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BY MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette

After a three month search, Sequim city councilors agreed Friday to begin negotiations with Sandy, Utah’s chief city administrative officer Matt Huish as the next

city manager.

He was one of four finalists including interim city manager Charisse Deschenes to go through an interview process on Sept. 9-10.

Huish said last Saturday he’d prefer to wait until negotiations are finalized to comment on the

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He started his career in physical therapy before transitioning into healthcare administration and later city administration.

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BY MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette

A narrowly-passed resolution by the Sequim City Council Monday night seeks to express “support for small businesses and essential workers’ individual rights.”

With a crowd outside and councilors and many staff calling in remotely, councilors voted 4-3 to among other things “uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Washington and to stand in strong support of the people in the City of Sequim and anyone else in the

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Cook Roberto Lara prepares an omelette on Monday at the Oak Table Café. Managers hope to have enough staff in the coming weeks to reopen seven days a week and reoffer a lunch menu after staffing shortages led them to close for two days at first, and then one day a week. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

Eateries seek support and workers during hiring crisis

BY MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette

As cooks and servers hustled to get pancakes and omelettes to tables and to-go boxes at the Oak Table Café earlier this week, general manager Bill Zuzich said he couldn’t quite pinpoint one reason why he’s seeing a shortage of employees.

“A lot of people left the food industry because of uncertainty, or people used their down time in the pandemic to go back to school,” he said.

This summer marked the first time in three decades the restaurant wasn’t open seven days a week. However, Zuzich hopes to soon have enough staff to reopen fully after periods of time at five, and six days a week open.

That includes bringing back a lunch menu tentatively at the end of September, as Zuzich said, “it takes a whole other cook to do that, too.”

But the Oak Table Café isn’t alone in longstanding practices changing. Of Sequim’s 60-plus restaurants and coffee shops, more than half are hiring.

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Three more deaths from COVID-19 on peninsula New cases may be leveling off, but activity remains high

BY ZACH JABLONSKI Olympic Peninsula News Group

Three Clallam County residents died from COVID-19 over the weekend, raising the total number of deaths on the North Olympic Peninsula due to the disease to 49, with 36 in Clallam.

The deaths include a man in his 70s and a man in his 50s, both of whom were unvaccinated, said Dr. Allison Berry, health officer for Clallam and Jefferson counties. The

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A crowd gathers at the Sequim Civic Center Friday morning, joining Sequim Police, Clallam County Fire District 3 and City of Sequim staffers in remembering the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and paying tribute to those who lost their lives and those who survived.

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Aquaculture scholarship launched in memory of Kurt Grinnell

BY MICHAEL DASHIELL Sequim Gazette

The last time Jeanne McKnight saw Kurt Grinnell in April, it was smiles and hugs and a shared idea that the next Northwest Aquaculture Alliance quarterly board meeting would be in Blyn.

“It was our first in-person meeting (in a while),” McKnight said last week. “We were all happy to see each other, a great meeting, a happy time.

“I said, ‘Next time, we’re going to do it at the (Jamestown) tribal headquarters.”

The next morning, McKnight, who works as executive director of the Northwest Aquaculture Alliance, read an email that Grinnell had died in a vehicle accident on his way home.

“I think we were all just stunned and shocked,” McKnight said. “He made such an impact on our organization and our lives.”

Thus, the genesis of the alliance’s efforts to create a scholarship in Grinnell’s name.

The thought, McKnight said, became, “How can we carry out Kurt’s vision?”

The alliance formed an allvolunteer steering committee to form the The Kurt Grinnell Aquaculture Scholarship Foundation — a partnership between The Northwest Aquaculture Alliance and the National Aquaculture As-

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sociation — and with assent from Grinnell’s family began shaping the scholarship.

The initiative was announced recently by Jim Parsons, an industry leader, scholarship foundation steering committee member, and longtime friend and business partner of Grinnell.

“Kurt embodied the belief of his culture that it is important to plan seven generations ahead,” Parsons said in a story on thefishsite.com.

“He understood that the culture of finfish, shellfish, and aquatic plants was an important solution to the decline in harvest of traditional wild species, and a way for Pacific Northwest Tribes to harvest seafood in their usual and accustomed areas as guaranteed under Federal Treaties.”

Parsons added, “Kurt’s vision was to help other Northwest Tribes see aquaculture as a key to food sovereignty and security—not a threat.”

Following the announcement, Allen noted the tribe would contribute $5,000 in Grinnell’s name.

“We hold our hands up to the vision and spirit Kurt shared with all who knew him,” Allen wrote.

Details of the scholarship — how many scholarships, how much it would fund are still being worked out, McKnight said, but that the awards would be eligible to any member of a federallyrecognized tribe interested in a career in aquaculture.

“Kurt was so committed to education of tribal youth,” McKnight said.

“We agreed that, why not open it up to tribal youth nationwide? Why limit it to the Northwest?”

Scholarships could go to a high school graduate or someone restarting a career, and could help pay for school-

Colleagues and family have created a scholarship in the name of longtime Olympic Peninsula fisheries and business leader Kurt Grinnell, who died in a vehicle accident in April.

Photo courtesy of Northwest Aquaculture Alliance /Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe

ing at a university or college or a vocational/trade school, she said.

The committee has added educators and a Grinnell family member to the board to help approve scholarships, she said.

“We’re fundraising right now,” McKnight noted, with an aim of raising $1 million to help create an endowment fund.

Those interested in contributing to the Kurt Grinnell Scholarship can do so at any First Federal Branch.

A website for the scholarship is being created but not available yet.

A 57-year-old fisheries and aquaculture expert with deep familial roots on the North Olympic Peninsula, Grinnell and his wife and business partner, Terri Grinnell, built Jamestown Seafood. He graduated from Port Angeles High School in 1982, and after attending Haskell Indian Nations University and the University of Washington, he returned to the peninsula as an Indian child welfare case worker and chemical dependency counselor.

When Grinnell talked about tribal fisheries and aquaculture, an economic sector that, under his leader-

ship, developed into a multimillion-dollar business, employing about 50 people, he always looked toward the future, Tribal Chairman Ron Allen said in a previous interview.

“He took t he na me S’Klallam, strong people, very seriously when he talked to me about strong government and self-reliance and talked to me about that vision,” Allen said. “He always talked to me about how fisheries should be part of that vision.”

Grinnell was carrying forward that view on April 20 when he attended the quarterly board meeting of the Northwest Aquaculture Alliance at Trout Lodge in Sumner. On his return trip, his vehicle left a straight portion of Mount Pleasant Road, about a mile from his home, and struck a fence post.

McKnight said Grinnell had a clear vision that aquaculture would not replace the tribe’s traditional ways of fishing or right, but that “we need sustainable aquaculture for food sovereignty.”

“The pandemic showed us that imports are not always secure. We can’t depend on getting food across the border,” she said.

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A jury on July 2 found Larissa Jean Dietz guilty of second-degree attempted murder from her Oct. 8, 2019, attack on the late Ricky Lee McGowan, 58, in his apartment at the Sunbelt Apartments in Sequim.

The two were friends, and Dietz helped him with chores and errands, according to court documents.

McGowan recovered from his wounds but spiraled deeper into alcoholism following the assault, Deputy Criminal Prosecuting Attorney Sarah Woolman said in arguing for a 20-year sentence.

Judge Simon Barnhart sentenced Dietz to 208 months, including the 24 months mandatory punishment for Dietz’s use of a deadly weapon and applying an additional 24 months incarceration for McGowan’s condition as a vulnerable victim as an aggravating circumstance.

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Sequim, first responders detail 9/11’s legacy in remembrance

BY MICHAEL DASHIELL

Keynote speaker Mark Abshire offers his thoughts It was a Tuesday morning on the eve of the 20th anniversary of some two decades ago when the Sept. 11, 2001, Mark Abshire, a retired United at t acks . A bs hir e States Air Force Lieutenant w a s w o r k i n g i n Colonel, and speechwriter for the Pentagon that the Secretary of the Air Force day. Sequim Gazette working at the Pentagon, photos by Michael Dashiell heard a deafening sound.

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“I thought it was a bomb; I felt the shockwave,” Abshire, a Port Townsend native, recalled.

While the immediate details of the horror of what became known as 9/11 weren’t realized just yet, he said, “each one of us knew something had

changed forever.”

On Friday morning, Abshire joined local police officers, firefighters, other responders and community members in recognizing 9/11 on the eve of the event’s 20th anniversary with a ceremony at the Sequim

Civic Center plaza.

“We must always remember,” said Abshire, the keynote speaker who now serves as executive director for the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce.

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their lives and we also honor those who survived the attacks … (those) who put themselves in harm’s way to save others, many of whom they never knew,” he said.

Abshire was one of about 18,000 staffers working in the Pentagon when Flight 77 crashed into the structure, killing all 64 aboard and another 125 people in the building.

He said there is no doubt in his mind passengers aboard the flight were able to down the plane and minimize the toll on life.

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would have landed on my desk,” he said. He recalled hearing the fourth and fifth floors of the structure collapsing as he walked home.

“I came home to screams of joy that I was alive,” he said.

Friday’s ceremony included comments from Sequim Police Chief Sherri Crain and Clallam County Fire District 3 Chief Ben Andrews, as well as city councilors Keith Larkin and Rachel Anderson.

Larkin, who spent a 41-year career in the fire service with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, remarked that the sacrifices

made by first responders and others that day — more than 29,000 in all — remains the single deadliest incident in the nation’s history.

“We will be forever grateful for their service and their sacrifice for our country,” he said.

“These responders did what they continue to do,” Andrews said: “They run toward danger instead of running away.”

And first responders continue to do so every day in local community like Sequim, Crain said.

“We are here to serve our communities,” she said.

Abshire urged those in attendance to spend less time in factious political debate and resurrect the spirit that lived on in the days following the 9/11 attacks.

“We all came together; we helped each other, we were kind,” Abshire said.

The most enduring memorial for 9/11, he said, is to “ensure the America we all love stays that way.

“America is not a building that can be burned or destroyed,” Abshire said. “Doing so only has the effect of strengthening the heart and soul of America.”

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Mask dispute postpones school board meeting Board directors: State funding tied to health guidelines

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it was just shut it down.”

Gibson said earlier this week, “As the board chair I felt it was unsafe for those involved in the meeting at the time.” Other board members supported Gibson’s decision at a rescheduled meeting this week.

Dr. Jane Pryne, interim superintendent for the Sequim School District, said at a meeting this week that she called 9-1-1 as the Sept.

7 meeting devolved; after pulling her mask down to try to speak to the dispatch officer, someone took a photo and posted it on Facebook with “nasty posts” and follow-up emails, she said.

“Remember on social media, there is a human being on the receiving end of those emails (and posts),” she said.

Board members Brian Kuh and Eric Pickens stayed behind to talk with the group of about 25 people concerned about the mask policy.

Some had brought signs, one reading “Tyranny spreading faster than the virus.”

In an interview after the meeting, Banker said he felt frustrated with the outcome, but noted, “Their discrimination shut it down.

“These board members obviously don’t understand the law. The people who took those oaths, if they can’t (uphold them), we’ll remove them, put people we want in,” Banker said. “Because the people have the power.”

said Monday night, referring to a document from Inslee and state superintendent Chris Reykdal.

“Basically it outlines the … repercussions for not following through with the mandate,” Gibson said, detailing a loss of basic a education dollars from the state for every day in non-compliance after unheeded warnings from state officials.

“We can’t operate our school without money; that is not the option, to complete go against the order,” Gibson said.

“We’re all in a tough situation and working toward a remedy for this,” he said. “But we have our kids in school … the last thing we want to do is send the back home.”

Pickens noted that the school district would be put in financial dire straights were it to fail to enforce the mask requirement.

“It’s been made very clear to us as a school district, if we don’t follow the safety protocols, we will not be covered by insurance company,” he said Monday.

The cost alone of covering the district, regardless of any potential legal action, would be cost prohibitive, he said.

“We do have to consider those aspects,” Pickens said.

“No mystery about how I feel, that these decisions should be a t a local level,” Kuh added Monday.

“But state has the power in those situations.

We’ll continue to do the best we can with what we have. I think we’ll be just fine if we focus on our students and what’s best for them.”

Board director Larry Jeffryes said he supports the state health requirements.

“If that means masking up (and) getting vaccinated, then that’s what we need to do to protect those kids,”

ing and vaccination requirements.

Matt Crowell lauded the board for following COVID safety guidelines.

“This is our first year at Sequim schools — thank you, you made our move and start of school year a first-class event. I want to praise the staff implementation of COVID safety protocols. There really is no playbook for how to do things.”

Eliza Klinger asked the district to follow its own civil rights policy and accept religious exemptions for the statewide mandate for state employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19. (K-12 educators, school staff, coaches, bus drivers, school volunteers and others working in school facilities have until Oct. 18 to be fully vaccinated as a condition of employment.)

“Our job as individuals as a society is to respect beliefs even if we don’t understand (them),” Klinger said.

“They deserve to be here as much as any other employee,” she said. “A one-side fits all mandate does not help any district to operate.”

Parent Michael Rocha asked the board to have some common sense and leeway for their masking policy, particularly when it comes to the youngest students.

“I don’t feel comfortable putting (my kindergartner) into school because I don’t’ want their first experience to be wearing a mask,” he said Monday.

“The younger kids they don’t wear them properly; we know this.”

Gibson said disregarding the masking requirement could put the Sequim School District and other districts across the state in jeopardy.

“There is money tied to this,” he

Concern from community members about a statewide mask mandate for students — as well as vaccination requirements for school staff and other state employees — continues to be a hot topic at Sequim School Board meetings.

A dispute over whether attendees of a Sept. 7 in-person board meeting needed to wear masks to be in attendance got heated enough that board president Brandino Gibson canceled the remainder of the regularly-scheduled meeting a few minutes in, and law enforcement were called to the scene of the district’s boardroom at 503 N. Sequim Ave. One of the audience members, later identified as Anthony Banker, was asked to put on a mask. He said he had a medical exemption from wearing a mask and attempted to provide the board with information from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regarding the effectiveness of various forms of masks. ”You cannot kick me out because of a medical reason,” Banker told school board members. “It’s discrimination. All I want to do is sit here and listen.”

Banker and several others asked Gibson for more explanations about the board’s meeting mask requirement, and after several minutes school officials closed the meeting. Further mask, vaccination “We wanted to hear what people discussions say,” Gibson said in an interview The district held a virtual-only following the meeting. “I told them, Zoom meeting to conclude board ‘We want to hear what you have to action on Sept. 13, when public comsay but this is not safe. ’ At that point ments continued to address mask-

he said.

“I want to keep them in school.

That means the community needs to step up and get COVID under control so those kids can stay in school.”

Student, staff COVID tracking The Sequim School District posts weekly updates of students and staff with confirmed positive COVID tests at its home page (sequimschools.org).

Pryne said the district is looking to start a “Learn to Return” program that, if given parent permission, a student with symptoms would be given a rapid COVID test.

