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Archive for July, 2007

Lockhaven Express – According to smithsonianmagazine.com, the photos in the magazine were shot by a man named William Townsend Clarke who came to logging camps near Galeton and Port Allegany in 1897 and 1898. The photos were discovered in a toolshed in Rochester, N.Y

Old ferries’ care found lacking
Everett Herald – Last year, nearly 767,000 passengers rode the Klickitat and other Steel Electric ferries between Keystone Harbor on Whidbey Island and Port Townsend on the Olympic Peninsula. When the crack was found in the Klickitat’s hull in March, ferry workers

Telling poems by their covers
OregonLive.com – From its home in Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, Wash., it publishes poetry by numerous Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winners, including Pablo Neruda, Ted Kooser, Maxine Kumin and W.S. Merwin and such leading American poets as Jim Harrison, Olga

Summer jazz and blues schedule
Seattle Times – Port Townsend Slide & Steel Festival , June 30, Fort Worden, Wash. ( 800-733-3608 or www.centrum.org ). Workshop and dances, but big Saturday concerts feature Laurie Lewis, Hannes Coetzee, the Birmingham Sunlights, others. Lopez Arts Fest , July 3, Lopez

LAVENDER RACE BRINGS OUT SMILES
Sequim Gazette – The sun may not have been shining, but the runners were simply beaming. After a year layoff, Sequim s Race for the Lavender 5k run/walk gave the nearby Olympic Game Farm a 200-runner salute, with Ian Fraser leading the way. The Port Townsend

7 injured in accidents near Granada
Sentinel – Chisick, 10, of Port Townsend, Wash., and Sarah E. Chisick, 13, of Port Townsend, Wash. were taken to Fairmont Medical Center with minor and non life-threatening injuries. In a second accident that occurred shortly after 5:30 p.m. on Highway 262

Rising sea, rising threat: What Puget Sound risks
Seattle Times – Whidbey Island, Port Townsend and Admiralty Inlet: Rising water and erosion could take out as much as 80 percent of current beaches. Particularly hard-hit would be western Whidbey Island. Snohomish Estuary and Everett: Dikes may withstand rising seas

Sequim Gazette – Davison was raised in Eastern Washington and moved to Sequim in the 1970s to be near his parents and to raise his family. He worked as an electrical engineer for Clallam County. He is survived by two daughters and three grandchildren. He was known as

Purple reigns in Scott County
TriCities.com – Most of the lavender grown in the United States is in western states like Washington, Osborne said. Particularly, Osborne discovered several lavender growers at Sequim, Wash., where an annual “Lavender Festival” attracts about 75,000 people. Saturday

Long Beach Press-Telegram – Later that night, the library also presents Truc Dever, of the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District, who will will provide a tour of the facility, where participants will view the vessel traffic control system monitoring port

Port Negotiations Halted Until Tuesday
KNx 1070 – LOS ANGELES (KNX) — After 24 hours of bargaining, talks between the union representing about 930 clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach were broken off. They have plans to resume on Tuesday at 1 p.m., and the clerks have agreed

Court won’t dismiss Port Washington tax case
Worldnews.com – Roanoke County has the highest “effective” real estate tax rate of Virginia’s 95 counties, and Roanoke’s rate is even higher, although it places fifth among the state’s 39 cities . But, city and county officials LOS ANGELES – A judge has

Diver found unconscious still in critical condition
Bellingham Herald – BELLINGHAM — The 25-year-old woman who was found floating unconscious off Lummi Island on Saturday remained in the intensive care unit at St. Joseph Hospital today. The Port Angeles office of the U.S. Coast Guard, which is leading the investigation

SoCal port clerks present final offer in contract talks
San Francisco Examiner – LOS ANGELES ( Map , News ) – Clerical workers presented their final offer to shipping companies Saturday after all-night contract talks aimed at preventing a strike at the nation’s largest port complex. “We’ve done all we can,” said John Fageaux Jr

