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Alysa Thomas, left, and Dean Bartl, both from Port Townsend and employees of Tessera, a facilities management company, place American flags on the graves at the Fort Worden Military Cemetery on Friday, in advance of today’s Memorial Day services. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Flag placement

Alysa Thomas, left, and Dean Bartl, both from Port Townsend and employees of Tessera, a facilities management company,…

Ann Reynolds-Pearl, left, of Port Townsend and Joy Ruddell of Bodega Bay, Calif., along with husbands David Rudell, pointing, and Mack Pearl, look closely at an exact-scale reproduction of the Spirit of St. Louis on display Thursday at the Port Townsend Aero Museum. Built in Burlington, Wash., by John Norman with JNE Aviation, it is considered the definitive reproduction of the historic Spirit of St. Louis that Charles Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic in 1927 to become the first person to fly solo across that body of water to land outside Paris, France. One of only five in existence, the original is at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, D.C. This version of the Spirit of St. Louis will be on permanent display in the Port Townsend museum. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Replicating history

Ann Reynolds-Pearl, left, of Port Townsend and Joy Ruddell of Bodega Bay, Calif., along with husbands David Rudell,…

Janine Ledford, right, the executive director of the Makah Museum in Neah Bay, received a donation of authentic Makah baskets from Marcia Logan. The three-basket set made of cedar bark and bear grass were judged to be in good condition. They were estimated to be 70 to 75 years old. The baskets were originally in the possession of Logan’s grandparents Albert and Norma Gustafson of Port Angeles, who died decades ago. The baskets have been treasured for all those years. Logan decided to take them to the museum, as they were handmade by Makah members of the past. (Rebekah Monette)

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Basket donation

Janine Ledford, right, the executive director of the Makah Museum in Neah Bay, received a donation of authentic…

Phillip Beck, the sales manger at Wilder Toyota, pulls the winning duck from a Wilder truck and hands it to be checked to Bruce Skinner, the executive director of the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. The sales of the 29,152 ducks will support the foundation’s purchase of needed medical equipment at the hospital. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Sequim man wins top prize in Great Peninsula Duck Derby

Wilder Auto donates a Toyota Corolla for fundraising event

The Chimacum High School marching band marches along Lawrence Street in Port Townsend during the 91st Rhododendron Parade on Saturday. The band will play in Washington, D.C., during the Fourth of July parade to celebrate the 250th birthday of the United States. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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March to their own drum

The Chimacum High School marching band marches along Lawrence Street in Port Townsend during the 91st Rhododendron Parade…

Emily Glaspell, center, edges out Sloan Kendrick to take the 3-year-old strider race during the Rhododendron Festival Trike Races on Wednesday in Port Townsend. Festival events will continue through Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Down the stretch they come …

Emily Glaspell, center, edges out Sloan Kendrick to take the 3-year-old strider race during the Rhododendron Festival Trike…

To set up the old-fashioned big top tent, the circus crew has to drive several dozen large spikes into the ground for support. Here, they secure the big top to the spikes. (Dave Logan/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Under the big top, doing the impossible

Circus company comes to Port Angeles

Park visitors look at a huge inflatable globe that was on display in the Commons at Fort Worden State Park for Global Earth Repair Convergence through Monday. The globe is the work of Eric James Morris of Orcas Island, sitting on the tailgate, who has been making globes for more than 40 years. The convergence had a number of workshops, panels, vendors and music over a five-day period to help bring the world together and to heal and cool the planet. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Global Earth Repair

Park visitors look at a huge inflatable globe that was on display in the Commons at Fort Worden…

The Sequim Irrigation Festival float features the royalty court, from left, princess Emma Rhodes, princess Caroline Caudle, queen Tilly Woods and prince Brayden Baritelle. They will represent Sequim at community events and regional parades, including Saturday’s during the 131st Irrigation Festival. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Festival float

The Sequim Irrigation Festival float features the royalty court, from left, princess Emma Rhodes, princess Caroline Caudle, queen…

Emily Matthiessen/for Olympic Peninsula News Group The community’s support of the Sequim Food Bank is evident in other ways besides donations of money and food. Here, volunteer Marilyn Pulk offers a bouquet of flowers donated by a local grocery store to a food bank client.

