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Trick or treaters and parents, from left, Angelina Simpson, Charlie Simpson, 6, Matt Simpson, Carmen Moody, Maximillion Dempsey, 7, and Holly Dempsey, all of Port Angeles, make their way through downtown Port Angeles under a moderate rain shower on Halloween Day. Many downtown merchants opened their doors with candy and treats to welcome soggy spooks, wet witches and other assorted cartoon characters in search of sweet snacks. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Trickle treat

Trick or treaters and parents, from left, Angelina Simpson, Charlie Simpson, 6, Matt Simpson, Carmen Moody, Maximillion Dempsey,…

Linda Briley of Port Angeles sorts through bins of fresh fruit and vegetables at a traveling version of The Market, operated by the Port Angeles Food Bank, during a stop on Wednesday at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Port Angeles. The Mobile Market makes weekly stops at nine locations around Port Angeles and Joyce, offering free food supplies and meals for those in need. Times and locations can be found at www.pamarket.org. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Mobile market

Linda Briley of Port Angeles sorts through bins of fresh fruit and vegetables at a traveling version of…

Restore the 4 officials, from left, Cory Delikat, Scott Golding, Judith Reandeau Stipe and Steve Zenovic hold ceremonial shovels during a groundbreaking ceremony for a project to renovate and restore the 1924-vintage Rayonier #4 locomotive at its display location at Chase Street and Lauridsen Boulevard in Port Angeles. The geared locomotive has been the subject of a fundraising effort to repair and repaint the engine, construct a protective cover, add a log car and create a public park at the site. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Groundbreaking ceremony

Restore the 4 officials, from left, Cory Delikat, Scott Golding, Judith Reandeau Stipe and Steve Zenovic hold ceremonial…

Port Angeles siblings Gwendolyn McCord, 4, left, and Brân McCord, 6, assist their grandfather, Glenn Jones, with creating a jack-o-lantern during a pumpkin-carving session on Saturday at the Port Angeles Public Library. About 40 children and their parents took part in the spooky Halloween activity. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Pumpkin carving

Port Angeles siblings Gwendolyn McCord, 4, left, and Brân McCord, 6, assist their grandfather, Glenn Jones, with creating…

Jessica Topham of Sequim collects sweet treats for her son, Ivar Baker, 19 months, as Becky Rice looks on from her spookily decorated vehicle during Saturday’s Country Fair and Trunk or Treat at the Sequim Prairie Grange north of Carlsborg. The Halloween-themed event featured food, games, pumpkin carving and scary treats, hosted by members of the grange. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Trunk or treat

Jessica Topham of Sequim collects sweet treats for her son, Ivar Baker, 19 months, as Becky Rice looks…

Sam Grello, executive director of the Port Angeles Waterfront District, strings holiday lights around a tree in the 100 block of West First Street on Thursday. Grello said 49 trees in downtown Port Angeles are targeted for lights, bringing a festive look to the area in time for the holiday season. Lighting this year is being sponsored by the Port of Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Holiday lights

Sam Grello, executive director of the Port Angeles Waterfront District, strings holiday lights around a tree in the…

Rachel Anderson of Port Angeles fills out a raffle ticket for gifts and nautical-themed items during Wednesday’s Float the Boat fundraiser benefitting the Port Angeles junior and senior high school sailing teams. The event, held at Olympic Lodge by Ayres in Port Angeles, was conducted by the nonprofit Community Boating Program to support youth sailing and other nautical programs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Float the boat

Rachel Anderson of Port Angeles fills out a raffle ticket for gifts and nautical-themed items during Wednesday’s Float…

Dalton Tullis of Port Angeles speaks at a rally commemorating the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on Tuesday at the Conrad Dyer Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. The group hopes to develop a local chapter of the Turning Point USA student organization in honor of Kirk, who was assassinated on Sept. 10. The rally was held on the 32nd anniversary of Kirk’s birth. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Remembering Charlie Kirk

Dalton Tullis of Port Angeles speaks at a rally commemorating the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk on…

Festival-goers, from left, Cara Saunto, Shelby Damiani and Adrienne Bohannon, all of Seattle, crack into their crab dinners on Saturday at the Dungeness Crab Festival on the Port Angeles waterfront. The annual event drew thousands of visitors to downtown Port Angeles for a variety of seafood delights, music, cooking demonstrations, a craft fair and other activities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Dinner is served

Festival-goers, from left, Cara Saunto, Shelby Damiani and Adrienne Bohannon, all of Seattle, crack into their crab dinners…

Krab Krew members Jernando Juarez, left, and Julie Myers crack open freshly cooked whole crabs destined for consumption by visitors at the Dungeness Crab Festival on Friday on the Port Angeles waterfront. Thousands of fresh crabs have been brought in for hungry festival-goers at the three-day event, which also features a variety of other seafood delights as well as live music, demonstrations, a craft fair and a crab derby. The festival will continue through Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Crackin’ Crab

