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Recipients of the 2023 Jefferson County Community Leadership Awards are, from left, Adeline Gellert-DePalma, Future Business Leader of the Year; Sarah Spaeth, Citizen of the Year; Jake Ramsey, Rising Entrepreneur; Jacob Davidson, Young Professional of the Year; Richard Tucker, President of the Board of Directors of the Chamber of Jefferson County; and Cathy and Pete Langley, Business Leader of the Year. The awards were presented at a dinner Saturday at the American Legion Post in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson County leadership awards presented

Sarah Spaeth honored as Citizen of Year

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Wendy Bart, representing the YMCA, signs a lease for a lot on the Port Townsend School property to be used as a Jefferson County Early Learning and Family Support Center at a signing on Thursday at the administration office of Port Townsend School District. School superintendent, Linda Rosenbury, center front, had just affixed her signature to the lease. Also on hand were 4 year old Azan Luqman, with his parents behind him, Asif Luqman and Shawnisa Francis. Behind Bart are school board directors John Nowak and Jennifer James-Wilson, Dr. Molly Parker, representing Jefferson Healthcare, Alex Hankle, 7 week old Juniper, Nicole Hankle and Jefferson County supervisor Kate Dean.

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YMCA, Port Townsend School District sign lease for daycare

Construction to start next year

Ursula Perry is a member of Repertory Dance Theatre of Utah, which comes to the North Olympic Peninsula this week for school visits, an open rehearsal and a concert presented Friday by the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts. (Logan Sorenson)

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Performers, choreographer dance on Peninsula

Repertory Dance Theatre to offer finale Friday

Members of the Port Angeles High School Band, under the direction of Jarrett Hansen, left, practice on Friday in preparation for the group’s upcoming appearance at Carnegie Hall in New York. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Port Angeles’ music students to play at New York’s Carnegie Hall

High school band, orchestra, choir to perform Sunday

Former Sequim resident Kimmy Siebens has been named USA Today Washington State Woman of the Year for her efforts in helping Bremerton’s homeless and at-risk population and their pets. (Kimmy Siebens)

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Sequim native state Woman of the Year

Siebens earns honor from USA Today

Jon Buonpane of Forks looks over a few of the many wooden items — many made by Olympic Corrections Center inmates — featured during the 2023 Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction on Saturday. The auction, which continued on Sunday, offered more than 1,000 items to raise money for scholarships for Forks High School graduates. The annual event was accompanied this year by the inaugural Forever Twilight in Forks Equinox, which ran from Friday through Sunday. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Scholarship auction

Jon Buonpane of Forks looks over a few of the many wooden items — many made by Olympic…

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Field Hall gets grant of $1M

Executive director says $8M left to raise

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Long ER wait time discussed

Sound Physicians says it expects hirings to help

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Food, fiber, art meet in new exhibit

Opening tonight at Port Angeles Fine Arts Center

Loran Scruggs, left, brought a green cashmere sweater, a pair of floral silk pants and a pair of black cotton pants that needed to be mended to the Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Repair Cafe. Paula Lalish was one of three volunteers on hand to assist people by fixing clothing that had holes, rips, tears and and broken zippers. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Repair Cafe promotes fixing, not tossing, household items

Next event to be presented Saturday at Quilcene center

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Forever Twilight celebrates equinox this weekend

Photo ops, books and more activities set for Friday through Sunday

“Collapse” by Quilcene High School alumnus Ewen LeRest is among the photographs in “Wet: Reflections on Water,” the exhibition opening Friday at Northwind Art’s Jeanette Best Gallery in Port Townsend.

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‘Wet’ photography arrives in Port Townsend

‘Reflections on Water’ opens Friday

It’s a breathtaking morning view in Kenya for Suzanne Anaya, who went to Kenya as part of an African safari.

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Traveler’s Journal to present ‘Massai Mara, East Kenya’

Photos of trip to accompany lecture Thursday in Sequim

Cynthia Malane, left, accepts the Olympic Leader of the Year award on behalf of her late husband, Ryan Malane, during the Clallam Economic Development Council’s annual gala on Friday night at 7 Cedars Casino. At the podium is Jeremy Weist, plant manager for Port Angeles Hardwood, which was the award sponsor. (Peggy Simmons/Clallam Economic Development Council)

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EDC gala honors businesses, individuals

Malane receives posthumous award for work with ferry line

NW Landworks personnel removed large areas of invasive plants in Fort Worden. (Friends of Fort Worden)

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Heavy machinery called in to remove invasive plants

English ivy vines, blackberry bushes ‘strangling trees’

Nathan West, Port Angeles city manager, gives his annual State of the City address at a meeting of the Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday. (Ken Park/Peninsula Daily News)

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Annual State of City given to PA chamber

Housing, downtown development, city staff expansion topics of talk

Retired contractor Dave Merrill of Sequim uses a nail gun Wednesday to demonstrate the proper and safe nailing technique to a group of 14 Community Build volunteers who will soon build 10 tiny homes on property owned by New Life Church in Port Townsend. The houses will go to the Caswell-Brown Village managed by Olympic Community Action Programs. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Volunteers begin another build of shelters for unhoused

Structures will go to Caswell-Brown Village near Port Townsend

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RVs topic during Port Angeles housing discussion

Final vote on housing code changes March 21

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peninsula's Ituau Tuisaula, center, looks to pass surrounded by Shoreline defenders, including, from left, Leiah Naeata, Taylor Eldredge and Moemanogi Notoa on Saturday in Port Angeles.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula’s Tuisaula is North Region MVP; Long Defensive POY and Crumb Coach of the Year

Pirates well-represented in North Region awards

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Peninsula's Roosevelt Williams Jr., right, shoulders his way past Skagit Valley's Omari Maulana during Wednesday's North Division game at Peninsula College.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL: Peninsula’s Roosevelt Williams Jr. is North Region MVP

Ese Onakpoma is Defensive Player of the Year and Rollman COY