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A crow makes off with a crab stolen from a gull on the beach at the Port Townsend Boat Haven. Cloudy skies are forecast Tuesday and Wednesday with high temperatures near 60 degrees. A chance of rain returns for Memorial Day weekend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Crab dinner to go at boat haven

A crow makes off with a crab stolen from a gull on the beach at the Port Townsend Boat Haven. Cloudy skies are forecast Tuesday… Continue reading

A crow makes off with a crab stolen from a gull on the beach at the Port Townsend Boat Haven. Cloudy skies are forecast Tuesday and Wednesday with high temperatures near 60 degrees. A chance of rain returns for Memorial Day weekend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
The 86th Rhody Festival float, with Princesses Brigette Palmer, left, and Hailey Hirschel waving to the crowd as they go along Lawrence Street in the Uptown neighborhood of Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Rhody weekend

The 86th Rhody Festival float, with Princesses Brigette Palmer, left, and Hailey Hirschel waving to the crowd as they go along Lawrence Street in the… Continue reading

The 86th Rhody Festival float, with Princesses Brigette Palmer, left, and Hailey Hirschel waving to the crowd as they go along Lawrence Street in the Uptown neighborhood of Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Pictured, from left to right, Jacob Weaver, Will Rife, Jack Council, Everett Hunsaker, Jack Slaczka, Gavin Bringhurst, Reid Schmidt, Cyrus Deede, Bobby Starr, Isaac Ordona, band director Jarrett Hansen, Caleb Stuber and Liam Hare.
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Port Angeles High School band competes

Forty music students from Port Angeles High School recently competed in the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association/Washington Music Educators Association State Solo and Ensemble Contest at… Continue reading

Pictured, from left to right, Jacob Weaver, Will Rife, Jack Council, Everett Hunsaker, Jack Slaczka, Gavin Bringhurst, Reid Schmidt, Cyrus Deede, Bobby Starr, Isaac Ordona, band director Jarrett Hansen, Caleb Stuber and Liam Hare.
Dick Richardson, volunteer coordinator of the U.S. Light House Society, shows off the 1880’s French made fresnel lens at the top of the Point Wilson Light at Fort Worden State Park. The society is the caretaker of the lighthouse, under a license from the U.S. Coast Guard. Public tours are conducted from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Because of liability issues and Coast Guard regulations, the top floor, where the lens is located, will be off limits. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Lighthouse tours

Dick Richardson, volunteer coordinator of the U.S. Light House Society, shows off the 1880’s French made fresnel lens at the top of the Point Wilson… Continue reading

Dick Richardson, volunteer coordinator of the U.S. Light House Society, shows off the 1880’s French made fresnel lens at the top of the Point Wilson Light at Fort Worden State Park. The society is the caretaker of the lighthouse, under a license from the U.S. Coast Guard. Public tours are conducted from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. Because of liability issues and Coast Guard regulations, the top floor, where the lens is located, will be off limits. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Visitors to Lake Crescent Lodge at Barnes Point contemplate swimming from the lodge's dock on Tuesday in Olympic National Park southwest of Port Angeles. Lake Crescent is one of the parks most visited attractions, drawing thousands of visitors each year to marvel at the interface of mountains and water.
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Would-be swimmers at Lake Crescent

Visitors to Lake Crescent Lodge at Barnes Point contemplate swimming from the lodge’s dock on Tuesday in Olympic National Park southwest of Port Angeles. Lake… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Visitors to Lake Crescent Lodge at Barnes Point contemplate swimming from the lodge's dock on Tuesday in Olympic National Park southwest of Port Angeles. Lake Crescent is one of the parks most visited attractions, drawing thousands of visitors each year to marvel at the interface of mountains and water.
Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Denny Henson of NW Rustic Cuts works on carved bears at the Logging Show at the Sequim Irrigation Festival on Friday. The show continues today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. as well as a variety of other events during the festival’s grand finale weekend. The highlight will be the Grand Parade through downtown Sequim from noon to 1:30 p.m. today. For more information, see irrigationfestival.com and facebook.com/SequimIrrigationFestival.
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Art with bear hands at Irrigation Festival

Denny Henson of NW Rustic Cuts works on carved bears at the Logging Show at the Sequim Irrigation Festival on Friday. The show continues today… Continue reading

Michael Dashiell/Olympic Peninsula News Group Denny Henson of NW Rustic Cuts works on carved bears at the Logging Show at the Sequim Irrigation Festival on Friday. The show continues today from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. as well as a variety of other events during the festival’s grand finale weekend. The highlight will be the Grand Parade through downtown Sequim from noon to 1:30 p.m. today. For more information, see irrigationfestival.com and facebook.com/SequimIrrigationFestival.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict, left, reads off the names of Washington law enforcment officers killed in the line of duty as Port Angeles Police Chief Brian Smith looks on during a ceremony of Friday honoring law enforcement personnel as part of National Police Week. The ceremoney, held at the Liberty Bell replica at Veterans Park in Port Angeles, included music from the Port Angeles High School choir, a flag ceremony, a gun salute and ringing of the bell.
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Memorial bell ringing in Port Angeles

