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City to pay Port Angeles man who alleged excessive police force

By Jeremy Schwartz Peninsula Daily News — Thu, 23 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — The city will pay a Port Angeles man $125,000 to settle a claim last year alleging that Port Angeles police officers used excessive force in catching him after he had reportedly fled from police on a bicycle.
The settlement agreement came after a mediation session last Friday between city staff and legal representation for 25-year-old Benjamin James Eastman, City Attorney Bill Bloor said Wednesday.

Three Peninsula cities seek more money for roads

By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News — Thu, 23 May 2013

PORT TOWNSEND — Representatives of three North Olympic Peninsula cities appeared before the state Transportation Commission on Wednesday seeking funding support for their future road projects.
“Most local streets are deteriorating with more traffic than they can handle,” Port Townsend Mayor David King said.
“In order to support community programs, we have needed to defer financing on street repair.”

FOUR DAYS OF arts and music comes to Port Angeles — buy your tickets now! (And . . . FREE pre-festival show TONIGHT)

By Peninsula Daily News staff — Thu, 23 May 2013

PENINSULA DAILY NEWS is the major sponsor of the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts.
Truly one of the great West Coast music and arts festivals, it will bring more than 100 performers to Port Angeles this coming Memorial Day weekend — Friday (May 24) through Monday (May 27).
AND THERE'S an extra — a FREE, family-friendly pre-festival special event at 7:30 p.m. TONIGHT (Thursday, May 23).

LEE HORTON’S OUTDOORS COLUMN: Sekiu open to halibut

Peninsula Daily News — Thu, 23 May 2013

By Lee Horton
Peninsula Daily News
EVERY WEEKEND IS a big weekend this time of year.
Especially during this month, due to what Brian Menkal of Brian’s Sporting Goods and More (360-683-1950) in Sequim calls the “short and fierce” halibut season.
“There are such little windows, and so wise anglers take advantage of them,” Menkal said.
This coming weekend, however, is a significant fishing weekend of the year, especially for halibut.

SPORTS: Port Townsend mountain bike team captures state championship

Peninsula Daily News — Thu, 23 May 2013

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WASHOUGAL — The Olympic Mountain Bike Team of Jefferson County, the Killer Whales, ended its second regular season with a bang at the state championships.
The high school team, composed mostly of Port Townsend athletes, ended up with six state champions, three girls and three boys, and five of those also were overall points winners on the state course at Washougal on Sunday.
“The kids have had an amazing season in only their second year,” coach Doug Ross said.

SPORTS: Port Angeles boys golf team claims fourth in state; Chimacum boys tie for sixth

Peninsula Daily News — Thu, 23 May 2013

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UNIVERSITY PLACE — The Port Angeles boys golf team fell just short of its goal of finishing in the top three at state.
The Roughriders, though, did finish a best-ever fourth in coach Mark Mitrovich’s 27 years at Port Angeles.
Chimacum’s boys, meanwhile, tied for sixth place in the 1A championships.

SPORTS: Sequim, Port Angeles set for 2A state track and field championships

By Lee Horton Peninsula Daily News — Thu, 23 May 2013

TACOMA — Yes, this is state.
But, Sequim and Port Angeles enter the 2A track and field state championship meet at Mount Tahoma Stadium today with plenty of big-meet experience.
The championships continue through Saturday.
For starters, they face strong competition within the Olympic League, which had five boys teams and four girls teams finish in the top 10 at the Tri-District meet.
The tri-districts weren’t a cakewalk, either.

Visiting African choirs to highlight Fort Worden show

Peninsula Daily News — Thu, 23 May 2013

PORT TOWNSEND — Two African choirs will arrive on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend for the Fort Worden Children's Choir Festival: the Makini Schools Children's Choir from Nairobi, Kenya, and the Nairobi Girls' Chorale.
The singers will step up at 3 p.m. Saturday for the festival concert in McCurdy Pavilion at Fort Worden State Park, 200 Battery Way.
This event is part of the Makini choir's first tour of the United States.

Sunday concert in Port Townsend to aid Uganda orphans

Peninsula Daily News — Thu, 23 May 2013

PORT TOWNSEND — Pianist Lisa Lanza will bring together what she calls “the cream of Port Townsend’s young musicians” for a concert Sunday afternoon.
Joining them will be equally talented elders, all with the aim of helping children attend school.
The music of Mozart, Beethoven, Sarasate and Brahms, plus a selection of African and American songs, are part of the concert to benefit orphaned children in Uganda.

Student representatives sit tall with Port Angeles School Board

By Arwyn Rice Peninsula Daily News — Thu, 23 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — As candidates for the Port Angeles School Board gear up for summer and fall elections, one nonvoting position already has been decided.
Bailey Palmer, 15, was elected as student representative to the Port Angeles School District Board of Directors last March in a student election in which 687 students — more than half of the Port Angeles High student body — cast ballots to select the 2013-2014 student government.

