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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A construction crew performs landscape work along a portion of the Waterfront Trail, part of the Olympic Discovery Trail, at Pebble Beach Park on Friday near downtown Port Angeles. As part of the project, vegetation along the trail was removed for trail upkeep and beautification. The trail through the park was closed during the work, but was scheduled to be reopened by today.
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Trail work at Pebble Beach

A construction crew performs landscape work along a portion of the Waterfront Trail, part of the Olympic Discovery Trail, at Pebble Beach Park on Friday… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A construction crew performs landscape work along a portion of the Waterfront Trail, part of the Olympic Discovery Trail, at Pebble Beach Park on Friday near downtown Port Angeles. As part of the project, vegetation along the trail was removed for trail upkeep and beautification. The trail through the park was closed during the work, but was scheduled to be reopened by today.
Ellori Rotter, 3, of Port Angeles scoots around the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles as her aunt, Alison Schmidt of Marysville, keeps watch on Thursday. In a break from a spring of below-average temperatures, several days of seasonable temperatures are forecast for most of Western Washington through the weekend.
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Cuter scooter in Port Angeles

Ellori Rotter, 3, of Port Angeles scoots around the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles as her aunt, Alison Schmidt of… Continue reading

Ellori Rotter, 3, of Port Angeles scoots around the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles as her aunt, Alison Schmidt of Marysville, keeps watch on Thursday. In a break from a spring of below-average temperatures, several days of seasonable temperatures are forecast for most of Western Washington through the weekend.
Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter Mya Delano plays her guitar surrounded by fellow squad members as a house at 141 Harry Brown Road burns behind her on Sunday west of Port Angeles. The house was intentionally torched as a training exercise, giving firefighters an opportunity to practice in a live fire situation. Fire districts 2 and 4, along with members of the Port Angeles Fire Department, took part in the event. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Training exercise

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter Mya Delano plays her guitar surrounded by fellow squad members as a house at 141 Harry Brown Road burns… Continue reading

Clallam County Fire District 2 firefighter Mya Delano plays her guitar surrounded by fellow squad members as a house at 141 Harry Brown Road burns behind her on Sunday west of Port Angeles. The house was intentionally torched as a training exercise, giving firefighters an opportunity to practice in a live fire situation. Fire districts 2 and 4, along with members of the Port Angeles Fire Department, took part in the event. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Ida Shantz, 5, of Port Angeles looks over a sheet of stenciled letters with her grandmother, Patricia Kessler of Woodburn, Ore., at a cardboard crown craft table during Saturday’s Barn Dance at the Clallam County Fairgrounds to benefit the Five Acre School north of Sequim. The dance also included food, entertainment, children’s activities and a silent auction. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Five Acre School benefit

Ida Shantz, 5, of Port Angeles looks over a sheet of stenciled letters with her grandmother, Patricia Kessler of Woodburn, Ore., at a cardboard crown… Continue reading

Ida Shantz, 5, of Port Angeles looks over a sheet of stenciled letters with her grandmother, Patricia Kessler of Woodburn, Ore., at a cardboard crown craft table during Saturday’s Barn Dance at the Clallam County Fairgrounds to benefit the Five Acre School north of Sequim. The dance also included food, entertainment, children’s activities and a silent auction. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Hal Peterson, a co-owner of Ballard-based Mach 2 Arts, works on a fabricated tree on Wednesday that will become part of a mountains-to-sea diorama of regional landscapes at the Dungeness River Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Heart of new Dungeness nature center nears completion

Exhibit Room expected to be open by May

Hal Peterson, a co-owner of Ballard-based Mach 2 Arts, works on a fabricated tree on Wednesday that will become part of a mountains-to-sea diorama of regional landscapes at the Dungeness River Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Bird watchers peer out over the waters of Dungeness Bay from Dungeness Landing County Park north of Sequim on Friday in search of waterfowl as part of Olympic BirdFest 2023. The annual birding event draws avian enthusiasts from across the region who are attracted by the diversity of birds across the North Olympic Peninsula.

Avid avian enthusiasts

Bird watchers peer out over the waters of Dungeness Bay from Dungeness Landing County Park north of Sequim on Friday in search of waterfowl as… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Bird watchers peer out over the waters of Dungeness Bay from Dungeness Landing County Park north of Sequim on Friday in search of waterfowl as part of Olympic BirdFest 2023. The annual birding event draws avian enthusiasts from across the region who are attracted by the diversity of birds across the North Olympic Peninsula.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Imelda Jones, left, and Richard Wade, both of Port Angeles, along with the dog, Archie, walk along the Morse Creek trestle near Port Angeles. The trestle, part of the abandoned Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific railroad grade, is a key span on the Olympic Discovery Trail.
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Morse Creek trestle stroll