Above: Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict, left, reads off the names of Washington law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty as Port Angeles… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict, left, reads off the names of Washington law enforcment officers killed in the line of duty as Port Angeles Police Chief Brian Smith looks on during a ceremony of Friday honoring law enforcement personnel as part of National Police Week. The ceremoney, held at the Liberty Bell replica at Veterans Park in Port Angeles, included music from the Port Angeles High School choir, a flag ceremony, a gun salute and ringing of the bell.
Alex Baker of the USPS picks up some food donations on his west Port Angeles route several years ago.
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Stamp Out Hunger set Saturday

Alex Baker of the USPS picks up some food donations on his west Port Angeles route several years ago. The National Association of Letter Carriers… Continue reading

Alex Baker of the USPS picks up some food donations on his west Port Angeles route several years ago.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles Business Association member John Brewer fills a wheelbarrow with weeds and dirt during a clean-up effort to beautify the Port Angeles welcome display Front Street and Ennis Cutoff on Saturday. A team of association members along with their friends and families took part in the activity.
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Welcome efforts clean up in Port Angeles

Port Angeles Business Association member John Brewer fills a wheelbarrow with weeds and dirt during a clean-up effort to beautify the Port Angeles welcome display… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles Business Association member John Brewer fills a wheelbarrow with weeds and dirt during a clean-up effort to beautify the Port Angeles welcome display Front Street and Ennis Cutoff on Saturday. A team of association members along with their friends and families took part in the activity.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Cari Gavin, left, and Pam Wennerberg, both of Port Angeles, examine a cutting board created by Tim Smith of Port Angeles-based Blacktail Trail LLC, right, during Saturday's Mother's Day Market at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The event featured a variety of vendor displays with items created mostly by local artisans.
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Board browsers peruse market in Port Angeles

Cari Gavin, left, and Pam Wennerberg, both of Port Angeles, examine a cutting board created by Tim Smith of Port Angeles-based Blacktail Trail LLC, right,… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Cari Gavin, left, and Pam Wennerberg, both of Port Angeles, examine a cutting board created by Tim Smith of Port Angeles-based Blacktail Trail LLC, right, during Saturday's Mother's Day Market at Vern Burton Community Center in Port Angeles. The event featured a variety of vendor displays with items created mostly by local artisans.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Sharon Prosser, a board member for the Port Angeles Farmers Market, pulls weeds from the welcome sign at The Gateway transit center in downtown Port Angeles during Saturday's Big Spring Spruce Up. The second annual event saw teams cleaning around the downtown area in an activity hosted by ElevateLPA, the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce and the city of Port Angeles.
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Big Spring Spruce Up in Port Angeles

Sharon Prosser, a board member for the Port Angeles Farmers Market, pulls weeds from the welcome sign at The Gateway transit center in downtown Port… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Sharon Prosser, a board member for the Port Angeles Farmers Market, pulls weeds from the welcome sign at The Gateway transit center in downtown Port Angeles during Saturday's Big Spring Spruce Up. The second annual event saw teams cleaning around the downtown area in an activity hosted by ElevateLPA, the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce and the city of Port Angeles.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peggy DeYoung of Port Angeles, left, talks about plants with Port Angeles Garden Club member Bev Dawson during the group's annual plant sale on Saturday at the Port Angeles Senior Center. The sale featured perennials, annuals, succulents and vegetable starts and served as a fundraiser for garden club activities.
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Port Angeles Garden Club plant sale

Peggy DeYoung of Port Angeles, left, talks about plants with Port Angeles Garden Club member Bev Dawson during the group’s annual plant sale on Saturday… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Peggy DeYoung of Port Angeles, left, talks about plants with Port Angeles Garden Club member Bev Dawson during the group's annual plant sale on Saturday at the Port Angeles Senior Center. The sale featured perennials, annuals, succulents and vegetable starts and served as a fundraiser for garden club activities.
Alisha Teater of Port Angeles watches as her son, William, 14 months, who is fascinated by decorative wind spinners on display on the porch of Pacific Rim Hobby on Saturday in Port Angeles. The pair was on a family shopping excursion with a stop at the hobby store. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Windy wonders spin in Port Angeles

Alisha Teater of Port Angeles watches as her son, William, 14 months, is fascinated by decorative wind spinners on display on the porch of Pacific… Continue reading

Alisha Teater of Port Angeles watches as her son, William, 14 months, who is fascinated by decorative wind spinners on display on the porch of Pacific Rim Hobby on Saturday in Port Angeles. The pair was on a family shopping excursion with a stop at the hobby store. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Nicole Salim, evidence manager for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, left, and Detective Swift Sanchez of the Port Angeles Police Department dump medicines into a collection box during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday at a drop-off site at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles. At the event, people were allowed to anonymously bring in expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for safe disposal. Similar drop-off sites on the North Olympic Peninsula were set for Sequim, Quilcene and Port Hadlock. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Drug Take-Back Day