That program isn’t ready quite yet because staff has not yet had training, which could happen in the next two to three weeks,” Pryne said.

If a student is reported COVID positive the school performs contact tracing, Pryne said; previously county officials and volunteers would do so but they are overwhelmed at this point, she said.

Sequim schools reverted from inperson learning to a remote model in November 2020 when Clallam County’s two-week infection rate was listed at 149 per 100,000.

As of Sept. 14, 2021, Clallam’s case rate per 100,000 is 1,239.

Pryne said for Sequim schools to revert to a remote model again,Dr. Allison Berry, the health officer for Clallam and Jefferson counties, advised that there would have to be multiple outbreaks and multiple grade levels.

“Then she will contemplate closing the schools (as we) wont’ be able to keep those (cases) contained,” Pryne said.

Pryne and other local school district superintendents meet with Berry every other week, and more often as case counts rise.

Wiker, future pharmacist, gets P.E.O. Chapter HM scholarship SEQUIM GAZETTE STAFF Kalli Wiker, a 2021 Sequim High School graduate, was recently awarded a $1,250 scholarship from the Sequim P.E.O. Chapter HM. Wiker started classes at George Fox University in Newberg, Ore., where she is pursuing an undergraduate degree in biochemistry with the intention to complete her graduate studies to become a pharmacist.

“I love people and want to be part of a team who helps promote healthier lives,” she said. Wiker She ultimately plans to return to the Olympic Peninsula as a pharmacist to help the area, scholarship representatives said.

Wiker earned a 40. grade-point-average at Sequim High while participating in three varsity sports, along with participation in the SHS Select Choir

Sequim High graduate Kalli Wiker, center, accepts a scholarship from the Sequim P.E.O. Chapter HM. Pictured with Wiker are, from left, Pam Grandstrom, Charlotte Hudson, Shirley Sutterlin and Nancy Gilchrist. Submitted photo

and volunteer efforts in the Sequim community.

The Sequim P.E.O. chapter is “dedicated to philanthropic work to help women further their educations,” representatives said. The local Chapter HM is part of a

large international nonprofit organization that helps women all over the world.

For more information about Chapter HM and its scholarships, contact president Nancy Gilchrist at ndmuggle@ yahoo.com.

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A6 • Wednesday, September 15, 2021

City From page A-1 Councilor Keith Larkin, who served as the council liaison to the search firm, said Huish’s “energy and strong, strong desire to come here and really be a part of the community” stood out to him.

“We need someone with a new, fresh, energetic outlook on the city,” he said. “He wants to be a part of our community … and I think the community is going to find him to be visible, and they’re going to see him everywhere.”

Selection Candidate Jeff Durbin, former interim town manager in Frisco, Colo, was the runner up as councilors were asked by search firm consultant Colin Baenziger for their top two choices in a preliminary vote.

All four candidates received votes in the preliminary voting, including Deschenes, and Joe Lessard, a self-employed independent consultant in Texas and

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former assistant city manager in Austin, Texas. To narrow the selection, councilors Rachel Anderson, Mayor William Armacost, Sarah Kincaid, Larkin and Mike Pence voted for Huish while deputy mayor Tom Ferrell and councilor Brandon Janisse voted for Durbin.

In a motion to begin negotiations, Ferrell was the lone vote against a motion for Huish.

“It was a very difficult choice,” Janisse said in Friday’s meeting.

“I had no major issues with any of the four candidates. It was a difficult choice to make.”

Councilors agreed unanimously to appoint Armacost to represent the council in negotiations with Baenziger, city attorney Kristina NelsonGross and Huish starting Monday, Sept. 13.

Armacost said Monday that Nelson-Gross forwarded a contract to Baenziger to proceed with negotiations, and that he intends to keep the council in the loop.

“I’m very excited,” Armacost said. “There were some tough decisions, and we were fortu-

nate to break some new ground as a city council with (virtual) breakout rooms, a stakeholders group, as well as an amazing effort by city staff.”

Tentative start Larkin said it’s unknown how soon Huish could start as it depends on contract negotiations, him giving notice in Sandy, and other arrangements, such as housing.

“We’d love to have him here as soon as possible,” he said. “(The process) came out how I thought it would all along. We chose someone who I think is going to be a great city manager.”

Huish holds multiple degrees and honors, including most recently a Masters Certificate in Global Health from the School of Public Health in University of Utah in 2011.

In Sandy, Huish’s resume says he oversees 10 department directors, 600 full-time benefited staff and 300 seasonal part-time employees all under an approximate $115 million annual budget.

Clallam and Jefferson Counties’ health officer Dr. Allison Berry’s vaccine mandate to dine in restaurants/bars.

It does state that policing has been put on owners causing more work, fewer customers and more strain to dine inside.

It also mentions Gov. Jay Inslee’s mandate for state employees to be vaccinated by Oct. 18 or be prohibited from working.

“Restaurants are just starting to get their feet under them,” Larkin said.

“After all the essential workers have done for us, working tirelessly to take care of patients, we’re now going to require to be vaccinated or be terminated from employment. It’s an unfair burden we’re placing on these people.

“And it creates more separation and division in our community.”

Resolution From page A-1 County, and the State that believe their constitutional rights are being violated.”

Larkin, Mayor William Armacost, Sarah Kincaid and Mike Pence voted for the resolution while Rachel Anderson, Deputy Mayor Tom Ferrell and Brandon Janisse voted against.

Larkin told councilors they take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and Washington state, and that they “must listen” and “support all citizens and business owners.”

According to city staff, the resolution is a position statement and does not override state and local law including

Prior, he worked as administrative director for the University of Utah’s School of Medicine Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation department for about 10 years (April 2007 – December 2017), and as manager of neuroscience clinics at the University of Utah hospitals and clinics from Nov. 2003-April 2007.

Prior to interviews, Huish said one of his successes in Sandy was implementing Smart City technology that led to more efficient municipal services and increased customer service while decreasing costs and making Sandy’s operations more closely mirror those of business organizations.

Cleared allegations In May 2018, Huish was cleared of alleged sexual harassment charges over emails to a coworker in Sandy, as reported by the Salt Lake Tribune.

He was on leave for six days before being cleared after an investigation by Liesel Stevens of the law firm Ray Quinney & Nebeker.

She reported in a city insti-

Council response

Responding to Ferrell’s question, what the resolution does for city businesses, Larkin said it gives recognition to people for having a choice not to get the vaccine under Constitutional law, shows that councilors support their choices, and residents shouldn’t be condemned or put in a negative light for those choices.

Larkin added that a “State of Emergency does not diminish the rights of the people” either.

Ferrell said he respected Larkin’s opinion but didn’t want to share his own and said “when things are tense in a community I think of the saying from World War II, ‘Keep Calm and Carry On.’” He later added he wanted to be more productive in helping businesses,

gated investigation that “his emails “were unprofessional and inappropriate at times.

However, they were not sexual in nature and did not create an abusive work environment.”

In the city report, Huish told Stevens he uses a “friendly and informal email style with everyone at work;” he “was trying to be funny, nothing else;” and he often sends work emails in the evenings to everyone because he is busy with meetings during the day.

He also denied romantic or a social relationship with the employee, and if he knew he made her uncomfortable, “he would have corrected his behavior and apologized,” according to the report.

Larkin said all councilors were aware of the allegations but agreed it “wasn’t really a situation we felt required much consideration.”

“We know one thing with Colin Baenziger, they search and try and find everything they can,” he said. “The intent was to make that fully transparent, and all panels were aware of that.”

such as through more business grant programs.

Janisse said the resolution is “walking a dangerous line,” and he’s “not going to subject myself to a recall and malfeasance.”

Kincaid said she’s not anti-vaccine or anti-mask, and believes COVID is real, but she asks “is the cure doing more than the disease?”

For Pence, it’s “freedom of choice” and that “we’re being treated as sheep.”

Anderson said she joined council with a priority for public safety.

“I feel it’s in everyone’s best interest to protect each other regardless of how you feel about things,” she said.

Anderson said there was no basis for the resolution, and if people were worried about the financial impact on businesses, they should order curbside.

Assistant city manager Deschenes said in a phone interview she plans to return as assistant city manager to help Huish, so he can be successful.

“I want to connect him to the city’s culture, so things go smoothly,” she said. “Part of that is reaching out to various agencies and connecting him, and build on those relationships over my last eight years.”

She’ll serve as interim city manager until Huish starts.

She served in the role following former city manager Charlie Bush’s resignation in January after a majority of councilors called for his resignation.

The four finalists, with a fifth dropping out prior to interviews, were selected by Baenziger and his team from about 40 candidates. He helped recruit Bush in 2015.

Deschenes’ contract stipulates that if she is fired within a year of Huish’s start date, she’d receive a severance.

Deschenes said she’ll evaluate how things feel later on before making a decision.

“It’s safer physically to order curbside rather than everyone getting sick from COVID and shut down,” she said. “That seems like the worst option.”

Legality Armacost said he’s not suggesting going “against any professional as an expert in their field” nor “suggesting breaking any law.”

He added that the Constitution separates Americans from the rest of the world, and that “people have rights and they feel they’re not being heard.”

“We’re not intending to be disrespectful, but trying to honor people’s choice,” Armacost said.

The next city council meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 27, in a virtual session with more information at sequimwa.gov.

The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him. For he knows how weak we are; he remembers we are only dust.

– Psalm 103: 13-14 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SEQUIM (SBC) SUNDAYS Morning Service 10:45 a.m.

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR: SERVICES, BIBLE STUDIES, & KID’S CHAPEL TIME

Pastor Wes Funkhouser 360-683-2114

For information on virtual devotions call 360-582-7101 / 562-652-8349

for Bible Study information and to watch our Sunday Service.

Pastor Dave Westman Pastor David Lyke thrivesequim.com

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A Bible Based Church Grow Spiritually Through Unity Toward The Kingdom of God

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Sunday Worship Service 10:00AM

Sabbath Services: Saturday at 1 p.m.

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360-683-6731

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Sequim Center for Spiritual Living

683-5367

Website: www.obfchurch.org

2544288

“People Becoming the Church”

Sunday 10 a.m.

Wednesday 7 p.m.

GriefShare, Celebrate Recovery, Women’s Bible Study Men’s Bible Study

For information, go to: ChristianScienceSequim.org 2544312

SUNDAY GATHERING 10:30 AM

Holds Sunday Service 10:00 Pioneer Park

In-person attendance is limited; call for details. For videos, see “Directory of Sunday services” on our website.

Joey Olson, Pastor

Pastor Rich Hay

Pastors Steve Eaton and Roger Stites www.faithlutheransequim.org

337 West Spruce St.

100 South Blake Ave.

Weekly programs provided for youth and adults, such as AWANA and Precept Bible studies

P.O. Box 925, Sequim, WA 98382

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Sequim

TRINITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

10:00 a.m. Worship, Nursery & Children’s Church 10:00 a.m. Tuesday Precept Bible Study

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WEDNESDAYS Evening Service 6:00 p.m.

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Wednesday, September 15, 2021 • A7

SEQUIM GAZETTE

Many Sequim restaurants and eateries change hours, services

BY MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette

Here are updated hours, services and contact information for Sequim area eateries and restaurants.

If we missed an establishment or service, email that information to mnash@sequimgazette.com.

• 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101; dine in, to-go; (360) 683-7777; cedars.com/dining. Hiring.

• The House of Seven Brothers; 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday.

• Napoli’s Stone-fired Cuisine; 9 a.m.-1 a.m. (limited menu 9 a.m.-11 a.m.) 360-582-4749.

Jamestown Java; 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 6 a.m.-11 p.m. FridaySaturday.

• Rainforest Bar; 4 p.m.-midnight, Sunday-Thursday; 3 p.m.-2 a.m. Friday-Saturday.

• Adagio Bean and Leaf, 981 E. Washington St.; 6 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; dine in, outside, drive-thru, phone orders; 360-582-0024. Hiring.

• Alder Wood Bistro, 139 W. Alder St.; 4-8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday; outside dining (RSVP recommended), to-go; 360-683-4321; AlderWoodMenu.com. Hiring.

• Applebee’s, 130 River Road; 11 a.m.-midnight daily; curbside, dine in, to-go; 360-683-9090; restaurants.applebees.com/en-us/ wa/sequim; Hiring.

• The Back Alley Café, 138 W. Washington St.; 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

Tuesday-Saturday; to-go, dine-in, dine outside, curbside; 562-9836236; Thebackalleycafe.com.

• Baja Cantina , 825 W. Washington St.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. SundayThursday; 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m. FridaySaturday; curbside, dine in, outside, to-go. 360-681-2822; bajacantina sequim.com.

• Bento Teriyaki, 1243 W. Washington St.; 11 a.m.-7:30 p.m.

Monday-Saturday; takeout only; 360-683-5668. Hiring.

• The Big Elk Restaurant, 707 E. Washington St.; 7 a.m.-8 p.m.

Monday-Saturday; 7 a.m.-3 p.m.

Sunday; curbside, dine in, to-go, online; 360-328-7106; clover. com/online-ordering/the-big-elkrestaurant-llc-sequim.

• Black Bear Diner, 1471 E Washington St.; 7:30 a.m.-8 p.m.

Thursday-Monday; dine in, outside, online, to-go; 360-504-2950; black beardiner.com. Hiring.

• Blimpie’s, 20 Carlsborg Road; 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday; drive-thru, to-go (phone OK); 360-681-2290.

Hiring.

• Blondie’s Plate, 134 S. Second Ave.; 4-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 2-9 p.m. Friday-Saturday; curbside, dine in, outside, to-go; 360-683-

Eateries From page A-1

• Hiway 101 Diner, 392 W. Washington St., 7 a.m.-8 p.m. MondaySaturday; 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday; curbside, dine in, outside, to-go; 360-683-3388. Hiring.

• Hurricane Coffee Company, 104 W. Washington St.; 7 a.m.5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 8 a.m.5 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday (dine-in Monday-Friday with vaccine passport); outside seating, facebook.com/hurricanecoffee.

• Jack in the Box, 1280 W. Washington St.; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. daily; drive-thru only; 360-681-4069; jackinthebox.com. Hiring.

• Jose’s Famous Salsa, 126 E. Washington St.; 11 a.m.-9p.m.

Monday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-10 p.m.

Friday-Saturday, to-go, dine-in, 360-681-8598; josesfamoussalsa. com.

• Koto Teriyaki & Sushi, 1252 W. Washington St.; 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m.

Monday-Saturday; take out, online ordering; 360-681-3220; Koto teriyaki.com. Hiring.

• Las Palomas, 1085 E. Washington St.; 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m.

Monday-Saturday; 11 a.m.4:30 p.m. Sunday; curbside, dine in, to-go; 360-681-3842. Hiring.

• Leo’s Cafe at Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St.; 9:30 a.m.2 p.m. Monday-Friday; dine in, to-go; 360-683-6806; the-cafe-atshipley-center.square.site. Volunteers welcome.

