Paws for a decision
Sky the limit no longer
Second Air Affaire hits Sequim this weekend
Spiritual milestone
Sequim Bible Church hits the big 5-0
WAG group awaits permit for new home
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Vol. 41, Number 35
“I have long been opposed to a moratorium.”
“I’m still in favor of having a moratorium.”
“I don’t know what to do.”
Jim McEntire, Clallam County Commissioner
Mike Doherty, Clallam County Commissioner
Mike Chapman, Clallam County Commissioner
Clallam commissioners split on pot plan DCD looking to county commissioners for guidance regarding marijuana regulation
by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette
The three county commissioners have vastly differing views regarding Initiative 502 and how to locally regulate it,
leaving the Department of Community Development staff with little guidance. Monday’s board of county commissioners’ work session spanned well into the lunch hour because of a discussion on recreational marijuana and how
to best regulate it. “I am grateful for today’s discussion,” District 3 Commissioner Mike Doherty said. “It is long overdue.” With “substantial” interest from I-502 processors and pro-
ducers in Clallam County as a place to establish businesses given the lack of a moratorium and the area’s unique environmental characteristics that make
See POT, A-8
Living with Alzheimer’s Many consider the disease a public health epidemic by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette
The human brain is the most complex organ of the body. Weighing about 3 pounds, the brain “is the source of all the qualities that define our humanity,” according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. The brain could be considered the human body’s control center given it provides the ability for imagination, thought, memories, movement, experiences, interpretation and essentially all behavior. For preservation the brain is surrounded by protective fluid within a bony shell, or simply put the skull. Although the brain is incredibly complex and well protected, it is not always safe from the grasp of disease, including the most common form of dementia – Alzheimer’s.
See ALZHEIMER’S, A-6
Opponents and proponents of Propositions 1 and 2 rally in front of the Sequim Transit Center on Aug. 25 for and against initiatives that could open union collective bargaining labor negotiations to the public and could prohibit mandatory union entry for employment and prohibit work stoppages in Sequim. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash
City propositions draw ire, praise from community City councilors set discussion for Sept. 8 Dart and Margie Whitmore stand in their beautifully landscaped backyard with their recently adopted dog, Bella. Dart was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease roughly two years ago and has since been making practical life adjustments in preparation for the inevitable progression of the disease. Sequim Gazette photo by Alana Linderoth
by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
Opponents and proponents came out in full force on Monday to speak
on two proposed changes in union practices in the City of Sequim. Tensions grew early as groups gathered outside the Clallam Transit Center to wave signs. Some participants exchanged heated words and stood in each other’s way at different
See PROPOSITIONS, A-11
Pedersen, former coach, The ODT as an economic engine pleads guilty to charges Governor’s outdoor Sentencing is scheduled for Oct. 7 by Matthew Nash Sequim Gazette
Jerry Jeff Pedersen, 29, a former volunteer assistant coach with the Sequim High School girls varsity basketball team, pled guilty Thursday, Aug. 21, to five felony counts of communicating with a minor for immoral purposes.
The plea comes after Pedersen pled not guilty in Clallam County Superior Court on May 2 for exchanging explicit texts pedersen and pictures with a then-15-year-old girl on the team. A Sequim Police investigation stated that Pedersen, a volunteer coach since November 2012, was
See PEDERSEN, A-8
recreation task force visits Sequim by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette
Regional and local officials are looking at how to leverage Washington state recreation amenities such as the Olympic Discovery Trail to promote jobs and businesses. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell
Clallam County officials have and continue to be both willing and eager to accommodate the Olympic Discovery Trail. Although the trail has been a work in progress since the late 1980s, it has yet to be completed for a variety of reasons,
but the most challenging of all is “acquiring the rightsof-way” necessary to build the trail, according to Andrew Stevenson, vice president of the Peninsula Trails Coalition. The projected 128-mile route from Port Townsend to the edge of the Pacific Ocean at La Push goes through 14 jurisdictions, such as city and county lands and property owned by state and national park services. Planning with so many different jurisdictions can be
See TRAIL, A-8
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