Imelda Jones, left, and Richard Wade, both of Port Angeles, along with the dog, Archie, walk along the Morse Creek trestle near Port Angeles. The… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Imelda Jones, left, and Richard Wade, both of Port Angeles, along with the dog, Archie, walk along the Morse Creek trestle near Port Angeles. The trestle, part of the abandoned Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul and Pacific railroad grade, is a key span on the Olympic Discovery Trail.
A bicyclist pedals along the Waterfront Trail near a stand of cherry blossoms in Port Angeles. As the calendar marches further into spring, trees and flowers are coming into bloom across much of the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Spring blossoms

A bicyclist pedals along the Waterfront Trail near a stand of cherry blossoms in Port Angeles. As the calendar marches further into spring, trees and… Continue reading

A bicyclist pedals along the Waterfront Trail near a stand of cherry blossoms in Port Angeles. As the calendar marches further into spring, trees and flowers are coming into bloom across much of the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Cheri Tinker, executive director of Forks-based Sarge's Veterans Support, front, looks over the features of a donated van with Mark Schildknecht, commandant of Mount Olympus Detatchmet 897 of the Marine Corps League after turning over the keys on Thursday at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center in Port Angeles. The 2013 Ford Explorer van, donated by the Marine Corps League, will be used by the North Olympic Regiional Veteran's Housing Network for ferrying Forks-area vets to and from medical appointments and for veterans outreach services.
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New van for vets donated

Cheri Tinker, executive director of Forks-based Sarge’s Veterans Support, front, looks over the features of a donated van with Mark Schildknecht, commandant of Mount Olympus… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Cheri Tinker, executive director of Forks-based Sarge's Veterans Support, front, looks over the features of a donated van with Mark Schildknecht, commandant of Mount Olympus Detatchmet 897 of the Marine Corps League after turning over the keys on Thursday at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center in Port Angeles. The 2013 Ford Explorer van, donated by the Marine Corps League, will be used by the North Olympic Regiional Veteran's Housing Network for ferrying Forks-area vets to and from medical appointments and for veterans outreach services.
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Port Townsend city council member, Monica Mick-Hagger and Port Townsend Pickleball Club president Lynn Pierle (cq) cut the ribbon to dedicate the Mountain View Pickleball courts to the City of Port Townsend in a ribbon cutting on Wednesday at the club. Others looking on are members of the club board of directors and city manager John Mauro, holding the microphone, Carrie Hite, Director of Parks and Recreation strategy, holding the ribbon and to her left is director of parks facilities, Michael Todd. The club now has 219 members on the roster.
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Pickleball court dedicated in Port Townsend

Port Townsend City Council member Monica Mick-Hagger and Port Townsend Pickleball Club President Lynn Pierle cut the ribbon to dedicate the Mountain View pickleball courts… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Port Townsend city council member, Monica Mick-Hagger and Port Townsend Pickleball Club president Lynn Pierle (cq) cut the ribbon to dedicate the Mountain View Pickleball courts to the City of Port Townsend in a ribbon cutting on Wednesday at the club. Others looking on are members of the club board of directors and city manager John Mauro, holding the microphone, Carrie Hite, Director of Parks and Recreation strategy, holding the ribbon and to her left is director of parks facilities, Michael Todd. The club now has 219 members on the roster.
Tim Williams, instructional and reference librarian at Peninsula College and president of the college’s Faculty Association, displays his American Federation of Teachers shirt and hat on Tuesday on the Port Angeles campus. He said that while Peninsula College faculty were not participating in a community college walkout planned in Seattle, Olympia, Lynnwood and Tacoma, they are supporting its aims to pressure the state Legislature into providing more support for community colleges. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Faculty support

Tim Williams, instructional and reference librarian at Peninsula College and president of the college’s Faculty Association, displays his American Federation of Teachers shirt and hat… Continue reading

Tim Williams, instructional and reference librarian at Peninsula College and president of the college’s Faculty Association, displays his American Federation of Teachers shirt and hat on Tuesday on the Port Angeles campus. He said that while Peninsula College faculty were not participating in a community college walkout planned in Seattle, Olympia, Lynnwood and Tacoma, they are supporting its aims to pressure the state Legislature into providing more support for community colleges. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Jerry DeShazer of Ridgefield, right, along with family members, from left, Macklyn DeShazer, 6, Jace DeShazer, 11, and Jantzen DeShazer, 10, walk and skip rocks along the shore of Lake Crescent at Barnes Point in Olympic National Park. The family was on an outing to the North Olympic Peninsula with a visit to the park along the way. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Skipping along

Jerry DeShazer of Ridgefield, right, along with family members, from left, Macklyn DeShazer, 6, Jace DeShazer, 11, and Jantzen DeShazer, 10, walk and skip rocks… Continue reading

Jerry DeShazer of Ridgefield, right, along with family members, from left, Macklyn DeShazer, 6, Jace DeShazer, 11, and Jantzen DeShazer, 10, walk and skip rocks along the shore of Lake Crescent at Barnes Point in Olympic National Park. The family was on an outing to the North Olympic Peninsula with a visit to the park along the way. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A tsunami alert siren lies crumpled at the bottom of its support mast on Marine Drive near Port Angeles Boat Haven on Friday morning. (KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS)

