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Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News An excavator pulls apart the charred wreckage of the former Castaways Restaurant and Lounge on Thursday in Port Angeles. The resaturant, located at 1213 Marine Drive at Boat Haven West, was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin on Jan. 31. Jim Bishop Excavating is performing the demolition.
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Demolition begins for burned business in Port Angeles

An excavator pulls apart the charred wreckage of the former Castaways Restaurant and Lounge on Thursday in Port Angeles. The restaurant, located at 1213 Marine… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News An excavator pulls apart the charred wreckage of the former Castaways Restaurant and Lounge on Thursday in Port Angeles. The resaturant, located at 1213 Marine Drive at Boat Haven West, was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin on Jan. 31. Jim Bishop Excavating is performing the demolition.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Shane Thompson, accompanied by his son, Malachi Thompson, 10, a member Junior American Citizens, carries a used flag for inceneration on Tuesday at the Northwest Veterans Service Center in Port Angeles on Flag Day. Overseeing the burning were Ginny Sturgeon, left, and Jan Urfer, right, members of the Michael Trebert chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which co-hosted the event with the Clallam County Veterans Association. Eleven used cotton flags were burned during Tuesday's Flag Retirement Ceremony.
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Flag retirement ceremony held

U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Shane Thompson, accompanied by his son, Malachi Thompson, 10, a member of Junior American Citizens, carries a retiring flag… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Shane Thompson, accompanied by his son, Malachi Thompson, 10, a member Junior American Citizens, carries a used flag for inceneration on Tuesday at the Northwest Veterans Service Center in Port Angeles on Flag Day. Overseeing the burning were Ginny Sturgeon, left, and Jan Urfer, right, members of the Michael Trebert chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, which co-hosted the event with the Clallam County Veterans Association. Eleven used cotton flags were burned during Tuesday's Flag Retirement Ceremony.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Curtis Welcker of Freshwater Bay and Amy Joy Sedberry of Port Angeles walk along the tidal flats at Freshwater Bay County Park west of Port Angeles during Wednesday's lowest tide of the year at minus 2.62. Daily minus tides are predicted for most locations in Northwest Washington through the weekend
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Lowest tide of year at Freshwater Bay

Curtis Welcker of Freshwater Bay and Amy Joy Sedberry of Port Angeles walk along the tidal flats at Freshwater Bay County Park west of Port… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Curtis Welcker of Freshwater Bay and Amy Joy Sedberry of Port Angeles walk along the tidal flats at Freshwater Bay County Park west of Port Angeles during Wednesday's lowest tide of the year at minus 2.62. Daily minus tides are predicted for most locations in Northwest Washington through the weekend
Joan Shields Bennett, wife of former Navy Seabee Marvin Shields, reads her remarks to assembled guests during a re-dedication of a plaque honoring her late husband, who died in Vietnam in 1965. Shields, portrayed in the drawing on the stand, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions above and beyond the call of duty. The original plaque, made of bronze, was stolen in 2019 and was never recovered. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Plaque dedication

By Steve Mullensky For Peninsula Daily News Joan Shields Bennett, wife of former Navy Seabee Marvin Shields, reads her remarks to assembled guests during a… Continue reading

Joan Shields Bennett, wife of former Navy Seabee Marvin Shields, reads her remarks to assembled guests during a re-dedication of a plaque honoring her late husband, who died in Vietnam in 1965. Shields, portrayed in the drawing on the stand, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for actions above and beyond the call of duty. The original plaque, made of bronze, was stolen in 2019 and was never recovered. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Team Imua members Thiago Silva, left, and Connor Jones, from Mill Valley, CA. pause to reflect on their 70 mile overnight row from Tacoma to Port Townsend to win the annual Seventy48 race for non motorized watercraft. One Hundred twenty-three entrants started the 70 mile race at 7:00 PM Friday from Commencement Bay in Tacoma and they have 48 hours to complete the journey. Team Imua completed the trek in just over 9 and a half hours and taking home the approx. $5300.00 winners prize.
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Seventy48 winners paddle in to Port Townsend

