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Haller Foundation awards $350K in grants

More than 50 groups recently received funding from a Sequim philanthropist more than 30 years after his death. Albert Haller Foundation board… Continue reading

 

Agnes Kioko and Regina Mbaluku of Kenya and Bonita Piper, board president of Path From Poverty, right, meet with Sequim volunteers who cut and sell wood as a fundraiser. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Connection helps Kenyan women with opportunities, relationships

This effort, gifts from thousands of miles away, aren’t just about money or resources or water. They are about relationships: the ones that… Continue reading

 

Virginia Sheppard recently opened Crafter’s Creations at 247 E. Washington St. in Creamery Square, offering merchandise on consignment from more than three dozen artisans and crafters. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Crafter’s Creations brings artwork to community

Consignment shop features more than three dozen vendors

 

Sequim photographer Randy Tomaras points to a photo featured in his two-volume course “It Is NOT the Camera.” Tomaras’ home studio will be featured in the Strait from the Artists Studio Tour today and Sunday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim artist looks for life outside of frame

Photographer will be part of Strait from the Artists tour

Sequim photographer Randy Tomaras points to a photo featured in his two-volume course “It Is NOT the Camera.” Tomaras’ home studio will be featured in the Strait from the Artists Studio Tour today and Sunday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Family members of Ruth McCord celebrate the dedication of a park named after their mother’s legacy on Oct. 25. The future park, located near North Seventh Avenue and West Hendrickson Road, looks to honor the late Sequim resident’s wishes to offer a place for youngsters and the elderly alike. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim dedicates a new city park

Land to offer attractions for both youth, elderly

Family members of Ruth McCord celebrate the dedication of a park named after their mother’s legacy on Oct. 25. The future park, located near North Seventh Avenue and West Hendrickson Road, looks to honor the late Sequim resident’s wishes to offer a place for youngsters and the elderly alike. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Noah Glaude, North Olympic Library System’s executive director, looks over recent construction at the site of the Sequim Library’s expansion. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Library remodel on pace for opening next spring

Walls are up, roof coming soon in major renovation

Noah Glaude, North Olympic Library System’s executive director, looks over recent construction at the site of the Sequim Library’s expansion. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Barbara Wise displays the Washington Newspaper Publisher Association’s Miles Turnbull Master Editor/Publisher award honoring her late husband John Brewer at the WNPA convention in Olympia on Oct. 5. (photo by Ileana Murphy Haggerty)

Brewer, former PDN publisher/editor, honored

Recognized by state association

Barbara Wise displays the Washington Newspaper Publisher Association’s Miles Turnbull Master Editor/Publisher award honoring her late husband John Brewer at the WNPA convention in Olympia on Oct. 5. (photo by Ileana Murphy Haggerty)
Jon Stafford, right, the new director/conductor for the Peninsula Singers, talks with accompanist Mark Johnson. (Peninsula Singers)

Peninsula Singers tap new leader for choral group

By the end of the audition, accompanist Mark Johnson could sense this applicant might be the one. “His energy — he worked with… Continue reading

Jon Stafford, right, the new director/conductor for the Peninsula Singers, talks with accompanist Mark Johnson. (Peninsula Singers)

Three bond options on table for Sequim

School board considering February ballot

Sequim school board expects long-range plan in early October

District officials may ask voters for capital bond or levy

The Clallam County Gem and Mineral Association’s fall show is set for Saturday and Sunday at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. (Clallam County Gem and Mineral Association)

Rock and gem show set this weekend in Port Angeles

Members expand ‘Rock Alley’ for younger attendees

The Clallam County Gem and Mineral Association’s fall show is set for Saturday and Sunday at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. (Clallam County Gem and Mineral Association)
The site of a mill, granary/grain elevator, a mall, restaurants and more, Sequim’s “skyscraper” at 531 W. Washington St. is being prepped for a trio of businesses by natives Jason Hoffman and Ryan Schaffsma. (Ryan Schaafsma)

Business partners plan to preserve history of grain elevator

Duo plans to offer taproom and restaurant, short-term stays, coffee bar

The site of a mill, granary/grain elevator, a mall, restaurants and more, Sequim’s “skyscraper” at 531 W. Washington St. is being prepped for a trio of businesses by natives Jason Hoffman and Ryan Schaffsma. (Ryan Schaafsma)
Members of the Sequim School District’s long-range facilities planning group got a look at Sequim High School’s aging science classrooms. The four classrooms were built in 1967. Adjacent to the classrooms is a storage area with rows of chemicals used in classroom studies without nearly the ventilation needed, said Mike Santos, Sequim schools’ director of facilities, operations and security. (Michel Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim school group reviewing aging facilities for possible funding request

