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Scott Miller, left, of Silverdale points to the undersized rock crab that Tom Price of Spanaway is holding. Both men were crabbing off the Marine Science Center pier at Fort Worden on Thursday. The other crab was barely legal size, and Price put both back into the sea. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Crabbing at the fort

Scott Miller, left, of Silverdale points to the undersized rock crab that Tom Price of Spanaway is holding. Both men were crabbing off the Marine… Continue reading

Scott Miller, left, of Silverdale points to the undersized rock crab that Tom Price of Spanaway is holding. Both men were crabbing off the Marine Science Center pier at Fort Worden on Thursday. The other crab was barely legal size, and Price put both back into the sea. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Kayakers find a cool way to beat the heat and listen to live music during Thursday’s Concert on the Dock at Pope Marine Park in Port Townsend. Another concert is set this coming Thursday when temperatures are expected to have dipped to temperatures more commonly felt on the North Olympic Peninsula.
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Seaside seats for Concert on the Dock

Kayakers find a cool way to beat the heat and listen to live music during Thursday’s Concert on the Dock at Pope Marine Park in… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Kayakers find a cool way to beat the heat and listen to live music during Thursday’s Concert on the Dock at Pope Marine Park in Port Townsend. Another concert is set this coming Thursday when temperatures are expected to have dipped to temperatures more commonly felt on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Pictured, left to right, are Nicole Lepping and Rod Souza.
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Jim’s Pharmacy names charity of the month

The Sequim Wheelers was the June recipient of Jim’s Cares Monthly Charity at Jim’s Pharmacy in Port Angeles. The Sequim Wheelers use wheelchair bikes and… Continue reading

Pictured, left to right, are Nicole Lepping and Rod Souza.
The Port Angeles High School Class of 1972 gathers in front of the Peninsula Golf Club clubhouse to celebrate its 50th reunion. About 100 plus spouses attended Friday and Saturday at the golf course and Vern Burton gym. The class had 369 graduates, and event emcee Bob Wheeler made a toast to the 51 who have died since they graduated. Organizers were Diane Holth, Gail Ralston and Marcia Logan. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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50-year reunion

The Port Angeles High School Class of 1972 gathers in front of the Peninsula Golf Club clubhouse to celebrate its 50th reunion. About 100, plus… Continue reading

The Port Angeles High School Class of 1972 gathers in front of the Peninsula Golf Club clubhouse to celebrate its 50th reunion. About 100 plus spouses attended Friday and Saturday at the golf course and Vern Burton gym. The class had 369 graduates, and event emcee Bob Wheeler made a toast to the 51 who have died since they graduated. Organizers were Diane Holth, Gail Ralston and Marcia Logan. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Several of the 50 registered pocket yachts were on display during the Port Townsend Pocket Yacht Palooza at the Northwest Maritime Center First Fed Waterfront Commons on Saturday. Billed as the largest exhibit of small craft in North America, the one-day show attracts small, trailerable boats from around Puget Sound. Any boat of 20 feet or less could be considered a pocket yacht. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Pocket Yacht Palooza

Several of the 50 registered pocket yachts were on display during the Port Townsend Pocket Yacht Palooza at the Northwest Maritime Center First Fed Waterfront… Continue reading

Several of the 50 registered pocket yachts were on display during the Port Townsend Pocket Yacht Palooza at the Northwest Maritime Center First Fed Waterfront Commons on Saturday. Billed as the largest exhibit of small craft in North America, the one-day show attracts small, trailerable boats from around Puget Sound. Any boat of 20 feet or less could be considered a pocket yacht. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Pete Hanke (left) and son Chris, with Puget Sound Express, the 37 year old whale watching tour company based in Port Townsend, stand on the the bow of their new 77 foot tour boat, Swiftsure, while it is being fitted out at Point Hudson Marina on Thursday. The swiftsure will carry up to 145 passengers around the Salish Sea.
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All aboard new tour boat

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Pete Hanke, left, and son Chris, with Puget Sound Express, the 37-year-old whale watching tour company based in Port Townsend,… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Pete Hanke (left) and son Chris, with Puget Sound Express, the 37 year old whale watching tour company based in Port Townsend, stand on the the bow of their new 77 foot tour boat, Swiftsure, while it is being fitted out at Point Hudson Marina on Thursday. The swiftsure will carry up to 145 passengers around the Salish Sea.
The full supermoon rises over the USNS Richard E Byrd moored at Naval Magazine Indian Island in Port Townsend Bay on Wednesday night. This is the last supermoon of the year. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Supermoon rises

The full supermoon rises over the USNS Richard E Byrd moored at Naval Magazine Indian Island in Port Townsend Bay on Wednesday night. This is… Continue reading