• Little Devil’s Lunchbox, 261372 U.S. Highway 101; 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Monday-Tuesday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Wednesday-Friday; dine outside, to-go; 360-681-8777; Littledevils grill.com.

• Mariner Cafe, 609 W. Washington St., Suite A; 7-8 p.m. daily; dine in, outside, to-go, curbside; 683-1055.

• McDonald’s, 107 S. Seventh Ave.; 5 a.m.-11 p.m. SundayThursday; 5 a.m.-midnight FridaySaturday; to-go, drive-thru, online; 360-683-4192; mcdonalds.com.

Hiring.

• Moon Palace, 323 E. Washington St.; 11:30 a.m.-8 p.m. TuesdayFriday; noon-8 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday-Monday; bar closed; to-go, dine in, curbside; 360-6836898. Hiring.

• Nourish, 101 Provence View Lane; 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 4:307:30 p.m. Thursday-Sunday; dine in, outside, to-go (Dine at Home meals prepped on Wednesdays); 360-797-1480; nourishsequim. com.

• Oak Table Cafe, 292 W. Bell St.; 7-3 p.m., daily, closed Tuesdays; dine in, outside, to-go (breakfast only); 360-683-2179; oaktablecafe. com. Hiring.

• The Oasis, 301 E. Washington St.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Sunday-Wednesday, bar open till 10 p.m.; 11 a.m.9 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, bar open

till 2 a.m.; to-go, dine in, curbside; 360-582-3143; Theoasissequim. com.

• ‘Ohana Coffee, 41 Gilbert Road; 6 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; drive-thru, call-in; 360-683-6003.

• Old Mill Cafe, 721 Towne Road; 8 a.m.-2 p.m., 4-7 p.m. TuesdayThursday; 8 a.m.-8 p.m. FridaySaturday; 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Sunday.

Curbside, dine in, outside, to-go; 360-582-1583; old-millcafe.com.

Hiring.

• The Old Post Office, 751 Carlsborg Road; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. TuesdaySaturday; curbside, dine in, to-go; 360-681-8014.

• Pacific Pantry, 229 S. Sequim Ave.; 11 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday; outside dining, to-go; 360-797-1221.

• Pane d’Amore Artisan Bakery, 104 E. Washington St.; 8 a.m.2 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday; take out.

360-681-3280.

• Papa Murphy’s, 680 West Washington St.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. daily; pickup, online orders; 360683-8102; order.papamurphys. com. Hiring.

• Paradise Restaurant, 703 N. Sequim Ave.; 4 p.m.-9 p.m.

Tuesday-Saturday; to-go, dine in; 360-683-1977.

• Peninsula Taproom, 210 W. Washington St., Suite No. 4; 29 p.m. daily, noon-9 p.m. Saturday; curbside, dine in, outside, to-go; 360-504-3793.

• Rainshadow Café, 157 W. Cedar St.; 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday; dine in, outside, to-go; 360-797-1654, rainshadowcafe.com.

• RedDog Coffee, 521 S. Sequim Ave.; 5:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. daily; drive-thru, outside seating; 360681-0304. Hiring.

• Salty Girls Seafood Co., 210 W. Washington St., Suite No. 3; 11:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. Sunday; 11:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 11:30 a.m.-7:30 p.m. FridaySaturday; curbside, dine in, outside, online, to-go; 360-775-3787; salty girlsseafood.com. Hiring.

• Sawadee, 271 S. Seventh Ave.; 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 4:30-8:40 p.m. daily, closed Wednesdays; dine in, to-go; 360-683-8188.

• Sequim Kabob House, 173 W. Washington St.; 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Wednesday-Thursday; 11 a.m.7 p.m. Friday-Saturday; dine in, togo; 360-504-2598. Hiring.

• Sergio’s, 271 S. Seventh Ave.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday; dine in, to-go; 360-582-1006.

• Shadowline Burgers and Brews, 179 W. Washington St.; 11 a.m.8:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday-Saturday; curbside, dine in, to-go; 360-6838117; shadowlineburgers.com.

Hiring.

• Starbucks (Safeway), 680 W. Washington St.; 6 a.m.-7 p.m. daily; take out.

• Starbucks (Sequim Village Marketplace), 1095 W. Washington St., drive-thru, outside seating, togo, online ordering; 360-681-2449; starbucks.com. Hiring.

• The Sweet Spot, 609 W. Washington St., Suite 11; 17 p.m. Monday-Friday; noon-8 p.m.

Saturday-Sunday; curbside, dine in, outside, to-go (phone). 360-5042121. Hiring.

• Sunshine Cafe, 145 W. Washington St.; reopens Sept. 22 from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday; dine in, curbside, to-go; 360-6834282; facebook.com/Sunshinee Cafe. Hiring.

• Suzon’s Coffee Lounge, 145 E. Washington St., Unit D; 8:30 a.m.5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday; to-go, dine in; 510-206-1976; instagram. com/suzonscoffeelounge/.

• Subway, 680 W. Washington St.; 9 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Saturday; curbside, to-go, online orders; 360683-8573; subway.com. Hiring.

• Taco Bell, 11 Lee Chatfield; 8 a.m.-midnight daily; drive-thru, online orders; 360-698-8600; taco bell.com. Hiring.

• Taco Time, 110 River Road; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. daily; online ordering, drive-thru only; 360-683-7082; order.tacotimenw.com/menu/ sequim. Hiring.

• That Takes the Cake, 171 W. Washington St.; 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Monday-Saturday; curbside, to-go; 360-565-6272; Thattakesthecake. com.

• Tedesco’s Italian Fresh, 210 W. Washinton St.; 4-8 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday; dine in, outside, online ordering, to-go; 360-504-3821; tedescosfresh.com. Hiring.

• Tootsie’s, 537 W. Washington St.; 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday-Monday, 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday-Saturday; drive-thru, dine outside; 360-6839524. Hiring.

• WeDo Fudge, 11 Valley Center Place; noon-5 p.m. WednesdaySaturday (through December); drive-thru; 360-232-4656; wedo fudge.com.

• Westside Pizza, 540 W. Washington St.; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. SundayThursday, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. FridaySaturday; delivery, online ordering, takeout; 360-683-3100; westside pizza.com. Hiring.

• White Cup Espresso, 91 W. Washington St.; 7 a.m.-3 p.m.daily; drive-thru, dine outside, to-go (online, phone, text orders); 360683-1232; Whitecupespresso.com.

Hiring.

• Wind Rose Cellars, 143 W. Washington St.; 1-6 p.m. ThursdaySaturday; curbside, dine in; wind rosecellars.com; 360-681-0690.

become younger.

“It’s usually people in their 20s and now it’s 18 or 19,” Hall said.

Why the shift? She feels there’s been a “huge shift” in people moving away or coming here, and “because of the pandemic, people want to get out of the big cities or come closer to their families.”

Unemployment, mandates Some business owners hope there may be an uptick in employment following the end of COVID-19-based benefits for unemployed workers earlier this month.

Cindy Lee, co-owner of Moon Palace, said like others her business has a staff shortage in the kitchen and it’s led her to close the bar.

“Maybe it could change with unemployment out,” she said. But even hiring teens as dishwashers has been difficult in recent years, Lee added.

Since the vaccine mandate went in place on Sept. 4 for proof of vaccination against COVID-19 in Clallam County to eat in bars and restaurants, Lee said she’s seen a dip in overall business with a slight increase in takeout orders but not enough to offset the dip.

As for her interactions with people about the vaccination cards, she says, “some people are nice, and some are not, which makes it very difficult.”

Julian Hernandez, right, cuts chicken meat as Jose Garcia preps a meal on Tuesday at Jose’s Famous Salsa. The business was recently highlighted on King5’s Evening program. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

“Some have their card ready, and some not,” she said. “I tell them, ‘We didn’t set the rules.’ It’s very difficult for business owners.

It’s been tough during this pandemic.

“I hope people understand that and show some respect.”

covered, outside seating as an alternative.

“We’re trying to offer different options,” Culp said.

As to why she checks, Culp said she has a health condition, and she’s concerned for older clientele.

Editor’s notes: For interviews with business owners/ managers for hours and services, they were not asked if they check for vaccination proof. Gazette staff felt it more appropriate to see how residents can generally support them whether eating inside, outside or via takeout.

We’ve reached out to as many restaurants and places as possible, and ask for any omissions, expanded services, future hour changes be sent to editor@sequimgazette.com and/or mnash@ sequimgazette.com.

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Dozens have changed their hours — closing entire days or trimming some hours off — or they’ve built on efforts from last year to keep people coming through the door by offering to-go options and/or outdoor, covered seating areas.

Bret Wirta, owner of Black Bear Diner, said they’ve been temporarily closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays as they seek out more cooks.

On the bright side, he said, “we are planning on beginning to at least be open for take-out only on Tuesday and Wednesday beginning the last week in September.”

Some, like Angee Garcia, co-owner of Jose’s Famous Salsa, say the business has been lucky through the pandemic with staffing.

She’s kept 13 part-time and full-time employees on staff the last year-plus.

“We’ve seen some turnover, but we make it work,” she said. “All of our employees are really awesome.

If not for them, then I’d be struggling.”

Dominique Hall, owner of Rainshadow Café, said she’s always hiring, and since the pandemic, her business has gotten busier. With school starting back up, she lost four employees to go off for college, and now she’s seen her employee demographic

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Double Eagle Steak and Seafood; 4-9 p.m. daily; 360-582-4906.

Stymie’s Bar and Grill; 7 a.m.9 p.m.; 360-683-3332.

• The Cracked Bean, 10191 Old Olympic Highway; 5 a.m.-6 p.m. daily; dine in, to go; 360-681-2560.

Hiring.

• Dairy Queen, 720 W Washington St, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. MondaySaturday; drive-thru only; 360-6810250; Hiring.

• David Family Taqueira, 300 E. Washington St.,11 a.m.-8 p.m.

Monday-Tuesday, Thursday-Saturday; 3 p.m.-8 p.m. Wednesday; togo, curbside, dine-in, dine outside; 681-5124. Hiring.

• Dockside Grill, 2577 W. Sequim Bay Road; 11 a.m.-3 p.m., 4-9 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday; dine in by RSVP, to-go; 360-683-7510; docksidegrill-sequim.com.

• Domino’s Pizza, 755 W. Washington St.; 10 a.m.-midnight Sunday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-1 a.m.

Friday-Saturday; delivery, take out, online; 360-582-1600; pizza. dominos.com/washington/sequim.

Hiring.

• Dupuis’ Restaurant, 256861 U.S. Hwy 101; 4-8 p.m. WednesdaySaturday; dine in, to-go; 360-4578033; dupuis-restaurant.com.

• Dynasty, 380 E. Washington St., reopens Oct. 1. Previously 11 a.m.-8:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; 360-683-6511.

• Ely’s Cafe, 206 N. Sequim Ave.; 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Tuesday; 8 a.m.-noon Wednesday-Sunday; dine in, to-go; 360-683-2121.

• Essence Coffee Roasters, 461 W. Washington St.; 7-4 p.m. MondaySaturday, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sequim Farmers and Artisans Market; dine in, phone and online orders; 360683-8206; essencecoffeeroasters. com. Taking resumes.

• Fortune Star Chinese Restaurant, 145 E. Washington St.; 11 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Friday; noon-9 p.m. Saturday; 11:30 a.m.9 p.m. Sunday; to-go, dine in; 360681-6888.

• Gabbys Java and Gourmet Grub, 471 Business Park Loop; 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; Smoke House 12:30 p.m.-7 p.m.

Thursday-Friday; drive-thru, outside seating, to-go (call in advance); 360-683-8839.

• Galare Thai, 120 W. Bell St.; 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m., 4-8 p.m. MondaySaturday; dine in, to-go; 360-6838069.

• Golden Star Restaurant, 990 E Washington St.; 11 a.m.-8 p.m.

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SEQUIM GAZETTE

Seven nursing homes hit with COVID-19 outbreaks Total of 138 cases, 10 deaths in Peninsula facilities

BY PAUL GOTTLIEB Olympic Peninsula News Group

Recent cases of COVID-19 have hit residents and staff at seven long-term care facilities in Clallam and Jefferson counties, leading to a total of 10 deaths and 138 cases, Dr. Allison Berry, health officer for both counties, said Saturday.

Seven people have died in one facility in Jefferson County and three among four facilities in Clallam during the outbreaks, which began in late August, Berry said in a string of text messages on Sept. 10 and 11.

She would not identify the facilities where they occurred, but did confirm, when asked, that cases had occurred at Sequim Health & Rehabilitation Center.

More than half of the present ongoing cases — 65 of 117 — have arisen at the facility, where 50 residents and 15 employees have contracted the coronavirus, Berry said on Sept. 10.

Outbreaks are considered ongoing if there have been new cases in the last 14 days, she clarified the next day.

Six outbreaks were at Clallam County facilities, with four still active, and one remains active in Jefferson County, Berry said.

Edward Ebling, whose last day as administrator at Sequim Rehab was Sept. 12 after 13 years at the facility, earlier on Sept. 10 had confirmed the Sequim Rehab outbreak and said outbreaks

had occurred at other facilities on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Ebling, who will be a regional director of operations for Gig Harbor-based Caldera Care, said that there were 78 residents living at Sequim Rehab as of Sept. 9.

He said there have been no deaths at the facility because of COVID-19.

He said two died who contracted the coronavirus while on end-of-life care.

“They didn’t get COVID and die from COVID,” Ebling said on Sept. 11.

Ebling said the first case of the coronavirus was discovered at Sequim Rehab on Aug. 27.

Janette Force of Port Townsend, who said she took her 94-year-old mother to the facility Aug. 24 on a referral from Jefferson Healthcare hospital, said on Sept. 11 she feels guilty for taking her there because now her mother, who is vaccinated, has COVID-19.

Force said she believe that, because of robocalls from Sequim Rehab on the outbreak and explanations on cases there, that the coronavirus was already present at the facility by Aug. 24. Her mother tested positive Aug. 29.

“I was horrified,” Force said.

“How could I manage a loved one’s health so poorly? I thought I was making a good decision, and I made a terrible decision and felt responsible.

Of course, it was only a matter of time before she tested positive, and that’s the horrific

element of a pandemic.

“She was the ideal candidate.”

Make info public Force said information should be made more public about the location of outbreaks so residents can make better decisions about themselves and their loved ones.

“The impact of not having that information until it’s in the rear-view mirror is devastating,” she said .

Berry has said she does not reveal specific or general locations of outbreaks, including where deaths occur, to ensure full disclosure by individuals during contact tracing.

“For community outbreaks, we will certainly start releasing locations if all can’t be contacted, which is likely,” she said Friday.

“Unfortunately, the current case surge is limiting even our ability to detect outbreaks.”

Facility report Ebling said as of Sept. 9, 44 residents and 15 employees — including one employee who was unvaccinated — had tested positive. The total of infected residents was 50 as of Sept. 10, according to Berry.

