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Landmark grain tower set for auction
Barry, McMenamin take third at state
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Duck day to remember
Sequim cleans up at fundraiser
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Wednesday, June 4, 2014
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Vol. 41, Number 23
City considers eminent domain for civic center Burkett revises total project cost to $16 million, but budget remains same
Thursday, May 29, marked the official breaking of ground where the much anticipated city hall and police station will be. At the ceremony and armed with golden shovels, City Manager Steve Burkett and Sequim Mayor Candace Pratt were among the city officials and project contractors to dig in the dirt. The new Civic Center will have a large plaza intended for events like the public market and an attractive place for people to gather, Burkett said. Along with a totem pole donated by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, benches, newly planted trees and a water feature are envisioned for the plaza. Sequim Gazette photo by Alana Linderoth
by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
Two months into construction and the City of Sequim’s Civic Center may see some hiccups with a neighboring property that could delay the project. The city has been awaiting paperwork to go through on the purchase of a house at 191 W. Spruce St., owned by Steven and Peggy Sutherland of Renton, which will be used for parking
Funding the future of our outdoor water
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once demolished. City Manager Steve Burkett said the city has had an agreement with the Sutherlands for close to two years to buy their home for $89,000 but the city hasn’t receives approval from the Sutherland’s lending institution. “They loaned them more than what it’s worth ($140,000) and we’re trying to get them to approve the short sale,” he said.
See CITY, A-11
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Department of Ecology allots $100,000 for research by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette
The Department of Ecology will allocate $100,000 to explore options of getting mitigation water to areas above the irrigation lines (areas outside the public irrigation districts or company service areas), according to Mike Gallagher, Water Resources Section head for Department of Ecology Southwest Region. Under the Dungeness Water Resources Management Rule, thousands of acres within the Water Resources Inventory Area 18 does not have access to outdoor water use. Gallagher said he anticipates he’ll know by the end of June whether the Department of Ecology will hire a consultant directly or if the funds will be put into local county hands to be spent accordingly. “Basically it will pay for a study to begin to identify the different options to get additional water to the yellow area,” Gallagher said. The “yellow area” refers to the more southern
See WATER, A-12
New beginning line, same distance: 26.2 miles. Full marathon runners get off to a quick start at the 2014 North Olympic Discovery Marathon’s starting line on the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe campus in Blyn. Gilbert Ondusko of Poulsbo won the full marathon with a finish of 2 hours, 45 minutes, 39 seconds, edging Elma’s Dallas DeBeck by about three minutes, while Sarah Getty of Des Moines (3:06:01) repeated at the women’s champ, winning by nearly 11 minutes. Josh Klimek of Lacey won the half marathon with a 1:16:07 finish while Camille Shiflett of SIlverdale (1:22:36) took the women’s half marathon crown. See a photo gallery at www.sequimgazette.com and see full race results at nodm.com. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell
Growth, opening for Allied Titanium in next 3 months
Pack it up, explore with library, park program Partnership promotes the great outdoors by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette
In addition to an abundance of books found in the library, the Sequim Library has a backpack available to check out. The Olympic National Park and North Olympic Library System combined efforts to create the Explore Olympic!
packs. Each pack is equipped with books, pamphlets, a map, a notebook, some local hiking and trail information, a magnifying glass and binoculars. Although the Sequim Library will house only one pack, similar to books, a hold system has been established. Forks, Clallam Bay and Port Angeles libraries also have packs available. Given the multiple packs, each one has its own tag for easy identification.
See PROGRAM, A-12
Sequim Gazette staff
Astrid Martin, an eighth-grade Sequim Middle School student, shows off the library’s new Explore Olympic! pack. The Explore Olympic! pack program is the product of collaboration between the North Olympic Library System and Olympic National Park. Sequim Gazette photo by Alana Linderoth
Within the next three months Christopher Greimes, the chief executive officer of Allied Titanium, anticipates the company’s fabrication shop to be in operation. Allied Titanium has been operating at its Sequim location at 1400 E. Washington St. since 2012 where inventory is stored doing quality inspections, sales, shipping and receiving, but
See ALLIED, A-7
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