Woman found Saturday critical
Bellingham Herald – The 25-year-old woman who was found floating unconscious off the Lummi Rocks on Saturday was in the Intensive Care Unit of St. Joseph Hospital Monday. U.S. Coast Guard officials in Port Angeles, the station leading the investigation, wouldn t

Workers at U.K. Coca-Cola distribution center plan two 48-hour strikes
Worldnews.com – Los Angeles port clerks’ contract negotiations postponed because of medical issue International Herald Tribune LOS ANGELES: Labor negotiations aimed at averting a shutdown of the United States’ largest port complex have been postponed, representatives

Reporting: California
American Reporter – The Marine View Apartments at 785 28th St. in San Pedro, the old harbor city that surrounds the Port of Los Angeles, was built as housing for Fort MacArthur, the place that was in charge of guarding the whole Southern California coastline for the

L.A. Port Clerks Present Final Offer
FOX News – LOS ANGELES Clerical workers presented their final offer to shipping companies Saturday after all-night contract talks aimed at preventing a strike at the nation’s largest port complex. “We’ve done all we can,” said John Fageaux Jr., president of

TriCities.com – Most of the lavender grown in the United States is in western states like Washington, Osborne said. Particularly, Osborne discovered several lavender growers at Sequim, Wash., where an annual “Lavender Festival” attracts about 75,000 people. Saturday

NEW B&G CLUB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NAMED
Sequim Gazette – Prior to his stint at the Boy Scouts, Schilling spent 26 years as a Washington state trooper, and three of those years were where I learned that I enjoyed working with youth, said Schilling, who will be working with the clubs both in Sequim and

ELK TEAM TO PLAN FENCE ROUTE
Sequim Gazette – Smith said. ?I think of Eastern Washington where you can see fences tapering around different properties, some land owners will want a brand new 8-foot fence replacing an older one.? Sequim planning director Dennis Lefevre said that the residents

Sequim Gazette – Gardener s demonstration garden at 2711 Woodcock Road exemplifies the organization s intentions for 4 acres of Sequim The Master Gardener Association is comprised of volunteers who learn about being a master gardener from Washington State

CROSSWALK REHABILITATION UNDER WAY
Sequim Gazette – Workers will stamp a brick imprint, similar to the texture inside a roundabout, into the downtown crosswalks on Sequim Avenue and Washington Street. Then they will apply several coats of high-durability paint that will help the stamped asphalt

LONGTIME SEQUIM PIONEER DIES
Sequim Gazette – LONGTIME SEQUIM PIONEER DIES Bob McCrorie, 2007 Irrigation Festival honorary pioneer, died of age related causes June 3 Bob was born in Canada and moved to the Yakima Valley in eastern Washington with his parents and siblings as a young child

10 YEARS AND COUNTING!
Sequim Gazette – It’s the month, between the Sequim Irrigation and Lavender festivals, when the gallery first opened its doors 10 years ago Monday-Saturday and 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday. The gallery is located at 129 W. Washington St. For more information, call 681-6033.

Town Hall Schools Lifestyles Recreation Letters Milestones Obituaries
Daily Herald – Sydney-Lyn Leialoha Ottley and Kevin Don Tea have chosen to wed in the Mount Timpanogos LDS Temple on June 30, 2007. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Guy and Beverly Heder of Sequim, Washington. The prospective groom is the son of

Sequim Gazette – The van and hearse were part of a lesson that the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, Clallam County Fire District 3, Sequim Police Department, Sequim Valley Funeral Chapel, Washington State Patrol and St. Luke?s Episcopal Church Reverend Maggie Bourne

SEQUIM MAN DIES IN MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
Sequim Gazette – Davison was raised in Eastern Washington and moved to Sequim in the 1970s to be near his parents and to raise his family. He worked as an electrical engineer for Clallam County. He is survived by two daughters and three grandchildren. He was known as

NEW B&G CLUB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NAMED
Sequim Gazette – Prior to his stint at the Boy Scouts, Schilling spent 26 years as a Washington state trooper, and three of those years were where I learned that I enjoyed working with youth, said Schilling, who will be working with the clubs both in Sequim and

