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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Erin Jaszczak, senior Program Operations Manager of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, assembles a display about the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary in preparation for the sanctuary's 30th birthday on Friday at Field Arts & Events Hall in Port Angeles. The celebration included informational presentations, a film festival and a collection of outdoor displays and activities in nearby Pebble Beach Park.

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Birthday sanctuary in Port Angeles

Erin Jaszczak, senior Program Operations Manager of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, assembles a display about the Olympic…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A canoe from Ahousaht First nations of western Vancouver Island is hauled ashore by volunteers on Tuesday on Lower Elwha Clalllam land near the mouth of the Elwha River west of Port Angeles.

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Power Paddlers bound for Puyallup

A canoe from Ahousaht First Nations of western Vancouver Island is hauled ashore by volunteers Tuesday on Lower…

Crystal Heap of Lynden admires a lavender bouquet as her daughter, Lillian, 6, looks on at Old Barn Lavender Company near Sequim on Saturday, part of Sequim Lavender Weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Fresh lavender in Sequim fields

Crystal Heap of Lynden admires a lavender bouquet as her daughter, Lillian, 6, looks on at Old Barn…

A kayker makes his way between the pilings of a former floating log yard near the entrance to Port Angeles Boat Haven. Pleasant conditions and calm waters are expected across most of the North Olympic Peninsula through the coming weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Passing through

A kayker makes his way between the pilings of a former floating log yard near the entrance to…

Port Angeles Farmers Market board member Vanessa Barrington adds whipped cream to a strawberry shortcake being sold at the market on Saturday as a fundraiser for market operations. Proceeds from shortcake sales help pay for insurance, organization memberships, rental fees, printing, postage and payroll for market staff. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Market fundraiser

Port Angeles Farmers Market board member Vanessa Barrington adds whipped cream to a strawberry shortcake being sold at…

Brian Hoffman of Port Angeles, left, assists his children, from left, Clayton Hoffman, 6, Lacey Hoffman, 8, and Rhett Hoffman, 3, during a knot-tying workshop at the Port Angeles Yacht Club, one of numerous venues for Saturday’s Day of Play. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Day of Play

Children’s music singer Sarah Schwiethale of Port Angeles, front, along with helper Georgia Anderson, far left, leads youngsters…

Curley Taylor, frontman for Louisiana-based Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble, right, performs with bandmate Matthey Roberts on rubboard during Wednesday night’s Concert on the Pier at Port Angeles City Pier. The free weekly music series, hosted by the Juan de Fuca Foundation and sponsored by Strait View Credit Union, D.A. Davidson & Co., 102.1 FM The Strait and the Peninsula Daily News, continues at 6 p.m. Wednesday with rock and dance band The Nasty Habits. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Concert series

Curley Taylor, frontman for Louisiana-based Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble, right, performs with bandmate Matthey Roberts on rubboard…

Twyla and Doug Falsteisek, who split their time between Port Angeles and Sun City West, Ariz., take a break from their bike ride on the patio of the Dungeness River Nature Center along the Dungeness River in Sequim on Wednesday. The couple took advantage of summer weather for an excursion on the Olympic Discovery Trail. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Taking a break

Twyla and Doug Falsteisek, who split their time between Port Angeles and Sun City West, Ariz., take a…

One-way alternating traffic makes its way across the U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Elwha River southwest of Port Angeles. The bridge is scheduled for a nine-day closure beginning at 6 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. July 22 as crews connect the new bridge with the old roadway. During the closure, travelers will detour onto state Highways 112 and 113. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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One-way traffic

One-way alternating traffic makes its way across the U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Elwha River southwest of…

Wrestling coach Rob Gale prepares to toss a floating toy for his dog, Stella, to fetch in the waters of Lake Crescent at Log Cabin Resort in Olympic National Park on Saturday. Summer weather drew hundreds of people to the lake as a way to beat the heat. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Cooling off

Wrestling coach Rob Gale prepares to toss a floating toy for his dog, Stella, to fetch in the…

Kara Wolfe of Puyallup and her son, Eli, 11 months, take a selfie on the beach at Freshwater Bay west of Port Angeles on a sunny Saturday. Temperatures in the upper 70s to low 80s across the North Olympic Peninsula found many people looking for ways to beat the heat as summer conditions rolled across the region. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Summer selfie

Kara Wolfe of Puyallup and her son, Eli, 11 months, take a selfie on the beach at Freshwater…