Krab Krew members Jernando Juarez, left, and Julie Myers crack open freshly cooked whole crabs destined for consumption…

Hadley Harp, 7, accompanied by brother Van Harp, 3, and mother Ashton Harp, all of Port Angeles, stroll through a room filled with evil clowns as part of a haunted house set up by the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society in its Kitty City animal shelter west of Sequim. Saturday’s haunted attraction was a highlight of the organization’s Howl-O-‘Ween event that benefitted the humane society along with a food drive for the Sequim Food Bank. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Haunted fundraiser

Hadley Harp, 7, accompanied by brother Van Harp, 3, and mother Ashton Harp, all of Port Angeles, stroll…

Gabriella Wolman, holding her son, Andy Wolman, 2, left, and Francesca Wolman, with daughters Lily Parker, 5, and Lucy Parker, 2, all of Sequim, examine a gurney with a stuffed bear placed on display by Olympic Ambulance during Saturday’s Safety Fair at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The fair, hosted by the city of Sequim, Clallam County Fire District 3 and members of the Community Emergency Response Team, featured a variety of public safety displays and demonstrations as well as workshops and lectures themed around surviving an emergency. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Safety fair

Gabriella Wolman, holding her son, Andy Wolman, 2, left, and Francesca Wolman, with daughters Lily Parker, 5, and…

Sarah Severns, left, and Diana Burns, both of Sequim and members of the North Olympic Shuttle & Spindle Guild, operate a pair of spinning wheels at a demonstration table at the Pacific Northwest Fiber Arts Expo on Friday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The three-day festival featured dozens of vendor displays, workshops and demonstrations that supported knitting, weaving and other fiber activities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Spinning yarn

Sarah Severns, left, and Diana Burns, both of Sequim and members of the North Olympic Shuttle & Spindle…

Josette Goarin of Sequim pauses at an informational kiosk as she watches a pair of bicyclists approach over a span connecting the railroad bridge to the Olympic Discovery Trail on Friday near the Dungeness Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. The popular park and nearby nature center offer a glimpse of the Dungeness River watershed and provide a venue for outdoor leisure activities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Railroad traffic

Josette Goarin of Sequim pauses at an informational kiosk as she watches a pair of bicyclists approach over…

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution on Thursday on the Port Angeles waterfront. The ship is one of several used by the company for cruises to ports of call around Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, including Port Angeles and Port Townsend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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American Constitution

A pair of pedestrians stroll along Port Angeles City Pier past the American Cruise Lines ship American Constitution…

Retired plumber John Gilbertson cuts out a soil pipe in the process of removing one of a pair of toilets in the public restroom at Lincoln Park in Port Angeles. Members of North Olympic Baseball & Softball are converting the restroom to be compliant with Americans with Disabilities Act guidelines on handicap accessibility, removing a toilet for improved space on the women’s side and adding handrails to both sides, as well as installation of wider access doors and other upgrades. The restroom will serve the nearby Lincoln Park athletic fields. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Park improvements

Retired plumber John Gilbertson cuts out a soil pipe in the process of removing one of a pair…

Ada Belle of Sequim drives a team of draft horses, Jim and Jake, along the side of Old Olympic Highway west of Sequim on Saturday. She said the horses are used for a variety of farm tasks and were being moved from one field to another. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Draft horses

Ada Belle of Sequim drives a team of draft horses, Jim and Jake, along the side of Old…

Aadya Karanam, 10, of Monroe emerges from the cabin of a Piper PA-24-250 after taking her Young Eagles flight on Saturday at Sequim Valley Airport. The event, part of a nationwide pilots initiative to introduce children to aviation, was hosted locally by the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 430. About 40 youngsters were signed up free plane rides on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Young eagles

Aadya Karanam, 10, of Monroe emerges from the cabin of a Piper PA-24-250 after taking her Young Eagles…

Naturebridge educators Ana Shinal, left, and Zach Drake demonstrate how water erosion affects the landscape in a test farm assembled by Wyatt Lutrz, 10, and Westley Lutz, 7, at a hands-on display set up by the Naturbridge educational organization at the fourth annual Forever StreamFest on Saturday at Pebble Beach Park in Port Angeles. The environmentally themed festival, hosted by the Port Angeles Garden Club, featured dozens of information booths, displays and youth activities, as well as food, music and a beer garden. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Forever Streamfest

Naturebridge educators Ana Shinal, left, and Zach Drake demonstrate how water erosion affects the landscape in a test…

Julianna Milles of Sequim, left, and Tama Juarez of Seattle-based Inchel Crystals discuss jewelry at the 2025 Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show on Saturday at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The two-day event, hosted by the Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association, featured numerous vendors offering a selection of gems, rocks, fossils, crystals, beads and finished jewelry. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Gem show

Julianna Milles of Sequim, left, and Tama Juarez of Seattle-based Inchel Crystals discuss jewelry at the 2025 Rock,…