Keith Thorpe

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Holden Janssen, 7, of Port Townsend walks among a flock of ducks near the ponds at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The youngster was on a family outing to visit kid-friendly places in Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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All lined up

Holden Janssen, 7, of Port Townsend walks among a flock of ducks near the ponds at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The youngster was on… Continue reading

Holden Janssen, 7, of Port Townsend walks among a flock of ducks near the ponds at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The youngster was on a family outing to visit kid-friendly places in Clallam County. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Jack and Marcella Ridge of Sequim talk about power tools with Tony Contestable, tool specialist with Hartnagel Building Supply of Port Angeles, right, during Saturday’s 2023 Building, Remodeling & Energy Expo in the Sequim High School gym. The two-day event, hosted by the North Peninsula Building Association, featured a variety of booths, displays and presentations dedicated to home building, repair and remodeling. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Builders expo

Jack and Marcella Ridge of Sequim talk about power tools with Tony Contestable, tool specialist with Hartnagel Building Supply of Port Angeles, right, during Saturday’s… Continue reading

Jack and Marcella Ridge of Sequim talk about power tools with Tony Contestable, tool specialist with Hartnagel Building Supply of Port Angeles, right, during Saturday’s 2023 Building, Remodeling & Energy Expo in the Sequim High School gym. The two-day event, hosted by the North Peninsula Building Association, featured a variety of booths, displays and presentations dedicated to home building, repair and remodeling. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Katie Roszatycki of Port Angeles and her children, June Roszatycki, 2, and Asher Roszatycki, 3, sit in the back of their car waiting for the delivery of dry shoes and socks from another family member after an outing to Hollywood Beach on Thursday. The family was keeping themselves entertained in the parking lot at Port Angeles City Pier. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Wet feet

Katie Roszatycki of Port Angeles and her children, June Roszatycki, 2, and Asher Roszatycki, 3, sit in the back of their car waiting for the… Continue reading

Katie Roszatycki of Port Angeles and her children, June Roszatycki, 2, and Asher Roszatycki, 3, sit in the back of their car waiting for the delivery of dry shoes and socks from another family member after an outing to Hollywood Beach on Thursday. The family was keeping themselves entertained in the parking lot at Port Angeles City Pier. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Braxton Stewart, 3, of Mill Creek pushes a merry-go-round as Kiara Ann, 4 of Sequim gets a free ride on Wednesday at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The pair were enjoying a cool but clear late-winter day on the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Winter play

Braxton Stewart, 3, of Mill Creek pushes a merry-go-round as Kiara Ann, 4 of Sequim gets a free ride on Wednesday at the Dream Playground… Continue reading

Braxton Stewart, 3, of Mill Creek pushes a merry-go-round as Kiara Ann, 4 of Sequim gets a free ride on Wednesday at the Dream Playground at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The pair were enjoying a cool but clear late-winter day on the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Tanner Germeau, a maintenance worker with the Clallam County Parks Department, uses a pressure washer to clean portions of an observation deck at Dungeness Landing County Park north of Sequim on Tuesday. The deck is a popular spot for bird watching as part of the Great Washington State Birding Trail. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Pressure washing

Tanner Germeau, a maintenance worker with the Clallam County Parks Department, uses a pressure washer to clean portions of an observation deck at Dungeness Landing… Continue reading

Tanner Germeau, a maintenance worker with the Clallam County Parks Department, uses a pressure washer to clean portions of an observation deck at Dungeness Landing County Park north of Sequim on Tuesday. The deck is a popular spot for bird watching as part of the Great Washington State Birding Trail. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A bald eagle caws from the top of a tree on the bluff overlooking Dungeness Harbor along Marine Drive northwest of Sequim on Saturday. The bluff is a favored nesting place for eagles and is typically inhabited by several mating pairs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Eagle outlook

A bald eagle caws from the top of a tree on the bluff overlooking Dungeness Harbor along Marine Drive northwest of Sequim on Saturday. The… Continue reading

A bald eagle caws from the top of a tree on the bluff overlooking Dungeness Harbor along Marine Drive northwest of Sequim on Saturday. The bluff is a favored nesting place for eagles and is typically inhabited by several mating pairs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Emily Kauffman of Port Angeles, left, and her dog, Dezzy, and Emily Jorgenson of Austin, Minn., with her dog, Lexi, take a stroll on the Waterfront Trail east of downtown Port Angeles. The pair and their pets were taking advantage of a dry winter day on the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Out for a walk

Emily Kauffman of Port Angeles, left, and her dog, Dezzy, and Emily Jorgenson of Austin, Minn., with her dog, Lexi, take a stroll on the… Continue reading

Emily Kauffman of Port Angeles, left, and her dog, Dezzy, and Emily Jorgenson of Austin, Minn., with her dog, Lexi, take a stroll on the Waterfront Trail east of downtown Port Angeles. The pair and their pets were taking advantage of a dry winter day on the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Able seamen Doug Reader, front, and Brandon Melville drive forklifts as they offload equipment from the ferry MV Coho after its return to Port Angeles from annual dry dock maintenance in Anacortes on Wednesday. The ferry is scheduled to resume regular service between Port Angeles and Victoria today. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Preparing for service

