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HELP LINE: Don’t panic and remember: Medicare happens

THIS IS WEEK No. 3 of describing the Medicare Machine. I am not going to regurgitate the past few weeks’ columns, because that would place… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: The tectonic plates underneath apparent gridlock

is there anything we can do — to shift the gridlock in our society related to seemingly intractable positions? On… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Mulch away to achieve a weed-free yard

I JUST REALIZED that in the past 12 days, I have spread 63 yards of mulch around four clients’ yards (not today, though; I ran… Continue reading

BIRD WATCH: Owls in toilets no laughing matter

HIKING AND TENT camping are not very tempting right now. The fact that you might drown in your tent isn’t very far-fetched, considering the amount… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: Chapter president earns Lifetime Achievement Award

HORSEPLAY: Chapter president earns Lifetime Achievement Award

again. My sincerest apologies to the new Mt. Olympus chapter of Back Country Horsemen for giving out the wrong address… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: Chapter president earns Lifetime Achievement Award

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Time is ripe for home-made dressing

YOUR ASSIGNMENT THIS week is to go outside and look for culinary herbs and fresh salad greens. They are everywhere. Last Sunday, I parked my… Continue reading

When is the time right to enroll in Medicare?

TODAY IS MARCH 26, 2017, and in the interests of “full disclosure” (which almost never happens in the real world), be warned that I have… Continue reading

Feather Palooza to serve up poultry information

Feather Palooza will offer a day of information about raising chickens, ducks, turkeys and other feathered birds at the Chimacum Grange on Saturday.… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Run to the cross and see God anew

If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. But if we walk… Continue reading

Tales of Clallam County welcome at libraries across the area

Whether you were born here or moved to the area later in life, what was your first impression of this community? What kind of positive… Continue reading

Tidepools magazine picks 2017 contest winners

Tidepools magazine picks 2017 contest winners

Some of the more inspired artists on the North Olympic Peninsula recently received kudos for their creativity. Editors and staff of Tidepools… Continue reading

Tidepools magazine picks 2017 contest winners
“Weedy Gastronomy – What to Eat, What to Avoid” will be presented by Clallam County Noxious Weed Control Coordinator Cathy Lucero at noon Thursday at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. (Amanda Rosenberg)

Edible weeds topic of lecture

Cathy Lucero, Clallam County Noxious Weed Control coordinator, will talk about edible versus inedible weeds at noon Thursday. “Weedy Gastronomy — What… Continue reading

“Weedy Gastronomy – What to Eat, What to Avoid” will be presented by Clallam County Noxious Weed Control Coordinator Cathy Lucero at noon Thursday at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. (Amanda Rosenberg)

Clallam County fourth-graders prep for Battle of the Books, set March 24

Twelve teams of Clallam County fourth-graders will do battle in a trivia-style competition at 6:30 p.m. Friday. Battle of the Books 2017,… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Plan and plant away to your heart’s desire on Peninsula

AS I’VE MENTIONED before, our weather here is never hot nor cold and is extremely mild. The most important fact to glean is that for… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Brinnon becomes a community

BACK WHEN: Brinnon becomes a community

THE COMMUNITY OF Brinnon in Jefferson County was slower to develop than settlements farther north. Although Elwell P. Brinnon had staked his claim at the… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: Brinnon becomes a community

BIRD WATCH: Attacking male birds? Search for shiny objects

WELL, IT’S BEGUN. Despite all the rain and cold weather, the robins have determined that it is spring and time to start a family. First… Continue reading

HELP LINE: How to avoid the Medicare penalty

DESPITE A LOT of good advice to the contrary, almost all of us seem to be getting older on a daily basis. Thus, many of… Continue reading

Peninsula authors to hold book reading, signing this Monday

Peninsula authors to hold book reading, signing this Monday

Olympic Peninsula Authors on Monday will offer humor, adventure, inspiration, romance and murder. Seven authors from Port Angeles or Sequim will read… Continue reading

Peninsula authors to hold book reading, signing this Monday
Annual community garage sale this weekend at Jefferson County Fairgrounds

Annual community garage sale this weekend at Jefferson County Fairgrounds

About 60 vendors are registered for this weekend’s community garage sale at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. The Garage Sale &Flea Market, which… Continue reading

Annual community garage sale this weekend at Jefferson County Fairgrounds
The Sequim City Band under the direction of Tyler Benedict accompanies soloist Randy Stillwell.

‘Time’ is theme at next Sequim City Band Concert

It’s about time. The Sequim City Band invites the community to a free concert all about time at 3 p.m. Sunday in the… Continue reading

The Sequim City Band under the direction of Tyler Benedict accompanies soloist Randy Stillwell.