 p.m. — Sequim High School wrestling at Kla-howya (Silverdale).

Jan. 85:15 p.m. — Sequim High

School basketball at Port

Angeles. Girls varsity starts at 5:15 p.m., boys varsity starts at 7 p.m.

Jan. 92 p.m. — Peninsula Col-

lege basketball at Edmonds. Women start at 2 p.m., men start at 4 p.m.

Area sports/recDec. 239 a.m. — Over the Hill

Hikers hike: Mount Pleas-ant Trail. Meet at 8:45 a.m. at Sequim Goodwill park-ing lot, 680 W. Washington St. Call 417-3728.

Dec. 23-2410 a.m. — Hurricane

Ridge winter sports ac-tivities. See hurricaneridge.com.

Dec. 26-Jan. 310 a.m. — Hurricane

Ridge winter sports activi-ties. See hurricaneridge.com.

Dec. 309 a.m. — Over the Hill

Hikers hike: Robin Hill Park. Meet at 8:45 a.m. at Sequim Goodwill parking lot, 680 W. Washington St. Call 417-3728.

Jan. 19 a.m. — Over the Hill

Hikers hike: Adventure Trail. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at Sequim Goodwill parking lot, 680 W. Washington St., for carpool. Call 417-3728.

Jan. 69 a.m. — Over the Hill

Hikers hike: Miller Penin-sula to beach. Meet at 8:45 a.m. at Sequim Goodwill parking lot, 680 W. Wash-ington St. Call 417-3728.

Jan. 9-1010 a.m. — Hurricane

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Payton Williamson, 7, of Bodystrong Taekwon-Do Academy, shows his breaking skills at a taekwondo tournament in Battle Ground on Dec. 5. Submitted photos

Bodystrong Taekwon-Do instructor Brandon Stoppani competes at the final taekwondo tournament of the year, held in Battle Ground earlier this month.

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PREP SPORTS


Turnovers spell doom for SHS boys

Sequim’s inexperience reared its proverbial ugly head last week in a 45-41 home loss to Kings-ton on Dec. 16.

The Wolves, who led 21-20 at halftime, couldn’t hold the lead after committing 22 turnovers to Kingston’s eight.

Nick Faunce led Sequim with 12 points and 11 re-bounds. Teammate Payton Glasser added 10 points and nine rebounds, and Jackson Oliver chipped in 11 points.

Gabe Gregory (13 points) and Liam Young (12 points)

paced Kingston.

Sequim girls fall by 13 on road

Adrienne Haggerty scored 17 points but Sequim’s girls basketball squad couldn’t keep pace at Kingston on Dec. 16, falling to the host Buccaneers 53-40.

Jordan Miller added 15 points and Ella Christiansen added five in defeat.

Kingston, who led 16-11 after one quarter, 31-22 at halftime and 44-28 after three quarters, was led by the 25 points of center Lily Eckert.

Late hoops resultsBecause of early press

deadlines, the results of Sequim’s boys and girls bas-ketball games against Olym-pic (Dec. 18) and Anacortes

Bucs sweep Wolves on the hardcourt in Sequim, Kingston

(Dec. 19), along with Sequim’s boys game against Lynden on Dec. 21, were past deadline for this edition of the Gazette.

See www.sequimgazette.com and next week’s edition for updates.

Bulldogs’ bowlers drop Wolves on lanes

Sequim’s Wolves dropped their final match heading into the winter break, a 6-1 decision at North Mason on Dec. 15.

An illness kept Sequim’s top bowler, Dakota Henderson, off the lanes for one game.

Kaleigh Cassal led Sequim with a two-game, 228-pin series, while Sarah Newell bowled a 204 series.

Sequim dropped the regu-lar games 566-459 and 525-430 but managed to take one Baker-format game, 133-119.

The Wolves (1-8) are back in action Jan. 5 at Klahowya before closing the regular season with home matches against Olympic (Jan. 7) and Bremerton (Jan. 14).

Sequim’s Brendon Despain guards Kingston’s Gabe Gregory in the Wolves’ 45-41 loss to the Buccaneers on Dec. 16. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell

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In the spirit of the new year, Washingtonians are en-couraged to start 2016 with a

healthy hike and connect with the diverse natural resources and recreation opportunities found at state parks across Washington on New Year’s Day. Many parks will have guided hikes, with expertise provided by rangers and vol-unteers. Some of the hikes will be fat-tire bike rides, snowshoe

treks, as well as a 5k run. Participants will not need

to display the Discover Pass on vehicles to access state parks for the New Year’s Day activities.

Participants of all ages are welcome, unless otherwise noted with suggested mini-mum age.

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Snowshoe walksRanger-led snowshoe walks for

individuals and families are offered at 2 p.m. Saturdays, Sundays and Monday holidays through March 27, as well as New Year’s Day (Fri-day, Jan. 1). Walks last 90 minutes and are less than one mile in length. Cost is $7 for adults, $3 for youth from 6-15 years old. Admis-sion is free for children 5 years of age and younger.

Space on the walks is limited, so people should sign up at the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center information desk beginning 30 minutes before the scheduled walk. Organized groups such as youth or school groups must make advance reservations for snowshoe walks.

Group snowshoe walks are provided Saturdays, Sundays and Monday holidays at 10:30 a.m. for groups holding reservations. Space is limited, so group leaders should call Olympic National Park at 565-3136 for reservations and more information.

Visitor centerThe Hurricane Ridge Visitor

Center is open Saturdays, Sundays and Monday holidays, and daily from Dec. 26-Jan. 3.

On Fridays when the building is not staffed, only the foyer, which includes an indoor restroom, will be open.

The information desk will be staffed on weekends and Monday holidays through March 27. The in-formation desk also will be staffed

daily from Dec. 26-Jan. 3.

Snack bar, ski shopThe Hurricane Ridge snack bar

and ski shop, with both ski and snowshoe rentals, is scheduled to be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on weekends and holiday Mondays

from Saturday through March 27.

