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More deaths than births, but population stands pat BY PAUL GOTTLIEB
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Rental trailers begin to line up at the new U-Haul business set to open soon at the former Courtesy Ford site south of Port Townsend.
Rental business near start U-Haul store stocked but company mum on when it’ll open
Far more people died than were born in Clallam and Jefferson counties from April 2010, the date of the most recent census, through July 2012, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau estimates. In Jefferson County, 756 people died and 439 babies were born over the time span for a decrease of 317, while 2,022 people died and 1,482 babies were born in Clallam County, a decrease of 540. Yet the population of the North Olympic Peninsula remained static — less than 1 percent change in either county — because of people moving into the area over the 27-month period, according to the estimates. “It makes sense in any area, and it’s not just particular to yours, that if it’s a retirement
statistics for cities. Statewide statistics on birth rates, death rates and migration totals were not available. Like Jefferson County, Columbia, Cowlitz, Garfield, Lincoln, Pacific, Pend Oreille and Grays Harbor counties also recorded population declines. Grays Harbor County had 29,854 people in 2012 from the fourth-worst dropoff in the 29,872 in 2010 — a loss of just state, losing 1.5 percent of its 18 people. At midpoint, in July population, falling to 71,692. 1, 2011, the county’s population New residents was 29,875. Meanwhile, Clallam CounClallam County, now more ty’s population increased by 0.6 populous than Grays Harbor percent over the 27-month County, would have lost populaperiod, to 71,863 people in 2012 tion if it weren’t for new resifrom 71,404 in 2010. At mid- dents, Mohrman said. point, in July 2011, the populaMore than 1,300 people tion was 71,814. migrated to the North Olympic According to the Census Peninsula over the estimate Bureau estimates, the populaperiod, both from the United tion statewide increased 2.6 States and other countries. percent, to 6.9 million people. The agency did not provide TURN TO CENSUS/A7
More than 1,300 people migrated to the North Olympic Peninsula over the 27-month estimate period.
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area, there will be fewer births just because there are fewer women of birthing age,� said Mike Mohrman, senior forecast analyst with the state Department of Financial Management, which tracks state population numbers.
Population shifts Overall, Jefferson County had a slight drop in population, while Clallam County showed a slight increase. Jefferson County’s popula tion dropped by 0.1 percent to
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PORT TOWNSEND—The new U-Haul center at a prominent location — the corner of state Highways 19 and 20 south of Port Townsend — isn’t quite open for business, but the trucks have arrived, and the store is stocked with moving supplies. On Friday, an employee who would not identify himself was at the site to prepare for the store’s opening. The formal opening date has not been announced. A request for comment from U-Haul’s corporate office was not answered Friday. Although the store is not officially open, the employee helped any customers who happened to stop in, booking reservations and selling supplies. The property was a Courtesy Ford dealership before closing four years ago. U-Haul paid $1.3 million for the property in October, according to the Jefferson County Assessor’s Office.
$1.4 million site purchase The land, which includes three parcels, was purchased from Madeline Woods LLC, which bought the land from Courtesy Ford for $1.4 million in 2009. In 2012, several local businesspeople met on the property to assist in its development but were unable to come up with a plan. The only activity on the vacant property was an occasional traveling sale of cars from a Port Angeles dealership that rented the property for a short time. In February, Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Teresa Verraes said she was pleased that the space would now be occupied. “I’m glad we have a new neighbor, and it is a strong business that will stay there for a while and not just go away,� Verraes said. “It will also provide help to people who want to move here.�
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Kathy Charlton, owner of Olympic Cellars, shows off a wine competition medal alongside her Working Girl white white. Charlton is stepping away from the winery’s daily operations to run a self-defense program.
Noted ‘Working Girl’ stepping away which she bought back in 1999. Since then, at the big old former dairy barn at 255410 U.S. Highway 101, CharlPORT ANGELES — Kathy Charlton ton and partners Molly Rivard and Lisa bursts through the barn door, slips back Martin have personified their brand: a behind the bar and takes down a bottle of winery run by women, a place for sumWorking Girl white wine. mer concerts, chocolate and cheese tast“This is who I am,� she says, posing ings, and even a September grape stomp. with a Texas-size rodeo belt buckle on the But now Charlton is stepping away bar to boot. from all that. Charlton is the whirlwind behind She’s transitioning out of daily operaWorking Girl Wines and Olympic Cellars, tion of the winery to spend more time BY DIANE URBANI
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with Ralph, her husband of 20 years. Hold on, now. Although Charlton has devoted some 15 years to Olympic Cellars — and many years before that to her first career at Texas Instruments — she is not retiring. To know Charlton is to know she is not the retiring type. This new chapter in Charlton’s life opened last year. TURN
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