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Walkers make their way along a foggy portion of the Olympic Discovery Trail near William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles. Areas of fog covered many portions of the North Olympic Peninsula on Thursday with wetter weather forecast for the weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Foggy walk

Walkers make their way along a foggy portion of the Olympic Discovery Trail near William R. Fairchild International…

Traffic makes its way down U.S. Highway 101 at Morse Creek east of Port Angeles against a backdrop of colorful fall foliage. With autumn getting into full swing, trees are going into their fall colors before falling into the grayness of winter. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Fall palette

Traffic makes its way down U.S. Highway 101 at Morse Creek east of Port Angeles against a backdrop…

Artist Carol Rawshanna Williams looks up at her newly unveiled installation, “Dragon Trash Guardian,” at the Jefferson County Transfer Station on Monday evening. As part of the county’s Artist in Residence and Education program, Williams seeks to connect people with art, upcycling and one another. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Sculpture now on display at Jefferson Transfer Station

Artist in Residence program celebrates its debut creation

The Rev. Craig Vocelka of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church blesses 12-year-old Sweetpea, left, and Abner, 2, as their caregiver Danny Barnes of Port Hadlock looks on during Sunday’s Blessing of the Animals in Port Townsend. More than a dozen dogs came with their people to the labyrinth at St. Paul’s, where the spirit of St. Francis, a lover of animals, was invoked. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Animal blessings

The Rev. Craig Vocelka of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church blesses 12-year-old Sweetpea, left, and Abner, 2, as their…

The young Brakenstein, a father/daughter team of Reed Lacy and Emily Lacy-Nichols from Corvallis, Ore., makes it to the finish line in the mud bog at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds during the Port Townsend Kinetic Skulpture and Race on Sunday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Pushing through the mud

The young Brakenstein, a father/daughter team of Reed Lacy and Emily Lacy-Nichols from Corvallis, Ore., makes it to…

U.S. Navy veteran Brent Brant of Port Hadlock gets a haircut from Susan Gile, owner of Benny’s Barbershop in Sequim, during Thursday’s Port Angeles Stand Down at the Clallam County Fairgrounds. The event was designed to provide direct services and connect veterans to a variety of assistance organizations, as well as offer clothing, medical services and a meal. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Veterans services

U.S. Navy veteran Brent Brant of Port Hadlock gets a haircut from Susan Gile, owner of Benny’s Barbershop…

Crews from Bothel-based Grand Event Rentals assemble tent sections on Wednesday that will house parts of this weekend’s 22nd annual Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival in downtown Port Angeles. The three-day event features a wide variety of seafood, music and other activities on the Port Angeles waterfront. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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CrabFest sets up

Crews from Bothel-based Grand Event Rentals assemble tent sections on Wednesday that will house parts of this weekend’s…

A fishing boat makes its way to the ramp at Port Angeles Boat Haven on Tuesday past a line of small sailboats belonging to the Community Boating Program for learn-to-sail classes. As the sailing season nears its end, the Port of Port Angeles plans to remove the floating docks at Boat Haven for the winter season on Oct. 16. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Floating docks

A fishing boat makes its way to the ramp at Port Angeles Boat Haven on Tuesday past a…

Lily Alexander, left, has her mini Aussiedoodle, Wednesday, blessed by the Rev. Laura Murray of St. Andrews Episcopal Church in Port Angeles. Murray led the Blessing of the Animals on Sunday at the Gateway Transit Center. The annual blessings are performed in celebration of the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the 12th century patron saint of animals and the environment. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Animal blessings

Lily Alexander, left, has her mini Aussiedoodle, Wednesday, blessed by the Rev. Laura Murray of St. Andrews Episcopal…

Michaela Christiansen, 14, left, and Pen DeBord, 14, both of Port Angeles, use a cider press to crush fresh apples into juice and pulp during Saturday’s Applestock celebration in Sequim. The event, a benefit for several area charities, featured food, music, crafts and games in the orchard at Williams Manor B&B/Vacation Rental. Applestock 2023 beneficiaries were the Salvation Army Food Bank, Angel Tree Christmas, Coats for Kids and area food banks. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Pressing apples

Michaela Christiansen, 14, left, and Pen DeBord, 14, both of Port Angeles, use a cider press to crush…