Team Imua members Thiago Silva, left, and Connor Jones from Mill Valley, Calif., pause to reflect on their 70-mile overnight row from Tacoma to Port… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Team Imua members Thiago Silva, left, and Connor Jones, from Mill Valley, CA. pause to reflect on their 70 mile overnight row from Tacoma to Port Townsend to win the annual Seventy48 race for non motorized watercraft. One Hundred twenty-three entrants started the 70 mile race at 7:00 PM Friday from Commencement Bay in Tacoma and they have 48 hours to complete the journey. Team Imua completed the trek in just over 9 and a half hours and taking home the approx. $5300.00 winners prize.
Keith Thorpe/Pennsula Daily News Port Angeles High School graduates, from left, Hannah Basden, Zoe Smithson, Peyton Rudd and Jenna McGoiff inflate balloons that will adorn a car taking part in Friday's graduation parade through the streets of Port Angeles from Ediz Hook to the high school. The parade, which was developed to honor graduates after COVID-19 forced the cancellation of commencement in 2020, was kept as a prelude to the conventional ceremony at Port Angeles Civic Field.
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Graduates parade through Port Angeles

Port Angeles High School graduates, from left, Hannah Basden, Zoe Smithson, Peyton Rudd and Jenna McGoff inflate balloons that will adorn a car taking part… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Pennsula Daily News Port Angeles High School graduates, from left, Hannah Basden, Zoe Smithson, Peyton Rudd and Jenna McGoiff inflate balloons that will adorn a car taking part in Friday's graduation parade through the streets of Port Angeles from Ediz Hook to the high school. The parade, which was developed to honor graduates after COVID-19 forced the cancellation of commencement in 2020, was kept as a prelude to the conventional ceremony at Port Angeles Civic Field.
Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Tim O’Neill, Ginger Fortier and Honey Neimann, all from Port Townsend and members of Jefferson County Master Gardeners Foundation, pick weeds and do other clean up at Dahlia Park, on the corner of 10th St. and Sims Way in Port Townsend on Wednesday afternoon. The association took over the maintenance of the garden from the city in 2003 and volunteers like these make certain the park is always looking nice and appropriate for the season.
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Garden grooming in Port Townsend

Tim O’Neill, Ginger Fortier and Honey Neimann, all from Port Townsend and members of Jefferson County Master Gardeners Foundation, pick weeds and do other clean… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Tim O’Neill, Ginger Fortier and Honey Neimann, all from Port Townsend and members of Jefferson County Master Gardeners Foundation, pick weeds and do other clean up at Dahlia Park, on the corner of 10th St. and Sims Way in Port Townsend on Wednesday afternoon. The association took over the maintenance of the garden from the city in 2003 and volunteers like these make certain the park is always looking nice and appropriate for the season.
Robert Parker, a self-employed contractor from Port Orchard, installs a granite plaque honoring Navy Seabee Marvin G. Shields, who died in June 1965 in Vietnam and was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism, at the Marvin Shields Memorial Flagpole on a stone monument from which the original bronze plaque was stolen in 2019. “He is very precious to us,” said Parker, an ex-Navy Seabee who volunteered to place the plaque. “This plaque is granite so there is less incentive for thieves,” he added. The Admiralty Inlet Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will dedicate the memorial plaque at 1 p.m. Saturday in the small park on the north side of West Sims Way between Sheridan and Tenth streets. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Plaque dedication

By Steve Mullensky For Peninsula Daily News Robert Parker, a self-employed contractor from Port Orchard, installs a granite plaque honoring Navy Seabee Marvin G. Shields,… Continue reading

Robert Parker, a self-employed contractor from Port Orchard, installs a granite plaque honoring Navy Seabee Marvin G. Shields, who died in June 1965 in Vietnam and was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism, at the Marvin Shields Memorial Flagpole on a stone monument from which the original bronze plaque was stolen in 2019. “He is very precious to us,” said Parker, an ex-Navy Seabee who volunteered to place the plaque. “This plaque is granite so there is less incentive for thieves,” he added. The Admiralty Inlet Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will dedicate the memorial plaque at 1 p.m. Saturday in the small park on the north side of West Sims Way between Sheridan and Tenth streets. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Thiago Silva of Team IMUA cools off with a dive into Port Townsend Bay after 70 hard rowing miles with teammate Greg Spooner to win the 2019 Seventy48 human-powered watercraft race. The 2022 Seventy48 race will begin at 7 p.m. Friday in Tacoma, 70 miles from Port Townsend, and participants must ring the bell at City Dock in Port Townsend within 48 hours. The Northwest Maritime Center plans an awards ceremony at Sunday’s Ruckus, which precedes the start of the Race to Alaska on Monday. Some 130 teams were signed up as of Wednesday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

70 miles in 48 hours

By Steve Mullensky For Peninsula Daily News Thiago Silva of Team IMUA cools off with a dive into Port Townsend Bay after 70 hard rowing… Continue reading