It also will be open daily from Dec. 26-Jan. 3.

Overnight campingOvernight wilderness camp-

ing is permitted in the Hur-

ricane Ridge area with advance registration. Winter camps must be at least one-half mile from the Hurricane Ridge parking area.

Overnight parking is not permitted at Hurricane Ridge; parking and shuttle options are explained at the time of regis-tration.

More information is available by calling Olympic National Park Visitor Center & Wilderness In-formation Center at 565-3100 or 565-3130.

Avalanche infoUp-to-date information about

weather and avalanche risk is available from the Northwest Avalanche Center at www.nwac.us or by calling 206-526-6677.

Anyone planning to venture beyond the maintained down-hill ski area or the immediate Hurricane Ridge area always should check with the Northwest Avalanche Center or a ranger for current conditions.

Webcam, weather stationHurricane Ridge weather

conditions are available on the park’s website at www.nps.gov/olym and then clicking on “Webcams.”

The webcam image is updated every 15 minutes, although se-vere weather can cause webcam outages. Weather station infor-mation is provided hourly.

New Era Pinstripe Bowl (New York, N.Y.)

Matchup: Indiana vs. DukeTime, channel: 12:30 p.m., ABCThe skinny: What a matchup? Wait,

this isn’t basketball? The Duke Blue Devils (7-5) have dropped four of five games — including a 35-point loss to UNC — while the Indiana Hoosiers (6-6) lost six of their past eight, needing two late-season wins to become bowl eligible. I predict many 3-pointers.

My pick: Duke, 33-30

Camping World Independence Bowl (Shreveport, La.)

Matchup: Tulsa vs. Virginia TechTime, channel: 2:45 p.m., ESPNThe skinny: Tulsa’s Golden Hur-

ricanes — who thinks up these mas-cots anyway? — and Virginia Tech are both 6-6, but V-Tech’s Hokies are battle-tested and fairly balanced on offense, even if they aren’t the defense juggernaut they once were a decade ago.

My pick: V-Tech, 30-21

Foster Farms Bowl (Santa Clara, Calif.)

Matchup: UCLA vs. NebraskaTime, channel: 6:15 p.m., ESPNThe skinny: Ah, a battle of two

teams I really despise. Nebraska comes in with a 5-7 mark, but Big Red still has enough pull to land a bowl game. To be fair, they were the most unlucky team in the nation this year, losing five games of five points or less in excruciating fashion. Despite losses to USC and WSU in the past three games, UCLA (8-4) has to like this matchup. While both teams have great QBs, the Bruins have the edge at tailback with Paul Perkins (1,275 yards, 13 TDs).

My pick: UCLA, 28-24

Monday, Dec. 28Military Bowl (Annapolis, Md.)Matchup: Pittsburgh vs. (21) NavyTime, channel: 11:30 a.m., ESPNThe skinny: Never pick against Navy’s

Midshipmen (10-2), who bring crazy-talented QB Keenan Reynolds into the mix against Pittsburgh (8-4). Reynolds has about 1,100 passing and another 1,200 rushing. Plus, I’ve got Navy blood in the family.

My pick: Navy, 28-27

Quick Lane Bowl (Detroit, Mich.)Matchup: Central Michigan vs. Min-

nesotaTime, channel: 2 p.m., ESPN2The skinny: Minnesota’s Golden

Gophers have a poor record (5-7) but

they’ve had a tough schedule, playing five ranked opponents this season, three of them in the top five at the time (TCU, Ohio State, Iowa). Central Michigan (7-5) has the big passing attack numbers (3,700 yards from QB Cooper Rush) and a kind of home field advantage, but the Gophers get it done.

My pick: Minnesota, 41-24

Tuesday, Dec. 29Lockheed Martin Armed Forces

Bowl (Fort Worth, Texas)Matchup: California vs. Air ForceTime, channel: 11 a.m., ESPNThe skinny: I try to make it a rule:

Never pick against the Pac-12. The conference is at times maligned for the fast, free-style of play and lack of clear-cut national title contenders, but they always seem to do well in the bowls. Cal (7-5) has QB Jared Goff, he of the 4,200 passing yards and 37 touchdowns that only Luke Falk can begin to mirror. Air Force (8-5) only played two teams of consequence this season — and lost them both.

My pick: California, 52-14

Russell Athletic Bowl (Orlando, Fla.)Matchup: (10) North Carolina vs.

(17) BaylorTime, channel: 2:30 p.m., ESPNThe skinny: Ah, now we get into it,

a pair of top-20 teams. After angling toward a playoff berth, Baylor (9-3) lost three of their final four games and had to deal with quarterback Seth Russell who fractured a bone in his neck. NC’s Tar Heels (11-2) were unbeaten in conference play, losing to only South Carolina (by four in the season-opener) and No. 1-ranked Clemson (by eight, in the regular season finale). UNC is healthier, even if they don’t have the football pedigree.

My pick: UNC, 35-31

Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl (Tucson, Ariz.)

Matchup: Nevada vs. Colorado StateTime, channel: 4:30 p.m., ASNThe skinny: In this matchup of rather

middling, the Rams of Colorado State (7-5) top Nevada (6-6) on a late field goal.

My pick: Colorado State, 37-36

AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl (Hous-ton, Texas)

Matchup: (20) LSU vs. Texas TechTime, channel: 6 p.m., ESPNThe skinny: You’d think Texas

Tech’s Red Raiders (7-5) would have a kind of home field advantage, but TT’s Lubbock is 532 miles from the AdvoCare V100 Texas Bowl, Baton Rouge just 271 miles. LSU (8-3) is fewer miles away — and the Tigers have uber-coach Les Miles … and one of the best players in college football

in Leonard Fournette (1,700 yards and 18 TDs rushing). Can’t pick against the Tigers here.

My pick: LSU, 37-31

Wednesday, Dec. 30Birmingham Bowl (Birmingham,

Ala.)Matchup: Auburn vs. MemphisTime, channel: 9 a.m., ESPNThe skinny: How tough is the SEC?

