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Coast Guard rescues 3 fishermen off La Push Coast Guard personnel rescued three fishermen from a life raft after their fishing vessel sank 38-miles west of La Push on Dec. 17.

A 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Quillayute River in La Push retrieved the fisherman and safely transported them to the station.

Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a mayday call from the crew of a 38-foot vessel Norn stating that they were taking on water at 3:11 a.m. Shortly followed by a signal from an emergency position-indicating radio beacon registered to the vessel.

An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Port Angeles and the MLB crew launched in response, and while en route, communication with the fishermen was lost.

The fishermen were donning their survival gear and attempting to get in their life raft at the time of the communication loss.

The aircrew located the fishermen in their life raft around 5:10 a.m., but due to the weather, was

unable to lower its rescue swimmer and aided the MLB crew to the fishermen’s location.

“I must commend the outstanding collaboration between both Coast Guard crews, as well as the fishermen for having and using multiple means of emergency communication and proper survival tools, ” said Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott Brazier, Joint Harbor Operations Center Supervisor at Sector Puget Sound. “The preparedness of the fishing vessel crew was instrumental in ensuring their own safety until our crews were able to rescue them.”

All fishermen should be prepared for these types of emergency situations, especially those participating in the coming Dungeness crab fishing season as the winter crabbing season is extraordinarily dangerous.

No injuries were reported.

Weather on scene reportedly was 38 degrees air temperature and 48 degrees water temperature, with upwards of 40 mph winds and 14-foot seas, rain and poor visibility.

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Razor clam diggers can fill their limits at Copalis Beach over the Christmas holiday now that state shellfish managers have approved a three-day opening.

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) approved the Copalis dig, scheduled Dec. 24-26, after marine toxin tests showed the clams are safe to eat. All other beaches remain closed to recreational razor clam digging.

Elevated levels of domoic acid, a natural toxin produced by certain types of algae, previously have forced WDFW to close all Washington’s beaches to clam digging. Clams from Copalis Beach have been

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cleared by state public health officials after several rounds of testing.

The upcoming dig is scheduled at Copalis Beach on the following dates and low tides: Dec. 24, Thursday, 5:47 p.m.; -1.2 feet, Copalis Dec. 25, Friday, 6:30 p.m.; -1.3 feet, Copalis Dec. 26, Saturday, 7:12 p.m.; -1.1 feet, Copalis The Copalis Beach stretches from the Copalis River south to the Grays Harbor north jetty and includes the popular areas of Ocean Shores, Oyhut, Ocean City and Copalis. It is the only beach that will be open for digging.

Under state law, diggers can

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take 15 razor clams per day and are required to keep the first 15 they dig. Each digger’s clams must be kept in a separate container.

All diggers age 15 or older must have an applicable 20152016 fishing license to harvest razor clams on any beach. Licenses, ranging from a three-day razor clam license to an annual combination fishing license, are available on WDFW’s website at https://fishhunt.dfw. wa.gov and from license vendors around the state.

More information about razor clams is available on WDFW’s website at http:// wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/shellfish/razorclams/current.html.

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Lisa Brock was the lucky winner of $200 in Santa Bucks at the final WEBPA drawing for the season held last Saturday.

Also winning Santa Bucks were Sebastian Davila $50 and Lashauna Peterson $25. See page 2 for more winners.

Photo Christi Baron

Crew members of the fishing vessel Norn are reunited with loved ones after their vessel took on water and sank 38 miles west of La Push on Dec. 17. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Cory Wadley

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Police Cadets raise $$$

Forks Weather Report

By Jerry R. King Dec. 14-20, 2015 Date High Low Rainfall 12/14 45 30 0.01 12/15 43 28 0.02 12/16 43 30 0.27 12/17 42 32 0.53 12/18 45 39 1.32 12/19 42 34 0.45 12/20 42 35 2.24

Total rainfall for year ����������������107.71 in.

Back row, from left, Nik Ness, Dan Ness, Austin Whitting, Matt Cadrel, Julie Goode and Jolene Price Front: Reece Bos, Max Buckner and Shawn Newman. Photo Christi Baron

The Forks Police Cadets held a fundraiser Saturday at Forks Outfitters parking lot. This was the second fundraiser held by the group and the two events combined raised $1,100.

They also accepted donations of food and toys.

Organizer Julie Goode, Forks Police Department, said, “We’re able to split that money plus all the food and toys from both events to go to seven families! This was our best year yet.

We’d like to thank the community for this!”

“Nik Ness is a volunteer with the Fire Department and I want to thank him for helping us this year,” Goode added.

The Cadets and organizers delivered the donations to the families on Sunday.

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Birth SAUL CALMO MARTIN Saul Calmo Martin was born Dec. 10 at Forks Community Hospital at 4:38 a.m. He weighed 9 pounds 8 ounces.

Parents are Santa Martita Martin and Irineo Calmo of Forks.

It was a frenzy of last minute tickets sales at the RAC on Saturday at the WEBPA weekly drawing. After the regular drawing was over, the tickets were changed out of the barrel and the winner of the $1,000 Shopping Spree was drawn. Carol Davis was the lucky winner.

This year, thanks to the Forks Elks, a second prize for $250 was offered. Jennifer Schwenker was the lucky winner of that prize.

Schwenker was one of those last minute ticket buyers. Davis had purchased her ticket several weeks before.

The Santa Bucks drawings are sponsored by West End Business and Professional Association. Funds raised from ticket sales benefit the downtown Christmas lights with the purchase of bulbs and new decorations when needed. Photo Christi Baron

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Robert and Jennifer Guetter hosted a Forks Chamber/West End Business-Business After Hours and ugly sweater event last week at their new restaurant. Those that attended were

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treated to food, drinks and door prizes.

Those that wore ugly sweaters were Lissy Andros, Joe Offutt, Linda Offutt, Audrey Grafstrom, Don Grafstrom, Jennifer Guetter, Ravae O’Leary and Nora Alwarth.

Joe Offutt won for the Best/ Worst sweater. Photo David Youngberg ForksPolice Dept.

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PUD Approves Budget/Rate Increase Clallam County PUD 1 (PUD) commissioners voted to approve the 2016 Budget during the Dec. 14 commission meeting. As part of that budget approval, commissioners approved a staff recommended 3.8-percent increase in retail electric utility rates and a 6-percent retail rate increase for water and sewer customers.

The retail electric rate increase is equal to about $4.20 per month for the average PUD residential customer, using 1,200 kWh per month. The actual retail electric rate increase will be applied as an increase of $2.50 per month on the customer’s base charge and approximately 2 percent on kilowatt hours used, which all totaled is approximately 3.8 percent overall.

Example of an average electric bill: Current $110.10; with the rate increase it would be $114.29 For Clallam PUD, weather is responsible for almost all usage and revenue variations. Both 2014 and 2015 have been unseasonably warm, which has resulted in a significant revenue decline. Other rate pressures include anticipated Bonneville Power Administration wholesale rate increases of approximately 8 percent each biennium, the added costs of meeting the mandates of Washington’s Energy Independence Act (formerly known as I-937), and personnel costs that include escalating health care costs as a result of federal legislation.

In October 2015 the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) increased rates by approximately 6 percent. This represents the largest cost center for the PUD at about 44 percent of the total budget. Staff and commissioners decided to divide

extension of this rate impact over the course of two years instead of just one, which keeps with the philosophy of providing stable rates. Additional BPA rate increases are expected in 2017 and 2019.

WATER RATE PRESSURES The PUD’s water system faces challenges related to aging infrastructure, limitations on capital financing and regulatory mandates.

The water system rate increase was approved at 6 percent for the next year.

Example of an average water bill: Current $42; with the rate increase it would be $44.50 SEWER SYSTEM The PUD’s sewer systems are similar in challenges to that of the water system. The sewer system rate increase was approved at 6 percent for the next year.

Example of an average sewer bill: Current $40; with the rate increase it would be $42.40 TOTAL CUSTOMERS IN EACH UTILITY: ELECTRIC, 30,000; WATER, 5,000; SEWER, 60 The approved electric retail rate increase will be effective on all bills rendered on or after April 1, 2016, which includes all usage since the customer’s prior bill. The water and sewer retail rate increases will be effective on all bills rendered on or after Feb.1, 2016, which includes all usage since the customer’s prior bill.

For additional information on the PUD, visit www.clallampud.net.

Forest Service Publishes Region’s Travel Analysis Reports future, as well as opportunities to change road operation and maintenance strategies, decommission, convert to other use or add to the system.

The Pacific Northwest Region consists of 16 national forests, 59

district offices, a national scenic area and a national grassland comprising 24.7 million acres in Oregon and Washington, employing approximately 3,550 people.

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The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission on Dec. 11 adopted nearly 50 new sportfishing rules, including a requirement that anglers release all wild steelhead they catch on several streams on the Olympic Peninsula.

The commission, a citizen panel appointed by the governor to set policy for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW), approved the sportfishing rule changes during its public meeting Dec. 11-12 in Port Townsend.

The rule changes modify fishing seasons, daily catch limits and other regulations for freshwater areas of Puget Sound and the Washington coast.

One new rule prohibits the retention of wild steelhead on the Quillayute, Dickey, Bogachiel, Calawah, Sol Duc, Hoh, Clearwater and Quinault rivers — the only rivers in Washington where anglers currently are allowed to catch and keep a wild steelhead.

The rule also prohibits the retention of wild rainbow trout on those eight rivers and their tributaries.

