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Producing pot in Clallam County An ecological look at the complexities of cannabis by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette
The six-month marijuana moratorium within Sequim City limits established in February remains and won’t likely be revisited until late August
but that doesn’t mean the cannabis industry is not evolving throughout the county. Sequim, an area nestled at the foot of the Olympic Mountain range under the umbrella of the rainshadow, provides the most ideal conditions
in Washington for growing cannabis in greenhouses, said Tim Humiston, potential Clallam County processor and producer of Canna Organix LLC. If you ask Humiston why he came to the area once Initiative 502 opened the doors allowing him to follow both a business endeavor and
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SHS Graduates Have Their Day
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From front to back, Madison Fisher, Brandon Payne, Anthony Pinza and Jesse Francis hold hands over hearts during the national anthem. See story and related photos on B-1. Sequim Gazette photo by Patricia Morrison Coate
Treating addicts in Clallam County A dearth of detox and inpatient treatment centers a growing concern among residents and local health care providers
The power of the meager tab top: Gabe Omann, left, takes over a tab top collecting effort that Sequim High School graduate Sam Manders worked on for the past 10 years. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell
Sam’s legacy Sam Manders is graduating from high school and his decade-long tab top project — but he’s found a friend to carry on his effort
by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette
Editor’s note: Some of the names in this article have been changed to protect the identity of individuals speaking about personal information and experiences. — MD
by MICHAEL DASHIELL Sequim Gazette
He sure has come a long way. It was about 10 years ago that a Sequim youth named Sam Manders saw some potential in a small piece of metal. Ten years and hundreds of thousands of tab tops later, he’s built a legacy. “At first I didn’t know its purpose,” Manders says of the Ronald McDonald House Charity’s tab top program, one that’s helped raise thousands of dollars to support the families of seriously ill or injured children. “It was more of a personal goal,” he says. “I was naive in thinking, ‘This is going to cure cancer.’ You know, take vengeance on something that took something from you.” It’s a reference to his father Jim, a longtime peninsula journalist who died in 2005
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Playfields organizers seek second phase Dungeness Cup expecting up to 100 teams for third annual August tournament
Sequim, are raising funds for Phase 2 of their project next to the Water Reuse Demonstration Site. In the plans are 64 parking spaces by MATTHEW NASH west of the James Center for the soon as the end of summer. Sequim Gazette Organizers with Sequim Family Performing Arts, 29 spaces on North Advocates, a nonprofit which fund- Rhodefer Road and a 1,249-squareMore parking and bathrooms may raised and petitioned for the fields to See PLAYFIELDS, A-9 come to the Albert Haller Playfields as alleviate wear on other playfields in
Since health care facilities have tightened up on prescription opiates and the abundance of drugs like hydrocodone, oxycodone and methadone has decreased, The future site of the Clallam County heroin (also an opiate) 16-bed inpatient chemical dependency has been on the rise treatment center intends to open in July. Funding and permitting pending, given within Clallam County. the extra space within the building, there Despite having the is potential for a detox facility as well. third highest opiate- Sequim Gazette photo by Alana Linderoth related deaths within Washington counties and higher than state averages for opiate-related hospitalizations, Clallam County does not have a detox or inpatient treatment center, according to Alcohol and Drug Coordinator for Clallam County Department of Health and Human Services Jude Anderson. “Heroin started as a pill problem and partially as a provider problem by over prescribing,” Anderson said. “About three years ago stricter laws were placed on the prescribing of pain medications and as soon as demand appeared so did heroin.”
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