Auburn finished 6-6 and is favored to beat Memphis — and finished dead last in the SEC West. Despite a so-so record, the Tigers went through the gauntlet with games against No. 2 Alabama (loss), then-No. 19 Texas A&M (win) and then-No. 13 LSU (loss). Memphis (9-3) played one top-20 team, topping Ole Miss.

My pick: Auburn, 44-13

Belk Bowl (Charlotte, N.C.)Matchup: NC State vs. Mississippi

StateTime, channel: 12:30 p.m., ESPNThe skinny: NC State’s Wolfpack (7-

5) finished in the middle of the pack in the ACC. Mississippi State’s Bulldogs (8-4) did the same in the SEC West. Both beat teams they should have and lost games by healthy margins to ranked teams. The difference? Dak Prescott, the Bulldogs’ senior quarter-back, who threw for 3,400 yards, 25 TDs and just four picks — and ran for 540 yards and another 10 scores.

My pick: Mississippi State, 38-27

Franklin American Mortgage Music City Bowl (Nashville, Tenn.)

Matchup: Texas A&M vs. LouisvilleTime, channel: 4 p.m., ESPNThe skinny: Like Auburn, Texas

A&M (8-4) finished near the bottom of a tough SEC West conference. Louis-ville’s Cardinals (7-5) had a tough early season schedule (Clemson, Auburn), then tore it up late, winning five of their last six. This one’s a toss-up.

My pick: Texas A&M, 30-28

Holiday Bowl (San Diego, Calif.)Matchup: (25) USC vs. WisconsinTime, channel: 7 p.m., ESPNThe skinny: What a weird season for

USC (8-5): losing coach Steve Sarki-sian, losing to Washington, losing to Stanford twice — and still winding up the Pac-12 South champ. Wisconsin (9-3) had a solid season and has a balanced offense and decent defense, but they lost every key game this fall and won’t have an answer for Trojan QB Cody Kessler in southern California climes. Also, never bet against the Pac-12.

My pick: USC, 29-10.

Reach Sequim Gazette editor Michael Dashiell at editor@sequim gazette.com.

COMMUNITY SCOREBOARD

GolfSkyRidge Golf Course• Triple Six Tournament,

Dec. 12 Gross: Josh Koester and

Mike Tipton, 105. Net: 1. Shane Price and Greg Va-laske, 97.6; Don Heinkel and Herman Murillo, 97.9

• Member’s Event, Play-ers Day, Dec. 13

Gross: 1. Ken Chace III, 76. Net: 1. (tie) Tim Bittner and Andy Cordeiro, 67; 3. Mike Penna, 68; 4. (tie) Bob Kelly and Chuck Parrish, 69; 6. Don Moody, 70; 7. Robb Reese, 73.

BasketballPort Angeles Recreation

men’s league• Dec. 14NW Builders 67, Sunny

Farms 39. Leading scorers — NW: Darren Mills 16, Randy Veenstra 16; Sunny: Trevor Miller 18, Bobby Shay 7

Carlsborg Shell 62, An-geles Plumbing 43. Lead-ing scorers — Carlsborg: Derek Schumacher 23, Cody Smithson 11; Ange-les: Nathan Hofer 13, Caleb Teider 11.

• Standings (as of Dec. 18)

Carlsborg Shell 5-07 Cedars Casino 5-0Anytime Fitness-Seq. 4-1Black Diamond Elec. 4-1Elwood Allstate 2-3Strait Flooring/Wired

Energy Drinks 2-3NW Builders 2-3Elwha River Casino 1-4Angeles Plumbing 0-5Sunny Farms 0-5.

VolleyballPort Angeles Recreation

coed league• Dec. 14Lazer Cats 3, Rookies 0

(25-13, 25-12, 25-15)Gone Squatchin’ 3, Black-

bird Coffeehouse 0 (25-16, 25-9, 25-23)

7 Cedars Casino 3, Elwha River Casino 1 (25-16, 25-18, 23-25, 25-22).

• Standings (as of Dec. 18)

Gone Squatchin’ 9-1Lazer Cats 9-1Blackbird Coffeehouse 4-6Elwha River Casino/ Serena’s Spikers 4-67 Cedars Casino 4-6Rookies 1-9.

Shelton duffer sinks an ace in Sequim

Bob Hurst of Shelton, sank his first hole-in-one last week, at Sequim’s The Cedars at Dungeness golf course.

Hurst used a pitching wedge to drive the 106-yard hole No. 8 at The Cedars.

JeffCo golf course hosts 5K, 10K run

Celebrate the New Year at the New Year’s Discovery 5k & 10k Run/Walk, Jan 1., at the Discovery Bay Golf Course, 7401 Cape George Road, Port Townsend. The event starts at 11 a.m. at the clubhouse. Entrants get an official Olympic Discovery hat and hot cocoa at the finish line.

Cost is $30 or $35 on the day of the race.

Call 360-531-2370.

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The holidays are a wonderful time of giv-ing but they also are a time of receiving. This is the time of year you have been hearing all the things your child would like to receive. Some of you probably have been shocked when your 10-year-old says he wants a $300 Play Station. Your preteen or teen may have asked for a $750 phone or a $500 tablet.

It isn’t unusual but certainly un-comfortable when your young child wants so much.

At the same time, how much do you hear about what your child wants to give to someone else? Generosity is not a strong point for most children.

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break from Dec. 21-Jan. 1. School resumes after winter break on Monday, Jan. 4.

HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Bill Houghton, historian, made his annual visit to Sheri Suryan’s classroom recently. Students are studying Ancient Civilizations (Common Knowledge Language Arts) and he brought in some arti-facts he collected many years ago. Some items were from the Mayan, Aztec and Inca civilizations. The stu-dents were enthralled as they were allowed to carefully handle the items and consider what it was like to have lived during that time in history.