Port Angeles City Council puts stamp of approval on harbor cleanup plans

By Jeremy Schwartz Peninsula Daily News — Thu, 23 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — The City Council has put its stamp of approval on two documents necessary for the cleanup of the western portion of Port Angeles Harbor.
The agreed order and work plan for the cleanup process, approved Tuesday night by a 5-1 vote, with Councilman Max Mania opposed and Councilwoman Sissi Bruch recusing herself, formalizes how the city will work with four partners to develop a plan for studying and cleaning up industrial toxins from the bottom of the harbor’s west portion, City Attorney Bill Bloor said.

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Remember country’s fallen heroes through area music

Peninsula Daily News — Thu, 23 May 2013

AS WE HEAD into Memorial Day weekend with all its parties, barbecues and family gatherings, let us not forget the reason for the holiday: those men and women who have died while serving our country.
They have defended and protected our right to free speech, allowing us to sing our songs, play our music and gather at various venues to celebrate our rights and freedoms.

FOUR DAYS OF arts and music comes to Port Angeles — buy your tickets now! (And . . . FREE pre-festival show Thursday)

By Peninsula Daily News staff — Wed, 22 May 2013

City to pay Port Angeles man who alleged excessive police force

By Jeremy Schwartz Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

Speed limit may be lowered near site of fatal crash

By Paul Gottlieb Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — State transportation officials may lower the 55 mph speed limit along a 3.5-mile section of U.S. Highway 101 where Bryan Crawford of Port Angeles was killed Monday in a three-vehicle collision.
John McMahon of Port Angeles, 42, who was a passenger in Crawford's truck, was flown Monday to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle in serious condition.
He was upgraded to satisfactory condition on Tuesday, a Harborview spokeswoman said.

Vandals cut mooring line to cruise ship in Port Townsend [Corrected]

By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

PORT TOWNSEND — Security has been increased for this week's fourth visit of the American Spirit in response to vandalism in which two mooring lines to the cruise ship were cut last week.
According to ship's Capt. Don Johnson, two people approached the American Spirit at about 1:30 a.m. last Thursday.
They attempted to come on board but were turned away.
A few minutes later, crew members discovered that two of three mooring lines were severed. The lines were re�attached, and police were called.

SPORTS: Sequim, Port Angeles advance to state softball tournament; other prep reports

Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

TACOMA — Bailey Rhodefer had a perfect day at the plate to help Sequim claim the West Central District’s fifth seed at this weekend’s 2A state softball tournament in Selah.
The Wolves will open the tournament against the hometown Selah Vikings on Friday at 10 a.m.
Port Angeles, meanwhile, split a pair of games to finish third at the district tournament at Sprinker Fields, and will open the state tournament against Granite Falls on Friday at noon.

Heart of Service recipients tip collective hat to community

By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

PORT TOWNSEND — Public service participants' biggest award is the community's respect and encouragement, a Jefferson County Heart of Service award recipient said at ceremonies Tuesday.
“We contribute, but that would not be possible without the support of the community around us,” said Christopher Pieper, one of 10 recipients of the 2013 award for outstanding and inspirational public service.

Impasse in talks between police-fire unions, Port Angeles City Hall

By Jeremy Schwartz Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Labor contract negotiations have reached an impasse between the city and the unions representing Port Angeles' firefighters and sworn police officers, with an arbitration hearing with the officers union set for this fall.
The stall in negotiations, however, will not affect police or emergency services in the city.
“It has no impact on our daily operations,” said Police Chief Terry Gallagher, who is not represented by the officers union.

Peninsula infested with tent caterpillars

By Rob Ollikainen Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Foamy caterpillar “tents” have infested trees and plants on the North Olympic Peninsula as the vegetation has been attacked with what look like webs of giant spiders.
Experts say it's a good idea to remove the nests to prevent leaf loss.
Clallam County Master Gardeners, which is part of the Washington State University Extension office, issued a tent-caterpillar alert last week.

Sequim water, sewer rates might rise 4% annually over next five years

By Joe Smillie Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

SEQUIM –– Four percent annual increases to the city’s water and sewer rates over the next five years is the recommendation from a commissioned study of those rates presented to the City Council.
Goal of the increase is to provide enough revenue to pay for future capital improvements and maintain a cash reserve of $2 million in each fund.

MICHAEL CARMAN’S GOLF COLUMN: Recalling Venturi’s “heroic” U.S. Open win

By Michael Carman Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

BITS AND PIECES, dribs and drabs, there are many smaller events set to create a sizeable amount of golf happenings set for the North Olympic Peninsula.
Before we get to those, let me take a moment to recognize the passing of former player and longtime CBS golf analyst Ken Venturi.
Since I’m relatively late to the game, I associated Venturi predominately with his coverage of the Masters and other tournaments televised by CBS, until his retirement in 2002.

Port Angeles high-schoolers 'letter' for community service work

By Arwyn Rice Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Two Port Angeles High School students have been presented with community service varsity letters, the first awarded since a program went temporarily defunct in 2011 that extended letters beyond athletics, academics and the arts.
Sydney Roberts, a 14-year-old freshman, and Mercedes Harris, a 16-year-old sophomore, were presented with the awards at Monday night's Port Angeles School Board meeting by AmeriCorps volunteers Jacob Salzman and Jen Jacques, who oversaw the Youth United Letter in Service Program.

