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Andrew May/For Peninsula Daily newsIn many gardens, especially the English gardens found at Colette’s Bed and Breakfast, there will be numerous fall blooming plants. The trick to keep asters, mums and fall flowering sedum thick, short and extremely prolific is to cut them back, preferably twice, before the Fourth of July.

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A GROWING CONCERN: Garden chores? Just a pinch

MAY IS A time to tend to your mums and flowering sedums and Asters by cutting them down.

Layla Parker's "Seaside Sunset" took first place honors among fifth-graders at the Olympic Christian School's 2021 Arts Festival

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Olympic Christian School announces winners of 2021 Arts Festival

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Christian School has announced the winners of its 2021 Arts Festival.

From left are Jessica Thompson, Lori Ambrose, Molly Wallace and JooRi Jun. Staff and customers at Jim’s Pharmacy in Port Angeles raised more than $700 to support Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, the March recipient of Jim’s Cares Monthly Charity. The funds are raised through monetary donations, used book sales, donated employee casual days and a percentage of over-the-counter sales at Jim’s.

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Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County accepts donation

From left are Jessica Thompson, Lori Ambrose, Molly Wallace and JooRi Jun.

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News A pair of bicyclists make their way along the Waterfront Trail east of dowtown Piort Angeles on Thursday. The trail, a poppular route for bicyclists and pedestraians, makes its way along or near the shore of Port Angeles Harbor from Morse Creek to Ediz hook.

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Waterfront wanderers take to trail

A pair of bicyclists make their way along the Waterfront Trail east of downtown Port Angeles on Thursday.

Members of the Port Angeles Garden Club recently gathered for a planting party at Crestwood Health and Rehabilitation. Club members added spring blooms to planters on the residents’ patio. Pictured standing, from left to right, are Bernice Cook, Kitty Gross, Shari Bley and Mary Kelsoe. Seated is Crestwood resident Troy Nicholaysen, who will will care for the plantings.

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Port Angeles Garden Club has planting party

Members of the Port Angeles Garden Club recently gathered for a planting party at Crestwood Health and Rehabilitation.

Tommylia Dunbar.

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Peninsula College names student leadership team

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College has named its 2020-21 student leadership team.

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Unity speaker scheduled for service

PORT ANGELES — The Rev. Eva McGinnis will present “The Great Joy Ride” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

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Sequim Soroptimists start online auction

Nonprofit seeks funds for programs for women, girls

A copper rockfish — its eyes distended due to the pressure change when it was pulled up from a depth of 250 feet — is among the creatures in “Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound.” Author David B. Williams will discuss his research on the North Olympic Peninsula in a free online program Tuesday evening. (Photo courtesy of David B. Williams)

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‘Homewaters’ talk explores creatures of Admiralty Inlet

Registration is free for Tuesday discussion

Port Townsend novelist JoAnne Tompkins, at home with her schnauzer Oscar, has released her debut, “What Comes After,” to glowing reviews across the nation. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Townsend novelist draws critical acclaim

Author’s background as a mediator helps characters’ ‘psyches’

Cathy Lucero.

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Green Thumb Lecture series to focus on bee habitat

PORT ANGELES — Cathy Lucero will present “Bee Spaces — Hidden in Plain Sight” at noon Thursday.

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A GROWING CONCERN: A task list for your baskets

IT’S MOTHER’S DAY, so let’s talk about an ideal gift for any mom — the bounty of the…

Jefferson County high school senior Emily Kilgore, on Antonio, is the first in the area to qualify to compete at the Interscholastic Equestrian Association’s National Dressage Finals this coming weekend in Texas. To up the competitive skill needed, riders compete on unfamiliar horses whose names they’ve drawn from a hat. (Karen Griffiths/for Peninsula Daily News)

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HORSEPLAY: Jefferson senior goes to Interscholastic Equestrian Association finals in her first season

AT HER INTERSCHOLASTIC Equestrian Association’s (IEA) regional competition in April, Jefferson County equestrian Emily Kilgore placed first in…

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ISSUES OF FAITH: ‘Love thy neighbor’ a call to action

The central tenet for Jewish behavior is the commandment to “Love your neighbor as yourself” found in the…

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News People gather on Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles for Thursdays Natiional Day of Prayer -- a nationwide event where people are asked "to turn to God in prayer and meditation." The observance is held on the first Thursday of May, designated by the United States Congress. About 50 people took part in the Port Angeles event, serving both Clallam and Jefferson counties.

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Day of prayer observed at Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles

People gather on Hollywood Beach in Port Angeles for the National Day of Prayer — a nationwide event…

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Unity speaker set for Sunday

PORT ANGELES — Terry Barrett will present “Honoring Our Mothers” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

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First Friday lecture to stream online

PORT TOWNSEND — Pete Langley will present “Metalwork with The Port Townsend Foundry” at 7 p.m. Friday.

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Friends of the Sequim Library book sale offered

SEQUIM — The Friends of the Sequim Library will conduct a book sale from 10 a.m. to 3…

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Healthy bones workshop set Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Healthcare and the Madrona MindBody Institute will sponsor the third Healthy Bones workshop Saturday…

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Day of prayer scheduled for Thursday

PORT ANGELES — There will be an observance of National Day of Prayer at noon Thursday.