SEQUIM MIDDLE SCHOOL

Staff and students competed in the annual holiday door decorating contest and showed off their “ugly” holiday sweaters, as well. Doors were judged by Assistant Superin-tendent Ann Renker, Greywolf El-ementary School principal Donna Hudson, Helen Haller Elementary School principal Russ Lodge and assistant principal Becky Stanton, and several elementary students from Helen Haller Elementary.

Doors in each hall were decorated by students before and after school, and bribes of holiday cookies and hot chocolate from the students “encouraged and fortified” the judges as they walked about, view-ing each hall.

One class from each hall was des-ignated first place and they had the privilege of being served cinnamon rolls and milk as a reward on Dec. 18, the last day of school before winter break.

OLYMPIC PENINSULA ACADEMY

On Nov. 24, Rebecca Bullard’s fifth-grade class took a field trip to Railroad Bridge Park. Here they took part in the Dungeness River Audubon Center’s watershed moni-toring for fifth-graders.

A huge thank you to Tom Butler from the Audubon Center for orga-nizing the activities.

The class was presented with the question of whether or not the Dungeness River at the Railroad Bridge Park was a healthy river for salmon. To determine the answer they made observations, measured temperature (air and water) and dissolved oxygen, conducted rock surveys and collected, identified and counted aquatic invertebrates.

The class was able to determine that there was not enough data to support the question, but was able to have fun and learn first-hand a lot more about rivers.

Being a chilly 40 degrees outside, the class members did an amazing job of wading in the river with high boots and sticking their hands into the icy water to collect specimens. Back in their classroom, the fifth-graders continue to learn more about salmon and their habitat, and river systems.

Above, (from left) Sequim Middle School sixth-graders Kaylee Riley, Jordan Hegtvedt, Hannah Hampton, Harrison Bell, Ashton Smith, Eoin Hagan and (in front) Christian Gonzalez sing outside Shannon Paselk’s classroom door.

At left, Sequim Middle School eighth-graders Payton Sturm, Alissa Lofstrom and Eva Lof-strom stand outside Tracy Barnes’ decorated door.

Photos by Nikki Brock

Adin Underwood, left, records data while his father Scott and Titus White look on.

Vincent Carrizosa, right, reacts to cold water during a recent field trip to Railroad Bridge Park.

Diego Buhler, an Olympic Peninsula Academy student, analyzes a rock sample.

Students in Rebecca Bullard’s Olympic Peninsula Academy fifth-grade class collect random rock samples during a recent field trip to Railroad Bridge Park. Photos by Rebecca Bullard

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382 W. Cedar683-4803

1205450

Sunday Worship Services 8:30 & 11 a.m.

Bible Classes 9:45 a.m.Christian Preschool (ages 3-5)

P.O. Box 925, Sequim, WA 98382Pastors Steve Eaton and Roger Stites

www.FLCsequim.org

Christmas Eve - 5:30 & 7:00 pmChristmas Day - 10:30 am

Sequim Community Church950 N. Fifth Avenue - (360) 683-4194

Sunday WorshipContemporary@ 9 & 11 am

Traditional @ 10 amSunday School for all

Loving infant care

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Dr. Scott E. Koenigsaecker, Senior PastorRev. Rick Dietzman, Associate Pastor

Peggy McKellar, Children’s Ministries DirectorNathan Funston, Interim Contemporary

Worship DirectorViletta Skillman, Interim Traditional Choir

DirectorJennifer Lancheros, Interim Youth Director1205459

1205480

Sequim Center forSpiritual Living

A Center For Positive LivingHolds

Sunday Service10:00

Pioneer ParkRev. Lynn Osborne

INFORMATION CALL 681-0177

1205570

TriniTyUniTedMeThodisT ChUrCh100 South Blake Ave.

1205444

Sunday School & Nursery: 10:00 a.m.Worship Service: 10:00 a.m.

Bill Green, Pastor683-5367

[email protected]

Sequim Seventh-dayAdventist Church

Sat. 9:30 a.m. Sabbath School10:45 a.m. Worship Service

Church683-7373

30 Sanford LaneMountain View Christian School

683-6170255 Medsker Rd.

Pastors: Mark & Collette [email protected]

1205512

Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church

E.L.C.A.925 N. Sequim Ave.

www.dvelca.orgPastor Jack Anderson

681-0946

1205530

Worship Times8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

Christian Education: 9:45 a.m.Wednesdays

5:45 p.m. Potluck6:45 p.m. Education Hour

Pastor Lonnie JacobsonFamily Oriented Ministry Emphasizing Bible Preaching & Teaching

Faith Baptist Church

Traditional Worship ServicesSunday School .........................................................................9:45 A.M.Worship ..................................................................................11:00 A.M.Praise & Fellowship Service ......................................................6:00 P.M.Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting ............................................7:00 P.M.

Nursery Available

www.faithbaptistsequim.com7652 Old Olympic Hwy., Sequim • 360 683-7303

1205563

Here individuals developtheir spirituality free fromimposed dogma and creed

Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

SundayService & Childcare10:30

417-2665

73 Howe Rd.Agnew

Off N. Barr Rd.Between Hwy 101

& Old Olympic

Welcoming Congregation

www.OlympicUUF.org

1205442

101 E. Maple St., Sequim360-683-6076

www.clallamcatholic.com

Mass Schedule:Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.Monday & Tuesday: 8:30 a.m.Thursday - Saturday: 8:30 a.m.

Spanish Mass every 2nd Sunday 2 p.m.Confession:

30 minutes prior to all daily MassesWeekend Confessions:

Saturday 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Saint Joseph Parish

1205492

SUNDAY WORSHIPTraditional Worship - 9:30 a.m.

Contemporary Worship - 11:00 a.m.Bible Studies & Classes for all ages

Check web or phone for more information

MONDAYPrecepts - 7:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Youth & Groups - 6 p.m.

Adult Bible Study & Prayer – 6 p.m.AWANA – 6:15 p.m.

.

