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An oversized ornament for the opening ceremony at 5 p.m. Wednesday for the 32nd annual Festival of Trees this coming weekend is put in place on Sunday at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles, with volunteer Ricki Smith in the bucket, Matt Williams working inside the 14-foot-tall ornament and Laci Williams watching. Four of the huge round ornaments, a 20-foot-tall tree and two fountains donated by Microsoft to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation, will be lit up outside the community center during a free 20-minute ceremony that also will include performances by the Port Angeles Symphony, Ballet Workshop and Ghostlight Productions. A limited number of tickets, which will provide seats under cover outside and a sneak preview of the trees to be auctioned off on Friday, are available for $20 by going to omcf.org. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Festival ornaments

An oversized ornament for the opening ceremony at 5 p.m. Wednesday for the 32nd annual Festival of Trees this coming weekend is put in place… Continue reading

An oversized ornament for the opening ceremony at 5 p.m. Wednesday for the 32nd annual Festival of Trees this coming weekend is put in place on Sunday at the Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles, with volunteer Ricki Smith in the bucket, Matt Williams working inside the 14-foot-tall ornament and Laci Williams watching. Four of the huge round ornaments, a 20-foot-tall tree and two fountains donated by Microsoft to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation, will be lit up outside the community center during a free 20-minute ceremony that also will include performances by the Port Angeles Symphony, Ballet Workshop and Ghostlight Productions. A limited number of tickets, which will provide seats under cover outside and a sneak preview of the trees to be auctioned off on Friday, are available for $20 by going to omcf.org. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Eli Hammel of the City of Port Angeles starts on Wednesday the three-day task of putting 10,000 lights on a Christmas tree while suspended in a lift bucket. The tree, which came from city property, will adorn the downtown Conrad Dyer plaza at the foot of Laurel Street. No tree-lighting ceremony is planned but Small Business Weekend is set after Thanksgiving. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)

Holiday deals to be offered in Port Angeles

Downtown merchants will offer special deals during Small Business Weekend after Thanksgiving. Exclusive offers will be available for three days beginning Friday… Continue reading

Eli Hammel of the City of Port Angeles starts on Wednesday the three-day task of putting 10,000 lights on a Christmas tree while suspended in a lift bucket. The tree, which came from city property, will adorn the downtown Conrad Dyer plaza at the foot of Laurel Street. No tree-lighting ceremony is planned but Small Business Weekend is set after Thanksgiving. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
A cyclist enters the tunnel under Discovery Road at the 3-mile marker on the Larry Scott Memorial Trail south of Port Townsend. The now-cleared segment is part of the Olympic Discovery Trail across East Jefferson and Clallam counties, where a number of trees had blocked passage after the Nov. 4 storm. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
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Tunnel vision

A cyclist enters the tunnel under Discovery Road at the 3-mile marker on the Larry Scott Memorial Trail south of Port Townsend. The now-cleared segment… Continue reading

A cyclist enters the tunnel under Discovery Road at the 3-mile marker on the Larry Scott Memorial Trail south of Port Townsend. The now-cleared segment is part of the Olympic Discovery Trail across East Jefferson and Clallam counties, where a number of trees had blocked passage after the Nov. 4 storm. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
The 65-ton Gretchen H tugboat got a bath at the Boat Haven in Port Townsend on Monday. After the marine travel-lift brought her out of the water, maintenance workers including Chad Tichgelaar pressure washed the 81-foot vessel under a bright sun. “It was a heckuva haul-out,” Tichgelaar said. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
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‘A heckuva haul-out’

The 65-ton Gretchen H tugboat got a bath at the Boat Haven in Port Townsend on Monday. After the marine travel-lift brought her out of… Continue reading

The 65-ton Gretchen H tugboat got a bath at the Boat Haven in Port Townsend on Monday. After the marine travel-lift brought her out of the water, maintenance workers including Chad Tichgelaar pressure washed the 81-foot vessel under a bright sun. “It was a heckuva haul-out,” Tichgelaar said. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News)
Laurel Hargis, left, and McKenzie Elliott, both of Port Angeles, assemble decorative paper lanterns on Saturday at the Port Angeles Farmers Market at The Gateway. The free activity was hosted as a public outreach event by the Juan de Fuca Foundation and the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. Workshops are planned Tuesday and Nov. 30 before the Wintertide Festival of Lights on Dec. 10 For information, see pafac.org/wintertidefestival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Paper lanterns

Laurel Hargis, left, and McKenzie Elliott, both of Port Angeles, assemble decorative paper lanterns on Saturday at the Port Angeles Farmers Market at The Gateway.… Continue reading

Laurel Hargis, left, and McKenzie Elliott, both of Port Angeles, assemble decorative paper lanterns on Saturday at the Port Angeles Farmers Market at The Gateway. The free activity was hosted as a public outreach event by the Juan de Fuca Foundation and the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center. Workshops are planned Tuesday and Nov. 30 before the Wintertide Festival of Lights on Dec. 10 For information, see pafac.org/wintertidefestival. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Mia Hampton, 9, of Port Angeles examines a table filled with holiday gifts on Friday at the annual Christmas Cottage craft fair at Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St. in Port Angeles. The fair, which continues from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, features a wide variety of locally produced handcrafted items and baked goods for the holiday season. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Christmas Cottage