The change, designed to provide further protections for Olympic Peninsula steelhead, takes effect July 1, 2016. The other rules adopted by the commission also take effect that day.

Other sportfishing rule changes include: Eliminating size restrictions and daily limits for eastern brook trout in most western Washington streams and crappie in several western Washington lakes.

Removing rules limiting anglers to keeping only two trout that are larger than 14 inches in several western Washington lowland lakes. WDFW is stocking these lakes with larger trout, making the requirement unnecessary.

Providing trout-fishing opportunities in sections of several streams currently closed to fishing.

The commission did not, however, adopt a proposal to close a portion of the North Fork Nooksack River near the Kendall Creek Hatchery. Commissioners asked fishery managers to evaluate other potential options to clarify fishing boundaries at the mouth of Kendall Creek, which meanders at different times of the year.

The commission also did not include Summit Lake (Thurston County) in a list of lakes that will be open for fishing year-round.

Instead, the commission maintained the current season at the lake, where anglers can fish from the fourth Saturday in April through Oct. 31.

Summaries of the changes will be available on WDFW’s website at http://wdfw.wa.gov/fishing/regulations/rule_proposals/ by late January.

In other business, the commission discussed this year’s harmful algal bloom off the West Coast; conservation of Puget Sound rockfish; the status of a proposed boat launch at Point No Point in Kitsap County; and recent meetings of the department’s Wolf Advisory Group.

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The U.S. Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region released 17 travel analysis reports last week that outline existing road systems and identify opportunities to achieve a more sustainable system of roads for each national forest in the Pacific Northwest.

These travel analysis reports are part of nationwide requirement involving national forests across the country.

These reports are not decision documents — instead, they provide an analysis of where the existing road system is today.

All future proposed actions and decisions will involve further opportunities for public input and engagement at the project level under national environmental policy act processes, according to guidance issued by Regional Forester Jim Peña to all national forests.

The reports will inform future decisions on where and how to invest limited resources on building new roads, managing current roads or decommissioning old roads. Travel analysis reports identify roads “likely needed” and “likely not needed” in the

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THE REAL FORKS The Mayor Who Stole Christmas

By Christy Rasmussen-Ford-Seuss Every Forksonite in Forks liked Christmas a lot But years ago, Bryon Monohon definitely did NOT Forksonites loved Christmas ALMOST as much as the 4th of July But the mayor hated Christmas and no one knew why Maybe it was because the strand of lights on his front stoop Could never compete with the displays at Robin Hood Loop But I think that the most likely reason of all May have been seasonal depression from the rainfall Whatever the reason, the rain or his lights He stood there on Christmas Eve, hating the Forksonites Then he growled, listening to the police chief’s jolly humming “I MUST find some way to stop the Forks Christmas from coming!”

Then he got an idea from a popular Christmas book “I’ll be like the Grinch, what a wonderful crook!”

So, when all the Forksonites went to sleep at dark The mayor stopped at the first house in Ford Park “This is only house number one,” the mayor said of his mission He stole all things Christmas and then moved on to Thomas Addition When he was done he said, “They’re just waking up. I know what they’ll do!”

The Forksonites down in Forks will all cry BooHoo!” But the sound he heard wasn’t sad! It actually sounded merry It couldn’t be so! But it WAS merry! VERY And he puzzled three hours, till his puzzler was sore.

Then the mayor thought of something he hadn’t before “Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from the store.”

“Maybe Christmas … perhaps … means a little bit more!”

And what happened then? Well, in Forks they say That the mayor’s small heart grew three sizes that day!

So now you all know the “truth” of why Bryon Monohon is always such a nice guy. Merry Christmas Forksonites!

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Letters to the editor can be mailed to the Forks Forum, PO Box 300, Forks, WA 8331; e-mailed to editor@forksforum.com; faxed to 374-5739; or dropped off at our office at 44 S. Forks Ave. All letters must have a name, address and telephone number for verification purposes. Only the writer’s name and hometown are printed in the newspaper.

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Christmas past and where is baby Jesus?

By Christi Baron As a child growing up in Forks in the late 1950s to early 1970s, I remember always wanting snow for Christmas and sometimes actually getting it. We would take our inner tubes and sleds to “the gully” located in a field near Bogachiel Way and have a blast.

As far as other activities related to the holidays, there was the “snowball drop” (fake snowballs with numbers dropped from a helicopter over Tillicum Park that could be redeemed for prizes) and Santa at the Variety Store. Each year hundreds of kids stood in line.

I always had to ask for an extra candy cane because my sister did not like Santa.

The Olympic Pharmacy had a contest for kids. I don’t remember exactly how it worked, but I think when people shopped they got points and then you could donate the points to the child of your choice.

When I was about 4 years old I won something. I won a doll that was almost my size.

Her name was Mary Jane and

I loved that doll to death … no really I combed and styled her hair until it fell out and I change her outfits so many times her arms eventually fell off. We saved her for a while hoping she could be repaired and then one day she was gone.

I had Barbies but one Christmas what I really, really wanted was a Tressy doll, and when I was about 8 I got her.

Tressy looked like Barbie only she had a device in her stomach and with a special tool you could wind her hair in and out.

She could have short hair or she could have long hair.

Shortly after getting her, I think the tree was still up, I created the most amazing hairdo that any 8-year-old probably ever created on a Tressy doll. It was a keeper. I decided if I wanted it to stay I needed hairspray. I went to the bathroom, got my mother’s can of hairspray and gave Tressy’s do a squirt.

Some of the hairspray over sprayed on to Tressy’s beautiful face and before my eyes her face began to melt off. Her big eyes, her lovely lashes, her rosy cheeks and lips were all leaving her face. I ran for some tissue but it was too late the damage was done. A few days after the shock wore off I attempted to paint her face back on with my mother’s eyebrow pencil and some lipstick, but she just resembled something from a horror movie.

There was no chance of getting another one … so I styled her hair for a while and then one day she was gone … I don’t know where she went.

Growing up on Sol Duc Way, one of my favorite things to see was the Nativity Scene

Me receiving my prize, Mary Jane, outside the Olympic Pharmacy, in downtown Forks.

at the “Triangle” lot owned by the town. The tradition of placing the scene there was carried out by the Bogachiel Garden Club. I loved to look at it. The Three Wise Men, a few animals and of course baby Jesus all were made out of painted plywood. Every Christmas I looked forward to that. Then one year the Nativity Scene was not put at the triangle.

Someone did not like the fact the scene was on town property and it was gone. One day baby Jesus was gone … and no one seems to know where he went. Is the Nativity Scene somewhere in someone’s attic, basement or garage? Have you seen it?

I believe Mary Jane and Tressy ended up in the landfill near the Calawah River, and if you know the whereabouts of the Garden Club Nativity Scene and baby Jesus, please call the Forks Forum.

Finally, I decided to look up Tressy on eBay and found one for $99, they called it a vintage toy.

Merry Christmas!

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Community News SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLELIGHT SERVICE A special Christmas Eve Service is planned with several members of the Congregational Church contributing to this event. They have been planning for weeks to make this a Christmas Eve service you won’t forget with special music

by Monica Henry.

The service starts at 7 p.m. and the Congregational Church is at 280 S. Spartan Ave. Please come and welcome in the newborn King with your families, you will be pleasantly surprised.

Merry Christmas from the

Congregational Church Family FAFSA INFORMATIONAL EVENT On Jan. 7 from 6-7 p.m. there will be a FAFSA presentation in the high school library.

During this time there will be a short presentation and a chance to begin your FAFSA. The FAFSA is the Federal Application for Free Student Aid and all seniors who are interested in attending college next fall are encouraged to go to this event and/or complete their FAFSA. The application opens on Jan. 1 and funds are available

during the Marathon Bingo fundraiser. Participants in the Marathon bingo also will get a ticket.

on a first-come, first-served basis. If you want to attend the event, check with the high school counseling center to determine what is needed to bring to the event. Call 360374-6262 ext. 263 with any questions or concerns.

MARATHON BINGO The fourth annual Marathon Bingo is planned for New Year’s Day at the Forks Elks Lodge from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Everyone participating in regular weekly bingo between now and Jan. 1 will receive a ticket for a chance to win one of two gift baskets to be given away

Saturday throughout the winter and 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday (closed Dec. 20-Jan. 3). The museum has handmade items for sale as well as the old and new editions of the Loggers Memorial books. Call 3749663 for more information. A big thank you to all of those who have donated in the past — it is greatly appreciated.

The Timber Museum also is seeking citizens to serve on the museum board. If you are interested in being involved in the preservation of the West End’s logging, farming and

GIVE BACK TO THE TIMBER MUSEUM This Christmas if you would like to continue to “give back,” consider honoring a loved one with a donation to either the Loggers Memorial or Forks Timber Museum — or give your loved ones the gift of museum membership that gives a year of free admission.

Family membership is $15 per year. The museum is open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-

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COMMUNITY, from page 5 other fascinating heritage, call the museum at 374-9663.

The Lookout Tower trusses have been ordered and the Lions Club men will be beginning re-construction soon.

OPIOID OVERDOSE MADE A REPORTABLE CONDITION IN CLALLAM COUNTY On Dec. 15, the Clallam County Board of Health passed a resolution making fatal and non-fatal opioid overdose a reportable condition in Clallam County. A public hearing was held prior to the board finalizing the resolution.

According to Dr. Christopher Frank, Clallam County Health Officer, “This is an important step in the development of an evidence-based opioid management plan for Clallam County.”

