Sekiu News

Money is coming in slowly to the United Way of Clallam County during its annual fundraising campaign.

Clallam County citizens can apply for vacancies on 18 boards and committees. Applications are available at the Clallam County commissioners office at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

Clallam County Sheriff's Deputy Bill Cortani, who arrested a man after being wounded in a shootout with him near Sekiu, has been named Law Enforcement Officer of the Year by the Washington Council of Police and Sheriffs.

A $26,750 grant from the Walmart Foundation is providing three communities in the West End -- Clallam Bay-Sekiu, Neah Bay and Queets -- with emergency shelter trailers.

It didn't take long for Reath Ellefson's dream to come true. One year after organizing the first Thanksgiving supper at Queen of Angels Catholic Church's gym in Port Angeles, Ellefson's event has become one of the largest free community Thanksgiving dinners on the North Olympic Peninsula.

Turkey and trimmings will be served in Clallam County at several free community Thanksgiving feasts.

DON'T EXPECT TO get crabs for Christmas this year. A portion of the North Olympic Peninsula will not open to recreational crabbing this winter, the state Department of Fish and Wildlife announced on Tuesday.

THE ARIZONAN IN me simply can't do it. The North Olympic Peninsula is desperately in need of rain.

THAT SOCIALIST OBAMA is at it again. Another round of free handouts is coming down the pike.

Last Chance -- The LaPush Last Chance Salmon Derby comes to the West End this Saturday and Sunday.

Clallam Bay and Sekiu are looking a whole lot better, thanks in part to the Clallam Bay-Sekiu Community Action Team.

Humboldt squid wash up on the beach to be breakfast for seagulls at Van Riper's Resort in Sekiu on Saturday.

Peninsula Daily News Early morning ceremonies commemorating those who lost their lives or helped to save lives, during the terrorist attacks on the United States on Sept.

Volunteer Day of Caring projects begin today. The projects in Sequim, Port Angeles, Forks and Clallam Bay-Sekiu kick off the United Way of Clallam County's 2009-2010 fundraising campaign.

Mark Yuasa covers fishing and outdoors in the Pacific Northwest. A Seattle native, Mark is a lifelong angler who grew up near the banks of Lake Washington, and has been covering fishing and outdoors for more than 18 years for The Seattle Times.

Experts are puzzled by the sudden arrival of big squid -- lots of them -- showing up on anglers' hooks and the shoreline around Clallam Bay and Sekiu.

It may sound like a scene from "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea." But giant squid are really turning up on the shores off Clallam County.

Family of the two men who disappeared while on a fishing trip Friday scoured the beach and waters from Port Angeles to Neah Bay on Monday -- and planned to continue their efforts indefinitely.

You got to love pink salmon. They've been the fish to catch during the past couple of weeks in the saltwater, and now they're attracting huge crowds to the Puyallup River.

WHEN IN DOUBT, blame the newbie. There was certainly a lot of that going on after the state closed chinook fishing inside the Strait of Juan de Fuca nine days early last week.