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Cheers to winners Toasting each other with Bedford’s Sodas are, from left, Ryan Gedlund of Swain’s General Store, Ed Bedford, creator of Bedford’s Sodas and Don Droz of Swain’s after Swain’s and Bedford were presented with the 2021 Legacy Awards. Not pictured is Tim Tucker, Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce president, who presented the awards. The Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce Legacy Awards began in 2020 and are awarded to an organization and an individual who have built impressive and positive legacies for our community, said Marc Abshire, chamber executive director. Last year’s winners were Black Ball Ferry Line and, posthumously, Jim Moran.
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Cheers to winners of Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce Legacy Awards

Toasting each other with Bedford’s Sodas are, from left, Ryan Gedlund of Swain’s General Store, Ed Bedford, creator of Bedford’s Sodas and Don Droz of… Continue reading

Cheers to winners Toasting each other with Bedford’s Sodas are, from left, Ryan Gedlund of Swain’s General Store, Ed Bedford, creator of Bedford’s Sodas and Don Droz of Swain’s after Swain’s and Bedford were presented with the 2021 Legacy Awards. Not pictured is Tim Tucker, Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce president, who presented the awards. The Port Angeles Chamber of Commerce Legacy Awards began in 2020 and are awarded to an organization and an individual who have built impressive and positive legacies for our community, said Marc Abshire, chamber executive director. Last year’s winners were Black Ball Ferry Line and, posthumously, Jim Moran.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Volunteers work on Saturday to erect an events tent that will cover a temporary ice skating rink, the centerpiece of the Port Angeles Ice Village. Normally held durring the winter months but delayed until spring due to COVID-19 restrictions, this year's skating will open on Friday and run through April 18 in a city-owned parking lot in the 100 block of West Front Street in downtown Port Angles. Skating will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
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Port Angeles Ice Village taking shape

Volunteers work on Saturday to erect an events tent that will cover a temporary ice skating rink, the centerpiece of the Port Angeles Ice Village.… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Volunteers work on Saturday to erect an events tent that will cover a temporary ice skating rink, the centerpiece of the Port Angeles Ice Village. Normally held durring the winter months but delayed until spring due to COVID-19 restrictions, this year's skating will open on Friday and run through April 18 in a city-owned parking lot in the 100 block of West Front Street in downtown Port Angles. Skating will be open daily from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Videographer Paul Mailman of Santa Monica, Calif.,-based Furlined Commercial Production Co. films building exteriors of the Richard B. Anderson Federal Building in Port Angeles on Friday for an upcoming commercial for a cell phone service provider. The crew spent Friday afternoon taping scenes from around downtown and were scheduled to record a scene with live actors Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Prepping for commercial shoot on Peninsula

Videographer Paul Mailman of Santa Monica, Calif.,-based Furlined Commercial Production Co. films building exteriors of the Richard B. Anderson Federal Building in Port Angeles on… Continue reading

Videographer Paul Mailman of Santa Monica, Calif.,-based Furlined Commercial Production Co. films building exteriors of the Richard B. Anderson Federal Building in Port Angeles on Friday for an upcoming commercial for a cell phone service provider. The crew spent Friday afternoon taping scenes from around downtown and were scheduled to record a scene with live actors Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
The Noon Rotary Club of Sequim recently donated funds to purchase 32 computer monitors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula. The monitors have been placed in the computer lab at the clubs’ Port Angeles unit. The rotarians also enjoyed a virtual tour of the new facility via Zoom. Pictured, from left to right inside the newly completed computer lab, are Mary Budke, Ted Shanks, Ashley Woolsey and Janet Gray.
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Noon Rotary Club of Sequim donates to Boys and Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula

The Noon Rotary Club of Sequim recently donated funds to purchase 32 computer monitors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula. The… Continue reading

The Noon Rotary Club of Sequim recently donated funds to purchase 32 computer monitors for the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula. The monitors have been placed in the computer lab at the clubs’ Port Angeles unit. The rotarians also enjoyed a virtual tour of the new facility via Zoom. Pictured, from left to right inside the newly completed computer lab, are Mary Budke, Ted Shanks, Ashley Woolsey and Janet Gray.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Richard Brandt of Lakeside Industries uses a steam roller on a layer of sand on Thursday to create a level surface that will become the base for a temporary ice skating rink in a city parking lot along Front Street in downtown Port Angeles. The rink wil be the centerpiece for the annual Port Angeles Ice Village, which would normally be held in the winter months but was moved to spring because of restrictions imposed by COVID-19. Skating is scheduled to begin on March 19 and run through April 18.
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Smooth moves for Ice Village preparations

