County commissioner candidates forum marks beginning of election season

The Forks Forum and the Forks Chamber of Commerce are holding a primary election 2010 Clallam County District #3 Commissioners candidates forum on Monday evening, Aug. 2 in the Forks Community Center. To find the candidates forum enter through the main door (in the building next door the Forks Aquatic Center) and head to the back of the building, down the long hallway on the left.

In 2009 we joined forces for a candidates forum for Forks mayoral candidates and council candidates, as well as Port of Port Angeles commissioner candidates.

The District #3 Clallam County Commissioner represents the West End as well as sections of Port Angeles. There are only three commissioners in the Clallam County government, and the seat is an important one.

Incumbent candidate Mike Doherty is seeking reelection, and faces challenges from former Forks-based Rayonier executive and current Quileute Nation executive director Bill Peach, as well as Robin Poole, who is a familiar figure on the West End through his work as a UPS delivery man.

Peach and Poole reside in the Beaver area, and Doherty is Port Angeles resident.

As we did in the 2009 candidates forum, we are seeking input from the West End community as we formulate our questions to pose to the candidates. Each candidate will have a set time in which to answer the questions. As a ground rule, no time for public questioning of the candidates is given at this candidates forum.

On behalf of the Forks Forum and the Forks Chamber of Commerce we welcome you to attend the candidates forum. In October 2009 we held the candidates forum before a full house at the Forks Community Center. The forum is a great venue to get to know the candidates better, and to see how they respond to questions that will probe their qualifications as a candidate.

July 29, 2010


Letters to the Editor

Thanks to OCC crew

I  The “thank you” in the paper last week, thanking Clallam Bay Correction Center for maintaining the grounds at the Forks Community Center, was not correct – the work done is by the community service crews from Olympic Correction Center.
That facility has been on the forefront of service to this community for many years, they fight forest fires across the state, they build and maintain trails and parks for the DNR, provide flood rescue and control measures, both on private and tribal lands, they assist in search and rescue of injured or lost hunters or hikers, they have also been called upon assist in the evacuation of injured loggers, and even a navy pilot on one or more ocassion.  My husband and I were proud to be a part of that institution for the most of our careers.  The next generation that works there now, are some of the most dedicated, kind and caring individuals i have had the pleasure of knowing.  They are a part of this community both on the job and off.  This is not meant to detract from the Clallam Bay Correction Center folks, just to say a thank you to the right ones.

Nedra Reed, Forks


Supports library levy

People of Clallam County!
 Your best bargain of summer 2010 has arrived: a .44 cent stamp placed on your  Library Levy mail-in ballot!  Your ballot will arrive at your postal address July28 and must be returned by August 17, 2010. 
What does this bargain “buy” for you?
• Summer reading programs for kids (plus prizes);
• New literature, C.D.’s, D.V.D’s, and children’s books;
• Maintenance of our beautiful, well-staffed, new Clallam Bay Library (and other NOLS libraries, too);
• Computer access for all;
• Many other services.
 So, hurry! Note 7/28-8/17 on your calendars.
P.S. My favorite quote: I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of  library - Jorge Luis Borges.
 
Joan Riedel - Sekiu


July 1, 2010

                                          

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