All residents who had contracted the coronavirus as of Sept. 9 were vaccinated, Ebling said.

“Nobody has gone to the hospital,” he said.

Their symptoms have included fever for several days or a temporary loss of the

Allison Berry, health officer for Clallam and Jefferson counties, said on Sept. 10 that more than half of the present ongoing COVID-19 cases — 65 of 117 — have arisen at the Sequim Health & Rehabilitation Center, where 50 residents and 15 employees have contracted the coronavirus. Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

sense of taste.

“There is nobody I would categorize as severely ill,” Ebling said.

The risk of severe illness and hospitalization is dramatically cut for fully vaccinated individuals who are infected by the coronavirus in breakthrough cases, according to a recent study in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal (thelancet. com/journals).

“Fully vaccinated individuals with COVID-19, especially if they were 60 years or older, were more likely to be completely asymptomatic than were unvaccinated controls,” according to the study.

Berry said she did not have the data on Sept. 10 for current hospitalizations for residents and staff at the five facilities.

“But I can confirm that we have had hospitalizations and deaths from these outbreaks,” she said.

“The vast majority of resi-

dents are vaccinated. That is not true of staff.”

Ninety percent of Sequim Rehab residents are vaccinated, Ebling said.

“We’re doing our best to keep positive residents away from non-positive residents, including some (in) private rooms, some isolation, some quarantine,” he said.

Berry released COVID-19 totals for the counties after Ebling confirmed to Peninsula Daily News earlier on Sept. 10 that 44 Sequim Rehab residents and 15 employees had contracted the coronavirus as of Sept. 9.

“I can confirm that Sequim Health & Rehab is the highest case load,” she said.

Ebling had said that every nursing facility in Clallam and Jefferson counties had experienced a COVID-19 outbreak.

“It seems to have hit every residential facility all at once very intensely,” he said.

In response, Berry said without identifying facilities

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other than Sequim Rehab that current cases have totalled 65 (at Sequim Rehab), 22, 11 and three in four facilities in Clallam and 16 cases at one facility in Jefferson.

She said the outbreaks began at the end of August and continued through early September, with one new coronavirus outbreak this week — at the facility where there are three cases.

Force said her mother had suffered an injury falling off her recliner but had no broken bones so was not admitted to Jefferson Healthcare hospital before being taken by ambulance to Sequim Rehab.

There, she tested positive Aug. 29.

Force received robocalls from the facility, including on Aug. 29 and Sept. 3, regarding the outbreak.

“That week, we got daily calls,” she said Saturday.

She said she may have received one call before Aug. 27, when the facility was shut down due to the outbreak and she was asked to leave while visiting her mother. She has not seen her since.

“Hello all, we are putting out this communication to make all aware that we have another positive resident today making the total of seven residents who are positive for Covid,” the Aug. 29 robocall said, two days after Ebling said the outbreak began.

“This resident has also been without symptoms and family notified. We will be doing testing by nasal swabs for all residents again tomorrow and will continue to update as the situation progresses.”

The Sept. 3 robocall said, “We added 15 new residents for a total of 31 and one more staff member for a total of 12.

“With (the) Delta (variant) being so much more contagious this is not unexpected and has a good chance of being part of the initial exposure,” it said.

“This will be going on for the next couple weeks.

“Again thankfully most of our staff and nearly all residents are vaccinated so we have a high level of protection.”

Ebling said Sept. 10 he anticipated that residents and staff would receive monoclonal antibody treatments by the next day, with help from the county public health department.

Berry said Sept. 10 that count y officials would deliver the treatment on Sept. 11 with help from Jim’s Pharmacy, where the treatments can be obtained.

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SEQUIM GAZETTE

Sound Bank donates to Free Pantry expansion in Agnew

NOLS to host Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month events SEQUIM GAZETTE STAFF

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BY MATTHEW NASH

The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) is commemorating National Hispanic Heritage Month with two events: “Las Cuatro Culturas con Amigos de Seattle,” and “Empanadas Colombianas” with Carlos Osorio.

“Cuatro Pueblos Culturales de Guatemala” is presented at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 15, on Amigos de Seattle Radio, adsradio. org; the program will be presented in Spanish.

“Empanadas Colombianas” will be shared on the NOLS website and social media on Tuesday, Sept. 21.

Learn to make Colombian empanadas with Sequim resident Carlos Osorio, an accomplished chef and baker.

Trained at the Culinary Institute of America, Osorio now teaches baking at the Clallam Bay Corrections Center and shares his students’ work at the twice monthly Food Not Bombs Community Lunches in Port Angeles as well as other community events.

Each year, Americans observe National Hispanic Heritage Month from Sept. 15-Oct. 15. The observation started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded

by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period. It was enacted into law on Aug. 17, 1988, on the approval of Public Law 100-402.

The day of Sept. 15 is significant, library officials note, because it is the anniversary of independence for Latin American countries Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua. In addition, Mexico and Chile celebrate their independence days on Sept. 16 and Sept. 18, respectively; in addition, Columbus Day, or Día de la Raza, on Oct. 12, falls within this 30-day period.

For more information about this and other library events, visit nols. org, call 360-417-8500 or email to discover@nols.org.

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Staff with Sound Community Bank recently presented $3,000 to volunteers with Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s Little Free Pantry, 1033 Barr Road, in late August to help with funding a new storage building.

Fellowship volunteers say the new building will house a refrigerator and storage space to expand offerings for the pantry, a little library, gifts for foster children and other future projects.

“Community is our heart at Sound Community Bank and we are thrilled to assist and partner in this building project,” said Shelli Robb-Kahler, Sound Community Bank’s vicepresident and the Sequim branches manager.

“It’s been a wonderful collaboration to meet our community’s needs and feeding those in need.”

Shelli Robb-Kahler, Sound Community Bank vice-president and Sequim branches manager, third from left, presents $3,000 to attendees of Olympic Unitarian Fellowship, from left, Greg and Vicki Sensiba, Dianne Whitaker and Florence Bucierka on Aug. 20 to help pay for the Little Free Pantry in Agnew’s new storage facility. Photo courtesy of Sound Community Bank

The pantry opened in September 2020 offering items 24/7 with the motto: “Take what you need; give what you can.”

To make a monetary donation to

the Little Free Pantry, send support to: Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, P.O. Box 576, Carlsborg, WA 98234, with check subject line indicating “Little Free Pantry.”

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Comfort him in these times and tell him that it is okay to feel that way.

• Name his feeling for him. “You must be very sad about play time ending,” or “You look frustrated with that puzzle,” are good things to say. Learning to identify emotions is his first step toward controlling himself.

• Set clear limits on emotional behavior. Hurting

other people or property are not okay ways of dealing with feelings and he should learn that there are consequences for damaging actions.

• Monitor your own emotions and deal with them in a responsible manner. Take a “time-out” if you need to.

Your child will learn the most by watching how you deal with your feelings. (“Life with Preschooler: Parenting from 3 to 5 years,” Talaris Institute.)

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SEQUIM GAZETTE

COMMUNITY NEWS BRIEFS Reach, Row for Hospice this weekend

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Clallam County’s Lodging Tax The public is invited to view the Applications/requests must be competitions both days as club Advisory Committee announces members look to raise funds for a first call opportunity for busi- received by noon on Monday, Nov. respite care via Volunteer Hospice ness grants for large-scale events, 1, at 223 E. Fourth St.-Room 150, projects, or infrastructure improve- Port Angeles, WA 98362. of Clallam County.

Sailboat races begin at noon on ments from monies received from a Free seminar offers Saturday, Sept. 18, conclude at consumer tax on lodging.

Clallam County’s Lodging Tax advocacy training about 4 p.m. Rowing competition Fund will be the primary source Clallam Mosaic and Clallam starts at about 9 a.m. on Sunday, of County funding for activities, County Parent to Parent are hosting Sept. 19, finish by 11 a.m.

Those wishing to make a contri- operations and expenditures de- a free virtual “Advocacy Training” bution by mail can send their tax- signed to increase tourism in the seminar at 3p.m. on Thursday, Sept.

16, on Zoom. deductible donations to: VHOCC unincorporated areas.

Applications may be submitted Join Adrienne Stuart, director of 829 E. Eighth St., Port Angeles WA 98362; write “Reach and Row for by any non-profit entity, any public public policy for the Washington entity or any group of eligible orga- State Developmental Disabilities Hospice” in the subject line.

Council to learn how to advocate For more information about the nizations).

To apply or for more informafor yourself or another. Advocacy, race, visit sequimbayyacht.club program organizers say, strives to ensure that people are able to have their voices heard on issues important to them. Attendees will learn how a bill progresses through the legislature; how to share their concerns and comments, and more.

Find the Zoom link and more at clallammosaic.org.

For more information, contact Catherine McKinney, program and communications director for Clallam Mosaic, at 360-681-8642 or info@ClallamMosaic.org.

The groups also host a virtual seminar — “What Does the Developmental Disabilities Council Do?” — starting at 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 30, on Zoom.

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Loretta Bilow of Sequim, left, and Angel Ortiz of Port Angeles dance to the music of the Buck Ellard Band during Jammin’ in the Park at Pebble Beach Park in Port Angeles on Sept. 4. The event, hosted by Nor’Wester Rotary and Koenig Subaru, featured music, food, children’s activities and a car show. Photo by Keith Thorpe/Olympic Peninsula News Group

From page A-1 death was a woman in her 60s who had received the first dose of a vaccine within two weeks of contracting the disease and was not fully protected, Berry said.

“It’s a loss to our community,” Berry said. “Our health care workers did a really good job on Friday of discussing how painful it is to take care of these folks and to see these people dying and even folks who are younger and healthier than we used

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The Clallam Conservation District is accepting large quantity plant orders through their annual Native Plant Sale through Nov. 1.

Bare-root tree and shrub seedlings are sold in minimum bundles of 100 per species, and range in price from $74-$120 per 100.

Plants will be available the first week of March 2022.

Conifer trees for sale include: Douglas fir; grand fir; Sitka spruce; shore pine; western hemlock; and western red cedar. Deciduous trees include big leaf maple; Pacific crabapple; red alder; Rocky Mountain maple; and vine maple.

Deciduous shrubs include blue elderberry; Indian plum (osoberry); mock orange; Nootka rose; oceanspray; low Oregon grape; Pacific ninebark; red elderberry; red flowering currant; red osier dogwood; serviceberry; snowberry; thimbleberry, and twinberry.

The conservation district hosts the annual plant sale to provide affordable native plants for wildlife habitat enhancement and environmentally friendly landscaping.

Order online through the Conservation District’s website at clallamcd.org/ native-plants.

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to see before.

“When we see younger and healthier people dying, it’s almost universally people who are unvaccinated. I think it’s really important that this can happen to any of us — even if you’re young and healthy — and the best thing we can do to protect ourselves is to get vaccinated.”

Health officials are seeing what they believe is the start of new COVID-19 cases leveling off, but they’re continuing to be at extremely high rates and “we’re not out the woods yet,” Berry said.

Clallam County added 156 new COVID-19 cases on

The Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road, hosts a large garage sale from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 18. The event features numerous vendors.

Monday from test results received Saturday and Sunday, while Jefferson County added 16 new cases, according to public health data.

Clallam County’s case rate dropped slightly from 1,213 cases per 100,000 for the two weeks prior as of Friday down to 1,209 cases per 100,000 for the last two weeks as of Monday, public health data said.

Across the state and nation, the most recent COVID-19 surge appears to be leveling off, which is the first step before case rates could see significant decreases, although virus activity is still extremely high, Berry said.

Genealogical group to host beginner’s class

Tuesday-Friday, or noon-4 p.m. on Saturdays.

The Clallam County Genealogical Society (CCGS) will present a free Beginning Class for those who would like to begin to discover their ancestral families.

The “I Know Nothing About Genealogy” presentation starts at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 25, at the CCGS Research Center’s large meeting room at 403 Eighth St., Port Angeles. Because of COVID, a limited number of persons can attend; masks are required.

For more information, or to save a seat, call the Society at 360417-5000 between 10 a.m.-4 p.m.,

Local office open to help disabled veterans

In the state, most of the leveling off is being seen along the Interstate-5 corridor, while eastern parts of the state are still continuing to climb, Berry said.

“We’re certainly not out of the woods, but we’re at least starting to see those case rates level off,” Berry said. “It could be potentially leveling off in Jefferson as well.

“In both counties, case rates are still incredibly high. There is still a ton of COVID in the community; it’s still very risky out there.

But we’re are starting to see some of the good efforts of our community members

The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) office at 583 W. Washington St. is open 10 a.m.-3 p.m. each Wednesday, to serve veterans who are needing help with claims or other information.

Services are free and veterans do not have to be members of DAV to receive assistance.

The office is by walk-in; no appointment is necessary. Masks are required upon entrance.

For more information, call 360504-2843.

starting to pay off.

“The first thing we have to do is level those cases off and then we have to drive them down, and the best way to do that is to get vaccinated and to wear a mask,” she said.

The North Olympic Peninsula saw a slight decrease in hospitalizations due to COVID-19 over the weekend, on Monday reporting that four residents were hospitalized at Jefferson Healthcare and 13 at Olympic Medical Center, Berry said.

Clallam County has confirmed a total of 3,581 cases of COVID-19 since the pandemic began. Jefferson

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SEQUIM GAZETTE

SHS football home opener canceled

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BY MICHAEL CARMAN Olympic Peninsula News Group

Low on experienced varsity players and dealing with COVID-19 quarantine issues, Sequim canceled its scheduled home football game for Sept. 10 against the No. 6 Squalicum Storm (Bellingham), Wolves athletic director Dave Ditlefsen said last week.

“We do have some kids that have had to be quarantined this week and we are certainly very, very light on (roster) numbers,” Ditlefsen said in a previous interview.

“In the interest of full transparency, we told Squalicum that we are not likely to have a full varsity level team because we don’t want to leave them hanging,” he said earlier on the week and confirmed the cancelation on Sept. 8.

Squalicum’s varsity is a state tournament contender this fall and is led by Washington State commit running back Djouvensky Schlenbaker.

It’s possible a junior varsity contest could be played between the two teams.

Sequim is still scheduled to host rival Port Angeles on Sept. 17; game time is 6 p.m.

State Department of Health guidelines say fully vaccinated athletes, coaches, athletic trainers and other support personnel identified as close contacts should be tested three to five days following a known exposure to someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 and wear a mask for 14 days or until they receive a negative test result.

Unvaccinated athletes, coaches and personnel should quarantine for at least 10-14 days following a COVID exposure.

SEQUIM GAZETTE

VOLLEYBALL

Wolves top Roughriders in 4 games Sequim starts 2-0

BY MICHAEL CARMAN Olympic Peninsula News Group

Sequim and Port Angeles battled back and forth in a rivalry volleyball match on Sept. 9, with the Sequim Wolves coming out on top 3-1 (23-25, 25-21, 26-24, 25-12) to improve to 2-0 on the young season.

Wolves coach Jennie Webber Heilman said her squad went back to the fundamentals in the middle of the match.

