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A GROWING CONCERN: Get creative with outdoor lighting

HERE WE ARE, a few days away from the beginning of the “holiday season” and with a new…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Make your evergreens a cut above the rest

OKAY, I PUSHED you last week to decorate your garden with evergreen displays — but how do you…

Photo by Karen Griffiths

Cutline: Paradigm Sporthorse Training owner Rebecca Cushman with Carcare, one of  11 horses she’s rescued from the war zones in Ukraine. The 17.1 hand Warmblood gelding with level 2 FEI training has gained about 200 pounds since his arrival in August. She said, “He’s  a well-trained and willing horse who loves to give hugs.”

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HORSEPLAY: Port Townsend trainer rescues horses in Ukraine from war

“IT WAS TERRIFYING,” Rebecca Cushman said of her first-time wiring thousands of dollars in purchase and transport fees…

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Friends, family and Roughrider fans line Race Street in front of Port Angeles Civic Field as a bus carrying the Port Angeles High School football team heads for Tumwater for Friday's state playoff opener. The Roughriders were on their first trip to state in more than a decade to play No. 1-seeded Tumwater High School. Dozens of people took part in the team sead-off.

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Roughriders sendoff

Friends, family and Roughrider fans line Race Street in front of Port Angeles Civic Field as a bus…

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Tickets on sale for Festival of Trees

PORT ANGELES — Tickets are now on sale for the Festival of Trees, highlighted by the Gala on…

Pictured is Detective Swift Sanchez, on the right, accepting a check from Exalted Ruler John Pearce.

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Shop with a hero gets support

Naval Elks Lodge #353 recently donated $2,500 to the Port Angeles Police Association to support this year’s Shop…

Rhonda Heym

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Wellness forum planned

SEQUIM — Rhonda Heym will present “Adult Activity Programs for Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s” at 2 p.m.…

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Paddlers to meet

SEQUIM — Dr. Sam Baker will present “Cold Water Immersion” at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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Soul care speaker set

PORT ANGELES — Martha Jo Atkins will discuss children and grief at noon Wednesday.

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Spirited dialogue set for Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Chris Hyde will present “Metaphor of Life: Two Mountains” at 6 p.m. Thursday.

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Backyard Birding event in Sequim set for Saturday

SEQUIM — Shirley Anderson and Ken Wiersema will offer “Birds: The Inside Story” at the next Backyard Birding…

The other image is a movie poster for “Going Up” which I reference in my article.

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BACK WHEN: A look back at life on the Olympic Peninsula a century ago

DO YOU EVER ponder what it would be like to be living here 100 years ago? Were those…

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

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Service set for Unity in Port Townsend

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “All Hallows” at 11 a.m. on Sunday.

Rev. Asha Burson-Johnson

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Unity in the Olympics speaker scheduled

PORT ANGELES — The Rev. Asha Burson-Johnson will present “What Do I Do When I’ve Been A Jerk?”…

Jamal Rahman will present “A Spiritual Response to the Conflict in Israel/Palestine” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Rahman will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.

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Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship speaker set

PORT ANGELES — Jamal Rahman will present “A Spiritual Response to the Conflict in Israel/Palestine” at 11 a.m.…

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Harvest theme set for November’s First Friday Art Walk in Sequim

SEQUIM — The Blue Whole Gallery will feature the work of Katherine Loveland and Mike Middlestead in its…

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Holocaust topic at Studium Generale

PORT ANGELES —Laureen Nussbaum will read from “Shedding our Stars: The Story of Hans Calmeyer and How He…

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Prize ride participant Yvonne Degrassi Craig at one of the trail’s viewpoints.

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HORSEPLAY: OP is alive again with equine events

ISN’T IT NICE to see folks taking part in group activities again after the pandemic shut down?

Pictured in the front row, from left to right, are: Gary Hamilton, Bill Hermann, Nancy Faires, Bill Clevenger, Pat Brelsford, Bobbie Lyon, Craig Shore, Valle Blundeau, John Wagner, Jack Kintner, Ned Kennedy, Karen Byrne and Pat Jarnagin. 

In the middle row, from left to right, are: Jim Meyer, Pamela Clerico, Mary Gagnon, Mary Cahill, Pam Miller, Nadine Taper, Merry Fuller, Kathy Hughes, Mikki Caldwell, Jani Kendall, Chelea Cnockaert, Bonnie Downen, Jody Bruch, Patsy Kelly, Kathy Miller, Mary Loftus, Ann Dyar, Pam Schier, Dorothy Acorn and Mary Reynolds. 

In the back row, from left to right, are: Dave Glas, Dale Gesellchen, Dennis Alwine, (head) Hank Boni, Blaine Pearman, Pat Nicpon, Judy Hinrichs, Don Erickson, Bob Peterson, Paulette Wilson, Dixie Welch, Sharon Wagner, Betty Mathes, Donna Day.

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PAHS Class of 1963 reunites

The Port Angeles High School class of 1963 recently gathered at the Red Lion Hotel in Port Angeles…

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Kate Loveland enjoys exploring the Olympic Peninsula and capturing up-close images of the natural world.

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Peninsula photographer, writer embraces later-in-life artistry

Slowing down allows for growth, she says