Mandatory reporting will be limited to Olympic Medical Center Emergency Department, Forks Community Hospital Emergency Department and the county coroner.

All have been supportive of this effort.

When a case is reported to Clallam County Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Section, the following actions will be taken: 1) The person who overdosed will be contacted by a public health nurse and offered a naloxone kit and training on use of the device.

2) An attempt will be made to offer case-management services and to review treatment options.

3) The prescribing health care provider will be contacted when an overdose is due to a prescription medicine.

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used to assess the burden of the problem in the community, to evaluate the impact of the naloxone distribution program and to establish baseline data to evaluate future intervention programs.

The mandated reporting will begin Jan. 1.

ADAMS HONORED AT VFW Last Thursday night the Fletcher Wittenborn VFW Post 9106 honored local essay winner Sarah Adams and her family with a dinner at the VFW hall. Adams’ essay was selected at the local level in the Voice of Democracy essay contest and recently was selected to move on to the district level.

Adams and her parents will attend a ceremony in Pasco early in 2016 and she then will find out if she will be going on to compete at the State level.

Each year, nearly 40,000 high school students from across the country enter to win a share of the $2 million in educational scholarships and incentives awarded through the VFW’s Voice of Democracy audio-essay competition.

The VFW established the Voice of Democracy program (VOD) in 1947 to provide students in grades 9-12 the opportunity to express themselves in regards to democratic ideas and principles.

The national first-place winner receives a $30,000 scholarship paid directly to the recipient’s American university, college or vocational/technical school. Other national scholarships range from $1,000-$16,000, and the first-place winner from each (state) VFW Department wins a minimum scholarship of

In July 2015, McClanahan Lumber fulfilled Larry’s partially prepared dream!

When he left for his hunting trip on October 2014, he was almost ready to start Sawing Trim Packages and flooring for sale to his customers.

Most of you know he did not finish his dream so Judy, Ed and Zane did it for him!

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In July, a special Moulder-Planer Trainer, from Maine, was hired and flown to Seattle to spend a solid week in training in Forks at the mill.

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$1,000 and an all-expense-paid trip to Washington, D.C. ASSAULT AT ROUNDHOUSE A 23-year-old Forks man was arrested for investigation of first-degree assault for allegedly stomping and kicking an unconscious man in the head during a fight Sunday morning Dec. 13, outside the Roundhouse on LaPush Road.

Reyes Salazar-Candia faced formal charges Dec. 15 in Clallam County Superior Court.

The arrest was based on the account of one witness and the condition of the alleged victim at Forks Community Hospital, according to the affidavit for probable cause.

The female witness told police that Salazar-Candia and the alleged victim had been arguing earlier at a party at the Roundhouse on the 100 block of State Route 110.

She told police that SalazarCandia had pulled a knife and threatened to kill the man a few days prior, Officer Mike Gentry wrote in court papers.

The woman said a large group of men, including Salazar-Candia, had surrounded the victim in the parking lot.

She said Salazar-Candia stomped and kicked the unconscious man in the head about three times.

The woman told police she could not identify any other participants or witnesses to the fight.

Clallam County Superior Court Judge Erik Rohrer set bail at $30,000.

Chuck Jennings, Elks Youth Activities chairman, Jasmine Johnson, with dictionary and representing the 95 Forks Elementary School third-graders, and third-grade teacher Cheryl Archibald. Submitted Photo

Forks Elks Lodge #2524 Dictionary Project Several years ago the Forks Elks Lodge #2524 learned of the Dictionary Project and decided to purchase dictionaries for area third-graders. Both the teachers and students look forward to this event every year. The Elks feel this is one of the best projects to serve the need of our children.

The dictionaries were purchased with part of a $2,000 Gratitude Grant given to the Forks Elks by the Elks National Foundation for meeting their per-member goal.

From Dec. 9-11 the Elks donated 185 dictionaries to five local schools: Forks Elementary, LaPush Tribal School, Clallam Bay, Neah Bay and Queets-Clearwater. The children really enjoyed receiving their own dictionaries and they were excited to learn about all the different topics that are in them.

The teachers in each classroom also received new dictionaries and they were very thankful to the Elks Lodge for donating them to the schools.

The Dictionary Project, headquartered in Charleston, S.C., was founded by Mary French in 1995. The Elks and other nonprofit organizations across the nation participate in the distribution of more than 2 million dictionaries a year.

The Elks also delivered drug awareness coloring books to all schools to help inform children about the dangers of using drugs.

Carly Lindquist, a senior at Forks High School, and friends Kathryn Curtis and Maya Trettevik helped with Carly’s senior project outside Forks Outfitters. The trio entertained shoppers with Christmas music during the day last Saturday.

Sarah Curtis, who plays trombone, also was on hand with candy canes.

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Forks eighth-grader Jerrid Davis (1) was off and running after taking a rebound against Chimacum. The Forks eighth-graders defeated Chimacum 30-27 Monday in the Forks auxiliary gym. Photo by Lonnie Archibald

Forks vs. Aberdeen on Dec. 12

Forks seventh-grader Derrick Beebe (45) scores over the Chimacum’s defense

Monday in the Forks auxiliary gym where the young Spartans defeated ChiForks missed out on a chance to make an early statement in the Evergreen League boys basketball standings when it lost 67- macum 52-11. Looking on is Raymond Davis (11). Photo by Lonnie Archibald 49 to 2A Aberdeen.

The Spartans opened league play with wins against Rochester and Elma, and Tuesday’s contest with the Bobcats was for control of first place.

“The kids were kind of on a high, being 2-0 in league,” Forks coach Rick Gooding said. “Aberdeen hasn’t lost a league game since joining the Evergreen League and we wanted to come out and challenge them on our home court. See exactly where we stand in the league.”

After the first quarter ended in a 16-16 tie, Aberdeen pushed past the Spartans for a 41-29 halftime lead.

“The second quarter Aberdeen got the press going and we didn’t execute the way we would have liked. It was the first time we had seen constant pressure all year, so we had some mishaps, late passes, off-target passes, picking the ball up in wrong areas, etc. I told them after the game, there’s winners and there’s learners. Hopefully, we’re going to be some learners and figure Lady Spartans on the fast break are from left, Alexis Leons, Skyler DeMatties out that we have to run our press breaker, make crisp passes, and Vee Goodlance. 2A Aberdeen defeated Forks 44-25. Photo by Lonnie fake a pass to make a pass, just do things the right way. And I Archibald think we will, we have the right group, they figure things out and really want to wing. So we will work hard at it and we will be all right,” Gooding said.

“Sometimes it is hard to bring out the good in a loss to young men, but Aberdeen is a 2A school that has not lost a game in our Spartan league since joining last year. We got down 21 in the third quarJeffrey ter, but we rallied, played like Spartans and made it a 9-point Schumack drives past game early in the fourth quarter. We were right there with one of an Aberdeen the toughest teams in our league. With hard work and determidefender as nation we can get all the way there!” said Gooding. Play hard, Forks took on play smart, play together! Go Spartans!! the 2A Bob-

Aberdeen 67, Forks 49 Aberdeen 16 25 10 16 — 67 Forks 16 13 11 9 — 49 Individual scoring Aberdeen (67) Campbell 14, Dublanko 2, Devine 2, Collett 9, V. James 10, Hamm 16, Craig 14, Roiko, M. James, Williamson, Castleberry.

Forks (49) Schumack 3, Baysinger 4, Tejano 3, Browning 25, Prose 3, Adams 11, Johnson, Ramsey, Pegram.

cats. Aberdeen defeated Forks 67-49.

Photo by Lonnie Archibald

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Forks falls to Neah Bay

North Olympic Peninsula neighbors Forks and Neah Bay put on a show in a non-league boys basketball game that the Red Devils ended up winning 73-69.

Marky Adams, the Spartans 6’8” inch post, scored eight of his 14 points in the first quarter before injuring his ankle and playing limited minutes in the second half.

“At first I wanted to try to match up with him in man to man but he was just too strong down there on his own, way too dominant” Neah Bay coach Stan Claplanhoo said. “So I told the guys we had to zone and gang up on him.”

Forks had its own problems to deal with, turning the ball over 30 plus times in the contest.

“The pressure definitely bit us, we work on ball-handling,

passing and press breaker every day but that is why we have these tough non-league games against good basketball schools like Neah Bay so we can see our deficiencies and work a little more and a lot harder at improving,” Spartan coach Rick Gooding said.

Although the Spartans lost the game and turned the ball over at a high rate Gooding did highlight some bright points to the game.

“It was a non-league game and we wanted to get all of our guys some more action and more opportunity,” Gooding said.

Cort Prose, a freshman for the Spartan team, finished with 12 points on four 3 point makes. Parker Browning led all scorers in the game with a career high 27 points.

“It was a fast paced game,

outside of Aberdeen in league we don’t get to see that fast of a game too often. We turned the ball over 30 plus times, and still had a chance to tie the game with less than 30 seconds to go against a Neah Bay team that is consistently in the running for a State B championship,” Gooding said.

Neah Bay 73, Forks 69 Neah Bay 7 21 24 21— 73 Forks 20 18 15 16— 69 Individual scoring Neah Bay (73) Moss 26, Munyagi 19, Doherty 15, Buttram 7, McGimpsey 6, Buzzell, Johnson, Dulik.

Forks (69) Browning 27, Adams 14, Prose 12, Ramsey 8, Schumack 6, Baysinger 2, Pegram, Tejano.

