🌱 How a Sequim grant is keeping neighbors’ lights and heat on

Greetings Sequim! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

• How a Sequim grant is keeping neighbors’ lights and heat on
• How did a shoe with human remains wash up near Sequim?
• How a quick-thinking bystander helped avert disaster at a Sequim gas station

Also on today's calendar: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Occasional rain, with a high of 51 and low of 43 degrees.
• Friday: Cloudy with a shower or two, temps: high: 51, low: 41.
• Saturday: Mostly cloudy, with a high of 52 and low of 43 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Sequim program uses grant for utilities, rent (sequimgazette.com) — Sequim Community Aid is using a Peninsula Home Fund grant to boost rent and utility help for families within the Sequim School District, raising its maximum assistance to $350 per household. Demand is surging, with many first-time clients facing higher utility costs, medical issues, and reduced federal energy aid, while donations from across the Peninsula keep the program going.
   

2. Shoe with human remains found on Sequim beach (peninsuladailynews.com) — Human remains were discovered inside a shoe on the beach at Marly Nelson County Park near Port Williams, after a Sequim resident called 911 Tuesday morning. Clallam County deputies and the coroner have taken custody of the shoe, described as a customized white Puma sneaker, and are considering advanced DNA testing to help identify the person.
   

3. Car fire extinguished at Sequim gas station (sequimgazette.com) — A quick-thinking bystander and Clallam County Fire District 3 crews kept a car fire at the Sequim Safeway fuel station from threatening the gas pumps or injuring anyone. Firefighters from Sequim Station 34 arrived within minutes, knocked down the flames, and Sequim police helped clear the disabled vehicle.
   

4. WSDOT Lays Out Timeline for 101 Roundabouts and Spring Hood Canal Bridge Closures (myclallamcounty.com) — Drivers between Port Angeles and Sequim should expect major changes on US 101, as WSDOT moves a repaving and safety project with two new roundabouts into engineering, aiming for construction in summer 2027. Officials also plan two to three weeks of mostly overnight Hood Canal Bridge closures next May to replace key center-lock hardware and improve long-term reliability.
   

📸 Around Sequim

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sequim

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday December 13

• Book Discussion Group
  Sequim Branch Library, 609 W Washington St UNIT 21, Sequim
  3:00 pm

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Other local events

Sunday December 14

• Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
  Olympic Theatre Arts , 414 N Sequim Ave , Sequim
  2:00 pm

Monday December 15

• Sequim Memory Cafe'
  Mariner Cafe , 609 W Washington St , Sequim
  2:00 pm
• Parks, Arbor and Recreation Board
  Guy Cole Event Center , 202 N Blake Ave , Sequim
  4:00 pm
• A Holiday to Remember
  Sequim High School , 601 N Sequim Ave , Sequim
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 16

• After Hours - Christmas Party at the VIC!
  Sequim Visitor Information Center , 1192 E Washington St , Sequim
  3:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Sequim Farmers and Artisan Market: Christmas edition — Annelie's Blumen
  Sequim Farmers & Artisans Market , 152 W Cedar St , Sequim
  10:00 am

Sunday December 28

• Stardust Big Band Holiday Dance @ Sequim Elks Lodge — christinemoonmusic.com
  Sequim Elks Lodge #2642 , 143 Port Williams Rd , Sequim
  6:00 pm

📣 Sequim Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday December 11

• Ambassadors Luncheon
  Oak Table Cafe , 292 W Bell St , Sequim
  12:00 pm

Friday December 12

• Insight Discussion (Book) Group
  The Harmony Center , 223 Hudon Rd , Sequim
  10:30 am
• Craft: Beeswax Candle Making
  Dungeness River Nature Center , 1943 W Hendrickson Rd , Sequim
  4:30 pm

Saturday December 13

• Yarn Circle
  Sequim Branch Library , 609 W Washington St UNIT 21 , Sequim
  9:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Missing cat…MOMO
  I live near the boys and girls club in Sequim and he’s been missing a couple of days. He is very skittish but a very sweet cat. He does not have a… (Nextdoor Downtown Sequim)
• A little nostalgia anyone?
  My mother was a bit of a clutter collector. She has suffered a few strokes now and can't get around anymore. But I was really able to make her smile… (Nextdoor Carlsborg-Smithfield-Mill)

• Papa Murphy's Holdings, Inc. posted a job opening for Crew Member in Sequim. Apply here.
• McDonald's posted a job opening for Shift Manager in Port Townsend. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sequim here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

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