Stubborn fire burns aboard fishing boat at Port Townsend Boat Haven

Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

PORT TOWNSEND — A commercial fishing vessel on the ground at the Boat Haven caught fire when welding sparks ignited combustible material in the hold, firefighters said.
According to an East Jefferson Fire-Rescue news release, workers on board the Wild Wind were welding in a forward cabin at the main deck level Monday afternoon when sparks flew down a chimney-like shaft and ignited combustible material below.
The workers used a garden hose in an attempt to put out the fire but were unsuccessful.

Outdoors artist goes indoors at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center on Friday

By Diane Urbani de la Paz Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Barbara De Pirro, who last summer adorned Webster's Woods with crocheted plastic “vines,” is back with an indoor show at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
“Lucid” is the name of this atmospheric installation in which De Pirro plays with light, shadow and the delicate flow of air, along with plastic jugs, staples and wire.
The results fill the center's Webster House art gallery, where admission is free.

KAREN GRIFFITHS' HORSEPLAY COLUMN: Peninsula riders thrive at Kitsap rodeo

Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

I'M TOLD THE weather was beautiful for the first Junior Rodeo of the season earlier this month at Kitsap Posse Rodeo in Silverdale
Team mom Tina Van�Ausdale said she was happy because “I think it got to 86 degrees.”
So far, this year's Peninsula Junior Rodeo Association has about 25 members.
PJRA is the local chapter of the Northwest Junior Rodeo Association.

Tickets on tap for Port Ludlow Arts Council concert series

Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

PORT LUDLOW — Tickets are on sale for the Port Ludlow Arts Council’s 2013-2014 Bay Club concert series.
First up is Rani Arbo & daisy mayhem, a folk-Americana band, for the Saturday, June 22, “Sounds of Summer” dinner and concert.
Reservations are advised soon, since the arts council must give the caterer, Zoog’s Caveman Cookin’, an estimate on the number of guests by today.

Jobless rates return to single digits on Peninsula

Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

The North Olympic Peninsula added 450 jobs across all sectors last month as unemployment rates returned to single digits in Clallam and Jefferson counties, the state Employment Security Department reported.
Clallam County added 390 jobs from March to April — 250 in the private sector and 140 in government — and the jobless rate dropped from a revised 10.1 percent in March to a preliminary 9.2 percent in April.
There were 28,130 Clallam County residents in the labor force and 25,550 holding down jobs.

Transcript of complaint describes arrest at Sequim bar

By Joe Smillie Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

SEQUIM –– The transcript of Morgan Weimer’s video-filed complaint against Police Officer Grant Dennis for punching him during an arrest outside The Oasis Bar and Grill just after midnight May 12 was released to the Peninsula Daily News on Tuesday.
Weimer’s complaint was video-recorded by officers.
Weimer, 45, told the PDN last week that he planned to file a complaint against all the officers involved in the incident outside a punk-rock show.

Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center names new executive director

By Joe Smillie Peninsula Daily News — Wed, 22 May 2013

SEQUIM –– A Kansas recreation center supervisor and Grays Harbor native will return to the Northwest as executive director of the Sequim Aquatic and Recreation Center
The SARC Board of Directors on Tuesday selected Scott Deschenes of Mission, Kan.
Laid off by budget cuts last December, Deschenes, 41, had been the recreation program supervisor at a community center in Mission, southwest of Kansas City, Kan.

Vandals cut mooring line to cruise ship in Port Townsend

By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

PORT TOWNSEND — Security has been increased for this week's fourth visit of the American Spirit in response to vandalism in which two mooring lines to the cruise ship were cut last week.
According to Port Townsend Police Capt. Don Johnson, two people approached the American Spirit at about 1:30 a.m. last Thursday.
They attempted to come on board but were turned away.
A few minutes later, crew members discovered that two of three mooring lines were severed. The lines were re�attached, and police were called.

Peninsula infested with tent caterpillars

By Rob Ollikainen Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

Speed limit may be lowered near site of fatal crash

By Paul Gottlieb Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

EPA proposes to put old dump near Neah Bay on federal Superfund cleanup list

Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

Statement today from the Environmental Protection Agency in Seattle:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to add the Warmhouse Beach dump, on the Makah Reservation, in Neah Bay, Washington, to the Superfund National Priorities List. The proposed cleanup listing includes a public comment period from May 23 through July 23, 2013.

NEWS BRIEFS: Forks logging tours, extra candidate filings, spud-growing talk

Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

FORKS — The weekly Forks Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Forks Logging and Mill Tour begins Wednesday and runs each Wednesday through the summer.
Tours leave the Forks Visitor Information Center, 1411 S. Forks Ave., at 9 a.m. and last about three hours.
They provide an insider's look at the logging industry through visits to active logging sites and working mills
Tours take place in the chamber's van, and while donations are appreciated, tours are free.
Retired timber industry personnel serve as volunteer tour guides.

Port Angeles NJROTC program to get Navy captain

By Arwyn Rice Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — A Navy captain will take the helm of the Port Angeles High School Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps program this fall.
The Port Angeles School Board approved a one-year contract for Capt. Jonathan Picker as senior naval science instructor to replace the departing Marine Corps Maj. Leo Campbell, who led the unit — the only ROTC on the North Olympic Peninsula — to national honors.