Able seamen Doug Reader, front, and Brandon Melville drive forklifts as they offload equipment from the ferry MV Coho after its return to Port Angeles… Continue reading

Able seamen Doug Reader, front, and Brandon Melville drive forklifts as they offload equipment from the ferry MV Coho after its return to Port Angeles from annual dry dock maintenance in Anacortes on Wednesday. The ferry is scheduled to resume regular service between Port Angeles and Victoria today. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Geri Smith of Sequim, along with her white German shepherd, Polar Bear, take a walk on a fog-shrouded trail along the bluff at the Dungeness Recreation Area on Saturday northwest of Sequim. The pair took advantage of a break in the recent stretch of showery weather that is forecast to continue this week over much of the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Foggy walk

Geri Smith of Sequim, along with her white German shepherd, Polar Bear, take a walk on a fog-shrouded trail along the bluff at the Dungeness… Continue reading

Geri Smith of Sequim, along with her white German shepherd, Polar Bear, take a walk on a fog-shrouded trail along the bluff at the Dungeness Recreation Area on Saturday northwest of Sequim. The pair took advantage of a break in the recent stretch of showery weather that is forecast to continue this week over much of the North Olympic Peninsula. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Staffers from Clallam County Fire District 3 in Sequim, other North Olympic Peninsula fire departments and first responders honor Fire District 3 Capt. Charles "Chad" Cate with a procession of vehicles through Sequim on Friday. Here, the procession passes by District 3's station on North Fifth Avenue. Firefighters escorted the body of Cate, who died in the early morning hours of Jan. 12 while on duty, to Thurston County where an autopsy was performed, and then back through Sequim before delivering him to Sequim Valley Funeral Home. Cate, a Sequim High graduate, began serving as a volunteer firefighter in 1994, was hired by the fire district in 1997 as firefighter/paramedic, and promoted to the rank of captain in 2020. He leaves behind his wife, a 2 year-old son and two adult children. A full fire service memorial is being planned for Jan. 21. Leah Leach

Firefighter honored with procession

Memorial service planned next week

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Staffers from Clallam County Fire District 3 in Sequim, other North Olympic Peninsula fire departments and first responders honor Fire District 3 Capt. Charles "Chad" Cate with a procession of vehicles through Sequim on Friday. Here, the procession passes by District 3's station on North Fifth Avenue. Firefighters escorted the body of Cate, who died in the early morning hours of Jan. 12 while on duty, to Thurston County where an autopsy was performed, and then back through Sequim before delivering him to Sequim Valley Funeral Home. Cate, a Sequim High graduate, began serving as a volunteer firefighter in 1994, was hired by the fire district in 1997 as firefighter/paramedic, and promoted to the rank of captain in 2020. He leaves behind his wife, a 2 year-old son and two adult children. A full fire service memorial is being planned for Jan. 21. Leah Leach
Roarke Jennings of Port Townsend, along with son Niko and baby Chiyo, take in the sun and wind at Pope Marine Park in downtown Port Townsend on Wednesday morning. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
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Winter sun

Roarke Jennings of Port Townsend, along with son Niko and baby Chiyo, take in the sun and wind at Pope Marine Park in downtown Port… Continue reading

Roarke Jennings of Port Townsend, along with son Niko and baby Chiyo, take in the sun and wind at Pope Marine Park in downtown Port Townsend on Wednesday morning. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Chris Fidler, project director of the Field Arts and Events Hall, points out features of the under-construction building during a tour with members of the Clallam County Economic Development Council on Friday. The building, part of the much larger Port Angeles Waterfront Center project, will feature a performing arts center, a convention hall, meeting space, a coffee shop and art gallery. PDN Publisher Terry Ward, is chairman of the Clallam County Economic Development Corp. board of directors.
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High point of Field Arts and Events Hall tour

Chris Fidler, project director of the Field Arts and Events Hall, points out features of the under-construction building during a tour with members of the… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Chris Fidler, project director of the Field Arts and Events Hall, points out features of the under-construction building during a tour with members of the Clallam County Economic Development Council on Friday. The building, part of the much larger Port Angeles Waterfront Center project, will feature a performing arts center, a convention hall, meeting space, a coffee shop and art gallery. PDN Publisher Terry Ward, is chairman of the Clallam County Economic Development Corp. board of directors.
Noah Larsen, 9, of Port Angeles practices his forearm swing with the help from tennis instructor Jeff Gonzales on Thursday in Port Angeles. The pair worked with practice balls on the courts at Erickson Playfield. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Forearm practice

Noah Larsen, 9, of Port Angeles practices his forearm swing with the help from tennis instructor Jeff Gonzales on Thursday in Port Angeles. The pair… Continue reading

Noah Larsen, 9, of Port Angeles practices his forearm swing with the help from tennis instructor Jeff Gonzales on Thursday in Port Angeles. The pair worked with practice balls on the courts at Erickson Playfield. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Port Angeles Parks & Recreation employee Brian Flores tosses a cut tree branch into the back of a truck for removal as coworker Elijah Hammel works in a lift bucket while the downtown Christmas tree at the Conrad Dyar Memoral Fountain is dismantled on Wednesday. Branches from the tree and the lights that entangled them were to be disposed of and the main trunk donated for firewood. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Tree removal

