Keith Thorpe

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North Olympic Library System public service specialist Jessica Raivo transfers books from the stacks to a cart on Saturday at the Sequim Public Library for eventual transport to a temporary library building. The current library on North Sequim Avenue is slated for renovation and expansion with library services slated to resume on April 1 at 609 W. Washington St., next to Fifth Avenue Furniture, in the storefront that was previously Brian’s Sporting Goods. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Book transfer

North Olympic Library System public service specialist Jessica Raivo transfers books from the stacks to a cart on Saturday at the Sequim Public Library for… Continue reading

North Olympic Library System public service specialist Jessica Raivo transfers books from the stacks to a cart on Saturday at the Sequim Public Library for eventual transport to a temporary library building. The current library on North Sequim Avenue is slated for renovation and expansion with library services slated to resume on April 1 at 609 W. Washington St., next to Fifth Avenue Furniture, in the storefront that was previously Brian’s Sporting Goods. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
M.E. Bartholomew, left, and Jenny Schaper, both of Port Angeles, look at interesting specimens at a display table set up by Shelton-based Elemental Endeavors on Saturday at the annual Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. Hosted by the Clallam County Gem and Mineral Association, the two-day exposition featured two dozen vendors selling rocks, minerals, fossils, beads, faceted gemstones, jewelry and lapidary tools, as well as live demonstrations and children’s activities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Rock and gem show

M.E. Bartholomew, left, and Jenny Schaper, both of Port Angeles, look at interesting specimens at a display table set up by Shelton-based Elemental Endeavors on… Continue reading

M.E. Bartholomew, left, and Jenny Schaper, both of Port Angeles, look at interesting specimens at a display table set up by Shelton-based Elemental Endeavors on Saturday at the annual Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. Hosted by the Clallam County Gem and Mineral Association, the two-day exposition featured two dozen vendors selling rocks, minerals, fossils, beads, faceted gemstones, jewelry and lapidary tools, as well as live demonstrations and children’s activities. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Casey and Karen Proud, both of Sequim, look at a selection of St. Patrick’s Day hats and other souvenirs for participating in Saturday’s Shamrock Shuffle & Pub Crawl in downtown Port Angeles. The event, a benefit for the Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports Education Foundation, allowed crawlers to receive six tasting tokens for libations at participating bars and restaurants in the downtown area with a drawing for additional prizes. Numerous downtown businesses also offered sale discounts for purchases during the crawl. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Winter sports benefit in Port Angeles

Casey and Karen Proud, both of Sequim, look at a selection of St. Patrick’s Day hats and other souvenirs for participating in Saturday’s Shamrock Shuffle… Continue reading

Casey and Karen Proud, both of Sequim, look at a selection of St. Patrick’s Day hats and other souvenirs for participating in Saturday’s Shamrock Shuffle & Pub Crawl in downtown Port Angeles. The event, a benefit for the Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports Education Foundation, allowed crawlers to receive six tasting tokens for libations at participating bars and restaurants in the downtown area with a drawing for additional prizes. Numerous downtown businesses also offered sale discounts for purchases during the crawl. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
John Troberg of Sequim, left, examines a display of plants at a booth belonging to Camas-based One Earth Botanicals at the 25th annual Soroptimist Gala Garden Show on Saturday at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. The two-day event, hosted by Soroptimist International of Sequim, featured dozens of displays devoted to plants, gardening and garden lifestyles, as well as educational speakers and workshops. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Soroptimist Gala Garden Show in Sequim

John Troberg of Sequim, left, examines a display of plants at a booth belonging to Camas-based One Earth Botanicals at the 25th annual Soroptimist Gala… Continue reading

John Troberg of Sequim, left, examines a display of plants at a booth belonging to Camas-based One Earth Botanicals at the 25th annual Soroptimist Gala Garden Show on Saturday at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club. The two-day event, hosted by Soroptimist International of Sequim, featured dozens of displays devoted to plants, gardening and garden lifestyles, as well as educational speakers and workshops. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Brenda Close of Port Angeles, left, talks with Cutco Cutlery representative Allison Gilman, right, as Matt Makowicz of Cutco uses his calculator at the company’s booth at the 39th annual Clallam County Home and Lifestyle Show on Saturday at Port Angeles High School. The two-day event, hosted by KONP Radio, featured 120 exhibitor booths showcasing a wide variety of goods and services with primary sponsorship by Clallam County Public Utilities District, Lumber Traders and Leitz Farm Supply. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Home show exhibit

