NEWS BRIEFS: Clallam issues voter pamphlet . . . and other items
Published 12:01 am Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Auditor’s Office has worked with the state Secretary of State’s Office to produce a local voter pamphlet.
The 2015 Clallam County Local Voters’ Pamphlet is included within the state voter pamphlet and mailed to every residence in the county.
The pamphlets for the 2015 general election are expected to be mailed by the state this week.
Along with information about all state measures and advisory votes appearing on the general election ballot, the pamphlet also contains photos, statements and biographical details submitted by candidates running for local offices.
Other local issues include eight proposed county charter amendments, a Sequim School District bond and a Clallam County Fire District No. 1 levy.
Copies of the voter pamphlet also will be available at locations across the county, including all city halls and public libraries and in the Auditor’s Office at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St.
An online voter guide can be found at the auditor’s website at www.
clallam.net/elections.
The Peninsula Daily News will publish its North Olympic Peninsula Voter Guide on Friday. It also will be available online at cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/peninsuladailynews.
Committee meets
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Conservation Futures subcommittee will consider changes to program materials when it meets today.
The panel will meet from 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. in the Jefferson County Public Health Pacific Room at 615 Sheridan St.
Business group meets Thursday
PORT ANGELES — The Association of Washington Business and Clallam County business owners will meet at the Green Crown offices, 727 E. Eighth St., at 2 p.m. Thursday.
The association would like to hear from county business owners on what matters are being legislated and regulated in Olympia.
The group also will address what the organization is doing on behalf of employer rights and free enterprise.
The association is an advocate for the business community and lobbies in Olympia for employers on issues including human resources, environmental concerns, and tax and fiscal policy, according to a news release.
RSVP by contacting association membership manager Ed Schlich at 360-943-1600 or eds@awb.org.
Murrelets meeting
OLYMPIA — A meeting of the Board of Natural Resources at 9 a.m. Thursday will focus on marbled murrelet conservation.
The meeting, at the John A. Cherberg Building, Senate Hearing Room 1, 304 15th Ave. S.W., will review several alternatives being presented by the state Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for a long-term marbled murrelet conservation strategy for state trust lands in Western Washington.
For more information, including board agendas and minutes, visit www.dnr.wa.gov.
For an opinion piece from U.S. Fish and Wildlife and Natural Resources on a joint strategy to protect the marbled murrelet, visit cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/peninsuladailynews.
Geology reading
PORT ANGELES — Author Dave Tucker will read from his new book, Geology Underfoot in Western Washington, at the Port Angeles Library this Friday evening.
Admission is free to the 7 p.m. illustrated presentation in the Raymond Carver Room at the library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
A geoscientist and research associate in the geology department at Western Washington University, Tucker will delve into the Evergreen State’s ancient volcanoes, raised sea floors and other ghosts of deep time.
For more information, contact the presenter, Port Book and News, at 360-452-6367.
Chambers fishery
Tribal fishing for coho salmon in Chambers Bay will not open this year to make sure that enough adult salmon make it back to produce the next generation of fish throughout the South Puget Sound.
The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission reported that three Medicine Creek treaty tribes — Squaxin Island, Nisqually and Puyallup — have treaty-reserved rights to fish in Chambers Bay.
The tribal fishery at Chambers Bay focuses on a strong run of hatchery coho returning to South Puget Sound milling in the area.
“Future Medicine Creek treaty area fisheries depend on their being enough fish making it back to the South Puget Sound each year,” said Chris Phinney, fisheries management biologist for the Puyallup tribe.
The tribes are closing their fishery because of a lower-than-expected return of South Sound coho stocks.