Tenino wins

A day after a game with the run and gun Neah Bay Red Devils, the Spartans’ legs were lacking in an Evergreen loss to the Tenino Beavers.

Forks coach Rick Gooding said his team missed 15 shots inside the paint and only converted on 52 percent from the free throw line.

“I will take the heat for this loss; we had no legs, the game against Neah Bay was so fast and competitive I probably ran some guys too long in that game,” Gooding said.

Tenino sat in a 1-2-2 zone and made it hard for the Spartans to penetrate or dump passes inside. “We had success getting inside from the baseline, but you have to make some shots at the end of your possessions,” said Lady Spartan Alexis Leons (44) won the tip at the start of the game against Gooding.

Parker Browning led the SparLady Red Devil Vonte Aguirre. Neah Bay won the game, however, 71-34 on Dec. 17 in the Spartan Gym. Photo by Lonnie Archibald tans with 16 points.

“Parker has consistently scoring for us and he does it from a variety of spots. He brings the St. Anne Parish 2015 Christmas ball up the court sometimes, he has played high post for us, Season Mass Schedule today he was in the corner vs the Christmas Eve: zone and attacking side to side.

5:00: St. Thomas/Clallam Bay He is a very versatile player that 7:30: Spanish Mass, St. Anne is really starting to figure the 10:00: Carols game out.”

10:30: Mass, St. Anne Cole Baysinger had a career Christmas Day: high of 14 points for the Spar9:00 AM Mass, St. Anne tans.

Dec. 26 & 27: Regular Mass times “Cole came out and did some New Year’s Eve: great things and that was great to 5:30 PM: Mass, St. Anne see. He made up his mind that he New Year’s Day: was going to be aggressive and 12:00 Noon: Mass, St. Thomas take it to the rack, and that was awesome to see. He is an athletic

Spartan Marky Adams (32) dunks against Neah Bay’s Ryan Moss (24), Reggie Buttram and Jericho McGimpsey on Dec. 17 in the Forks gym where the Red Devils came from behind, erasing a large deficit, to defeat Forks 73-69.

Photo by Lonnie Archibald

kid that can help us in a lot of ways on both sides of the court,” said Gooding.

Forks post Marky Adams hurt his ankle against Neah Bay and was limited, scoring nine points.

“Marky has been really consistent for us all year, him playing through some pain for his teammates was very unselfish, but you could clearly see he wasn’t his dominant self.”

Carlos Tejano also chipped in 4 points for the Spartans on what Gooding said were clutch jump shots when a lot of shots weren’t falling.

“You have games like this where a team challenges you to shoot and the ball isn’t dropping. You have to find other ways to score. We got some good looks but the ball just didn’t go through the hoop. It is frustrating for sure, but we can’t feel bad for ourselves, we just have to keep fighting to stay in the game. At the same time I have to find a way to get some of our best shooters like Jeffrey Schumack, Cort Prose, Parker Browning and Keishaun Ramsey open looks to get rolling.”

Gooding also recognized senior Austin Pegram and Cole Baysinger for a good effort on defense vs. all league post of Tenino’s Nihls Petersen.

Despite the shooting woes, the Spartans found themselves back and forth with the lead with the Beavers until the last minute of the game where the Spartans missed some key free throws and Tenino made the last two free throws to seal

the game 49-45.

Tenino 49, Forks 45 Tenino 11 13 15 10— 49 Forks 9 12 16 8— 45 Individual scoring Tenino (49) Dowies 19, Pier 13, Petersen 12, Bailon 3, Wall 2.

Forks (45) Browning 16, Baysinger 14, Adams 9, Tejano 4, Ramsey 2, Pegram.

This week’s Spartan girls basketball player of the week is Lindsy ObiWilliams.

Lindsy is a freshman at Forks High School. This is her first year playing basketball. Her favorite thing about basketball is being able to play with amazing people and learn new things. Lindsy was chosen this week for her continuous hard work and dedication to the team. Submitted photo

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DECEMBER 2015

Featuring

LETTERS TO SANTA

Written by Forks Community Preschoolers A SPECIAL SECTION OF THE FORKS FORUM

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Dear Santa...

Forks Community Preschool Morning Class with teachers Beth and Janice Church

Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list.

I cleaned up my toys. I would like a toy doll.

Love, Lillian Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list.

I got to ride in Jessica’s car. I would like monster machine toy.

Love, Avonlea Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list.

I am a good helper. I already got my Christmas gift. My sis came home and I got a Barbie doll and Elsa doll.

Love, Mazie Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list.

I helped my mom. I would like makeup.

Love, Harper

Back row: Ryan, Logan, Brooklynn, Braxton, Santa, Hailey, Mazie and Jesse. Front row: Avonlea, Sofia, Harper, Colton, Adelyn, Matilda, Madeline and Lillian; not pictured, Derek.

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I played nice with my sister.

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Dear Santa, I should be on both the naughty and nice list. I didn’t listen to my mommy. Then I picked up my toys and took a bath so that was nice. I would like a Barbie house.

Love, Sofia Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list.

I helped Jesse build a house. I would like a horsey.

Love, Adelyn Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list.

I play nice with my sister. I would like a helicopter and a tablet.

Love, Braxton Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list.

I help Mommy. I would like another helicopter. I have one at Grandma’s house.

Love, Colton Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list. I give my friends toys to play with. I would like cars.

Love, Jesse

Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list. I play nice with my little brother. I would like a train set.

Love, Madeline

Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list. I always help my sister. I would like a rocket ship and a fish that grows in water and blasts out of the water.

Love, Logan

Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list.

I help with my little sister. I would like a fly away fairy.

Love, Matilda

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I helped Braedon pick up our room. I would like a car set up.

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Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list.

I help all my family. I would like a Barbie, a Barbie Dream House and a Barbie Car. Love Kaylee Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list.

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Love, Ariah Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list.

I ate food and played games.

I would like a goose. Ha! Ha! I would like a Disney Infinity 3.0 Darth Vader game.

Love, Jonah

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I helped to pick out presents. I would like “Alpha and Omega,” The “road trip” movie.

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Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list. I help to save lives. I would like a weapon.

Love, Bradly Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list. I play wrestling with my brother Logan. I can’t remember my list. I already mailed it to you.

I would like something that drives like an excavator.

Love, Dylan Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list. I helped my mom with her house and with the “King Kong” movie. I would like a real baby zebra.

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Love, Liam Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list.

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I gave flowers to Grandma Dianne. I would like a frozen necklace and bracelet.

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I would like a bicycle helmet.

Love, Emsley Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list.

I helped Daddy get his shoes.

I would like a Minney Mouse vacuum.

Love, Brooklynn Dear Santa, I should be on your nice list. I share. I would like aqua beads.

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I share. I would like a carriage for my pony.

Love, Malin

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I played Barbie’s with Evan. I would like two Lambies.

Love, Piper

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Going off the Grid

By Jaymi Goetze Editor’s note: Jaymi Goetze has written for the Forks Forum in the past. This week starts a series of articles she will be doing as she “goes off the grid” and readers will get to experience her journey. As the series goes along and if you have questions, feel free to e-mail her at jaymigoetze@yahoo.com.

It started in 2007 when I began pursuing my education through Peninsula College.

I enrolled in Environmental Science, taught by Ed Ansorg.

First thought, “Hippie.” Every day he reused the same bottle and he smelled of Dr. Bronner’s Soap.

Every aspect of life was brought to my attention including how my carbon footprint was affecting everyone and everything around me. Deforestation (I support the timber industry), rice, poverty at home and around the globe, ways to be self-sustainable, the list of topics goes on.

One simple assignment asked me if I bought lunch meat.

“Duh, who doesn’t like sandwiches?!” I don’t remember the specifics, but I do remember my score being pretty high all because I bought lunch meat. Another lesson was about garbage. Where does it go after the dump? It goes nowhere; it may decompose but most of it just sits.

That’s when I started really considering doing my part.

Ed Ansorg with Harper, Philip with Daphne and Riyan with me (Jaymi).

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But what was my part beyond not buying prepackaged lunch meat and recycling (which I’m really terrible at doing)?

I gave it thought almost every day, but there was always something else to do and always an excuse. I lived in an apartment, I made little money and I moved across country about 10 times.

When my husband Philip and I moved to Michigan, I got to experience a real farm.

Although my grandparents had a farm with cattle and a garden, Pleasant Home Farm is a real working farm, 120 acres, a giant tractor, giant barn

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complete with a silo — Philip’s dad worked all day long on the farm.

They sold produce, raised chickens, turkeys, cattle. It was incredible. Philip’s mother made her own noodles and bread from scratch! Yeah, most people can make their own bread, not me.

I don’t know the first thing about operating a farm or a homestead. I’m positive that the first step is buying an apron. I’d sew one but let’s be honest, I can’t do that either. To top it off, they ate what they grew.

I wanted that and I wanted to take it a step further.

Now that I’m settled down, married with three kids and a giant Great Dane, it’s time to do our “part.” Ed and I stayed close after that class was over.

We have a great friendship. Ed is my husband’s and my best friend in the entire world.

He always has been a part of our family. We do everything together. Why not start a homestead/farm together?

Ed has the land. That was his plan when he moved out here from Ohio. Get some land, have some friends, be selfsustainable. Here we are now, sounding like a cult, but I can assure you that we are not a cult (I have a dark sense of humor, sorry).

After a couple years of talking about it, we have decided to go off grid. We have a beautiful home that functions on a 24 volt DC solar-powered system with deep cycle batteries.

