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August 10, 2011
No Obama, but actor, ex-senator to appear Sept. 16 event launches dam removals start By Paul Gottlieb
Peninsula Daily News
PORT ANGELES — Actor Tom Skerritt and former U.S. Sen. Bill Bradley will share the stage at the Sept. 16 Lower Elwha Klallam tribe’s fundraising dinner to mark the tear-down of the Glines Canyon and Elwha dams, the largest-ever dam removal project.
A l t h o u g h ONLINE . . . invited, President Barack Obama won’t be there — and he won’t be among those attending the Sept. 17 ceremonies that will ■ More on mark the begin- Elwha dam ning of the end of removals: http:// the dams. “At this time, tinyurl.com/ we’ve been pdndams1 informed that he is not going to appear,” Latrisha Suggs, the tribe’s assistant director for Elwha River restoration, said Tuesday. Tickets for the 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Sept. 16 dinner at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles are $150 and $300. For $300, “distinguished sponsors” receive dinner, two glasses of wine, priority seating, a $55-value gift and a commemorative program with their names listed, Suggs said. Distinguished-sponsor tickets will be sold until one week before the event. For $150, “patron sponsors” receive dinner, one glass of wine and the commemorative brochure with their names listed. The dinner will include an auction. The evening’s proceeds will
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benefit higher education scholarships and youth programs for Native American youths. Tickets are available at the art gallery at the Elwha Klallam Heritage Training Center at 401 E. First St. in Port Angeles and at www.brownpaperticket.com.
Skerritt, a longtime environmentalist who lives in Seattle, will be the dinner’s opening speaker. Bradley will deliver the dinner’s keynote address.
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Port Angeles Border Patrol station supervisor Jose Romero discusses U.S. Customs and Border Protection policy with the Forks City Council.
No comment on ‘black hole’ comment By Rob Ollikainen Peninsula Daily News
FORKS — After making a presentation about Border Patrol operations at the Forks City Council meeting on Monday, Port Angeles Field Operations Supervisor Rafael Cano said he was not authorized to discuss the agent who described the station as a “black hole.” Agent Christian Sanchez made allegations that there is little work and “no purpose, no mission” at the Port Angeles station to a Washington, D.C., opengovernment group July 29. Turn
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PA Border Patrol part of ‘puzzle’ By Rob Ollikainen Peninsula Daily News
FORKS — The U.S. Border Patrol station in Port Angeles is part of a “huge national puzzle” that serves the local community by keeping the country safe from terrorism, one agent told the Forks City Council on Monday. “We’re going to continue to enforce the laws as they’re written on the books,” Field Operations Supervisor Rafael Cano said. “We’re going to do so because Congress said they wanted us to do so. We’ve been mandated by Congress to do so.” Cano and station supervisor Jose Romero gave a “Customs and Border Protection 101” presentation at the request of the council. “We’re very interested in
developing partnerships,” Cano said. “We work very closely with multiple local, state, federal and tribal agencies.” Councilman Kevin Hinchen asked the agents if they target members of particular nationalities. “I’ve arrested people of all shades and nationalities, I can assure you of that,” said Cano, who arrived in Port Angeles four years ago after patrolling the southern border near Tucson, Ariz. “When we talk about partnerships, it’s not just about finding illegal immigrants,” Romero said. “It’s not just about finding terrorists. But we also deal with narcotics. That’s part of our authority. It’s any type of contraband.” Turn
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PORT HADLOCK — Four candidates for the Washington State University Extension executive director will be questioned in an eight-hour interview session that is open to the public. The process will begin at 8:45 a.m. in the Spruce Room of the Extension office at 201 W. Patison St., Port Hadlock. The new director will take over for Katherine Baril, who retired in January after 20 years in the position. The candidates are Pamela Roberts, a Quilcene resident who has served as interim director since Baril’s retirement; Sue Wolf of Clallam Bay; Jerry D. Gibson of Abingdon, Va.; and Laura R. Lewis of Oella, Md. “This is an important decision for the community,” said Pat Pearson, director of WSU’s water quality program. “This person will decide the
By Arwyn Rice
PORT ANGELES — A check symbolic of $75,000 was given to Olympic National Park’s deputy superintendent Tuesday at a meeting of the Port Angeles Business Association as a public announcement of the end of this year’s successful campaign to keep Hurricane Ridge Road open year-round. The check included $25,000 from the city of Port Angeles, $25,000 from Clallam County and $25,000 from a variety of sources interested in keeping the road to the snow playground open all week during the winter. “We’re sending a message to
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At 8:45 a.m., WSU Kitsap County Extension Director Arne Bergstrom will introduce the candidates. That will be followed by presentations from each candidate, presenting his or her views about the role of WSU Extension in the development of a sustainable and economically viable future as well as the methods they would use to accomplish this. From 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., the candidates will be questioned by three panels: the search committee, WSU staff and a panel of community leaders. Baril ran the Extension office since its inception, beginning with one employee in the historic Customs House in Port Townsend and finishing her career in the facility in Port Hadlock that now employs a staff of 24. Turn
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the Department of the Interior: This community supports the park,” said Port Angeles City Councilwoman Cherie Kidd, who led the fundraising effort. “Thousands of people gathered to ask Teddy Roosevelt for a park,” Kidd said. Today, the people are asking to open the park, she said. Volunteers are planning an expansion of ski lifts for more skiing this winter, said Rob Onnen, a PABA member. Turn
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kind of partnerships the Extension office will develop and what the lead energy is. “Hopefully, we can find someone with the right balance.” The public’s best opportunity for asking questions will be at about 9 a.m.
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