Thiago Silva of Team IMUA cools off with a dive into Port Townsend Bay after 70 hard rowing miles with teammate Greg Spooner to win the 2019 Seventy48 human-powered watercraft race. The 2022 Seventy48 race will begin at 7 p.m. Friday in Tacoma, 70 miles from Port Townsend, and participants must ring the bell at City Dock in Port Townsend within 48 hours. The Northwest Maritime Center plans an awards ceremony at Sunday’s Ruckus, which precedes the start of the Race to Alaska on Monday. Some 130 teams were signed up as of Wednesday. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Standing, from left to right, are Andrea Reise, Harvey Reise, Beth Walker, Julie Catterson, Ruthie Brandt and Ricky Ewing.
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Clallam Mosaic receives $2,500 donation

1st Security Bank recently donated $2,500 to Clallam Mosaic. The donation is part of the bank’s Community Reinvestment Act. Clallam Mosaic works to empower individuals… Continue reading

Standing, from left to right, are Andrea Reise, Harvey Reise, Beth Walker, Julie Catterson, Ruthie Brandt and Ricky Ewing.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News T.J. Farris of Bakersfield, Calif., an employee of the Flims, Swittzerland-based Velosolutions, uses a compactor on Tuesday to create a lane surface on an asphalt portion of a pump track being built at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The track, designed primarily for bicycles and other wheeled play vehicles, is being constructed by the Port Angeles Parks & Recreation Department in conjunction the Lincoln Park BMX Association with funding from a $350,000 grant from the state Recreation and Conservation Office, $100,000 in lodging tax grants from the city and Clallam County, business sponsorships, individual and community donations and a grant from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. It is expected to be completed by late June or early July.
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Pump track paving in Port Angeles

T.J. Farris of Bakersfield, Calif., an employee of the Flims, Switzerland-based Velosolutions, uses a compactor on Tuesday to create a lane surface on an asphalt… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News T.J. Farris of Bakersfield, Calif., an employee of the Flims, Swittzerland-based Velosolutions, uses a compactor on Tuesday to create a lane surface on an asphalt portion of a pump track being built at Erickson Playfield in Port Angeles. The track, designed primarily for bicycles and other wheeled play vehicles, is being constructed by the Port Angeles Parks & Recreation Department in conjunction the Lincoln Park BMX Association with funding from a $350,000 grant from the state Recreation and Conservation Office, $100,000 in lodging tax grants from the city and Clallam County, business sponsorships, individual and community donations and a grant from the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. It is expected to be completed by late June or early July.
A pair of sloops race to the finish line as the Port Townsend Sailing Association’s Classic Mariners Regatta got underway. The 39th regatta returned after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. About 30 sailing vessels, large and small, took part in the annual sailing event Saturday that was open to all designs and materials for the first time. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Mariners Regatta

By Steve Mullensky For Peninsula Daily News A pair of sloops race to the finish line as the Port Townsend Sailing Association’s Classic Mariners Regatta… Continue reading

A pair of sloops race to the finish line as the Port Townsend Sailing Association’s Classic Mariners Regatta got underway. The 39th regatta returned after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. About 30 sailing vessels, large and small, took part in the annual sailing event Saturday that was open to all designs and materials for the first time. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Pictured, from left to right, are Matthew Rainwater, John James, Elisa Simonsen, Erica Rudesill and Carlyne Littlejohn.
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Pennies donation in Port Angeles

1st Security Bank recently donated $2,500 to Pennies For Quarters. The nonprofit is working to build a community of up to 24 tiny houses for… Continue reading

Pictured, from left to right, are Matthew Rainwater, John James, Elisa Simonsen, Erica Rudesill and Carlyne Littlejohn.
Volunteer Sherilyn Seyler leads Starlin, an alpaca, in a parade of alpacas and llamas Saturday at the Olympic Peninsula Alpaca/Llama Rescue Farm. The event was at an open house to bring awareness of the farm’s mission, which is “to provide a safe haven, rehabilitation center and rehoming program for Alpacas and Llamas.” (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Animals on parade

Volunteer Sherilyn Seyler leads Starlin, an alpaca, in a parade of alpacas and llamas Saturday at the Olympic Peninsula Alpaca/Llama Rescue Farm. The event was… Continue reading

