Life

New band wins Juan de Fuca Festival’s talent show

PORT ANGELES — Justin Scott Rivet, a singer-guitarist born and raised in Port Angeles, put together a band he calls the Riveters a little over… Continue reading

PENINSULA PROFILE: How Jeff Tocher went from homelessness to gallery artist

Messengers, one after another, have whispered two things to Jeff Tocher. Believe in your talent. Use it to start anew. One of the first messengers… Continue reading

Port Angeles Farmers Market wins top statewide award

PORT ANGELES — Reaching out to the community, connecting people with their local food farmers and “herding cats”: Those are three things the Port Angeles… Continue reading

Port Angeles, Sequim groups to host Oscar parties

A starry night is forecast. The big screen is bigger than ever before. And at “Hollywood Nights,” Port Angeles' Academy Awards celebration, and Sequim's “A… Continue reading

WEEKEND SPOTLIGHT: Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts Talent Show on Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Songwriters. Tango dancers. A comedian, a poet, more dancers, singers and players: They all add up to the second annual Juan de… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Engineering, roller derby and boat competitions among events

Engineering feats by Sequim students, a Port Scandalous Roller Derby and the 21st annual Wooden Boat Foundation Shipwrights’ Race are among the activities on the… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Got a fever for spring cleaning? Home Show’s more than 180 booths will help get it started

PORT ANGELES — With spring just around the corner, where does a homeowner find a contractor to help prepare for the coming season or repair… Continue reading

JOHN NELSON’S LIVE MUSIC COLUMN: Get jump on end of shortest month

THE SHORTEST MONTH of the year, even with an extra day, comes to an end this week, and you know what that means? Spring is… Continue reading

KAREN GRIFFITHS’ HORSEPLAY COLUMN: Questions to ask before buying horse

PRIOR TO ATTAINING any horse, each potential horse owner should ask him- or herself: Do I have a safe and secure place for it to… Continue reading

Sea otter pup may get a Peninsula name

PORT TOWNSEND — The five-week-old sea otter pup at the Seattle Aquarium — a Facebook celebrity if there ever was one — could soon be… Continue reading

VIDEO — My chocolates make people happy

By Jack Olmsted for Peninsula Daily News DURING THE OLYMPIC Peninsula Wineries' Red Wine & Chocolate Tour at Eaglemount Winery outside Port Townsend on Saturday,… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2012
  • By Jack Olmsted for Peninsula Daily News

A PENINSULA PROFILE TRUE LOVE STORY: Couple show it ‘comes down to the simple things’

PORT ANGELES — He was, by his own description, a “long-haired, motorcycle-riding janitor.” She was an 18-year-old from Kansas. And from the day Paul and… Continue reading

Passion, gratitude mark winners of Young Artists Competition

PORT ANGELES — Every Monday night, 16-year-old Erin Hennessey drives to Tacoma and back. Hennessey spends an hour there with a doctor — Maria Sampen,… Continue reading

Sequim walk-in clinic to shutter soon

SEQUIM — With a heavy heart, Bridgett Bell Kraft is shutting down the clinic she opened here five years ago. Primary Care Sequim, in the… Continue reading

PENINSULA SPOTLIGHT: Playwrights’ Festival brings life to stage

PORT TOWNSEND — Inside the 66-seat Key City Playhouse, life is unfolding, in all its comic, work-in-progress glory. This version of life, distilled into performances,… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Other area events on the North Olympic Peninsula

Movies, books and discussions are among the activities on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. For information about the Playwrights’ Festival in Port Townsend —… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers set to perform

PORT ANGELES — Be ready, Penny Hall says, to have a spring put in your step. Hall, accompanist with the 19-voice Peninsula Men's Gospel Singers,… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Power Animal Ball to fete Mardi Gras, help dancer with medical expenses

PORT TOWNSEND — The first-ever Power Animal Ball — replete with mask-making and an art den full of feathers, fake fur, face paint and sequins… Continue reading

WEEKEND: Ridge facilities open on Presidents Day

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — The ski tows will be operating and rangers will lead snowshoe walks at Hurricane Ridge throughout the long holiday weekend that… Continue reading

WEEKEND: The Perfect Gentlemen to ‘shine’

PORT LUDLOW — “Java Jive.” “I Want You to Be My Baby.” “San Francisco Bay Blues.” That's a mere taste of what The Perfect Gentlemen… Continue reading