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Chapman top pick in county race
Tuesday, August 19

It doesn’t appear Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman’s bid to win a third term as an independent candidate is hurting his support at the polls. Chapman easily outdistanced challengers Terry Roth and David Fox in Tuesday’s Primary election, capturing just short of half of all the available ballots.

Chapman, who chose to run as an independent after getting into another political tussle with Clallam County Republican Party leaders, had 49.7% of the vote after the first batch of ballots were counted Tuesday evening. Roth, a former Clallam County Sheriff’s deputy and frequent candidate, was nearly 800 votes behind with just over 28% of the ballots. Fox was third with 22%.

In the only other contested county race on the ballot, incumbent Clallam County Public Utility District Commissioner Hugh Haffner easily captured first place in the “top two” Primary, finishing with over 51% of the vote. Challenger Bob Jensen will challenge Haffner in November, capturing 33% of the vote. Tom La Rosa finished a distant third.

Incumbents favored in Legislative Primary
Tuesday, August 19

The 24th District Legislative incumbents are breathing a little easier after all three of the incumbent Democrats showed strength in Tuesday’s voting.

In Clallam County, State Representative Kevin Van De Wege made a solid outing in his first re-election contest, receiving over 61% of the ballots. Thomas Thomas had over 4200 votes, but that was only 38% of the total. Districtwide, Van De Wege did even better with 66% of the votes.

In the Position 2 race, Lynn Kessler shows no sign of losing the position she’s held since 1993, securing 58% of the vote in Clallam County and 65% for all three counties. Republican Robert “Randy” Dutton had only 34% of the ballots from the entire district.

State Senator Jim Hargrove of Hoquiam, who has been in office since the 1980s, is running unopposed.
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City completes water main repairs
Tuesday, August 19

Port Angeles crews have finished repairs to a major water main break that left the city thirsty on Monday, and now city leaders have lifted emergency conservation measures.

The break in the 24-inch water line found the break west of town late Sunday evening. That’s the main that brings all of the city’s water directly from the Elwha River into the city. The break forced the city to shut down the line, and that quickly began to draw water down from the reservoir system. The city declared a Stage 2 water alert.

Crews had the line repaired by early this morning, but it still took most of the day to resume normal operations.

This break is the latest in an on-going series of problems with unexpected breaks in city water lines in recent years. But in this case the line wasn’t as old as other mains that have failed. It was originally installed as part of the new Elwha water system in 1977.
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