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Civic Center cost overrun: about $857K
Through his eyes
City considers school bond endorsement, signs on with pickleball grant
by MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
Photographer Ross Hamilton shares insight of Olympic Peninsula landscapes
Seven months after opening for business, some finishing touches remain on the Sequim Civic Center but its construction contract is signed off for good. Sequim city councilors unanimously approved the $12,723,131 contract with with Lydig Construction on Dec. 14, which included a total of nearly $857,000 additional
by ALANA LINDEROTH Sequim Gazette
See CITY, A-9
“I don’t ever remember a boring day in the Olympics,” Ross Hamilton said from the comfort of a modest lounge chair in his home located in the heart of Sequim. Many men in their 70s may be happy or even delighted to sit comfortably in the middle of town with nearly all modern conveniences at their fingertips, but if Hamilton had it his way, he’d be in a remote setting, tucked away in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains with only nature as his companion. Instead, Hamilton, a prestigious and widely recognized landscape photographer of the Olympic Peninsula, has had to adjust to a lifestyle surrounded by people after the ongoing loss of his ability to see. By 2000, Hamilton admits he’d lost his vision due to glaucoma.
City supports SARC’s $760K grant, YMCA’s low-income memberships Olympic Peninsula YMCA seeking more partnerships by ALANA LINDEROTH and MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette
The first steps are in place following the Olympic Peninsula YMCA’s feasibility study to reopen SARC. On Monday night, Sequim city councilors unanimously endorsed state economic opportunity funds going to the center and they approved a contract with the YMCA to support low-income memberships. SARC’s board of commissioners applied for a grant through the Clallam Economic Development Corporation earlier this year for $760,500 to replace the pool’s failing Natatorium HVAC system.
See HIS EYES, A-12 The sharp image of a set of tracks discovered within freshly fallen snow at Hurricane Ridge is one of Ross Hamilton’s never before publicly shared photographs until recently included in the 2016 calendar.
See SARC, A-5
NEW BRIDGE OVER ROARING WATERS Construction of a new bridge at Railroad Bridge Park is nearly complete. See story, A-2. Photo by Randy Johnson, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
Guild’s efforts top $2 million mark This year’s donations to Fire District 3 a new record
by MICHAEL DASHIELL Sequim Gazette
Who knew a little shopping could be so key to saving lives? No need to tell that to members of the SequimDungeness Hospital Guild, who on Dec. 11 celebrated a
milestone for the ages. The group, which runs the all-volunteer thrift shop at the corner of Second Avenue and Bell Street, raised a record $31,109, a donation that will help pay for monitors and defibrillators to equip Clallam
See GUILD, A-6
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