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Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014
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Law enforcement talks next steps for I-594 Sheriff’s Office asks residents to wait as new gun law forms
Citizens’ call volume on election week prompted the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office to send out a press release on Nov. 6 asking citizens not to call about the initiative that requires stricter background checks by MATTHEW NASH for firearm sales and transfers. Sequim Gazette “Until I-594 becomes law and More than one week after election can be legally reviewed there are no night, area residents have made it answers to the questions being posed known they want to know the next to the Sheriff’s Office,” Undersheriff Ron Peregrin said. “Phone calls to steps for Initiative 594.
the Sheriff’s Office regarding I-594 now only serve to impede others with emergent issues from contacting us.” Chief Criminal Deputy Ron Cameron said phone calls ranged from questions about certain scenarios about guns being in cars to cleaning a spouse’s pistol. He said he’s unsure what the roles are being readied for local agencies.
See I-594, A-6
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Fighting cancer at age 7
Businesses like Brian’s Sporting Goods & More sell firearms but are mostly unaffected by I-594’s passage. Store owner Brian Menkal already has offered transfer services for gun sellers and buyers but now private and Internet sales will need to go through a licensed business like his for background checks.
Four-lane widening project opens to drivers Business owners speak about financial impact
Father and sons tackle diagnoses together after second-grader diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma
by ALANA LINDEROTH and MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette
Life drastically changed for a dynamic trio at 2 a.m., Oct. 22, after Andrew Zeppa, a longtime local and father of two young sons, was told one of his sons had cancer. Seemingly overnight, Zeppa and his boys, Trent and Drew, left their home in Carlsborg and have since been at Seattle Children’s Hospital. At 7 years old, only a year younger than his brother, Drew, a second-grader at Greywolf Elementary, was experiencing a “upset tummy,” Zeppa said, and after a visit to his doctor and a couple trips to the Emergency Room a cancerous tumor was detected. Shortly following his admission into Seattle Children’s Hospital Drew was diagnosed with Burkitt lymphoma, a form of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma cancer.
Brothers Drew and Trent Zeppa stick together while Drew adjusts to life at Seattle Children’s Hospital for the next few months while he undergoes treatment for Burkitt lymphoma. Submitted photo
“If everything goes exactly according to plan, he’ll probably be there (Seattle Children’s) about five months,” Zeppa said. Zeppa and Drew’s big brother Trent are staying at the nearby Ronald McDonald House while Drew undergoes care and chemotherapy at Seattle Children’s Hospital. Already, with one full treatment of chemotherapy complete, Drew’s tumor is responding positively to the treatment and in some areas
has decreased about 60 to 70 percent in size. Still, the cancerous tumor stretches from Drew’s chest cavity to his groin, Zeppa explained, and is known within the medical field as one of the fastest-growing cancer types. “The type of cancer has a 90 percent cure rate,” Zeppa said. “We’re not talking about remission here, but a cure rate.” Although the cure rate is high, some of the
See CANCER, A-2
After almost two years of work, the widening project from Kitchen-Dick Road to Shore Road is nearly complete. The approximate 3.5-mile stretch fully opened this week after a partial opening on Saturday, Nov. 8, for line painting. At an estimated $60.5 million, the project brings four lanes from the west side of the Sequim city limits to Port Angeles’ city limits. Crews with the Washington State Department
See DRIVERS, A-8
ELECTIONS 2014
It’s Peach for commissioner, Winborn for DCD Nichols takes prosecutor race, Riggs for auditor and Porter keeps judge seat Sequim Gazette staff
While Democrats Derek Kilmer (U.S. Rep., 6th District) and Steve Tharinger (State Rep., 24th District) managed easy victories in their races, the Nov. 4 General Election brought plenty of change to Clallam County. Republican Bill Peach of Forks edged Democrat Sissi Bruch of Port Angeles in their bids to
replace outgoing commissioner Mike Doherty while challenger Mary Ellen Winborn ran away with the county’s Director of Community Development position, trouncing incumbent Sheila Roark Miller. Port Angeles’ Mark Nichols topped Sequim resident Will Payne for the county prosecutor job, Shoona Riggs beat out Kim Yacklin for the Clallam County Auditor job
Clallam County Commissioner some of the issues he sees affect-
Clallam County 2014 General Election, by the numbers
In the tightest race in Clallam County, Peach edged Bruch with 13,927 votes to Bruch’s 13,012 votes, a 51.7-48.3 margin. “ Pe o ple h e a rd the message I was sharing with the key things I believe in including jobs, whether PEACH it is attracting new businesses or keeping existing ones, no new increases in property taxes and protection of private property rights,” he said. Looking ahead, Peach said
Registered voters: 46,915 Ballots counted: 28,993 Return rate: 61.8 percent Ballots left to count (as of Nov. 11): 75 Certification date: Nov. 25 and voters picked incumbent Rick Porter over challenger Cathy Marshall for Clallam County District Court 1 Judge. The election is officially certified on Nov. 25.
ing Sequim that he’d like to work on include land use regulations through the review of the county’s comprehensive plan, the Dungeness Water Rule’s impact and the state of the economy. “Taxes, the whole issue of change in BRUCH jobs and the economy not doing well really resonated with people,” he said. Peach said finding and
See ELECTIONS, A-6
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