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Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News The Salish Coast Elementary School Eagles march along Lawrence Street in Uptown Port Townsend in the annual Rhody Kiddies Parade on Saturday. Over 600 kids were registered for the parade.
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Rhody Kiddies Parade in Port Townsend

The Salish Coast Elementary School Eagles march along Lawrence Street in Uptown Port Townsend in the annual Rhody Kiddies Parade on Saturday. Over 600 kids… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News The Salish Coast Elementary School Eagles march along Lawrence Street in Uptown Port Townsend in the annual Rhody Kiddies Parade on Saturday. Over 600 kids were registered for the parade.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, right, speaks about the service of law enforcement personnel as Sgt. (Ret.) Randy Pieper listens in during Friday's bell-ringing ceremony on National Peace Officer Memorial Day at Veteran's Park in Port Angeles. The event was part of National Police Week to pay tribute to officers how ave lost their lives in the line of duty.
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Officers remembered in Port Angeles

Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, right, speaks about the service of law enforcement personnel as Sgt. (Ret.) Randy Pieper listens in during Friday’s bell-ringing ceremony… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam County Sheriff Brian King, right, speaks about the service of law enforcement personnel as Sgt. (Ret.) Randy Pieper listens in during Friday's bell-ringing ceremony on National Peace Officer Memorial Day at Veteran's Park in Port Angeles. The event was part of National Police Week to pay tribute to officers how ave lost their lives in the line of duty.
Sequim Irrigation Festival royalty, from left, Princess Paige “Skylar” Krzyworz, Prince Fred Cameron, Princess Anne Marie Barni and Queen Pepper Reymond preside over the festival from their float in Saturday’s Grand Parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Irrigation Festival grand parade

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Sequim Irrigation Festival royalty, from left, Princess Paige “Skylar” Krzyworz, Prince Fred Cameron, Princess Anne Marie Barni and Queen Pepper Reymond preside over the festival from their float in Saturday’s Grand Parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighters Chris Dalen, left and Zach Gear put out hot spots around the perimeter of a brush fire near 2333 Lower Elwha Road on Friday. The fire burned an area approximately 200 feet by 200 feet while scorching a tree and threatening a nearby mobile home.
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Brush fire thwarted

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighters Chris Dalen, left and Zach Gear put out hot spots around the perimeter of a brush fire near 2333… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighters Chris Dalen, left and Zach Gear put out hot spots around the perimeter of a brush fire near 2333 Lower Elwha Road on Friday. The fire burned an area approximately 200 feet by 200 feet while scorching a tree and threatening a nearby mobile home.
Lesley Welch of Sequim takes a photo of her daughter, Avani Welch, 1, on a Moana-themed mini float during Saturday’s Irrigation Festival Kids Parade at the Haller Athletic Fields in Sequim. The float was awarded grand prize by the judges, taking top honors in the parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Kids parade

Lesley Welch of Sequim takes a photo of her daughter, Avani Welch, 1, on a Moana-themed mini float during Saturday’s Irrigation Festival Kids Parade at… Continue reading

Lesley Welch of Sequim takes a photo of her daughter, Avani Welch, 1, on a Moana-themed mini float during Saturday’s Irrigation Festival Kids Parade at the Haller Athletic Fields in Sequim. The float was awarded grand prize by the judges, taking top honors in the parade. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Greta Low of Agnew pulls weeds from the garden area at Pebble Beach Park next to the Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles during Saturday’s third annual Big Spruce Up. About 75 people took part in the effort to tidy up portions of the downtown area in an event hosted by the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce, PA Realty and ElevatePA. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Big spruce up

Greta Low of Agnew pulls weeds from the garden area at Pebble Beach Park next to the Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles… Continue reading

Greta Low of Agnew pulls weeds from the garden area at Pebble Beach Park next to the Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles during Saturday’s third annual Big Spruce Up. About 75 people took part in the effort to tidy up portions of the downtown area in an event hosted by the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce, PA Realty and ElevatePA. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department workers prepare floating dock sections for installation after they were barged across Port Angeles Harbor from storage to Port Angeles City Pier on Thursday. The docks, used for transient moorage, have not been deployed since 2021, when a primary float was damaged by a storm. Floats are scheduled to be in place this weekend, although the gangways from the upper pier deck will not be lowered into position until next week. The utility vessel Cheyenne Arrow assisted with bringing the sections across the harbor. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Floating docks

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department workers prepare floating dock sections for installation after they were barged across Port Angeles Harbor from storage to Port… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department workers prepare floating dock sections for installation after they were barged across Port Angeles Harbor from storage to Port Angeles City Pier on Thursday. The docks, used for transient moorage, have not been deployed since 2021, when a primary float was damaged by a storm. Floats are scheduled to be in place this weekend, although the gangways from the upper pier deck will not be lowered into position until next week. The utility vessel Cheyenne Arrow assisted with bringing the sections across the harbor. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Arya Morrison, 3, grins while creating an art project as her mother, Janeth Morrison of Port Angeles, looks on during Saturday’s Dia del Niño, or Day of the Child, at the Port Angeles Public Library. The event, based upon an annual celebration in Mexico, was created to recognize the importance of children in society and to promote youth literacy. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Dia del Nino

