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With the snow-clad Olympic Mountains in the background and the patriotic strains of the Ukrainian national anthem playing over loudspeakers, these six sailboats of various shapes and sizes aim for the start line to embark on the Race 2 Alaska at 5 a.m. Monday morning in Port Townsend. With only the sound of wind in the sails (no motors are allowed), oars and paddles digging into the water and waves splashing against hulls, the 38 full race teams and the 12 proving ground teams face a formidable 750 miles of sometimes calm, sometimes stormy but always-dangerous ocean water before reaching the final destination of Ketchikan, Alaska. The winning team gets $10,000 nailed to a post while the second-place team races for a set of steak knives. The first stop is Victoria, B.C., where the teams will prove their mettle and get ready for the 710-mile stretch to Ketchikan, which gets underway on Thursday at noon in Victoria Harbour. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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And they’re off …

By Steve Mullensky

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Jefferson County looking at siting housing

Ordinance aims to help homeless

Joan Shields Bennett, wife of former Navy Seabee Marvin Shields, reads her remarks to assembled guests during a re-dedication of a plaque honoring her late husband, who died in Vietnam in 1965. Shields, portrayed in the drawing on the stand, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions above and beyond the call of duty. The original plaque, made of bronze, was stolen in 2019 and was never recovered. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Plaque dedication

By Steve Mullensky

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Friends of Port Townsend Library book and media sale Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — The Friends of the Port Townsend Library will host a book and media sale from…

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Bar stool bingo offered as fair fundraiser

PORT TOWNSEND — There is Bar Stool Bingo at 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 15.

Port Townsend High School’s Sidda Hayes, Macy Smith, Charlotte Falge and Maddi Witheridge look over Tusker Behrenfeld’s mortar board to decipher the meaning. Eighty-two seniors received their diplomas before family and friends during the 132nd Commencement at McCurdy Pavilion on Friday night. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Chimacum, Port Townsend high school classes graduate

Port Townsend High School’s Sidda Hayes, Macy Smith, Charlotte Falge and Maddi Witheridge look over Tusker Behrenfeld’s mortar…

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2 more deaths due to COVID-19

Peninsula counties still at high risk

Demonstrators in Sequim demand an end to gun violence and call for lawmakers to take action on stricter firearm laws as part of the nationwide March for Our Lives protests Saturday. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Demonstrators demand stricter gun laws

March for Our Lives protest among hundreds nationwide

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Joint collaboration earns statewide honor

Intergovernmental Collaborative Group wins award for Port Townsend

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Grange meeting to include crop lecture

CHIMACUM — James Cassidy will present “Cover Crops and Crop Rotation” at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

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Team Imua members Thiago Silva, left, and Connor Jones, from Mill Valley, CA. pause to reflect on their 70 mile overnight row from Tacoma to Port Townsend to win the annual Seventy48 race for non motorized watercraft. One Hundred twenty-three entrants started the 70 mile race at 7:00 PM Friday from Commencement Bay in Tacoma and they have 48 hours to complete the journey. Team Imua completed the trek in just over 9 and a half hours and taking home the approx. $5300.00 winners prize.

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Seventy48 winners paddle in to Port Townsend

Team Imua members Thiago Silva, left, and Connor Jones from Mill Valley, Calif., pause to reflect on their…

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Several sailors in Race to Alaska rescued, out of race

PORT TOWNSEND — Four participants in the annual Race to Alaska were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard…

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BCH Peninsula Chapter members enjoy friendship and a hearty breakfast before their annual Rhody Ride at Miller Peninsula.

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HORSEPLAY: Annual ‘OPEN the Trails’ fundraiser slated in July

HEY! SOME LOCAL horse owners are scrambling to find feed for their stock animals. I was told by…

Team Mustang Survival’s Rite of Passage didn't know each other well before they began training together, so they've been working with a race coach on mental strategies and teambuilding. Their average age is less than 17-years-old. (L-R) Enzo Dougherty, Francesca Dougherty, Nadia Khalil, Sebastian Dougherty. (Photo Ra'ed Khalil)

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Adventurers gear up for Race to Alaska

Competitors ready to sail, paddle 750 miles without motors

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EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s meetings

• Port Angeles Business Association — In-person meeting 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 DelGuzzi Drive (off…

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Todd Ortloff Show guests this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show…

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A GROWING CONCERN: Dynamic duo keeps blooms coming all summer

NOW THAT SUMMER is almost officially here, your flowers and plants are finally growing at a recognizable pace,…

Wild Rose Chorale singers for a pair of 30 th anniversary concerts are (from left) Eugenia Frank,
Leslie Lewis, Lynn Nowak, Chuck Helman, Rolf Vegdahl, Steve Duniho, Sarah Gustner-Hewitt, Al
Thompson, Viola Frank and Doug Rodgers.

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Wild Rose Chorale celebrates 30 years of a cappella

In-person concerts planned

Makee Lahti Locklear, 3, rides a Jefferson Transit bus during Car Free Day. He rode with his mother to a gymnastics class.

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Car Free Day draws 91 particpants

Many say they will commute without driving a car in the future

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High school graduations planned today

Several North Olympic Peninsula high schools will celebrate commencement today.