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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Dungeness River Nature Center visitors, from left, Chris McDonald of Port Angeles, Tram Pham of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Paul McDonald of Redmond examine a relief map display of the Dungeness River Watershed on Wednesday in Sequim. The center at Railroad Bridge Park offers a variety of displays and exhibits showcasing the nature and geography of the Dungeness River Valley.
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Visiting Dungeness River Nature Center

Dungeness River Nature Center visitors, from left, Chris McDonald of Port Angeles, Tram Pham of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Paul McDonald of Redmond examine a… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Dungeness River Nature Center visitors, from left, Chris McDonald of Port Angeles, Tram Pham of Huntington Beach, Calif., and Paul McDonald of Redmond examine a relief map display of the Dungeness River Watershed on Wednesday in Sequim. The center at Railroad Bridge Park offers a variety of displays and exhibits showcasing the nature and geography of the Dungeness River Valley.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Radio operator Chris Icide of Joyce, who uses the call sign WY7W, talks to other radio stations while broadcasting from a tent on Saturday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles as part of Field Day, an international competition where partcipants attempt to log as many contacts across the United States and Canada as possible in a 24-hour period. The North Amerian event was coordinated nationally by the American Radio Relay League and hosted locally by the Clallam County Amateur Radio Club.
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Field Day held in Clallam County

Radio operator Chris Icide of Joyce, who uses the call sign WY7W, talks to other radio stations while broadcasting from a tent on Saturday at… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Radio operator Chris Icide of Joyce, who uses the call sign WY7W, talks to other radio stations while broadcasting from a tent on Saturday at the Clallam County Fairgrounds in Port Angeles as part of Field Day, an international competition where partcipants attempt to log as many contacts across the United States and Canada as possible in a 24-hour period. The North Amerian event was coordinated nationally by the American Radio Relay League and hosted locally by the Clallam County Amateur Radio Club.
Dorothy Hoffman, left, and Anne Steurer, both of Port Townsend, examine a water feature in the backyard garden of Niki Kobes and Tom Riette in Carlsborg, one of five featured gardens during Saturday’s 28th annual Petals & Pathways home garden tour. The event was hosted by the Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Petals & Pathways

Dorothy Hoffman, left, and Anne Steurer, both of Port Townsend, examine a water feature in the backyard garden of Niki Kobes and Tom Riette in… Continue reading

Dorothy Hoffman, left, and Anne Steurer, both of Port Townsend, examine a water feature in the backyard garden of Niki Kobes and Tom Riette in Carlsborg, one of five featured gardens during Saturday’s 28th annual Petals & Pathways home garden tour. The event was hosted by the Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Volunteer Laken Folsom stocks shelves with skates on Tuesday in preparation for Friday’s official opening of the Olympic Skate Village and its seasonal roller skating rink in the 100 block of West Front Street in downtown Port Angeles. The village, operated by the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce and staffed by volunteers, will offer three daily sessions of skating through Aug. 14. Admission is $10 per session or $8 per session if you bring your own skates. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Skating preparations

Volunteer Laken Folsom stocks shelves with skates on Tuesday in preparation for Friday’s official opening of the Olympic Skate Village and its seasonal roller skating… Continue reading

Volunteer Laken Folsom stocks shelves with skates on Tuesday in preparation for Friday’s official opening of the Olympic Skate Village and its seasonal roller skating rink in the 100 block of West Front Street in downtown Port Angeles. The village, operated by the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce and staffed by volunteers, will offer three daily sessions of skating through Aug. 14. Admission is $10 per session or $8 per session if you bring your own skates. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Peninsula College graduates April Fordyce-Blewett, left, and Deborah Ceja-Cisneros, both of Forks, have a photograph taken by Fordyce-Blewett’s mother, Peggy Blewett, prior to the first of two commencement ceremonies on Saturday on the college’s Port Angeles campus. A total of 388 degrees and certificates were awarded for the 2022-23 school year with 270 people signed up to participate Saturday’s ceremonies. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Peninsula College graduation