Port Angeles Parks & Recreation employee Brian Flores tosses a cut tree branch into the back of a truck for removal as coworker Elijah Hammel… Continue reading

Port Angeles Parks & Recreation employee Brian Flores tosses a cut tree branch into the back of a truck for removal as coworker Elijah Hammel works in a lift bucket while the downtown Christmas tree at the Conrad Dyar Memoral Fountain is dismantled on Wednesday. Branches from the tree and the lights that entangled them were to be disposed of and the main trunk donated for firewood. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Shawna Bebo of Sequim lends a balancing hand to her son, Enzo Bebo, 7, at the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles last weekend. The pair were on a family outing with a stop at the popular attraction. The 14,442-square-foot pump track is the largest Velosolutions pump track in the Pacific Northwest and the first public adaptive track in the nation. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Balancing act

Shawna Bebo of Sequim lends a balancing hand to her son, Enzo Bebo, 7, at the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield in Port… Continue reading

Shawna Bebo of Sequim lends a balancing hand to her son, Enzo Bebo, 7, at the Port Angeles Pump Track at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles last weekend. The pair were on a family outing with a stop at the popular attraction. The 14,442-square-foot pump track is the largest Velosolutions pump track in the Pacific Northwest and the first public adaptive track in the nation. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Rebecca Burdick of Novato, Calif., examines a display of bird wings with her daughter, Ava Burdick, 5, at the Dungeness Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. The newly opened nature center has moved its bird displays from the former Dungeness River Audubon Center on the same site and has plans for additional educational displays to teach about the flora and fauna of the Dungeness Valley. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Nature center

Rebecca Burdick of Novato, Calif., examines a display of bird wings with her daughter, Ava Burdick, 5, at the Dungeness Nature Center at Railroad Bridge… Continue reading

Rebecca Burdick of Novato, Calif., examines a display of bird wings with her daughter, Ava Burdick, 5, at the Dungeness Nature Center at Railroad Bridge Park in Sequim. The newly opened nature center has moved its bird displays from the former Dungeness River Audubon Center on the same site and has plans for additional educational displays to teach about the flora and fauna of the Dungeness Valley. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Steve Evans of Port Angeles assists his daughter, Ruby Evans, 7, with her skates prior to a session on the ice on Friday at the Port Angeles Winter Ice Village.

Ice Village nears season end

Participation impressive, organizers say

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Steve Evans of Port Angeles assists his daughter, Ruby Evans, 7, with her skates prior to a session on the ice on Friday at the Port Angeles Winter Ice Village.
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Rafe Thornton, left, and Lane Dotson, both with the City of Port Townsend Street, Sewer and Storm department vacuum sewage out of the manhole and into the truck, on Thursday, in order to facilitate repairs to the broken sewer line at Gaines and Water Streets in Port Townsend, on a newly installed sewer line damaged by recent storm and tidal activity.
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Sewer repair in Port Townsend

Rafe Thornton, left, and Lane Dotson, both with the City of Port Townsend Street, Sewer and Storm department, vacuum sewage out of the manhole and… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Rafe Thornton, left, and Lane Dotson, both with the City of Port Townsend Street, Sewer and Storm department vacuum sewage out of the manhole and into the truck, on Thursday, in order to facilitate repairs to the broken sewer line at Gaines and Water Streets in Port Townsend, on a newly installed sewer line damaged by recent storm and tidal activity.
Newly elected Clallam County Commissioner Mike French, left, signs documents as Clallam County Superior Court Judge Lauren Erickson sorts election certificates during a swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Swearing into office

Newly elected Clallam County Commissioner Mike French, left, signs documents as Clallam County Superior Court Judge Lauren Erickson sorts election certificates during a swearing-in ceremony… Continue reading

Newly elected Clallam County Commissioner Mike French, left, signs documents as Clallam County Superior Court Judge Lauren Erickson sorts election certificates during a swearing-in ceremony on Wednesday at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Natalie Calcote of Port Townsend exercises her dog, Davy Jones, by jumping over concrete barriers used to close off Washington Street, the main road through the Port Townsend Boat Haven Marina, which remained closed on Wednesday after severe flooding by the high tide and tidal surge on Tuesday. The drains were full and it was unknown what the effect of the anticipated 9.5-foot high tide at 9:44 a.m. today would be on road conditions. The road may be re-opened this afternoon during the falling tide. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Washington Street closed

Natalie Calcote of Port Townsend exercises her dog, Davy Jones, by jumping over concrete barriers used to close off Washington Street, the main road through… Continue reading

Natalie Calcote of Port Townsend exercises her dog, Davy Jones, by jumping over concrete barriers used to close off Washington Street, the main road through the Port Townsend Boat Haven Marina, which remained closed on Wednesday after severe flooding by the high tide and tidal surge on Tuesday. The drains were full and it was unknown what the effect of the anticipated 9.5-foot high tide at 9:44 a.m. today would be on road conditions. The road may be re-opened this afternoon during the falling tide. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)