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Down home Christmas

PORT TOWNSEND —The 15th Down Home Christmas is set for 7 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The annual family-friendly Christmas concert is in New Life Church,… Continue reading

Grief gathering

The Dying Matters Guild will conduct a community grief gathering at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. The non-denominational gathering is in the Quimper Unitarian… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Turning faith into action

Jewish tradition teaches us that our world stands on three things: on the Torah, on worship and on acts of kindness. The Hebrew word for… Continue reading

Rev. Lynn Ungar.

Speaker set for Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship

The Rev. Lynn Ungar will present “By a Different Light”

Rev. Lynn Ungar.
BA Huffman.

Speaker slated for Port Angeles Unity in Olympics

BA Huffman will share music and a message with the theme of “Joy” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Huffman is the ministry and… Continue reading

BA Huffman.
Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Santa, played by Beau Gibson, greets the children and their parents on the shores of Lake Crescent after his arrival by canoe to the Lake Crescent Lodge on Saturday. In the canoe is his paddler Cody Fisher and the elf on the shore is Vera Tambunan. The historic lodge on Barnes Point at Lake Crescent kicked off the season with holiday lights Saturday evening.
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Santa arrives at Lake Crescent

Santa, played by Beau Gibson, greets the children and their parents on the shores of Lake Crescent after his arrival by canoe to the Lake… Continue reading

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News Santa, played by Beau Gibson, greets the children and their parents on the shores of Lake Crescent after his arrival by canoe to the Lake Crescent Lodge on Saturday. In the canoe is his paddler Cody Fisher and the elf on the shore is Vera Tambunan. The historic lodge on Barnes Point at Lake Crescent kicked off the season with holiday lights Saturday evening.
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Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday

Help needed to honor veterans

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Clallam 4-H clubs schedule meetings

The Washington State University Clallam County Extension has announced the 2023 meeting schedules for 4-H livestock clubs. The following clubs will meet… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Make your chore list and check it twice

SO ALTHOUGH IT is indeed December, it is not winter yet. Winter begins here on the Olympic Peninsula on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 1:48 p.m.… Continue reading

Photo by Karen Griffiths Cutline: It’s common for horses in advanced stages of osteoarthritis to refuse to allow a hoof to be lifted off the ground due to high pain it causes. After watching a farrier on YouTube use a 2 x 6” board to stand the hoof on it with a side overhanging the edge, which allowed enough room to slide a file under to rasp off excess hoof. Lacey would only stand on the board a few seconds at a time, finding it more comfortable to have her leg lifted up and stretched forward to rest on the hoof stand so the undercarriage could be worked on.

HORSEPLAY: Hoof trimming for the arthritic horse

I REMEMBER CLEARLY the day my beautiful palomino Lacey refused to let me pick up her left front hoof to be cleaned. The sky was… Continue reading

Photo by Karen Griffiths Cutline: It’s common for horses in advanced stages of osteoarthritis to refuse to allow a hoof to be lifted off the ground due to high pain it causes. After watching a farrier on YouTube use a 2 x 6” board to stand the hoof on it with a side overhanging the edge, which allowed enough room to slide a file under to rasp off excess hoof. Lacey would only stand on the board a few seconds at a time, finding it more comfortable to have her leg lifted up and stretched forward to rest on the hoof stand so the undercarriage could be worked on.

Christmas concert offers piano duets

Penny Hall and Anna Nichols will perform Christmas piano duets at 2 p.m. Sunday. The free concert is at the First Presbyterian… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: When boys become bishop

BEFORE I GET to a specific instance of turn around and fair play, that of the medieval Boy Bishop, a disclaimer. Last night, my parish,… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Sean Bunting, red hat, and David Molotsky, blue hat, both teachers in the Ocean K-12 program, a partnership program between the Northwest Maritime Center and the Port Townsend School District, instructs the Bravo Team class in the benefits of eel grass during a session at the beach on eh Port Townsend Boat Haven on Thursday. The team would normally be out in a long boat but had to stay ashore because of small craft warnings.
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Ocean lessons at Port Townsend Boat Haven

Sean Bunting, red hat, and David Molotsky, blue hat, both teachers in the Ocean K-12 program, a partnership program between the Northwest Maritime Center and… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Sean Bunting, red hat, and David Molotsky, blue hat, both teachers in the Ocean K-12 program, a partnership program between the Northwest Maritime Center and the Port Townsend School District, instructs the Bravo Team class in the benefits of eel grass during a session at the beach on eh Port Townsend Boat Haven on Thursday. The team would normally be out in a long boat but had to stay ashore because of small craft warnings.

OUUF speaker scheduled Sunday

The Rev. Bruce Bode will present “Why Is There Something, Not Nothing?” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bode will be the guest speaker… Continue reading

BA Huffman

Speaker slated for Port Angeles Unity in Olympics

BA Huffman will share music and a message at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Huffman is the ministry and music coordinator at Unity in… Continue reading

BA Huffman

Learning our landscape lecture online

David Brownell will present “Learning Our Landscape: Archaeology and Artifacts of the Sequim Bypass Sites” at 3 p.m. Thursday. The free, online presentation… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Sandie Kiehl of Sequim, left, makes a purchase from Pat Snyder of Sequim-based China Cat Creations during Saturday's Homemade Christmas Craft Fair at the Sequim Prairie Grange near Carlsborg. The event featured dozens of vendors with a wide variety of holiday gifts and gift ideas created by local artisans.
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Christmas crafts on display in Sequim

Sandie Kiehl of Sequim, left, makes a purchase from Pat Snyder of Sequim-based China Cat Creations during Saturday’s Homemade Christmas Craft Fair at the Sequim… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Sandie Kiehl of Sequim, left, makes a purchase from Pat Snyder of Sequim-based China Cat Creations during Saturday's Homemade Christmas Craft Fair at the Sequim Prairie Grange near Carlsborg. The event featured dozens of vendors with a wide variety of holiday gifts and gift ideas created by local artisans.

A GROWING CONCERN: Set your sights on Christmas poinsettias

my deceased parents and the greenhouse I… Continue reading

“A Story Lost Forever.”

BACK WHEN: Your family history is the most important history

WELL, HERE IT is, December. Another year is wrapping up. Soon New Year’s Eve will be upon us. We have taken New Year’s Eve and… Continue reading

“A Story Lost Forever.”

‘Radiant Light’ to shine again at VHOCC

Locals looking to honor their loved ones and help a community nonprofit at the same time can do so at Volunteer Hospice… Continue reading