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Port Townsend High School Scholarship Foundation accepting applications for college funding

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend High School Scholarship Foundation is accepting applications for college scholarships.

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Bake sale to benefit Sequim Seattle Children’s Hospital Guild

SEQUIM — The Sequim Guild of Seattle Children’s Hospital will conduct a baked-goods sale from 8 a.m. Saturday…

Boat captains and crew take to Sequim Bay for the Reach and Row for Hospice event in 2018. (Matthew Dash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Reach and Row for Hospice races to return this year

Sequim Bay Yacht Club’s annual fundraiser slated for Sept. 18-19

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Garage sale slated at Gardiner Community Center

GARDINER — The Gardiner Community Center will host a community garage sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Fall into Autumn gardening

THE WEATHER SURE has been crazy of late — dry, hot, smokey then actually cold last Monday.

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Urban sketchers meeting to draw Port Townsend sights

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Urban Sketchers will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Photo by Denise Hupfer Cutline: Back Country Horsemen of Washington members Linda Morin, left, Ray and Rochelle Sutherland had a grand time leading the equine Joyce Daze Parade entries from three local chapters on Aug. 7

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HORSEPLAY: Summer full of blackberry joy and wildfire fears

WHO DOESN’T ENJOY a parade? Especially one centered on fresh wild blackberries and homemade blackberry pie? This year…

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Bible time offered at Grace Baptist Church

PORT ANGELES — Grace Baptist Church will present “Summer Bible Time at Grace Baptist Church: God’s Still Working…

Joseph Bednarik will present “I remember …” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Bednarik will be the guest speaker at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1033 N. Barr Road. Bednarik’s presentation will also stream on Zoom.

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Bednarik set as Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship speaker

PORT ANGELES — Joseph Bednarik will present “I remember …” at 11 a.m. Sunday.

The Rev. Larry Schellink will present “The Unitive Way and Jesus’ Teachings - Part 5” at Unity in the Olympics at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

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Unity speaker scheduled for Sunday service

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Dr. Muriel Nesbitt, who taught biology for 35 years at the University of California-San Diego, will discuss the utility and sustainability of soil amendments during her hour-long Zoom lecture, part of the Green Thumbs Garden Tips education series, on Aug. 26. Submitted photo

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Soil amendments in spotlight at next Green Thumbs Zoom

PORT ANGELES — Common soil additives will be discussed by Master Gardener Muriel Nesbitt during her presentation, “Soil…

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Sunday dance canceled at Elks Lodge

SEQUIM — The dance scheduled for Sunday evening at the Elks Lodge in Sequim has been canceled.

Jasmine Paul, 9, left, and John Hall, 10, put together a habitat diorama in which animals might live in nature after gathering materials in Webster's Woods at Port Angeles Fine Art Center. The diorama is just one of many projects and games students will participate in this week as part of art camps at the center, which is hosting two weeks of camps focusing on different ways in which science and art intersect. This week's half-day sessions are focused on Nature Art Camp and Treasure Map and Geocache. Next week's camps, The Art of Science Journals and Sculpture Design for Kids, are full, but students can be placed on a waiting list. Registration for a session is $100 for arts center members and $120 for non-members. For more information, visit www.pafac.org/summercamp.html or email rachel@pafac.org.

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Where art and science meet

By Dave Logan

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Rothschild House State Park to host open house

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Historical Society and Washington State Parks will host an open house from…

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Grief support group meeting Monday

SEQUIM — Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County (VHOCC) is offering a grief support group from 1 p.m. to…

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Sequim City Band sets ‘Together Again’ concert

SEQUIM — After more than 16 months away, it’s time to strike up the band once again.

When you possess a queen’s dignity, any set of theater steps becomes a throne. Patty McArthur poses with her handmade Queen Elizabeth I costume on the steps of OTA, near where she will reign over the Renaissance Faire this coming weekend in Sequim. “When I put these on, I don’t think of myself.” Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group

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Make way for the queen: OTA gears up for Kings, Queens, and Royal Scenes Renaissance Faire

SEQUIM — A local actress playing Queen Elizabeth I will grace the parking lot of Sequim’s Olympia Theatre…

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A GROWING CONCERN: August advice for gardening chores

WITH ALL THE chores I’ve been doing because of the heat that persists again this past week, I…

Rev. Dr. Ken Macklin and wife, Anna Macklin

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New pastor joins Port Angeles First United Methodist Church

PORT ANGELES — The Rev. Ken Macklin has joined First United Methodist Church as its new senior pastor.

Terry Barrett will present "The Way of Peace" at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Barrett, an intern, will be the guest speaker at Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle Ave. Sunday service begins at 10 a.m.

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Unity speaker set for Sunday service

PORT ANGELES — Terry Barrett will present “The Way of Peace” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.