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BACK WHEN: Birney’s Drive-in fondly remembered in Port Angeles

BACK WHEN: Birney’s Drive-in fondly remembered in Port Angeles

THERE WERE QUITE a few comments on the May picture from the past. The photo of Birney’s Drive-In on the corner of First and Eunice… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Birney’s Drive-in fondly remembered in Port Angeles

BIRD WATCH: A full yard is a delight to the eyes, ears

I BELIEVE IT is safe to say, “the gang’s all here.” Even though I haven’t seen any goldfinches yet, they have been reported. The only… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Remember: How you age is how you view it

THE OTHER DAY I was talking with a gal that I’ve worked with for quite a while. She’s as much a friend as she is… Continue reading

OTA, local artists collaborate for production promos

OTA, local artists collaborate for production promos

Sequim’s Olympic Theatre Arts is collaborating with area artists to promote the 2018-19 live theatre season. OTA put out a call to local… Continue reading

OTA, local artists collaborate for production promos

ISSUES OF FAITH: Remember to be inventive in your encouragement

“AND LET US consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some… Continue reading

Pancakes, Port Angeles and Poppins on the week’s menu

A program about Port Angeles, a fire department breakfast and a children’s “Mary Poppins Jr.” production are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: New miniature horse helps build child’s confidence

HORSEPLAY: New miniature horse helps build child’s confidence

I’M HEARING THE sound of little hoof beats scurrying about the yard these days, and loving it. It’s with great joy that I announce the… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: New miniature horse helps build child’s confidence
PENINSULA KITCHEN: Choose My Plate plan provides healthful meal

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Choose My Plate plan provides healthful meal

FORGIVE ME WHILE I geek out a little about nutrition. Remember the old USDA Food Pyramid? With grains comprising the largest bottom layer, then fruits… Continue reading

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Choose My Plate plan provides healthful meal

A GROWING CONCERN: Tricks of the gardening trade for late spring

MAY JUST KEEPS rolling on with Memorial Day and the unofficial start of summer happening this weekend. With barbecues being cleaned, the boat and kayaks… Continue reading

BIRD WATCH: Spring brings about a welcome greeting

A MORNING GREETING, especially an unexpected one, can get your day off to a good start. Penny dog always starts our morning off with wiggles,… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Help is available to kin raising others’ children

IF YOU, OR someone you care about, is raising some other relative’s child (or children), this could do you some serious good. We all know… Continue reading

Sheep shearing, student dramas set this week

A Shepherds’ Festival in Sequim, student productions at Peninsula College and a car show in Blyn are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic… Continue reading

Author group seeks submissions for second anthology

The Olympic Peninsula Authors have plans for a second anthology of prose and poetry, with the goal of increasing awareness of talented local… Continue reading

Fourth Friday Readings to feature award-winning local poets

Fourth Friday Readings to feature award-winning local poets

Sequim’s Fourth Friday Readings tonight will feature the North Olympic Peninsula’s Judith R. Duncan and John Victor Anderson. The free readings will begin… Continue reading

Fourth Friday Readings to feature award-winning local poets

ISSUES OF FAITH: The knowledge of death and the awakening to love

MEMORIAL DAY HAD its origin May 30, 1868, when Gen. John A. Logan, commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, honored the Civil War… Continue reading

OTA Children’s Theatre group sets ‘Starchild Academy’ tours

OTA Children’s Theatre group sets ‘Starchild Academy’ tours

The Olympic Theatre Arts Children’s Theatre Program, Starchild Academy of Stagecraft & Wizardry — an original, interactive theatrical experience that pulls back the… Continue reading

OTA Children’s Theatre group sets ‘Starchild Academy’ tours
Toastmasters ‘Speech Marathon’ includes district champions

Toastmasters ‘Speech Marathon’ includes district champions

Sequim’s Toastmasters club presents a “Speech Marathon” from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday in the conference room at the Sequim Library, 630… Continue reading

Toastmasters ‘Speech Marathon’ includes district champions

BIRD WATCH: The sounds of spring provide backyard bliss

THIS IS THE time of the year when those words from a song in “Oklahoma” come to mind: “Spring is busting out all over.” You… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Time for watering, planting annuals and raising the deck

Now with the passage of Mother’s Day and most of your baskets for the house being planted and hung, let me pass on a few… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Port Townsend celebrates exploration, naming of town by Capt. George Vancouver

BACK WHEN: Port Townsend celebrates exploration, naming of town by Capt. George Vancouver

CAPT. GEORGE VANCOUVER wrote this about the work he and his crew did May 8, 1792: “The survey of this inlet, which had occupied our… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Port Townsend celebrates exploration, naming of town by Capt. George Vancouver