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Story slam slated Friday at Sequim Library

The North Olympic Library System will host “Summer Nights: Stories with Out Loud Story Slam” at 7 p.m. Friday. The evening’s stories will… Continue reading

Jasmine Paul, 9, left, and John Hall, 10, put together a habitat diorama in which animals might live in nature after gathering materials in Webster's Woods at Port Angeles Fine Art Center. The diorama is just one of many projects and games students will participate in this week as part of art camps at the center, which is hosting two weeks of camps focusing on different ways in which science and art intersect. This week's half-day sessions are focused on Nature Art Camp and Treasure Map and Geocache. Next week's camps, The Art of Science Journals and Sculpture Design for Kids, are full, but students can be placed on a waiting list. Registration for a session is $100 for arts center members and $120 for non-members. For more information, visit www.pafac.org/summercamp.html or email rachel@pafac.org.
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Where art and science meet

By Dave Logan For Peninsula Daily News Jasmine Paul, 9, left, and John Hall, 10, put together a habitat diorama in which animals might live… Continue reading

Jasmine Paul, 9, left, and John Hall, 10, put together a habitat diorama in which animals might live in nature after gathering materials in Webster's Woods at Port Angeles Fine Art Center. The diorama is just one of many projects and games students will participate in this week as part of art camps at the center, which is hosting two weeks of camps focusing on different ways in which science and art intersect. This week's half-day sessions are focused on Nature Art Camp and Treasure Map and Geocache. Next week's camps, The Art of Science Journals and Sculpture Design for Kids, are full, but students can be placed on a waiting list. Registration for a session is $100 for arts center members and $120 for non-members. For more information, visit www.pafac.org/summercamp.html or email rachel@pafac.org.
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Mark Stout, working in his shop.

Shipwright Stout hired as boatbuilding school teacher

The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding has hired alumnus Mark Stout as a full-time instructor. Stout, a 1983 graduate of the school,… Continue reading

Mark Stout, working in his shop.
Winners, left to right: Adam Shantz, Dean Owen, Derek Moore, Brandon Lancelle

AREA SPORTS BRIEFS: Golf tourneys, scrambles benefit schools, organizations

New uniforms for East Jefferson — the Port Townsend and Chimacum high school athletics combine — is the goal for a Port… Continue reading

Winners, left to right: Adam Shantz, Dean Owen, Derek Moore, Brandon Lancelle

Bag of Books sale at Port Angeles Library this Thursday, Friday and Saturday

The Port Angeles Friends of the Library will host a Bag of Books sale from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, from… Continue reading

Lincoln Park BMX Track was the center for BMX racing in Western Washington over the weekend as the park hosted state qualifying races for the state championships in Spokane next month and Gold Cup qualifiers for a five-state regional championship in Richland in September. In the 14 Expert class are No. 10 Josiah Ringstad of Port Orchard, #63 Cash Coleman of Port Angeles and in the lead, No. 6 Jackson Beal of Port Townsend.
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BMX RACING: Lincoln Park hosts state and Gold Cup qualifiers

Local riders compete

Lincoln Park BMX Track was the center for BMX racing in Western Washington over the weekend as the park hosted state qualifying races for the state championships in Spokane next month and Gold Cup qualifiers for a five-state regional championship in Richland in September. In the 14 Expert class are No. 10 Josiah Ringstad of Port Orchard, #63 Cash Coleman of Port Angeles and in the lead, No. 6 Jackson Beal of Port Townsend.

Improv workshop slated for Tuesdays

Peninsula College, Olympic Theatre Arts and Port Angeles Community Players will host LOLOlympics from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday. The free,… Continue reading

Pianist Josu de Solaun, left, and Port Angeles Symphony conductor Jonathan Pasternack, pictured in Port Angeles in February 2020, pore over the music they will record this month in the Czech Republic. (Photo by Dorthe Grube Porter/Port Angeles Symphony)

Music project in Czech Republic

Symphony director, solo pianist plan to record concertos

Pianist Josu de Solaun, left, and Port Angeles Symphony conductor Jonathan Pasternack, pictured in Port Angeles in February 2020, pore over the music they will record this month in the Czech Republic. (Photo by Dorthe Grube Porter/Port Angeles Symphony)

Naval Magazine Indian Island plans security exercise

Naval Magazine Indian Island has scheduled a training exercise Wednesday. Training activities will include boats on the water near the pier’s security… Continue reading

Port Angeles Back to School Fair set for Saturday

The Port Angeles School District and Lutheran Community Services will host the 13th annual Port Angeles Back to School Fair from 10… Continue reading

Port Townsend Marine Science Center to hold annual meeting

The Port Townsend Marine Science Center will host its annual meeting at 4 p.m. Tuesday. The meeting will stream on Zoom. To… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles quarterback Parker Nickerson gets off a pass as Kingston's Kyler Coe-yarr closes in during a Roughriders win earlier this year.

PREP FOOTBALL: Storylines to watch as prep football practices get underway

High school football practices herald the arrival of a new school year, and Wednesday, when schools around the state don helmets for… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles quarterback Parker Nickerson gets off a pass as Kingston's Kyler Coe-yarr closes in during a Roughriders win earlier this year.

Public input sought on air tour plan for Olympic National Park

Virtual meeting set later this month

Blacksmith Keith Chester of Arlington pounds hot metal during a smithing demonstration on Saturday at Northwest Colonial Festival on the grounds of the George Washington Inn and Estate east of Port Angeles. The event featured displays, demonstrations and reenactments of life during the colonial era of the American Revolution. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Reliving American colonial times

Blacksmith Keith Chester of Arlington pounds hot metal during a smithing demonstration on Saturday at Northwest Colonial Festival on the grounds of the George Washington… Continue reading

Blacksmith Keith Chester of Arlington pounds hot metal during a smithing demonstration on Saturday at Northwest Colonial Festival on the grounds of the George Washington Inn and Estate east of Port Angeles. The event featured displays, demonstrations and reenactments of life during the colonial era of the American Revolution. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Rothschild House State Park to host open house

The Jefferson County Historical Society and Washington State Parks will host an open house from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday. The… Continue reading

Tsunami sirens added to Peninsula

State installs 50 on coast in two years

Ukuleles Unite! group strummed and sang its way down Lawrence Street in Saturday's Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade. The procession gathered 40 entries and hundreds of spectators to Uptown and downtown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
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Rhody parade

The 85th annual Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade cruised through Port Townsend on Saturday afternoon. About 40 floats and pedestrian groups, from the North Olympic Orca… Continue reading

Ukuleles Unite! group strummed and sang its way down Lawrence Street in Saturday's Rhododendron Festival Grand Parade. The procession gathered 40 entries and hundreds of spectators to Uptown and downtown Port Townsend. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: August advice for gardening chores

WITH ALL THE chores I’ve been doing because of the heat that persists again this past week, I forgot to give you your August to-do… Continue reading

Aquatic center offers junior lifeguard class

The Shore Aquatic Center will offer a junior lifeguard class from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday. Pre-registration is required… Continue reading