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2 FALL 2006/WINTER 2007 NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA NEWCOMERS’ AND VISITORS’ GUIDE 6A275232 DISCOVERDISCOVER an INTERNATIONALINTERNATIONAL VAVACATIONCATION Port Angeles-Victoria Passenger/Vehicle Ferry Spring/Summer/Fall Year 2006 Daily round trip passenger and vehicle service from Port Angeles, WA to Victoria, BC since 1959. For schedule and online reservations please visit us on our website at www.ferrytovictoria.com or www.cohoferry.com or call our Port Angeles office at 360-457-4491 or Victoria at 250-386-2202. Identification is required for U.S.. and Canadian Customs and Immigration. It is strongly recommende d if possible to use a passport. However, at the present time, if you are a U.S. born or Canadian born citizen, a valid dri vers license along with an original or certified copy of a birth certificate and photo ID is acceptable. International Identifi cation Rulings may change in January 2008 requiring every International traveler to have a valid passport. September 28, 2006 – October 5, 2006 8:20 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 1:45 p.m. 4:00 p.m. SAILINGS FOR THE CANADIAN THANKSGIVING DAY WEEKEND AND U.S. COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND Oct. 6, 7, 8, 9, 2006 8:20 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 12:45 p.m. 3:00 p.m. 5:15 p.m. 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10, 2006 – January 3, 2007 8:20 a.m. 10:30 a.m. 1:45 p.m. 4:00 p.m. PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR ENTRY INTO CANADA NOW ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS INTO CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES AND THE UNITED STATES 6A275231 Crossing Time: 95 Minutes Vertical Clearance: 14 Feet BLACLACK BAALLLL TRANSTRANSPPORT, INC. M.V. COHO www. ferrytovictoria .com 101 East Railroad Avenue, Port Angeles, 360-457-4491 NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA NEWCOMERS’ AND VISITORS’ GUIDE FALL 2006/WINTER 2007 3 6A274984 4 FALL 2006/WINTER 2007 NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA NEWCOMERS’ AND VISITORS’ GUIDE Let Your Dreams Begin with on the Olympic Peninsula Come visit your We know this Peninsula like Windermere office for the our own backyard Best in Peninsula . because it is! Real Estate. 4 Friendly Sequim/Port Angeles Locations to Serve You 6A274985 WWW . OLYREAL . COM Sequim-SunLand Port Angeles Sequim-East Sequim-Central 137 Fairway Dr. 711 E. Front St. 842 E. Washington St. 279 W. Washington St. 360-683-6880 360-457-0456 360-683-4844 360-683-3800 www.sequimproperty.com/sunland www.portangeles.com www.sequimproperty.com/east www.sequimproperty.com/central NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA NEWCOMERS’ AND VISITORS’ GUIDE WELCOME FALL 2006/WINTER 2007 5 Sailboarders ride the waters — and the wind — at Port Angeles Harbor in a popular fall-winter activity in the bays and watercourses of the North Olympic Peninsula. But wear a wet suit! Welcome to the . North Olympic Peninsula! Congratulations! You’ll also find region and the world, but it contains You’ve reached one of the most important updated information about enchanting and diverse regions on information about community events throughout the Earth! Olympic National summer. Whether you’re a first-time visitor, Park, the Pacific The PDN’s entertainment a returning visitor or a new resident Coast and other magazine, Peninsula Spotlight, of the North Olympic Peninsula, interesting appears Fridays, and a list of “Things you’ll find our coastlines, our destinations. to Do” appears every day. mountains, our towns, valleys and Included in this The Peninsula Daily News is guide is a wealth of available throughout Clallam and historical sites breathtaking and John Brewer memory-making. information about Jefferson counties. Once you leave This North Olympic Peninsula the goods, services this area, you can keep in touch by Newcomers’ and Visitors’ Guide is and activities available on the logging onto the PDN Web site at divided into five sections designed to Peninsula. www.peninsuladailynews.com. Welcome to the wonderland of the give you a flavor of each of our towns We combine all the adventures of North Olympic Peninsula. or regions: the Central Peninsula, wilderness recreation with the Best regards, which includes Port Angeles, Sequim comforts of a premiere resort and the Dungeness Valley; the destination. Eastern Peninsula, which includes While you’re here, we encourage Port Townsend and Jefferson County; you to read the Peninsula Daily Forks, West End and the North/West News, the newspaper of the North Coast, and Victoria, just across the Olympic Peninsula. John Brewer Strait of Juan de Fuca. It not only has news about the Editor and Publisher 6 FALL 2006/WINTER 2007 WELCOME NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA NEWCOMERS’ AND VISITORS’ GUIDE Features index Calendar of Events 109 Directory of Advertisers 114 Port Townsend/ Jefferson County 16 Peninsula Fishing 