Wikepedia supports the traditional three syllable pronunciation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalaloch,_Washington . You will remain damn dirty apes until I am corrected by Quinalt elders.

Perhaps a reasonable person might go with generational differences of tomato-tomotto but the inconsequential stakes of the matter make it difficult to let it go. Although I do think portrait is kind of flattering. I wasn't going for the Silver Back look but I am soft of there.

Congratulations, you carrion-burrowing maggots have discovered what many dictionaries use the superscript-schwa for.

In next year's New to Town, you should also include a guide to local demonyms. I'll get you started:
• Sequimmer
• Puyallupino
• Spanawegian