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Kyle Dietrich, 9, left, Sam Dietrich, 9, and father Joe Dietrich, all of Toledo, Ore., walk along a floating dock used for transient moorage at Port Angeles City Pier on Thursday. The family was admiring marine life while exploring the pier area. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Sea life

Kyle Dietrich, 9, left, Sam Dietrich, 9, and father Joe Dietrich, all of Toledo, Ore., walk along a…

Keith Thorpe./Peninsula Daily News Traffic makes its way through a gauntlet of orange cones and barrels on Tuesday as part of a safety enhancement prioject on South Lincoln Street in Port Angeles. The state-funded project is intended to improve pedestrian and bicycle safety along the half-mile corridor between East First and Eighth streets. It includes upgraded pedestrian crossings and installation of a new traffic light at Third Street. The project is expected to be completed by the end of the year.

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Lincoln Street under construction in Port Angeles

Traffic makes its way through a gauntlet of orange cones and barrels on Tuesday as part of a…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Children cavort on a merry-go-ground after Friday evening's soft opening of the Generation II Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles.

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Second gen playground opens to children

Formal dedication planned in September

Blacksmith Keith Chester of Arlington pounds hot metal during a smithing demonstration on Saturday at Northwest Colonial Festival on the grounds of the George Washington Inn and Estate east of Port Angeles. The event featured displays, demonstrations and reenactments of life during the colonial era of the American Revolution. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Reliving American colonial times

Blacksmith Keith Chester of Arlington pounds hot metal during a smithing demonstration on Saturday at Northwest Colonial Festival…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Laurie and Ford Rathbun of Bonney Lake, along with dogs Chevy and Jack, take in the view of Sequim Bay from John Wayne Marina near Sequim. The couple and their pets were staying in a nearby RV park and decided to spend part of their day lounging by the bay.

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Made in the shade near Sequim

Laurie and Ford Rathbun of Bonney Lake, along with dogs Chevy and Jack, take in the view of…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Katie and Jason Blose of Joyce share a piece of blackberry pie a la mode at Saturday's Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival in Joyce. The event featured food, entertaainment and a grand parade.

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Joyce Daze offers blackberry pie and fun

Katie and Jason Blose of Joyce share a piece of blackberry pie a la mode at Saturday’s Joyce…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Phyllis Millan of Wilsonville, Ore., admires the view on Dungeness Spit on Thursday from an overlook in the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge north of Sequim. The refuge, home to a variety of birds and marine mammals, offers the access trail to hikers along the spit.

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Spitting image of Dungeness view

Phyllis Millan of Wilsonville, Ore., admires the view of Dungeness Spit on Thursday from an overlook in the…

The first show in the 2021 Concerts on the Dock series got underway Thursday evening with Uncle Funk and the Dope 6 at Pope Marine Park Plaza in downtown Port Townsend. The free, all-ages concerts will go from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. each Thursday through Sept. 2. Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News

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Concert series kicks off in Port Townsend

The first show in the 2021 Concerts on the Dock series got underway Thursday evening with Uncle Funk…

Sooni Gillett of Santa Cruz, Calif., left, along with her sons, Cody Strong-Cvetich, 2, and Jack Strong-Cvetich, 4, talks with Emily Gherard of Seattle, right, as her daughter, Etta Swope, 5, swings high on the playground equipment at Salt Creek Recreation Area north of Joyce on Wednesday. The Clallam County-operated park is a popular outdoors destination for visitors to the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Summer swing

Sooni Gillett of Santa Cruz, Calif., left, along with her sons, Cody Strong-Cvetich, 2, and Jack Strong-Cvetich, 4,…

Clallam County election worker Daniel Cain of Sequim consults a database of signatures to verify ballots on Tuesday at the courthouse in Port Angeles. Results of the primary election were posted online Tuesday night, and they will be explored in depth in Thursday’s print edition. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Preparing for count

Clallam County election worker Daniel Cain of Sequim consults a database of signatures to verify ballots on Tuesday…

A group of horses stand amid the sprinklers on a farm along Kitchen-Dick Road west of Sequim. A prolonged dry spell on the North Olympic Peninsula has prompted many farmers to turn to irrigation to keep their fields green. Only trace amounts of rain fell in Port Angeles in July, with no measurable rain in Sequim or Port Townsend. Forks recorded 0.35 inches of rain. (Keith Thorpe /Peninsula Daily News)

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Chillin’ on a summer’s day

A group of horses stand amid the sprinklers on a farm along Kitchen-Dick Road west of Sequim.

