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P.J.’s Garden is one of the eight Port Angeles gardens on this year’s Petals and Pathways self-guided tour on Saturday.

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Master Gardener Foundation to host annual self-guided tour

Eight private gardens to be featured Saturday

A parade of Peninsula College graduates walk across the campus to the gym for commencement ceremonies on Saturday. A morning ceremony had 175 students and the afternoon ceremony had 180 for a total of 355 graduates. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Graduation walk

A parade of Peninsula College graduates walk across the campus to the gym for commencement ceremonies on Saturday.…

Emily Matthiessen/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sequim Food Bank volunteer Skylar Kryzworz, who graduated from Sequim High School last year and continues to volunteer when she comes home from college, hands a plastic bag full of food items to teen volunteer Trinity McNorris.

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Teenagers lead volunteer efforts on Saturdays at Sequim Food Bank

Besides job skills, students are filling community need

Tulsi Marshall, left, was Karen Archer’s preschool student in Port Townsend 40 years ago. Last fall, the two reconnected when Archer enrolled at Peninsula College and Marshall became her math tutor. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Former preschool student becomes teacher’s math tutor

More than 40 years later, women meet on college campus

Many people found Lake Pleasant County Park refreshing as temperatures reached the low 90s in the Forks and Beaver areas on Sunday. Picnickers, kayakers, surf borders, tubers and swimmers flocked to the lake in Beaver. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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A pleasant day

Many people found Lake Pleasant County Park refreshing as temperatures reached the low 90s in the Forks and…

Some of the 70 entrants in the 10th Race 2 Alaska sail out of Port Townsend Bay, passing Mount Baker as they head to Victoria, B.C., for the first leg of the 750 mile race to Ketchikan, Alaska, at the 5 a.m. starting gun. The racers have 72 hours to make their way to Victoria, B.C., before a restart at noon on Thursday to complete the remaining 710 miles to Ketchikan. The rules of the race are that your boat can’t have an engine, no pre-positioning of supplies and no set course. Any rescue would be hours away. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Race 2 Alaska

Some of the 70 entrants in the 10th Race 2 Alaska sail out of Port Townsend Bay, passing…

Tamara Northern takes a quick shot of Port Angeles High School graduate Lizzy Shaw in preparation for a parade on Friday from Ediz Hook. Graduates often throw out candy in a tradition that started during the COVID-19 pandemic. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Graduation celebration

Tamara Northern takes a quick shot of Port Angeles High School graduate Lizzy Shaw in preparation for a…

The Sweater Weather String Band, from left, Rico Vinh, Will Jevne, Adam Amr and Joey Gish, perform at Pebble Beach Park behind the Field Hall Arts & Events Hall during a grand opening celebration for the venue in July 2023. On Saturday, the venue will host Field Day, a free public event from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News file)

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Field Hall namesake to be celebrated this weekend

Dorothy Field is among the ‘angels’ who made the arts center possible

Olympic News Group photo by Dave Logan/ The Clallam County Heritage Advisory Board provided tours of the Clallam County Courthouse clock on Monday, June 1. Mike Doherty, from the board, and Pete Pettit, far right, were part of one group of 10 who climbed a ladder to the room where the clock mechanism is. The clock’s workings were manufactured in 1880 in Boston, purchased by Clallam County and installed in the courthouse in 1914. Jefferson County has a similar clock mechanism. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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A look inside the Clallam County clock tower

The Clallam County Heritage Advisory Board provided tours of the Clallam County Courthouse clock on Monday.

Demonstrators, some dressed as Handmaids, gather at the corner of Eighth and Race streets in Port Angeles on Wednesday. The group holds signs in support of Planned Parenthood, whose clinic on Eighth Street closed in April, and pro-choice messages. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Signs of support

Demonstrators, some dressed as Handmaids, gather at the corner of Eighth and Race streets in Port Angeles on…

Koyuke Fritchman of Port Townsend applies glitter to Rebecca Katz of Port Townsend during the Port Townsend Pride Festival on Saturday at Pope Marine Park. Fritchman is a teacher at Ocean Alternative School and volunteered her time and talents with glitter as a fundraiser for the LGBTQ+ club. An estimated 3,000 people attended the festival. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Glowing with pride