FOUR DAYS OF arts and music comes to Port Angeles — buy your tickets now! (And . . . FREE pre-festival show Thursday)

By Peninsula Daily News staff — Tue, 21 May 2013

Hip-hop to Port Angeles: A free warm-up for Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts

By Diane Urbani de la Paz Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Hip-hop artist Mane Rok and his colleague, Deejay Tense, will bring their microphones and turntables to town for a free concert Thursday night, the eve of the Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts.
The duo, known as Stay Tuned, will take the stage at 7:30 p.m. at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 W. Fourth St., thanks to a grant from the Western States Arts Federation, or WESTAF.

10 to receive Jefferson County Heart of Service award today

By Peninsula Daily News staff — Tue, 21 May 2013

EDITOR'S NOTE — To see photos of the other Jefferson County Heart of Service honorees — and to read more about all 10 of the recipients — click on: http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130512/NEWS/305129996
PORT TOWNSEND — Friends, admirers and business associates are invited to a reception today in which 10 community heroes will be honored with the Jefferson County Heart of Service award for 2013.

Last of Port Angeles' video-only stores closing after 21 years

By Rob Ollikainen Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Star Video, one of the last traditional movie rental stores on the North Olympic Peninsula, will close its doors June 2 after 21 years in business.
Manager Genna Ferrie said the closure was a business decision the Seattle-based owner made and has nothing to do with competitors Netflix and Redbox.
“Business has never been better,” Ferrie said.
“That's the sad thing. It's sad for the community.”

Why Sequim School Board candidate pulled from race

Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

SEQUIM –– Saying his opponent, Michael Howe, is “exactly the kind of candidate that any parent could hope for,” Craig Stevenson explained Monday his withdrawal from the race to represent District 2 on the Sequim School Board.
Stevenson said he filed as a candidate last week to try to keep a parent in the position currently held by Board President Virginia O’Neill, who decided not to seek another term.
“Craig was very gracious. He’s a great guy,” Howe said Monday.

Clallam to mull taking on $10 million responsibility for Carlsborg sewers

By Rob Ollikainen Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County will take responsibility for a $10 million state loan to build a sewer system for Carlsborg if the three commissioners approve an agreement with the Clallam County Public Utility District today.
The agreement is for the “assignment and assumption” of the state Public Works Board Trust Fund lone to construct a Class A wastewater collection, treatment and reclaimed water reuse system for the urban growth area west of Sequim.

Chimacum schools chief takes job in Arizona

By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

CHIMACUM — Craig Downs, school superintendent for three years, will leave the district at the end of June to take a similar position at a private faith-based school in Arizona.
“I am doing this for a lot of personal reasons,” Downs said Monday. “This is a great opportunity for me.
“I wasn't looking to leave the district, but . . . I found that I wanted to get involved in the private side of education as part of a faith-based community.”

Free events to close festival commemorating writer Raymond Carver

Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

PORT ANGELES �— As the Raymond Carver Festival draws to a close this week, two more free events will take place at Peninsula College: a reading of short stories and poetry at 12:35 p.m. Wednesday and the keynote lecture at the same time Thursday.
First, creative writing students at Peninsula College will offer selected short fiction and poetry — including humorous pieces — during the reading in the Little Theater, which is on the main campus at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.

Broadband coming to East Jefferson, but schedule is still unclear

By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

PORT TOWNSEND — A broadband “backbone” bringing high-speed Internet to East Jefferson County will be in place by the end of the summer.
But exactly when homes and businesses can enjoy the speedier service is still uncertain, according to a speaker at the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce meeting Monday.
About 70 people attended the luncheon, which featured Jefferson County Public Utility District Resource Director Bill Graham,

1 killed, 5 hurt in construction zone on U.S. 101

By Paul Gottlieb Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

AGNEW — A 52-year-old Port Angeles man died Monday, and five others were injured in a chain-reaction collision on a portion of U.S. Highway 101 between Port Angeles and Sequim that the state Department of Transportation is widening to improve safety.

‘Grim Reaper’ to appear at Sequim High School in anti-DUI campaign

Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

SEQUIM –– Sequim High School juniors and seniors meet the “Grim Reaper” throughout Wednesday as students disappear from classes throughout the day to represent the victims of drunken driving.

Sequim hospital guild fundraiser at casino Wednesday

Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

BLYN –– The Sequim-Dungeness Valley Hospital Guild hosts its annual May luncheon, auction and fashion show Wednesday in Club Seven at 7 Cedars Casino.
The guild will distributed $31,700 to various area charities, according to Addie Curtis, guild vice president.
Social hour and a silent auction begin at 11 a.m.

Forks Library set to close Wednesday for renovations

By Jeremy Schwartz Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

FORKS — The Forks Library will close Wednesday so the building can be prepared for major renovations expected to start no later than June 12 and take about nine months.
Library staff expect to have the temporary Forks Library location at 71 N. Spartan Ave. opened by June 1, said Theresa Tetreau, manager for both the Forks and Clallam Bay library branches.
“We’re shooting for that June 1 opening date,” Tetreau said.
“I’m pretty confident we can open by then.”