Arya Morrison, 3, grins while creating an art project as her mother, Janeth Morrison of Port Angeles, looks on during Saturday’s Dia del Niño, or… Continue reading

Arya Morrison, 3, grins while creating an art project as her mother, Janeth Morrison of Port Angeles, looks on during Saturday’s Dia del Niño, or Day of the Child, at the Port Angeles Public Library. The event, based upon an annual celebration in Mexico, was created to recognize the importance of children in society and to promote youth literacy. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Kylie Jenkins of Mesa, Ariz., along with her children, Embree Jenkins, 11, left, and Tenney Jenkins, 2, feed a carrot to Poncho, an Olympic National Park trail mule, during Junior Ranger Day at the Olympic National Park visitor center on Saturday in Port Angeles. The event, part of the nationwide National Park Week, was designed to expose youth and adults to the outdoors experience and learn about what the national park system has to offer. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Junior Ranger Day

Kylie Jenkins of Mesa, Ariz., along with her children, Embree Jenkins, 11, left, and Tenney Jenkins, 2, feed a carrot to Poncho, an Olympic National… Continue reading

Kylie Jenkins of Mesa, Ariz., along with her children, Embree Jenkins, 11, left, and Tenney Jenkins, 2, feed a carrot to Poncho, an Olympic National Park trail mule, during Junior Ranger Day at the Olympic National Park visitor center on Saturday in Port Angeles. The event, part of the nationwide National Park Week, was designed to expose youth and adults to the outdoors experience and learn about what the national park system has to offer. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Children cavort in a sea of foam as an activity for Healthy Kids Day on Saturday at the YMCA of Port Angeles. The event featured a variety of youth activities designed to promote a healthy lifestyle. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Healthy Kids Day at YMCA of Port Angeles

Children cavort in a sea of foam as an activity for Healthy Kids Day on Saturday at the YMCA of Port Angeles. The event featured… Continue reading

Children cavort in a sea of foam as an activity for Healthy Kids Day on Saturday at the YMCA of Port Angeles. The event featured a variety of youth activities designed to promote a healthy lifestyle. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A construction crew performs landscape work along a portion of the Waterfront Trail, part of the Olympic Discovery Trail, at Pebble Beach Park on Friday near downtown Port Angeles. As part of the project, vegetation along the trail was removed for trail upkeep and beautification. The trail through the park was closed during the work, but was scheduled to be reopened by today.
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Trail work at Pebble Beach

A construction crew performs landscape work along a portion of the Waterfront Trail, part of the Olympic Discovery Trail, at Pebble Beach Park on Friday… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A construction crew performs landscape work along a portion of the Waterfront Trail, part of the Olympic Discovery Trail, at Pebble Beach Park on Friday near downtown Port Angeles. As part of the project, vegetation along the trail was removed for trail upkeep and beautification. The trail through the park was closed during the work, but was scheduled to be reopened by today.
Ellori Rotter, 3, of Port Angeles scoots around the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles as her aunt, Alison Schmidt of Marysville, keeps watch on Thursday. In a break from a spring of below-average temperatures, several days of seasonable temperatures are forecast for most of Western Washington through the weekend.
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Cuter scooter in Port Angeles

Ellori Rotter, 3, of Port Angeles scoots around the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles as her aunt, Alison Schmidt of… Continue reading

Ellori Rotter, 3, of Port Angeles scoots around the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles as her aunt, Alison Schmidt of Marysville, keeps watch on Thursday. In a break from a spring of below-average temperatures, several days of seasonable temperatures are forecast for most of Western Washington through the weekend.
Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter Mya Delano plays her guitar surrounded by fellow squad members as a house at 141 Harry Brown Road burns behind her on Sunday west of Port Angeles. The house was intentionally torched as a training exercise, giving firefighters an opportunity to practice in a live fire situation. Fire districts 2 and 4, along with members of the Port Angeles Fire Department, took part in the event. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Training exercise

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter Mya Delano plays her guitar surrounded by fellow squad members as a house at 141 Harry Brown Road burns… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter Mya Delano plays her guitar surrounded by fellow squad members as a house at 141 Harry Brown Road burns behind her on Sunday west of Port Angeles. The house was intentionally torched as a training exercise, giving firefighters an opportunity to practice in a live fire situation. Fire districts 2 and 4, along with members of the Port Angeles Fire Department, took part in the event. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Ida Shantz, 5, of Port Angeles looks over a sheet of stenciled letters with her grandmother, Patricia Kessler of Woodburn, Ore., at a cardboard crown craft table during Saturday’s Barn Dance at the Clallam County Fairgrounds to benefit the Five Acre School north of Sequim. The dance also included food, entertainment, children’s activities and a silent auction. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Five Acre School benefit

Ida Shantz, 5, of Port Angeles looks over a sheet of stenciled letters with her grandmother, Patricia Kessler of Woodburn, Ore., at a cardboard crown… Continue reading

