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Giving Tuesday fundraiser among Peninsula activities

Giving Tuesday fundraiser among Peninsula activities

A Giving Tuesday fundraiser, an evening of hygge and a birding trip are offered on the North Olympic Peninsula today and Wednesday. Information also is… Continue reading

Giving Tuesday fundraiser among Peninsula activities

A GROWING CONCERN: Tie up loose gardening ends

THE LIGHTS ARE up at the Winter Ice Village, the ice is good and frozen, and the leftover turkey is all but used up. It… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: The Lasley family sees the country on wheels

BACK WHEN: The Lasley family sees the country on wheels

WHEN LIFE BECOMES very difficult people with resolve, determination and strength of character will take action and find a way to carry on. I thought… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: The Lasley family sees the country on wheels

HELP LINE: It’s time to think about taking steps to avoid health care

I TALK TO a lot of doctors, surgeons, nurses, ARNPs, physician assistants, therapists, health care administrators, etc. Some of them even talk back. So, on… Continue reading

Salvation Army cooks for 285 at Thanksgiving Eve community meal

Salvation Army cooks for 285 at Thanksgiving Eve community meal

Volunteers prepare 38 turkeys, 18 gallons of mashed potatoes, 13 gallons of gravy

Salvation Army cooks for 285 at Thanksgiving Eve community meal
Donation drive, shelter animal benefit offered this weekend

Donation drive, shelter animal benefit offered this weekend

A toy, food and donation drive, and a benefit for shelter animals are among the activities planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend. Information… Continue reading

Donation drive, shelter animal benefit offered this weekend
Port Angeles Garden Club announces winner of its summer Green Thumb Award

Port Angeles Garden Club announces winner of its summer Green Thumb Award

The Port Angeles Garden Club recently announced that Judy Hubbard won its summer Green Thumb award. Hubbard received the award for excellence… Continue reading

Port Angeles Garden Club announces winner of its summer Green Thumb Award
St. Paul’s Church offers free community Thanksgiving Eve meal
St. Paul’s Church offers free community Thanksgiving Eve meal
Living Nativity returns to Sequim Valley Nazarene

Living Nativity returns to Sequim Valley Nazarene

Local church hosts event for third year

Living Nativity returns to Sequim Valley Nazarene
Weaver honored with Sequim’s 2018 Westcott Award

Weaver honored with Sequim’s 2018 Westcott Award

City officials presented the sixth annual Westcott Award to Deborah Weaver for her 2018 contributions as a Volunteer in Police Service. The award… Continue reading

Weaver honored with Sequim’s 2018 Westcott Award
Free public Thanksgiving feasts planned on Peninsula
Free public Thanksgiving feasts planned on Peninsula
Festival of Trees online edition

Festival of Trees online edition

Our 2019 Festival of Trees special section is out! Festival of Trees is a three-day fundraiser for the Olympic Medical Center Foundation, scheduled for Nov.… Continue reading

Festival of Trees online edition
Free public Thanksgiving feasts planned on Peninsula

Free public Thanksgiving feasts planned on Peninsula

Free community feasts are planned on the North Olympic Peninsula on Thanksgiving Day and on days leading up to the annual holiday. On Wednesday —… Continue reading

Free public Thanksgiving feasts planned on Peninsula
Hamilton’s work returns with 2020 calendar

Hamilton’s work returns with 2020 calendar

“I’m not the creator; I’m the copier. I went to the art gallery and copied it.” Gracing the cover of Ross Hamilton’s newest… Continue reading

Hamilton’s work returns with 2020 calendar

A GROWING CONCERN: A ‘Green Friday’ holiday shopping list

THE SKATING RINK is up and lit, families are engaging in holiday activities, all the spring bulbs are planted and for most of us our… Continue reading

HELP LINE: Find a way to make Thanksgiving special

TODAY IS SUNDAY, Nov. 24, and Thanksgiving is four days away. If today were Thanksgiving, here’s what I would say: Happy Thanksgiving! Do you s’pose… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: The 10 essentials just might save your life

HORSEPLAY: The 10 essentials just might save your life

GETTING LOST AND disoriented in the mountains is surprisingly easy to do. Living here on the Olympic Peninsula, it’s not unusual to hear of lost… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: The 10 essentials just might save your life

Holiday bazaars set for this weekend

The Clallam Bay/Sekiu Lions Club will host a Holiday Bazaar from… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Find a way to ‘venture into the wilderness’

IN A RECENT reading of the Torah portion, Lech L’cha (“Go forth”), Abraham and Sarah are told, “Go forth from your native land and from… Continue reading

Meditation lecture on mindfulness set for Saturday evening at Port Angeles library

Dharma Acharya Devan Miller will present “Mindfulness and Virtuous Meditation Practice” from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The class is in… Continue reading