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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles shortstop Alex Angevine, left, receives the throw from home to pick off Fife's Kaden Cretti during Tuesday's playoff game at Port Angeles Civic Field.

PLAYOFF BASEBALL: Port Angeles punches its ticket to state tournament

Roughriders hold on to beat Fife 5-3

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles shortstop Alex Angevine, left, receives the throw from home to pick off Fife's Kaden Cretti during Tuesday's playoff game at Port Angeles Civic Field.

BOYS SOCCER: Late header goal sinks Sequim in district tournament

Wolves finish season 6-9-0

BASEBALL, SOFTBALL ROUNDUP: Sequim, Forks stay alive in postseason

Port Angeles softball rallies to remain in first place

Bryant Volker smiles for Irrigation Festival photographer Keith Ross during the Kids Parade awards with help from festival Princess Kailah Blake. Volker won first place for his bicycle float. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Parade, logging show highlight festival weekend

Car show, historic walking tour part of 129th annual event

Bryant Volker smiles for Irrigation Festival photographer Keith Ross during the Kids Parade awards with help from festival Princess Kailah Blake. Volker won first place for his bicycle float. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
Music professors Jennifer Chung and Matthew Daline will host a “Professional-Amateur Concert” at 1 p.m. Saturday to benefit YEA Music.

‘Professional-Amateur Concert’ to benefit YEA Music

Port Ludlow Performing Arts will host a “Professional-Amateur Concert” at 1 p.m. Saturday to benefit YEA Music. The concert is at the… Continue reading

Music professors Jennifer Chung and Matthew Daline will host a “Professional-Amateur Concert” at 1 p.m. Saturday to benefit YEA Music.

Concert to benefit Ugandan orphans

Lisa Lanza will perform a Mother’s Day concert to benefit Ugandan AIDS orphans at 4 p.m. Sunday. The annual concert is First… Continue reading

Drama club to host ‘Mixed Connections’ this weekend

The Port Angeles High School Drama Club’s East Park Avenue Players will perform “Mixed Connections” with shows at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday… Continue reading

Olympic Music Festival to host cellist, pianist

The Olympic Music Festival will host Pablo Ferrández and Julio Elizalde in a recital at 7 p.m. Monday. The concert is at… Continue reading

PAT NEAL: The best Mother’s Day present

MOTHER’S DAY IS coming up. I had a great mother. I know because I am not writing this from prison. It wasn’t my mother’s fault… Continue reading

Roundabouts, timber industry top discussion

Peninsula’s state lawmakers recap session

Kevin Willson’s sculpture “Builder” will be on display at Harbor Art Gallery.

Second Saturday Art Walk set for this weekend

Art venues in downtown Port Angeles will be open late Saturday for the Second Saturday Art Walk this weekend. • Harbor Art… Continue reading

Kevin Willson’s sculpture “Builder” will be on display at Harbor Art Gallery.

Senior center to host information fair

The Port Angeles Senior Center will host an Information Fair to celebrate Older American month from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.… Continue reading

St. Joseph’s confirmation class in Sequim brought in more than 35,000 laundry pods through a fundraiser for Serenity House of Clallam County. It was their service project as part of the class. (Morgan Nolan)

Serenity shelter receives 35,000-plus laundry pods from youths

Guests at the shelter at Serenity House of Clallam County are well-supplied for laundry detergent for a few years, thanks to Peninsula… Continue reading

St. Joseph’s confirmation class in Sequim brought in more than 35,000 laundry pods through a fundraiser for Serenity House of Clallam County. It was their service project as part of the class. (Morgan Nolan)

Trashion Show encore to be conducted Sunday

Celebrate Mother Earth with an encore of the second Trashion Show from the Sequim Irrigation Festival’s Innovative Arts and Crafts Fair from… Continue reading

Welcome center to open at Northwest Maritime Center

The Northwest Maritime Center will celebrate the opening of its new welcome center from noon to 6 p.m. Thursday. The welcome center… Continue reading

Woman gets 20 years for murder

Court adds four months for max penalty

The Port Angeles boys golf team will send at least four members to the state 2A tournament at Liberty Lake. From left, Sky Gelder, Kolby Charles, Reid Schmidt, Bob Anderson, Nate Anderson, Austin Worthington and Max Gelder. Not in the photo is Cale Wentz. (Port Angeles boys golf)