“In the fourth game we were able to run a quicker offense, we got settled in a little bit better,” she said.

Kendall Hastings was the offensive player of the match for Sequim with 16 kills, five stuff blocks and 14 digs.

Jordan Hegtvedt was the Wolves’ defensive leader, but also contributed offensively.

“She had a kill out of the back row as she is our libero for the time being,” Webber Heilman said.

“She served 12 for 12 with an ace, two perfect passes and 24 digs. She was our defensive leader.”

Allie Gale, Sequim’s lone setter, had 38 assists to go along with seven digs and an 18 of 19 serving performance with three aces.

Jolene Vaara also contributed offensively, 10 kills and only two hitting errors. She also served 15-of-17 with two aces and had 10 digs.

“She was leading serve receive from the middle — not a normal spot to do that,”

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Jordan Kidd was perfect on nine serves and had seven digs, while Kelsi Bergeson added three kills and seven digs.

It was the season opener for the Roughriders and coach Jennifer Reynolds enjoyed how her team performed.

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SEQUIM GAZETTE

GIRLS SOCCER

Riders ride free kicks to rivalry win Wolves’ Barrett named key player

BY MICHAEL CARMAN Olympic Peninsula News Group

By her own admission, Teagan Clark’s skill and touch on free kick attempts isn’t honed by thousands of offseason repetitions in the vein of a basketball player working on a 3-point shot or a thrower perfecting their javelin release.

That might make the two goals the Port Angeles senior defender scored off of free kicks, with a steady westerly breeze in the first half and into a stiff second-half breeze, even more impressive, fueling the Roughriders’ 3-1 win in Sequim on Sept. 9.

Clark, who displayed a penchant for the free kick goal last winter/spring, poured in a beautiful right-to-left ball to the upper left corner of the goal in the 17th minute.

“I just kind of go up and take my shot and it’s normal and natural,” Clark said.

The strike came moments after Sequim’s Hannah Wagner made a superb run up the left side of the field, juking two Roughrider defenders before it appeared she was fouled in the goal box — but no penalty kick was awarded.

Clark added an insurance goal on another free kick, this one with a much higher degree of difficulty in the 58th minute in the season opener for each squad.

The shots impressed Port Angeles coach Scott Moseley.

“Both of those were just

Port Angeles’ Mia Gagnon, left, and Sequim’s Rileigh VanDyken battle for possession in the first half of an Olympic League match. The visiting Roughriders won, 3-1.

Sequim’s Kaia Lestage, left, and Port Angeles’ Catie Brown vie for the ball in the first half of the Roughriders’ 3-0.

outside right back. But really, Ivy Barret was our woman of the match. The coaches decided on that because she was tremendous on the back line, she was solid. She’s so calm, cool and collected for a freshman.”

The two squads are set to meet again at Peninsula College on Oct. 5.

Sequim freshman Ivy Barrett, left, and Port Angeles’ Maya Gentry vie for possession in the first half of the Roughriders’ 3-1 road victory Sept. 9. Sequim Gazette photos by Michael Dashiell

top-class goals, pretty much unstoppable because they are in the upper 90 from 25-or30-yards,” Moseley said. “There’s nothing the goalie can do. She had a number of those last year and was our second leading scorer.”

Bailee Larson ran down the ball and scored in the 29th minute to lift the Riders to a 2-0 lead at halftime.

Sequim made Port Angeles work for the win in the second half.

“We told the girls three

things and one of them was to stay composed, don’t play out of character and settle down,” Wolves coach Ken Garling said.

“The second thing was work to the width and the third thing was smart defending. When we defend we can get going off the counter and get forward.”

Sequim cut the lead in half in the first five minutes of the second half as Wagner showed her speed and touch in dribbling past a couple of Rider defenders.

“Hannah had a nice goal for us in the 45-46th minute that

got the tempo going for us that we wanted,” Garling said. “And from there we were putting pressure on them but we just couldn’t put it in the back of the net.”

The Wolves had the better of play for the first portion of the second half, but Clark’s second strike seemed to seal the deal.

Port Angeles goalkeeper Saylah Commerton made a goal-saving stop on a Taryn Johnson shot in the 68th minute to maintain the two-goal advantage and the Riders played

Coming up the ball to the corners effectively in the final moments to close out the win.

Each team was missing experienced starters.

“We have a couple of injuries, some players who couldn’t play tonight and our freshmen really stepped up,” Garling said.

“I was really impressed with Libby Turella, she did great at

Sequim was scheduled to play at Olympic (Silverdale) on Sept. 14 —results were not available at press time.

The Wolves host North Kitsap on Sept. 16 and plays at non-league foe Crosspoint on Sept. 18.

Sequim plays at home against class 3A Bainbridge in Sept. 21 and are at Bremerton Sept. 23.

BOYS TENNIS

CROSS COUNTRY

Wolves net wins in road, home openers

Pyeatt third, Ellefson fourth at Capital Invite

BY MICHAEL DASHIELL Sequim Gazette

Despite playing without a full outfit of doubles teams, Sequim’s boys tennis started the season strong with a 4-3 road victory over 3A foe Bainbridge on Sept. 8.

Sophomore Garrett Little earned player of the match for the Wolves with a 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 6-4 win over No. 1 singles player Jett Peter, SHS coach Mark Textor noted.

Koda Robinson picked up a win in No. 3 singles play, a 6-4, 7-5 win over Rafferty Rosencrans.

“Our singles players had fantastic matches,” Textor said.

“Garrett had a fantastic match against a really, really solid player and had a gruelling first set.

“Koda kept fighting and ended up getting the win.”

Sequim’s Henry Hughes and Jack Van De Wege topped Bainbridge’s Matt Bernard and Reed Grandt 6-2, 6-0 at No. 1 doubles, and the Wolves’ Kaiden Jones and Espn Judd followed suit in No. 2 doubles with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Spartans Ari Hanson and Andrew Nelson.

The Wolves picked up a win one day later in their home opener, a 6-1 victory over Bremerton.

Connor Bear took home SHS’s player of the match with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Sylas Glazier in No. 2 doubles.

Little didn’t lose a point in No. 1 singles while Robinson improved to 2-0 with a 6-3, 6-3 win over the Knights’ Trevin Austin.

In No. 1 doubles play, Hughes and Van De Wege started slow but rebounded for a straight set (6-3, 6-3) win over Casey Pritchard and Sandro Tang.

Jones and Judd didn’t lose a point in their No. 2 doubles match, and SHS’s Adrian Brown and William Hughes added a 6-0, 6-2 win over David Lane and Bobby Ungren in No. 3 doubles play.

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Sequim’s Jack Van De Wege, left and Henry Hughes win a point in the first set of a 6-3, 6-3 win over Bremerton’s Casey Pritchard and Sandro Tang on Sept. 9. Sequim Gazette photos by Michael Dashiell

Sequim’slone loss was a forfeit in No. 4 doubles.

The Wolves were scheduled to play at North Kitsap on Sept. 14 — results were not available at press time.

Coming up Sequim hosts North Mason on Sept. 16.

The Wolves play at Kingston on Sept. 20, the first of three matches in four days. They host Olympic on Sept. 22 and take on rival Port Angeles on the road on Sept. 23.

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Shifting gears in the 2021 schedule, Sequim’s Wolves turned to a familiar race at our state’s capital.

Originally set to race at the SK Fall Relay at South Kitsap High, the Wolves instead competed at the Capital Invite in Olympia to open the season after the relay was canceled.

That gave SHS senior Riley Pyeatt, who showed little rust from the offseason layoff, as she placed third among a field of 57 runners, most from much larger schools.

Similarly, teammate Colby Ellefson placed with some of the top sophomore boys in the region with a fourth place finish in his race, finishing in 12:41.39.

Pyeatt, a two-time state 2A competitor, completed the 2.23-mile course at the 27th -annual Olympia race in 13:54.40, just 2.57 seconds back of Kivi Johnson of Lakes.

Kaitlyn Bloomenrader earned a top-10 finish in her first prep cross country meet, placing seventh among 49 runners in the sophomore race with a 16:02.24 finish.

SHS’s Anastasia Updike raced to a 25th place finish in the junior division race, clocking in at 17:21.25 among the 65 11th-graders.

Sequim had a quartet of runners in the girls’ fresh-

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On the boys’ side In the junior ELLEFSON division race, Calem Klinger placed 46th with a 14:49.03, and Mirek Skov placed 61st in 15:34.96.

Sequim saw three freshmen compete at the Capital Invite, with Connor Goff placing 40th (15:55.01), Sean Christopher Wilson placing 44th (15:58.63) and Sean Southard placed 97th (20:13.75) out of 112 competing ninth-graders.

S equim’s sophomore Owen Tjemsland placed 73rd (17:15.30) and Ari Skov placed 76th in 17:57.28.

Coming up Sequim is at Bremerton today, Sept. 15.

The Wolves are then in Port Angeles meets back-to-back, competing at the Salt Creek Invitational on Sept. 18 and in a league match-up on Sept. 22.

The Wolves’ lone home meet is set for Sept. 29, with opponent to be announced.

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 • A13

SEQUIM GAZETTE

GIRLS SWIMMING

Wolves open season against powerhouse Spartans SEQUIM GAZETTE STAFF Sequim’s Wolves may have seen their toughest foe to open the season.

Bainbridge’s Spartans showed why they are one of the top programs in class 3A — the Spartans haven’t finished lower than seventh at the state meet in more than a decade — with a 130-36 win over the Wolves on Sept. 9.

Bainbridge swept the top three places in nine of 11 events, led by Kathryn Houseman (50 free, 100 breast) and Sophie Sergerson (500 free, 200 IM), who earned two individual wins apiece.

Mia Coffman, a two-time state 2A qualifier for Sequim, earned the Wolves’ top individual finish by placing third in the 500 free with a finish of 5:55.27, a district meet qualifying mark.

Sequim’s 400 free relay team — Coffman, Natalie Cross, Melia Nelson and Lauren Sundin— also earned a third place finish, clocking

Sequim’s Melia Nelson competes in the 200 individual medley in a Sept.

9 home meet against Bainbridge.

Sequim Gazette photos by Michael Dashiell

in at 4:40.47.

The Wolves’ 200 medley relay team of Coffman, Nelson, Sundin and Melanie Bryne earned a district meet qualifying time of 2:11.91.

Coming up Sequim is back in action at Bremerton on Sept. 16 and at Klahowya on Sept. 21 before hosting North Kitsap’s Vikings on Sept. 23.

Above: Sequim’s Natalie Cross competes in the 200 freestyle event Sept. 9 in a season-opening meet versus Bainbridge. Right: Sequim’s Lauren Sundin competes in the backstroke portion of the 200 medley relay.

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“We practiced rotations, positions, and yesterday they came out and executed it and it was amazing.”

Road opener win The Wolves player their first full match of the year on Sept. 6, fighting traffic jams and a slow start against West Seattle to win 3-0 (25-23, 2521, 25-22).

The Wolves played a rare Labor Day match and unfortunately spent hours in traffic all the way to West Seattle via Tacoma and back, Webber Heilman said.

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Sequim fell behind in the first game, but went on a big run after the Wildcats brought in a weaker rotation.

The Wolves served 89 percent for the match. Webber Heilman said the team only has nine girls on varsity right now, but that a lot of players are returning to the program that were truncated last year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

“We got a lot of kids back who’ve gone two years without playing,” she said.

Gale led the Wolves with 28 assists, while Hegtvedt served a perfect 19-for-19 with a pair of aces and five digs. Webber Heilman said Hegtvedt had a number of three- to four-point runs while serving and had a six-

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Hastings led the attack at the net with nine kills, five blocks and seven digs. Vaara added six kills and seven digs.

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Coming up Sequim was scheduled to play at Olympic (Silverdale) on Sept. 14 —results were not available at press time.

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To submit a letter Bush’s 9/11 W. Washington St., Sequim, WA 98382 Phone: 360-683-3311 • Fax: 360-683-6670 epilogue needs to be 147 E-mail: editor@sequimgazette.com America’s prologue Deadline noon the Friday before publication This Sept. 11 remembrance fell at a time when America is bitterly divided. It is also a time when we are more acutely worried about where and when terrorists will strike next.

Our hasty withdrawal from Afghanistan — the place where terrorists orchestrated the 9/11 carnage in New York, Washington, D.C., and Shanksville killing nearly 3,000 fellow Americans — was fresh in our minds.

We needed words of reassurance GUEST again. We needed to be reminded of OPINION the way our country came together Don Brunell after 9/11 — an epilogue — and a hopeful path forward — a prologue.

We got it from a somber George W. Bush, the President occupying the White House in 2001. He spoke at Shanksville on Sept. 11, 2021.

At “Ground Zero” in New York City on Sept. 14, 2001, a resolute new president grabbed a bullhorn and told the world that America will root out the assassins and take steps to insure it doesn’t happen again. He also promised to bring al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden to justice.

It took a decade, but on May 2, 2011, President Obama watched as Navy Seals took out Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind 9/11, in his Pakistan hideout.

This year when Bush spoke at Shanksville, a quiet rural Pennsylvania town where 40 passengers and crew on United 93 overpowered al Qaeda hijackers who took control of the jet and crashed it, the field was serene. It is a stark contrast to the first battle of our war on terrorism. That jet was headed for either the White House or U.S. Capitol.

Bush reassured veterans and people in uniform, the cause they pursued is “the noblest America has to offer.

You shielded your fellow citizens from danger … nothing can tarnish your honor or diminish your accomplishments … to you and the honored dead, our country is forever grateful.”

He warned there is growing evidence that the dangers to our country can not only come from across borders but from within.

“There’s little cultural overlap between violent extremists abroad and violent extremists at home. But in their disdain for pluralism, in their disregard for human life, in their determination to defile national symbols, they are children of the same foul spirit, and it is our continuing duty to confront them.”

He spoke of the America he knows.

“On America’s day of trial and grief, I saw millions of people instinctively grab a neighbor’s hand and rally to the cause of one another … when religious bigotry might have flowed freely, I saw Americans reject prejudice and embrace people of Muslim faith … when nativism could have stirred hatred and violence, I saw Americans reaffirm their welcome to immigrants refugees … when some viewed the rising generation as individualistic and decadent, I saw young people embrace an ethic of service and rise in selfless action. That is the nation I know.”

When it comes to the unity of American people, those days seem a distant past, Bush added. “Malign force seems at work in common life that turns every disagreement into an argument and every argument into a clash of cultures.

So much of our politics has become a naked appeal to anger, fear and resentment. That leaves us worried about our nation and our future together.”

As for our prologue … from the beginning our nation was built upon freedoms and differences of opinion. Political debate historically has been fiery and contentious, but in past times, opponents have found ways to reach agreement for our common good. Hopefully, that is not lost.

It is not that way now and acrimony is running through our system like an out-of-control wildfire. Regardless of your feelings towards George W. Bush, his words are wise … and desperately needed.