STATE: $2.3 MILLION TO EAST CLALLAM
Sequim Gazette – The Washington state Legislature doubled funding for the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program from $50 million to $100 Two of the four projects were created to buy development rights on two active pieces of farmland in the Sequim-Dungeness

ELK TEAM TO PLAN FENCE ROUTE
Sequim Gazette – Smith said. ?I think of Eastern Washington where you can see fences tapering around different properties, some land owners will want a brand new 8-foot fence replacing an older one.? Sequim planning director Dennis Lefevre said that the residents

Highway collision injures two
Sequim Gazette – A vehicle collided with a tree off U.S. Highway 101 near Sequim Bay State Park at 7:14 a.m. July 2, leaving two people injured. The cause was driving under the influence, according to the Washington State Patrol. The tree was not the infamous conifer

LONGTIME SEQUIM PIONEER DIES
Sequim Gazette – LONGTIME SEQUIM PIONEER DIES Bob McCrorie, 2007 Irrigation Festival honorary pioneer, died of age related causes June 3 Bob was born in Canada and moved to the Yakima Valley in eastern Washington with his parents and siblings as a young child

Sequim Gazette – A vehicle collided with a tree off U.S. Highway 101 near Sequim Bay State Park at 7:14 a.m. July 2, leaving two people injured. The cause was driving under the influence, according to the Washington State Patrol. The tree was not the infamous conifer

ELK TEAM TO PLAN FENCE ROUTE
Sequim Gazette – Smith said. ?I think of Eastern Washington where you can see fences tapering around different properties, some land owners will want a brand new 8-foot fence replacing an older one.? Sequim planning director Dennis Lefevre said that the residents

Purple reigns in Scott County
TriCities.com – Most of the lavender grown in the United States is in western states like Washington, Osborne said. Particularly, Osborne discovered several lavender growers at Sequim, Wash., where an annual “Lavender Festival” attracts about 75,000 people. Saturday

CENSUS SHOWS SEQUIM RADILY GROWING
Sequim Gazette – the OFM estimated Sequim s population to be more than 5,000 people, which placed it into a small city category rather than its previous small town classification that yielded grants like the one that improved Washington Street in 2001. Now Sequim

NEW B&G CLUB EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NAMED
Sequim Gazette – Prior to his stint at the Boy Scouts, Schilling spent 26 years as a Washington state trooper, and three of those years were where I learned that I enjoyed working with youth, said Schilling, who will be working with the clubs both in Sequim and

Salem’s 200 artist booths beckon
OregonLive.com – The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission hosts this living history experience two miles southwest of Ilwaco, on the Sequim Lavender Festival FRIDAY-SUNDAY, JULY 20-22 Sequim, Wash. This 11th annual festival on the Olympic Peninsula

LONGTIME SEQUIM PIONEER DIES
Sequim Gazette – LONGTIME SEQUIM PIONEER DIES Bob McCrorie, 2007 Irrigation Festival honorary pioneer, died of age related causes June 3 Bob was born in Canada and moved to the Yakima Valley in eastern Washington with his parents and siblings as a young child

5th Avenue Theatre awards honor Washington state’s best musical
Seattle Post Intelligencer – They came from Lynden, Sequim, Yakima — all over Washington — some to perform on this big-time stage, others to cheer on their cast mates. The grandeur of the event sank in as students took their seats in the lavish, 1926 theater, a jewel box of

STATE: $2.3 MILLION TO EAST CLALLAM
Sequim Gazette – The Washington state Legislature doubled funding for the Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program from $50 million to $100 Two of the four projects were created to buy development rights on two active pieces of farmland in the Sequim-Dungeness

Town Hall Schools Lifestyles Recreation Letters Milestones Obituaries
Daily Herald – Sydney-Lyn Leialoha Ottley and Kevin Don Tea have chosen to wed in the Mount Timpanogos LDS Temple on June 30, 2007. The bride-to-be is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Guy and Beverly Heder of Sequim, Washington. The prospective groom is the son of