The full supermoon rises over the USNS Richard E Byrd moored at Naval Magazine Indian Island in Port Townsend Bay on Wednesday night. This is the last supermoon of the year. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Mike Garling of Port Townsend chucks the ball for his Labradoodle Brody to fetch out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca at North Beach on a sunny day Monday. Temperatures are forecast to be in the mid- to upper 60s for the rest of the week, with some clouds moving in by Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Cooling off

Mike Garling of Port Townsend chucks the ball for his Labradoodle Brody to fetch out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca at North Beach… Continue reading

Mike Garling of Port Townsend chucks the ball for his Labradoodle Brody to fetch out of the Strait of Juan de Fuca at North Beach on a sunny day Monday. Temperatures are forecast to be in the mid- to upper 60s for the rest of the week, with some clouds moving in by Friday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Volunteers Ginger Sanford, left, and Vicki Hansen, both of Port Angeles, carefully scrub a military veteran’s headstone at Mount Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles on Saturday. The Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution hosted a training seminar and workshop on the “do no harm” method cleaning and preserving grave markers. The workshop was held in preparation for a Wreaths Across American Wreath Laying ceremony scheduled for Dec. 17. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Grave marker preservation

Volunteers Ginger Sanford, left, and Vicki Hansen, both of Port Angeles, carefully scrub a military veteran’s headstone at Mount Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles… Continue reading

Volunteers Ginger Sanford, left, and Vicki Hansen, both of Port Angeles, carefully scrub a military veteran’s headstone at Mount Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles on Saturday. The Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution hosted a training seminar and workshop on the “do no harm” method cleaning and preserving grave markers. The workshop was held in preparation for a Wreaths Across American Wreath Laying ceremony scheduled for Dec. 17. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
David Johannessohn of Sequim takes a photograph of the motor of a 1929 Ford Model A on Saturday at the 26th annual Ruddell Cruise-In car show at Ruddell Auto in Port Angeles. The event featured more than 200 vintage and classic automobiles and trucks in an evening that included food, live music and a dunk tank. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Cruise-In car show

David Johannessohn of Sequim takes a photograph of the motor of a 1929 Ford Model A on Saturday at the 26th annual Ruddell Cruise-In car… Continue reading

David Johannessohn of Sequim takes a photograph of the motor of a 1929 Ford Model A on Saturday at the 26th annual Ruddell Cruise-In car show at Ruddell Auto in Port Angeles. The event featured more than 200 vintage and classic automobiles and trucks in an evening that included food, live music and a dunk tank. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A group of musicians, led by Brandon Godman, in blue shirt, who had never played together before, perform a rousing a set of Bluegrass music to an audience on Littlefield Green at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday. Centrum’s weeklong Fiddle Tunes Festival ended with this finale concert under the sun. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Fiddle tunes concert

A group of musicians, led by Brandon Godman, in blue shirt, who had never played together before, perform a rousing a set of Bluegrass music… Continue reading

A group of musicians, led by Brandon Godman, in blue shirt, who had never played together before, perform a rousing a set of Bluegrass music to an audience on Littlefield Green at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday. Centrum’s weeklong Fiddle Tunes Festival ended with this finale concert under the sun. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Destiny Walters of the Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department scrubs the water bowls on the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. The fountain and its adjoining plaza, located at First and Laurel streets, is a focal point for numerous activities in the downtown area.
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Summer scrubbing for downtown fountain

Destiny Walters of the Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department scrubs the water bowls on the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. The… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Destiny Walters of the Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department scrubs the water bowls on the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. The fountain and its adjoining plaza, located at First and Laurel streets, is a focal point for numerous activities in the downtown area.
A doe and its fawn make tracks on the beach Tyler Street Plaza in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Checking out the beach

A doe and its fawn make tracks on the beach Tyler Street Plaza in Port Townsend.… Continue reading

A doe and its fawn make tracks on the beach Tyler Street Plaza in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Fourth of July parade travels south on Laurel Street in downtown Port Angeles on Monday. The parade lasted an hour and was well attended despite threatening skies. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Fourth of July parade procession for Port Angeles

The Fourth of July parade travels south on Laurel Street in downtown Port Angeles on Monday. The parade lasted an hour and was well attended… Continue reading

The Fourth of July parade travels south on Laurel Street in downtown Port Angeles on Monday. The parade lasted an hour and was well attended despite threatening skies. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
After a three-year hiatus, the popular Fiddle Tunes is back at Centrum with workshops and performances culminating in a Fiddle Tunes finale on Littlefield Green at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday. Sharing tunes at Fort Worden Commons on Tuesday afternoon are, from left: WB Reid of Seattle, Paul Rangell and son Benny of Santa Cruz, Calif., and Suzy Thompson of Berkeley, Calif. Thompson is a past Artistic Director of the Fiddle Tunes. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Fiddle tunes

