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Sabin King, left, and Jeremy Pease, who operate Ology Infusions of Port Townsend, are one of seven vendors at Saturday’s “Hempapalooza” in Brinnon that showcased the medical marijuana products they offer. The event was held at Brinnon Herbal Collective by owner Nicole Black.
Inaugural ‘Hempapalooza’ a success, organizer says Marijuana ‘farmers market’ probably will spur another BY JEREMY SCHWARTZ PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
BRINNON — The organizer of a new kind of “farmers market” featuring medicinal pot products said Saturday her first event was so popular she’s considering organizing another for August. “Absolutely,” said organizer Nicole Black on Saturday afternoon, when asked if the inaugural “Hempapalooza” at her dispensary, Brinnon Herbal Collective at 91 Corey St., was a success.
“We’ve had people arrive that are baby boomers, mature adults, and just ask questions,” Black said. “The feedback I got from them [was], ‘Thank you, thank you for providing a place to do it.’ ” The identification and valid state medical marijuana authoAttracts the curious rization of each patient was checked by Black’s staff, and Black said the visitors were split about evenly between medi- each was given a red stamp to show the vendors. cal marijuana patients with No stamp, no product; not authorization to use the drug even samples. and non-patients curious about Sabin King and Jeremy medicinal pot. Pease, who operate Ology Infu“The feedback, most notably the feedback from non-patients, sions in Port Townsend, were among the vendors at the gathhas been fantastic,” Black said. ering. She said vendors were happy TURN TO MARKET/A6 to answer questions.
As of about 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Black said about 30 people had come through the doors to peruse the wares, both smokable and edible products, that seven medical marijuana vendors set up in the yard behind the building.
PORT TOWNSEND — Despite an eleventh-hour effort to secure sponsorships and pull together a public Fourth of July display, the skies over Fort Worden State Park will stay dark for a second consecutive year. “The Fourth of July is not only a day to celebrate independence but a time to celebrate family,” said Teresa Verraes, Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce executive director. “The fireworks are really important to a lot of people, and we tried to make it work, but in the end, we didn’t have the time or the funding to do a good job.” This was the first year that the chamber attempted to get involved in creating a public fireworks display. In past years, the show was sponsored by the Port Townsend Rotary Club and, when that group no longer had the funding, the city.
City bows out After two years of supporting the fireworks, the city was unable to do so last year, and there was no display. The chamber stepped in earlier this year after receiving several queries, but by that time, both sponsorships and fireworks suppliers had already sold their available stock.
“Large sponsors determine their budgets ahead of time, so we were unable to get any of them to participate on such a short notice,” said chamber board member Dominick Svornich. “The minimum amount for a display is $10,000. We could have raised that amount, but by then, we couldn’t have purchased the fireworks because the companies plan ahead for the year.”
Better in 2015 As a result, the chamber will be ahead of the planning curve for 2015. “We have a meeting scheduled for the end of July where we will gather all the stakeholders and start gathering the sponsorships for next year,” Svornich said. “By starting early, we can plan something really special, putting on an all-day event with food, crafts and music.” Park Manager Brian Hageman would welcome a community effort to reinstate the fireworks show. “It would be great to bring fireworks back to the park,” he said. “We have a large beach with beautiful views, and I look forward to having them here in the future.” Early planning also could be an opportunity to build partnerships that could carry the event into subsequent years. TURN
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New fire boat is given trial run, awaits a name BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — A 33-foot boat built by a Port Angeles company awaits a name and a christening before it is put into service for East Jefferson Fire-Rescue. “This will expand our rescue capacity and the ability to provide service on the water,” said East Jefferson Fire-Rescue spokesman Bill Beezley.
“It is a larger boat than what we’ve used before,” he said. “It has a faster pump with a greater water capacity, and it has a climate-controlled area where we can transport patients.” During a sea trial Thursday, the boat reached 46 knots — more than 50 mph. It can be seen in action at http://tinyurl.com/ PDN-EJFR-boat.
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