Carrie Blake Park gets host, docent

By Joe Smillie Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

SEQUIM –– There’s a new man on the block at Carrie Blake Park.
Donning a yellow ball cap and an orange vest until the end of summer will be David Kolbo.
“It’s not the most fashionable gear, but it’ll get me noticed,” Kolbo said.
Kolbo has moved his mobile home to the park, north of the dog park at the east end, and began his summer volunteer job as the new park host/docent for the city.

Service center in Sequim topic of shelter providers meet

Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — The Shelter Providers Network of Clallam County will hear about the Serenity Square Services Depot planned in Sequim when the group meets Wednesday.
The network will meet at 9 a.m. in the downstairs fellowship hall at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 E. Lopez Ave.
Serenity Square Services Depot will fill the vacant office building at 583 W. Washington St. in Sequim next to KSQM-FM community radio in Serenity Square, formerly known as Kite Girl Plaza.

SPORTS: Girls, boys golfers set to tee off at state

Peninsula Daily News — Tue, 21 May 2013

By Lee Horton
Peninsula Daily News
SPANAWAY — The goal for the three area golfers participating in the girls 2A state tournament at The Classic Golf Club is to survive to see Wednesday.
Dana Fox of Port Angeles and Sequim’s Maddy Fisher and Elisa Sallee all hope to be among the top 40 golfers in today’s opening round so they can move on to play in Wednesday’s second round.
Area boys golfers have the same goal to make it to the second day. More on them later in the story.

Last of Port Angeles' video-only stores closing after 21 years

By Rob Ollikainen Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

1 killed, 5 hurt in construction zone on U.S. 101

By Paul Gottlieb Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

1 killed, 5 hurt in construction zone on U.S. 101

By Paul Gottlieb Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

Apple avoided billions in taxes, congressional panel says

By Peninsula Daily News staff via New York Times News Service — Mon, 20 May 2013

EVEN AS APPLE became the nation’s most profitable technology company, it avoided billions in taxes in the United States and around the world through a web of subsidiaries so complex it spanned continents and surprised experts, a congressional investigation has found.
Some of these subsidiaries had no employees and were largely run by top officials from the company’s headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., according to congressional investigators.

5th UPDATE — Port Angeles man identified as fatality in crash west of Sequim; U.S. 101 reopened

Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

AGNEW — The State Patrol has identified Bryan Crawford, 52, of Port Angeles as having died in a three-vehicle collision on U.S. Highway 101 between Sequim and Port Angeles this morning.
Three other people were injured, State Patrol spokesman Russ Winger said.
Winger said Highway 101 near Pierson and Dryke roads at Milepost 259 was reopened at 2:05 p.m.
Earlier, cars were detoured to Old Olympic Highway.

THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN: Without water, revolution in Syria

By Thomas L. Friedman The New York Times — Mon, 20 May 2013

EDITOR'S NOTE: Today's Thomas L. Friedman column in Commentary was edited because of space limitations. The full column — a report from a small Syrian town in the midst of that nation's civil war — appears here.

Tulip portrait donated for fundraiser

Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Lovers of art and flowers have a chance to win one of Karen Sistek's tulip paintings.
The acclaimed Port Angeles artist has donated “Ina May,” one of her tulip portraits, to the Clallam County Historical Society for its annual fundraiser.
Named for Clallam County educator Ina May McNutt, the painting is the prize in a drawing to benefit the historical society.
The winner will be announced at the society's annual meeting Sunday, June 2.

Poets celebrate life, birth of author Raymond Carver tonight

By Diane Urbani de la Paz Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Raymond Carver wrote about Port Angeles, the Northwest and his nightly dreams and everyday adventures.
“Suddenly, I find a new path to the waterfall,” he writes in the title poem to one of his books.
“I begin to hurry. Wake up, my wife says. You're dreaming.”
Carver was a dreamer and a realist, a man who wrote short stories and shorter poems that burned his name into America's literary canon.
He lived the last decade of his life in Port Angeles, and died here, at age 50.

State Patrol report blames motorcyclist killed during chase

By Paul Gottlieb Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Motorcyclist Bjorn R. Larsen's recklessness during a high-speed chase by State Patrol Trooper Travis Beebe was the main cause of Larsen's death more than a year ago off Deer Park Road, the State Patrol said in its report on the death released last week.

Happy ending to horse neglect story near Sequim

By Arwyn Rice Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

SEQUIM — Fat and glossy, Cleo is a living testament to the care she received from volunteer horse lovers in Clallam County.
In February 2012, the then-emaciated Arabian filly, along with two other horses and a pony, were turned over to Eyes That Smile, a Sequim-based horse rescue organization.
“She's just amazing now,” said Valerie Jackson, co-vice president of Eyes That Smile, showing off the bright-eyed, friendly mare Sunday.

Coyle man develops app for tracking kids' allowance

By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

COYLE — Parents who want to track their children's allowances can use an app to manage the process, thanks to a developer who works remotely from this isolated corner of Jefferson County.
“A lot of parents have trouble managing this information. They have it written on little pieces of paper or have to carry it around in their head,” said Cathy Glitsch, who is marketing the software developed by her husband, Hans.

