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Port Townsend Public Library to offer craft kits

The Port Townsend Public Library will distribute craft kits for pre-school and elementary children on Tuesdays weekly. Preschool craft kits are recommended… Continue reading

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Stitzel to speak at Unity in the Olympics

Teia Stitzel will present “Happy Friend-a-versary” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Stitzel will be the guest speaker at Unity in the Olympics, 2917… Continue reading

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Sing-a-ling at Port Townsend Public Library

Keeth Apgar will present Sing-a-Ling from 10:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Thursday. The program for toddlers and pre-schoolers will be, weather permitting,… Continue reading

Soroptimist International of Port Angeles to meet Friday

Bertha Cooper will present “Women — We’re Only Old Once…” at noon Friday. Cooper will address a meeting of Soroptimist International of… Continue reading

Clallam County Conservation District taking orders for native plants

The Clallam Conservation District is accepting large-quantity orders for its annual native plant sale until Monday, Nov. 1. Plants will be availablethe… Continue reading

Duane Grego, left, and Dan Welden check the scales on Welden’s winning pumpkin at 166.2 pounds Sunday. A giant pumpkin contest is conducted each year at the Evergreen Country Estates neighborhood on Goss Road south of Port Angeles. Welden, who started the contest 14 years ago, gives each of his neighbors special pumpkin sprouts he has started from seeds from the Northwest Giant Pumpkin Growers Association. The growing season starts around May 1 and the neighbors gather for a weigh-in and to have a pumpkin potluck party this time of year. Only one pumpkin weighed more than 100 pounds out of the dozen entries. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)
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Giant pumpkin contest

By Dave Logan For Peninsula Daily News Duane Grego, left, and Dan Welden check the scales on Welden’s winning pumpkin at 166.2 pounds Sunday. A… Continue reading

Duane Grego, left, and Dan Welden check the scales on Welden’s winning pumpkin at 166.2 pounds Sunday. A giant pumpkin contest is conducted each year at the Evergreen Country Estates neighborhood on Goss Road south of Port Angeles. Welden, who started the contest 14 years ago, gives each of his neighbors special pumpkin sprouts he has started from seeds from the Northwest Giant Pumpkin Growers Association. The growing season starts around May 1 and the neighbors gather for a weigh-in and to have a pumpkin potluck party this time of year. Only one pumpkin weighed more than 100 pounds out of the dozen entries. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

North Olympic Library System to host discussion series on intentional aging

The North Olympic Library System will host the monthly discussion group Intentional Aging beginning Tuesday, Sept. 21, at 11 a.m. The meetings… Continue reading

Gardiner Community Center will host garage sale

The Gardiner Community Center will host a community garage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The sale will be at the… Continue reading

Jefferson County Library to hold Tech Tuesday

The Jefferson County Library will host Tech Tuesday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday. The free class will stream on Zoom… Continue reading

Port Angeles Friends of the Library to hold Bag of Books sale

The Port Angeles Friends of the Library will host its monthly Bag of Books sale for two weeks this month, beginning Thursday.… Continue reading

Port Townsend Marine Science Center to host lecture on marine microplastics

Andrew Mason will present “Microplastics as Marine Debris” at 7 p.m. Wednesday. The presentation, sponsored by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center,… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Make use of the last sighs of summer

WELL, I CAN certainly see that the trees are beginning to change color. Labor day is over and school has started, but hold your horses… Continue reading

Photo by Katie Newton Cutline: Ready for the Hunt seat class at the 4-H horse show at the Clallam County Fairgrounds are Lela Bankson, left, on Banjo, KK Pitts on Mikey and Lila Torey on Smokey.

HORSEPLAY: Time to get 4-H, other groups going again

SMASH AND GRABS are on the rise at Olympic Peninsula trailheads. Recently, there were a number of break-ins reported by trail users at Miller Peninsula… Continue reading

Photo by Katie Newton Cutline: Ready for the Hunt seat class at the 4-H horse show at the Clallam County Fairgrounds are Lela Bankson, left, on Banjo, KK Pitts on Mikey and Lila Torey on Smokey.

Olympic Theatre Arts’ ‘A Facility for Living’ cast, in rehearsal

Play to be stagged in early October

Sisters Jenny Edwards, left, and Julia Ahrndt, both of Port Angeles, assemble flower bouquets that will be distributed to teachers and staff members of the Port Angeles School District at an assembly session with volunteers on Thursday at Hamilton School. The pair collected more than 4,000 flowers from their own flower farms, along with donations from other farms and area gardeners, that will be arranged in tin can vases and given out in the days to come to about 450 school district employees as a token of thanks for their hard work in tending to the needs of children. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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A bouquet of gratitude in Port Angeles

Sisters Jenny Edwards, left, and Julia Ahrndt, both of Port Angeles, assemble flower bouquets that will be distributed to teachers and staff members of the… Continue reading

Sisters Jenny Edwards, left, and Julia Ahrndt, both of Port Angeles, assemble flower bouquets that will be distributed to teachers and staff members of the Port Angeles School District at an assembly session with volunteers on Thursday at Hamilton School. The pair collected more than 4,000 flowers from their own flower farms, along with donations from other farms and area gardeners, that will be arranged in tin can vases and given out in the days to come to about 450 school district employees as a token of thanks for their hard work in tending to the needs of children. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Joseph Bednarik will present “Defining Shadows” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, his presentation will stream on Zoom.

Bednarik set as Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship speaker

Joseph Bednarik will present “Defining Shadows” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, his… Continue reading

Joseph Bednarik will present “Defining Shadows” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, his presentation will stream on Zoom.

Friends of Library to hold book sale Saturday

The Friends of the Sequim Library will conduct a book sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The sale is at the… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Personality types cope with COVID

ALTHOUGH WE’D LIKE to think that we’re all on the same page with regards to this latest wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, that’s hardly the… Continue reading

Party in the park benefit set for Sequim

Buttercup Lane will perform at “Party in the Park II” from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 17. The benefit concert is… Continue reading

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Rock, Gem & Jewelry Show returns to Port Angeles

After 2-year absence, show is back this weekend

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