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Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Family Fun Day will bring back Strait Up Foam Fun, pictured in 2023, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday at Carrie Blake Community Park, along with laser tag and many other games.

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Sequim Irrigation Festival turns 130 this weekend

Music, Kids Parade kick off entertainment offerings

Photo Katie Salmon-Newton Sequim Equestrian Team winners competing at WAHSET State Finals in May are Asha Swanberg, left, Taylor Lewis, Celbie Karjalainen , Joanna Seelye , Kenzi Winters , Paisley Morris and Kaija Johnson.

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HORSEPLAY: Sequim Equestrian Team members qualify for state

GREAT NEWS! PENINSULA Pet Emergency is now up and running for emergency dog and cat services with veterinarian…

Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group From left to right, student directors Rayna Loree, Paco Struve and Charlie Medlong (mentor Carolyn Edge to the right) coach young thespians during Olympic Theatre Arts’ spring break theater skills program, which culminated in two Saturday performances of “Stones” by playwright Colleen Neuman. From left to right, student directors Rayna Loree, Paco Struve and Charlie Medlong (mentor Carolyn Edge to the right) coach young thespians during Olympic Theatre Arts’ spring break theater skills program, which culminated in two Saturday performances of “Stones” by playwright Colleen Neuman. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Young directors take the stage at OTA

Spring break camp culminates with two performances

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A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let too early planting leave you cold

I CANNOT BELIEVE how early this early-planting calamity has started — but it’s every year.

Earlier this month, the Neon Rider 4-H group held a very successful fundraising bake Grocery Outlet in PA .Photo by Katie Salmon-Newton.

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HORSEPLAY: Planning for an emergency

I THINK IT was the radiant smiles, or it could have been the dazzling display of baked goods…

Keith Ross/Keith’s Frame of Mind This year’s Honored Pioneers for the 130th Sequim Irrigation Festival, include, from left, Hazel Messenger Lowe, Tim Wheeler, Betty Ellis Kettel and Janet Ellis Duncan.

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Honored Pioneers chosen for 130th Irrigation Festival

Four selected to participate in events

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Violet Morris, 9, of Port Angeles climbs on "The Rocktopus," a steel, rock and masonry sculpture on Friday at Port Angeles City Pier. The sculpture was originally designed by artist Oliver Strong as a topiary creation, but was later reworked with stone and mortar by artist Maureen Wall with support from Soroptimist International Port Angeles Jet Set, the City of Port Angeles and the Girl Scouts.

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Tentacle tango

Violet Morris, 9, of Port Angeles climbs on “The Rocktopus,” a steel, rock and masonry sculpture on Friday…

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A GROWING CONCERN: A few degrees can bee all the difference

I AM SO glad we had several frosts the last 10 days and rainy weather.

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A pair of daffodil blooms poke up from a planter at Lincoln Street and Railroad Avenue on Thursday in Port Angeles. With the coming of spring, flowers are beginning to blossom and trees are taking on their familiar green of the warmer months.

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Signs of spring

A pair of daffodil blooms poke up from a planter at Lincoln Street and Railroad Avenue on Thursday…

Skylar Krzyworz stands outside Walmart on March 7, when she hit the milestone of selling her 25,000th box of Girl Scout cookies. “Girl Scouts has been something that I never realized was going to have such a big impact on me,” she said. “And then after being in it for 13 years, I don’t know what I would do without it in my life.” (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim Girl Scout sells 25,000th box of cookies

High School senior wants to teach abroad

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A GROWING CONCERN: Better soil makes for better gardening

WELL, SPRING HAS sprung, the grass is on the rise, as are your weeds and garden chores. Your…

L-R Susan Hillgren, Director of The Answer for Youth, Rotarians Steve Zenovic and Jason Grice working on a project at TAFY along with Bill Koenig, Rotarian and General Manager of Koenig Subaru, Alma Meyrick, Koenig Subaru and Vivian Hansen, Peninsula Daily News.

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Sock drive

Koenig Subaru recently donated hundreds of pairs of sock to The Answer For Youth for community members in…

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A GROWING CONCERN: The organic content of your garden soil matters

AS PROMISED LAST week, today we will discuss why organic matter “is the miracle drug of gardening.”

The Rev. Cristi Chapman

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Chapman slated for Sunday sermon

PORT TOWNSEND — The Rev. Cristi Chapman will preach at both the 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. services…

Belly dance troupe Shula Azar, from left, Marie Maxted, Jovi Wilson, Laura Samperi-Ferdig and Denise Williamson, perform for a full house at Studio Bob on Feb. 21. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Peninsula’s belly dancing troupe practices ancient art

Members of Shula Azhar teach art form at Peninsula College

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A GROWING CONCERN: Digging up the dirt on soil structure

WE CAN ALL see that the daylight length is getting longer at each end of the day. In…

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ISSUES OF FAITH: Find courage to defend the truth

“Be strong and let your heart have courage,” (Joshua 1:6).

A pig similar to this inflamed the British and U.S. conflict.

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BACK WHEN: The Great Pig War and how a pig helped set a boundary

HERE IT IS! March 1. It is National Pig Day. It is a day we can celebrate the…

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A GROWING CONCERN: March into spring gardening

TODAY MARKS THE beginning of March and, as we all see, daylight length is expanding greatly.

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Salish Sea Fellowship service scheduled

PORT HADLOCK — Joseph Bednarik will present “What, Me Worship?” at 4 p.m. Sunday.