Bikes for books a wheel success in Port Townsend

By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

PORT TOWNSEND — Five Blue Heron Middle School students, one from each grade, won new bikes in a promotion tied to the completion of reading homework.
Throughout the school year, students received tickets when they finished reading assignments.
Those tickets were put in bags at a school assembly on Friday, with one name drawn from each grade.
The bikes were purchased by the Port Townsend Masonic Lodge from Walmart in Sequim, which provided an 18 percent discount on the bikes and supplied a helmet to each winner.

Sequim to purchase land for future road

By Joe Smillie Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

SEQUIM –– The City Council has authorized City Manager Steve Burkett to purchase a strip of land for a future road on the south side of Carrie Blake Park.
The city would use road, water and sewer funds to pay for the $13,050 acquisition of the land from the Blake family.
Public Works Director Paul Haines said the land just south of the softball fields’ outfield fences would be held by the city for future installation of a road and installation of utilities to connect Blake Avenue with Rhodefer Road.

Sekiu man gets 12 years for drug offenses

Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — A 47-year-old Sekiu man has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime and possession of Oxycodone with intent to distribute.
James G. “Chipper” Rode pled guilty to the charges last Nov. 9. He was sentenced Friday, May 10.

Guilty plea given in Port Angeles attempted robbery case

By Jeremy Schwartz Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

By Jeremy Schwartz
Peninsula Daily News
PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man held at gunpoint until police arrived at the home he attempted to burglarize has pleaded guilty in the case and will serve no additional time in jail for the crime.
Richard Allen Smith pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of attempted residential burglary and will get credit for time he served in the Clallam County jail since the attempted burglary in January.

Port Townsend board delays decision about charter schools

By Arwyn Rice Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend School Board said it will put off deciding on whether to become a charter school authorizer until next Monday in order to give the district superintendent time to research the issue.

Clallam gets funds for Lower Elwha Road

By Rob Ollikainen Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County has secured $726,930 in state funds to widen and resurface a narrow three-quarter-mile section of Lower Elwha Road.
The three commissioners Tuesday unanimously approved an agreement with the Rural Arterial Program that enables the County Road Administration Board to authorize payments to spruce up the tribal access road from its southern terminus at Edgewood Drive to the three-way stop at Elwha Valley Road, formerly Kacee Way.

Film director to give free talk in Port Townsend

Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

PORT TOWNSEND — Inside sweatshops in China, among farmers in India, amid a neighbor-to-neighbor struggle over Walmart in small-town America: Micha X. Peled has been there and lived to make movies about it.
“The Art of Documentary Film Making: Behind the Camera with Micha” is the title of a free lecture at the Library Learning Center, 1256 Lawrence St., Tuesday night.
Peled will step up at

SPORTS: Quilcene baseball team rewrites history books

Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

By Brad LaBrie
Peninsula Daily News
THE QUILCENE BASEBALL team produced a couple of historical firsts at the 1B state playoffs.
The Rangers won their first state baseball game ever in the 1B quarterfinals, and then captured third place after losing in the semifinals Saturday.
That was the first time a Quilcene boys team has ever placed in state in the school’s 102-year-old history.

SPORTS: Two area athletes win individual titles at 2A district track meet

Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

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SUMNER — Sequim’s Jayson Brocklesby, who set school and district meet records, and Port Angeles’ Jolene Millsap both won individual titles at the 20-team 2A tri-district track and field championships at Sumner High School.
Both Sequim and Port Angeles will send five athletes each to state in seven events.
The Wolves also qualified two boys relays and one girls relay at Saturday’s meet.

FOUR DAYS OF arts and music comes to Port Angeles — buy your tickets now! (And . . . FREE pre-festival show Thursday)

By Peninsula Daily News staff — Mon, 20 May 2013

IT'S OUT TODAY: North Olympic Peninsula's biggest and best visitor guide

Peninsula Daily News — Mon, 20 May 2013

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Look for the free guide at scores of locations across the North Olympic Peninsula right after today's publication.
It'll also be online for viewing at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
USE IT to enjoy our Peninsula and its treasures!

10 to receive Jefferson County Heart of Service award Tuesday

By Peninsula Daily News staff — Mon, 20 May 2013

EDITOR'S NOTE — To see photos of the other Jefferson County Heart of Service honorees — and to read more about all 10 of the recipients — click on: http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130512/NEWS/305129996
PORT TOWNSEND — Friends, admirers and business associates are invited to a reception this week in which 10 community heroes will be honored with the Jefferson County Heart of Service award for 2013.

FOUR DAYS OF arts and music comes to Port Angeles — buy your tickets now! (And . . . FREE pre-festival show Thursday)

By Peninsula Daily News staff — Sun, 19 May 2013

Oh, well . . . winning Powerball ticket potentially worth $590.5 million sold in Florida

The Associated Press — Sun, 19 May 2013

DES MOINES, Iowa — It's all about the odds, and one lone ticket in Florida has beaten them all by matching each of the numbers drawn for the highest Powerball jackpot in history at an estimated $590.5 million, lottery officials said today.
The single winner was sold at a Publix supermarket in Zephyrhills, Fla., according to Florida Lottery executive Cindy O'Connell. She told The Associated Press by telephone that more details would be released later.

