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Wednesday, July 23, 2014
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Vol. 41, Number 30
Sequim man gone, not forgotten White drowned while swimming at Lake Cushman by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette
Calvin Josiah William White, but better known as “CJ” or “Josiah,” recently had celebrated his 18th birthday on June 29 and had just returned from a missions trip where he helped build a home in Tijuana, Mexico, with
Dungeness Community Church. This particular missions trip was not out of the ordinary for White, as he always was contributing to his community in one way or another. Whether it was volunteering with Sequim’s Mat Rats wrestling program, participating to the Dungeness Community Church or Sequim Bible Church worship
Calvin White works on the house he recently helped to build in Tijuana, Mexico, earlier this month. Submitted photo
team, working hard at his job with Rootzone, caring for his seven siblings or simply taking the time to talk, listen and encourage anyone, White “was truly an admirable young man always willing to share his heart with his community,” said Karen Roedell, White’s grandmother. White drowned July 19 in Lake Cuashman while with family members at a reunion.
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How clean is Sequim’s air?
ANOTHER BIG L AVENDER WEEKEND
Study finds air quality spikes in tourism and cold seasons by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
Visiting from Texas, 3-year-old Clair Sutherland gives hula-hooping a try while exploring the different lavender farms with her mother, Heather Young; here she gives the hoop a spin at Jardin du Soliel. Sequim Gazette photo by Alana Linderoth
Sequim still loving the lavender Weekend deemed best by Sequim Lavender Festival by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
Each person is different but the love remains the same for Sequim lavender. Thousa nds of people filled the Lavenderstreets and farms infused for Sequim LavenSee more photos der Weekend July 18-20, which infrom this year’s cluded the Sequim Lavender weekend Lavender Festival on A-4, B-1 and Sequim LavRead about the Tour ender Farm Tour de Lavender on A-3 Sydnee Midkiff, 13, and her mom Brandi of Mukilteo visit The Lavender Connection as part of a & Fair. busy day in Sequim seeing the Street Fair, Olympic Game Farm and much more. Sydnee said she Whether people loves lavender and even cooks with it. Her favorite lavender infused food is scones. Sequim Gazette are cutting lavender for the first time or are photo by Matthew Nash long-time returning enthusiasts, lavender continues to compel people in many ways. 2007 with her daughters Emily and Mary tradition to visit each festival that Mary Beth Desiree Barrett of Port Orchard has come Beth. In that time they’ve become friends said she trims the same small lavender bush to Sequim’s Oliver’s Lavender Farm since with the Oliver family and it’s become such a See LAVENDER, A-3
Following a year-long study, officials with the Olympic Region Clean Air Agency find Sequim’s air is typically good. “People don’t need to be too concerned,” said Odelle Hadley, air agency senior monitoring specialist. “Generally, (Sequim’s) air quality is good.” The ambient air study tested four sites through early April in Sequim atop the Clallam County Fire District 3’s fire station and at the Port Angeles Fire Station, Port Angeles Library and Stevens Middle School in Port Angeles. The four optical particle counters moved to Port Townsend in May for an annual saturation study of the air agency’s six covered counties through 2018. Hadley said following the study they determined that the permanent particulate monitor for 2.5 microns or smaller, minus ultra-fine particulates, at Stevens Middle School should move to the Port Angeles Fire Station.
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City pot applicant’s record unlikely to stop his license Drug, sex crime charges fall outside state’s timeline by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
As the rest of the state sees recreational marijuana stores slowly open in different communities, the City of Sequim remains a question mark as to when and if a store will open. A six-month moratorium is up for review Aug. 11 at the Sequim City Council meeting, but a majority of city councilors indicated they want to wait until the Legislature meets in 2015 and votes for revenue sharing and political changes for cities like Sequim. David Halpern, 61, of Gardiner, was awarded the opportunity to be Sequim’s lone recreational
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