Don C. Brunell is a business analyst, writer and columnist. He retired as president of the Association of Washington Business, the state’s oldest and largest business organization, and now lives in Vancouver, Wa. He can be contacted at theBrunells@msn.com.

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SEQUIM GAZETTE Published every Wednesday 147 W. Washington St. Sequim, WA 98382 Phone: 360-683-3311 Fax: 360-683-6670 www.sequimgazette.com Sound Publishing Inc. Vol. 48, Number 37 USPS 685-630 • ISSN: 1538-585X ©2021 Sequim Gazette

We have no time to slow down our recovery efforts The Northwest Billy Frank Indian Fisheries Jr. Salmon Commission lost Coalition an irreplaceable After the inauleader last month gural Billy Frank when our chairJr. Pacific Salmon person, Lorraine Summit in March Loomis, walked 2018, we formed on. the Billy Frank Jr. L or ra ine’s BEING Salmon Coalition contributions to F RANK to restore cooperaprotecting treaty tion among tribal, rights can’t be Shawn Yanity federal, state and overstated. Before Northwest local policy leaders, she was elected Indian Fishiers sport and commerCommission NWIFC chairpercial fishermen, conson, she served servation groups, as a commissioner for more scientists, business owners than 40 years, many of those and others involved in recovsitting beside Billy Frank Jr. ering our natural resources. as vice chair.

When Billy passed in 2014, The coalition is committed Lorraine carried on the work. to restoring and protecting And when COVID-19 closed salmon habitat, enhancing down our offices, that didn’t salmon hatchery production, slow her down. She moved and better managing seal and her computer into her sewing sea lion populations. room, and when you didn’t Habitat recovery think she could put in any in fisheries more hours, she did just that. management planning She also served as vice Lorraine recognized that chair of the Fraser River Panel of the U.S./Canada we can’t manage fisheries Pacific Salmon Commission, in isolation. We must also vice chair of the board of consider habitat recovery at directors for the Skagit River the same time. An important System Cooperative, and co- part of her legacy is that she chair of the Billy Frank Jr. and Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife director Salmon Coalition.

It’s hard to imagine how we Kelly Susewind created a are going to fill her shoes, but co-managers’ habitat work I truly believe that Lorraine plan for the North of Falcon wouldn’t want us to miss a process. Wherever salmon step. We must continue fight- fisheries are constrained by ing for our treaty-protected weak stocks, we must improve the habitat. We began resources.

That means keeping fo- this work in 2020, with a pilot cused on our priorities, project in the Stillaguamish watershed. including:

Protecting, restoring riparian habitat Last year, we released a short video explaining why we need to protect and restore riparian habitat for salmon. Streamside trees and vegetation provide shade, filter harmful runoff and slow erosion. Our need for quality riparian habitat is increasing as climate change leads to higher water temperatures and lower flows every year. At the 2019 Centennial Accord meeting, Gov. Jay Inslee connected his concerns about climate change to salmon habitat recovery and directed state agencies to develop a uniform, science-based management approach. We created a joint tribal/state riparian habitat initiative to achieve that goal.

Defining net ecological gain We know that urban development leads to environmental problems such as air and water pollution, and habitat loss. But our land-use regulations allow developers to build now and attempt to fix habitat later, with no acknowledgement of cumulative effects. This makes it impossible to achieve a net gain of habitat, which is what we need to recover declining salmon runs. Recently, state legislators funded a study that aims to define “net ecological gain,” which is a necessary first step to fix our broken ecosystem.

You probably have noticed local candidate’s campaign signs popping up all over town.

Clearly there are choices for our Sequim School Board and Sequim City Council.

It’s important to learn all you can about the candidates from their websites and visit with them in person whenever possible.

There are several events coming up, including the League of Women Voters forums.

The LWV of Clallam County has always provided informational nonpartisan candidate forums for local, statewide and federal candidates.

Their website is lwvcla.org.

Check this website for upcoming candidate forums.

Once you have decided on your candidates, check your voter registration status with the Clallam County Auditor office.

If you are not registered to vote, in order to receive a ballot you need to register to vote with the Clallam County Auditor’s office or on its website.

The deadline to register to vote by mail or online for the Nov. 2 election is eight days before the election or

Oct. 25.

The voter registration application needs to be in the Clallam County Auditor’s office by 4;30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 25 to vote in the Nov. 2 election.

You also can register to vote up to and including election day, but the auditor’s office has limited hours now so don’t wait.

It’s important to have your voice heard in our community, voting for candidates that represent your views and values is one way of being heard.

Ballots should be arriving at your mailbox after Oct. 16 and must be returned by Nov. 2.

Do your homework and make your vote count.

Eileen Cummings Sequim

Thoughts on protest One wonders: If the protesters at the Clallam County Courthouse and other like-minded individuals, had listened to public health authorities like Dr. Berry, and had worn masks and been vaccinated months ago, would there have been a reason to protest now?

Did the individuals who pushed their way into the courthouse, intending to interrupt the proper functioning of government, see

themselves in a mini-revolt against the state just as their insurrectionist idols had assaulted the nation’s capitol on Jan. 6?

Perhaps, if they really want to see the cause of many of the problems facing the country, they should just look in the mirror!

Paul Wessel Sequim

care about in return.

Trying to persuade anti-vaxxers by repeating the same authoritative science and sensible reasoning over and over is like trying to dig a hole in water with a shovel.

Peter A. Swenson Sequim

Good information fuels better decisions

Regarding Adam Unruh’s letter (Sequim Gazette, Sept. 1, page A-12): How about some facts? There has not been any evidence of election fraud using mail-in voting.

Yes, there have been a handful of votes that were discovered to be in violation of our county election laws.

But not to the extent of affecting any specific election.

And, isn’t voting by mail much safer in these times of COVID-19?

Seeing people lineup at polling places in other states trying to protect themselves according to CDC guidance was horrific. They should not have been in that situation.

Back to Washington mail-in voting. It has been proven to be a very proficient and safe way to vote. Prove me wrong.

John White Sequim

We now know, thanks to Bertha Cooper’s column (“I ♥ nurses,” Sequim Gazette, page A-14) that as of Sept. 8, Olympic Memorial Hospital was full, and that 17 of its only 58 beds were occupied by people at risk of death from COVID-19.

Hospitals need some excess capacity to deal with other crises just as retail stores need inventory and you need to keep extra gas in your car on a long trip. But these and other such facts shouldn’t be buried in a long opinion piece. It should be front page news.

Updates belong on the first page of every issue. Sometimes clear and simple statistics about local conditions are better.

Good ammunition for family and friends who care about the stiffnecked recalcitrants and who they

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ELECTIONS 2021

Pence, Lowe seek Sequim’s City Council Position 3 seat

BY MATTHEW NASH Sequim Gazette

Editor’s note: this continues a series of interviews with candidates up for five Sequim city council seats in the Nov. 2 General Election. This week it’s Mike Pence, incumbent, and Vicki L. Lowe up for Position 3.

Each candidate answers the same four questions, paraphrased from the Independent Advisory Association’s cancelled forum on Sept. 1.

Interviews were done in-person, over the phone and email. — MD • What do you like in the City of Sequim and what needs to change?

Pence: “I think what needs to change is we need to go back to the way we were two years ago. Everybody was happy. Everybody was friendly. This lockdown has caused everybody to have a different frame of mind.

“As for the city, it’s still the same.

It’s still here. It’s just that you have trouble getting into restaurants.

The restaurants are closing slowly but surely, and that’s not good for anybody or anyone. I’m in favor of opening up things. I complied with their two weeks (quarantine) 18 months ago. What happened to the two weeks? I don’t know who to blame. “(As for what’s going well), we haven’t lost that many businesses.

We haven’t let up as a city in development of housing, city parks and things like that.

“We slowed down greatly because we couldn’t meet. Now it’s coming around again (closures) and that will destroy us in fact. That will destroy

businesses for sure.”

Lowe: “I think (city operations are) going well. I got to know some of the city staff through the race, equity and inclusion (virtual) discussions (in March), and through joining the Planning Commission in April, and they are a knowledgeable staff, and I think they know what they should be doing. They PENCE give good advice for city meetings, and are able to expand on things, and are hard working.

“I’m worried that there’s some animosity among some of the city councilors and staff and it shows up at some of the meetings. That impacts all the staff. I want to make sure staff are trusted and respected. They’ve helped the city get through this whole pandemic and are doing pretty well.

“I think we need to treat each other professionally and respectfully.”

• How has your career and personal life prepared you for a role on the Sequim city council?

Pence: “I’ve worked for cities for 33 years, in one form or another from city manager to community development, and that’s all I’ve known my whole life is to work for councils and to make cities better. Before that, my dad was a city manager for 35 years, and after he retired he got to be mayor for 10 more, which is sort of where I’m at, and where I’m from.

Everything I did, was trying to make the city better, more progressive to improve industries, businesses, and housing and do things to make it come out right.”

Lowe: “I’ve lived here all my life.

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Challenge to anti-vaccination folks I want to throw down a challenge to all anti-maskers and anti-vaxxers in Clallam County. I served 27 years in the military and put my life on the line for all of you as did many other veterans; 27 years equals 9,855 days. I am asking one simple thing, because it won’t cost you 27 years of your life: Could 9,855 people who have not received a vaccination please get one? If you won’t do it for me, then please do it for other veterans you know who have served you!

I am not asking for much. Just one simple action. I served 27 years to keep you safe, you can at least get one vaccination to keep me and other veterans safe!

Pauline Geraci Sequim

Incremental change You may not realize it, but incremental change is inflicting monumental transformation on our lives.

Like, I remember when you could smoke on airplanes but then, by first instituting “smoking sections” and later, incrementally reducing the number of “smoking seats” in those sections, smoking on airplanes became history.

Moreover, you could carry knives aboard but, incrementally, the size of a permitted

My dad was the first paid fire chief (and served) on the school board.

My parents were very involved, and taught us the importance of community. The experiences I’ve gotten the last six years at the state level with agencies working on legislation and learning how the state government runs is something I never paid attention to beLOWE fore. I’ve learned it all connects to what happens in the city through the Revised Code of Washington.

“I’m a big problem solver and famous among state entities for not letting them tell us ‘no’ for tribal members having access to healthcare. The answer can’t be ‘no,’ and if there’s a problem, I’ll see what we can do to make it better.”

• What can we learn from the medication-assisted treatment (MAT) clinic controversy?

Pence: “ T he (Ja me stown S’Klallam) Tribe has to be first and foremost forward with us on what they’re planning to do. It’s our city but it’s everyone’s city. In my mind, it was all under-the-table kind of stuff. Nobody knew what was going on until here it is. That’s not the way to be transparent. That’s not the way to do it. They need to be more upfront. I don’t mind working with them, but I won’t work for them. I think that was part of the problem before. Someone thought that was a great idea and ran with it. Now they’ve found out it’s not such a great idea. It caused a split in our city. I hope it recovers, but it’ll take

blade was reduced until now, even the smallest blade is banned. Also, you could board an airplane relatively unimpeded but then, incrementally, we began to experience everincreasing indignities such as removing belts and jewelry, articles of clothing, and even, our shoes before being allowed to board the aircraft (tsa.gov).

We see this incremental impedance in other places as well. For instance, many topics — and their advocates — are now considered inappropriate and, therefore, increasingly banned or otherwise censored from the internet or other public forums.

College students — the voting citizens of tomorrow and overwhelmingly liberal (harvardpolitics.com) — now self-censor and, even, demonize those individuals who dare to speak out against the prevailing “group think” exhibited on campuses today.

As an official geezer, with reasonably undiminished memories of those times of considerably more personal freedoms, I tend to rail against what I consider these as well as the many other encroachments on my liberties but my younger contemporaries, having never known anything different, accept them without question.

So, I wonder what comes next? Will we have to show “vaccination papers” whenever we leave our house? Or just when we enter a restaurant?

Dick Pilling Port Angeles

years to recover.”

Lowe: “A lot of people knew what was going on in the community, people who work in behavioral health and they were paying attention, so were providers. So, when working in (healthcare), you assume everyone else knows too. It was a pretty big surprise to see that much push back.

A lot of it is based on misinformation, the same with the pandemic.

“A lot of community education is really important, like with the race, equity and inclusion two events (in March). I also think it’s an opportunity to share what is going on in the community with opioid addiction. How can we educate people, remind them we’re all more alike than different?

If we can think that way, then we can figure out how to make solutions to make things better.”

• How do you propose to improve the City of Sequim’s transparency as a city councilor?

Pence: “I don’t think we need to improve transparency. How are we not transparent? In executive sessions, that’s privileged information from that meeting (with calling for former city manager Charlie Bush’s resignation). According to state statutes, we’re within the law. One meeting, that’s not transparency.

“I don’t think we have a problem.

All our meetings are public. I know which groups are against our executive session and I could care less.

They don’t know the law.”

Lowe: “I don’t think we should have as many executive sessions. If there’s business, it can be conducted in public. We’re working on behalf of citizens. They should know what we’re talking about. Some things are meant for executive session, but a lot of things go to executive session that don’t need to go in there.

“I do think it’s important for citizens to get a straight answer. I’m a pretty honest person. I think it’s important that if you’re doing things for the right reasons then there’s nothing to hide.”

Threats toward Berry ‘have no place in our society’

Frank From page A-14 Understanding marine survival Tribes have collaborated with Long Live the Kings on the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project to learn more about what happens to juvenile salmon after they migrate to sea. Last summer, the project reported that two of the main reasons for poor salmon survival are that there are too many predators and not enough prey. Tribal natural resources departments are continuing important research about marine survival, while also working to restore estuary habitat and protect water quality.

Impacts of recreation on treaty resources We have watched with alarm as increased recreational activities on public lands have degraded our treaty-protected resources. We saw this escalate during the coronavirus pandemic when tribal fishermen were displaced by sport fishermen and recreational boaters, beaches and forests were littered with human waste and drug paraphernalia, and the biodiversity of trails and forests was threatened by human overuse. Tribes are working with state and federal agencies to ensure that meaningful government-to-government engagement involves tribes in recreation policy, planning, funding, assessment and project implementation.

Now is not the time to slow down. The best way we can honor both Billy and Lorraine is to stay the course, because we have more work to do to recover salmon and protect our treaty rights.

Shawn Yanity is vice chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission. See nwifc.org.

Lessons learned

It was dismaying to read the reports of threats against our health officer, Dr. Allison Berry. The threats arising from Dr. Berry’s recommendations have no place in our society.

On behalf of the Washington Academy of Family Physicians (WAFP) and our 4,000 members around the state, we write to reiterate our complete support for Dr. Berry and anyone working to advance public health in Clallam County. Health officers and other public health workers deserve our thanks, not our scorn.

COVID-19 has challenged us all. We have endured so much loss. Still, we have work to do.

Until variants are tamed and hospitals return to normal capacity, work remains. Though we all play a role, that work will be spearheaded by our public health system.

There will come a day where we won’t need a vaccination card to eat indoors. Unfortunately, that day isn’t here yet. Those in public health are critical to getting us closer to that day.

