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PENINSULA KITCHEN: Kale offers tasty green way to New Year

IT SHOULDN’T COME as a huge surprise to anyone who knows me or has read many of my columns, that I don’t prescribe to the… Continue reading

English country dance, alpaca ranch, ski film planned this weekend

An English country dance, an alpaca ranch tour and a skiing film are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information also is… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Focus on Jesus – and take heart

LAST YEAR CONTAINED enough catastrophes and crises to produce a lot of angst in this country and around the world. Bombings, shootings, flooding, earthquakes, wildfires,… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Resolve to attend garden extravaganza

A GROWING CONCERN: Resolve to attend garden extravaganza

SO HERE WE are in a new year, with strands of tinsel still clinging to the carpet, empty bottles of champagne in the recycle bin… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Resolve to attend garden extravaganza
BACK WHEN: Few readers share memories of Port Angeles bank

BACK WHEN: Few readers share memories of Port Angeles bank

ONLY FOUR PEOPLE responded to the December “picture from the past” although I know many others recognized this famous bank. It was Olympic State Bank… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Few readers share memories of Port Angeles bank

BIRD WATCH: Feed faithfully for best birding benefits

There are rewards for feeding birds. Yes, it gives us pleasure but that can vary in a variety of ways. Faithful feeding brings the best… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Seniors are not all the same

SOMETIMES, SOMETHING COMES along that reminds me that I have one of the best, if not one of the most lucrative, jobs in the time… Continue reading

Tree planting, story slam, art among Peninsula activities

Tree planting, a story slam and an art exhibition are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information also is available on the… Continue reading

Annual Adventure Series starts tonight

Ken and Mary Campbell will kick off the 2018 Adventure Series tonight with a presentation on planning an East Africa safari. Janet… Continue reading

Wine label contest benefits Dungeness lighthouse

Wine label contest benefits Dungeness lighthouse

The New Dungeness Light Station Association and Wind Rose Cellars have announced their second annual photography and art contest. The winning submission will… Continue reading

Wine label contest benefits Dungeness lighthouse
State fire commissioners honor Joyce department

State fire commissioners honor Joyce department

Clallam County Fire District No. 4 was recognized by the state Fire Commissioner’s Association recently. Fire Commissioner Terry Barnett accepted the award for… Continue reading

State fire commissioners honor Joyce department

BIRD WATCH: Remember to make, keep resolutions

THERE IS ALWAYS some looking back when a new year arrives. After perusing columns written for other New Year’s, this one stood out. I enjoyed… Continue reading

HELP LINE: The time for resolutions has come

CONTRARY TO ALL probability, and the cacophonous, pugnacious prognostications of any number of people who are trying desperately to be somebody, the world has not… Continue reading

Plastic bag problems explored at Peninsula College’s next Studium Generale

Plastic bag problems explored at Peninsula College’s next Studium Generale

Despite environmental efforts across the nation, Americans use about 60,000 plastic bags every five minutes. So where do they end up? Find… Continue reading

Plastic bag problems explored at Peninsula College’s next Studium Generale

New Year’s eve events, college info night slated on the Peninsula

A New Year’s dinner and dance in Sequim and an information night for Peninsula College are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula.… Continue reading

ISSUS OF FAITH: Now we have all that we need

OH, THAT YOU would rend the heavens and come down, that the mountains would tremble before you (Isa 63:19 NIV). What did you want for… Continue reading

Sequim Library shares stories with families, youths of all ages

Sequim Library shares stories with families, youths of all ages

Weekly story times for preschoolers, wigglers and babies resume on Wednesday, Jan. 3, at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave. “Preschool Storytime” for ages… Continue reading

Sequim Library shares stories with families, youths of all ages

HELP LINE: It’s time to believe in the magic of love

IT’S THE HOLIDAYS. I hope that isn’t news. And if you’re at all like me then I know that a lot of us are feeling… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Winter homework for best spring garden grade

Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you are all surrounded by dear friends (not deer families) and family on this most joyous day, with piles of… Continue reading

  • Dec 24, 2017

BIRD WATCH: Memories of bird counts past go by

THANKS TO “A Christmas Carol,” by Charles Dickens, the term “Christmas Past” was born. In its own way, the term illustrated that memories are an… Continue reading