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Article: Port Angeles, Wash., Recovers Well from Closure of Local Paper Mill.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- April 10, 2001
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By Ross Anderson, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Apr. 10--PORT ANGELES, Wash.--When the big Rayonier pulp mill closed down here in 1997, Fred Michalscheck now admits, he almost panicked at losing his job.
"After 22 years working in the same place, you begin to wonder if you can do anything else," he says.
Today, Michalscheck runs a successful used-car business, The Other Guys, alongside Highway 101 east of town. And he wouldn't think of going back to the mill -- even if he could.
Much the same goes for his friends in this handsome town perched dramatically on its narrow ledge between the Olympics and the Strait ...