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March 18-19, 2011
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Peninsula Spotlight
State’s money picture, budget deficit worsen Japan, Mideast crises add to revenue woes The Associated Press
OLYMPIA — Washington’s tax collections are projected to be down an additional $780 million, further deepening the projected budget deficit as lawmakers attempt to balance the state’s budget. The state economic forecast issued Thursday now calculates the state budget deficit
around $5.1 billion for the twoyear cycle. Chief economist Arun Raha said that the earthquake and Raha tsunami disaster in Japan and the conflict in the Middle East are expected to help stymie the state’s economic recovery. Japan is one of the state’s biggest trading partners. Uprisings in the oil-produc-
drop in revenue makes the deficit for the current fiscal year at $200 million, said Marty Brown, the state’s director of the Office of Financial Management. Earlier this session, lawmakers passed a package of cuts and money transfers to deal with the decrease in revenue. “We must act quickly in More cuts likely closing the remaining shortfall in the current budget so we can This fiscal year is part of the begin tackling the even greater 2009-2011 budget cycle, which challenges in the next budget,” now has a total budget of $28 Brown said in a statement. billion. Turn to State/A7 That additional estimated ing Middle East have contributed to spike oil prices. “The uncertainties around oil prices and the tragedy in Japan are combining with the slow housing market to hold us back,” Raha said. Raha said revenues are expected to be down an additional $80 million for this fiscal year, which ends in June.
Today’s bonus Two special sections are featured within this Friday-Saturday edition of the Peninsula Daily News. “Spring Fling to the Coast” arrives just in time to plan your visits along the gorgeous Pacific Coast. And “All-Peninsula” recognizes the North Olympic Peninsula’s outstanding high school athletes in winter sports. Look for both sections inside, along with Peninsula Spotlight entertainment magazine, a roundup of things to do this weekend starting on Page C1, skiing and other outdoors information starting on Page B1 — plus many other features found only in the PDN.
‘It suggests a mysterious story’
Film fest poster has real vision By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News
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Port Townsend Film Festival Executive Director Janette Force, left, and artist Martha Worthley unveil the image Thursday that will be used to promote this year’s festival.
PORT TOWNSEND — The poster that will promote the 12th Port Townsend Film Festival contains a vintage movie image intended to get people to make up their own story about the situation it portrays. “Anyone seeing this poster from across a crowded room will walk over to see what it is all about,” said Janette Force, film festival executive director, as the image for this year’s festival, set for Sept. 23-25, was unveiled Thursday evening. The image, painted by Port Townsend artist Martha Worthley, features a squarejawed matinee idol sending his X-ray vision toward a provocative female figure who represents the festival’s symbol, Galatea. Force said she hoped people would use their imaginations in order to create the backstory of what the poster was depicting. “It suggests a mysterious story,” she said. Turn
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PT radio station’s tower completed By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News
PORT TOWNSEND — The erection of a 190-foot-tall broadcast tower near the end of Jacob Miller Road on Thursday brought the establishment of a community radio station closer to reality. “We’re really excited about this,” said Ann Katzenbach, KPTZ 91.1 FM board member. “The fact that the tower is up shows that we are committed.” The on-air date has been postponed several times, but the current target is to begin broadcasting about the middle of May. “We’ve had a lot of glitches, like finding out that we need a permit that we
didn’t know about,” Katzenbach said. “But we think we can make this goal.” The station is confident enough to have scheduled a kickoff party at 7 p.m. May 14 at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St., as a fundraiser and introduction to the community. So far, the station has raised $225,000 of the $275,000 it will need to go on the air, said board member Collin Brown. Other introductory events include two studio tours for contributors Sunday and Friday, March 25, and an open house for the public from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. April 1 at the studio at Mountain View Commons, 1925 Blaine St.
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Joe Harrington puts finishing touches on the top of the new KPTZ radio tower Turn to KPTZ/A7 in Port Townsend on Thursday. The nonprofit station hopes to go on-air in May.
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