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Prayer gathering scheduled Tuesday

PORT ANGELES — There will be a Election Day prayer gathering at noon Tuesday.

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Prayer vigil set for Sequim election eve

SEQUIM — An Election Eve prayer vigil is set for 5 p.m. Monday.

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith.

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Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “Grace and Gratitude” during services at 11 a.m. Sunday.

From left, Mercedes Sunshine Shimko and Hudson Soelter.

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Club grows local scholarships

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Garden Club awarded five area students with $1,000 scholarships.

A line of colorful witches hats is strung between autumn trees in the 300 block of west 10th street in west Port Angeles.  dlogan

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Autumn magic in Port Angeles

A line of colorful witch hats is strung between autumn trees in the 300 block of west 10th…

Photo by Emily Bishop

Cutline: Suzanna Bishop’s horse Dru happily walks away after head butting the scary “Giant Chicken Monster” at a fun-filled obstacle course hosted by JeffCo’s 4-H Horse Club.

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HORSEPLAY: Scaring is caring. Halloween is for horses, too.

HIGH WINDS BLOWING debris wildly through the air on an overcast day can be scary to a horse,…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Grow vendor relationships for greater gardening

AS NOVEMBER DESCENDS upon us and the days are now far shorter, damper and cooler, many garden chores…

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Preschool celebration slated at Holy Trinity Lutheran on Sunday

PORT ANGELES — Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will bid a Fun Farewell to its pre-school following its 9:30…

 Christina Baldwin

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Unity in Port Townsend planning for Sunday services

PORT TOWNSEND — Christina Baldwin will present “Spiritual Practices for These Times” during services at 11 a.m. Sunday.

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ISSUES OF FAITH: Finding hope in dark times

HOPE HAS BEEN on my mind for the past few days. What a contrast between hope and despair.…

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Unity speaker set for Sunday service

PORT ANGELES — Munir Peter Reynolds will present “A Revelation in Just Noticing” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Fall color is breathtaking and why I emphasize it so! My sister took this photo last week at our cottage in far Northern Wisconsin and perfectly shows why everyone should plant fall foliage plants. (Linda May)

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A GROWING CONCERN: Fall in love with autumn foliage plants

WITHOUT QUESTION, I believe that fall foliage color is the most underutilized (although stunningly brilliant) and unplanned element…

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‘Season of Creation’ to be observed

PORT ANGELES — Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will observe the Ecumenical and International Season of Creation during Sunday…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Plant fall bulbs for dreams of spring

OKAY, IT IS October and that means all the vendors have spring flowering bulbs in stock! Now, today,…

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HORSEPLAY: Better to be safe than sorry in an emergency

BETTER SAFE THAN sorry is my motto for emergency preparedness. I’m in my 21st year of writing Peninsula…

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Joel Goldstein and wife Len Maranan-Goldsmith, from Port Townsend, take in the Aurora Borealis Thursday night from the beach at Point Hudson in Port Townsend.

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Aurora admirers in Port Townsend

Joel Goldstein and his wife Len Maranan-Goldsmith, from Port Townsend, take in the Aurora Borealis Thursday night from…

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Port Townsend Shipwright's Co-op employees, Ossian Smith, seals cracks on the deck while Olly Nivison lays masking tape for a paint line while both are working on the 111 year old halibut schooner Seymore, on the hard at the Port Townsend Marina on Wednesday.

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Schooner facelift

Port Townsend Shipwright’s Co-op employee Ossian Smith seals cracks on the deck while Olly Nivison lays masking tape…

Jon Stafford, right, the new director/conductor for the Peninsula Singers, talks with accompanist Mark Johnson. (Peninsula Singers)

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Peninsula Singers tap new leader for choral group

SEQUIM — By the end of the audition, accompanist Mark Johnson could sense this applicant might be the…

Courtesy of Janice Blazer Ida Barker Simmons.

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BACK WHEN: The story of Ida Barker Simmons

LIFE CAN BE difficult for many people. In the 19th century, life could be hard on the Olympic…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Scare up a list of October garden chores

HERE WE ARE, a week into October; that means it’s time for your October to-do list.