Brenda Close of Port Angeles, left, talks with Cutco Cutlery representative Allison Gilman, right, as Matt Makowicz of Cutco uses his calculator at the company’s… Continue reading

Brenda Close of Port Angeles, left, talks with Cutco Cutlery representative Allison Gilman, right, as Matt Makowicz of Cutco uses his calculator at the company’s booth at the 39th annual Clallam County Home and Lifestyle Show on Saturday at Port Angeles High School. The two-day event, hosted by KONP Radio, featured 120 exhibitor booths showcasing a wide variety of goods and services with primary sponsorship by Clallam County Public Utilities District, Lumber Traders and Leitz Farm Supply. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Lisa Luebben of Port Angeles digs up a dahlia root from her plot in the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles on Thursday. With spring just around the corner, many people are getting a head start on gardening and other outdoor landscaping endeavors.
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Preparing for spring on Peninsula

Lisa Luebben of Port Angeles digs up a dahlia root from her plot in the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles on Thursday. With… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Lisa Luebben of Port Angeles digs up a dahlia root from her plot in the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles on Thursday. With spring just around the corner, many people are getting a head start on gardening and other outdoor landscaping endeavors.
Skylar Sutherland, 5, of Port Angeles uses a toy stethoscope during a pretend examination of a doll at an information table set up by Olympic Medical Center’s New Family Services and Pediatrics departments during Saturday’s 35th annual Kids Fest at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The event, hosted by Port Angeles Kiwanis, featured a variety of displays and information tables showcasing family and children’s services. Kids Fest also included numerous outdoor public safety displays organized by Clallam County Emergency Services. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Health check at Kids Fest

Skylar Sutherland, 5, of Port Angeles uses a toy stethoscope during a pretend examination of a doll at an information table set up by Olympic… Continue reading

Skylar Sutherland, 5, of Port Angeles uses a toy stethoscope during a pretend examination of a doll at an information table set up by Olympic Medical Center’s New Family Services and Pediatrics departments during Saturday’s 35th annual Kids Fest at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The event, hosted by Port Angeles Kiwanis, featured a variety of displays and information tables showcasing family and children’s services. Kids Fest also included numerous outdoor public safety displays organized by Clallam County Emergency Services. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Participants in the Sequim Sunshine Festival 5K Sun Fun Color Run navigate through a gauntlet of tempera paint on Saturday at the Albert Haller Play Fields at Carrie Blake Park. The two-day festival, hosted by the City of Sequim, also featured food, music, youth activities, a craft fair and a drone show. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Sunshine festival

Participants in the Sequim Sunshine Festival 5K Sun Fun Color Run navigate through a gauntlet of tempera paint on Saturday at the Albert Haller Play… Continue reading

Participants in the Sequim Sunshine Festival 5K Sun Fun Color Run navigate through a gauntlet of tempera paint on Saturday at the Albert Haller Play Fields at Carrie Blake Park. The two-day festival, hosted by the City of Sequim, also featured food, music, youth activities, a craft fair and a drone show. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Work progresses on the road deck of the main over-water spans at the site of a new U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Elwha River southwest of Port Angeles on Thursday. The bridge will replace an older nearby span that was determined to have structurally-deficient pier footings. The $36 million project is expected to be completed in December.
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Elwha River bridge construction

Work progresses on the road deck of the main over-water spans at the site of a new U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Elwha River… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Work progresses on the road deck of the main over-water spans at the site of a new U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Elwha River southwest of Port Angeles on Thursday. The bridge will replace an older nearby span that was determined to have structurally-deficient pier footings. The $36 million project is expected to be completed in December.
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Chris Johnson of Nordland-based Nordland Construction loads traffic drums onto a trailer as coworker Robert Bufford prepares to secure the load as the pair prepares to open the parking lot at Port Angeles City Pier to automobiles on Friday. The work was part of a project to improve storm drainage, replace damaged sidewalks and ADA ramps and mitigate shoreline erosion around the lot, which had been closed since early January. Tree replacement and other project detail work is expected to follow over the next few weeks.