<strong>Photos by Keith Thorpe</strong>/Peninsula Daily News Top: Kathryn Kudron of Port Angeles parades with Gavin, a great dane, during judging Saturday at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. Above: Michael Bryant of Everett brushes the coat of G.G., a Havanese, prior to entering the show ring at the Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club’s All-Breed Show and Agility Trials. The event, which continues today at 8 a.m., brought in hundreds of dogs from across the region for the American Kennel Club-sanctioned show.

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Dog show

Michael Bryant of Everett brushes the coat of G.G., a Havanese, prior to entering the show ring at…

Charles Alice of Port Angeles uses a level to line up pickets in a fence around the Generation II Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles on Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Dream Playground II nearly ready for final phase

Artificial turf to be installed in August

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The centerpiece play structure of the Generation II Dream Playgroun at Erickson Playfield stands over the surrounding play area on Thursday in Port Angeles. Organizers from the nonprofit Dream Playground Foundation have scheduled a work session to complete the playground from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday. Volunteers are asked to bring their own cordless woodworking and landscaping tools. Play surface installation is sheduled to begin Aug 2 with a soft opening and ribbon cutting planed for Aug. 14.

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Volunteers sought for Dream Playground work session

The centerpiece play structure of the Generation II Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield stands over the surrounding play…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News A variety of flowers bloom in a city planter on Thursday in downtown Port Angeles. Numerous planters scattered around the downtown area add splashes of color for visitors and residents alike.

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Downtown Port Angeles in bloom

A variety of flowers bloom in a city planter on Thursday in downtown Port Angeles. Numerous planters scattered…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Clallam County Chief Corrections Deputy Wendy Peterson, center, speaks at a retirement ceremony honoring her for 37 years of service with the Clallam County Sheriff's Office as Sheriff Bill Benedict watches at right. Peterson was recognized by county commissioners, friends and colleagues during Tuesday's commission meeting in Port Angeles in a ceremony that included a presentation of a chest full of memorabilia. Sheriff's Sgt. Don Wenzl will be promoted Aug. 2 to chief corrections deputy.

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Peterson retires in Clallam County

Clallam County Chief Corrections Deputy Wendy Peterson, center, speaks at a retirement ceremony honoring her for 37 years…

Traffic backs up on East First Street in Port Angeles on Tuesday, the result of lane closures at Golf Course Road, which is being repaved from East First Street to East Fifth Street. At times, traffic was snarled as far as downtown Port Angeles with backups on many side streets and arterials. Construction on Golf Course is expected to continue through Friday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Traffic jam

Traffic backs up on East First Street in Port Angeles on Tuesday, the result of lane closures at…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Tami Johnson of Mukilteo strolls down a path between rows of lavender at Lavender Connection northwest of Sequim, a participating farm with Lavender Weekend.

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Lavender Weekend blooms in Sequim

Sequim-area lavender farms scented the air while visitors swarmed over the blooming plants this weekend. Events continue today…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Kris Foulk of Port Angeles and his daughter, Lulu Foulk of Broomfield, Colo., along with her dog, Jazz, walk along near water's edge at Freshwater Bay County Park west of Port Angeles on Thursday. A marine layer of clouds dissipated by afternoon, creating pleasant conditions for a beach stroll.

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Pleasant day for a stroll on the beach

Kris Foulk of Port Angeles and his daughter, Lulu Foulk of Broomfield, Colo., along with her dog, Jazz,…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Volunteers put the finishing touches on a treehouse play structure on Saturday at the Generation II Dream Playground in Port Angeles.

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Final push substantially finishes Dream Playground

Surface to be installed in August