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Heat advisory through mid-week

Temperatures likely to peak today

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Sequim Library expansion gets financing from State Treasurer’s office

Certificates of Participation sold to help agencies obtain funding for projects, equipment

Diane Fatzinger uses the wind phone in Sequim, located just north of the Olympic Discovery Trail on West Hendrickson Road. (Elijah Sussman/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Wind phone offers a place for therapeutic discussion

Sequim woman constructs unwired booth to speak to lost loved one

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Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

Hot dog eating contestants, from left, Jericho Stuntz of Port Angeles, Lincoln Forrest of Port Angeles, Sebastian Gagnon of Port Angeles, Leo Chouinard of Waupaca, Wisc., Ian Bravender of Port Angeles and Rickie Sanchez of Portland, Ore., chow down on hot dogs during Thursday’s Independence Day contest at Port Angeles City Pier. Stantz won the contest by eating 8 1/2 hot dogs in 10 minutes, earning him a $10 cash card from Swain’s General Store. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Peninsula festivities on the Fourth

Hot dog eating contestants, from left, Jericho Stuntz of Port Angeles, Lincoln Forrest of Port Angeles, Sebastian Gagnon…

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Business Association — Breakfast meetings with networking and educational programs are held Tuesdays at 7:30…

Shayna Robnett holds Phoenix, a rooster abandoned near Baker Dip near Morse Creek, at Lilly’s Safe Haven in Port Angeles. Robnett estimates the nonprofit has rescued more than 70 roosters since its inception about four years ago. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Lilly’s Safe Haven fills in animal rescue gaps

Director brings in abandoned roosters, ducks and sheep

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Trenching work to disrupt traffic Monday in Port Angeles

PORT ANGELES — Drivers in Port Angeles can expect traffic disruptions Monday related to the city’s ongoing signal…

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Port Angeles Waterfront District becomes nonprofit

Organization plans to execute strategic plan

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Forks, Jefferson Healthcare among hospitals to be recognized

SEATTLE — The Washington State Hospital Association has recognized Forks Community Hospital and Jefferson Healthcare under its Critical…

Arts & Entertainment

Free summer concerts continue across Peninsula

Free outdoor summer concerts will continue on the North Olympic Peninsula next week.

Marva Holmes will teach a recycled materials art class from noon to 3 p.m. July 13 at Studio Bob in Port Angeles.

Arts & Entertainment

Children’s art class to use recycled materials

PORT ANGELES — Marva Holmes will teach a recycled materials art class from noon to 3 p.m. July…

Life

A GROWING CONCERN: Ask not what your garden can do for you

AS OUR NATION finishes celebrating its Independence Day, I also reflect on history this week.

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EYE ON THE PENINSULA: Forks council to discuss police body cameras

Meetings across Clallam and Jefferson counties

John McNutt

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BACK WHEN: 100 years of automobile history on the Peninsula

SOMETIMES WE FORGET just how much things change. Our surroundings are always changing. Our lives are changing. Our…

Pie contest judges, from left, Jeff Tocher, Laurel Hargis and Clallam County Commissioner Randy Johnson, along with event sponsor Country Aire Natural Foods representatives Kristina Fallon, Katie Meyers and Caeron Alarcon, make their choices during Thursday’s annual Independence Day apple pie contest at Port Angeles City Pier. A total of 26 pies were entered into the contest with first-place honors going to Xaven McCarty of Seattle, Elisabeth Pennell of Mukilteo in second and Selena Reach of Port Angeles taking third. The contest was dedicated the late legacy judge and former Peninsula Daily News publisher John Brewer, represented by a photo in front of an empty chair. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Family, patriotism highlight Fourth of July festivities

Cornhole tournament, apple pie contest part of celebration

Sequim City Council member Vicki Lowe and Sequim School Board president Eric Pickens talk at a joint meeting at the city council’s chambers on June 25. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim city, school leaders discuss housing

Enrollment has decreased, but several projects are in pipeline

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Music festival, art walks this weekend on Peninsula

A music festival, art walks and other live music will be featured across the North Olympic Peninsula this…

Crime & Justice

Man arrested for weapons offenses

PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man was arrested on investigation of first-degree unlawful possession of a firearm…

Life

ISSUES OF FAITH: Look close to see the potential

I HAVE ALWAYS had a love for cars. As a boy, I would save up to buy Matchboox…