Yes, we have water and lights.

Ha ha! There is no Internet and no Direct TV though.

We have fruit trees that are thriving, but the entire 20 acres of land needs a lot of attention.

But that will be fun and the satisfaction that we will get from completing the endless projects will be awesome!

We are a very modern family switching up our entire way of life. If Phil and I can teach our girls anything, it’s to be self-reliant. We are ready to live, get our hands dirty and be as self-sustainable as possible.

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The bout rarely went to the mat and featured each fighter throwing and connecting on a barrage of punches.

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True Color

Seeing Through My Finger: Part One

By Chigger Stokes, Special to the Forks Forum

When I was about 7 years old, I was thrashing around with religious issues such as does God hear me when I pray? I could imagine myself talking to God in heaven through a tin can tied to a string. But there was God with a billion tin cans to His ear. How could I be sure that He was hearing me over the din of all the other prayers, particularly some pleas coming in from starving children. I tried to integrate my prayers with those of the starving, asking God for food for the hungry with my usual ration and an electric train set for Christmas. I got the train set, but there were still starving kids. I waited for another sign.

Early in primary school I discovered that if I held my finger about 10 inches from my eyes and focused on my teacher, I could mute out what the teacher was saying and see through my finger! It was a sign! God had invested super human power in me.

I shared the good news with my mother — that a miracle had occurred in our household.

I had been chosen by God to demonstrate the power of seeing through objects. My mother laughed and told me I was not seeing through my finger.

At the end of the 20th century, my father, Howard Stokes, made his last stand at Forks Long Term Care. The year he was born was 1908, which was the same year Einstein’s Special Relativity was published. By the time my dad was in technical college, General Relativity had proven that

gravity and acceleration were the same force. My father was a radio engineer. He could explain how a microwave oven creates radio eddies, which excites molecular movement, He explained this to me a few months before his death by Alzheimer’s. Both Einstein’s Relativities, Special and General were put in one binding which my father picked up in college. It was on his bookshelf at Forks Long Term Care. It was on the family bookshelf when I told my father in 1957 that Mom wouldn’t believe that I could see through my finger or other objects placed 10 inches from my brow.

My father explained parallax and the compensation that occurs in the brain to accommodate double imaging. As a child he had developed lazy eye, and, untreated, had lost vision in his left eye. My father’s visual world was two dimensional, but his brain operated in the four dimensions of space/time.

I had to find other ways to mute my teachers voices and, like Einstein, became an expert at daydreaming. While I was getting a D in high school physics, my father was the FAA Division Chief for the team that first computerized air traffic control. My father bought bytes from IBM for the government. In 1965 the USA paid two bits a byte.

When I picked up my father’s copy of Einstein’s Relativity I got the part about a person on the dock and the person on the train. But I couldn’t do the math.

From our library, I checked out a few books that dumbed down the world of Relativity and

quantum mechanics. I took two free distance learning courses on Relativity available from www. worldscienceu.com taught by the eminent cosmologist Brian Greene. I plugged the information into the powerful lens of my daydreaming imagination.

Collectively, our thoughts and opinions about what is out there define our world view. Reality is not what we think. The weird and counter-intuitive world that is revealed when one looks at the tiny and when one looks at the vast, is mind-boggling. Truly I wish that I had stayed awake for high school physics. But I think I get it. And, if I get it, I think I can explain it to you. Who are you going to trust to dumb down the vision of genius? A university professor with a brain the size of a mainframe computer or a schmo like you who got a D in high school physics? And I have a special tool to help you understand. While other kids were listening to the teacher, I developed a set of goggles which I want to share with you. These goggles are powered by two hallmarks of our species, logic and imagination. For Albert Einstein, it was what propelled him from an obscure patent office in Zurich to an office for life at Princeton University. The view through these goggles will blow hard on your world view and shake the tree of your reality. Are you ready for the journey?

When you are comfortable with it, please put on your free pair of Chiggoggles. Our first experiment will be to see through my finger and, if your follow instructions and don’t daydream off yourself, we will discover this transparency.

With your Chiggoggles on can you still read these words? Good.

An apple supposedly spurred Issac Newton’s take on gravity, so let’s focus on that apple. But, notice now, the control panel on the lower right hand side of your lenses, a button with a magnifying glass? Push that button …

No! Wait! Let me rescale text.

Whoops! Too far … Good! We are on scale adjusted text. Now hit

Notes from the Heart at FJHS

By Kevin Rawie

Principal, Forks Junior High School

The touchstone we live by in the Junior High is PRIDE. The acronym stands for perseverance, respect, integrity, discipline and excellence. We use this in our daily bulletin that we call the "Spartan Sounder" and each and every day we use a quote from a famous person to exemplify each of these traits.

John Fitzgerald Kennedy said, in reference to the race to the moon, "We choose to go to the moon and do other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard." And it is precisely this mindset, the mindset of growth to do the things that are hard that keeps us striving to do the actions of excellence, to persevere when things are not easy, and to have the integrity to do these things at times, in the

face of extreme difficulty.

Our eighth-grade team this year decided to write notes to the Veterans Administration to show our respect to the perseverance our veterans have shown in times of extreme difficulty to honor and preserve the very rights we hold so dear. Jodie Taylor and Scott Burton led our students to write these notes, notes from the heart of Forks Junior High School, to let our veterans know

the inflate button hard. It’s like the Big Bang. In a split second the apple has exploded the walls of your house. The apple is now covering Okanagon country from whence it came. The apple is spreading out over Washington state, like the ice age floods that carved the Columbia gorge in a matter of days. You can go to sleep on the button. This will take a while … At some point we have to decide if we are going to stick it out on an earth being squashed by a giant apple or step onto the exploding fruit.

We try to hold onto a scale and remember that light travels at the same speed, everywhere in the universe regardless of the velocity or direction of the observer.

As we reach a state of inflation of one meter on earth equals 700 billion meters on the inflating apple the lights go out because 700 nanometers is the threshold of visible light on Earth or on Apple. At this scale nothing is visible since we are inside a lightwave. We are navigating on pure logic in a world that will never be visible to our eyes. We rely on the Imajovision built into the Chiggoggles. Keep inflating.

I will tell you when to stop.

OK, now stop! At this point we have inflated our view to the resolution that our apple is the size of Earth. Step off Earth onto Apple and mind you, don’t get a toe stuck between the two celestials. The gravity on Apple is slightly less because a shovel load of Apple weighs less than a shovel full of Earth. Our watches run faster on Apple than on earth. But here’s what I want to show you. Bring that shovel.

The whole planet of Apple is made up of what, through Imajovision, looks like short vines of grapes. The grapes are atoms and the vines are their molecular structure. Count the grapes making up planet Apple and that’s the number of atoms in an apple back on earth. But we have to zoom a little more to get to the really interesting part. So zoom in a little more and we will get inside one of these now car-sized atoms and look at the subatomic

world. To find an appropriate atom for our final inflation let’s filter out any of Apple that is not stardust. Push the Filter Stardust button on the lower right hand screen of your Chiggoggles.

Whoops! Almost all of Earth and Apple disappeared, leaving only hydrogen and helium. All organic chemistry and almost everything else that’s not helium or hydrogen is from ancient stars that went supernova.

Here is a hydrogen atom that shared custody of an oxygen’s electron before the rapture of Stardust Filter took away everything but two elements from our Periodic Table. Step into this hydrogen atom and take it up to the scale of CenturyLink Field. The nucleus is one solitary positively charged proton is out in the middle of the field. It is about the size of a baby grape.

You try to pick it up and find out that 99.999 percent of the weight of the stadium is in that one tiny proton. The negatively charged electron is buzzing around the roof of CenturyLink Field, about the size of a prenatal fruit fly.

The electron twinkles in and out of existence, first here and then there forming a shell from a probability cloud. 99.999 (and a lot more nines) percent of the hydrogen atom, the water molecule or a protein molecule in Chiggers’ finger is empty space.

My finger disappears with the rest of the material world into the empty space that accounts for its atomic structure. At this resolution, you can see through my finger and the whole rest of me … if we could see into a world of that scale which we cannot see into nor ever will.

Seeing through my finger is seeing that we humans, by volume, are 99.999,999,999 … percent creatures of space/time and only .000,000,001 percent material with mass and anything like physical boundaries. We are swarms of energy that twinkle in and out of the material world.

We are drizzles of subatomic particles hurtling through empty time/space.

We are stardust!

just how deeply we honor their commitments to our country.

I was touched to learn that our eighth-grade team received a response to their heartfelt notes.

In the letter, the director of Veterans Affairs wanted to let our students know how much their words meant at a time when we honor our veterans, but more importantly, that they actually took the time to pen these words and send them off without the expectation of a response. In my mind, this was a true act of integrity, doing the right thing without an expectation of re-

sponse, without an expectation of gratitude, actually expecting nothing in return.

All of us have family members who are veterans of our great country.

I hope we all can honor, at this time, what our students have found the tenacity to respect.

This is truly something we can all take PRIDE in; the work our students have chosen to take time and effort in showing perseverance, respect, integrity, self-discipline and excellence toward!

Spartan Pride!

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Prevention Club visits Sarge’s Place Last Thursday the Forks Junior High School Prevention Club provided donated items and stockings filled with goodies for veterans at Sarge’s place. The stockings were hand-stitched by Pattie Mason, whose husband is a combat veteran.

