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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 aquarium at Fort Worden State Park in… Continue reading

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)
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 city’s future during a Storefront Studio open… Continue reading

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)
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 the 1973 classic “American Graffiti” about teenage… Continue reading

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)
Port Angeles siblings, from left, Parker Ahlgrim, 4, Mckenna Ahlgrim, 8, and Sierra Ahlgrim, 6, make fish prints at a booth set up by the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center during Saturday’s Forever StreamFest at Pebble Beach Park on the Port Angeles waterfront. The event, hosted by the Port Angeles Garden Club in conjunction with the Clallam County Conservation District, featured a variety of information booths and activities focused on protecting the environment and natural resources. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Fish prints

Port Angeles siblings, from left, Parker Ahlgrim, 4, Mckenna Ahlgrim, 8, and Sierra Ahlgrim, 6, make fish prints at a booth set up by the… Continue reading

Port Angeles siblings, from left, Parker Ahlgrim, 4, Mckenna Ahlgrim, 8, and Sierra Ahlgrim, 6, make fish prints at a booth set up by the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center during Saturday’s Forever StreamFest at Pebble Beach Park on the Port Angeles waterfront. The event, hosted by the Port Angeles Garden Club in conjunction with the Clallam County Conservation District, featured a variety of information booths and activities focused on protecting the environment and natural resources. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles Parks Department workers walk along the Port Angeles City Pier moorage floats after they were removed for seasonal storage on Tuesday. The floats will be towed to a storage area near the McKinley Paper mill to protect them from winter winds and waves. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Seasonal storage

Port Angeles Parks Department workers walk along the Port Angeles City Pier moorage floats after they were removed for seasonal storage on Tuesday. The floats… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks Department workers walk along the Port Angeles City Pier moorage floats after they were removed for seasonal storage on Tuesday. The floats will be towed to a storage area near the McKinley Paper mill to protect them from winter winds and waves. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Clallam County Juvenile Court Coordinator Candice Lawler stands in the foyer of the old courthouse in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Juvenile services program shows youth ‘they are not alone’

Drug court coordinator shares personal experience with kids

Clallam County Juvenile Court Coordinator Candice Lawler stands in the foyer of the old courthouse in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles High School junior Tucker Swain, left, tries out a sample of roasted broccoli with ranch dressing dipping sauce prepared by Stacey Larsen, the district’s WSU Clallam Extension Farm to School consultant at the school’s cafeteria on Friday. Including locally grown produce like the Chi’s Farm broccoli into meals, increasing the amount of whole grains in foods and reducing salt and added sugar are part of the school district’s efforts to create healthier options and meet updated USDA nutrition standards. A new app provides students and parents a way to view menus and the nutritional content, calories and allergens in meal options. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

New flavors, new recipes for Port Angeles School District meal program

Goal is to promote healthy options for nutrition standards

Port Angeles High School junior Tucker Swain, left, tries out a sample of roasted broccoli with ranch dressing dipping sauce prepared by Stacey Larsen, the district’s WSU Clallam Extension Farm to School consultant at the school’s cafeteria on Friday. Including locally grown produce like the Chi’s Farm broccoli into meals, increasing the amount of whole grains in foods and reducing salt and added sugar are part of the school district’s efforts to create healthier options and meet updated USDA nutrition standards. A new app provides students and parents a way to view menus and the nutritional content, calories and allergens in meal options. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)
Tracey Appleton of Port Townsend cuts flowers at Wilderbee Farm on Saturday while on the 22nd annual Jefferson County Farm Tour. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Farm tour

Tracey Appleton of Port Townsend cuts flowers at Wilderbee Farm on Saturday while on the 22nd annual Jefferson County Farm Tour.… Continue reading

Tracey Appleton of Port Townsend cuts flowers at Wilderbee Farm on Saturday while on the 22nd annual Jefferson County Farm Tour. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Mary Kniskern of Sonny’s Spaw and Self-Wash of Sequim gets a kiss from Winston at a “kissing booth” set up for “Music Where You Bark” for KSQM Pet Lovers Day at the James Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday in Sequim. The event featured animal-oriented display booths and live music and animal demonstrations. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Canine kiss

Mary Kniskern of Sonny’s Spaw and Self-Wash of Sequim gets a kiss from Winston at a “kissing booth” set up for “Music Where You Bark”… Continue reading

Mary Kniskern of Sonny’s Spaw and Self-Wash of Sequim gets a kiss from Winston at a “kissing booth” set up for “Music Where You Bark” for KSQM Pet Lovers Day at the James Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday in Sequim. The event featured animal-oriented display booths and live music and animal demonstrations. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Rick McKenzie, a retired Coast Guard veteran, plays bagpipes at the 9/11 memorial at the Francis Street Park in Port Angeles on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

‘Emotions and memories’ part of ceremony to remember 9/11

Firefighters, police officers gather to honor those lost 23 years ago

Rick McKenzie, a retired Coast Guard veteran, plays bagpipes at the 9/11 memorial at the Francis Street Park in Port Angeles on Wednesday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Scott Hanna, right, and Chad Vandehey, engineers with the state Department of Natural Resources’ Olympic National Forest unit, check out a new bridge over a tributary to the Calawah River. The project is a Good Neighbor Authority partnership between DNR and the U.S. Forest Service. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