Peninsula College graduates April Fordyce-Blewett, left, and Deborah Ceja-Cisneros, both of Forks, have a photograph taken by Fordyce-Blewett’s mother, Peggy Blewett, prior to the first… Continue reading

Peninsula College graduates April Fordyce-Blewett, left, and Deborah Ceja-Cisneros, both of Forks, have a photograph taken by Fordyce-Blewett’s mother, Peggy Blewett, prior to the first of two commencement ceremonies on Saturday on the college’s Port Angeles campus. A total of 388 degrees and certificates were awarded for the 2022-23 school year with 270 people signed up to participate Saturday’s ceremonies. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Steve Hargis, a board member of the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce, directs the alignment of an events tent on Thursday that will cover a temporary roller skating rink in downtown Port Angeles.

Roller skating rink to open next weekend

Summer attraction outgrowth of winter ice village

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Steve Hargis, a board member of the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce, directs the alignment of an events tent on Thursday that will cover a temporary roller skating rink in downtown Port Angeles.
U.S. Army veteran Nancy Zimmerman, a member of the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is flanked by fellow DAR members Amira-Lee Salavati, left, and Lindsey Christianson as Zimmerman incinerates a used American Flag during a flag retirement ceremony on Wednesday at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center in Port Angeles. A total of 24 cotton flags were burned during the Flag Day ceremony. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Flag retirement ceremony

U.S. Army veteran Nancy Zimmerman, a member of the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is flanked by fellow DAR members… Continue reading

U.S. Army veteran Nancy Zimmerman, a member of the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, is flanked by fellow DAR members Amira-Lee Salavati, left, and Lindsey Christianson as Zimmerman incinerates a used American Flag during a flag retirement ceremony on Wednesday at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center in Port Angeles. A total of 24 cotton flags were burned during the Flag Day ceremony. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Janel Bistrika of Port Angeles and her daughter, Amelia Bistrika, 7, look at a wall of photographs of first-grade students, including Amelia, who took part in the garden-themed "Blooming Artists" exhibition during an opening reception on Tuesday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. "Blooming Artists" features the works of about 275 youngsters and will run through June 25.
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Blooming Art on display

Janel Bistrika of Port Angeles and her daughter, Amelia Bistrika, 7, look at a wall of photographs of first-grade students, including Amelia, who took part… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Janel Bistrika of Port Angeles and her daughter, Amelia Bistrika, 7, look at a wall of photographs of first-grade students, including Amelia, who took part in the garden-themed "Blooming Artists" exhibition during an opening reception on Tuesday at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. "Blooming Artists" features the works of about 275 youngsters and will run through June 25.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Four-year-old Collin Windrich bolts from a slide on the playground at Shane Park in Port Angeles as his mother, Lissa Windrich of Sequim, watches on Tuesday. The playground equipment was reopened on Monday after being closed by the Port Angeles Parks Department in September 2022 after numerous tiles on the play surface became dislodged, creating a trip hazard for playground users. Delays ensued acquiring specialized glue and replacement tiles while waiting for adequate weather to complete the project.
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Play time at Shane Park

Four-year-old Collin Windrich bolts from a slide on the playground at Shane Park in Port Angeles as his mother, Lissa Windrich of Sequim, watches on… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Four-year-old Collin Windrich bolts from a slide on the playground at Shane Park in Port Angeles as his mother, Lissa Windrich of Sequim, watches on Tuesday. The playground equipment was reopened on Monday after being closed by the Port Angeles Parks Department in September 2022 after numerous tiles on the play surface became dislodged, creating a trip hazard for playground users. Delays ensued acquiring specialized glue and replacement tiles while waiting for adequate weather to complete the project.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Jill Zarzeczny of Port Angeles, left, and her children, Althea Zarzeczny, 4, and Lupine Zarzeczny, 9, look for marine life beneath the sand during Tuesday's low tide at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles. The minus 2.99 tide qualified as one of the lowest of the year with tides of minus 2.53 at La Push, minus 2.70 at Makah Bay, minus 2.55 at Seiku, minus 2.74 at Crescent Bay, minus 3.08 at Dungeness, minus 3.42 at Port Townsend and minus 3.82 at Dabob Bay. Similar low tides are forecast for the rest of the week across the North Olympic Peninsula.
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Lowest tides on Peninsula