Ida Shantz, 5, of Port Angeles looks over a sheet of stenciled letters with her grandmother, Patricia Kessler of Woodburn, Ore., at a cardboard crown craft table during Saturday’s Barn Dance at the Clallam County Fairgrounds to benefit the Five Acre School north of Sequim. The dance also included food, entertainment, children’s activities and a silent auction. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Hal Peterson, a co-owner of Ballard-based Mach 2 Arts, works on a fabricated tree on Wednesday that will become part of a mountains-to-sea diorama of regional landscapes at the Dungeness River Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Heart of new Dungeness nature center nears completion

Exhibit Room expected to be open by May

Hal Peterson, a co-owner of Ballard-based Mach 2 Arts, works on a fabricated tree on Wednesday that will become part of a mountains-to-sea diorama of regional landscapes at the Dungeness River Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Bird watchers peer out over the waters of Dungeness Bay from Dungeness Landing County Park north of Sequim on Friday in search of waterfowl as part of Olympic BirdFest 2023. The annual birding event draws avian enthusiasts from across the region who are attracted by the diversity of birds across the North Olympic Peninsula.

Avid avian enthusiasts

Bird watchers peer out over the waters of Dungeness Bay from Dungeness Landing County Park north of Sequim on Friday in search of waterfowl as… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Bird watchers peer out over the waters of Dungeness Bay from Dungeness Landing County Park north of Sequim on Friday in search of waterfowl as part of Olympic BirdFest 2023. The annual birding event draws avian enthusiasts from across the region who are attracted by the diversity of birds across the North Olympic Peninsula.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Imelda Jones, left, and Richard Wade, both of Port Angeles, along with the dog, Archie, walk along the Morse Creek trestle near Port Angeles. The trestle, part of the abandoned Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific railroad grade, is a key span on the Olympic Discovery Trail.
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Morse Creek trestle stroll

Imelda Jones, left, and Richard Wade, both of Port Angeles, along with the dog, Archie, walk along the Morse Creek trestle near Port Angeles. The… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Imelda Jones, left, and Richard Wade, both of Port Angeles, along with the dog, Archie, walk along the Morse Creek trestle near Port Angeles. The trestle, part of the abandoned Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific railroad grade, is a key span on the Olympic Discovery Trail.
A bicyclist pedals along the Waterfront Trail near a stand of cherry blossoms in Port Angeles. As the calendar marches further into spring, trees and flowers are coming into bloom across much of the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Spring blossoms

A bicyclist pedals along the Waterfront Trail near a stand of cherry blossoms in Port Angeles. As the calendar marches further into spring, trees and… Continue reading

A bicyclist pedals along the Waterfront Trail near a stand of cherry blossoms in Port Angeles. As the calendar marches further into spring, trees and flowers are coming into bloom across much of the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Cheri Tinker, executive director of Forks-based Sarge's Veterans Support, front, looks over the features of a donated van with Mark Schildknecht, commandant of Mount Olympus Detatchmet 897 of the Marine Corps League after turning over the keys on Thursday at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center in Port Angeles. The 2013 Ford Explorer van, donated by the Marine Corps League, will be used by the North Olympic Regiional Veteran's Housing Network for ferrying Forks-area vets to and from medical appointments and for veterans outreach services.
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New van for vets donated

Cheri Tinker, executive director of Forks-based Sarge’s Veterans Support, front, looks over the features of a donated van with Mark Schildknecht, commandant of Mount Olympus… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Cheri Tinker, executive director of Forks-based Sarge's Veterans Support, front, looks over the features of a donated van with Mark Schildknecht, commandant of Mount Olympus Detatchmet 897 of the Marine Corps League after turning over the keys on Thursday at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center in Port Angeles. The 2013 Ford Explorer van, donated by the Marine Corps League, will be used by the North Olympic Regiional Veteran's Housing Network for ferrying Forks-area vets to and from medical appointments and for veterans outreach services.
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Port Townsend city council member, Monica Mick-Hagger and Port Townsend Pickleball Club president Lynn Pierle (cq) cut the ribbon to dedicate the Mountain View Pickleball courts to the City of Port Townsend in a ribbon cutting on Wednesday at the club. Others looking on are members of the club board of directors and city manager John Mauro, holding the microphone, Carrie Hite, Director of Parks and Recreation strategy, holding the ribbon and to her left is director of parks facilities, Michael Todd. The club now has 219 members on the roster.
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Pickleball court dedicated in Port Townsend

Port Townsend City Council member Monica Mick-Hagger and Port Townsend Pickleball Club President Lynn Pierle cut the ribbon to dedicate the Mountain View pickleball courts… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Port Townsend city council member, Monica Mick-Hagger and Port Townsend Pickleball Club president Lynn Pierle (cq) cut the ribbon to dedicate the Mountain View Pickleball courts to the City of Port Townsend in a ribbon cutting on Wednesday at the club. Others looking on are members of the club board of directors and city manager John Mauro, holding the microphone, Carrie Hite, Director of Parks and Recreation strategy, holding the ribbon and to her left is director of parks facilities, Michael Todd. The club now has 219 members on the roster.