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The Port Angeles Garden Club recently donated $500 to Amy Bryant, the principal at Dry Creek Elementary School, and sixth-grade teacher Anthony Seidl for a garden at the school. 

Pictured, from left to right, are Darlene Martin, Anthony Seidl, Amy Bryant, Linda Skolnik and Janet Russell.

Club donation to Dry Creek

The Port Angeles Garden Club recently donated $500 to Amy Bryant, the principal at Dry Creek Elementary School, and sixth-grade teacher Anthony Seidl for a… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Garden Club recently donated $500 to Amy Bryant, the principal at Dry Creek Elementary School, and sixth-grade teacher Anthony Seidl for a garden at the school. 

Pictured, from left to right, are Darlene Martin, Anthony Seidl, Amy Bryant, Linda Skolnik and Janet Russell.

Spring fling bazaar slated for Sequim

The Spring Fling Bazaar will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The bazaar is in the Shipley Center, 921 E.… Continue reading

Artist Emily Carlquist, seen here before one of her abstract multi-media pieces featuring acrylic paint on textured canvas with needle-woven local fiber warped on canvas, on display at Dandelion Botanical for the month of April. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Fiber artist’s debut show at Dandelion Botanical

Closing party, celebration set for Saturday

  • Apr 24, 2023
  • By Emily Matthiessen Olympic Peninsula News Group
  • Clallam County
Artist Emily Carlquist, seen here before one of her abstract multi-media pieces featuring acrylic paint on textured canvas with needle-woven local fiber warped on canvas, on display at Dandelion Botanical for the month of April. (Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

A GROWING CONCERN: Now is the time for cool-tolerant plants

JUST SO YOU know, I’m outraged and furious! Again this week, as I was getting various vegetable seed for a huge kitchen garden I am… Continue reading

Health seminar scheduled Tuesday

Caitlin Daly will present a seminar on pelvic organ prolapse at 3 p.m. Tuesday. The free health seminar is in the Bay… Continue reading

Sequim’s high school equestrian team celebrates taking home the district 4 small teams Championship, along with belt buckles and medals at the end of their final district WAHSET competition. The team’s high scores also earned them 24 qualifying placements to compete at the State Finals in May. Standing from left: Coach Katie Newton, Celbie Karjalainen, Katelynn Sharpe, Lily Meyer, Kennady Gilbertson, Coach Bettina Hoesel, Assistant Coach Keri Tucker. Sitting from left: Libby Swanberg, Sydney Hutton, Paige Reed.

Photo submitted by Katie Newton

HORSEPLAY: WAHSET competition; how to treat choking

THREE CHEERS AND a hip-hip hurrah for Sequim High School Equestrian Team, with Celbie Karjalainen, Kennady Gilbertson, Paige Reed, Katelynn Sharp, Rylie Smith, Sydney Hutton,… Continue reading

Sequim’s high school equestrian team celebrates taking home the district 4 small teams Championship, along with belt buckles and medals at the end of their final district WAHSET competition. The team’s high scores also earned them 24 qualifying placements to compete at the State Finals in May. Standing from left: Coach Katie Newton, Celbie Karjalainen, Katelynn Sharpe, Lily Meyer, Kennady Gilbertson, Coach Bettina Hoesel, Assistant Coach Keri Tucker. Sitting from left: Libby Swanberg, Sydney Hutton, Paige Reed.

Photo submitted by Katie Newton

Sales kick off for Great Olympic Peninsula Duck Derby

One lucky duck will win someone a Toyota Corolla. Presented by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, the 34th-annual Duck Derby — an event… Continue reading

Taco Tuesday set for Fairview Grange

Fairview Grange will host an all-you-can-eat taco dinner at 5 p.m. Tuesday. The fundraising dinner is at the grange hall, 161 Lake… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Martin didn’t have coffee

ACCORDING TO CHERISHED legend, one late October day in 1517, Martin Luther left his house carrying a piece of parchment, a hammer and a couple… Continue reading

The Rev. Kate Kinney

OUUF speaker set for Sunday program

The Rev. Kate Kinney will present “John Muir: We Thank You” at 11 a.m. Sunday. Kinney, the minister at Quimper Unitarian Universalist… Continue reading

The Rev. Kate Kinney
The Rev. Cindy Akana

Program scheduled for OUUF on Sunday

The Rev. Cindy Akana will answer the question “Who am I” at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. Akana is the guest speaker at Unity… Continue reading

The Rev. Cindy Akana
The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith

Service set for Unity in Port Townsend

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith will present “The Third Jesus, Part 2” at 11 a.m. Sunday Douglas-Smith is the pastor at Unity in… Continue reading

The Rev. Pam Douglas-Smith
Jaiden Dokken, Clallam County’s first poet laureate, receives a hug and flowers from their father Mark Dokken of Port Angeles after Jaiden was inaugurated to their two-year post on Tuesday at the Port Angeles Public Library. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Clallam’s first poet laureate busy long before inauguration

Free activities scheduled around the county

Jaiden Dokken, Clallam County’s first poet laureate, receives a hug and flowers from their father Mark Dokken of Port Angeles after Jaiden was inaugurated to their two-year post on Tuesday at the Port Angeles Public Library. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Toastmaster coaching online Tuesday

Toastmasters Kyle Hall and Nazeer Alqasem will assist district champions to prepare for the 2023 World Championship of Public Speaking during the Champions… Continue reading

Sequim High School’s Mock Trial team and advisors celebrate a strong inaugural season at the state championships in Olympia in late March. (Sequim High School Mock Trial Club)
Sequim High School’s Mock Trial team and advisors celebrate a strong inaugural season at the state championships in Olympia in late March. (Sequim High School Mock Trial Club)

A GROWING CONCERN: Don’t let chill put you in the weeds

I KNOW MANY of you think it has been a really cold spring so far. Many plants around your yard are still just trying to… Continue reading

Annual coast cleanup registration open now

Registration is now open for the annual Washington Coast Cleanup next Saturday, April 22. Volunteers can register at Washington Coast Savers website… Continue reading

Earth Day activities slated

A rally for caring for the earth, Scotch broom removal and a concert are among the Earth Day activities planned for next Saturday, April 22.… Continue reading

Emily Matthiessen / Olympic Peninsula News Group
Master photographer Ross Hamilton reflects on 54 years of capturing the wild and ever-changing beauty of the Olympic Peninsula as he prepares for an upcoming slideshow at the Lodge at Sherwood Village, which is adorned with 35 of the images he captured with his large format Linhof camera.

Visions of the Olympics: Ross Hamilton shares photography passion, iconic images of Peninsula

Reservations open for special presentation

  • Apr 15, 2023
  • By Emily Matthiessen Olympic Peninsula News Group
  • Clallam County
Emily Matthiessen / Olympic Peninsula News Group
Master photographer Ross Hamilton reflects on 54 years of capturing the wild and ever-changing beauty of the Olympic Peninsula as he prepares for an upcoming slideshow at the Lodge at Sherwood Village, which is adorned with 35 of the images he captured with his large format Linhof camera.

Wild Birds Unlimited to mark Earth Day

Wild Birds Unlimited will host its annual Earth Day Celebration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, with an appearance by a special… Continue reading