A crew from Jefferson County Public Utility District works to replace an old pole with a new one on the corner of Scott and Lawrence streets on Monday in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Workload impacted by employees leaving

Recipients of the 2023 Jefferson County Community Leadership Awards are, from left, Adeline Gellert-DePalma, Future Business Leader of the Year; Sarah Spaeth, Citizen of the Year; Jake Ramsey, Rising Entrepreneur; Jacob Davidson, Young Professional of the Year; Richard Tucker, President of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Jefferson County; and Cathy and Pete Langley, Business Leader of the Year. The awards were presented at a dinner Saturday at the American Legion Post in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson County leadership awards presented

Sarah Spaeth honored as Citizen of Year

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Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Wendy Bart, representing the YMCA, signs a lease for a lot on the Port Townsend School property to be used as a Jefferson County Early Learning and Family Support Center at a signing on Thursday at the administration office of Port Townsend School District. School superintendent, Linda Rosenbury, center front, had just affixed her signature to the lease. Also on hand were 4 year old Azan Luqman, with his parents behind him, Asif Luqman and Shawnisa Francis. Behind Bart are school board directors John Nowak and Jennifer James-Wilson, Dr. Molly Parker, representing Jefferson Healthcare, Alex Hankle, 7 week old Juniper, Nicole Hankle and Jefferson County supervisor Kate Dean.

YMCA, Port Townsend School District sign lease for daycare

Construction to start next year

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Third-party appraisal needed for Dungeness reservoir project

Gap exists between existing proposals

Princess Skylar Kryzworz, Prince Fred Cameron, Princess Anne Marie Barni and Queen Pepper Reymond try out their float for the first time at the kickoff dinner and auction for the Irrigation Festival at the 7 Cedars Resort on Saturday. The float features a changing sign, and real flowing water. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
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Maxamus White, 8, laughs with delight as his mother, Naomi White of Port Angeles, twirls him around on a spin toy on Saturday at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The pair were enjoying a break in the weather before showers moved into the area. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Volunter Janis Burger of Port Angeles, left, plants American dune grass as Allyce Miller, revetation manage for the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe, looks on during a planting session at a newly-restored section of beach on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles on Thursday. Nearly a dozen volunteers added their efforts to replant native grasses and other beach vegetation through a joint project of the tribe and the Clallam Conservation District.

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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Christian Hoy of Port Angeles practices riding his new unicycle against a backdrop of wind turbine spires at Pebble Beach Park on the Port Angeles waterfront on Tuesday. Hoy said he had previously mastered the use of a motoriszed unicycle and decided he wanted to learn to ride a a pedal-powered one, and the circular paths at the park were perfect for the task.
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A crew from Jefferson County Public Utility District works to replace an old pole with a new one on the corner of Scott and Lawrence streets on Monday in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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A crew from Jefferson County Public Utility District works to replace an old pole with a new one on the corner of Scott and Lawrence streets on Monday in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Curtains of red and green peek out from behind a bank of clouds as the aurora borealis illuminates the sky north of Port Angeles on Thursday evening. Otherwise known as the northern lights, the aurora was the result of a severe, G4-category geomagnetic storm in the Earth's atmosphere triggered by charged particles emanating from the Sun. Auroras were widely visible Thursday across Canada and northern portions of the United States. Forecasts say they might be visible tonight.
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