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Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Staffers from Clallam County Fire District 3 in Sequim, other North Olympic Peninsula fire departments and first responders honor Fire District 3 Capt. Charles "Chad" Cate with a procession of vehicles through Sequim on Friday. Here, the procession passes by District 3's station on North Fifth Avenue. Firefighters escorted the body of Cate, who died in the early morning hours of Jan. 12 while on duty, to Thurston County where an autopsy was performed, and then back through Sequim before delivering him to Sequim Valley Funeral Home. Cate, a Sequim High graduate, began serving as a volunteer firefighter in 1994, was hired by the fire district in 1997 as firefighter/paramedic, and promoted to the rank of captain in 2020. He leaves behind his wife, a 2 year-old son and two adult children. A full fire service memorial is being planned for Jan. 21. Leah Leach

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Firefighter honored with procession

Memorial service planned next week

Roarke Jennings of Port Townsend, along with son Niko and baby Chiyo, take in the sun and wind at Pope Marine Park in downtown Port Townsend on Wednesday morning. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Winter sun

Roarke Jennings of Port Townsend, along with son Niko and baby Chiyo, take in the sun and wind…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Chris Fidler, project director of the Field Arts and Events Hall, points out features of the under-construction building during a tour with members of the Clallam County Economic Development Council on Friday. The building, part of the much larger Port Angeles Waterfront Center project, will feature a performing arts center, a convention hall, meeting space, a coffee shop and art gallery. PDN Publisher Terry Ward, is chairman of the Clallam County Economic Development Corp. board of directors.

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High point of Field Arts and Events Hall tour

Chris Fidler, project director of the Field Arts and Events Hall, points out features of the under-construction building…

Noah Larsen, 9, of Port Angeles practices his forearm swing with the help from tennis instructor Jeff Gonzales on Thursday in Port Angeles. The pair worked with practice balls on the courts at Erickson Playfield. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Forearm practice

Noah Larsen, 9, of Port Angeles practices his forearm swing with the help from tennis instructor Jeff Gonzales…

Port Angeles Parks & Recreation employee Brian Flores tosses a cut tree branch into the back of a truck for removal as coworker Elijah Hammel works in a lift bucket while the downtown Christmas tree at the Conrad Dyar Memoral Fountain is dismantled on Wednesday. Branches from the tree and the lights that entangled them were to be disposed of and the main trunk donated for firewood. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Tree removal

Port Angeles Parks & Recreation employee Brian Flores tosses a cut tree branch into the back of a…

Shawna Bebo of Sequim lends a balancing hand to her son, Enzo Bebo, 7, at the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles last weekend. The pair were on a family outing with a stop at the popular attraction. The 14,442-square-foot pump track is the largest Velosolutions pump track in the Pacific Northwest and the first public adaptive track in the nation. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Balancing act

Shawna Bebo of Sequim lends a balancing hand to her son, Enzo Bebo, 7, at the Port Angeles…

Rebecca Burdick of Novato, Calif., examines a display of bird wings with her daughter, Ava Burdick, 5, at the Dungeness Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. The newly opened nature center has moved its bird displays from the former Dungeness River Audubon Center on the same site and has plans for additional educational displays to teach about the flora and fauna of the Dungeness Valley. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Nature center

Rebecca Burdick of Novato, Calif., examines a display of bird wings with her daughter, Ava Burdick, 5, at…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Steve Evans of Port Angeles assists his daughter, Ruby Evans, 7, with her skates prior to a session on the ice on Friday at the Port Angeles Winter Ice Village.

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Ice Village nears season end

Participation impressive, organizers say

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Rafe Thornton, left, and Lane Dotson, both with the City of Port Townsend Street, Sewer and Storm department vacuum sewage out of the manhole and into the truck, on Thursday, in order to facilitate repairs to the broken sewer line at Gaines and Water Streets in Port Townsend, on a newly installed sewer line damaged by recent storm and tidal activity.

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Sewer repair in Port Townsend

Rafe Thornton, left, and Lane Dotson, both with the City of Port Townsend Street, Sewer and Storm department,…

Newly elected Clallam County Commissioner Mike French, left, signs documents as Clallam County Superior Court Judge Lauren Erickson sorts election certificates during a swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Swearing into office

Newly elected Clallam County Commissioner Mike French, left, signs documents as Clallam County Superior Court Judge Lauren Erickson…

Natalie Calcote of Port Townsend exercises her dog, Davy Jones, by jumping over concrete barriers used to close off Washington Street, the main road through the Port Townsend Boat Haven Marina, which remained closed on Wednesday after severe flooding by the high tide and tidal surge on Tuesday. The drains were full and it was unknown what the effect of the anticipated 9.5-foot high tide at 9:44 a.m. today would be on road conditions. The road may be re-opened this afternoon during the falling tide. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Washington Street closed