WAFP represents family physicians and medical students from around the state. We stand in solidarity with our public health officers and appreciate the difficult decisions they make. They have been called upon to manage the worst pandemic in most physicians’ and community members’ lives.

Molly Hong, Port Townsend Angela Sparks, Burien Hong is a member of the Board of Directors and Sparks is president of the Washington Academy of Family Physicians.

When an administrator/principal at New Life Christian School in Ephrata, I met with a first-grader being raised by a divorced father — a man I found was working too much and time spent with his son was too little.

The father was working lots of overtime but really didn’t need extra money.

I told him his son was acting up in school because he was choosing work over his son and if the father didn’t change that, he’d regret it. I had a hunch if he stopped the overtime, spent time with his son, had meals together, sat him on his lap, read him books, put him to bed and prayed with him each night, we would see a change in the son at school and in their relationship at home.

The dad eventually came to my office with a smile, handing me a $100 bill, saying I’d saved his relationship with his son.

Rather, the dad gets all the credit because he acted on information he received.

Some morals of this story: One has to be direct sometimes and unafraid if you want to attempt to help people.

Reading to your children with them sitting on your lap is one of the best things you will ever do for them.

Another is tucking your kids into bed with a prayer. And another: Eating meals as a family.

Children want you, not your money and things it will buy.

Charles Saddler Sequim

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The upside of self-sowing plants Most gardeners will agree that self-sowing plants are a mixed blessing. Self-sowing plants are often called volunteers. While most of the typical garden cultivars would require you to harvest, store, and then s o w c olseeds GET IT lected the followGROWING ing year, self-sowing

by Susan plants proKalmar duce seeds that are so hardy, they drop to the ground in autumn and pop up on their own in spring.

They can effortlessly provide a beautiful, low-cost, display of flowers year after year.

Who hasn’t appreciated the massive displays of bright red field poppies growing, at will, along the roadsides, or the mosaic of wild flowers covering a drain field?

Unfortunately, some can become nuisance weeds that somehow materialize years after the original plant was removed. A good example is

yellow toadflax (Linaria dalmatica). Although lovely, it is considered a class B noxious weed in Washington state.

There are good volunteers and there are not so good volunteers. Knowing the difference and how to avoid the pitfalls of too much of a good thing is the key to enjoying the upside of these plants in your garden.

More information on noxious weeds can be found at clallam. net/weed.

When selecting self-seeding plants, choose open-pollinated or heirloom varieties that will produce flowers just like the parent plant. Avoid F1 hybrid seeds since the next generation won’t be true to type.

Below are several plants that have the potential to be very good volunteers. They are perfect for cottage gardens, pollinator patches, or natural looking borders. Allow them to flourish where they happen to land or relocate them to a suitable spot. You can also collect seed pods in the fall and toss them into areas of the garden where you would like them

Tatiana Trailov October 2, 1923 - August 25, 2021

Honeywort (Cerinthe major ‘Purpurascens’)

Calendula (Calendula officinalis) Truly a gardener’s best friend, calendula is as beneficial as it is lovely. Bearing golden daisy-like flowers, calendula (or pot marigold) is an excellent companion plant for tomatoes, carrots, cucumber, asparagus, peas, lettuce and more.

Calendula also attracts numerous beneficial insects to the garden, including bees, butterflies and other pollinators, as well as predatory insects like ladybugs and lacewings that will feast on aphids and other “bad guy” insects.

Calendula only needs to be planted once, since this annual flower will reliably repopulate itself each season. It does best in full to part sun. Selectively deadhead to reduce the amount of seeds. Young volunteers can be easily transplanted.

Field Poppy (Papaver rhoeas)

A self-sowing Cosmos plant blooms. Often called volunteers, self-sowing plants produce seeds so hardy that they drop to the ground in autumn and pop up on their own in spring.

Photo by Sandy Cortez

and a distinctive black center, its blooms are usually scarlet red but sometimes appear in purple or white.

It reaches 9-18 inches in height on a hairy stem with toothy leaves.

Field poppies flower from late spring to early summer.

When bloom time is over, its petals drop to reveal a capsule filled with small black seeds.

Once this capsule is ripe, it explodes to distribute its seeds that will quickly germinate the following season when the earth is disturbed.

The common field poppy is Cosmos so incredibly hardy that it will (Cosmos bipinnatus) Cosmos is an absolute favorgrow and thrive in the poorest conditions. However, they do ite and it provides a glorious disbest in full sun. A stunning play of blooms all season long, specimen with papery petals from June until the first frost.

Growing up to 4 feet tall, it prefers full sun. The foliage makes cosmos easy to recognize — a bushy mass of feathery and soft needle-like leaves.

Pink, purple, and white are the most common colors, but dozens of cultivars exist.

While deadheading cosmos will prolong blooming, leave spent flower heads on the plant to ensure it self-sows.

Giant Larkspur (Consolida ajacis)

Another flower loved by bees and hummingbirds for its honey flavored nectar, honeywort blooms spring to fall.

It has fleshy oval blue-green leaves that are topped with two to three tubular dangling flowers in a rich purple hue.

Colorful bracts surround each floral cluster, deepening to a bright blue as the nights get cooler later in the season.

Honeywort is a good container plant that prefers full sun. In autumn, large black seeds are readily dispersed to ensure a healthy colony the following year.

These are just a small sampling of the wonderful selfsowing plants that can thrive on the Olympic Peninsula.

A short list of other favorites must include: borage (Borago officinalis), California poppy (Eschscholzia), nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus), coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria), love-in-amist (Nigella damascena) and viola/pansies (Viola).

Giant larkspur is a big and beautiful annual with towering floral spikes in blue, pink or white. The flowers, reaching up “Where flowers bloom, to 4 feet tall, have spikes holdso does hope.” – Lady Bird ing dozens of blooms along the Johnson stem. It needs full sun for the Susan Kalmar is a Clallam best bloom.

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Stan Comeau Nov. 18, 1959 - Sept. 3, 2021

Stanley Kenneth Comeau Jr, 61, of Port Angeles, WA, passed away on September 3, 2021 at St Michael Medical Center after battling medical complications aggravated by covid.

Stan was born on November 18, 1959 to Stanley Raymond Sr & Bonnie Faye (Hathaway) Comeau in Richfield, MN. After graduating from Anoka Senior High School in 1978, he went on to study radio and television broadcasting at Brown Institute in Minneapolis, MN, graduating in June 1979.

After graduation, he enjoyed 42 years in radio broadcasting. He was a talented radio personality as well as a successful program director, music director, ad creator, and finally a sales manager for Radio Pacific.

In 1981, he met Diana Jean Lamb, and wed in 1982, and had three children, Heath, Amber, and Brandi.

While Stan occasionally enjoyed fishing, watching the Vikings or Twins lose, or playing a torturous game of golf, the pride and joy of his life were his children and grandchildren. Stan was a fast friend, a quick wit, and a terrible tease. He loved his community, his work family, and his church family. He was kind and patient, steadfast and gracious, and loved the Lord deeply. His soothing presence and silly antics will be missed by many. He lived life well.

2 Timothy 4:7-8 “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me.”

Stan was preceded in death by his father Stanley Comeau Sr. He is survived by his wife Diana; his son Heath (Lindsay) Comeau grandchildren Callan, Harper, Camilla; his daughter Amber (Joe) Pursley grandchildren Riley, Alexander; and his daughter Brandi (Jeff) Finley grandchildren Taylinn, Adalee, Logan.

He is also survived by his mother Bonnie Comeau; his siblings Colleen Comeau, James (Dee) Comeau, Daniel Comeau, Doreen Rustad, and Jerry (Shannon) Comeau.

There will be a memorial service on October 16th, 1:00 at Lighthouse Christian Center, 304 Viewcrest Ave, Port Angeles. A small reception will follow. Contact cking@lighthousepa.org with questions.

In lieu of flowers you can make a donation at Strait View Credit Union.

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The series is offered via streaming presentations from noon-1 p.m. the second and fourth Thursday each month through October (in November, December and January, one program is offered).

Scheduled presentations are subject to change. Visit the WSU Extension Clallam County website calendar (extension.wsu. edu/clallam) for the latest information on upcoming presentations.

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Steven M. Stachurski December 29, 1954 - August 1, 2021 Steven M. Stachurski passed away August 1, 2021, at his home in Sequim, Washington. He was 66.

Steven was born on December 29, 1954, in San Bernardino, California, to George and Ardys (Eastcott) Stachurski.

He worked for Kaiser Steel, Kaiser Permanente Hospital and owned and operated a janitorial cleaning service.

Steven leaves behind four children; son Jerry Stachurski of Georgia; daughters Jessica Vasquez of Texas, Katelyn Robinson of Oregon and Chelsea Stachurski also of Oregon. Other survivors include his two brothers; four grandchildren and 13 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents; one brother and a sister.

A Memorial Service will be held September 16, 2021, at 1:30 PM at the American Legion in Sequim, Washington.

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Tatiana Trailov passed away peacefully on the front porch while taking in the sun Wednesday, August 25 afternoon with her daughter Janet and grandsons Jack and Ted next to her at the house she shared with them for several years. Other than old age, she had no sickness or affliction. She had just enjoyed a great week including seeing many friends, attending church, and going out to breakfast with her group. She was “content”, well loved, and had many friends here in Sequim, as well as all over the country.

Tatiana was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1923, and met a US airman of Yugoslavian nationality named Al Trailov, who was stationed there as part of a bombardment group. After the War, from Cairo she traveled by ship to the USA, entering the USA through Ellis Island and joined Al, who flew their bomber back to the USA, in setting up a life in the Chicago area. Together they built a large family of 8 children and eventually retired and moved to Maui, Hawaii, where they lived together for a number of years. She was recognized “Maui Woman of the Year” and volunteered helping battered women. She personally met and greeted President Bill Clinton when he visited Hawaii, and even our President found her so charming he hugged her.

Twenty years ago, Al and Tatiana moved to Sequim, WA to join their daughter Janet and Stuart wherein she enjoyed the company of many friends she made here, her grandchildren Jack and Ted, and many visitors from all over who came to visit throughout the years. Al preceded her in death 15 years ago.

While her lifetime of being on the move and engaging with folks everywhere she went is a thing of wonder, perhaps most remarkable, as if with an explanation point, was the last 9 months of her life.

Covid certainly did not slow her down at all. Here are the things she did with her remaining time: Last December, she was able to walk the beach in Cabo San Lucas, and later in the evening spontaneously got up and danced in a bar in Cabo San Lucas that caused quite a great scene and was documented in a FaceBook video that garnered many likes and comments. From Cabo, she took a flight by herself to Southern California to join her daughter Nadine for Christmas holidays and met and celebrated with many of her family who live there including 5 grandchildren and 6 great grandchildren.

In February she moved to Phoenix to be with her daughter Nevette and sons Paul and Peter, 3 grandchildren, and 5 great grandchildren. There she attended birthday parties and welcomed many guests.

From Phoenix she then flew to Northern California to attend the wedding of her grandchild David, and shortly after flew to Los Angeles to attend the wedding of her grandchild Brooke. Her son Mickey from Tennessee visited her in Phoenix as well.

In August she chose to come to Sequim, WA for a visit to see her family and friends here and was greeted warmly wherever she went. She was able to enjoy the company of her regular breakfast group here, attend church services, drove around town visiting her friends, and even got a pedicure.

She was known to say she was “content”, and indeed said such shortly before she passed away. Her positive and grateful attitude was contagious and was a good model for anyone to follow. She also stayed in regular contact with her daughter Mary in Chicago and indeed had a FaceTime session with Mary hours before passing on.

Tatiana was a very spiritual person, and some might say all this success in life described here was a miracle of God. For Tatiana, it appears she made herself available for just such miracle.

A service / celebration of life will be led by Father David Byer at the Heart of Jesus Church which meets inside the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, 30 Sanford Lane, Sequim, WA. The service will be held on Friday, September 17th at 11:00am with a reception held after.

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Lighting the way with regenerative growing practices Sequim Farmers and Artisans Market regulars have likely noticed three new faces on Saturday mornings. They belong to Lindsey Soha, Rich Austin and daughter Rhea, who together create Rhea Sunshine Farm.

Rhea Sunshine Farm is a small-scale, regenerative a g r ic u lt u re farm that focuses on reducing harmful impact by WHAT’S practicing nomethods HAPPENING till and prioritizAT THE ing soil health.

MARKET? “ We want to make the Emma Jane environment Garcia better rather than affecting it negatively, that way future generations can farm and have healthy soil,” Soha said.

“We’re interacting with the ecosystem in a symbiotic way. We’re making sure we’re not causing so much destruction that it can’t replenish itself,” she said.

“We keep giving to it and it’ll keep giving to us. Plants grow naturally.

If you focus on keeping the ecosystem in balance, they’re going to thrive.”

With an extensive agriculture background, Soha focuses on growing the produce, which includes overseeing all planting, pest control, and harvest.

Austin is the primary force behind the farm’s infrastructure.

“Rich builds everything,” Soha said. “Our farm stand, the greenhouse, the chicken coop, and our room for growing microgreens. He

Sequim Farmers & Artisans Market Open: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 30 Location: Sequim Civic Center Plaza and Centennial Place, downtown Sequim More info: manager@sequimmarket. com On the web: sequimmarket.com also does the tractor work.”

“Basically, I’m the farmer and he’s the builder,” she said. “I wouldn’t have been able to have done any of this without him. He’s an essential part of this.”

‘It helps with the processing’ Soha grew up in Gardiner, and after graduating from Western Washington University she committed herself to time spent traveling.

Upon her return to Sequim, she was met by the tragedy of her brother’s death by suicide*. Seeking time away, Soha moved to Kauai, Hawaii, where she met Austin. There she began honing her skills as a farmworker.

Over time, Soha came to manage the CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program at the Kīlauea Community Agricultural Center.

After several years in Hawaii, Soha moved back to the peninsula after father passed away in Sequim. She inherited her childhood home.

“I couldn’t get rid of it even though lots of people told me to sell it,” Soha said. “It is definitely a very special place because it’s where my brother and I grew up. There are just lots of memories.”

Rich Austin and Lindsey Soha, holding Rhea, offer a variety of edibles at the Rhea Sunshine Farm booth at the Sequim Farmers & Artisans Market.

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Soha and Austin decided to return to Sequim to begin their own farm operation.

“Doing something that I love to do and being close to the earth. I get to think about my brother and dad all the time. It helps with the processing,” Soha said.

“You have a lot of time to think when you’re in the garden. Being outside is so important for your mental health. I think it has helped a lot.”

I can’t imagine how it would feel

dealing with hard stuff like this while waking up every day dreading going to work,” she said.

“We’re so happy and excited for the life we’re creating right now, it’s pretty cool. It’s really weird to be so happy when I also feel like I should be so sad, but I feel the best way to honor them and cherish them is to make my life worthwhile.”

Crew addition Eight months ago, Soha and Austin welcomed the littlest farmer to

their crew: baby Rhea.

