Ocean Shores, Washington
NEWS:The Ocean Shores Picayune
(March-2007/Issue 4)
From Susanne & Lee Salem
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Susanne Salem |
Lee Salem |
"ROUND-A-BOUT" in OCEAN SHORES
The City has received a grant to install a roundabout to replace the four-way stop intersection at Point Brown and Chance a La Mer. We don't - see many roundabouts in the West.
For those of you who have lived on the East
Coast or in the South, roundabouts are fairly
common. This witI. be all new to us
Westerners.
The roundabout will probably not be going in for another year. That gives us plenty of time to figure out how these things work!
It seems that when things are busy here it is confusing enough as 4 cars approach the intersection and no one really knows who should proceed through first. Everyone stops and looks at each other then, inevitably two cars start through at the same time.
It's going to be interesting to see how we handle merging in and out of the roundabout!
The road to success is always "under construction"
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WINTER WEATHER UPDATE
It looks like it's going to be a record breaking winter for Ocean Shores! Lots of rain and some pretty darn good wind!
On the weekend of December 16 and 17, Mother Nature delivered a storm to us that included lots of water and wind gusts up to 75 MPH.
Needless to say, there were lots of trees blown over and on to things, some roof damage on some homes and lots of yard items ending up down the street.
We lost power in Ocean Shores. The length of time we had to go without power varied depending upon where you live on the peninsula. Some people were without power for up to twenty hours.
We have continued to get smaller rain storms. They seem smaller compared to the December storm, but it's been pretty wet and pretty windy.
SOMETHING NEW
This past July something new came to Ocean Shores....a Half-Iron Triathlon. This is a 1.2 mite swim, a 56 mile bike ride and 13.1 mile run.
The events took place over a two day weekend. The weather was perfect and the participants had very positive things to say about holding the event in Ocean Shores.
The event was hosted by TriFreak. This is a triathlon company that stages triathlons all over the country. It's great they've discovered us! Maybe this will become an annual event.
REAL ESTATE YEAR IN REVIEW
The real estate market has been slow all over the country. That includes Ocean Shores as well.
The numbers took like this:
2006 |
2005 |
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Homes sold: |
236 |
283 |
Lots sold: |
378 |
770 |
Permits issued for homes: |
184 |
225 |