Koyuke Fritchman of Port Townsend applies glitter to Rebecca Katz of Port Townsend during the Port Townsend Pride…

5K and 10K runners take off at the starting line of the North Olympic Discovery Marathon weekend of races Saturday morning at the Port Angeles City Pier. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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NORTH OLYMPIC DISCOVERY MARATHON: The marathon in photos

5K and 10K runners take off at the starting line of the North Olympic Discovery Marathon weekend of…

The three-story Hurricane Ridge Middle School is currently under construction north of the existing Stevens Middle School of West 14th Street in Port Angeles. The new school is expected to open in fall 2027. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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School taking shape

The three-story Hurricane Ridge Middle School is currently under construction north of the existing Stevens Middle School of…

Hudson DeCou, 9, left, watches as his sister, Kalea DeCou, 7, prepares to dip a blowfly larva into paint before setting it on a small sheet of white paper, where it will wriggle and crawl to create what local entomologist Richard Lewis, right, calls “maggot art” at the Port Angeles Fine Art Center’s Creative Start Celebration. The event kicked off the Blooming Artists pop-up exhibition, which showcases the work of more than 250 local students. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Elementary school students have their work on view at fine art center

Exhibit is culmination of hundreds of hours in Creative Start Program

The Clallam County Heritage Advisory Board provided tours of the Clallam County Courthouse clock on Monday. Mike Doherty, from the board, and Pete Pettit, far right, were part of one group of 10 who climbed a ladder to the room where the clock mechanism is. The clock’s workings were manufactured in 1880 in Boston, purchased by Clallam County and installed in the courthouse in 1914. Jefferson County has a similar clock mechanism. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Inside the clock tower

The Clallam County Heritage Advisory Board provided tours of the Clallam County Courthouse clock on Monday.

Crew chief Shawn Wiles, left, and Will Humistan of the Port Townsend Parks and Recreation department inspect an irrigation fitting on Monday that broke over the weekend on the corner of Water and Monroe streets. The constant pressurization of the fitting took its toll after 20 years of service and will need to be replaced. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Replacement fitting

Crew chief Shawn Wiles, left, and Will Humistan of the Port Townsend Parks and Recreation department inspect an…

Team Tritons, from left, Dave Jensen of Truckee, Calif., Rich Long of San Clemente, Calif., and Andrew McEwan of White Salmon paddle their Carbonology three-man Surfski the last few meters to the beach at the Northwest Maritime beach to win the annual Seventy48 race from Tacoma to Port Townsend. The 70-mile race started at 7 p.m. Friday and ended at 4:50 a.m. Saturday after nine hours and 50 minutes of continuous paddling. This was the second win in a row for Team Tritons. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Seventy48 winners

Team Tritons, from left, Dave Jensen of Truckee, Calif., Rich Long of San Clemente, Calif., and Andrew McEwan…

The state Supreme Court traveled to Peninsula College on Thursday. A full house in the college’s Little Theater listened to arguments about bias in a jury. The nine justices listened and questioned the lawyers presenting the case. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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State Supreme Court justices hear arguments at Little Theater

Two cases presented before nine-member panel in Port Angeles

State Supreme Court Justices Colleen Melody, left, and G. Helen Whitener answer questions Wednesday in teacher Stacey Sanders’ civics and global issues class at Port Angeles High School. The nine-member court is visiting the North Olympic Peninsula as part of its Traveling Court program and will hear oral arguments in two cases at Peninsula College today in a session open to the public. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Justices visit Port Angeles classroom as part of their traveling tour

Nine-member court to hear oral arguments at Peninsula College today

Josephine Myers, 11, of Port Angeles feeds some peanuts to a herd of Shetland sheep that are from the Yellow Rock Farm of Port Angeles. Sheep, goats and chickens were the animals of the day during the 43rd annual Shepherd’s Festival at Macleay Hall near Sequim. The festival celebrated local fiber arts, farming and agricultural traditions with live demonstrations and food. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Shepherd’s Festival

Josephine Myers, 11, of Port Angeles feeds some peanuts to a herd of Shetland sheep that are from…

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