OLYMPIC LEAGUE GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP: PA quartet of Gagnon, Gelder, Schmidt and Anderson qualify for state

Port Angeles’ youth and experience combined for an impressive day at the Class 2A/3A Olympic League Golf Championships held in blustery conditions at… Continue reading

The Port Angeles boys golf team will send at least four members to the state 2A tournament at Liberty Lake. From left, Sky Gelder, Kolby Charles, Reid Schmidt, Bob Anderson, Nate Anderson, Austin Worthington and Max Gelder. Not in the photo is Cale Wentz. (Port Angeles boys golf)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Parker Nickerson of Port Angeles leads the way to win the boys 100 hurdles on April 19 on the track at Port Angeles High School.

PIERRE LaBOSSIERE COLUMN: Here are some of the names to watch for in postseason track and field

district meets. District meets at the 1B, 2B, 1A and 2A levels are… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Parker Nickerson of Port Angeles leads the way to win the boys 100 hurdles on April 19 on the track at Port Angeles High School.
The 12U Port Angeles Xplosion team took first place in the gold division of the USSSA May Celebration 13-team tournament held in Chehalis this weekend. The Xplosion went 5-0 in the tournament, beating Bonney Lake 12-1 in the championship game. The Xplosion's Madisyn Wright hit two inside-the-park home runs in the championship game. From left to right in the park home runs in the championship game. From left, top row, are coach Brad Holloway, coach Richard Wright, Mattison Messenger, Pepper McCaslin, Allison Leitz, Alaine Jennings, Riley Nichols, coach Brittney Rowland and coach Jenessa Balch From left, front, are Chloe Holloway, Ayla Balch, Kylin Weitz, Madisyn Wright, Valerie Charles, Teyah Elofson-Cross and Kaylee Konopaski. (Courtesy of 12U Explosion)

12U SOFTBALL: Xplosion explodes on the scene at Chehalis tournament

The 12U Port Angeles Xplosion team took first place in the gold division of the USSSA May Celebration 13-team tournament held in Chehalis this weekend.… Continue reading

The 12U Port Angeles Xplosion team took first place in the gold division of the USSSA May Celebration 13-team tournament held in Chehalis this weekend. The Xplosion went 5-0 in the tournament, beating Bonney Lake 12-1 in the championship game. The Xplosion's Madisyn Wright hit two inside-the-park home runs in the championship game. From left to right in the park home runs in the championship game. From left, top row, are coach Brad Holloway, coach Richard Wright, Mattison Messenger, Pepper McCaslin, Allison Leitz, Alaine Jennings, Riley Nichols, coach Brittney Rowland and coach Jenessa Balch From left, front, are Chloe Holloway, Ayla Balch, Kylin Weitz, Madisyn Wright, Valerie Charles, Teyah Elofson-Cross and Kaylee Konopaski. (Courtesy of 12U Explosion)
Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Council vice chair Loni Greninger, left, and tribal elder Celeste Dybeck sing the S’Klallam paddle song, a call for people to pull together. Despite a chilly rain, scores of people attended Sunday’s 120th anniversary celebration of the golf course, an event that included the unveiling of a banner with its new name: the Camas Prairie Park and Camas Prairie Golf Course. The park is designed to serve a more diverse group of users than in the past, said Bob Wheeler, Friends of the Port Townsend Golf Park president. He added that in addition to stick golf, disc golf, foot golf, a playground, trails and native planting areas are part of the plans. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
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New park unveiled

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Council vice chair Loni Greninger, left, and tribal elder Celeste Dybeck sing the S’Klallam paddle song, a call for people to pull… Continue reading

Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Council vice chair Loni Greninger, left, and tribal elder Celeste Dybeck sing the S’Klallam paddle song, a call for people to pull together. Despite a chilly rain, scores of people attended Sunday’s 120th anniversary celebration of the golf course, an event that included the unveiling of a banner with its new name: the Camas Prairie Park and Camas Prairie Golf Course. The park is designed to serve a more diverse group of users than in the past, said Bob Wheeler, Friends of the Port Townsend Golf Park president. He added that in addition to stick golf, disc golf, foot golf, a playground, trails and native planting areas are part of the plans. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)