Richard Brandt of Lakeside Industries uses a steam roller on a layer of sand Thursday to create a level surface that will become the base… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Richard Brandt of Lakeside Industries uses a steam roller on a layer of sand on Thursday to create a level surface that will become the base for a temporary ice skating rink in a city parking lot along Front Street in downtown Port Angeles. The rink wil be the centerpiece for the annual Port Angeles Ice Village, which would normally be held in the winter months but was moved to spring because of restrictions imposed by COVID-19. Skating is scheduled to begin on March 19 and run through April 18.
Port Angeles Parks and Recreation worker Darryl Anderson, left, signals to bulldozer operator Leon Leonard as fellow employee Brooke Keohokalole curls up a guide rope after the dragon mosaic from the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield is lowered onto a trailer earlier this week in Port Angeles. Demolition has begun on the mostly wooden playground, originally built by volunteer labor in September 2002, to make way for modernized playground equipment later this year. The dragon, which once had a playground slide coming from its nose, will be put into storage and later incorporated into the new playground. (Keith Thorpe /Peninsula Daily News)
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Playground pieces

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation worker Darryl Anderson, left, signals to bulldozer operator Leon Leonard as fellow employee Brooke Keohokalole curls up a guide rope… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation worker Darryl Anderson, left, signals to bulldozer operator Leon Leonard as fellow employee Brooke Keohokalole curls up a guide rope after the dragon mosaic from the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield is lowered onto a trailer earlier this week in Port Angeles. Demolition has begun on the mostly wooden playground, originally built by volunteer labor in September 2002, to make way for modernized playground equipment later this year. The dragon, which once had a playground slide coming from its nose, will be put into storage and later incorporated into the new playground. (Keith Thorpe /Peninsula Daily News)
Anne Koomen and baby Jasper, 6 weeks, browse the Port Townsend Library children’s section for books Jasper’s two older siblings might like. Libraries across the North Olympic Peninsula are now open for short in-person visits and self-checkout of books, CDs and DVDs. The Port Townsend Library’s grab-and-go hours are from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
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Open for browsing

Anne Koomen and baby Jasper, 6 weeks, browse the Port Townsend Library children’s section for books Jasper’s two older siblings might like. Libraries across the… Continue reading

Anne Koomen and baby Jasper, 6 weeks, browse the Port Townsend Library children’s section for books Jasper’s two older siblings might like. Libraries across the North Olympic Peninsula are now open for short in-person visits and self-checkout of books, CDs and DVDs. The Port Townsend Library’s grab-and-go hours are from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
The Kiwanis Club of Port Angeles and the Kiwanis Foundation recently donated $2,000 to the North Olympic Library Foundation the United Way of Clallam County for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. The book-gifting program will mail a book monthly to every child in the county who is younger than five. Pictures in the bottom row, from left to right are Tasha Fitzgerald and Peggy Norris; in the middle row, left to right are Carmen Geyer, Nina Pitts and Patrick Irwin; and in the the top row, from left to right, Sara Dutrow and Christy Smith.
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Kiwanis make donation for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library

The Kiwanis Club of Port Angeles and the Kiwanis Foundation recently donated $2,000 to the North Olympic Library Foundation, the United Way of Clallam County,… Continue reading

The Kiwanis Club of Port Angeles and the Kiwanis Foundation recently donated $2,000 to the North Olympic Library Foundation the United Way of Clallam County for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library. The book-gifting program will mail a book monthly to every child in the county who is younger than five. Pictures in the bottom row, from left to right are Tasha Fitzgerald and Peggy Norris; in the middle row, left to right are Carmen Geyer, Nina Pitts and Patrick Irwin; and in the the top row, from left to right, Sara Dutrow and Christy Smith.
The Port Angeles Education Foundation recently donated $2,000 to the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts. The donation will help fund the JFFA’s annual Kids’ Fest which will be conducted virtually this year to kick off the Memorial Day Weekend Festival. Pictured, left to right, are Kayla Oakes, JFFA executive director and Nola Grier, PAEF administrative director.
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Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts receives donation

