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Sabrina Mudd, left, and Michele Stafford of Port Angeles push and wiggle the four largest pumpkins to try and guess their weights just before the official weigh-in during the 18th Evergreen Country Estate pumpkin contest on Goss Road south of Port Angeles. The four pumpkins, from left to right, weighed 151 pounds, 166 pounds, 84 pounds and 115 pounds. Dawna Krause grew the 166-pounder and was declared this year’s champion. The winner of the weight-guessing contest won a coho salmon or two Dungeness crabs. A dozen smaller pumpkins also were entered for fun. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Pumpkin contest

Sabrina Mudd, left, and Michele Stafford of Port Angeles push and wiggle the four largest pumpkins to try…

Racers make a big splash as they hit the water after rolling down the boat ramp at Northwest Maritime on Saturday. The 14 entrants in the Kinetic Skulpture race had to prove their floatability by paddling across the bay to the Port Townsend city dock, about a quarter-mile, and back to the ramp before they could participate in Sunday’s event. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Making a splash

Racers make a big splash as they hit the water after rolling down the boat ramp at Northwest…

Runners begin heading up the hill between the starting line and the McFee Tunnell at the Spruce Railroad Trail run Saturday. (Pierre LaBossiere/Peninsula Daily News).

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RUN THE PENINSULA: It was a family affair at Spruce Railroad Run

LAKE CRESCENT — The second Spruce Railroad Trail Run went off without a hitch and it was a…

Trevor Sly, operations manager of Olympic Hiking Co., left, and Tommy Farris, company owner and general manager, discuss relocating their business from The Wharf on the Port Angeles Waterfront to a new office on West Marine Drive. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Olympic Hiking Co. moving to Marine Drive location

Tour company plans to open ‘heart and soul of the operation’

Drew Simmons of Precision Tree Service in Chimacum saws through a poplar tree stump that was one of about a dozen old and rotting poplars cut down on Monday along Sims Way in Port Townsend. The trees were cut down because they posed a threat to vehicles and pedestrians who drive or walk by on a daily basis. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Poplar removal

Drew Simmons of Precision Tree Service in Chimacum saws through a poplar tree stump that was one of…

East Jefferson Fire Rescue and the state Department of Ecology responded Sunday to a sunken cabin cruiser that went aground off Indian Point between the ferry dock and Port Townsend Marina. One person on board was treated for injuries. The Washington State Ferry M/V Salish is entering the dock. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Two people, dog rescued from sinking vessel in PT

East Jefferson Fire Rescue, Port of PT staff deploy absorbent booms

Jacques Star/Olympic Peninsula News Group Ryan Edinger sits at the organ he now commands at Faith Lutheran Church in Sequim. There are 10 ranks of pipes, each with 61 notes, including flats and sharps.

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Classically trained musician replaces organist who retired after 50 years

Edinger directed parish music program at Concordia University

Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley during a tennis match at the Fort Worden tennis courts on Thursday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Fall is in the air

Fallen leaves cling to a fence as Chris White of Port Townsend sets up for a forehand volley…

Lummi master carver Jewell James stands with the totem pole at a rally in Olympia. (Se’Si’Le)

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Totem pole reaches Elwha after 1,700-mile journey

Conservation movement focuses on stopping repeal of Roadless Rule

Violist Tyrone Beatty of Sequim will join more than 80 musicians in the Port Angeles Symphony’s Family Concert on Saturday. (Diane Urbani de la Paz)

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All-ages symphony concert set for Saturday

PORT ANGELES — This Saturday, with 75 singers and an orchestra of 82 musicians, the Port Angeles Symphony…

Aadya Karanam, 10, of Monroe emerges from the cabin of a Piper PA-24-250 after taking her Young Eagles flight on Saturday at Sequim Valley Airport. The event, part of a nationwide pilots initiative to introduce children to aviation, was hosted locally by the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 430. About 40 youngsters were signed up free plane rides on Saturday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Young eagles

Aadya Karanam, 10, of Monroe emerges from the cabin of a Piper PA-24-250 after taking her Young Eagles…