Hot dog eating contestants, from left, Jericho Stuntz of Port Angeles, Lincoln Forrest of Port Angeles, Sebastian Gagnon of Port Angeles, Leo Chouinard of Waupaca, Wisc., Ian Bravender of Port Angeles and Rickie Sanchez of Portland, Ore., chow down on hot dogs during Thursday’s Independence Day contest at Port Angeles City Pier. Stantz won the contest by eating 8 1/2 hot dogs in 10 minutes, earning him a $10 cash card from Swain’s General Store. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Peninsula festivities on the Fourth

Hot dog eating contestants, from left, Jericho Stuntz of Port Angeles, Lincoln Forrest of Port Angeles, Sebastian Gagnon…

Marie Moran of Port Angeles looks over a selection of fireworks available at the TNT Fireworks stand operated by the Seattle International Christian Church in the parking lot of the Safeway store at 2709 E. Highway 101 near Port Angeles on Tuesday. In Clallam County, the discharge of consumer fireworks are allowed between 9 a.m. and midnight on Thursday for areas east of the Elwha River and at all times west of the Elwha. They are banned in the cities of Port Angeles and Sequim. In Jefferson county, fireworks are banned in the city of Port Townsend and allowed in most other areas with hours limited to 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. today and Friday, and from 9 a.m. to midnight on Independence Day. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Celebration preparation

Marie Moran of Port Angeles looks over a selection of fireworks available at the TNT Fireworks stand operated…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS The cruise ship Crystal Serenity sits moored at Terminal 1 during a visit to Port Angeles on Saturday. Crystal Serenity is the first large cruise ship to visit Port Angeles since 2016. The 820-foot-long luxury vessel has a capacity of 740 passengers. The vessel continued to a port of call in Victoria on Sunday on its way to Vancouver, B.C.

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Cruising through

The cruise ship Crystal Serenity sits moored at Terminal 1 during a visit to Port Angeles on Saturday.…

The Rite Aid store at 1940 E. First Street in Port Angeles Plaza will soon close due to corporate downsizing. The Rite Aid on South Lincoln Street in Port Angeles and the Sequim store at Fifth and Washington streets will remain open. Rite Aid declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy last October and has closed more than 500 stores nationwide, citing a need to “further reduce rent expense and strengthen overall financial performance.” (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Angeles Rite Aid closing

The Rite Aid store at 1940 E. First Street in Port Angeles Plaza will soon close due to…

David Cox of Port Angeles gives a plot of mixed plants a good dose of water on Friday at the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles. The garden, part of the Washington State University Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden program, includes more than 50, 9-foot by 12-foot plots. The garden was developed on city property in 2011 with the goal of connecting people to the earth and their community through growing food. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Community garden

David Cox of Port Angeles gives a plot of mixed plants a good dose of water on Friday…

Lydia Madruga, left, and Judy Perry, both of Port Angeles, examine plants and flowers in the backyard garden of Lorenzo Portelli and Darlenme Sabo, a stop on Saturday’s Petals and Pathways garden tour. The event, hosted by the Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County, showcased a collection of private and public gardens in Port Angeles and served as a fundraiser for the Woodcock Demonstration Garden near Agnew and Master Gardener plots at the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles, as well as community outreach and education programs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Garden tour

Lydia Madruga, left, and Judy Perry, both of Port Angeles, examine plants and flowers in the backyard garden…

Joshua Percival of the Washington State Emergency Management Agency at Camp Murray installs a communications antenna on the recently replaced tsunami alert siren near Port Angeles Boat Haven on Friday in preparation for bringing a second siren into the downtown area online. The original siren at the same location was destroyed when an automobile struck the pole in April 2023, sending the siren crashing to the ground. The unit supplements a siren at First and Lincoln streets, covering the central Port Angeles area. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Siren replaced

Joshua Percival of the Washington State Emergency Management Agency at Camp Murray installs a communications antenna on the…

Abby Counts, 8, with assistance from her father, Taylor Counts, an EMT with Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue, gives a newly acquired tender truck a ceremonial wash down during a push-in ceremony on Saturday at the district’s Station 22. The truck, tender 22, cost $459,439 and was paid for by the fire district’s 2020 levy lid lift. Saturday’s ceremony also included a blessing by the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and a “push-in” of the truck into its berth. The tender replaces a 31-year-old truck that had reached the end of its useful life. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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New tender

Abby Counts, 8, with assistance from her father, Taylor Counts, an EMT with Clallam 2 Fire-Rescue, gives a…

Matt Larson of Sequim, who uses the radio call sign KC7EQO, tunes into a ham radio satellite during Saturday’s Radio Field Day at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles. The annual event, hosted by the Clallam County Amateur Radio Club, brought together amateur radio operators from around the world in a contest to make as many radio contacts as possible in a 24-hour period as a test of emergency preparedness from remote locations. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Testing the system

Matt Larson of Sequim, who uses the radio call sign KC7EQO, tunes into a ham radio satellite during…