After a three-year hiatus, the popular Fiddle Tunes is back at Centrum with workshops and performances culminating in a Fiddle Tunes finale on Littlefield Green… Continue reading

After a three-year hiatus, the popular Fiddle Tunes is back at Centrum with workshops and performances culminating in a Fiddle Tunes finale on Littlefield Green at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday. Sharing tunes at Fort Worden Commons on Tuesday afternoon are, from left: WB Reid of Seattle, Paul Rangell and son Benny of Santa Cruz, Calif., and Suzy Thompson of Berkeley, Calif. Thompson is a past Artistic Director of the Fiddle Tunes. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
KeithThorpe/Peninsula Daily News Rachele Brown, education manager for Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles, displays a fish print shirt she had just created during the seasonal Junior Oceanographer summer camp for youngsters. The camps, which are sold out for the summer season, are designed for children to learn more about marine life and are held in conjunction with the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.
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Fresh fish prints in Port Angeles

Rachele Brown, education manager for Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles, displays a fish print shirt she had just created during the seasonal Junior… Continue reading

KeithThorpe/Peninsula Daily News Rachele Brown, education manager for Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles, displays a fish print shirt she had just created during the seasonal Junior Oceanographer summer camp for youngsters. The camps, which are sold out for the summer season, are designed for children to learn more about marine life and are held in conjunction with the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary.
Sailboats engage in racing during the weekly Friday evening event on Port Townsend Bay. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Sailboat racing

Sailboats engage in racing during the weekly Friday evening event on Port Townsend Bay.… Continue reading

Sailboats engage in racing during the weekly Friday evening event on Port Townsend Bay. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Volunteer Eric Lalonde, 15, of Port Angeles carries a roll of sod during a community work day on Friday at the pump track being built at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The track, designed primarily for bicycles and other wheeled play vehicles, is being constructed by the Port Angeles Parks & Recreation Department in conjunction the Lincoln Park BMX Association with funding from a $350,000 grant from the state Recreation and Conservation Office, $100,000 in lodging tax grants from the city and Clallam County, business sponsorships, individual and community donations and a grant from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. Organizers have scheduled a grand opening for the facility for 5:30 p.m. on July 6.
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Work on pump track proceeds

Volunteer Eric Lalonde, 15, of Port Angeles carries a roll of sod during a community work day Friday at the pump track being built at… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Volunteer Eric Lalonde, 15, of Port Angeles carries a roll of sod during a community work day on Friday at the pump track being built at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The track, designed primarily for bicycles and other wheeled play vehicles, is being constructed by the Port Angeles Parks & Recreation Department in conjunction the Lincoln Park BMX Association with funding from a $350,000 grant from the state Recreation and Conservation Office, $100,000 in lodging tax grants from the city and Clallam County, business sponsorships, individual and community donations and a grant from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. Organizers have scheduled a grand opening for the facility for 5:30 p.m. on July 6.
Sue Boyd of Vancouver, B.C., explores a backyard garden at 806 E. Sixth St., in Port Angeles on Saturday, one of six locations featured in the 27th annual Petals & Pathways Home Garden Tour. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Taking in the glory of Petals & Pathways Garden Tour

B.J. Bjork of Gig Harbor, right, talks with homeowner David Whiting about his bed of walking Egyptian onions during Saturday’s 27th annual Petals & Pathways… Continue reading

Sue Boyd of Vancouver, B.C., explores a backyard garden at 806 E. Sixth St., in Port Angeles on Saturday, one of six locations featured in the 27th annual Petals & Pathways Home Garden Tour. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Members of the Polge family from Raleigh, N.C., from left, parents Tami and Steven, and siblings Sebastian, 18, Anna, 15, Christina, 18, and Nico, 7, exmaine an informational display at the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge north of Sequim on Thursday. The refuge is sanctuary to a variety of Northwest wildlife and serves as the access point to the Dungeness Spit and the New Dungeness Lighthouse.
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Dungeness visit for family

Members of the Polge family from Raleigh, N.C., from left, parents Tami and Steven, and siblings Sebastian, 18, Anna, 15, Christina, 18, and Nico, 7,… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Members of the Polge family from Raleigh, N.C., from left, parents Tami and Steven, and siblings Sebastian, 18, Anna, 15, Christina, 18, and Nico, 7, exmaine an informational display at the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge north of Sequim on Thursday. The refuge is sanctuary to a variety of Northwest wildlife and serves as the access point to the Dungeness Spit and the New Dungeness Lighthouse.