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A fine mesh fly sheet from OPEN’S used tack shop that covers the body, belly and neck, plus a fly mask, has proved the best combatant for my horse Lacey’s allergic reaction to the saliva from flying insect bites. The sheet and mask are sprayed with horse insect repellent before putting them on her. Her companion Sunny has no allergic reaction, so she just wears a fly mask to keep the flies out of her eyes.

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HORSEPLAY: Horses can be allergic to bug bites, too

DON’T YOU JUST hate to go outside at dusk and get attacked by biting insects? I know I…

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A GROWING CONCERN: 8 ways to make your yard a midsummer dream

AS WE ARE now just entering the mid-season of summer, many things change — as they do every…

Arts & Entertainment

Free music offered outdoors on Peninsula

Concerts set in Sequim, Port Angeles, Port Townsend

Michael Stephen Brown.2022 Finale.Pianist

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Olympic Music Festival begins season today

PORT TOWNSEND — The Olympic Music Festival begins its 2022 Summer Season in Port Townsend today.

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The Sturgeon Moon, the last full supermoon of the year, emerges behind Port Townsend's Marrowstone Island and the distant Cascades, on Thursday night. The reddish color is due to the smoke from the fires in eastern Washington.

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Sturgeon Moon over Marrowstone Island

The Sturgeon Moon, the last full supermoon of the year, emerges behind Port Townsend’s Marrowstone Island and the…

Business

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…

Business

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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The Port Townsend City Council seeks to sell the Cherry Street property that had been barged over from Canada  five years ago to become affordable housing.

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Port Townsend aims to sell Cherry Street housing project

Stalled for years, affordable housing project all but adandoned

Layla Franson, 15, and Jackson, her 10-year-old Quarter Horse, are competing in 4H at the Jefferson County Fair this weekend. Like many counties across the state, Jefferson County has seen a decline in the numbers of youths enrolled in 4H after the COVID lockdown and is actively seeking to reboot its program. (Paula Hunt/Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson County Fair back after two-year hiatus

4H looks for bounceback after restrictions eased

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Jefferson County seeks comment on sewer plant permit

Deadline Sept. 2 for comment

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Campfires restricted in national park, forest

Extremely dry conditions cited

Life

ISSUES OF FAITH: Turning arrows into flowers

ACCORDING TO BUDDHIST teachings, the night before the Buddha’s enlightenment, he was attacked by Mara, the Evil One.

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Peninsula College trustees, new president conduct retreat

PORT ANGELES — New Peninsula College President Suzanne Ames had her first meeting this week with the board…

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Crash victim is identified

Pilot who died was from Friday Harbor

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Body found in tent near Brinnon unidentified

BRINNON — An autopsy could not identify the man whose body was found in a tent Sunday along…

Arts & Entertainment

Art, music, drama on tap this weekend

A variety of entertainment is scheduled on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.

Graden Kubas, 16, of Sequim, scratches the back of his Hereford steer, Hammer, that he plans to exhibit in the Fitting and Showing category of the Jefferson County Fair in Port Townsend on Saturday. Kubas, a member of FFA, raised the steer from about 1 week old to its present age of 16 months and weighs about 1,000 to 1,300 pounds. Kubas plans to auction Hammer at the Clallam County Fair and hopes to net around $4 per pound. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

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Jefferson County Fair kicks off today

Graden Kubas, 16, of Sequim scratches the back of his Hereford steer, Hammer, that he plans to exhibit…

News

Housing, opioids topics at county meetings

Meetings across Clallam, Jeffersom counties

Sally Pfaff’s acrylic landscapes are on view at the Port Townsend Gallery.

Arts & Entertainment

Galleries display night skies, landscapes, ceramics

Artists featured for month of August

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Port Townsend City Council to consider welcome statement for transgender people

City committee prepares statement of support