Leo Wright, 3, of Port Townsend examines an end-of-season sunflower at the Sequim Botanical Garden near the Albert Haller Playfields at the Water Reuse Demonstration Site on Wednesday. The garden features a variety of flowers and plants maintained the city and by local gardening groups. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Close-up look

Leo Wright, 3, of Port Townsend examines an end-of-season sunflower at the Sequim Botanical Garden near the Albert…

Tyler Benedict stars in “Tubby the Tuba,” a story that’s part of the Port Angeles Symphony’s Family Pops performances on Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)

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Symphony concert: ‘West Side Story,’ William Tell and beyond

Two performances Saturday include PAHS choir in finale

At the London Symphony Orchestra’s home venue in England, an international team of musicians recorded the Port Angeles Symphony’s Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra: from left, producer Fernando Aria of Spain; Port Angeles Symphony conductor Jonathan Pasternack; composer Sarah L. Bassingthwaighte; double bassist Steve Schermer and the producer’s partner, Ines Aria. (Port Angeles Symphony)

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Concerto recorded in England

PORT ANGELES — September has brought a set of experiences Steve Schermer, a Seattle musician raised in Port…

Abel Grant of Marysville (1) and Sophia McCain of Spokane (38) are in tight race in the girls division of the BMX state championships on Sunday at the Lincoln Park BMX track in Port Angeles. Hundreds of racers visited the North Olympic Peninsula for the event this weekend. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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BMX state championships

Abel Grant of Marysville (1) and Sophia McCain of Spokane (38) are in tight race in the girls…

Port Angeles' Tanner Flores (56) and Kason Albaugh (12) celebrate a big play in the Rainshadow Rumble in Sequim on Friday night. The Roughriders won the game 37-10, avenging last year's last-second win by the Wolves. For a game story, go to Page A6. (Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Rainshadow revenge for Port Angeles

Port Angeles’ Tanner Flores (56) and Kason Albaugh (12) celebrate a big play in the Rainshadow Rumble in…

Port Angeles firefighters and a Clallam County technical rescue team place a litter onto a ladder track after pulling a person from a water tank at the site of the former Rayonier pulp mill on Thursday morning in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Man rescued from abandoned water tank

Unknown how or why he got there

Tim Morland, front, and Rich Lear of Tualatin, Ore.-based Field Turf USA add fill to the playing surface at the new Monroe Athletic Field on Tuesday at the site of the former Monroe School near Roosevelt Elementary School in Port Angeles. The synthetic turf field, which is expected to be completed by mid-autumn, is being developed by the Port Angeles School District and will be available for community athletic events. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Monroe field prep

Tim Morland, front, and Rich Lear of Tualatin, Ore.-based Field Turf USA add fill to the playing surface…

A crew from Port Townsend Public Works watches as a backhoe removes water-logged timber from a sinkhole on Kearney Street outside the Food Co-op on Tuesday at the start of construction of a traffic circle at the intersection of state Highway 20/East Sims Way and Kearney Street in Port Townsend. Traffic heading eastbound toward Port Townsend will detour at Benedict Street and turn left on Washington Street to return to Highway 20/East Sims Way. Traffic going westbound away from Port Townsend will turn right at Kearney Street and left onto Jefferson Street to continue on Highway 20. The detour configuration will last about four weeks, according to the state Department of Transportation. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Roundabout construction

A crew from Port Townsend Public Works watches as a backhoe removes water-logged timber from a sinkhole on…

Peninsula College sophomores Ian Coughran, left, and Ciera Skelly were two of seven students participating in the inaugural Pathway Summer School at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory this summer that focused on education and career development in STEM fields. Both Coughran and Skelly plan to pursue degrees in environmental science. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Internship through college presents career pathways

Students part of inaugural class at Sequim laboratory

Actor Erik Odom, a Forever Twilight in Forks Festival regular, and a Very Important Twilighter (VIT) ticketholder prepare for a professional photo at the actor’s signing event on Friday at Tillicum Park. VITs passed through the big tent, meeting Odom as well as Ashley Greene and Rachelle Lefevre. The Twilight series actors greeted ticketholders and signed books and other memorabilia. Volunteers also were in place to take extra photos with the VIT’s cameras/phones. (Christi Baron/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

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Forever Twilight Festival in Forks

Actor Erik Odom, a Forever Twilight in Forks Festival regular, and a Very Important Twilighter (VIT) ticketholder prepare…