Joint project replaces culvert with steel bridge

DNR, Forest Service combine efforts on Calawah River tributary

Scott Hanna, right, and Chad Vandehey, engineers with the state Department of Natural Resources’ Olympic National Forest unit, check out a new bridge over a tributary to the Calawah River. The project is a Good Neighbor Authority partnership between DNR and the U.S. Forest Service. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)
Ezra Rodriguez, 3, of Forks learns the workings of a bear canister with Olympic National Park Education Technician Christine Whitmarsh at the Peninsula College Fall Spectacular on Saturday in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Fall spectacular

Ezra Rodriguez, 3, of Forks learns the workings of a bear canister with Olympic National Park Education Technician Christine Whitmarsh at the Peninsula College Fall… Continue reading

Ezra Rodriguez, 3, of Forks learns the workings of a bear canister with Olympic National Park Education Technician Christine Whitmarsh at the Peninsula College Fall Spectacular on Saturday in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Kaiden Silva of Bellingham rides in the boys U7 category in the second running of the NW Cup at Dry Hill in May. The championship of the seven-race NW Cup series will be held Sunday at Dry Hill, one of three major sporting/outdoor events on the Peninsula this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Mountain bikes, sprint boats and runners to hit Peninsula

Separate events expected to bring hundreds of athletes, spectators to town

Kaiden Silva of Bellingham rides in the boys U7 category in the second running of the NW Cup at Dry Hill in May. The championship of the seven-race NW Cup series will be held Sunday at Dry Hill, one of three major sporting/outdoor events on the Peninsula this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Looking to stay cool, several people jump off the Rainbow Bridge over the Devil’s Punch Bowl on the Spruce Railroad Trail on Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park over Labor Day weekend. A heat advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service with temperatures expected to reach the 80s and possibly the low 90s through today. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Heat advisory

Looking to stay cool, several people jump off the Rainbow Bridge over the Devil’s Punch Bowl on the Spruce Railroad Trail on Lake Crescent in… Continue reading

Looking to stay cool, several people jump off the Rainbow Bridge over the Devil’s Punch Bowl on the Spruce Railroad Trail on Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park over Labor Day weekend. A heat advisory has been issued by the National Weather Service with temperatures expected to reach the 80s and possibly the low 90s through today. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Violet Wilkie looks to see how her classmate Sylas Hall is coloring his name tag, the first chore on the first day of school Tuesday in Danika Johnson’s first-grade classroom at Hamilton Elementary in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Welcome back

Violet Wilkie looks to see how her classmate Sylas Hall is coloring his name tag, the first chore on the first day of school Tuesday… Continue reading

Violet Wilkie looks to see how her classmate Sylas Hall is coloring his name tag, the first chore on the first day of school Tuesday in Danika Johnson’s first-grade classroom at Hamilton Elementary in Port Angeles. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles Police Officer Whitney Fairbanks plays with her dog Copper during a presentation to the Port Angeles Noon Rotary Club at the Wildcat Cafe. Fairbanks and Sgt. Kevin Miller each brought their K-9 officers to the demonstration. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Angeles Police Department’s K-9 program to benefit from woman’s will

Funds may be used to add resources to unit deployed Peninsula wide

Port Angeles Police Officer Whitney Fairbanks plays with her dog Copper during a presentation to the Port Angeles Noon Rotary Club at the Wildcat Cafe. Fairbanks and Sgt. Kevin Miller each brought their K-9 officers to the demonstration. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Nor’Wester Rotary member Chris Szczepczynski turns hot dogs for sale at Jammin’ in the Park on Saturday at Pebble Beach Park on the Port Angeles waterfront. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Jammin’ in the Park

Nor’Wester Rotary member Chris Szczepczynski turns hot dogs for sale at Jammin’ in the Park on Saturday at Pebble Beach Park on the Port Angeles… Continue reading

Nor’Wester Rotary member Chris Szczepczynski turns hot dogs for sale at Jammin’ in the Park on Saturday at Pebble Beach Park on the Port Angeles waterfront. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port of Port Townsend employee Eva Ellis trims brush and weeds out of the rain gardens Wednesday morning at Point Hudson in advance of the annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival Sept. 6-8 at Point Hudson Marina. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Prep work

Port of Port Townsend employee Eva Ellis trims brush and weeds out of the rain gardens Wednesday morning at Point Hudson in advance of the… Continue reading

Port of Port Townsend employee Eva Ellis trims brush and weeds out of the rain gardens Wednesday morning at Point Hudson in advance of the annual Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival Sept. 6-8 at Point Hudson Marina. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Tom Waertz of Ready America, left, runs an earthquake simulation in a shake trailer as participants, from left, Sequim EMT Lisa Law, CERT member Anne Koepp of Joyce and Jim Buck of the Joyce Emergency Planning and Preparation Group recover after being jolted by a 6.8-magnitude quake. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

High magnitude earthquake simulator comes to Port Angeles

Area emergency responders experience shaking in small room

Tom Waertz of Ready America, left, runs an earthquake simulation in a shake trailer as participants, from left, Sequim EMT Lisa Law, CERT member Anne Koepp of Joyce and Jim Buck of the Joyce Emergency Planning and Preparation Group recover after being jolted by a 6.8-magnitude quake. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Levi Liberty enjoys one of his beers in front of Social Fabric Brewery’s three fermenters in Port Townsend. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

Port Townsend’s Social Fabric Brewing ready to keep the beer flowing

Port Angeles beer entrepreneur steps into commercial brewing

Levi Liberty enjoys one of his beers in front of Social Fabric Brewery’s three fermenters in Port Townsend. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)