The adults that work with the Prevention Club are Laura Hahn, Sandy Heinrich and Mike Aceves. Everyone enjoyed pizzas donated by Home Slice Take N Bake and sang carols while Bill Plumley played the piano.

Each year Forks Junior High School chooses a community service project during the holidays. This year they chose the veterans living in transitional housing at Sarge’s Place.

Also present from Sarge’s Place were board member Paul Hampton, director Cheri Tinker, case manager Jennifer Pelikan and case manager Scott Trosper.

Cheri Tinker, director of Sarge’s Place, (second from right) received a check for $1,000 from Jolene Price on Dec. 17 during the Forks Junior High’s Prevention Club visit. Also in the photo are Sarge’s Place board member Paul Hampton (left) and Mike Polanec. The funds were raised from admission from the Rain of Terror Haunted House event last October.

At left, Sarge’s Place resident veteran Eric Peck receives a cupcake from Forks eighth-grader Jordan Goakey during the visit by the Forks Junior High’s Prevention Club on Dec. 17 in Forks. Pizza was served, stockings were stuffed and Christmas carols were sung during the event.

Bill Plumley, of Forks, plays the piano while the Forks Junior High School Prevention club members sing Christmas carols for the veterans at Sarge’s Place in Forks on Dec 17. All Photos by Lonnie Archibald

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Directions: Place the beans and water in a large stockpot. Add the ham hock, onion and garlic. Season with chili powder, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Cover and remove from heat. Let stand for one hour.

Return the pot to the heat and bring to a boil once again. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for at least 3 hours to blend flavors. The longer you simmer, the thicker the broth will become. Simmer up to 6 hours.

Remove the ham hock from the broth and let it cool. Remove the meat from the bone and return the meat to the stockpot, discarding the bone. Adjust seasonings to taste.

Santa got a real workout last Saturday at the Forks Elks Lodge annual Children’s Christmas Party. Organizers said it was one of the busiest they had ever seen. Photo Christi Baron

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Driver Licensing Office, 421 Fifth Ave. Open Wednesday and Friday 10 a.m.-4 p.m., closed for lunch 1-2 p.m. 374-6440.

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City Hall.

EVERY MONDAY 6:30 p.m. — Fletcher-Wittenborn Post #9106 Bingo, Post home on Spartan Ave.

FIRST TUESDAY

EVERY SUNDAY

9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Open Jam - All are welcome at the Three Sisters of Clallam ( the big green building)

FIRST MONDAY

6:30 p.m. — Quillayute Valley PTA, FMS library.

7 p.m. – Emblem Club 488, Forks Elks Lodge.

SECOND MONDAY

5:30 p.m. potluck - Quillayute Valley Grange, 130 W. Division St. Questions, 374-6054 7:30 p.m. — Forks City Council, Council Chambers, Forks City Hall.

FOURTH MONDAY

6 p.m. — QVSD Board of Directors, District Office board room.

6 p.m. – Forks Elementary School PTO, Elementary School Lunchroom. Public welcome!

THIRD TUESDAY

11:30 a.m. – Forks Timber Museum, Umpqua (Sterling Bank), Linda 374-9663.

1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. - North Pacific Coast Lead Entity for Salmon Restoration (NPCLE), U. W. Olympic Natural Resources Center, Hemlock Forest Room, 1455 S. Forks Ave., Forks, WA 6:30 p.m. – Relay for Life, Forks Hospital Adminstration Conference Room.

FOURTH TUESDAY

7:30 p.m. — F o r k s C i t y Council, Council Chambers, Forks

5 p.m. — The Board of Com-

Pastor Nathan Abbate 374-3298 Sunday Morning Worship ��������������������������10:30 AM Wednesday Mid-Week Study ����������������������7:00 PM Meeting at 451 5th Street, Forks

Clallam Bay Church of Christ

St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Mission

1209520

Worship Service �������������������10:45 AM Sunday Evening Worship ��������6:00 PM Wednesday Prayer Meeting����7:00 PM Awanas, Thursdays �����������������6:30 PM

First Congregational Church (U.C.C.)

Pastor Warren Johnson 374-5319 Church Adult Sunday School ..........10:00 AM Worship Service ................. 11:00 AM

52 Pioneer Street • Clallam Bay 374-9184 • Fr. Paul Brunet, Pastor Mass • Sunday, 11:00 AM Holy Days, 5:00 PM

St. Anne Catholic Church - Forks

Tom Lafrenz, Pastor • 374-6798 Located B St. N.W. and Sol Duc Way Sunday School��������������������������9:45 AM Morning Worship �������������������11:00 AM Prayer & Praises������������������������6:00 PM Wednesday is Family Night

First Baptist Church

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1209516

Communion, Singing, Prayer

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Prince of Peace Lutheran Church

Adult Education ����������������������9:00 AM Family Worship ���������������������10:00 AM Children’s Sunday School ������11:15 AM

Forks Assembly of God 81 Huckleberry Ln. • 374-6909 www.churchinforks.org

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Sunday School ������������������������9:45 AM Sunday Morning Worship �����11:00 AM Sunday Evening Service����������6:00 PM Wednesday Kids Programs �����6:30 PM

Clallam Bay Presbyterian Church 1209517

1254983

Clallam Bay Assembly of God

Pastor Rick Hull • 963-2857 Sunday Service/ Children’s Church �����������������11:00 AM Wednesday Bible Study���������7:00 PM P.O. Box 336 • Hwy. 112 Clallam Bay, WA 98326

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St. Swithin’s Episcopal Church

1209527

George Williams, Pastor-Teacher • 374-5339 Sunday School������������������� 9:30 AM Sunday Worship ������� 11 AM & 6 PM Christ - Centered • Bible - Based 7th and G St. S.W.

Pastor Pamela Hunter 374-6343 • 250 Blackberry Ave.

FIRST WEDNESDAY 11 a.m. — Friends of Forks Animals, Forks Library, 171 S. Forks Ave. 374-0747.

7:30 p.m. — Mt. Olympus Lodge, Masonic Temple, 130 W. Division St.

THIRD WEDNESDAY

7 p.m. — Boy Scout Troop 1467, Forks Congregational Church, Scoutmaster Ron Anderson, 3742489.

7:30 p.m. — Questers Quilting Club, 374-2437.

EVERY WEDNESDAY

7:30 a.m. — West End Business & Professional Association, DNR conference room.

FIRST THURSDAY

5 p.m. - West Olympic Council for the Arts, ICN Building.

5:30 p.m. — Soroptimists of the Olympic Rain Forest business meeting, Masonic Hall.

7 p.m. — West End Thunder Car Club, Forks Fire Hall.

EVERY THURSDAY

Forks Bible Church

Fr. Paul Brunet Saturday/Sabado Misa en Español 6:00 PM 374-9184 Sunday ........................................... 8:30 AM 511 5th Ave. Wednesday .....................................5:30 PM Thursday .......................................12:05 PM Friday .........12:05 PM Adoration following Benediction ....................................5:45 PM Holy Days ........................................7:00PM

Sunday morning Holy Eucharist �������10:30 AM Meeting at Long Term Care, Forks Hospital Sunday Evening Holy Eucharist & Potluck 5 PM Meeting at 250 Blackberry Ave. (Prince of Peace)

11:30 a.m. — The Caring Place, a pregnancy resource center, 374-5010.

Noon — Free Lunch, Forks Church of the Nazarene, served at Forks Community Center.

1 p.m. — Women’s support group, resource room at Forks Abuse Program facility, Linda, 374-6411.

6 p.m. — Bingo Forks Elks Lodge, Merchant Road.

7 p.m. — Fire Dept. volunteers, Forks, Beaver and Quillayute fire halls.

FOURTH WEDNESDAY

F F 374-5077 • Pastor Bob Schwartz B C Sunday School������������������������9:30 AM

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EVERY TUESDAY

1:30 p.m. – Bogachiel Garden Club, Community Center, Forks, 374-2437.

7 p.m. – West End Sportsmen Club, Sportsmen Club Road. 6401497

Church of the Nazarene 1209510

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11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. – Far West Art League, Forks Library.

11:30 a.m. — The Caring Place, pregnancy resource center, 374-5010.

5-7 p.m. – Thursday Night Knitters, Forks Library.

6 p.m. — Hoh Healing Circle and potluck, Hoh Tribal office.

7 p.m. — Overeaters Anonymous Prince of Peace Lutheran Church 250 N. Blackberry, Forks.

7 p.m. — Forksestra Rehearsal, Forks Library, 374-6233.

7 p.m. – Sportsmen’s Club bingo

Abuse Program, Linda, 374-6411.

2p.m. – Team Work, N.A., next to West End Outreach. Contact Ashley 360-207-9346 7 p.m. — Rainy Day Gamers, ICN Building.

SECOND FRIDAY

7 p.m. – Forks American Legion Post 106, Old Forest Service Building, Division and Maple

THIRD SATURDAY

EVERY FRIDAY Noon — Women’s suppor t group, Hoh Tribal Center. Forks

9 – 10 a.m. Hatha Yoga class at Seiku Community Center. The cost is $2 per person — bring a yoga mat if you have one.

7 p.m. — Texas Hold’em Tournament, Clallam Bay/Sekiu Lions Club.

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Emblem Club Prime Rib dinner third Saturday of each month Forks Elks Lodge.

Noon — Women’s suppor t group, Forks Abuse 374-2273.

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EVERY MONDAY

3 p.m. — T.O.P.S., Clallam Bay Presbyterian Church.

7 p.m. — Texas Hold’em Tournament, Clallam Bay/Sekiu Lions Club.