Mia Hampton, 9, of Port Angeles examines a table filled with holiday gifts on Friday at the annual Christmas Cottage craft fair at Vern Burton… Continue reading

Mia Hampton, 9, of Port Angeles examines a table filled with holiday gifts on Friday at the annual Christmas Cottage craft fair at Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St. in Port Angeles. The fair, which continues from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, features a wide variety of locally produced handcrafted items and baked goods for the holiday season. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Kathryn Bates of North Olympic Peninsula Quilts of Valor, at the podium, helps present a quilt to U.S. Marine Corps veteran Wyatt Ranson on Friday. Ranson was one of 11 local veterans who received the honor on Friday at the American Legion Hall in Port Townsend. The Quilts of Valor volunteers make and present quilts to veterans of all branches of service in both Clallam and Jefferson counties. To request a quilt for a veteran, visit www.qovf.org or email 1katheybates@gmail.com. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Quilts of valor

Kathryn Bates of North Olympic Peninsula Quilts of Valor, at the podium, helps present a quilt to U.S. Marine Corps veteran Wyatt Ranson on Friday.… Continue reading

Kathryn Bates of North Olympic Peninsula Quilts of Valor, at the podium, helps present a quilt to U.S. Marine Corps veteran Wyatt Ranson on Friday. Ranson was one of 11 local veterans who received the honor on Friday at the American Legion Hall in Port Townsend. The Quilts of Valor volunteers make and present quilts to veterans of all branches of service in both Clallam and Jefferson counties. To request a quilt for a veteran, visit www.qovf.org or email 1katheybates@gmail.com. (Diane Urbani de la Paz/for Peninsula Daily News)
Levi Douglas, Clallam County Veterans program coordinator and U.S. Air Force veteran, cooks burgers and hot dogs during a Veterans Day barbecue for vets and their families at the Clallam County Veterans Center in Port Angeles. The event was one of several across the North Olympic Peninsula honoring those who served their country. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Veterans barbecue

Levi Douglas, Clallam County Veterans program coordinator and U.S. Air Force veteran, cooks burgers and hot dogs during a Veterans Day barbecue for vets and… Continue reading

Levi Douglas, Clallam County Veterans program coordinator and U.S. Air Force veteran, cooks burgers and hot dogs during a Veterans Day barbecue for vets and their families at the Clallam County Veterans Center in Port Angeles. The event was one of several across the North Olympic Peninsula honoring those who served their country. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Carmen Walter, 3, looks enamored with the T-Rex while waiting for the start of the annual Halloween Parade in Port Townsend on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Towering T-Rex

Carmen Walter, 3, looks enamored with the T-Rex while waiting for the start of the annual Halloween Parade in Port Townsend on Monday.… Continue reading

Carmen Walter, 3, looks enamored with the T-Rex while waiting for the start of the annual Halloween Parade in Port Townsend on Monday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Crescent High School king and queen of Homecoming 2022 are Conner Ferro-May and Bay Peppard. They were crowned at halftime the Loggers’ home football game against Quilcene on Saturday at Crescent School. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Crescent Homecoming royalty

The Crescent High School king and queen of Homecoming 2022 are Conner Ferro-May and Bay Peppard. They were crowned at halftime the Loggers’ home football… Continue reading

The Crescent High School king and queen of Homecoming 2022 are Conner Ferro-May and Bay Peppard. They were crowned at halftime the Loggers’ home football game against Quilcene on Saturday at Crescent School. (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Inspector Josh Ley of the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office accepts a package of medications from a motorist at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. The nationwide event was developed to provide a safe method of disposing of unwanted, uneeded or expired prescription medications and illicit drugs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Drug takeback day

Inspector Josh Ley of the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office accepts a package of medications from a motorist at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles… Continue reading

Inspector Josh Ley of the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office accepts a package of medications from a motorist at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday. The nationwide event was developed to provide a safe method of disposing of unwanted, uneeded or expired prescription medications and illicit drugs. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Bennet Web, 5, of Sequim picks out the perfect utensil for carving his jack-o-lantern during Saturday’s Halloween celebration at the Sequim Prairie Grange near Carlsborg. Trunk-or-Treat, hosted by grange members, featured candy and treats, food, pumpkin carving and other activities. For information about Halloween activities today, see Page A3. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Trunk or treat

Bennet Web, 5, of Sequim picks out the perfect utensil for carving his jack-o-lantern during Saturday’s Halloween celebration at the Sequim Prairie Grange near Carlsborg.… Continue reading