City Pier parking open

Chris Johnson of Nordland-based Nordland Construction loads traffic drums onto a trailer as coworker Robert Bufford prepares to secure the load as the pair prepares… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Chris Johnson of Nordland-based Nordland Construction loads traffic drums onto a trailer as coworker Robert Bufford prepares to secure the load as the pair prepares to open the parking lot at Port Angeles City Pier to automobiles on Friday. The work was part of a project to improve storm drainage, replace damaged sidewalks and ADA ramps and mitigate shoreline erosion around the lot, which had been closed since early January. Tree replacement and other project detail work is expected to follow over the next few weeks.
A paving crew from Lakeside Industries replaces pavement on the Waterfront Trail and the entrance to the Port Angeles City Pier parking lot on Wednesday as part of a project to improve sidewalks and storm water drainage around the site. The project is expected to be substantially completed and the parking lot reopened by mid-March. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Port Angeles City Pier

A paving crew from Lakeside Industries replaces pavement on the Waterfront Trail and the entrance to the Port Angeles City Pier parking lot on Wednesday… Continue reading

A paving crew from Lakeside Industries replaces pavement on the Waterfront Trail and the entrance to the Port Angeles City Pier parking lot on Wednesday as part of a project to improve sidewalks and storm water drainage around the site. The project is expected to be substantially completed and the parking lot reopened by mid-March. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Paige Mason, right, puts up the ball over the head of Sequim’s Libby Turella as Sequim’s Hailey Wagner looks on at left on Tuesday at Port Angeles High School. Mason led the Roughriders with 26 points to help Port Angeles win 74-46 and clinch an Olympic League championship and a No. 1 seed for the playoffs. For the story, go to Sports on page B1.
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Roughriders Olympic League champions

Port Angeles’ Paige Mason, right, puts up the ball over the head of Sequim’s Libby Turella as Sequim’s Hailey Wagner looks on at left on… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Port Angeles’ Paige Mason, right, puts up the ball over the head of Sequim’s Libby Turella as Sequim’s Hailey Wagner looks on at left on Tuesday at Port Angeles High School. Mason led the Roughriders with 26 points to help Port Angeles win 74-46 and clinch an Olympic League championship and a No. 1 seed for the playoffs. For the story, go to Sports on page B1.
Crew members of the ferry MV Coho secure lines to the dock as the vessel returns to Port Angeles on Tuesday after being out of service since early January for annual dry dock and maintenance in Anacortes. The ferry is scheduled to resume daily service between Port Angeles and Victoria on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Coho returns

Crew members of the ferry MV Coho secure lines to the dock as the vessel returns to Port Angeles on Tuesday after being out of… Continue reading

Crew members of the ferry MV Coho secure lines to the dock as the vessel returns to Port Angeles on Tuesday after being out of service since early January for annual dry dock and maintenance in Anacortes. The ferry is scheduled to resume daily service between Port Angeles and Victoria on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Dianne McIntosh of Sequim, right, chats about gardening with Jayde Carean, an employee of New Dungeness Nursery, during Saturday’s Building, Remodeling & Energy Expo at Sequim Middle School. The two-day event, hosted by the North Peninsula Building Association and sponsored by Clallam County PUD No. 1., featured displays, workshops and vendor booths showcasing a variety of building products and services. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Building expo

Dianne McIntosh of Sequim, right, chats about gardening with Jayde Carean, an employee of New Dungeness Nursery, during Saturday’s Building, Remodeling & Energy Expo at… Continue reading

Dianne McIntosh of Sequim, right, chats about gardening with Jayde Carean, an employee of New Dungeness Nursery, during Saturday’s Building, Remodeling & Energy Expo at Sequim Middle School. The two-day event, hosted by the North Peninsula Building Association and sponsored by Clallam County PUD No. 1., featured displays, workshops and vendor booths showcasing a variety of building products and services. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Alison and Brian Fogarty of Sequim, along with their dog, Bowie, take a mid-winter stroll along a portion of the Olympic Discovery Trail near the Dungeness River Nature Center in Sequim on Thursday. Warm sunshine with temperatures in the 50s made the excursion seem more spring-like than wintery.
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Spring-like stroll in Sequim

Alison and Brian Fogarty of Sequim, along with their dog, Bowie, take a mid-winter stroll along a portion of the Olympic Discovery Trail near the… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Alison and Brian Fogarty of Sequim, along with their dog, Bowie, take a mid-winter stroll along a portion of the Olympic Discovery Trail near the Dungeness River Nature Center in Sequim on Thursday. Warm sunshine with temperatures in the 50s made the excursion seem more spring-like than wintery.
Michael Poats, left, and Brody Merritt of the Port Angeles stormwater department work to install a pump to remove standing water from a flooded area near the playground at Shane Park in Port Angeles on Wednesday. The pool of standing water, which is up to 3 feet deep in places and has at times covered the nearby play equipment, is to be pumped to a nearby storm drain. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Park drainage