The Port Angeles Education Foundation recently donated $2,000 to the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts. The donation will help fund the JFFA’s annual… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Education Foundation recently donated $2,000 to the Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts. The donation will help fund the JFFA’s annual Kids’ Fest which will be conducted virtually this year to kick off the Memorial Day Weekend Festival. Pictured, left to right, are Kayla Oakes, JFFA executive director and Nola Grier, PAEF administrative director.
Sinclair Place resident Martin Arnold cuts the ribbon to mark the start of the the senior living facility’s Freedom Ceremony. The ceremony marks the fact that 100 percent of the residents have been vaccinated which allows the facility to ease rules regarding movement out into the community. Pictured on the left is Victorya Rivera, community relations manager at Sinclair Place.
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Ribbon cutting marks 100 percent vaccination for facility

Sinclair Place resident Martin Arnold cuts the ribbon to mark the start of the senior living facility’s Freedom Ceremony. The ceremony marks the fact that… Continue reading

Sinclair Place resident Martin Arnold cuts the ribbon to mark the start of the the senior living facility’s Freedom Ceremony. The ceremony marks the fact that 100 percent of the residents have been vaccinated which allows the facility to ease rules regarding movement out into the community. Pictured on the left is Victorya Rivera, community relations manager at Sinclair Place.
Skipper Jared Minard, left, and Ella Ventura, boatswain, accept the Hiltner Trophy for Sea Scout Ship Marvin Shields. The Chief Seattle Council named the Sea Scout Ship Marvin Shields, ship 1212, as its fleet flagship during a recent award ceremony. The selection as flagship allows the Marvin Shields to retain the traveling Hiltner Trophy and fly the flagship pennant at its masthead for the second year. The Sea Scouts is a program for youth ages 14-20. For more information, visit www.seascoutshipmarvinshields.org.
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Sea Scout Ship Marvin Shields named fleet flagship

The Chief Seattle Council named the Sea Scout Ship Marvin Shields, ship 1212, as its fleet flagship during a recent award ceremony. The selection as… Continue reading

Skipper Jared Minard, left, and Ella Ventura, boatswain, accept the Hiltner Trophy for Sea Scout Ship Marvin Shields. The Chief Seattle Council named the Sea Scout Ship Marvin Shields, ship 1212, as its fleet flagship during a recent award ceremony. The selection as flagship allows the Marvin Shields to retain the traveling Hiltner Trophy and fly the flagship pennant at its masthead for the second year. The Sea Scouts is a program for youth ages 14-20. For more information, visit www.seascoutshipmarvinshields.org.
Carolyn Lewis, who's considering a move to Port Townsend from Geyserville, Calif., ascended the Bliss Vista Trail at Fort Worden State Park on Wednesday afternoon to behold the Salish Sea and Cascade Mountains. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
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Bliss vista

Carolyn Lewis, who’s considering a move to Port Townsend from Geyserville, Calif., ascended the Bliss Vista Trail at Fort Worden State Park on Wednesday afternoon… Continue reading

Carolyn Lewis, who's considering a move to Port Townsend from Geyserville, Calif., ascended the Bliss Vista Trail at Fort Worden State Park on Wednesday afternoon to behold the Salish Sea and Cascade Mountains. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/Peninsula Daily News)
Joan and Bill Henry of Sequim stroll along the Johnson Creek Trestle, part of the Olympic Discovery Trail spanning Johnson Creek east of Sequim. The 410-foot-long trestle was refurbished in 2003 from a former railroad span and opened to pedestrian traffic. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Spanning the trestle

Joan and Bill Henry of Sequim stroll along the Johnson Creek Trestle, part of the Olympic Discovery Trail spanning Johnson Creek east of Sequim. The… Continue reading

Joan and Bill Henry of Sequim stroll along the Johnson Creek Trestle, part of the Olympic Discovery Trail spanning Johnson Creek east of Sequim. The 410-foot-long trestle was refurbished in 2003 from a former railroad span and opened to pedestrian traffic. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Beach walkers stroll beneath the bluffs on the shore of Sequim Bay near Marlyn Nelson County Park at Port Williams east of Sequim on Saturday. The area is popular with beachcombers and offers views of Protection Island and the Miller Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Views from the beach

Beach walkers stroll beneath the bluffs on the shore of Sequim Bay near Marlyn Nelson County Park at Port Williams east of Sequim on Saturday.… Continue reading

Beach walkers stroll beneath the bluffs on the shore of Sequim Bay near Marlyn Nelson County Park at Port Williams east of Sequim on Saturday. The area is popular with beachcombers and offers views of Protection Island and the Miller Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Flags across the country were at half mast the past few days as the United States passed the dubious mark of half a million Americans having died of COVID-19. The flags at the Clallam County Courthouse were no exception as they fluttered in strong winds Tuesday at half staff. dlogan
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Flags mark solemn remembrance