Man files complaint against Sequim police; transcript release due this week

By Joe Smillie Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

SEQUIM –– City officials have confirmed that Morgan Weimer has filed a complaint against police officers after one officer punched him during an arrest outside The Oasis Bar and Grill in the early morning hours of May 12.
Transcripts of the video recording of Weimer's complaint will not be available until this week at the earliest, City Attorney Craig Ritchie said Friday.
Ritchie was reviewing the tape to see what could be released to the public and what would be withheld.

Primary contests shape up in Jefferson County

By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

PORT TOWNSEND — Three-way primary contests have opened up in two of three open seats on the City Council, as well as for a Port of Port Townsend commission seat.
A two-way contest is set for a third City Council seat, and incumbent Jefferson Healthcare commissioners will face challenges.
The election lineup was finalized after the 4:30 p.m. Friday deadline passed for candidates to file declarations for 48 seats on the 25 elected councils, boards and commissions on which elected positions are available.

Races stack up in Clallam elections

By Paul Gottlieb and Rob Ollikainen Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — One-term Port Angeles City Councilman Max Mania is not running for re-election, while a Sequim-area seat on the Port of Port Angeles commission has three candidates running for one position who will go up against each other in the Aug. 6 primary.
And there was some juggling of candidates at the last minute, with two who had filed for positions having to withdraw because they did not live in the district and then refiling for the district they do live in.

Harbinger Winery wins gold medal for El Jefe wine

By Peninsula Daily News staff — Sun, 19 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Harbinger Winery of Port Angeles recently was awarded a gold medal at the 2013 Sunset International Wine Competition and took Best of Class for its 2009 El Jefe wine.
The El Jefe is a reserve red wine blend made out of Rhone-style grapes.
This is the second straight year Harbinger has been awarded gold medals at this event.
Last year, the 2008 El Jefe and 2008 Barbera both took gold medals.

This week's North Olympic Peninsula business meetings — and business news briefs

By Peninsula Daily News staff — Sun, 19 May 2013

EDITOR'S NOTE — All the business meetings listed are open to the public.
Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce — Weekly luncheon meetings are held Mondays at noon in the second-floor meeting room of the Red Lion Hotel, 221 N. Lincoln St.
This Monday's program will focus on the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula and its Mount Angeles branch in Port Angeles.
Featured speaker will be Janet Gray, the clubs' resource development director.

Port Angeles graphic designer receives national accolades

Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Two graphic designs by Port Angeles-based Laurel Black Design have been selected as winners in the 28th annual American Graphic Design and Advertising Competition.
The nationwide competition is a showcase for U.S. graphic design. Fewer than 30 percent of the tens of thousands of entries are selected as winners each year.

COMING MONDAY: Discover the hidden treasures of your own backyard!

Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

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Look for the free guide at scores of locations across the North Olympic Peninsula right after Monday's publication.
It'll also be online for viewing at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
And enjoy our Peninsula all over again!

Neighbor planned to seeking restraining order against bulldozer operator before incident

By Paul Gottlieb Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Dan and Mary Davis had decided to get a restraining order against Barry Swegle just before Swegle's logging bulldozer destroyed three homes, two of them owned by Davis.
Clallam County Superior Court Judge George L. Wood on Friday set Aug. 12 as the trial date for Swegle on nine rampage-related charges, including first-degree assault, and kept Swegle's bail at $1 million.
Swegle remained jailed Saturday in lieu of the million-dollar bail.

10 to receive Jefferson County Heart of Service award Tuesday

By Peninsula Daily News staff — Sun, 19 May 2013

EDITOR'S NOTE — To see photos of the other Jefferson County Heart of Service honorees — and to read more about all 10 of the recipients — click on: http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130512/NEWS/305129996
PORT TOWNSEND — Friends, admirers and business associates are invited to a reception this week in which 10 community heroes will be honored with the Jefferson County Heart of Service award for 2013.

PENINSULA POLL BACKGROUNDER: Traditional TV networks see viewership plummeting

Peninsula Daily News news services — Sun, 19 May 2013

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DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Shipwright’s canoes all in the details

By David G. Sellars PDN Maritime Columnist — Sun, 19 May 2013

Eric Bert, a well-known and highly regarded shipwright who operates his business, Modern Yacht Joinery, from a shop at the Port Angeles Boat Haven, recently acquired a substantially larger space in an industrial complex west of Port Angeles on U.S. Highway 101.
When I stopped to visit with him in his new facility, I fully expected to discuss the impending move of all of his specialized equipment into a more spacious building.
However, that was not the case.

PENINSULA PROFILE: She creates a community for developmentally disabled

By Diane Urbani de la Paz Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

SEQUIM — When Dorothy Skerbeck gave birth to her 12th child in 1961, she didn’t know where to turn for support.
This child, Thomas, was born with Down syndrome, and would not develop the same way that his brothers and sisters did.
At first, Skerbeck, who lived in Port Angeles with her husband, Dr. Frank Skerbeck, was at a loss.
“I couldn’t go out in public,” she remembers, “because I would cry.”