FIRST TUESDAY 7 p.m. — West End Youth & Community Club, Sekiu Community Center kitchen, 963-2438.

SECOND TUESDAY

4 p.m. --- Clallam Bay Friends of the Library. Clallam Bay Library, 963-2946

FOURTH TUESDAY

7 p.m. — Women’s Support Group, Three Sisters of Clallam Gallery, Clallam Bay, 963-2854.

EVERY TUESDAY

10 a.m. — Messy Palette Art League, Sekiu Community Center, 963-2221.

FIRST WEDNESDAY Noon — Clallam Bay-Sekiu Chamber of Commerce, business meeting, Sekiu Community Center.

7 p.m. — Clallam Bay Lions, Lions Den in Clallam Bay.

FOURTH WEDNESDAY

10 a.m. - Noon — New Hope Food Bank is open.

7 p.m. — Clallam Bay Clinic Advisory Board, Clallam Bay Clinic.

EVERY WEDNESDAY 6 p.m. – Music Jam at the Co-op.

EVERY THURSDAY 6 p.m. – Learn Guitar tabulator at the Co-op.

7 p.m. — New Beginnings, Forks Masonic Hall.

MONDAYS 7:30 p.m. – Narcotics Anonymous, Hope in Recovery, First Baptist Church, South Forks Ave.

TUESDAYS

7 p.m. — Al-Anon, First Congregational Church.

WEDNESDAYS 8 p.m. — Sekiu AA, Sekiu Recreation Center.

THURSDAYS 7 p.m. — How It Works group, Forks Senior Center.

7-8:30 pm — Overeaters Anonymous, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 250 N. Blackberry Ave., Forks, 327-3323

FRIDAYS 6:30 p.m. – Narcotics Anonymous, Forks Masonic Lodge, 130 W. Division St.

THURSDAY AND FRIDAY 7 p.m. — Narcóticos Anónimos en Español, Cada jueves y viernes. Narcóticos Anónimos en Español. West End Outreach Services, 551 Bogachiel Way. Llama al 274-6271 extension 117 para más información.

SATURDAYS 7 p.m. — How It Works group, Forks Senior Center.

8 p.m. — Sekiu AA, Sekiu Recreation Center.

7:30 p.m. – Miracles Happen group, West End Outreach Center conference room, 530 Bogachiel Way.

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Forks Junior High December Students of the Month The Student of the Month project is sponsored by Soroptimist International of the Olympic Rain Forest (SIORF) for students who consistently display respect and responsibility for their behavior and academic achievement.

Students of the Month are chosen by their teachers.​ All students are eligible to be Student of the Month.

Be respectful, be polite, follow school and class rules, help prevent bullying, be on the honor roll, be at school every day and on time, pay attention in class, go the extra mile, do school work and turn it in on time.​ SEVENTH-GRADERS: Antonio Farias is the son of Nick and Tanya Dias. He is in Mrs. Decker’s block class. The teachers selected Antonio this month because he consistently has a positive attitude toward his peers

and school. He works hard to complete all his work to the best of his abilities. He is friendly and includes everyone. Robotics is Antonio’s favorite class, followed closely by science class.

Outside of school, Antonio enjoys football, basketball and hanging out with friends.

Savannah Meyer is the daughter of Bill and Jananne Meyer.

She is in Mrs. Decker’s block class. She was chosen because she is extremely conscientious about her academics. She goes above and beyond to make sure that she understands and can apply what is being presented. She is

polite and kind to both the staff and her peers. Lunch and PE are the best parts of Savannah’s school day. When she’s not in school, she loves to read, fish and be out in the woods.

EIGHTH-GRADERS: Brenna King is the daughter of Brian and Brenda King. She is in Ms. Taylor’s block class. Her teachers chose her this month because of her positive attitude. She is extremely concerned with her academic success. Brenna consistently contributes to discussions and asks deep questions that drive the conversation. She enjoys block class and her computer class. Brenna loves playing softball, volleyball and basketball during her free time.

Ariel Morales is the son of Sebastian and Norma Morales.

He is in Mr. Burton’s block class. Ariel is consistently respectful with adults and peers. He is quick to focus in class and tries his best. These are the reasons that he was chosen by his teachers this month. He enjoys robotics and scimatec. Wrestling, eating and being with friends are his favorite things to do when he’s not at school.

Congratulations to the ​​December Students of the Month who received a certificate​, a Spartan water bottle​and a $25 gift card to Barnes & Noble.

Students were honored with their parents at a lunch at school​compliments of Soroptimists International of the Olympic Rain Forest.

The interesting Mr. Cone Cone hiked across the frozen Bering Sea to an Eskimo village on the Alaskan coast. As this was in April, he had to remain there until he was able to board a U.S. Coast Guard ice breaker in August and return to civilization. He was set off the ice-breaker without a dollar to his name.

Undaunted, he was again able to make a small fortune, about $40,000. This time he came to Seattle to “blow” his money.

He spent a great portion of his wealth on a children’s home, which never materialized. One year later he returned to Alaska for the last time.

The loneliness of Alaska had brought out a literary talent as he expressed his thoughts in poetry over the years. Over 500 of his poems were published and in 1923 he published a book of poetry “Beyond the Skyline.”

Over the years he was the subject of several magazine articles, Forest and Stream in 1919 and in 1922 Sunset Magazine published an article in the April issue about interesting Westerners called “The Bard o’ the Kuskokwim.”

He also was a popular story teller in many of Anchorage’s roadhouses, hotels and public gatherings.

In 1919, he played Sandy Allen, an old prospector in a silent movie called “The Girl

Ed Cone at his cabin near Mora. Olson Family photo

Alaska.” Much to the dismay of the director, he also was in charge of the town’s dog pound and the dogs adored Cone and kept running into the scene jumping on Cone and disrupting the set.

Around 1925, Cone returned to the “lower 48” and in 1932 built a cabin on remote Jackson Point near Mora.

Cone once told an interviewer, “I look younger because I’ve always been happy,” he explained. “I was born a pioneer in Kansas and I’ve managed to keep just a little ahead of civilization all the time.”

Cone never married or had a family.

Cone died on Oct. 27, 1938, in Mora. He is buried in the Forks Cemetery.

C. Edward Cone was more than just my dad’s babysitter, he was a miner, a poet, a silent movie actor, subject of maga-

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“Beyond the Skyline”

By Charles Edward Cone “As we yearned beyond the skyline, With a wistful wish to know What was hidden beyond the

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The West End of Clallam County has been home to many notable pioneer families.

For the most part many pioneers just passed on into obscurity, but this does not mean they didn’t have an impact on this area or that their life was not fascinating.

For many years an old black and white photo occupied space in our family album.

One day I asked my dad, “Who is this guy?” My dad replied, “old man Cone, he was my babysitter.” Old man Cone was so much more than my dad’s babysitter, he was one interesting guy, here is his story.

Charles Edward Cone was born in August 1862 in Kansas. At the age of 20, he left home for the West. He maintained infrequent contact and only returned to the Midwest one time to visit his family. In 1886, he headed for the wilds of Alaska, 12 years before the Klondike gold rush.

For about 40 years Cone prospected in Alaska. Shortly before the Russian revolution, he took a stake of $300,000 to Siberia and invested it in a mining operation. But the Bolsheviks got wind of the mine and robbed him of $23,000 in gold dust and $14,000 in currency, blew up his hydraulic mining equipment and ordered him to leave Russia.

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Natural Resource Technician 2 (NRT2) Permanent Fulltime position available at Olympic Region Department of Natural Resources in Forks, WA. This position communicates, processes and works with applicants to inform them on how to complete Forest Practices applications and how the Forest Practices rules apply to proposals. Duties for this position also include reviewing and recommending classification of Forest Practices applications, processing applications/notifications, filing, and processing billings. Position requirements include: • High School diploma or GED. • 2 years’ experience gathering, compiling, and preparing data and information for others to use in making decisions.

• Experience managing multiple deadlines and priorities.

• Experience in interpreting and explaining complex rules to others such as the p u bl i c, t r i b e s a n d other agencies.

• Demonstrated proficiency in using computer applications such as Microsoft Word and Excel.

• Demonstrated written and oral communication skills.

Salary: $2,387 – $3,084 monthly, plus benefits.

Fo r m o r e i n fo r m a t i o n and to apply go to: www.careers.wa.gov First Screening for this position will be on January 4, 2015. Questions?

Contact Connie Sallee at 360-374-2817 EOE.

YOUR TRASH IS SOMEBODY’S TREASURE. ADVERTISE IN GARAGE SALES. Schools & Training

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PUBLISHER’S NOTICE All rental and real estate for sale adver tising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation or discrimination Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18. This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for the rental or sale of real estate which is in violation of the law. Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertising in this newspaper are available on an equal o p p o r t u n i t y b a s i s. To complain of discrimination call HUD at (206)220-5170.