Michael Poats, left, and Brody Merritt of the Port Angeles stormwater department work to install a pump to remove standing water from a flooded area… Continue reading

Michael Poats, left, and Brody Merritt of the Port Angeles stormwater department work to install a pump to remove standing water from a flooded area near the playground at Shane Park in Port Angeles on Wednesday. The pool of standing water, which is up to 3 feet deep in places and has at times covered the nearby play equipment, is to be pumped to a nearby storm drain. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
The paving work planned for Thursday at the intersection of Fifth and Lincoln streets has been delayed until today, Port Angeles Public Works Director Mike Healy said early Thursday afternoon. “The stabilizing material didn’t stabilize as well as it should, probably because of the rain and temperatures. About 20 percent isn’t as firm as we would like,” he said. “If you pave that, there will be a soft spot and we don’t want that. We have a lot of confidence that it will be ready Friday sometime around evening rush hour. Who knows? We hope Mother Nature cooperates,” he said. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Intersection paving delayed

The paving work planned for Thursday at the intersection of Fifth and Lincoln streets has been delayed until today, Port Angeles Public Works Director Mike… Continue reading

The paving work planned for Thursday at the intersection of Fifth and Lincoln streets has been delayed until today, Port Angeles Public Works Director Mike Healy said early Thursday afternoon. “The stabilizing material didn’t stabilize as well as it should, probably because of the rain and temperatures. About 20 percent isn’t as firm as we would like,” he said. “If you pave that, there will be a soft spot and we don’t want that. We have a lot of confidence that it will be ready Friday sometime around evening rush hour. Who knows? We hope Mother Nature cooperates,” he said. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Tamara Galvan, facilities director for the Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles, seated, talks about an interactive traveling bull kelp exhibit with Feiro volunteer Anni Lanigan on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Bull kelp exhibit visits Feiro Marine Life Center

Traveling display created at Port Townsend Marine Science Center

Tamara Galvan, facilities director for the Feiro Marine Life Center in Port Angeles, seated, talks about an interactive traveling bull kelp exhibit with Feiro volunteer Anni Lanigan on Thursday. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clint Ostler, president of Dash Air Shuttle, right, points out features of the Cessna 402C aircraft to Peter Metz, left, and Kim Reynolds, both of Port Angeles, during an open house for the air service on Tuesday at William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles.
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Open house at Dash Air

Clint Ostler, president of Dash Air Shuttle, right, points out features of the Cessna 402C aircraft to Peter Metz, left, and Kim Reynolds, both of… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Clint Ostler, president of Dash Air Shuttle, right, points out features of the Cessna 402C aircraft to Peter Metz, left, and Kim Reynolds, both of Port Angeles, during an open house for the air service on Tuesday at William R. Fairchild International Airport in Port Angeles.
An excavator pulls a piece of aging stormwater drain pipe leading to the Peabody Creek Estuary under the parking lot at Port Angeles City Pier on Thursday. The operation was part of a project to replace a failed stormwater line, fortify the shoreline from erosion and replace damaged sidewalks around the parking area. In addition to the repairs, pedestrian ramps within the City Pier parking lot will be replaced and made ADA compliant. Nordland Construction, Inc. is the contractor for the city project. The parking lot, located at North Lincoln Street and East Railroad Avenue, is expected to remain closed through the project, which is expected to be completed in March. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Stormwater project

An excavator pulls a piece of aging stormwater drain pipe leading to the Peabody Creek Estuary under the parking lot at Port Angeles City Pier… Continue reading

An excavator pulls a piece of aging stormwater drain pipe leading to the Peabody Creek Estuary under the parking lot at Port Angeles City Pier on Thursday. The operation was part of a project to replace a failed stormwater line, fortify the shoreline from erosion and replace damaged sidewalks around the parking area. In addition to the repairs, pedestrian ramps within the City Pier parking lot will be replaced and made ADA compliant. Nordland Construction, Inc. is the contractor for the city project. The parking lot, located at North Lincoln Street and East Railroad Avenue, is expected to remain closed through the project, which is expected to be completed in March. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)