Julianna Milles of Sequim, left, and Tama Juarez of Seattle-based Inchel Crystals discuss jewelry at the 2025 Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show on Saturday at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The two-day event, hosted by the Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association, featured numerous vendors offering a selection of gems, rocks, fossils, crystals, beads and finished jewelry. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Gem show

Julianna Milles of Sequim, left, and Tama Juarez of Seattle-based Inchel Crystals discuss jewelry at the 2025 Rock,…

Connie Segal of Port Townsend spray paints a graphic by local artist Timbul Cahyono on the crosswalk at Taylor and Water streets in downtown Port Townsend on Wednesday. The graphics are outside the Port Townsend Film Festival’s temporary lounge on the corner and make for a light-hearted entrance to the festival, which will host its Opening Night gala tonight. Films will be screened from Friday through Sunday at various locations. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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And … action!

Connie Segal of Port Townsend spray paints a graphic by local artist Timbul Cahyono on the crosswalk at…

Harvey and Sue Anderson of Minneapolis, Minn., examine a line of classic Triumph automobiles during a Triumph car show on Saturday in the parking lot of the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles. The Tyee Triumph Club hosted the event, which drew about 80 of the cars from around the Pacific Northwest. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Triumph show

Harvey and Sue Anderson of Minneapolis, Minn., examine a line of classic Triumph automobiles during a Triumph car…

Lyle Baird, 1, seems to be telling his mom, Jaimie, of Port Townsend, that he wants a particular cherry tomato from the vine at Shy Acre Farm in Port Townsend while on the 23rd annual Jefferson County Farm Tour on Saturday. Shy Acre Farm was one of 15 around the county on the tour. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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That’s the one

Lyle Baird, 1, seems to be telling his mom, Jaimie, of Port Townsend, that he wants a particular…

Wayne and Carolyn Stewart of Portland, Ore., look over Port Angeles Harbor as the sailboat Cytherea, homeported in Tomales Bay, Calif., sits at anchor off Port Angeles City Pier. The Stewarts were visiting the North Olympic Peninsula with plans for a journey to Victoria. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Visiting the Peninsula

Wayne and Carolyn Stewart of Portland, Ore., look over Port Angeles Harbor as the sailboat Cytherea, homeported in…

Division Chief Tyler Gage of the Port Angeles Fire Department delivers remarks how firefighters and first responders were affected by the events of Sept. 11, 2001, during a remembrance ceremony on Thursday at the twin monuments at 9/11 Memorial Waterfront Park in Port Angeles. The ceremony also included a flag presentation, comments from law enforcement officials and music by the Grand Olympics Chorus. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Remembering 9/11

Division Chief Tyler Gage of the Port Angeles Fire Department delivers remarks how firefighters and first responders were…

Frank Arey of Port Hadlock rubs his uncle Stephen R Lopeman’s name that is etched in the three-quarter scale Vietnam Veterans Memorial on display at Jefferson County International Airport until 2 p.m. Sunday. Lopeman, a 1968 Port Townsend High School graduate, died in Vietnam in 1969. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Vietnam Memorial

Frank Arey of Port Hadlock rubs his uncle Stephen R Lopeman’s name that is etched in the three-quarter…

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News East Jefferson Rival's keeper Lila Morgan makes a diving save off the foot of Bellevue Christian's Emily Eggers as Rivals Fern French (16) during a Nisqually League game played on Tuesday at HJ Carroll Park in Port Hadlock.

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GIRLS PREP SOCCER: East Jefferson falls to powerhouse Bellevue Chr.

PORT HADLOCK — Coming off a season-opening victory, the East Jefferson girls soccer team knew it had a…

Bagpipers, from left, Tom McCurdy, Erik Evans and Heidi Slack, all of Port Angeles, perform together on Tuesday at Pebble Beach Park in Port Angeles. The trio were practicing songs to be played at 9/11 commemoration ceremonies across the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

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Piper practice

Bagpipers, from left, Tom McCurdy, Erik Evans and Heidi Slack, all of Port Angeles, perform together on Tuesday…