Bennet Web, 5, of Sequim picks out the perfect utensil for carving his jack-o-lantern during Saturday’s Halloween celebration at the Sequim Prairie Grange near Carlsborg. Trunk-or-Treat, hosted by grange members, featured candy and treats, food, pumpkin carving and other activities. For information about Halloween activities today, see Page A3. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A row of carved Halloween pumpkins sitting on a brick fence in the 1800 block of West 10th in PA dlogan

Halloween celebrated all weekend

Merchants in downtowns across the North Olympic Peninsula are offering trick-or treating on Monday after haunted houses and other offerings have set the stage throughout… Continue reading

A row of carved Halloween pumpkins sitting on a brick fence in the 1800 block of West 10th in PA dlogan
Hilary Lewis of Olympia looks over a 36-inch jellyfish that washed up on the beach at Fort Worden last weekend. The jelly was identified as probably a Lions Mane jellyfish by Emilee Carpenter, aquarium specialist at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center. Such jellyfish can grow very large, she said Tuesday, adding that the color is accurate. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Jellyfish washes ashore

Hilary Lewis of Olympia looks over a 36-inch jellyfish that washed up on the beach at Fort Worden last weekend. The jelly was identified as… Continue reading

Hilary Lewis of Olympia looks over a 36-inch jellyfish that washed up on the beach at Fort Worden last weekend. The jelly was identified as probably a Lions Mane jellyfish by Emilee Carpenter, aquarium specialist at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center. Such jellyfish can grow very large, she said Tuesday, adding that the color is accurate. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Sharon Prosser of Sequim creates refrigerator magnets with hand-painted rocks as part of the Ladybug Project, a fund-raising effort for the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society. Prosser was making and selling magnets for $1 each and taking monetary donations to the society on Saturday at the Port Angeles Farmers Market.
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Magnet fundraiser for humane society

Sharon Prosser of Sequim creates refrigerator magnets with hand-painted rocks as part of the Ladybug Project, a fundraising effort for the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society.… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Sharon Prosser of Sequim creates refrigerator magnets with hand-painted rocks as part of the Ladybug Project, a fund-raising effort for the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society. Prosser was making and selling magnets for $1 each and taking monetary donations to the society on Saturday at the Port Angeles Farmers Market.
A woman and her dog stroll along a leaf-lined path at Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend. Fall temperatures this week are expected to be in the mid to upper 50s with rain and wind likely in the forecast. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Autumn pathways

A woman and her dog stroll along a leaf-lined path at Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend. Fall temperatures this week are expected to be… Continue reading

A woman and her dog stroll along a leaf-lined path at Kai Tai Lagoon in Port Townsend. Fall temperatures this week are expected to be in the mid to upper 50s with rain and wind likely in the forecast. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
ictured from left to right are Peter Raiswell, Francie Louden, Annie Welch, Priya Jayadev, Anita Chilton, Heather Loyd and Gary Schneider.
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Car club makes hospice donation

The Strait Air Volksgrüppe VW Car Club recently donated $1,800 to Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County. The funds were raised at the club’s North Olympic… Continue reading

ictured from left to right are Peter Raiswell, Francie Louden, Annie Welch, Priya Jayadev, Anita Chilton, Heather Loyd and Gary Schneider.
Pictured, left to right, are Janet Russell, Lorenzo Portelli and Mary Jacoby.
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Green thumb award winner named

The Port Angeles Garden Club has awarded its fill Green Thumb award to Lorenzo Portelli. Portelli received the award for excellence in landscaping at his… Continue reading

Pictured, left to right, are Janet Russell, Lorenzo Portelli and Mary Jacoby.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Six-year-old Emmett Stratford of Port Angeles receives a treat from Sarah Ogerly, owner of Olympic Stauned Glass, left, and Mitch Zenobi during Halloween trick or treating in downtown Port Angeles in 2019.

Scares and dares on Peninsula for Halloween

Thrills and chills are in store on the North Olympic Peninsula as Halloween approaches. Leading up to Halloween on Oct. 31 are a variety of… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Six-year-old Emmett Stratford of Port Angeles receives a treat from Sarah Ogerly, owner of Olympic Stauned Glass, left, and Mitch Zenobi during Halloween trick or treating in downtown Port Angeles in 2019.
A road crew from the Port Townsend Public Works Department — Rafe Thornton, bucket driver, Tracy Benson, with hard hat, Chris MacDonald and Lane Dotson in the background — finishes repaving a section of Walnut Street on Thursday. The section of street was degraded for months with barriers set up to direct traffic around the worst part, essentially making it a one-lane roadway. The street was slated to be open for traffic later in the afternoon. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Repaving Walnut Street

Rafe Thornton, bucket driver, Tracy Benson, with hard hat, Chris MacDonald and Lane Dotson… Continue reading

A road crew from the Port Townsend Public Works Department — Rafe Thornton, bucket driver, Tracy Benson, with hard hat, Chris MacDonald and Lane Dotson in the background — finishes repaving a section of Walnut Street on Thursday. The section of street was degraded for months with barriers set up to direct traffic around the worst part, essentially making it a one-lane roadway. The street was slated to be open for traffic later in the afternoon. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)