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ISSUES OF FAITH: Amazing Grace

THE FIRST THING anyone will notice about your vessel is the smell of death, desperation and suffering. You’re…

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Chimacum High School Concert Band superior

PORT ANGELES — The Chimacum High School Concert Band received a Level 1, Superior rating at the Washington…

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Young eagles flights scheduled

PORT ANGELES — Experimental Aircraft Association #430 of Sequim will offer free airplane rides to youths ages 8-…

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Vintage sale Saturday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic History Center will host a vintage sale from 8 a.m. to 2…

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Bunco party fundraiser Friday

PORT ANGELES — Chapter IV of the Philanthropic Education Organization will host a Bunco and silent auction fundraiser…

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Flea market scheduled in Joyce

JOYCE — Crescent Grange will conduct its Spring Flea Market from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and…

Driftwood art instructor Tuttie Peetz works on a driftwood art piece at her home studio for Olympic Driftwood Sculptors’ next show Saturday and Sunday at the Dungeness River Nature Center. She said she’s put in more than 1,000 hours into shaping the twisted juniper wood from Montana. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Artists turn driftwood into sculptures

Seventy pieces to be on display this weekend

Photo by Karen Griffiths

At a May 6 Patterned Speed Horse game show honoring his great-grandfather Ted Crosby, a very young Nyle Crosby James is led through his first competitive barrel racing pattern by his mother, Ady Crosby, while steadied by his father Jeff James. Crosby, 87 passed away March 30 of complications of prostate cancer.

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HORSEPLAY: Equine veterinary services in short supply

SPLAWN LIVES! IN my April 22 column I mentioned how we horse owners missed the dedication and service…

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A GROWING CONCERN: The lucky 13 to plant in your garden now

SINCE I’VE SPENT the last several weeks telling you what flowers NOT to plant, how about one of…

Nick Bielby of the Port Angeles-based Nicklby Wood Carving, works on a large bear sculpture at the Sequim Irrigation Festival Logging Show on Friday. Festival activities continue Saturday. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group )

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Sequim Irrigation Festival enjoys Grand Finale weekend

Nick Bielby of the Port Angeles-based Nicklby Wood Carving, works on a large bear sculpture at the Sequim…

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Second Saturday Garden Walk set in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Veteran Clallam County Master Gardeners Bob Cain, Laurel Moulton and Audreen Williams will discuss why…

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Mothers’ Day program slated

PORT ANGELES — The Rev. Michael Laakso will present “A Mother for All Seasons” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

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ISSUES OF FAITH: The world needs more peacemakers

IN SIXTH GRADE, I rode the bus home from middle school. I had been bullied a bit during…

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OUUF speaker scheduled in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Terry Barrett will present “I love you, Mom” at 11 a.m. Sunday.

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Unity in Port Townsend plans weekend service

PORT TOWNSEND — Rhonda Hull will present a Mother’s Day message at 11 a.m. Sunday

Photo courtesy of Sequim Community Orchestra / Conductor/music director Phil Morgan-Ellis leads a Sequim Community Orchestra rehearsal on April 25 at the Sequim City Band' expanded rehearsal hall at the James Center for Performing Arts.

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Sequim orchestra offers season-ending concert, bake sale fundraiser

SEQUIM — Cooking up treats for the ears and eager stomachs, the Sequim Community Orchestra closes its 11th…

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Science programs scheduled

PORT ANGELES — Feiro Marine Life Center will lead a field trip along Peabody Creek from 9 a.m.…

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Wellness forum planned Wednesday

SEQUIM — Dr. Joshua Jones will present “Current Youth Mental Health Issues: How To Help Your Kids And…

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BACK WHEN: The history of a strange profession — sin eaters

“AND NOW, FOR something completely different.”

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A GROWING CONCERN: The neverending tale of horsetail

I LOVE IT here on the Peninsula, gardening heaven, but our gardening Nirvana has also been shattered by…