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A co-op to replace Swain’s? Mayor involved in idea for community mercantile successor By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News Photo
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Dam removal: Eight months until start Montana contractor looks over project, housing prospects
Canyon Dam, which is eight miles up river from the lower dam, will begin later, but before the Elwha Dam is completely torn down. The $351.4 million project, which is intended to restore salmon runs, is the largest of its kind in the nation’s history. Asked Wednesday if the tear-down project, which was first scheduled to begin in 2004, remains on schedule, Maynes said there is “no doubt” Barnard Construction employees will begin the project in less than eight months, on Sept. 15.
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OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A Barnard Construction Co. supervisor visited the North Olympic Peninsula earlier this month as the Bozeman, Mont., firm continued preparations for tearing down the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams. “We were meeting with potential subcontractors and vendors and different things like that, and looking for places to live,” said Project Manager Brian Krohmer, who was in Port Angeles on Jan. 12-13. The company also has begun seeking housing for the Montana employees who will be among the 40 to 50 workers the National Park Service has estimated will be needed for the project, Krohmer said. The number of employees who will tear down the dams at any given time “will fluctuate depending on what exactly is going on,” Krohmer said. They will begin bringing down the 108-foot Elwha Dam beginning Sept. 15. Barnard has until mid-September 2014 to complete the project, Krohmer and Olympic National Park spokeswoman Barb Maynes said. Dismantling of the 210-foot Glines
Some locals to be employed Krohmer does not know how many local employees will be hired and how many will be from Montana, but he said that the company will employ local craftspeople and subcontractors, adding that the company is committed to supporting local businesses. Barnard’s mix of employees will depend on the workload and the availability of local workers, Krohmer said. Jobs will be welcome on the North Olympic Peninsula, where Clallam County’s jobless rate rose from 9.7 percent in November to 10.1 percent in December, while Jefferson County’s rate increased to 9.2 in December from 9.1 in November. In comparison, Gallatin County, where Bozeman is the county seat, had a November unemployment rate of 7.4 percent. Figures for December will be available this week. Turn
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In fewer than eight weeks, more details will begin emerging on how the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams will be torn down to free the Elwha River for the first time in almost 100 years. Barnard Construction Co. Inc. will start submitting construction planning documents to the National Park Service in mid-March, company Project Manager Brian Krohmer and Olympic National Park spokeswoman Barb Maynes said last week. Those plans will spell out stages and time lines for the $26.9 million deconstruction project and include how the dams will be torn down and the equipment that will be deployed to make it happen. It’s new territory for Barnard, which has built dams but never torn them down. “The biggest challenge is probably dealing with the water, especially with what we’ve seen with the recent flooding,” Krohmer said. “Just managing the water flow around the work is probably the most challenging aspect.” One date that seems certain is the day that the electric switch will be turned off. Turn
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PORT TOWNSEND — A proposal to establish a community-operated mercantile store in the downtown space to be vacated by Swain’s Outdoor will be addressed in a private meeting this week. “We are in the research stage and are looking at the possibility of whether this will be a good idea,” said Port Townsend Mayor Michelle Sandoval, a member of a community group — Local Investment Opportunity Network — or Sandoval LION. The Wednesday meeting is not open to the public, although public meetings would take place if the idea develops, Sandoval said. Swain’s Outdoors — which has offered sporting goods, housewares and clothing in downtown Port Townsend since 1996 — announced Jan. 7 that it was going out of business. The lease expires in September. Store manager Grant Cable said that a sublease agreement would be considered. To replace the landmark store, LION — which is part of North Olympic Peninsula’s Local 20/20 — has come up with an idea for a co-op offering appliances, furniture and other items. Sandoval said the specifics of the proposal had not been developed, including inventory, management or membership structure.
Co-op model Only the concept exists, which is the co-op model where the store will be owned by its members. It will not be exclusive, elitist or expensive. “I hope we can offer a low buy-in so a more people can participate,” she said. As a comparison, the Food Co-op requires its members to make a $100 capital investment in the business, payable all at once or for as little as $2 a month.
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Steve Monrad, known among the Tollycraft boating community as its biggest collector of memorabilia, shows Libby Whittmann a photograph at Saturday’s reception in Port Ludlow.
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who organizes north-of-the border Tollycraft events and owns a 1979 40-foot Tollycraft called Papa Ken. Murphy and about 175 Tollycraft owners and admirers descended on Port Ludlow on Saturday to honor the founder of the boatbuilding company that bore his name for 41 years, R.M. “Tolly” Tollefson, who will turn 100 on Monday.
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