County treasurer recommends against forgiving or adjusting Forks loan granted in 2004

By Rob Ollikainen Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County should deny a request from the Quillayute Valley Park and Recreation District to forgive or defer a $225,000 loan it received in 2004, County Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis has recommended.
The loan was for the purchase of 4 acres of U.S. Forest Service land with four homes on it in the heart of Forks to provide more affordable housing on the West End.

Port Angeles teen charged in suspected heroin death; police investigate another death as possibly due to overdose

By Jeremy Schwartz Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — A 18-year-old Port Angeles man has pleaded not guilty to a felony charge related to drug trafficking after a teen died of a suspected heroin overdose.
And a drug-related homicide charge is possible in the coming weeks, according to the Clallam County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office.
Meanwhile, police are investigating another death last week to see if it, too, might be related to heroin.
David Zavodny entered his plea Friday to one count of maintaining premises for drug trafficking, a Class C felony.

Ninety-six entries in Rhody Parade, mostly dry weather make it ‘great’

By Charlie Bermant Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

PORT TOWNSEND — It didn’t rain on the Rhody Parade on Saturday.
The highlight of the 78th annual Rhododendron Festival celebration finished with only a few drops getting in the way.
“It was a good parade. We got a lot of compliments this year,” said Past President Melanie Bozak.
“The crowd was pretty good,” she added.
“I was happy to see a lot of people along Monroe Street, which we haven’t gotten in years past.”

‘Pit-to-pier’ not over yet, company says

By Jeremy Schwartz and Leah leach Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

SHINE — The “pit-to-pier” project isn’t dead, its manager said, despite a conservation agreement in the works between the state and the Navy that would prohibit new construction along areas of Hood Canal.
“We’re going to be going forward,” said Dan Baskins, project manager for the Thorndyke Resources Project, before referring inquiries to the company’s spokesman.

Picking up the pieces: Port Angeles community pulls together after bulldozer attack [* GALLERY *]

By Jeremy Schwartz Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — A sense of caring appears to have risen from the rubble of the 10- to 15-minute bulldozer rampage that struck a small neighborhood in Gales Addition east of Port Angeles on May 10.
“A whole lot of people have come by and shaken my hand and offered to do whatever they can,” said Dan Davis, 74, whose two homes were all but demolished in the bulldozer attack.

Destruction tourism? Visitors rubber-neck, take photos in bulldozer-attack neighborhood

By Jeremy Schwartz Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — Onlookers began lining up “bumper-to-bumper,” as one neighbor described it, last week to catch a glimpse and a quick photo of the destruction wrought from a bulldozer rampage that damaged several homes and other property in Gales Addition.
“For a week, it’s been constant,” said Barbara Porter, whose home was one of four damaged in the bulldozer rampage.
“People taking pictures and yelling at you — it’s been hard.”

Port Angeles man arrested in pawn shop burglary case

By Jeremy Schwartz Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — A 29-year-old Port Angeles man has been arrested in last weekend’s smash-and-grab burglary at a pawn shop on First Street.
Police cannot say yet if the man was involved in an earlier burglary at Radio Shack that was thought to have been burgled in the same way.
“We’re working these cases as if they are connected,” said Brian Smith, deputy police chief, on Saturday.
But he added:

Port Angeles fetes sidewalk, ferry dock opening

By Jeremy Schwartz Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — The tourist season in Port Angeles opened in grand fashion Saturday with a ceremony celebrating both the grand opening of the MV Coho ferry terminal and a newly completed stretch of sidewalk running along the south side of West Railroad Avenue.
Business owners, passers-by and officials from the city, Port of Port Angeles and Black Ball Ferry Line — an estimated 75 people in all — turned out under overcast skies and just the slightest drizzling of rain to celebrate the grand openings.

Anderson Lake closes due to high toxin level

By Leah Leach Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

CHIMACUM — Anderson Lake, which has been plagued with high levels of algae-produced toxins for the past seven years, has been closed to fishing and other recreation after only three weeks.
The popular trout-fishing lake between Port Townsend and Chimacum was opened April 27 for the start of the statewide lowland lake fishing season but was closed to all recreation last week because of high levels of the potent nerve toxin anatoxin-a.
Anatoxin-a

Employee to seek Port of Port Angeles commission seat

By Paul Gottlieb Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

PORT ANGELES — A Port of Port Angeles employee will run against an incumbent port commissioner and a management consultant in the Aug. 6 primary for the commission's Sequim-area District 1 position.
Port Director of Business Development Colleen McAleer, the fourth-ranking manager on the port's staff roster, according to the port's website at www.portofpa.com, filed Friday to run against appointed incumbent Paul McHugh and Del DelaBarre, owner of DelaBarre and Associates Inc. of Sequim.

SPORTS: Port Angeles, Chimacum boys golf teams aiming for the top

Peninsula Daily News — Sun, 19 May 2013

By Brad LaBrie
Peninsula Daily News
BOTH THE PORT Angeles and Chimacum boys golf teams could make some major noise at their state tournaments starting Tuesday.
They’re not the Bobbsey Twins but both 2013 teams and circumstances are eerily similar.
Both the Roughriders and Cowboys have very long-time coaches, Port Angeles’ Mark Mitrovich is in his 27th year but Chimacum’s Mitch Black is the granddaddy of golf coaches in his 37th year.