SEQUIM — For the second year in a row, That Takes the Cake won first place for best wedding cake in the 21st annual Best of Western Washington contest by KING-TV’s “Evening Magazine.”
Owners Paul and Sue Boucher will host an after-hours open house to mark the award from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30, at That Takes the Cake, 171 W. Washington St.
Voters gave the business more than 14 percent the overall tally for 94 bakeries nominated in the category, including several that have received recognition from the Food Network, according to a news release.
Top-selling cake flavors will be served at the open house, and the public is welcome.
For more information, phone 360-565-6272 or visit www.thattakesthecakes.com or www.facebook.com/thattakesthecakes.
State jobless rate
OLYMPIA — Although the unemployment rate in Washington rose to 6 percent in October from 5.7 percent in September, there’s good news in the numbers, a state labor economist said Wednesday.
The size of the state workforce grew by about 10,000 as more people started looking for jobs, said Paul Turek, a Washington Employment Security Department economist.
People who weren’t considered part of the workforce because they didn’t have jobs and weren’t looking for them now think they have a chance to find work, he said.
“Prospects are improving, so more people are entering the workforce and beginning to look for jobs,” Turek said after the monthly report for October.
“But there weren’t enough jobs to support all the people who are looking.”
There is evidence the economic recovery is continuing, he said.
Unemployment figures for Clallam and Jefferson counties are expected to be released Tuesday.
About 3.2 million people in Washington are working, while more than 200,000 are looking for jobs.
The state added about 5,600 new jobs, the department reported.
There were gains in the leisure and hospitality industry, retail trade and manufacturing.
Jobs were lost in wholesale trades, education and health services, and government.
Washington’s jobless rate in October compares with 6.8 percent in the same month a year ago.