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PENINSULA DAILY NEWS October 26-27, 2012 | 75¢
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Congressional candidate gets involved in PT mill landfill issue BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — Congressional candidate Bill Driscoll has entered the controversy over a county agency’s decision to deny a permit extension for the Port Townsend Paper Corp.’s mill landfill. Driscoll, a Republican who opposes Democrat Derek Kilmer for the 6th Congressional District seat being vacated by veteran Rep. Norm Dicks, is a descendent of Weyerhaeuser Co. patriarch Frederick Weyerhaeuser and a forestproducts industry executive. Driscoll said he was in the area
Wednesday and stopped by the mill to discuss the landfill situation he’d read about in the newspaper. Jefferson County Health Officer Dr. Thomas Locke wrote to Port Townsend Paper on Oct. 17, Driscoll saying the landfill permit application under the inert status was denied and needed reclassification under the more environmentally stringent limited-purpose landfill, or LPL, designation.
The deadline for a Port Townsend Paper appeal is Monday. “It is my opinion that the classifications have changed,” Driscoll said. “I would like to understand why the permit was denied and get both sides working together for a solution.”
Cogeneration plant Locke, who also is Clallam County health officer, on Thursday said the permit denial was due to concerns about the changing nature of the waste generated by the mill if it begins operation of a new cogeneration plant. TURN
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Local health officials: Get flu shots now No vaccine shortage; available in three forms BY ROB OLLIKAINEN PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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Yoshinobu Yamashita, left, of Ichikawa, Japan, demonstrates how to make soba noodles from scratch Wednesday at the Cotton Building in Port Townsend as Benjamin Erickson of Seattle translates.
A sister-city friendship Japan delegation shares its culture
David King said at a reception Wednesday evening at the Cotton Building. “I look forward to mayors long into the future sharing this exchange, education and culture,” King said.
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PORT TOWNSEND — A delegation from the Japanese town of Ichikawa has been visiting this week, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the two cities’ cultural exchange. “I’m very honored to be part of this long tradition,” Port Townsend Mayor
“It’s wonderful that even though we are so far away, we have managed to be so close through this connection.” The sister-city program began in 2002, and regular exchange programs have taken place over the decade. This year, the 12-member delegation is composed of adults from Ichikawa,
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including the town’s mayor. In the past, children participated. The most recent time Port Townsend sent anyone to Ichikawa, a town of about 14,000 in Hyogo prefecture, or state, was in 2009, according to Catherine McNabb, a Port Townsend city employee who hosts the program. The schools and the YMCA were involved in the exchange program but have been unable to sponsor a trip in recent years. “Any act of teachable understanding benefits both sides,” McNabb said. TURN
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Flu season is around the corner, and health officials on the North Olympic Peninsula are reminding the public to get vaccinated and take common-sense preventative steps to keep the bug in check. Flu shots are being ALSO . . . offered by health care pro■ Where to viders and most pharmaget flu shots cies in Clallam and Jefferon the North son counties. Olympic Anyone older than 6 Peninsula/A6 months is encouraged to get a shot. “Get it now,” said Iva Burks, Clallam County Health and Human Services director. “It’s not too early.” State officials said there’s no shortage of the flu vaccine this year. Dr. Tom Locke, public health officer for Clallam and Jefferson counties, said it’s “always difficult to know” how severe the flu season will be. “Unfortunately, we have no reason to believe we’re not going to have a flu season,” he said. Influenza generally peaks in January, but getting vaccinated now will provide immunity through spring. “There are some people who have already had [the flu],” Burks said. “We are recommending that everyone get their flu shots.”
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Jefferson County public health nurse Jane Kurata said the vaccine is available in three forms: the regular flu shot; a high-dose vaccine for people 65 and older; and a nasal spray for healthy people between 2 and 49 years old. Kurata said the vaccine is especially important for young children, people older than 65, pregnant women, parents of newborns and people with pre-existing conditions such as asthma, heart disease and diabetes. “Vaccine is the best protection we have against the flu,” said Dr. Maxine Hayes, state health officer. “Getting it now, before people around you start getting sick, will protect you through the flu season, which usually peaks in January but starts earlier.” TURN
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