Jill Zarzeczny of Port Angeles, left, and her children, Althea Zarzeczny, 4, and Lupine Zarzeczny, 9, look for marine life beneath the sand during Tuesday’s… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Jill Zarzeczny of Port Angeles, left, and her children, Althea Zarzeczny, 4, and Lupine Zarzeczny, 9, look for marine life beneath the sand during Tuesday's low tide at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles. The minus 2.99 tide qualified as one of the lowest of the year with tides of minus 2.53 at La Push, minus 2.70 at Makah Bay, minus 2.55 at Seiku, minus 2.74 at Crescent Bay, minus 3.08 at Dungeness, minus 3.42 at Port Townsend and minus 3.82 at Dabob Bay. Similar low tides are forecast for the rest of the week across the North Olympic Peninsula.
Tamara Galvin, facilities manager for the Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles, watches as Rocky, the center’s black rockfish, explores his new viewing tank. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Feiro Marine Life Center replaces tank for rockfish

City lodging tax pays for project

Tamara Galvin, facilities manager for the Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles, watches as Rocky, the center’s black rockfish, explores his new viewing tank. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Goby McCaffrey, 3, does his best Spiderman act in his battery-powered Spider-Mobile with his parents, Teresa and Travis McCaffrey of Port Angeles, while strolling the Esplanade on the Port Angeles waterfront on Wednesday. The family was on a springtime stroll and the youngster had insisted on superhero regalia. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Superhero stroll in Port Angeles

Goby McCaffrey, 3, does his best Spiderman act in his battery-powered Spider-Mobile with his parents, Teresa and Travis McCaffrey of Port Angeles, while strolling the… Continue reading

Goby McCaffrey, 3, does his best Spiderman act in his battery-powered Spider-Mobile with his parents, Teresa and Travis McCaffrey of Port Angeles, while strolling the Esplanade on the Port Angeles waterfront on Wednesday. The family was on a springtime stroll and the youngster had insisted on superhero regalia. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Smoke billows from a garage 71 S. Benson Road near Port Angeles on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Garage fire near Port Angeles

Smoke billows from a garage at 71 S. Benson Road near Port Angeles on Wednesday.… Continue reading

Smoke billows from a garage 71 S. Benson Road near Port Angeles on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Sam Chase, center, performs with The Sam Chase Trio, Chandra Johnson, left, and Devon McClive, on Saturday at the Chamber Stage of the Juan de Fuca Festival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Festival acts light up stage

Sam Chase, center, performs with The Sam Chase Trio, Chandra Johnson, left, and Devon McClive, on Saturday at the Chamber Stage of the Juan de… Continue reading

Sam Chase, center, performs with The Sam Chase Trio, Chandra Johnson, left, and Devon McClive, on Saturday at the Chamber Stage of the Juan de Fuca Festival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
David Nestvold of Bellevue, front, and Kary York of Kirkland prepare to leave the Dungeness Schoolhouse north of Sequim during Saturday’s Northwest Tandem Rally bicycle event. The two-day event, which drew more than 500 participants, was a fundraiser for the Olympic Discovery Trail and was organized by Peninsula Trails Coalition. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Tandem riding

David Nestvold of Bellevue, front, and Kary York of Kirkland prepare to leave the Dungeness Schoolhouse north of Sequim during Saturday’s Northwest Tandem Rally bicycle… Continue reading

David Nestvold of Bellevue, front, and Kary York of Kirkland prepare to leave the Dungeness Schoolhouse north of Sequim during Saturday’s Northwest Tandem Rally bicycle event. The two-day event, which drew more than 500 participants, was a fundraiser for the Olympic Discovery Trail and was organized by Peninsula Trails Coalition. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Ryan Schroeder of Port Angeles makes adjustments to a beaded hanging ceiling decoration as his son, Noah, 3, looks on before the hanging was hoisted into place during Thursday’s preparation for the 30th annual Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The three-day festival kicks off today at Vern Burton and Port Angeles City Hall, and it spreads out to additional venues on Saturday and Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Preparing for the festival