“That’s why we named our farm Rhea Sunshine; Rhea is the ray of light our lives,” Soha said.

Rhea can be found smiling and playing as her parents sell produce at the Saturday market. Soha and Austin say they’re excited to join the SFAM vendor lineup.

“It’s Sequim! This is my hometown,” Soha said. “We want to be a part of and get to know our community. It’s a pretty amazing thing to go talk to the person who’s actually growing your food. I really love farmers markets.”

“People are supporting our family when they buy from us and we’re supporting a healthy lifestyle for them,” Soha said — just another occurrence of symbiosis from Rhea Sunshine Farm.

Rhea Sunshine Farm is at the Sequim Farmers and Artisans Market every Saturday from 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. each Saturday through October.

Their farm stand is open at 1640 Gardiner Beach Road.

Visit your community market at Sequim City Hall Plaza at North Sequim Avenue and West Cedar Street, and at Centennial Place at the Sequim Avenue and Washington Street intersection.

Want more market updates? Be sure to tune in every Friday at 4 p.m. to KSQM 91.5 FM for the live radio “Sequim Farmers & Artisans Market Hour.” * — If you or someone you know is struggling with suicidal thoughts, help is available. Call the Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-2738255 for 24/7, free and confidential support.

Emma Jane “EJ” Garcia is the Market Manager for the Sequim Farmers & Artisans Market.

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A&E BRIEFS before Hietpas’ poetry a finalist for state award retiring Sequim author Gina Hietpas’ “Terrain,” a collection of her poetry, was named a finalist in the 2021 Washington State Book Awards, poetry division.

A Sequim resident since 1981, Hietpas taught U.S. History and language arts at Sequim Middle School, and was a reading program specialist

in 2010.

“Take a Stand: A r t Against Hate, a Raven Chronicles Anthology,” edited by Phoebe Bosché, Anna Bálint and Thomas Hubbard, took home the top

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See more at washingtoncenterforthebook.org.

For more about “Terrain,” see bluecactuspress.com.

Writers group to meet Thursday The Olympic Peninsula Christian Writers Group meets the third Thursday of the month. September’s meeting is scheduled via

zoom at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 16.

Sandy Frykholm will lead a discussion on how to create memorable, realistic characters for fiction. The meeting will include workshop and discussion time to develop a character. Newcomers are always welcome.

The zoom link is tinyurl. com/yy9b7w48; no password is needed.

Members of the advanced youth Strings players perform with the Sequim Community Orchestra at Sequim High School in December 2018. Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen

Libraries to host monthly talks about aging SEQUIM GAZETTE STAFF The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) will host “Intentional Aging,” a new monthly discussion group for adults that will explore topics and practices through book discussions, activities, presenters and more.

Meetings will be held on Zoom at 11 a.m. on the third Tuesday of every month

beginning Sept. 21. This program is scheduled to run through 2022.

Attending monthly is encouraged, but all are welcome to join any meeting; drop-ins are welcome.

Register to receive Zoom login information and free resources at nols.org, by email at discover@nols.org, or by calling 360-417-8500.

Topics for this program

are a deeper dive into the Six Dimensions of Aging Well inspired by the “Aging Mastery Playbook” from the National Council On Aging.

Upcoming sessions • Sept. 21 — Getting to Know You, an introduction to the program • Oct. 19 — Mindfulness, Movement and Breath • Nov. 16 — Book Discus-

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by Ashton Applewhite • Dec. 21 — Telling Your Story Find full information about each session and register for the program at nols.org or by contacting a NOLS branch.

This program is supported by local Friends of the Library Groups.

TO HOST FALL CLASSES The Sequim Community Orchestra Strings Kids program hosts weekly classes this fall, open to youths of ages 8-18.

Classes are held weekday afternoon and evenings starting in October, and are held in Swisher Hall at the James Center for the Performing Arts at Carrie Blake Community Park, 350 N. Blake Ave. Cost is $30 per moth or $85 per quarter. For more information or to register, contact Erika Weller at 360-531-4564 or 7wellers@gmail.com.

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S UP ER I OR COURT O F WAS HIN GTON FOR CLALLAM COUNTY PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF MARK DAVID LOVGREN, DECEASED CASE NO. 21-4-00317-05 The personal representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: September 1, 2021 Lori Nuss, Personal Representative Attorney for Personal Representative Alan E. Millet, WSBA #11706 Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 1029, Sequim, Washington 98382 SG.: September 1, 8, 15, 2021 Legal No. 936652

S UP ER I OR COURT O F WAS HIN GTON FOR CLALLAM COUNTY Estate of Patsy L. Hansen, Deceased.

No. 21-4-00334-05 PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS The personal representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) Four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and non-probate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: September 15, 2021 Stuart R. Hansen, Personal Representative Attorney for Personal Representative: Alan E. Millet, WSBA #11706 Address for Mailing or Service: P.O. Box 1029, Sequim, Washington 98382 SG.: September 15, 22, 29, 2021 Legal No. 937951

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR CLALLAM COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HARRIET JEAN FREEMAN, Deceased.

No. 21-4-00318-05 NOTICE TO CREDITORS The personal representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as personal representative of this estate. Persons having claims against the decedent must, prior to the time such claims would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, serve their claims on the personal representative or the attorneys of record at the address stated below and file an executed copy of the claim with the Clerk of this Court within four months after the date of first publication of this notice or within four months after the date of the filing of the copy of this Notice with the Clerk of the Court, whichever is later or, except under those provisions included in RCW 11.40.011 and 11.40.013, the claim will be forever barred. This bar is effective as to the claims against both the probate assets and nonprobate assets of the decedent. Date of filing copy of notice to creditors, August 27, 2021.

Date of first publication, September 1, 2021.

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NALA is a young and energetic dog. She is really sweet with people and likes going for walks! She doesn’t mind running around in the yard either. Nala needs some work on walking nicely on leash and basic obedience.

She tends to jump up when excited. She will need a fenced yard so she can run around freely without roaming off. We tested her with a dog and she seemed neutral at first but got very excited and invasive to the other dog when off leash. She may need some more socialization.

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COSMO is a super sweet boy and will be attached to you like velcro once he gets to know you. Cosmo likes people and affection but still has his moments of insecurity and nervousness.

He needs coaxing and love and we think a home without young kids. We have noticed that Cosmo really comes out of his shell when he is around a neutral, playful dog! He may do better in a home with another dog around that is playful but respects boundaries. Cosmo will need a fenced yard to ensure he doesn’t run off in case he gets spooked. He does walk on a leash but will get nervous about it so he still needs some gentle work.

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The freshest style in decor these days is ... mixing styles.

Traditional and contemporary often work well together. Think abstract art with an overstuffed chaise, or an 18th century-style toile wallpaper with an ’80s-era lamp. The appeal is in the pleasing tension between the styles; sophisticated, artsy, yet livable.

The latest throwback trend comes, as usual, from pop culture. Binge-worthy TV series like “Outlander” and “Bridgerton” have inspired Pinterest boards filled with tartan pillows, William Morris patterns, stag antler lighting, copper soaking tubs, silver candlesticks and daybeds. Wave a feathered fan at “Regencycore.”

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The sources of interior design inspiration range from personal taste to widespread trends and from historic buildings to local landscapes, and it’s the designer’s job to put match the right inspiration to each project and make it real.

“It’s my goal to help my client find their own style or taste or color pattern,” said Maddie Raynolds of Mad Designs.

Raynolds grew up thinking about careers in law or medicine, but spent a few years teaching English in France, where that country’s architecture and art galleries sparked her creative impulses. She found her niche as by way of work staging houses to show to prospective buyers and consulting on new homes.

She took art classes and earned a certificate in interior design and has established herself in Sequim, working with custom home builders before and during construction to select material, cabinets, light fixtures, plumbing features, tiles

and other features.

While home buyers depend on experts like Raynolds for advice on the best designs and materials to for their living space, she tries not to impose her own feelings.

Instead, Raynolds likes to get to know her clients’ personalities and understand what ideas will give them a happy result.

“You can learn a lot from even talking on the phone,” she said, estimating that about half of buyers come into the process with specific ideas about their desired style.

With others, she explores paths to ideas by looking at pictures of their current home, although they might not want to keep that look.

“Some people go in a completely different direction,” Raynolds said. “People’s taste changes over the years.”

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Modern elements temper the fussiness of frills and furbelows while showcasing their features, and allow you to create personal spaces that aren’t stuck in a single style.

“It’s always a balancing act finding the right amount of each character to include in a room,” says Cynthia Byrnes, founder of a New York City-based online art gallery and curation business. “Some wouldn’t recommend placing a heavy baroque French console table underneath contemporary photography.

“But if the scale, colors and architecture complement each other, then anything is possible.”

KEEP WHAT’S COOL Designers aren’t keen to raze every “old” feature in a project. Rather than stripping rooms back to the studs, they’re often retaining original architectural details and then adding modern elements and furnishings.

Claire Paquin of Clean Design Partners in Scarsdale, New York, brought pops of au courant berry, salmon and ebony into a freshly whitened Tudor living room via curvy modern seating, throw cushions and artwork, but kept the gracious beaded-glass bay windows.

In Brooklin, Maine, John Ike of the New York-based design firm Ike Kligerman Barkley purchased the former Order of Odd Fellows building, updating the 1895 structure but keeping many exterior and interior features. The third-floor living space has the original painted ceilings, moldings and deeply seated windows, but Ike has filled it with contemporary Italian furniture, a tube lighting sculpture from Kartell, and reproductions of Ico Prisi panels found at a street market. The modern elements serve to highlight the historic elements rather than diminish them.

If you’re tackling your own renovation and want to introduce a vintage element, consider adding damask-patterned tile to a backsplash or feature wall; Artaic’s Dramati glass mosaic is worth a look. Native Trails has a hand-hammered copper soaking tub, which Daphne Bridgerton would surely have enjoyed.

Chandeliers are having their own moment as part of this trend; look for traditional clear glass, or go for it with an all-black version of Schonbek’s Hamilton chandelier, or House of Hampton’s multi-colored one.

DETAILS, DETAILS In his West Palm Beach, Florida, showroom, designer Jim Dove placed de Gournay’s L’Eden wallpaper, with an enchanting forest scene,

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For her room at the 2019 Kip’s Bay Show House, designer Young Huh paired a pillowy 18th century Gustavian banquette with a hefty Italian marble-topped dining table and an antique wing chair. The walls brought everything into the present, however, with several pieces from Cynthia Byrnes’ gallery, and Fromental’s large-scale, Cubist-inspired Braque wallpaper.

The finished room is sophisticated and playful.

Byrnes says there’s a trick to getting this look right.

“When you’re mixing contemporary art with period furniture, it’s important to consider the scale and character of each piece,” Byrnes says.

“There are certain periods and styles of antique furniture that flow easily with contemporary artworks. Like the clean lines, marble and airy gilding of Swedish Neoclassical pieces.

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color palettes, eras and themes. A fondness for abstract art might suggest more modern fixtures, while classic landscapes or ornate frames could suggest traditional design choices.

Raynolds tries to avoid “trending” interior looks in favor of something timeless, classic, and elegant. She has seen houses that till sport the avocado green popular in the 1960s or mauve from the ’80s that don’t age very well. With a less trendy approach, homeowners avoid having to do a major remodel every 10 years, with all the expense and disruption that brings.

The longer view applies to quality, too.

“It’s better to invest in better quality furniture that’s going to last 10-plus years versus something that’s going to fall apart in two years and end up in a landfill,” she said.

Designer Trisa Katsikapes of Trisa & Co. Interior Design agrees with looking past current fashion.

“You should have your home be something you love, and who care what the trends are?” she said.

Katsikapes has been operating her own business in Port Angeles for about 20 years, not far from where she grew up with her parents, who were home builders in the Port Ludlow area.

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AL FRESCO IDEAS The front and back yards too can benefit from blending styles, says Miami-based landscape designer Fernando Wong.

“I always try to mix contemporary with traditional,” he says, citing one project where he used “a vintage rattan furniture set from Bonacina, one of Italy’s oldest furniture makers, bought at auction from the estate of Brooke Astor, and paired it with a beautiful new drinks cart from McKinnon & Harris. Throw in some majestic French Anduze urns from a garden antiques store like Authentic Provence, and you are onto something pretty great.”

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project, when her father asked how she wanted her bedroom closet to look — she was 8 years old, and that seemed to open a lifelong path. As her family often moved into newly built houses to live their while they were being finished, Katsikapes had lots of opportunity to see the details of the interior design process.

Then she went to school for marketing and merchandising and worked in the fashion industry in Seattle and in the Canadian Rockies. That experience gave her insight into the connection between clothing fashion and interior design.

“Definitely the trends move with the clothing,” she said.

She noted the parallel between subdued colors or use of brass and metal in current clothing and the taste in home decor.

“As all trends, they are slow to start,” she said.

‘Northwest flair’ Katsikapes appreciates the North Olympic community as supportive of designers and small business. Among here volunteer activities, she has served as director of the popular Festival of Trees, an annual fundraiser for the Olympic Medical Center in which area designers apply their creative skills to holiday decorations.

It’s a fitting theme for a region of forests, waterscapes and mountains, a surrounding of natural beauty that influences home interiors.

Designers like Katsikapes and Raynolds tap into that beauty, using “biophilia” as a guiding concept, a sort of feng shui approach embracing the realization that people need nature for health. In design, it aims at bringing the outdoors into the house for a harmonious relationship.

Raynolds thinks the Pacific Northwest encourages a “style” that favors a rich darkness in colors, incorporating elements of nature like the warmth of wood or stone fireplace surrounds. She likes to consider the region’s interesting changes of season to enhance people’s mental and emotional ease in their home, “Because we do spend so much of our time indoors.”

Dark exteriors go well with the wooded landscape here, Katsikapes noted, “So you’ll see a lot of natural woods, natural stone, natural elements.”

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“There’s little ways to add character and personality,” she said.

It’s no surprise that the last stage of creating a new house can suffer from potential last-minute changes.

“Usually finishes are the first things that get affected when expenses run over,” Raynolds said.

The price of basic construction materials like lumber can jump unexpectedly, and it still has to be bought, while the building’s footprint can’t change after work begins.

It can be a tough call, having to choose lower-cost tiles or trim for rooms that people will occupy every day, but, “You have to strike a balance in what really matters,” Raynolds said.

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In normal times, new trends in home design and home decorating bubble up simply because it’s time for something different. A few years of bold color and homeowners start painting things gray. After enough minimalism, a hunger for plaids and florals comes roaring back.

But this time last year, a cultural experiment began that changed our relationships with houses and condos and apartments around the world.

Suddenly, constantly, we were inside them.

So much of public life – work, school, exercise, shopping, dining and (virtually) socializing – began happening entirely within the walls of home, at least for those able to do so.

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A home divided into separate spaces “helps a family to be able to decentralize and not be on top of each other,” she says. This becomes even more important when elderly relatives join a household.

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