847 North Sequim Ave. 683-4135

www.sequimbible.orgDave Wiitala, Senior Pastor

Shane McCrossen, Family Life Pastor Pat Lynn, Student Ministries Pastor

1205510

1394918

CHURCH OF CHRISTIn Sequim

107 E. Prairie StreetJerry MacDonald, Minister

Sunday:Bible Study 10:00am

Worship 11:00amWednesday:

Bible Study 7:00pm360-808-5540

www.fbcsequim.comPastor Wes Funkhouser

360-683-2114

SUNDAYS Life Groups 9:15 a.m.

Morning Service 10:45 a.m.Evening Service 6:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAYS Prayer Meeting 6:00 p.m.

THURSDAYS Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

1424817

1323 Sequim-Dungeness Way

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SEQUIM

(SBC)

1443635

GARDINER COMMUNITY CHURCH

1040 Old Gardiner RoadService Time: Sundays at 10:30am

Pastor David Kobelin360-929-1845

gccsof� [email protected]

Gardiner Community Church

1040 Old Gardiner Road Service Time: Sundays @ 10:30am

Pastor David Kobelin 360-929-1845

[email protected]

Welcome Home!

1-800-22-UNITECall 683-5520 or 683-3285

The Baha’i Faith

1205466

“May the light of love shine forth and illumine hearts, and may human lives be cemented and

connected until all of us may find agreement and tranquility ...”

— ‘Abdu’l-Baha

Weekly study sessions

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The holidays are a wonderful time of giv-ing but they also are a time of receiving. This is the time of year you have been hearing all the things your child would like to receive. Some of you probably have been shocked when your 10-year-old says he wants a $300 Play Station. Your preteen or teen may have asked for a $750 phone or a $500 tablet.

It isn’t unusual but certainly un-comfortable when your young child wants so much.

At the same time, how much do you hear about what your child wants to give to someone else? Generosity is not a strong point for most children.

Nevertheless, tomorrow or the next day your child will be excited to open any presents you have for him. Even if he doesn’t get the expensive pres-

ent he had hoped for, he is pleased to get presents. That doesn’t mean he will be grateful.

Gratitude is a dif-ficult concept for young children. Chil-dren under 7 usu-ally don’t understand other’s feelings. But parents can do a great

deal toward helping their child learn how to be grateful. According to re-searchers at UC Berkeley, people who practice gratitude feel considerably happier, more joyful, enthusiastic, interested and determined. With that result, it is well worthwhile to help our children learn to be grateful.

Here are a few ways to help your child learn about being grateful.

• Say, “Thank you” regularly. It needs to be part of your everyday vocabulary. It may not work at first but keep trying and using it.

• Show your appreciation by paying attention when your little one really makes an effort. “You did a great job of picking up your toys.” “That was so nice for you to offer a cookie to your friend.”

• Remember you’re the model for be-ing grateful, like you are for most things.

• Ask him at night before he goes to sleep, “What are you most thankful for today?” This can serve as a routine each evening.

• When you shop, make sure your child knows when today is just a “Look Day.” Have more of those than “Buy Days.” You can begin this very early.

• Make giving a habit. Set aside old toys and clothing in good condition and take him with you to donate them.

• Give him some money that can only be given away. Let him choose what needy cause or person to give it to.

• Make giving part of the holidays. Let him see you buying for needy people or donating to Toys for Tots. Take him with you when you deliver your dona-tion to United Way and let him give the

check. Check about delivering a Meal on Wheels or volunteering somewhere.

• After the holidays, help your young child and expect your older child to write thank you notes for each present they received. These should be more than one line notes. Give your child some help doing this so they are worth sending.

• Skip the lectures about the value of giving or the unreasonableness of expecting the latest gadget that costs a lot of money.

• Be patient. You can’t force this. Just continue to be an example for him to follow. Entitlement is a nor-mal stage of child development — it’s natural to want nice things! The most effective way to encourage your child to be more grateful is to role-model the behavior you want to see.

Have a wonderful holiday season and continue to be the best example you can be for your children.

Cynthia Martin is the founder of the First Teacher program and director of Parenting Matters Foundation. Reach her at [email protected] or at 681-2250.

I want, I want, I wantSEQUIM GAZETTE B-9

SchoolSSCHOOLS

CALENDAR

Parenting Matters

Cynthia Martin

Dec. 23-Jan. 1No school — closed for

winter vacationJan. 46 p.m. — Sequim School

Board of Directors meet-ing. At school boardroom, 501 N. Sequim Ave. Call 582-3260.

Jan. 6TBA — Sequim High

School FASFA workshop. At school campus, 601 N. Sequim Ave. Call 582-3600.

Jan. 116 p.m. — Helen Haller

Parent-Teacher Organiza-tion meeting. At school library, 350 W. Fir St. Call 582-3200.

Jan. 158:30 a.m. — Sequim

Middle School Martin Luther King Jr. Teaching Tolerance Assembly. At school campus, 301 W. Hendrickson Road.

Jan. 18No school — closed for

Martin Luther King Jr. DayJan. 196 p.m. — Sequim School

Board of Directors meet-ing. At school boardroom, 501 N. Sequim Ave. Call 582-3260.


OLYMPIC BIBLEFELLOWSHIP

Weekly programs provided foryouth and adults, such asAWANA and Precept Bible studies

Pastor Rich Hay

360-683-6731

414 N. Sequim Ave. (in the Olympic Theatre Arts Building)Website: www.obfchurch.org

10:00 a.m. Worship, Nursery & Children’s Church

5:45 p.m. Awana - 3 years through High School

1205487

First Church ofChrist, Scientist337 West Spruce • 683-9174

Sunday Service: 10:00 a.m.Wednesday: 7:00 p.m.