Board directors: Multi-phase plan will be considered

Members of the Sequim School District’s long-range facilities planning group got a look at Sequim High School’s aging science classrooms. The four classrooms were built in 1967. Adjacent to the classrooms is a storage area with rows of chemicals used in classroom studies without nearly the ventilation needed, said Mike Santos, Sequim schools’ director of facilities, operations and security. (Michel Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
David Brehm, Jeene Hobbs, Barbara VanderWerf and Ann Soule from the Clallam County League of Women Voters stand with a new sign that shows the level of water flow for the Dungeness River. While the river flow was considered critical on Aug. 23, levels improved slightly to "low" flow later that night. The sign, just west of Knutsen Farm Road on Old Olympic Highway, will be updated weekly, organizers said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

New sign to display Dungeness River levels

Drought indicator placed on Old Olympic Highway property

David Brehm, Jeene Hobbs, Barbara VanderWerf and Ann Soule from the Clallam County League of Women Voters stand with a new sign that shows the level of water flow for the Dungeness River. While the river flow was considered critical on Aug. 23, levels improved slightly to "low" flow later that night. The sign, just west of Knutsen Farm Road on Old Olympic Highway, will be updated weekly, organizers said. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Martha Williams, director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Ron Allen, CEO and chairman of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe (both seated), celebrate the signing of a co-stewardship agreement for the Dungeness and Protection Island National Wildlife Refuges on Aug. 16. (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)

Tribe, USFW sign pact for refuges

Jamestown to manage activities at Dungeness, Protection Island

Martha Williams, director of the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, and Ron Allen, CEO and chairman of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe (both seated), celebrate the signing of a co-stewardship agreement for the Dungeness and Protection Island National Wildlife Refuges on Aug. 16. (Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe)
Kim Rosales and other volunteers help gather school supplies for students at last year’s Back to School Fair at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Back to School Fair set for today

With the start of school just days away, Sequim’s annual Back to School Fair will look to help students in all grades be… Continue reading

Kim Rosales and other volunteers help gather school supplies for students at last year’s Back to School Fair at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Matt Dryke, 1984 Olympic Games gold medal winner (skeet shooting), joins his wife Yvonne and daughter Ellen at the opening of the new Sequim Museum & Arts building in July 2019. A section of the museum details Dryke's storied career in the sport. Sequim Gazette file photo by Michael Dashiell

SHOOTING SPORTS: Sequim Olympic Gold Medalist Matt Dryke gets his day Sept. 13

Celebrated by Sequim Museum & Arts

Matt Dryke, 1984 Olympic Games gold medal winner (skeet shooting), joins his wife Yvonne and daughter Ellen at the opening of the new Sequim Museum & Arts building in July 2019. A section of the museum details Dryke's storied career in the sport. Sequim Gazette file photo by Michael Dashiell
Work continues on a new bridge at Chicken Coop Creek near Blyn, with the project expected to be completed this fall. (Washington State Department of Transportation)

Fish barrier removal about halfway complete

Roadwork will continue through fall on US Highway 101

Work continues on a new bridge at Chicken Coop Creek near Blyn, with the project expected to be completed this fall. (Washington State Department of Transportation)
Eileen Schmitz, JACE Real Estate owner and Shipley Center board member, presents the keys of the former JCPenney building at 651 W. Washington St. to Shipley Center executive director Michael Smith following the center’s Aug. 8 purchase of the building. At far left is Joyce Gladen of JACE Real Estate, and second from left is Shipley Center board secretary Margaret Cox. (Shipley Center)

Shipley Center purchases former JCPenney building

Senior organization to put activities under one roof

Eileen Schmitz, JACE Real Estate owner and Shipley Center board member, presents the keys of the former JCPenney building at 651 W. Washington St. to Shipley Center executive director Michael Smith following the center’s Aug. 8 purchase of the building. At far left is Joyce Gladen of JACE Real Estate, and second from left is Shipley Center board secretary Margaret Cox. (Shipley Center)
Sequim City Band musicians await the start of their Independence Day concert. The band will host “Movies, Musicals and Marches” on Sunday.

Sequim City Band preps ‘Movies, Musicals and Marches’

Break out the popcorn and the snacks: it’s time to go the movies with the Sequim City Band’s “Movies, Musicals and Matches” concert.… Continue reading

Sequim City Band musicians await the start of their Independence Day concert. The band will host “Movies, Musicals and Marches” on Sunday.