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PENINSULA DAILY NEWS June 24, 2014 | 75¢
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Emblem3 loses a voice Noted band from Sequim remains duo
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Emblem3, shown in a promotional photo during one of the band’s tours, are Drew Chadwick, in inset, who has left the group, and brothers Wesley and Keaton Stromberg. The Stromberg brothers say they will continue to perform as Emblem3, while Chadwick pursues a solo career.
The Emblem3 trio is now a duo. The Sequim-bred band that rose to national pop music fame after appearing on the Fox TV reality singing show “X Factor” announced to its fans that Drew Chadwick, 21, had decided to leave the group to pursue a solo career, leaving brothers Wesley, 20, and Keaton Stromberg, 18, to carry the Emblem3 flag as a duo. “We’re sad to see Drew go, but he will always be our brother, and we couldn’t be happier for him as he starts his new journey as a solo artist,” Wesley Stromberg wrote Friday. The trio grew up in Sequim before moving to Huntington Beach, Calif., to make it big in the record industry. TURN
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Legislative hopefuls discuss experience Tharinger, GOP foe tell of differences BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PAUL GOTTLIEB/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
The parcel at Oak and Front streets in Port Angeles is for sale again. Downtown buildings and the Olympic Mountains provide the backdrop.
Property’s resale kills marine center hopes BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — The sale of the Oak Street property has fallen through, dashing plans for a marine-science and conference center to attract visitors to the North Olympic Peninsula during the offseason. Neeser Construction Inc. of Anchorage, Alaska has withdrawn its offer to purchase the 1.96-acre parcel at Front and Oak streets, which is newly for sale for $2 million, listing real estate broker Dan Gase has confirmed. “It is back on the market,” he said Sunday, adding it was newly classified as active on Friday after having been listed as under contract. Neeser and city officials said the city could not meet Neeser’s
timeline demands for a commitment from the city to lease conference space in the 63,000 to 67,000-square-foot, two-building project. Property owner Tod McClaskey of Camas, who also owns Olympic Lodge in Port Angeles, said Neeser had agreed to purchase the property for $1.5 million.
$10,000 a month Neeser was paying McClaskey $10,000 a month to hold the property “for them to screw around with it,” McClaskey said, adding he is “very happy” the deal died. The payment was “the only reason we messed around with them,” he said. TURN
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SEQUIM — An incumbent state representative and his GOP challenger touched on an array of topics ranging from climate change to taxes to legalized marijuana during their appearance at a primary election forum. Rep. Steve Tharinger, a Sequim Democrat, and Republican Thomas Greisamer of Moclips in Grays Harbor County attended the event for 24th District candidates Sunday, which was sponsored by the Clallam County League of Women Voters at the Sequim Transit Center. Libertarian Stafford Conway of Sequim, the third candidate in the Aug. 5 primary, did not attend.
‘Got my dates mixed’ Conway, who said Monday that “I totally got my dates mixed,” said he will participate in a second League forum for 24th District candidates scheduled for 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 428 E. Seventh St. The 24th District covers Clallam and Jefferson counties and about half of Grays Harbor County. Ballots will be mailed out July
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Tom Greisamer, right, a candidate for 24th District state legislator, talks with incumbent Rep. Steve Tharinger, D-Sequim, as Vicci Rudin, left, Clallam County League of Women Voters candidate forum moderator, listens. 16 for the Aug. 5 primary. Election Day is on Nov. 4. Tharinger, who will be 65 on Election Day, and Greisamer, a retired psychiatrist who will be 73, drew distinctions between themselves immediately during the 70-minute forum, which was attended by about 35 people and moderated by Vicci Rudin of the League of Women Voters. In his opening statement, Tharinger recounted his multiple terms as a member of the Clallam County Board of Commissioners and Planning Commis-
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sion and took issue with the notion that unlike other professions, experience does not seem to count to some voters when it comes to politics. “The issues you face as a legislator are complex,” said Tharinger, running for his third twoyear term in the state House. “Look at my record, and look at what I’ve done for the district as a local county commissioner and then as a legislator. I think that experience matters.” TURN
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