Natalie Calcote of Port Townsend exercises her dog, Davy Jones, by jumping over concrete barriers used to close…

Decorated trees and bushes light up the night on the grounds of 7 Cedars Casino in Blyn. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Scenic lights

Trees wrapped with strings of lights on the south campus of the Jamestown S’Klallan tribal center make up…

Thea Bey of Port Angeles watches as her dog, Thuja, tries to retrieve a stick from incoming waves on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles and her other dogs, Williwaw, center, and Lollie look on during Saturday’s king tide on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The astronomical high tide in Port Angeles on Saturday was 8.98 feet, prompting coastal flood advisories for most shorelines in Northwest Washington. The highest king tide on the North Olympic Peninsula was a predicted 10.9 feet Friday and Saturday at La Push. Port Townsend’s highest tide was on Christmas Day with an estimated 9.9 feet. High tides at Dungeness were 8.8 feet throughout the holiday weekend and including today. King tides will be seen again on the Peninsula beginning Jan. 21. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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King tide

Thea Bey of Port Angeles watches as her dog, Thuja, tries to retrieve a stick from incoming waves…

Cmdr. Brian Tesson, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active, carries a wreath for the grave of Coast Guard veteran Harold Hanusa, who served during World War II, during Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Mount Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles. The event, part of a national initiative to honor veterans of military service, saw individual branches of the military recognized during the ceremony followed by the placement of more than 2,300 wreaths for servicemen and women at six cemeteries across the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Wreaths Across America

Cmdr. Brian Tesson, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active, carries a wreath for the grave…

Jan Urfer, left, and Anita Reynolds scout out headstones on Thursday that will receive a wreath for Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at Mount Angeles Memorial Park in Port Angeles. The women, members of the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, were helping prepare for the event, which honors veterans for their service. Around 2,700 sponsored wreaths are planned for placement at Blue Mountain, Dungeness, Gardiner, Sequim View, Mount Angeles and Forks cemeteries, with a formal service planned for 11 a.m. Saturday at Mount Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Wreaths Across America

Jan Urfer, left, and Anita Reynolds scout out headstones on Thursday that will receive a wreath for Saturday’s…

Volunteer wreath maker Sarah Branham admires her work after weaving a bow that will become part of a decorative swag for sale at the non-profit Sprouting Hope Greenhouse operated by The Answer for Youth on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Swag, wreaths and other holiday items will be for sale at the greenhouse, 826 E. First St., as a benefit for the organization’s homeless and at-risk youth programs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Weaving a bow

Volunteer wreath maker Sarah Branham admires her work after weaving a bow that will become part of a…

Louisa Monger of Port Angeles, right, shows off a handmade wreath she was purchasing at tables staffed by members of the Port Angeles High School Choir, including seniors, from left, Kaelyn Herringer, Rayna Mathison and Grace Possinger, on Saturday at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain in downtown Port Angeles. The wreath sale was a benefit to help fund a spring trip to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York with members of the school’s choir, orchestra and band. Leftovers from Saturday’s sale, along with a bake sale and silent auction, will be available during the school’s holiday concert at 7 p.m. tonight at the Port Angeles Performing Arts Center, 304 E. Park Ave. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Choir fundraiser

Louisa Monger of Port Angeles, right, shows off a handmade wreath she was purchasing at tables staffed by…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS An excavator picks up woody debris for loading onto a nearby truck for disposal on Tuesday at the site of the former aquaculture site near the boat ramp on Ediz Hook in Port Angeles. The Ediz Hook Shoreline Restoration project, conducted by Western Marine Construction, Inc. in conjunction with the Navy Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Northwest, is designed to return a section of shoreling on the harborside section of the hook to its former condition with the removal of an area formerly used for maintining fish pens in Port Angeles Harbor.

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Ediz Hook restoration

An excavator picks up woody debris for loading onto a nearby truck for disposal on Tuesday at the…

Members of The Fractal Phase, from front, Nova Cain, Pumba Burns and Ahnrix Bishop, breathe fire and preform dance with flames during Saturday’s Wintertide Festival of Light at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. The event featured music, entertainment, a lantern parade and other yule activities to celebrate the winter solstice. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Breathing fire

Members of The Fractal Phase, from front, Nova Cain, Pumba Burns and Ahnrix Bishop, breathe fire and perform…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Molly Brown of Port Angeles, and her children, Lucy Brown, 3, and Oliver Brown, 5 months, examine a display of loally-produced art items for sale as gifts on Thursday during the holiday Makers Market at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. The market, open Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and Dec. 16, will observe extended. hours of 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. during the Wintertide Festival of Lights on Saturday..

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Makers Market open in Port Angeles

Molly Brown of Port Angeles, and her children, Lucy Brown, 3, and Oliver Brown, 5 months, examine a…