Port Townsend Jefferson County Leader

Flew into town yesterday.
I’m spending a whirlwind week sampling all of the many activities that this town offers.
So…of course, the first thing I did was to empty my mailbox.
Four copies of the Port Townsend Leader awaited; to be read, savored and (occasionally) torn apart whe I want to put an article in my dropfile.
First things first. Had to plan Saturday so I checked through this week’s events in the paper.
Let’s see…
Drop by the library and return some books. (Remember folks, no fines in Port Townsend.)
Pop by the Saturday morning Farmer’s Market. Grab some seasonal veggies.
Plan to go to Gallery Walk this evening, as its the frst Saturday of the month
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Think about going to PT Shorts at the Key City Players theater. (First Saturday, once again.)
And of course go to the Craft’s Faire at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds.
Perfect schedule. Wait! What’s this??? Two $ 10 passes to the Rose Theatre from the Leader??? Why??? I won them by entering the Film Festival contest sponsored by the Leader? You are joking… I never win anything in a contest.
And yet, and yet… so tomorrow night I’m heading for a movie. In a town that really knows its movies.
Thank you, Leader. Thanks for giving me all the info about my community. All the time. Even though I’m often miles away. Oh… and thanks for the tickets…
This really *is* Dream City.” And you are my kinda dream newspaper.

I was pleased with the Leader’s handling a situation I was initially unhappy about. (Staff members were handling the guidelines VERY differently and my ad received short shrift because of it.) When I brought the issue to their attention, they volunteered to run it again, with the changes made, for free.
Nice to have that kind of attention to the public in 2009!

I’m only giving it four stars because «So Anyways…» the column by Erwin Dence of Quilcene, is not published as much as it should be! I know of people from all over the country that log-​in to try to read his column — it’s a favorite. It’s absolutely fantastic! If you don’t believe me, buy the book — it’s $ 10 at Henery’s Hardware.