Jackson Clarion-Ledger – Smoltz left the team in Los Angeles on Wednesday to return to Atlanta for a Friday meeting with Braves doctors about PORT ORANGE, Fla. – Former Florida football player Avery Atkins was found dead in his car in the garage of his aunt’s home

Oil falls from 10-mth high; Nigeria, U.S. support
Reuters – directed at the Nigerian oil industry, an attack on an oil rig and the kidnapping of a 3-year-old British girl in Port persisted as well, with BP Plc. (BP.L: Quote , Profile , Research ) shutting a hydrocracking unit at its 260,000 bpd Los Angeles

Union makes Chinese alliance
Los Angeles Daily News – Maria Elena Durazo, executive secretary-treasurer of the 600,000-member County Fed, compared the agreement to a sister city relationship and said there may be opportunities for joint efforts with the Port of Los Angeles. “The primary reason for this

Coos Bay has a trophy catch on the line
OregonLive.com – The huge global shipper is talking seriously with the Port of Coos Bay about building a major terminal and bringing as many Meanwhile, the big West Coast ports — Los Angeles-Long Beach, Seattle, San Francisco and Tacoma — are handling about as many

There are worse reasons to party
Herald Tribune – Homeland Security agents as he tried to visit Los Angeles for another speaking engagement. Officials turned him back, saying A few more UFO sightings over Arcadia, Port Charlotte, and Sarasota have been added to NUFORC s database this spring

Babe Ruth teams advance
Daily Record – Both teams advanced out of last weekend district tournament by finishing second in the age groups. The 15s will travel to Port Angeles next week or the state tournament while the 13s head west to Poulsbo.

Cape Gazette – Tabitha Lowery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m., Friday, July 28, in Daniels & Hutchison Funeral Home, 212 N. Broad St., Middletown. Services will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, July 29, in the funeral home. Burial will be in Hickory Grove Cemetery, Port

What to do in the county, the region and Chicago
Northwest Herald – May 18-19, Frank Townsend; May 24, The Wes Sullivan Show; May 25-26, Tim Walkoe; May 30, New Talent Showcase. OPEN MIC NIGHT, 7 July 15, Broken Oar, 614 Rawson Bridge Road, Port Barrington, (847) 639-9468. AXE GRINDER, Southern rockin Texas blues

Boise State University graduate list
Idaho Statesman – Elizabeth M Hennessey Port Huron, MI: Rhonda Lee Boyd Wayne, MI: Jennifer Lydia Sinclair Kenmore, NY: Lindsay A Blamire Canton, OH: Susan L Larke Everett, WA: Jerry Allen Hubbard Puyallup, WA: John Adam Holst Seattle, WA: Robin S White-Sieber Master of

Curt Cavin: IRL & Formula One Q&A
Indianapolis Star – J. will be here looking for a shot, and the rest of the list includes familiar names: Papis, Yasakawa, both Laziers, Townsend Answer: All the IRL can do is help make its league a destination rather than a port. Right now, NASCAR is the place with the

Washington State Capital Museum
Seattle Times – Documents and displays on the first floor describe how Olympia was initially selected as the territorial and later state capital, but for years it had to fend off attempts to move the capital to other cities, including Vancouver, Port Townsend and

Green pastures ahead
Long Beach Press-Telegram – Retiring Long Beach City Manager Gerald Miller tees off at the first hole at El Dorado golf Course with friends Bill Townsend Miller has been married 16 years to Gail Wasil, who works for the Port of Long Beach. He has a son, Michael, 15, and a

Middletown: A growing attraction
Delaware Online – Before the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal was built, oxen transported goods from each port over a cart road. The midway point Cheered at a Middletown-Odessa-Townsend Little League game. Strolled alongside Silver Lake or watched Independence Day

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Weekly Standard – A big rap against Hillary Clinton getting the Democratic presidential nod has been that her position on the Iraq War has put her at odds with the party s anti-war base. Lefty bloggers and prominent liberal journals like The Nation have pounded away

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An explosion at Big Lake near Mount Vernon in Skagit County during a fireworks display sent a pyrotechnician to the hospital.

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