Ryan Schroeder of Port Angeles makes adjustments to a beaded hanging ceiling decoration as his son, Noah, 3, looks on before the hanging was hoisted… Continue reading

Ryan Schroeder of Port Angeles makes adjustments to a beaded hanging ceiling decoration as his son, Noah, 3, looks on before the hanging was hoisted into place during Thursday’s preparation for the 30th annual Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The three-day festival kicks off today at Vern Burton and Port Angeles City Hall, and it spreads out to additional venues on Saturday and Sunday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Martin Gutowski, a volunteer with the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, right, discusses features and attractions of the North Olympic Peninsula with Jan and Bob Tivel of Anacortes at the refuge's information kiosk northwest of Sequim. Besides being a sanctuary for birds and other wildlife, the refuge serves as gateway to the Dungeness Spit and the New Dungeness Lighthouse.
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Visitors get info at Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge

Martin Gutowski, a volunteer with the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, right, discusses features and attractions of the North Olympic Peninsula with Jan and Bob Tivel… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Martin Gutowski, a volunteer with the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge, right, discusses features and attractions of the North Olympic Peninsula with Jan and Bob Tivel of Anacortes at the refuge's information kiosk northwest of Sequim. Besides being a sanctuary for birds and other wildlife, the refuge serves as gateway to the Dungeness Spit and the New Dungeness Lighthouse.
Kevin Smith of Neely Construction Co. walks the perimeter next to newly installed railing panels on Thursday at Port Angeles City Pier. The first phase of pier railing replacement was completed on Thursday in a project that eliminates major portions of rusty steel edge barriers and the installation of 1,300 linear feet of galvanized steel pedestrian barriers. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Railings replaced at city pier

Kevin Smith of Neely Construction Co. walks the perimeter next to newly installed railing panels on Thursday at Port Angeles City Pier. The first phase… Continue reading

Kevin Smith of Neely Construction Co. walks the perimeter next to newly installed railing panels on Thursday at Port Angeles City Pier. The first phase of pier railing replacement was completed on Thursday in a project that eliminates major portions of rusty steel edge barriers and the installation of 1,300 linear feet of galvanized steel pedestrian barriers. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Alahan Sivam, left, and Kandice Ringer, both of Eugene, Ore., take cellphone photos of Sol Duc Falls in the Sol Duc River Valley of Olympic National Park on Monday. The pair visited the popular attraction while on a weeklong exploration of the park. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Capturing the falls

Alahan Sivam, left, and Kandice Ringer, both of Eugene, Ore., take cellphone photos of Sol Duc Falls in the Sol Duc River Valley of Olympic… Continue reading

Alahan Sivam, left, and Kandice Ringer, both of Eugene, Ore., take cellphone photos of Sol Duc Falls in the Sol Duc River Valley of Olympic National Park on Monday. The pair visited the popular attraction while on a weeklong exploration of the park. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Riley Peterson of R & R Construction of Carbonado applies adhesive to the concrete base surrounding the playground equipment at Shane Park on Tuesday in Port Angeles in preparation for the replacement of cushioned tiles that make up the play surface. The rubberized tiles began to become loose in 2022 due to shrinkage and weather, forcing the playground's closure in September of that year. The project, which will use as many of the original tiles as can be salvaged intermixed with new replacement tiles and new adhesive, is expected to be completed by mid-June.
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Shane Park repairs underway in Port Angeles

Riley Peterson of R & R Construction of Carbonado applies adhesive to the concrete base surrounding the playground equipment at Shane Park on Tuesday in… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Riley Peterson of R & R Construction of Carbonado applies adhesive to the concrete base surrounding the playground equipment at Shane Park on Tuesday in Port Angeles in preparation for the replacement of cushioned tiles that make up the play surface. The rubberized tiles began to become loose in 2022 due to shrinkage and weather, forcing the playground's closure in September of that year. The project, which will use as many of the original tiles as can be salvaged intermixed with new replacement tiles and new adhesive, is expected to be completed by mid-June.