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A “mother-in-law” house on San Juan Avenue in Port Townsend caught fire Thursday afternoon, drawing a quick response from firefighters who extinguished the blaze in about 30 minutes.
PT blaze’s damage is contained
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AmeriCorps volunteer Ashleigh Pilkerton holds examples of two sea star species, the sunflower star, rear, and the northern sun star, front, at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center.
Peninsula sea stars still at low numbers Populations in other areas are on the rebound BY ARWYN RICE PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
The North Olympic Peninsula’s remaining sea stars may be holding their own, but there is no evidence yet of a remarkable recovery of young sea stars seen elsewhere along the Pacific coast, researchers say. With nearly all of the
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PORT TOWNSEND — A fire that consumed a “mother-in-law” structure Thursday afternoon was knocked down by firefighters before it could spread to adjacent buildings. The two-story dwelling at 4422 San Juan Ave. was severely damaged by the fire, which took about 45 minutes to extinguish. East Jefferson Fire-Rescue firefighter Sam Neville was driving by the house at around noon and saw smoke, first thinking it was coming from a barbecue, Fire Chief Gordon Pomeroy said. Upon realizing it was a structure fire, Neville called it in using his off-duty radio — which caused some confusion, Pomeroy said.
However, sea star colonies on rocky outcroppings along North Olympic Peninsula shorelines not are part of that good news, researchers in Clallam and Jefferson counties say.
mature sea stars dead and gone, rarely seen juvenile sea stars — popularly known as starfish — have been seen emerging by the hundreds at locations previously devastated by a malady known as sea star wasting syndrome during the past 18 months.
Peninsula efforts Staff and volunteers at the Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles and Port Townsend Marine Science Center have spent many hours since late 2013 tracking the progress of sea star wasting syndrome in their respective areas.
Hundreds found Two surveys near Everett found a total of about 600 juvenile ochre stars — one of the hardest-hit species. Five other Puget Sound surveys found hundreds more.
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“I heard all the chatter, but I thought it was just a drill and they were using the wrong channel,” the chief said. Neville, who did not have his fire gear, entered the building and determined there was no one on the ground floor. But he could not go upstairs because of the intense heat, Pomeroy said.
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PT students get safety lesson from pros School looks to make event annual Townsend and Seton Construction. “There is a lot going on here today,” said Mary Sepler, Grant PORT TOWNSEND — Grant principal. Street Elementary School students “We are hoping we can do this got up close and personal with pub- every year.” lic safety personnel and equipment Thursday in what the school hopes Grant-funded will be an annual event. The event was financed by a During a four-hour safety fair, the 300 students saw equipment Safe Road to Schools grant that from the Port Ludlow Fire Depart- will subsidize the construction of ment, East Jefferson Fire-Rescue, new sidewalks around the school Port Townsend Police Department, but also has an educational comJefferson County Sheriff’s Office, ponent, Sepler said. “The kids are learning a lot Airlift Northwest, city of Port
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During a safety fair demonstration of a helicopter at Grant Street Elementary School in Port Townsend on Thursday, second-grader Aiden McColl, 8, standing, reacts to a direction from registered nurse Dave Pilkerton, who TURN TO SAFETY/A4 was conducting the demonstration.
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