Sequim Gazette, August 06, 2014

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Civic Center’s foundation begins Bank to negotiate Spruce Street purchase with city by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette

The first slab of concrete is down for the City of Sequim’s Civic Center. Crews with Lydig Construction began pouring the first floor foundation on July 30 for the east side of the building.

Court Olson, project manager and has spent $2,339,000 so far. for the city, told Sequim City Burkett’s total project budget councilors July 28 from Jan. 1, 2014, that everything is on Haines resigns through the end of the project in mid-2015 is time and budget so far Public Works Director $13,810,661. for the joint city hall announces he’ll leave Olson said the first and police station. floor should be in place “We’ve passed the job later this year. A-8 by the end of August most at risk portion of the project (to use contingency and residents should see a steel structure going up soon thereafter funds),” he said. “It’ll be highly unusual for us not with a roof on hopefully before the to finish on budget.” rainy season. City Manager Steve Burkett L a st week, Lydig’s crews said the city has budgeted $12.1 See CIVIC CENTER, A-8 million this year for the project

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Crews pour the first concrete in the early morning on July 30 at the new Sequim Civic Center. This week, the remainder of the first floor slab is expected to go down. Sequim Gazette photo by Alana Linderoth

Protecting Sequim

Tia Bourm of Sequim tries on protective gear and learns how to stay safe from pathogens as a nurse during the University of Washington’s Nurse Camp. She’s wanted to be a nurse for years since spending time in hospitals for treatment of her achalasia. Photo courtesy of University of Washington Nurse Camp

Sequim teen battles achalasia, turns to nursing This undated photo shows one of Sequim fire district’s first horse-drawn wagons, what officials call a “vast improvement” over early fire suppression methods: pulling a hose cart by hand. Photo courtesy of Clallam County Fire District 3

Fire district marks 100 years Department sets Saturday for centennial bash by MICHAEL DASHIELL Sequim Gazette

A century ago, if you were a resident living north of what we now call Sequim — somewhere near Dungeness, for example — and your home caught fire, you were likely in for a long night. Back then, an all-volunteer crew of firefighters would travel with fire suppression equipment — the first, a 40-gallon chemical engine and hose cart pulled by as many as eight men — north along rutted roads and at some point cross the Dungeness River. Steve Vogel, fire chief for the

Was Sequim’s fire district all about fighting fires? Hardly. One of the department’s duties in the 1950s and 1960s was delivering Santa Claus to the Dresden movie theater in downtown Sequim, kicking off the local Christmas shopping season. Santa rode on top of the truck like it was his sleigh, while being driven down the street with lights flashing and siren blaring. “Many a volunteer fireman jumped into their shoes and raced out the door thinking it was a fire to put out, only to get a wave from Santa,” writes historian Judy Stipe. Submitted photo

Sequim-area Clallam County burned down a couple of times District 3 and a self-admitted in the 1920s and 1930s. history hound, says that’s why How times have changed. it’s not surprising Dungeness See FIRE, A-4

Clallam County Fire District 3 centennial celebration When: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 9; downtown Sequim parade plus events (music, antique fire trucks, demonstrations) at The James Center for the Performing Arts Also: 8 p.m., “Burning Down the House” party at 7 Cedars Casino (21 and older) More information: Call 683-4242 or e-mail fire3cent@gmail.com.

Super Bowl MVP Smith, also afflicted with disorder, encourages Bourm by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette

After seven years in and out of the hospital, Sequim student Tia Bourm, 17, now knows her experiences can help others. As one of 24 students selected out of 126 applicants, Bourm went to the University of Washington’s Nurse Camp July 21-25 where she saw an introduction into the world of nursing. She studied CPR, received nursing school admissions and financial aid advice, and gathered lifelong memories. “I’ve been in the hospital all the time and saw what the nurses do and wanted to be a part of it,” she said. “I want to explore the different types of nursing that are out there.” Being in a hospital isn’t a rarity for Bourm who was diagnosed in Nov. 6, 2006, with achalasia, a disease that prohibits the muscle of the esophagus from contracting to open and let food pass into the stomach. At the camp, Bourm found her experiences in the hospital came full circle. While shadowing a nurse, she met a woman in her 50s waiting for a transplant. The patient had to wait several hours for surgery so she couldn’t eat or drink anything and wasn’t hooked up to an IV for fluids.

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