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Democratic panel opposes charter the 15-person executive committee voted on a recommendation to oppose the charter proposal that will be on the Nov. 5 general election ballot. It was approved 6-1. The entire party membership will consider whether it wants to support, oppose or stay neutral on the charter issue when it meets at 7 p.m. Sept. 17 at the Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St. It’s a measure the party chairman personally opposes. “Before we consider this, we need to examine what has happened in other counties that have adopted a charter,” said
Measure is set to go to voters BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Democrats’ executive committee has recommended that other party members oppose the creation of a county charter, and the party will put it to a vote later this month. On Tuesday, seven members of
George Yount. “In those cases, the government has become larger and more complicated than it was before.” Je f f e r s o n County voters Yount will decide at the November general election whether the county should change to a charter system. On the same ballot, they will consider a total of 51 freeholder
candidates and elect a slate of 15 — five from each county commissioner district — who will be sworn in if the process is approved. Elected freeholders would be charged with writing by June 20, 2015, a county charter that must be approved by the voters before it is enacted into law and becomes the blueprint for county government. The state constitution permits counties to write home-rule charters to provide a form of government that differs from the commission form proscribed by state law.
Ballots will be mailed to registered voters Oct. 16. The Sept. 17 Democrats meeting will be open to the public, but only party members in good standing can vote or comment, Yount said.
Submitted petitions Val Phimister, of the Community Rights Coalition of Jefferson County, which submitted the petitions July 30 that started the process rolling, said such a party preference is inappropriate. TURN
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The Adventuress, the 100-year-old educational vessel owned by Sound Experience, will be docked at the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend to offer public sails today through Sunday.
Historic schooner is ‘belle of the ball’ at fest this year BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — The centennial celebration of the Adventuress has turned the historic schooner into a centerpiece of this year’s Wooden Boat Festival. Catherine Collins, executive director of Sound Experience, which manages the educational vessel, said the
Adventuress this ALSO . . . year is “the belle of ■ Wooden the ball.” Boat Festival Some 300 wooden schedule, boats are expected more/B1 at the three-day festival that begins today at the Point Hudson Marina Festival Grounds at the end of Water Street. The annual festival features myriad
demonstrations and presentations by experts in boatbuilding and sailing skills. The Adventuress will be docked at the Northwest Maritime Center at 431 Water St. today through Sunday. It will offer six public sails from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on all three days of the festival. TURN
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Peninsula GI injured in Afghanistan 22-year-old stable at Texas hospital BY ARWYN RICE PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles native whose arms and legs were shattered in an explosion in Afghanistan is recovering at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. Pfc. Jeremiah Wright, 22, a member of the Port Angeles High School Class of 2009, was wounded Aug. 26 while acting as a roof gunner on a Humvee
when an improvised explosive device detonated under the vehicle, said Dave Sands of Sequim, who said he is engaged to Wright’s mother. “He’s alive, and that’s the main thing,” Sands said. Wright Wright is the son of Morris Wright and Lisa Bokamper, both of Port Angeles. The soldier’s mother and other family members have gone to Texas to be with him, Sands said.
Span over Portage Canal having lights fixed today PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT HADLOCK — Workers will dangle some 100 feet from the Portage Canal Bridge, also known as the Port Townsend Canal Bridge, as they repair navigational lights for water traffic. Drivers on state Highway 116 today could experience delays of up to 45 minutes.
Repairs to start at 9 a.m. Beginning at 9 a.m., state Department of Transportation crews will use a crane truck to lower signal technicians over the side of the bridge, which is about 2 miles east of Port Hadlock, to repair the lights. One or both lanes of the bridge will be closed during the work. Flaggers will direct traffic. “We think that the bulbs have just burned out,” said Claudia Bingham Baker, spokeswoman for Transportation’s Olympic region. TURN TO BRIDGE/A6
Brooke Army Medical Center said Thursday that Wright is in stable condition in an intermediate care unit. His fiancee, Ashley Ferguson, 24, of Port Angeles, flew Saturday to San Antonio to be with him.
‘His family is here’ “He’s happy because his family is here,” Ferguson said. She said both of his arms and both legs were broken, some in multiple places, including compound fractures. Wright underwent a five-hour surgery Wednesday morning. TURN TO SOLDIER/A7
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