Jefferson County News

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Public service participants' biggest award is the community's respect and encouragement, a Jefferson County Heart of Service award recipient said at ceremonies Tuesday.

The "pit-to-pier" project isn't dead, its manager said, despite a conservation agreement in the works between the state and the Navy that would prohibit new construction along areas of Hood Canal.

It didn't rain on the Rhody Parade on Saturday. The highlight of the 78th annual Rhododendron Festival celebration finished with only a few drops getting in the way.

EDITOR'S NOTE - To see photos of the other Jefferson County Heart of Service honorees - and to read more about all 10 of the recipients - click on: http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130512/NEWS/305129996 PORT TOWNSEND - Friends, admirers and business associates are invited to a reception this week in which 10 community heroes will be ... (more)

Three-way primary contests have opened up in two of three open seats on the City Council, as well as for a Port of Port Townsend commission seat.

Candidates for a Port of Port Townsend commission seat, as well as positions on the Brinnon Parks and Recreation District and several local school boards, topped Tuesday's candidate filings in Jefferson County.

RECREATION AIDES needed to work part time in public recreation settings for Jefferson County Parks & Recreation.

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The Jefferson County YMCA has received a $15,000 supplemental grant for two after-school programs at Port Townsend and Chimacum schools.

An elderly Lynnwood couple gave their grown daughter access to their finances so she could make sure they were cared for in the last years of their lives.

The Port Ludlow Village Council Wellness Committee will present an information session on heart attack prevention, treatment and rehabilitation at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place, from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday .

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A screaming woman who plummeted down a 150-foot hill in a stolen SUV after the man in the driver's seat jumped from the moving vehicle to end an 80 mph run from the law suffered only bruised ribs, authorities said.

Ten community heroes will be honored May 21 with the Jefferson County Heart of Service award for 2013.

RECREATION AIDES needed to work part time in public recreation settings for Jefferson County Parks & Recreation.

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IN THE PAST decade, enrollment in our small rural school district decreased by a third, and the percentage of low-income kids in our schools doubled from 25 percent to 50 percent.