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PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2011
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Inside and out, eatery expands options Colonel Hudson’s to offer customers indoor dining they opened Colonel Hudson’s Famous Kitchen, serving homemade fare through PORT ANGELES — a walk-up window to cusWhen they bought the tomers standing on the building at 536 Marine sidewalk. Drive in 2006, Malik Atwater and his wife, Vivian Wai, Sit-down dining had planned to eventually Now, in taking the buildopen an English-language school for foreign students. ing further back to its roots, Then people started Atwater and Wai are makflooding them with memo- ing $60,000 in renovations ries about the site, which for sit-down dining inside for many years had been about half the structure, Smitty’s restaurant and for doing so with help from a a short time after that was matching $10,000 facade Brickie’s restaurant, which grant from the city of Port moved there from another Angeles. The couple hopes to be Marine Drive site after being inundated by a mud- up and running by the end of January in a more conslide. In its last incarnation, ventional setting, with Atwater and Wai’s new pur- inside seating for 50 and a chase was Mickey’s, a mini- conference-meeting room. An outside deck for sumcasino that later moved to Front Street before closing. mer dining is in the works, The couple, former too, and maybe a beer and teachers of English in Tai- wine license as well. wan who met in that coun“Everyone kept saying try, sharply changed course. what good memories people After testing recipes and had of this place as a resconcocting them for their taurant,” Wai, 39, an Idaho own fry batter, sauces and native, said Friday as she buns — they grind their stood in the seating area, own beef for hamburgers red booth seats bought on and hand-cut their fries — Craigslist arrayed in neat BY PAUL GOTTLIEB
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Malik Atwater and Vivian Wai sit in a booth in what will become the dining area of Colonel Hudson’s Famous Kitchen along Marine Drive in Port Angeles. rows next to still-naked walls. Atwater, from Illinois, recalled one man who, as a boy, collected beer bottles from under the building for refunds. Another person recalled how servers roller-skated food to customers, Atwater said.
ter said, adding he’s received stitches twice for his efforts. Atwater and Wai have added an awning to the outside of the building, are replacing siding and have added large windows to the Cedar Street side of the building. “The awning really adds the dimension it needed for that building to look less industrial,” city Planning Manager Sue Roberds said. Roberds added that $88,246 in facade grants, which are funded by lodging taxes, have been distributed to city businesses to spruce up their exteriors. But Smitty’s nondescript look did not make it less of a draw, Roberds suggested, calling it “quite the place to go.” Atwater and Wai have three children, including a girl born June 18. The couple may have been destined to carry on the restaurant tradition. Married in 1996, they said in their wedding vows that they like to eat and cook.
The building, as nonde- layers of floor, including script as it is historic, was carpet and tile, before getbuilt in 1923, but all that ting to the base. Out of the basement he history came at a price. lugged a car axle and toilets, and disposed of a mumLayers of history mified cat. ________ Atwater peeled off three “Every time I would Staff Writer Paul Gottlieb different roofs when he start in one direction, I canSenior be reached at 360-417-3536 replaced the roof. would find something else or at paul.gottlieb@peninsuladaily He peeled off about five to fix and fix and fix,” Atwa- news.com.
Forks woman wins $1,000 Santa Bucks BY ARWYN RICE PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
FORKS — Forks resident Misty Mate won the $1,000 top prize in the West End Business and Professional Association’s annual Santa Bucks drawing last weekend. When Mate stepped up to claim her prize on Christmas Eve, her teenage daughter accompanied her and burst into tears, said Pat Soderlind, Forks Community Food Bank director and member of the West End Business and Professional Association. “I like it when people who really need the money win the prize,” Soderlind said. Mate and her family received $1,000 in Santa Bucks, to be used as they wish. Santa Bucks can be redeemed as cash with members of the association. Members include not only retailers, such as Forks Outfitters, but also profes-
“I like it when people who really need the money win the prize.” PAT SODERLIND director Forks Community Food Bank sional services, such as several dentists. Santa Bucks also can used to pay bills at two other members of the association: Forks Community Hospital and the Clallam CHRIS COOK/FORKS FORUM County Public Utility DisMisty Mate of Forks, center, won $1,000 in Santa Bucks during the West End Business and trict.
Successful year
Professional Association’s annual drawing at Forks Outfitters on Christmas Eve. Posing with her are Leith Grahn of Lunsford & Associates, who is president of the association, left, and Santa Claus, played by Lloyd Lee.
On Monday, West End Business and Professional Association President Leith Grahn didn’t yet know how many of the $1 tickets were sold, but Soderlind on Sunday said it was clear it was a successful year. “The drum was really full,” Soderlind said. Once the winner is paid, remaining funds go toward future downtown holiday
decorations and lights, she said. Beginning in November, the association gives away turkeys every Saturday, Grahn said. Since Thanksgiving, the group also has given away gift certificates in a weekly drawing, leading up to the grand finale on Christmas Eve.
During the holiday weekend, Soderlind, in her role with West End Outreach also helped to deliver holiday gifts and food baskets. West End Outreach collected gift and food baskets for 257 families who registered, and also distributed baskets to families who did
not sign up but needed help, she said. “Many don’t sign up,” Soderlind said. Some have jobs and don’t feel it’s right to sign up, or they feel others need help more, or their pride stops them, she said. Soderlind said that in the small Forks community,
Remembering a Lifetime
TEMPS DIP BUT SLIDING GOES ON
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________ Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-417-3535 or at arwyn.rice@peninsuladailynews. com.
Death Notices Carol June Grail June 7, 1941 — Dec. 23, 2011
Carol June Grail of Port Angeles died in Port Angeles. She was 70. Her obituary will be published later. Services: Thursday at 1 p.m., graveside service at Mount Angeles Memorial Park followed by a celebration of her life at The Landing mall. Drennan-Ford Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. www.drennanford.com
We wish to thank everyone that brought food and sent so many lovely cards after the loss of my beloved husband,
Fred Wilson. Also thank you for the memorials given to the Salvation Army in Fred’s memory. We will always remember the kindness you have shown us. Alta Wilson & Family
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Beau Sturdivant, 2, goes down while Sam Mugrage, 4, goes up at the Port Townsend Recreation Center last week. Though temperatures were in the low 40s, they didn’t let a little chilly weather cut into their slide time.
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word of mouth is often the best way to find out where services are most needed, even if they aren’t asked for. “It helps to be in touch,” she said.