20, 97 Peninsula Hunting 28 Sequim/Dungeness Valley 37 Port Angeles 62 Forks/West End 94 Victoria 103 Full-color map of the North Olympic Peninsula: Pages 54-55 North Olympic Peninsula Newcomers’ and Visitors’ Guide Fall/winter 2006-2007 A semiannual publication of the Peninsula Daily News, the North Olympic Peninsula’s daily newspaper since 1916. __________ All contents copyright © 2006, 2007, Peninsula Daily News. Reproduction in any form without consent of the publisher is prohibited. Mailing address: P.O. Box 1330 Port Angeles WA 98362 Telephone: 360-452-2345; 800-826-7714 Fax: 360-417-3521 WALK IN THE RAIN FOREST! Web site: www.peninsuladailynews.com The Hoh Rain Forest on the West End of the North Olympic Peninsula is one of the most popular attractions of Olympic National Park. As the Editor and Publisher: John C. Brewer Executive Editor: Rex Wilson name implies, there’s lots of rain — especially in the winter months — Managing Editor/News: Leah Leach so dress appropriately after checking on the weather forecast first. And Copy Desk Chief: Henry R. Acevedo then enjoy one of the most remarkable places in the Pacific Northwest! Director of Advertising: Sean McDonald Advertising Manager: Sue Stoneman Director of Circulation: Dave Jacobsen Director of Business and Finance: Bonnie Meehan Dear reader: Production Director: Dean Mangiantini Director of Technical Services: David Weikel The North Olympic Peninsula Newcomers’ and Visitors’ Guide makes every attempt to be accurate at the time of its compilation and publication. For the Newcomers’ and Visitors’ Guide Editor: Rex Wilson Please report any errors in the non-advertising content to 360-417-3527 or via Editorial Assistance: Lee Zurcher e-mail to [email protected]. We will correct mistakes in the Advertising Coordinator: Terri Botts spring/summer edition, to be published in late May. Principal Photography: Keith Thorpe, Tom Thompson, Lonnie Archibald, Dave Logan, Suggestions for additional features or improvement are always welcome. Nancy Rudolph Please address them to me personally at [email protected]. Cartography: Keith Thorpe Cover Design: Allison Boyd Rex Wilson, executive editor NORTH OLYMPIC PENINSULA NEWCOMERS’ AND VISITORS’ GUIDE FALL 2006/WINTER 2007 7 – CLUBS & ORGANIZATIONS – Aglow International Community Lighthouses Port Angeles Rotary Club Every 4th Tuesday, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Noon St. Charles Parish, 20295 Little Valley Rd., NE, Poulsbo CrabHouse Restaurant/Red Lion, Port Angeles Terri Larabee 360-779-1165 Marilyn Leonard 360-452-1135 Sequim: Every 1st Tuesday at 10 a.m. www/parotary.org Trinity United Methodist Church 100 N. Blake Ave., Sequim Queen of Angels Catholic Esther Fiddler 360-683-3167 Elementary School Forks: Every last Saturday at 10 a.m. 1007 South Oak Street, Port Angeles Shanghai Chinese (Old Vagabond Restaurant) Debra Brines, Principal, 360-457-6903 81 N. Forks Ave., Forks Karen White 360-327-0771 Rotary of Sequim Thursdays at Noon American Legion and Auxiliary Dungeness Golf Course Legion Meeting 7 p.m. 2nd & 4th Thursday Ron Farquhar 360-683-7646 Auxiliary Meeting 11 a.m. 4th Thursday www.sequimnoonrotary.org 107 E. Prairie Street, Sequim Jack Grennan Post 62 • 360-683-5915 Sequim Chamber of Commerce-Luncheon 2nd & 4th Tuesday monthly, 12 Noon Clallam County Democratic Club Call for location 2nd Wednesday of every month JeRI Smith 360-683-6197 7 p.m. Pioneer Memorial Park 387 E. Washington, Sequim Sequim Elks Lodge #2642 Marilyn Pollock 360-683-9622 2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 7 p.m. clallamdemocrats.org 143 Pt. Williams Rd., Sequim 360-683-2763 Clallam County Republican Party 3rd Monday of each month, 7 p.m. Sequim Valley Lions 509 S. Lincoln St., P.A. 2nd and 4th Wed., 6:30 p.m. Donna Buck 360-417-3035 Carrie Blake Park, Lions Den Guests Welcome Dungeness Bonsai Society Betty Wilkerson 457-5600 1st Tuesday monthly, 10 a.m. Pioneer Park, Sequim Soroptimist (Jet Set) International of Port Angeles Bill Simpson, 360-683-2726 7 a.m. Thursdays, P.A. Senior Center Karen Coryell, 360-877-6254 P.O. Box 862, Port Angeles No meetings in Dec./Jan.; May show Contact Marsha Robin 360-452-7925 Family Caregiver Support Group VFW Post #4760 1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 1:30 p.m. 2nd Tuesday of the month at 2 p.m. 107 E. 8th St., Port Angeles (SR I&A) 169 E. Washington St., Sequim 1st & 3rd Mondays at 1:30 p.m. Orland Russell, POST QM, 683-9546 921 E. Hammond St., (Sr. Center), Sequim 417-1464 or [email protected] VFW Post #6787 Monthly, 3rd Friday, 11:30 a.m. Fraternal Order of Eagles #483 Paradise Restaurant, 703 N. Sequim Ave., Sequim 1st & 3rd Monday each month 7 p.m. Martin Arnold 360-457-4683 Women’s Auxiliary Meeting or Ted Cordua 360-683-2588 2nd & 4th Mondays at 7:30 110 So. Penn St., Port Angeles Floyd (Curly) Taggart 360-452-3344 Weight Watchers SEQUIM: All meetings at 150 E. Bell International Footprint Association Mon. 9am and 11:30 p.m., Tues. 3:30 and 5 p.m., Olympic Peninsula, Chapter 74 Thurs.