Volunteer Sherilyn Seyler leads Starlin, an alpaca, in a parade of alpacas and llamas Saturday at the Olympic Peninsula Alpaca/Llama Rescue Farm. The event was at an open house to bring awareness of the farm’s mission, which is “to provide a safe haven, rehabilitation center and rehoming program for Alpacas and Llamas.” (Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News)
Pat Rublaitus helps light candles for a prayer service on Friday inside St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Sequim for the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas. About 40 people attended to pray and sing for the teachers and students and their families. Participants were encouraged to write prayers on cloth strips to be attached to a fence outside the church. The interfaith service was sponsored by St. Luke’s, Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church and Trinity United Methodist Church. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
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Service grieves for shooting victims

Pat Rublaitus helps light candles for a prayer service on Friday inside St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Sequim for the victims of the Robb Elementary… Continue reading

Pat Rublaitus helps light candles for a prayer service on Friday inside St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Sequim for the victims of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas. About 40 people attended to pray and sing for the teachers and students and their families. Participants were encouraged to write prayers on cloth strips to be attached to a fence outside the church. The interfaith service was sponsored by St. Luke’s, Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church and Trinity United Methodist Church. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)
From left are Annette Hanson, Tuttie Peetz, Shelli Robb-Kahler and Powell Jones.
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Dungeness River Nature Center receives $8,500 donation

Sound Community Bank recently donated $8,500 to the Dungeness River Nature Center to help complete the center’s Watershed Exhibit Hall. The exhibit hall will showcase… Continue reading

From left are Annette Hanson, Tuttie Peetz, Shelli Robb-Kahler and Powell Jones.
The Sequim Valley Lions Club recently donated $1,500 to Clallam Mosaic to support programs for individuals with developmental disabilities and special needs. Pictured, from left to right are David Blakeslee, Ruth Grant, Linda Edwards, John Riley, Steve Sahnow, Dianne Dooley, Pat Phillips, Dave Bonham and George Dooley.
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Sequim Lions Club makes Clallam Mosaic donation

The Sequim Valley Lions Club recently donated $1,500 to Clallam Mosaic to support programs for individuals with developmental disabilities and special needs. Pictured, from left… Continue reading

The Sequim Valley Lions Club recently donated $1,500 to Clallam Mosaic to support programs for individuals with developmental disabilities and special needs. Pictured, from left to right are David Blakeslee, Ruth Grant, Linda Edwards, John Riley, Steve Sahnow, Dianne Dooley, Pat Phillips, Dave Bonham and George Dooley.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News John Kent, commander of VFW Post 1024 of Port Angeles, rings the Liberty Bell replica in honor of Clallam County veterans who have died in the previous month during the monthly rememberance ceremony on Friday at Veterans Park in Port Angeles. A total of 29 veterans were recognized with a chiming of the bell for each.
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Monthly memorial ringing

John Kent, commander of VFW Post 1024 of Port Angeles, rings the Liberty Bell replica in honor of Clallam County veterans who have died in… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News John Kent, commander of VFW Post 1024 of Port Angeles, rings the Liberty Bell replica in honor of Clallam County veterans who have died in the previous month during the monthly rememberance ceremony on Friday at Veterans Park in Port Angeles. A total of 29 veterans were recognized with a chiming of the bell for each.
Tom Wayne Duke of Langley directs traffic as a North American SNJ-5 Texan based in Diamond Point taxies into a parking spot on Saturday at William R. Fairchild International Airport as part of Armed Forces & Public Safety Airport Appreciation Day and Fly-in. The event featured a variety of modern and vintage aircraft, flying demonstrations, public saftey displays and Young Eagles flights for children. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Armed Forces Public Safety Airport Appreciation Day and Fly-in

A variety of modern and vintage aircraft, flying demonstrations and a World War II reenactment filled the tarmac and sky at William R. Fairchild International… Continue reading

Tom Wayne Duke of Langley directs traffic as a North American SNJ-5 Texan based in Diamond Point taxies into a parking spot on Saturday at William R. Fairchild International Airport as part of Armed Forces & Public Safety Airport Appreciation Day and Fly-in. The event featured a variety of modern and vintage aircraft, flying demonstrations, public saftey displays and Young Eagles flights for children. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News David Fox of Port Angeles uses a rotary tiller on Thursday to prepare soil for planting on a plot in the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles. The garden, which features plots planted by members of the comnnunty, is in full swing with a wide variety of plants and flowers.
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Garden prep work in Port Angeles

David Fox of Port Angeles uses a rotary tiller to prepare soil for planting on a plot in the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News David Fox of Port Angeles uses a rotary tiller on Thursday to prepare soil for planting on a plot in the Fifth Street Community Garden in Port Angeles. The garden, which features plots planted by members of the comnnunty, is in full swing with a wide variety of plants and flowers.