Wreck topples tsunami siren

Boat Haven area lacks warning device

A tsunami alert siren lies crumpled at the bottom of its support mast on Marine Drive near Port Angeles Boat Haven on Friday morning. (KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS)
Bradley Taylor of Sequim takes time for classwork in the High School+ program on Tuesday in the Pirate Union Building on the Port Angeles campus of Peninsula College. Tuesday marked the beginning of the school’s spring academic quarter, which runs through June 16. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Spring classes begin

Bradley Taylor of Sequim takes time for classwork in the High School+ program on Tuesday in the Pirate Union Building on the Port Angeles campus… Continue reading

Bradley Taylor of Sequim takes time for classwork in the High School+ program on Tuesday in the Pirate Union Building on the Port Angeles campus of Peninsula College. Tuesday marked the beginning of the school’s spring academic quarter, which runs through June 16. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Sisters Ashlynn and Kellan Northaven of Port Angeles roam the artists market at the 2023 Squatchcon comic and arts convention on Saturday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The four-day event served as a celebration of gaming and culture and included panel discussions and workshops, as well as a cosplay contest. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Squatchcon convention in Port Angeles

Sisters Ashlynn and Kellan Northaven of Port Angeles roam the artists market at the 2023 Squatchcon comic and arts convention on Saturday at Vern Burton… Continue reading

Sisters Ashlynn and Kellan Northaven of Port Angeles roam the artists market at the 2023 Squatchcon comic and arts convention on Saturday at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The four-day event served as a celebration of gaming and culture and included panel discussions and workshops, as well as a cosplay contest. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
People gather at First and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles on Friday in support of transgender rights. The group was celebrating the International Transgender Day of Visibility, an annual event celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination they can face. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Transgender rights

People gather at First and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles on Friday in support of transgender rights. The group was celebrating the International Transgender Day… Continue reading

People gather at First and Lincoln streets in Port Angeles on Friday in support of transgender rights. The group was celebrating the International Transgender Day of Visibility, an annual event celebrating transgender people and raising awareness of discrimination they can face. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A bed of daffodils blooms at the U.S. 101 Deer Park Rest Area on Tuesday as spring gets into full swing on the North Olympic Peninsula. As the days get longer and temperatures moderate, a wide variety of flowers and other plants are coming into blossom as nature wakes from winter slumber.
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Hello, yellow in Port Angeles

A bed of daffodils blooms at the U.S. 101 Deer Park Rest Area on Tuesday as spring gets into full swing on the North Olympic… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS A bed of daffodils blooms at the U.S. 101 Deer Park Rest Area on Tuesday as spring gets into full swing on the North Olympic Peninsula. As the days get longer and temperatures moderate, a wide variety of flowers and other plants are coming into blossom as nature wakes from winter slumber.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS U.S. Air Force veteran Robert Reinking, left, receives a lapel pin from Holly Rowan, president of the Clallam County Veterans Association, during a Vietnam Veteran Commemorative Ceremony on Wednesday at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center in Port Angeles. A total of 22 Vietnam veterans and six surviving spouses of veterans were honored with pins and certificates in an event sponsored by the veterans association and the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

Veterans lauded in Port Angeles

U.S. Air Force veteran Robert Reinking, left, receives a lapel pin from Holly Rowan, president of the Clallam County Veterans Association, during a Vietnam Veteran… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS U.S. Air Force veteran Robert Reinking, left, receives a lapel pin from Holly Rowan, president of the Clallam County Veterans Association, during a Vietnam Veteran Commemorative Ceremony on Wednesday at the Northwest Veterans Resource Center in Port Angeles. A total of 22 Vietnam veterans and six surviving spouses of veterans were honored with pins and certificates in an event sponsored by the veterans association and the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Cavin Vernwald of Port Angeles walks down Lincoln Street in a suit of armor on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Vernwald said the suit was a hobby and decided that he would run errands while wearing it.
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Well protected in Port Angeles

Cavin Vernwald of Port Angeles walks down Lincoln Street in a suit of armor on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Vernwald said the suit was a… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Cavin Vernwald of Port Angeles walks down Lincoln Street in a suit of armor on Wednesday in Port Angeles. Vernwald said the suit was a hobby and decided that he would run errands while wearing it.
Savanna Hoglund of Spokane takes a photo of her son, Lincoln Hoglund, 2, as hit sits on a wooden cougar sculpture in the Discovery Room on Tuesday at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center in Port Angeles. The center features a variety of displays that provide a sampling of what can be found within the park, as well as interactive exhibits for children. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Park exhibit

Savanna Hoglund of Spokane takes a photo of her son, Lincoln Hoglund, 2, as hit sits on a wooden cougar sculpture in the Discovery Room… Continue reading

Savanna Hoglund of Spokane takes a photo of her son, Lincoln Hoglund, 2, as hit sits on a wooden cougar sculpture in the Discovery Room on Tuesday at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center in Port Angeles. The center features a variety of displays that provide a sampling of what can be found within the park, as well as interactive exhibits for children. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)