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A GROWING CONCERN: Planting bulbs is a bright idea

HERE WE ARE, Labor Day at our doorstep, school starting and summer sun is waning. Ah, September! I just so love the Olympic Peninsula, especially… Continue reading

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BACK WHEN: The tale of Pvt. Giuseppe Romeo

WHEN PEOPLE PASS away, there are always earthly possessions left over from someone’s life. Many of us have been left with the job of dealing… Continue reading

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Port Angeles Water Utility workers Garey Hampton, left, and Logan Beebe apply a new coat of paint to a fire hydrant near the corner of 12th and I streets on a warm Friday in Port Angeles. The work was part of an on-going effort to maintain the city's water systems.

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Hello, yellow hydrants in Port Angeles

Port Angeles Water Utility workers Garey Hampton, left, and Logan Beebe apply a new coat of paint to a fire hydrant near the corner of… Continue reading

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Port Angeles Water Utility workers Garey Hampton, left, and Logan Beebe apply a new coat of paint to a fire hydrant near the corner of 12th and I streets on a warm Friday in Port Angeles. The work was part of an on-going effort to maintain the city's water systems.

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‘Follow me’ subject of Sunday service

The Rev. Kristin-Luana and the Rev. Olaf Baumann will present “Follow Me: Biblical Practices for Faithful Living” at 11 a.m. Sunday. The… Continue reading

Evensong service scheduled

Katy Taylor offer music for an Evensong service from 4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Sunday. The contemplative Celtic Christian service is at… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Faith, even in the darkest of days

MY WIFE AND I were married in 1995, while still in college. I was able to get good employment. We started having children and finished… Continue reading

Religious education classes planned

Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will resume its religious education program at 11 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 11. The Sunday school classes will be… Continue reading

Speaker set for Unitarian service

Roddy Biggs will present “Chaplaincy: Heart-Wrenchingly Painful Holy Work”

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Matter and DeChardin — Labor Day” at Unity in Port Townsend

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Matter and DeChardin — Labor Day” at 11 a.m. Sunday The service is at Unity in… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith
Mark Stanton Welch will present “Living As If Already Whole... now imagine that!” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. 

Welch will be the guest speaker at Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle Ave.

Unity speaker slated for Port Angeles

Mark Stanton Welch will present “Living As If Already Whole… now imagine that!” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Welch will be the guest… Continue reading

Mark Stanton Welch will present “Living As If Already Whole... now imagine that!” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. 

Welch will be the guest speaker at Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle Ave.

Book discussion groups planned at NOLS

The North Olympic Library System will host book discussions in person and online this month. The Second Saturday and the Wednesday Evening… Continue reading

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Sequim Art Walk to feature dancing, art, books

Variety of venues open late for visitors on Friday

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Randy Smith of Sequim, a volunteer with the Sequim Botanical Garden Society, pulls weeds from the organization’s garden at the Water Reuse Demonstration Park at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Buckets of experience at Sequim garden

Randy Smith of Sequim, a volunteer with the Sequim Botanical Garden Society, pulls weeds from the organization’s garden at the Water Reuse Demonstration Park at… Continue reading

Randy Smith of Sequim, a volunteer with the Sequim Botanical Garden Society, pulls weeds from the organization’s garden at the Water Reuse Demonstration Park at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

A GROWING CONCERN: Plant tulips for a kiss of spring color

SINCE WE BECAME informed about the “miracle drug” of gardening (Bone Meal) and how crucial it is to continued success of your blooming spring bulbs… Continue reading

The Port Angeles class of 1957 recently met for its 65-year reunion.  Photo Credit:  Gena Bruner.

Class of 1957 reunites

The Port Angeles class of 1957 recently met for its 65-year reunion at the Port Angeles Golf Club.… Continue reading

The Port Angeles class of 1957 recently met for its 65-year reunion.  Photo Credit:  Gena Bruner.
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Several hundred people assembled at Pope Marine Park on Thursday for the final Concert on the Dock presented by the Port Townsend Main Street Association but also, for a Community Portrait that happened during intermission. Local photographer David Conklin, on the roof of the building, directs the crowd to raise their hands in celebration of the event. The photo session was over in less than 1/500th of a second.

Community portrait taken in Port Townsend

Several hundred people assembled at Pope Marine Park on Thursday for the final Concert on the Dock presented by the Port Townsend Main Street Association,… Continue reading

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Several hundred people assembled at Pope Marine Park on Thursday for the final Concert on the Dock presented by the Port Townsend Main Street Association but also, for a Community Portrait that happened during intermission. Local photographer David Conklin, on the roof of the building, directs the crowd to raise their hands in celebration of the event. The photo session was over in less than 1/500th of a second.
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Cutline: BCH Buckhorn Range member, and Jefferson County Assessor Jeff Chapman, left, with fellow member Bob Hoyle and State Representative Mike Chapman discuss some of the problems and possible solutions to keeping dedicated multi-use trails open to horses, along with preserving the ruralness of Miller Peninsula State Park for “our kids and future generations,” emphasized M. Chapman.

HORSEPLAY: Fairs, 4-H and camping for horses on the Peninsula

AFTER THE WORLD as we knew it came to a screeching halt at the height of the pandemic, it sure was nice to see how… Continue reading

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Cutline: BCH Buckhorn Range member, and Jefferson County Assessor Jeff Chapman, left, with fellow member Bob Hoyle and State Representative Mike Chapman discuss some of the problems and possible solutions to keeping dedicated multi-use trails open to horses, along with preserving the ruralness of Miller Peninsula State Park for “our kids and future generations,” emphasized M. Chapman.
The Fulton Street Chamber Players — Rachel Swerdlow, Walter Gray and Cordula Merks — and guest artists highlight the Concerts in the Barn series this weekend in Quilcene.

Fulton Street Chamber Players featured in Quilcene

Penultimate weekend of season’s Concerts in the Barn

The Fulton Street Chamber Players — Rachel Swerdlow, Walter Gray and Cordula Merks — and guest artists highlight the Concerts in the Barn series this weekend in Quilcene.
The Rev. Bill Evans

Unity speaker set for presentation

The Rev. Bill Evans will present “The Heart of the Matter” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Evans will be the guest speaker at… Continue reading

The Rev. Bill Evans

Drake to speak Sunday at Unity service

Thomas Drake will present “Co-Creating a World That Works for All” at 11 a.m. Sunday Drake is the guest speaker at Unity… Continue reading