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Boys & Girls Clubs Youth Performer Pearle Peterson of Sequim sings the national anthem prior to Game 2 of the 2023 World Series between the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Texas Rangers on Oct. 28 in Arlington, Texas. She will sing it again at the World Series in Los Angeles on Saturday. (Mary DeCicco/MLB Photos via Getty Images)

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Sequim’s Peterson to sing at World Series on Saturday

Boys Girls Club member to perform national anthem in Los Angeles

Noah Glaude, North Olympic Library System’s executive director, looks over recent construction at the site of the Sequim Library’s expansion. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Sequim Library remodel on pace for opening next spring

Walls are up, roof coming soon in major renovation

Workers guide a new 125-foot-long, 1,500-pound section of stormwater drain pipe into a trench above the Larry Scott Trail on Tuesday in Port Townsend. The new pipe is bigger and made from a different material than the PVC that it replaced. Last winter, the old pipe fractured in places due to weather and caused dirt and rocks to slide onto the trail. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Pipe installation

Workers guide a new 125-foot-long, 1,500-pound section of stormwater drain pipe into a trench above the Larry Scott…

The section of state Highway 20 leading into downtown Port Townsend is aglow with autumn color from the early morning sunshine reflecting off the poplar trees that line the roadway. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Fall colors

The section of state Highway 20 leading into downtown Port Townsend is aglow with autumn color from the…

Runners take off up the hill at the inaugural Spruce Railroad Run at Lake Crescent on Saturday morning. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News)

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RUN THE PENINSULA: Wind, rain and downed trees no match for Spruce Railroad Run

LAKE CRESCENT — The weather threw everything it had at the inaugural Spruce Railroad Run, but in the…

Students in Niall Twomey’s seventh-grade science class take cover under their workstations during a Great Shakeout drill on Thursday at Blue Heron Middle School in Port Townsend. The students dropped, took cover and held on for the duration of the 30-second drill in order to build muscle memory in the event of a real earthquake or tsunami on the Peninsula. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Great shakeout

Students in Niall Twomey’s seventh-grade science class take cover under their workstations during a Great Shakeout drill on…

Lori Bernstein, left, and Lindy Brooking, both from Port Townsend, pause from their morning walk to look at the Halloween display set up by the Point Hudson RV Park host. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Halloween display

Lori Bernstein, left, and Lindy Brooking, both from Port Townsend, pause from their morning walk to look at…

The Rayonier locomotive, known as “the 4,” located at the corner of Chase Street and Lauridsen Boulevard in Port Angeles, awaits restoration as a fundraising drive to renovate the engine and make improvements to the traffic triangle where the train is on display. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Locomotive restoration efforts chugging along

Next steps include building structure, restoration

The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, last viewed on earth 80,000 years ago, shines brightly in the western sky over the Olympic Mountains from Port Townsend High School on Saturday evening. The comet may be visible for most of the month of October if the skies are clear. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Rare comet

The comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS, last viewed on earth 80,000 years ago, shines brightly in the western sky over the…

Laurie Hutchings of Port Angeles, right, and her grandson, Regan Davis, 5, of Port Angeles examine a display of infant car seats as Crystal Clark, a volunteer car seat technician for the Sequim Police Department, describes their function during Saturday’s Public Safety Fair at the Guy Cole Convention Center at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The event featured a variety of public safety agencies and their equipment, as well as lectures and other presentations. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Safety fair

Laurie Hutchings of Port Angeles, right, and her grandson, Regan Davis, 5, of Port Angeles examine a display…

A massive kinetic skulpture called Maxtivity’s GLORY-ous Chocolate Turtle from Corvallis, Ore., negotiates a turn on Water Street during the 40th Kinetic Skulpture Parade and Race in downtown Port Townsend on Saturday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Kinetic Skulpture race

A massive kinetic skulpture called Maxtivity’s GLORY-ous Chocolate Turtle from Corvallis, Ore., negotiates a turn on Water Street…

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Shelby Vaughan, left, and her mother, Martha Vaughan, along with a selection of dogs, plan to construct dog shelters at Fox-Bell farm near Sequim in an effort to assist the Clallam County Humane Society with housing wayward canines.

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Fox-Bell Humane Society transforming property

Goal is to turn 3 to 4 acres into new place for adoptable dogs

Partner families break ground along with supporters on Tuesday in Port Townsend. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

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Habitat project to bring six cottages to Port Townsend

Additional units in works for East Jefferson nonprofit

Melissa Bixby’s batik paintings are featured during October at the Port Townsend Gallery.

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First Saturday Art Walk set in Port Townsend this weekend

Gallery-9, Jeanette Best Gallery, Port Townsend Gallery hosting exhibits

Olympic Kiwanis Club member Tom Clark of Joyce loads a discarded computer onto a truck for recycling during Saturday’s e-Waste Recycling Day at in the parking lot at Port Angeles Civic Field. The club took in stacks of used computers, television sets, printers and other home electronics with donations going to the club’s children’s programs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Recycling day

Olympic Kiwanis Club member Tom Clark of Joyce loads a discarded computer onto a truck for recycling during…

Grant Fairchild, 9, of Port Angeles plays Pictionary as Feiro Marine Life Center executive director Melissa Williams holds the drawing board outside the center on Saturday. Feiro hosted “Day of Play” with a variety of children’s activities geared toward conservation and the marine environment. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Day of Play

Grant Fairchild, 9, of Port Angeles plays Pictionary as Feiro Marine Life Center executive director Melissa Williams holds…

Juan Reyes of Patrick Walker, Inc. gets a head start on installing the holiday lights that will delight those driving along U.S. Highway 101 through the Blyn area this season. The crew from Patrick Walker, Inc. of Port Orchard, a landscape contractor, installs the lights on trees and bushes at the Jamestown Blyn Campus, Longhouse Market, 7 Cedars Casino and hotel, Jamestown Medical Center and The Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course. The task will take more than a month to complete. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Headstart for holidays in Blyn

Juan Reyes of Patrick Walker, Inc. gets a head start on installing the holiday lights that will delight…

A red-footed booby has been roosting on a daily basis on a piling at the Marine Science Center aquarium at Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Tropical roosting in Port Townsend

A red-footed booby has been roosting on a daily basis on a piling at the Marine Science Center…

Greg Maust of Port Angeles adds his suggestions to a wall devoted to visions and suggestions for the city’s future during a Storefront Studio open house on Tuesday hosted by the city at 230 E. First St. The studio, staffed by city planners, continues today with displays and a workshop. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Storefront studio in Port Angeles

Greg Maust of Port Angeles adds his suggestions to a wall devoted to visions and suggestions for the…

Film buffs enjoy a free presentation during the 25th Port Townsend Film Festival on Saturday. The feature was the 1973 classic “American Graffiti” about teenage life in 1962 California. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Outdoor film

Film buffs enjoy a free presentation during the 25th Port Townsend Film Festival on Saturday. The feature was…