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VICTORIA — Two-term Mayor Dean Fortin was apparently defeated by 89 votes by a city councilwoman, Saturday’s election results showed Sunday.
Lisa Helps said Fortin contacted her to concede despite the razor-thin margin between Helps’ 9,200 votes and Fortin’s 9,111 votes.
Analysts said Helps, who campaigned heavily on the issues of homelessness and affordable housing, was helped by voter frustration over delays in two major public works projects.
They are the failure to build a sewage treatment system to stop pumping raw effluent into the Strait of Juan de Fuca across from the North Olympic Peninsula, and replacement of the Johnson Street “blue” bridge in Inner Harbour because of concerns about the quality of the steel imported from China.
Helps, who will become Victoria’s second woman mayor, beat six other candidates, including Fortin, former British Columbia cabinet minister Ida Chong and longtime broadcast journalist Stephen Andrew.
Historian set to speak at meeting
PORT ANGELES — Local historian Irene Wyman will speak at the monthly meeting of Women Into Scandinavian Heritage at the Sons of Norway Hall, 131 W. Fifth St.
The talk starts after a short business meeting at 10:30 a.m. today.
Local historian Irene Wyman will discuss her latest book, School Marms and Masters.
She is the winner of the Clallam County Historical Society’s Heritage Award for her contribution to preserving area history.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-457-4235.
Historical logging talk
FORKS — An Olympic Natural Resource Center “Evening Talk” will be held in the Hemlock Forest Room at the center, 1455 S. Forks Ave., from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
Jack Zaccardo will give a narrative and slide show, “Logging History on the Peninsula from 1890s-1930s.”
Zaccardo is from a fourth-generation timber family on the Olympic Peninsula and is a retired Department of Natural Resources forester with an extensive collection of pictures and information on past logging techniques.
The event is a potluck, refreshment-style evening.
For more information, phone Frank Hanson at 360-640-1861.
‘A Bit About Bees’
PORT ANGELES — The next Perspectives Speakers Series will be held at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center, 3002 Mount Angeles Road, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
This free talk, “A Bit About Bees,” is given by Jerry Freilich, research coordinator for the park.
There are 4,000 species of native bees in North America and probably about 800 in the park.
For more information, contact Dean Butterworth at 360-565-3146 or dean_butterworth@nps.gov.
Robot workshop
CLALLAM BAY — The Clallam Bay Library, 16990 state Highway 112, will present “Can-Do Robots” at 3 p.m. Wednesday.
Participants can listen to funny stories about robots, then build their own “Mr. Potato-Head”-style models from recycled materials using magnets to create moveable parts.
This free program is for children between the ages of 6 and 12, and all materials will be provided.
Pre-registration is not required.
For more information, phone 360-963-2414, email clallambay@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.
Make paper flowers
SEQUIM — Janita Court, artist and owner of My Woolly Mammoth, will teach a hand-crafted paper flowers workshop at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 24.
Court will lead this free workshop in which participants will learn how to create their own paper flowers to use as gift embellishments or colorful reminders of the spring to come.
This event will be limited to 20 participants; pre-registration is required.
To register, phone 360-683-1161, email Sequim@nols.org or visit www.nols.org/events.