Sunday School: 10:00 a.m.(held at Reading Room)

Christian Science Reading Room121 North Sequim AvenueTuesday through Saturday12 noon until 3:00 p.m.ALL ARE WELCOME

1205475

Sequim Worship Center

“Sharing Good News from the edge of the Olympic Mountainsto the Ends of the Earth”

sequimworshipcenter.org

Rev. David L. Westman

640 N. Sequim Avenue360-683-7981

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE 10:45 AM

1442611

DungenessCommunity Church

Worship Service 10:00 a.m.Also Nursery, Children, Youth

and Sunday SchoolPastors: Tim Richards, Wayne Yamamoto

David Piper45 Eberle Lane

3.9 miles N. on Sequim-Dungeness Way from Highway 101

Church Office 683-7333 • Fax 681-0524Hours: Mon.-Fri. 8am-4pme-mail: [email protected]

Web Site: www.dcchurch.org

1205454

FAITH LUTHERANCHURCH L.C.M.S.

382 W. Cedar683-4803

1205450

Sunday Worship Services 8:30 & 11 a.m.

Bible Classes 9:45 a.m.Christian Preschool (ages 3-5)

P.O. Box 925, Sequim, WA 98382Pastors Steve Eaton and Roger Stites

www.FLCsequim.org

Christmas Eve - 5:30 & 7:00 pmChristmas Day - 10:30 am

Sequim Community Church950 N. Fifth Avenue - (360) 683-4194

Sunday WorshipContemporary@ 9 & 11 am

Traditional @ 10 amSunday School for all

Loving infant care

w w w. s e q u i m c o m m u n i t y c h u r c h . o r g

Dr. Scott E. Koenigsaecker, Senior PastorRev. Rick Dietzman, Associate Pastor

Peggy McKellar, Children’s Ministries DirectorNathan Funston, Interim Contemporary

Worship DirectorViletta Skillman, Interim Traditional Choir

DirectorJennifer Lancheros, Interim Youth Director1205459

1205480

Sequim Center forSpiritual Living

A Center For Positive LivingHolds

Sunday Service10:00

Pioneer ParkRev. Lynn Osborne

INFORMATION CALL 681-0177

1205570

TriniTyUniTedMeThodisT ChUrCh100 South Blake Ave.

1205444

Sunday School & Nursery: 10:00 a.m.Worship Service: 10:00 a.m.

Bill Green, Pastor683-5367

[email protected]

Sequim Seventh-dayAdventist Church

Sat. 9:30 a.m. Sabbath School10:45 a.m. Worship Service

Church683-7373

30 Sanford LaneMountain View Christian School

683-6170255 Medsker Rd.

Pastors: Mark & Collette [email protected]

1205512

Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church

E.L.C.A.925 N. Sequim Ave.

www.dvelca.orgPastor Jack Anderson

681-0946

1205530

Worship Times8:30 a.m. & 11:00 a.m.

Christian Education: 9:45 a.m.Wednesdays

5:45 p.m. Potluck6:45 p.m. Education Hour

Pastor Lonnie JacobsonFamily Oriented Ministry Emphasizing Bible Preaching & Teaching

Faith Baptist Church

Traditional Worship ServicesSunday School .........................................................................9:45 A.M.Worship ..................................................................................11:00 A.M.Praise & Fellowship Service ......................................................6:00 P.M.Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting ............................................7:00 P.M.

Nursery Available

www.faithbaptistsequim.com7652 Old Olympic Hwy., Sequim • 360 683-7303

1205563

Here individuals developtheir spirituality free fromimposed dogma and creed

Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

SundayService & Childcare10:30

417-2665

73 Howe Rd.Agnew

Off N. Barr Rd.Between Hwy 101

& Old Olympic

Welcoming Congregation

www.OlympicUUF.org

1205442

101 E. Maple St., Sequim360-683-6076

www.clallamcatholic.com

Mass Schedule:Saturday Vigil: 5:00 p.m.

Sunday: 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.Monday & Tuesday: 8:30 a.m.Thursday - Saturday: 8:30 a.m.

Spanish Mass every 2nd Sunday 2 p.m.Confession:

30 minutes prior to all daily MassesWeekend Confessions:

Saturday 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

Saint Joseph Parish

1205492

SUNDAY WORSHIPTraditional Worship - 9:30 a.m.

Contemporary Worship - 11:00 a.m.Bible Studies & Classes for all ages

Check web or phone for more information

MONDAYPrecepts - 7:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Youth & Groups - 6 p.m.

Adult Bible Study & Prayer – 6 p.m.AWANA – 6:15 p.m.

.

847 North Sequim Ave. 683-4135

www.sequimbible.orgDave Wiitala, Senior Pastor

Shane McCrossen, Family Life Pastor Pat Lynn, Student Ministries Pastor

1205510

1394918

CHURCH OF CHRISTIn Sequim

107 E. Prairie StreetJerry MacDonald, Minister

Sunday:Bible Study 10:00am

Worship 11:00amWednesday:

Bible Study 7:00pm360-808-5540

www.fbcsequim.comPastor Wes Funkhouser

360-683-2114

SUNDAYS Life Groups 9:15 a.m.

Morning Service 10:45 a.m.Evening Service 6:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAYS Prayer Meeting 6:00 p.m.

THURSDAYS Youth Group 6:30 p.m.

1424817

1323 Sequim-Dungeness Way

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SEQUIM

(SBC)

1443635

GARDINER COMMUNITY CHURCH

1040 Old Gardiner RoadService Time: Sundays at 10:30am

Pastor David Kobelin360-929-1845

gccsof� [email protected]

Gardiner Community Church

1040 Old Gardiner Road Service Time: Sundays @ 10:30am

Pastor David Kobelin 360-929-1845

[email protected]

Welcome Home!

1-800-22-UNITECall 683-5520 or 683-3285

The Baha’i Faith

1205466

“May the light of love shine forth and illumine hearts, and may human lives be cemented and

connected until all of us may find agreement and tranquility ...”

— ‘Abdu’l-Baha

Weekly study sessions

SEQUIM GAZETTEB-10 • Dec. 23, 2015

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A 2BD/1BA $825/M

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P.A.: Single family. 2 Br. 1 b a t h , c a r p o r t , n o s m o k i n g , n o p e t s . $775.+ first / last / dep.