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Some Sequim Food Bank clients never thought they would need it

Agency provides fresh food, camaraderie for its volunteers

The 46th annual Clallam County Community Service Awards recipients gather with program organizers on Wednesday at the Port Angeles Senior & Community Center. Back row, from left, are Peninsula Daily News Editor Brian McLean, Regional Publisher Eran Kennedy and award recipients McHenry Miller, Dave Sue, Brayden Baritelle, Roy Morris and Ed Bedford. Front row, from left, are Sara Maloney of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, Frances Howell, Jerrie Tiderman, Carla Sue, Emma Rhodes, Cherie Kidd of the Port Angeles Soroptimist-Noon Club and Dr. Nancy Messmer. (Emily Matthiessen/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Ten honored for commitment to community service efforts

Three youths receive awards for first time in program history

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group Sisters Bevyn and Payton LaTourette release butterflies in Sequim Botanical Garden on Saturday during Family Fun Days. Dungeness Kids Co. sold kits for families to grow caterpillars and release the painted lady butterflies in the garden.

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Irrigation Festival’s Grand Finale is set Saturday for 131st year

Entries to march 1-mile route along Washington Street

Casey McDonald, Esperanda Salazar, standing, and Malena Marquez look over a handmade sign for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and People march on Tuesday in Port Angeles. About three dozen people made signs as part of the event. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Remembering the missing and murdered

Casey McDonald, Esperanda Salazar, standing, and Malena Marquez look over a handmade sign for the Missing and Murdered…

From left, David Brownell, Roxanne Greeson and Laken Folsom scrape away moss on Saturday as part of the Big Spring Spruce Up in downtown Port Angeles. About 120 volunteers signed up to participate. One of the biggest projects was to remove all the moss on the retaining wall on the south side of Front Street between Peabody and Lincoln Streets. Scrapers, brooms and a power washer were used to help clean up the overgrowth. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Sprucing up

From left, David Brownell, Roxanne Greeson and Laken Folsom scrape away moss on Saturday as part of the…

A worker from DJ’s Electrical cuts a tree into stumps after cutting the trunk and limbs under a contract with the Jefferson County PUD on Wednesday. The trees, along Washington Street in downtown Port Townsend, were slated for removal because the roots were invading the sewer lines and sidewalks. The sidewalk will be moved about 3 feet and a new fence erected around Memorial Field. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Tree removal

A worker from DJ’s Electrical cuts a tree into stumps after cutting the trunk and limbs under a…

Kari Larson, Forks Chamber of Commerce’s director of customer service, adds a pin on the U.S. map at the Forks Visitors Center. Adjacent to the U.S. map is the world map, which also contains pins placed for each group who have visited Forks these past few years. Visitors from around the world are attracted by the Olympic National Park, Hoh Rain Forest, Pacific Ocean beaches, rivers, outdoor activities and the Twilight Saga. (Lonnie Archibald/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Pin marks the spot

Kari Larson, Forks Chamber of Commerce’s director of customer service, adds a pin on the U.S. map at…

Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group file Children catch balls from Sequim Robotics Federation’s robot at Family Fun Days last year. The robot and Sequim High School students will return this weekend with their robot Juggle Jaws.

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Irrigation Festival to begin this weekend

Crazy Callen Weekend to bring operetta, Family Fun Days

Clallam County election officials Diana Mullins and Alex Fane empty a walk-up ballot drop box in front of the courthouse on Monday in Port Angeles. Voters have until 8 p.m. Tuesday to decide on a proposed levy lid lift for the North Olympic Library System, which is asking for an increase from $0.28 per $1,000 of assessed property value to $0.45 per $1,000 to provide continued funding for public library operations.

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Library levy lid lift narrowly passing

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County voters were narrowly passing a levy lid lift for the North Olympic Library…

Carina Robinson and Diane Blackburn-Lapppin of Port Angeles clean up trash on Saturday on Ediz Hook as part of the Earth Day Coastal Cleanup Day event. More than a dozen volunteers were present at the start of the litter patrol. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Coastal cleanup

Carina Robinson and Diane Blackburn-Lapppin of Port Angeles clean up trash on Saturday on Ediz Hook as part…

Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News One of the dozen or so staggered starts at the Sequim Railroad Bridge run. Staggered starts were used to limit the number of people on the bridge all at once.

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RUN THE PENINSULA: 600 runners take on the Sequim Railroad Bridge run

SEQUIM — More than 600 participants ranging in age from toddlers to 80 years old partook in this…

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