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QUILEUTE TRIBAL COURT P.O. BOX 69 Are you in BIG trouble LA PUSH, WASHINGTON 98350 with the IRS? Stop wage (360)374-4305 PHONE & bank levies, liens & (360)374-5275 FAX audits, unfiled tax reNOTICE OF CASE SETTING turns, payroll issues, & DATE: December 8, 2015 resolve tax debt FAST. YOUR TRASH IS SOMEBODY’S NAME: Jordan Dominquez CASE NO. 14-CI-015 Call 844-245-2287 TREASURE. ADVERTISE IN CASE: Jordan Dominquez V Eliza RIvas Call now to secure a suGARAGE SALES. YOUR CASE IS SCHEDULED FOR: January 12, p e r l ow ra t e o n yo u r 2016 Legal Notices Mortgage. Don’t wait for ()___ () 10:30 A.M. () 12:30 P.M. (X) 1:30 P.M. General Rates to increase. Act FOR: () Arraignmnet ()Pre Trial ()Jury Trial/SelecNow! Call 1-888-859AUTO AUCTION tion 9539 December 31, 2015 () Bench Trial ()Revocation () Compliance 2011 Ram Pick up () Sentencing (X) Civil Motion Need Funding For Your License # NA () License () Motor Vehicle-Traffic (78-ABusiness? Business 14) Auction 1:00 pm Loans - $5K-$250K.We () Other___________________________ Previewing 3 hours work with all types of prior to Auction. credit! To apply, call: FAILURE TO APPEAR MAY RESULT IN A WARRigby’s Auto Body 855-577-0314 RANT BEING ISSUED FOR YOUR ARREST. 65 West E Street YOUR TRASH IS SOMEBODY’S _____________________ Forks, WA 98331 TREASURE. ADVERTISE IN Quileute Tribal Court Clerk Legal No. 674682 GARAGE SALES. Pub: FF December 17, 24, 2015 Legal No. 673456 Pub.: FF Dec. 24, 2015

Legal Notices ORDINANCE NO. 619 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF FORKS APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2016.

WHEREAS, the City of Forks, Washington completed and placed on file with the City Clerk a proposed budget and estimate of the amount of moneys required to meet the expenses of government of the City for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2016; and WHEREAS, a notice was published that the City Council would meet on December 7, 2015 at 7:30 p.m., in the council chambers of city hall for the purpose of making and adopting a budget for said fiscal year and giving taxpayers within the limits of the City an opportunity to be heard in a public hearing upon said budget; and WHEREAS, the City Council did hold a public hearing at that time and place and did then consider the matter of the proposed budget for the fiscal year 2016; and WHEREAS, the estimated expenditures set forth in the budget are necessary to carry on the government of the City for the fiscal year 2016 and are sufficient to meet the various needs of the City during that period; NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Forks, does ordain as follows: SECTION 1. The budget for the City of Forks, Washington for the year 2016 is hereby adopted at the fund level in its final form and content as set forth in the comprehensive budget document, “City of Forks, Washington 2016 Budget”, copies of which are on file in the Office of the City Clerk.

SECTION 2. Estimated resources for each separate fund of the City of Forks, and aggregate expenditures for all such funds for the year 2016 are set forth in summary form below, and are hereby appropriated for expenditure at the fund level during the year 2016 as set forth in the “City of Forks, Washington 2016 Budget”.

ESTIMATED APPROPRIATIONS/ REVENUES EXPENDITURES General Fund $1,800,450 $1,800,450 Street Fund 228,000 228,000 Lodging Tax Fund 140,000 140,000 Airport/Industrial Park/RAC 270,000 270,000 Water Fund 898,000 898,000 Sewer Fund 296,000 296,000 Capital Fund 110,000 110,000 RCO Grant 250,000 250,000 Transit Center 24,500 24,500 Quillayute Airport 12,600 12,600 Industrial Park Development Fund 4,000 4,000 Search & Rescue Fund 3,000 3,000 Seized Property Fund 5,000 5,000 Donation Program 20,000 20,000 Community Action Housing 40,000 40,000 Grant/Construction Fund 100,000 100,000 Street Projects 500,000 500,000 TOTAL REVENUE & EXPENDITURES ALL FUNDS $4,701,550 $4,701,550 SECTION 3. The City Clerk is directed to transmit a copy of the budget hereby adopted to the State Auditor’s Office and to the Association of Washington Cities.

SECTION 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and take effect five days after its publication.

Passed by the City Council of Forks at a regular meeting thereof held the 14th day of December, 2016.

Signed: Bryon Monohon, Mayor Attest: Audrey Grafstrom, Clerk/Treasurer Approved as to Form: William R. Fleck, Attorney/Planner Pub: FF December 24, 2015 Legal No: 674530

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2 BRs & 3 BRs available.

Rents ranging from $500 – $650 per month.

Call for more information, 374-6698

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Low Income Spay/Neuter Assistance is available.

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Call FRIENDS OF FORKS ANIMALS at 374-3332 to schedule an appointment.

Please send donations and Thriftway receipts to FOFA at PO Box 2022, Forks, WA 98331

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PACIFIC MARINER 1964 15’, ‘79 ez-loader trailer, 25 hp Johnson, 4 h p J o h n s o n k i cke r. $900. (360)452-6900.

TIFFIN: ‘04, Phaeton, 40’, diesel, 4 slides, full kitchen, W/D, enclosed shower, 2nd vanity in br., auto jacks, duel AC, generator, inverter, pullout basement storage, back up camera, lots of i n s i d e s t o ra g e, gr e a t condition. $59,950. Sequim. (720)635-4473.

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You’ll give thanks for the splendid river views & access from this spacious and very well maintained home. $369,000

TWIN V: ‘95, 18’, Fiberg l a s s , l o a d e d , V H F, GPS, fish finder, Penn downriggers, Bass chairs for comport. 45 hp Honda 4 stroke, Nissan 4 stroke kicker, electric crab pot puller, all run great. Boat is ready to go. $7,000. (360)6813717 or (360)477-2684

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SUZUKI: ‘05 Boulevard N O R T H W O O D : ‘ 0 2 C50. Like new. 800cc, N a s h , 2 4 ’ , ex . c o n d . extras. $4,250. sleeps 6. $6,000./obo.

(360)461-2479 (360)460-2736 Automobiles UTILITY TRAILER: ‘02, Classics & Collectibles Aztex. 6X8. $700.

(360)460-2855 CADILLAC: ‘67, Eldorado, 2 door, hard top, Marine fwd, good motor, trans, Miscellaneous and tries, new brakes need adj. Have all parts GLASSPLY: 19’ Cuddy a n d ex t ra s, m a t c h i n g cabin, inboard 470, 15 n u m b e r s, r e s t o r a t i o n hp Johnson kicker, ra- project car. $3,000/obo. dio, fish finder, $3,000.

(360)457-6182 (360)457-7827 MAZDA: ‘88, RX 7, convertable, nice, fresh motor and tans. $7,000.

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ACURA: ‘98 Model 30.

171K mi. Loaded. Runs good, looks good. $2,300. 681-4672

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Pickup Trucks Others

Got an older car, boat or GMC: ‘91 2500. Long RV ? D o t h e h u m a n e bed, auto. 4x2, body is thing. Donate it to the straight. $3,700 obo.

Humane Society. Call 1(360)683-2455 800-430-9398

AU TO I N S U R A N C E Sport Utility Vehicles S TA R T I N G AT $ 2 5 / HYUNDAI: ‘09 Sonata, Others MONTH! Call 877-929- 79K miles, Auto, 1 owner, no smoking. $6,800.

9397 (509)731-9008 CHRY: ’04 PT Cruiser - Hyundai: ‘97 Sonata, 4 77K Miles, loaded, pow- d o o r s e d a n , c l e a n , er roof, new tires, looks $1,800. (360)379-5757 great, runs great, clean, s t r o n g , s a fe, r e l i a bl e M I T S U B I S H I : ‘ 9 3 transportation. call and Eclipse, nice wheels, n e e d s l o t s o f w o r k . CHEVY: Suburban, ‘09, leave message $5,200. $800. (360)683-9146 (360)457-0809 X LT 1 5 0 0 , 5 . 3 L V 8 , 4 W D, 6 5 K m l . , S l a t e DONATE YOUR CAR - TOYOTA : ‘ 9 8 C a m r y, Gray with color match 8 6 6 - 6 1 6 - 6 2 6 6 . FA S T 217K ml. 2 owner car. wheels, seats 8, cloth inF R E E TOW I N G - 2 4 h r $3,700/obo. terior, molded floor mats, (360)928-9645 Response – 2015 Tax great condition, no D e d u c t i o n - U N I T E D Yo u c o u l d s ave o ve r s m o k i n g o r p e t s .

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Clean and reliable, 101 and Deer Park Rd, Port Angeles • 1-888-813-8545 122K mi. $5,500 obo.

Pickup Trucks www.wilderauto.com NISSAN: ‘00 Exterra XE (360)912-2225 Others 4x4. Runs great, has all CHEV: ‘02, Avalanche t h e ex t ra s, n ew Toyo 1/2 ton, 5.3 L, tow pkg, tires and custom alloy 4x4, air bags. leather, wheels. Must see! 271K excellent in and out. 84k miles. Want to trade for m i . , $ 1 2 , 5 0 0 / o b o . commuter car, must be ( 9 0 7 ) 2 0 9 - 4 9 4 6 o r reliable and economical.

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The recent Winter Band Concert drew a full house at the FHS commons with the fifth, sixth, junior high, high school and jazz bands performing under the direction of George Rodes and Rebecca Murillo. Pictured here the jazz band jazzes it up at the commencement of the evening’s music. Photo by Lonnie Archibald

A few members of the Forks Community Orchestra dropped by the Long Term Care on Sunday and performed a few Christmas tunes.

Back row: Max Buckner, Deborah Dillon.

Front row: Christi Baron, Dorothy Burr, Barbara Nowicki, Cynthia Bork and Mike Tetreau, saxaphone/director.

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