Flags across the country were at half staff part of this week as the United States passed the mark of a half-million American deaths from… Continue reading

Flags across the country were at half mast the past few days as the United States passed the dubious mark of half a million Americans having died of COVID-19. The flags at the Clallam County Courthouse were no exception as they fluttered in strong winds Tuesday at half staff. dlogan
Windermere Real Estate/Sequim-East recently donated $1,500 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula through the Windermere Foundation. The club served 1,258 youth members and an additional 2,945 youths through outreach programs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the club set up remote learning support centers, provided free wi-fi and delivered 54,000 free healthy meals to low-income families. Pictured, left to right, are: Dollie Sparks and Alan Burwell, presenting the donation to Janet Gray and Tessa Jackson. Cole Tate and T.J. Rooke are in the back row.
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Boys & Girls Club receives donation

Peninsula Daily News Windermere Real Estate/Sequim-East recently donated $1,500 to the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula through the Windermere Foundation. The club… Continue reading

Windermere Real Estate/Sequim-East recently donated $1,500 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula through the Windermere Foundation. The club served 1,258 youth members and an additional 2,945 youths through outreach programs. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the club set up remote learning support centers, provided free wi-fi and delivered 54,000 free healthy meals to low-income families. Pictured, left to right, are: Dollie Sparks and Alan Burwell, presenting the donation to Janet Gray and Tessa Jackson. Cole Tate and T.J. Rooke are in the back row.
Matt Peaverly of Portland, Ore., helps his wife Grace with her dive gear before they go diving at the Marine Science Center at Fort Worden State Park on Monday. The couple, along with another diver, went diving at various sites during the weekend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Gear check

Matt Peaverly of Portland, Ore., helps his wife Grace with her dive gear before they go diving at the Marine Science Center at Fort Worden… Continue reading

Matt Peaverly of Portland, Ore., helps his wife Grace with her dive gear before they go diving at the Marine Science Center at Fort Worden State Park on Monday. The couple, along with another diver, went diving at various sites during the weekend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Port Angeles Ambassadors helped with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Healthy Transitions, 717 S. Peabody St., which will provide mental health outreach services for residents of Clallam County. From left are McKaylee Anderson, Christopher Thomsen, Edna Peterson, Steve Hargis, Kerrie Morrison, Aloma Sisco, Raelyn Bowechop, Jessica Wright, Jesse Charles, Brad Holloway, Leslie Robertson, Martha Cunningham and Julie Hatch.
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Ribbon-cutting ceremony

The Port Angeles Ambassadors helped with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Healthy Transitions, 717 S. Peabody St., which will provide mental health outreach services for residents… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Ambassadors helped with a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Healthy Transitions, 717 S. Peabody St., which will provide mental health outreach services for residents of Clallam County. From left are McKaylee Anderson, Christopher Thomsen, Edna Peterson, Steve Hargis, Kerrie Morrison, Aloma Sisco, Raelyn Bowechop, Jessica Wright, Jesse Charles, Brad Holloway, Leslie Robertson, Martha Cunningham and Julie Hatch.
Kori Malone selected as PAPD Detective Sergeant

Port Angeles Police Department names new detective sergeant

The Port Angeles Police Department has announced that Sergeant Kori Malone will serve as the department’s detective sergeant. In addition to leading… Continue reading

Kori Malone selected as PAPD Detective Sergeant
The Port Towsend Sunrise Rotary Club announced that its recent sock drive collected more than 200 pairs of new, warm outdoor sock for distribution to people at need. The socks have been donated the Olympic Community Action Program who will oversee their distribution. Pictured, from left to right, Cherish Cronmiller, OlyCAP executive director; Jayne Neu, Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary member; Lois Sherwood, Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary Club president; and Sam McCulloch, OlyCAP shelter outreach
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Sock drive

The Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary Club announced that its recent sock drive collected more than 200 pairs of new, warm outdoor socks for distribution to… Continue reading

The Port Towsend Sunrise Rotary Club announced that its recent sock drive collected more than 200 pairs of new, warm outdoor sock for distribution to people at need. The socks have been donated the Olympic Community Action Program who will oversee their distribution. Pictured, from left to right, Cherish Cronmiller, OlyCAP executive director; Jayne Neu, Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary member; Lois Sherwood, Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary Club president; and Sam McCulloch, OlyCAP shelter outreach