🌱 Why Sequim Food Bank’s leader is leaving—and what happens next

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In today's newsletter:

• Why Sequim Food Bank’s leader is leaving—and what happens next
• How Sequim’s $146 million school bond will reshape local campuses
• Why did a bear’s remains end up inside a beach sneaker?

Also on today's calendar: Stardust Big Band Holiday Dance @ Sequim Elks Lodge — christinemoonmusic.com.

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Today's riddle: Can February March? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Becoming windier with rain, with a high of 52 and low of 40 degrees.
• Wednesday: A couple of showers, temps: high: 49, low: 41.
• Thursday: Rain becoming intermittent, with a high of 45 and low of 33 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Executive director to leave Sequim Food Bank (peninsuladailynews.com) — Sequim Food Bank’s longtime executive director Andra Smith will step down Feb. 24 to lead the statewide Washington Food Coalition, but she plans to keep living in Sequim and supporting the food bank. The board has already posted the executive director opening and says all current programs, including the Mobile Food Pantry and regular distribution hours on Alder Street, will continue without interruption.
   

• Sequim schools approve contracts (peninsuladailynews.com) — Sequim school leaders have approved key contracts to move forward on the voter-backed $146 million construction bond, including rebuilding Helen Haller Elementary and major renovations at Sequim High School plus a new CTE Ramponi Center. Design, geotechnical, and surveying work are now underway, with construction stretching into 2029 and changes that will affect campuses, traffic patterns, and program space across the district.
   

• Another shoe has washed up in Washington but this time it seems to have been worn by a bear (boingboing.net) — A mysterious white Puma sneaker that washed up on Port Williams Beach in Sequim turned out not to contain a human foot after all, but remains from a bear. Clallam County authorities say testing by the King County Medical Examiner confirmed only bear tissue and bone, and no other related items have been found along the Sequim shoreline.
   

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Sequim

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★ Featured events ★

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

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Other local events

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

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday December 16

• After Hours - Christmas Party at the VIC!
  Sequim Visitor Information Center , 1192 E Washington St , Sequim
  3:00 pm
• Olympic vs Sequim
  Sequim High School , 601 N Sequim Ave , Sequim
  5:15 pm
• Autumn Flow Yoga (5:30 PM)
  Blue Mountain Yoga+ and Wellness Collective , 803 Carlsborg Rd Suite D , Sequim
  7:00 pm

Wednesday December 17

• American Mahjong – Wednesday
  The Harmony Center , 223 Hudon Rd , Sequim
  10:00 am

Friday December 19

• Insight Discussion (Book) Group
  The Harmony Center , 223 Hudon Rd , Sequim
  10:30 am
• Community Music Jam Session
  James Center Bandshell , 506 N Blake Ave , Sequim
  6:00 pm

Saturday December 20

• Yarn Circle
  Sequim Branch Library , 609 W Washington St UNIT 21 , Sequim
  9:30 am
• Holiday Cookie Decorating (Free!)
  Dungeness River Nature Center , 1943 W Hendrickson Rd , Sequim
  4:30 pm
• Holiday Cookie Decorating
  Dungeness River Nature Center , 1943 W Hendrickson Rd , Sequim
  4:30 pm
• Sip & Sparkle Finnriver Holiday Cider Tasting
  7 Cedars , 270756 US-101 , Sequim
  6:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Keven’s wife here.
  I really enjoyed the brightly lit and decorated vehicles that drove past our house at the west end of Woodcock Road last night. Thanks for the fun… (Nextdoor Kitchen-Dick / Woodcock)
• We have a young niece coming to town this week from a big city.
  She's in college and full of joy. Looking for fun events/activities in and around town next weekend that we could take her to. She will enjoy… (Nextdoor Dungeness Heights)

• Albertsons Company posted a job opening for Meat Manager in Sequim. Apply here.
• Ross Stores posted a job opening for Retail Associate in Sequim. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Sequim here.

🗞 Nearby News

Port Townsend

• Western Washington lottery tickets split Hit 5 jackpot. Here's how much they won (thenewstribune.com)
• Trial pushed to January for man accused of second-degree murder (peninsuladailynews.com)
• Art Toolkit from Port Townsend belongs on every artist's holiday wish list (seattlerefined.com)

Port Angeles

• Kick off the new year with Field Arts & Events Hall (peninsuladailynews.com)
• AG's Missing and Murdered Indigenous Cold Case Unit Secures First Conviction (dailyfly.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I don't know, but April May!
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