(360)457-7012.

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE All rental and real estate for sale adver tising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it ille- gal to advertise any preference, limitation or dis- cr iminat ion based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination Fa- mi l ia l status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, preg- nant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This n e w s p a p e r w i l l n o t knowingly accept any advertising for the rental or sale of real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertising in t h i s n ew s p a p e r a r e available on an equal oppor tuni ty basis. To complain of discrimina- t i o n c a l l H U D a t (206)220-5170.

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CENTRAL P.A.: 1 Br., 1 ba, no smoking/pets.

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN

AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLALLAM

Case No.: 13 4 00313 9

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS(RCW 11.40.030)

In Re the Estate of:MARY MAGDALENE McLAUCHLIN Deceased.

The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s lawyer at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020; or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

Date of first publication: December 9, 2015

___________________________ CHRISTOPHER O. SHEAAttorney for Elizabeth Ann CrowePersonal RepresentativeLawyer for Estate: Christopher O. Shea, WSBA #6721206 West Cedar StreetSequim, WA 98382Pub: SG December 9, 16, 23, 2015Legal No. 672583

Case No.: 15-4-00268-6PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS

(RCW 11.40.030)IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OFTHE STATE OF WASHINGTON

IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLALLAMIn Re the Estate of: ALICE M. HELUS

Deceased.The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s lawyer at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020; or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.Date of first publication: December 9, 2015_______________________________CHRISTOPHER O. SHEAAttorney for Barbara McDonaldPersonal RepresentativeLawyer for Estate: Christopher O. Shea, WSBA #6721206 West Cedar StreetSequim, WA 98382PUB: SG December 9, 16, 23, 2015Legal No. 672664

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR CLALLAM COUNTY

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DESI RIESAUDECEASED

NO. 15-4-00402-6NOTICE TO CREDITORS

The personal representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as personal representative of this estate. Persons having claims against the decedent must prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, serve their claims on the personal representative or the attorneys of record at the address stated below and file an executed copy of the claim with the Clerk of this Court within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or within four months after the date of the filing of the copy of this Notice with the Clerk of the Court, whichever is later or except under those pro- visions included in RCW 11.40.011 and 11.40.013, the claim will be forever barred. This bar is effective as to the claims against both the probate assets and non probate assets of the decedent.Date of filing copy of notice to creditors, 12/07/15. Date of first publication, 12/16/15.RICHARD D. RIESAUPersonal Representative101 Ioka Rd.Sequim, WA 98382360-681-4334Pub: SG: December 16, 23, 30, 2015 Legal No. 672853

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTONIN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLALLAM

Case No. 15 4 00019 5NOTICE OF PRIVATE SALE

OF REAL PROPERTY(RCW 11.56.080)

In re the Estate of:JOEL K. PURSELL, Deceased.Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to RCW 11.56.080, Holly Pursell, the Personal Representa- tive of the above entitled estate, intends to sell the real property located at 4561 Serpentine Ave., Se- quim, Washington pursuant at a private sale for a price of $104,000.00. The sale will be made on or after January 9, 2016 which is more than two weeks after the initial publication of this notice. Of- fers or bids on this property may be made in writing and must be received before the sale is made. Of- fers or bids may be personally delivered to Holly Pursell, c/o BELL & DAVIS PLLC, 433 N. 5th Ave- nue, Suite A, Sequim, Washington, mailed to P.O. Box 510, Sequim, WA 98382 or filed with the clerk of the Clallam County Superior Court. 223 E. 4th St., Ste. 8, Port Angeles, Washington.Date of first publication: December 23, 2015. DATED this 15th day of December, 2015. BELL & DAVIS PLLCBy:______________________W. JEFF DAVIS, WSBA #12246Attorney for Personal Representative/PetitionerPub: SG: December 23, 30, 2015Legal No: 673985

No. 15-4-00412-3PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS

RCW 11.40.030IN THE SUPERIOR COURT FORTHE STATE OF WASHINGTON

IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF CLALLAMEstate of GEORGENIA DAVIDSON,Deceased.The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limi- taitons, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Represen- tative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Repre- sentative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(3); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: December 23, 2015Personal representative: Thomas Alan DavidsonAttorney for Estate: Michael R. Hastings, P.S.Address for Mailing or Service: 718 N. 5th Avenue, Sequim, WA 98382Telephone: (360) 681-0608Pub: SG December 23, 30, 2015 January 6, 2016Legal No. 674149

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(360)477-4534

WEATHER STATION: Oregon Scientific, wire- less. $40. 582-1280

THE RULES: Free to subscribers of the Gazette; $1.00 per ad for non-subscribers. Multiple items OK, but grand total cannot to exceed $100. No pets, firewood or farm produce. Private party items only. There is a two ad limit per household per month. Ads may be submitted through e-mail, mail or dropped off at our office. Freebies are NOT accepted over the phone. For ads which don’t qualify for Freebies, ask us about our budget rates. Please, no phone calls, thank you. Drop-off or mail your Ad: CountyWide Classifieds 147 W. Washington St. Sequim WA 98382 E-mail us: [email protected].

All merchandise up to $100

Advertise for free! Advertise for free! Advertise for free!

CountyWide

FREEBIESWeekly Deadline: Thursday at 5 p.m. Ads received after that time will run the following week.



COUNTYWIDE CLASSIFIEDS

GIVE YOU THE HOME TEAM ADVANTAGE!



C-4 CountyWide Classifieds D Serving Clallam County D December 23, 2015

For aHealthy & Beautiful

yard this spring, now is the time for clean-ups!

KEN REED683-1677

Licensed & Insured

LAWN SERVICE

1206

108

ROOF MANAGEMENTNew & Re-RoofMaintenance & RepairCertificationsInspections

ROOFM**035P2

RALPH W. CLOSE(360) 683-2272

195 DEER RIDGE LANESEQUIM, WA 98382

ROOFING

1206

316

Hytinen Landscaping25 YEARS EXPERIENCE

Husband & wife ready to serve all your

landscaping needs.

