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Commissioners delay decision on I-502 controls Recreational marijuana issue still up in the air by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette
After the Clallam County board of commissioners postponed taking any action on the interim ordinance for I-502 (Washington legalized recreational marijuana) county controls at a public hearing, Sept. 23, the board revisited the temporary controls during its regular meeting Tuesday, Sept. 30. Similar to the public hearing, the board decided to take no action and instead divert the interim ordinance to the county Planning Commission for input. “Essentially the ball is back in the DCD and planning commission’s court,” Jim mcentire McEntire, District 1 county commissioner, said.
Cameron Constant, 9, channels his inner-wolf inside the Dungeness River Audubon Center during the River Festival.
River Jensen, 8, blows a kiss to a geoduck to win a sticker at the Clallam County Marine Resources’ booth.
Take me to the river … fest
See I-502, A-10
OMC cutting services for ‘New Families’ by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette
Jen Jurgensen recalls a time eight years ago when she felt physically, mentally and overall biologically in a different state shortly following the birth of her first child. After returning home from Olympic Medical Center and with questions accumulating by the minute and a need for reassurance, Jurgensen said that when a nurse with New Family Services pulled into her driveway she felt an “immediate sense relief and it was a powerful experience” she’ll never forget. Since 2000, OMC’s New Family Services
See OMC, A-2
Third-graders, from left, Akoda Newell, Michael Soto and James Eddy, aim and spray water bottles to show how runoff from items like oil and compost go into local water supplies. Julianne Ruffner with Department of Ecology’s Washington Beach Program spoke with students about runoff throughout the Dungeness River Festival. Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash
Hundreds of visitors, including elementary students, packed Railroad Bridge Park and the Dungeness River Audubon Center for the 15th Dungeness River Festival on Friday, Sept. 26. Event highlights included live music, bird expert talks, conservationist exhibitors, arts and crafts, and more. For more information on the festival and/or Dungeness River Audubon Center, call 681-4076 or visit DungenessRiverCenter.org. See more photos, page B-1, and a slideshow online at wwww.sequimgazette.com.
Sun rising on Sequim totem
Dale Faulstich, left, and Tyler Faulstich discuss work on a totem pole for a casino going to New Brunswick, Canada. Next, they’ll begin carving a totem pole for the City of Sequim. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash
Work for Civic Center piece to begin soon in Blyn carving shed by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
Dale Faulstich, lead carver and designer for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, is readying a totem pole to reveal why the sun always shines in Sequim. He and a small team plan to create a 30-foot totem pole, valued at
$150,000 for the City of Sequim’s Civic Center set to be placed in the plaza next to Sequim Avenue. The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is donating the totem pole that depicts a story adapted by Faulstich as told by Robbie Davis called “Why the Sun Always Shines in Sequim” from the book “Klallam Folk Tales” by
Erna Gunther. Faulstich and his team Bud Turner, Dusty Humphries and Tyler Faulstich, his son, will begin shaping the Western red cedar log from the Hoh River valley next week. “I think it’ll be fun to do something for the city,” Faulstich said. “It’s nice lumber. We’re excited to get into it.” The city last partnered with
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