683-3058HytinL*977JA

LANDSCAPING12

0595

9

SCREENS

LIC#PENIN*961CF

220 Carlsborg Rd. Sequim, WA

SCREENS

(360) 681-2442 1206

111

VACUUMFactory authorized service center for

Riccar, Fantom, Royal, Miele.We repair “ALL”makes & models.

Great selection of new and reconditioned vacuums.Trade-ins welcomed.

250 W. Washington, Sequim(between 2nd & 3rd)

681-7420 1202

333

AWS Certified WeldersGates & Operating SystemsTrailer Hitches • Handrails

Portable Welding • RepairsFabrication • Structural Steel

Look for theBIG American Flag!81 Hooker Rd., #9 • Sequim

360-681-0584 • Fax: 360-681-4465Cont. Reg. ALLFOW1023CB

www.allformwelding.com

WELDING AT ITS BEST!

1206

162

WANTED:MORE RESPECT

360-683-3311

Whatever you want in a new job, you’ll

fi nd your way to it in the Classifi eds.

EMPLOYMENT

MAKE YOUR BUSINESS EVERYONE’S BUSINESS!

SERVICES DIRECTORY

Residential - Commercial - Industrial

349 West Washington Street • Sequim Insured, licensed, bondedJARMUEI*438BH

(360) 683-4104Serving the Peninsula since 1956

ELECTRICAL12

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Serving the Olympic Peninsula since 1966,30+ years experience

EXCAVATINGBoone’s Does All Phases of ExcavatingSitework, from Start to Finish• Driveway Repairs/Drainage • Brush Chipping / Land Clearing• Lot Development / Driveways / Utilities

General ContractorsCommercial & ResidentialProfessional Results

Mike & Brian CameronCell # 670-1130/460-6026 • Office (360) 452-9392 • Fax 452-7440

www.BoonesExcavating.com • Lic. BOONEE1108M7

EXCAVATION

1206

159

HEATINGIf you knew what was in the air, you’d reconsider

breathing.

Expect more from your independent Trane dealer.

360-683-3901 (Sequim)360-385-5354 ( Port Townsend)

Get up to 99.98% more out of your air.The revolutionary new Trane CleanEffects™ is the first central air system that removes up to 99.98% of the allergens from all the air that it heats or cools. Isn’t it time you expected more from your system? 12

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PLUMBING & PUMPSWater Heaters • Faucets • Toilets • Pumps & Repair

Pipe Replacement • Disposals • Leak Repairs • RemodelingWater Puri� cation • Pipe Thawing • Sewer Camera & Locator

NO TRAVEL CHARGE

Brother’s Plumbing Inc. State Cont. Reg. No. CC0190BROTHP1914RGBrother’s Plumbing Inc. State Cont. Reg. No. CC0190BROTHP1914RGBrother’s Plumbing Inc. State Cont. Reg. No. CC0190BROTHP1914RG

Port Angeles - 360-452-3259 • Sequim - 360-683-9191

24 HOUR SERVICE 7 DAYS A WEEK

Mention this ad for a $5 discount!

PLUMBING & PUMPS

1202

060

CARPET CLEANING

The most effective cleaning methodGenuine truck mounted steam cleaning

Serving the community since 1990

683-4755452-3135

RESTRETCHING & REPAIRSatisfaction Guaranteed

CertifiedINSTITUTE

CERTIFICATION

ofINSPECTION

CLEANINGand

RESTORATION©

We move most furniture5 rooms,

any combination rooms &/or halls.

125 sq.ft. max. per room

$14995

Expires 12/31/15

No hidden charges

$10 OffExpires 12/31/15

Living room, Dining room & Hall area

360 sq. ft. max.

$8999

Expires 12/31/15

Tilecleaning

$100 or more

24-Hour emergency water clean up CON#FLOORSI004C1

We take the worry out of Carpet Cleaning

1206

110

360-582-7142Walk behinds

$69.99Riding Mowers

$189.99

SMALL ENGINE REPAIR

1203149O� ering Honest, Dependable, Courteous Service.

KAUFMAN’S SMALL ENGINE REPAIR

Winter Service SpecialFree Pickup & Delivery

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

AA APPLIANCESERVICE INC.

360-457-9875360-452-3706nwhg.net

FACTORY DIRECT APPLIANCE OUTLET • SERVICE • P

ARTS

Reconditioned AppliancesBacked by 6 Month Warranty

Financing Available

NorthwestHome Gallery Home Gallery

1207855

PAINTING

1206

161

ADVERTISE HERE

Make your Business Everyone’s Business!Advertise it in the

SERVICES DIRECTORYCall 683-3311 Today!

PUMPS

Sequim Valley Pumps & Plumbing

1299462

Pump Installation & Repair• Well Pumps • Septic & Sewage Pumps• Irrigation Pumps • Sump Pumps• Septic Alarm Troubleshooting

360-683-423124 Hour Emergency Service

Licensed • Bonded • InsuredState Contr.

Reg. # ANGELP*878KA

NEW WATER SYSTEMS • WATER FILTRATION & PURIFICATIONALARM GOING OFF? NO WATER? CALL US!

Housecleaning

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A STEP ABOVE THE BEST

681-6656

Free Estimates for: Bi-Monthly

Monthly

Quality Cleaning

1325479

Put a little Heaven in your Haven

MASONRY

1372

714

AMERICA’S HANDYMANCONSTRUCTION, INC.

Licensed • Bonded • Insured • AMERIHC882JW

CONSTRUCTION

1394

971

State & FederalCertified Renovator

Cell: 670-3187 Office: 417-0344

Excellent Homeowner ServiceServing the area since 1999

• Remodels• Decks• Home Additions• Doors & Windows• Outbuildings• Wheel Chair Ramps

ADVERTISE HERE

Make your Business Everyone’s Business!Advertise it in the

SERVICES DIRECTORYCall 683-3311 Today!

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Sequim Gazette, December 23, 2015