Nicole Salim, evidence manager for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, left, and Detective Swift Sanchez of the Port Angeles Police Department dump medicines into a… Continue reading

Nicole Salim, evidence manager for the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, left, and Detective Swift Sanchez of the Port Angeles Police Department dump medicines into a collection box during National Prescription Drug Take Back Day on Saturday at a drop-off site at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles. At the event, people were allowed to anonymously bring in expired, unused and unwanted prescription drugs for safe disposal. Similar drop-off sites on the North Olympic Peninsula were set for Sequim, Quilcene and Port Hadlock. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Chelsea Rosenberger, right, and sons Josiah and Micah, go through the bits of trash they picked up along a beach at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday as their volunteer contribution for Earth Day. The family participated in a beach cleanup sponsored by the Marine Science Center in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Earth Day cleanup

By Steve Mullensky For Peninsula Daily News Chelsea Rosenberger, right, and sons Josiah and Micah, go through the bits of trash they picked up along… Continue reading

Chelsea Rosenberger, right, and sons Josiah and Micah, go through the bits of trash they picked up along a beach at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday as their volunteer contribution for Earth Day. The family participated in a beach cleanup sponsored by the Marine Science Center in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The cruise ships Celebrity Eclipse, front, and Ovation of the Seas, rear, sit anchored in Port Angeles Harbor on Friday as they await the Alaskan cruise season. Both ships are operated by the Royal Caribbean Group or its subsidiaries. Anchored between the cruise vessels are the bulk carrier James Bay and the pusher tug Dublin Sea.
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Cruising the harbor in Port Angeles

The cruise ships Celebrity Eclipse, front, and Ovation of the Seas, rear, sit anchored in Port Angeles Harbor on Friday as they await the Alaskan… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News The cruise ships Celebrity Eclipse, front, and Ovation of the Seas, rear, sit anchored in Port Angeles Harbor on Friday as they await the Alaskan cruise season. Both ships are operated by the Royal Caribbean Group or its subsidiaries. Anchored between the cruise vessels are the bulk carrier James Bay and the pusher tug Dublin Sea.
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department workers, from left, Brooke Keohokalole, Darryl Anderson and Eli Hammel install a chain link fence around a portion of the Campfire Clubhouse at Jessie Webster Park on Wednesday. The fence is part of an effort to keep transients from camping on the covered porch of the building, which is used for a variety of community events.
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Campfire Clubhouse fence goes up

Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department workers, from left, Brooke Keohokalole, Darryl Anderson and Eli Hammel install a chain link fence around a portion of… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Port Angeles Parks and Recreation Department workers, from left, Brooke Keohokalole, Darryl Anderson and Eli Hammel install a chain link fence around a portion of the Campfire Clubhouse at Jessie Webster Park on Wednesday. The fence is part of an effort to keep transients from camping on the covered porch of the building, which is used for a variety of community events.
Grant Axling, 8, has his eyes set on a blue egg ready for plucking during an Easter egg hunt at Fairwinds Winery on Saturday. About 50 kids ranging in age from 2 to 8 took part in the first hunt on the winery grounds. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Let the hunt begin

By Steve Mullensky For Peninsula Daily News Grant Axling, 8, has his eyes set on a blue egg ready for plucking during an Easter egg… Continue reading

Grant Axling, 8, has his eyes set on a blue egg ready for plucking during an Easter egg hunt at Fairwinds Winery on Saturday. About 50 kids ranging in age from 2 to 8 took part in the first hunt on the winery grounds. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
The Port Angeles Food Bank was the March recipient of Jim’s Cares Monthly Charity at Jim’s Pharmacy in Port Angeles. The food bank’s mission is to nourish our community. Staff and customers at the pharmacy raised more than $628 to support the program. Rachel Anderson, left, from Jim’s Pharmacy, delivers a check Alexi Nelson, the food bank’s community engagement coordinator. --

Charity of the month for Jim’s Pharmacy

The Port Angeles Food Bank was the January recipient of Jim’s Cares Monthly Charity at Jim’s Pharmacy in Port Angeles. The food bank’s mission is… Continue reading

The Port Angeles Food Bank was the March recipient of Jim’s Cares Monthly Charity at Jim’s Pharmacy in Port Angeles. The food bank’s mission is to nourish our community. Staff and customers at the pharmacy raised more than $628 to support the program. Rachel Anderson, left, from Jim’s Pharmacy, delivers a check Alexi Nelson, the food bank’s community engagement coordinator. --
Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Steam rises from the roof and front driveway of the Olympic National Park Visitor Center on Thursday in Port Angeles after direct sunlight reached its rain-drenched shingles. Unsettled weather and below-normal temperatures are expected into next week in most areas of the North Olympic Peninsula.
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Steamy afternoon at visitor center

Steam rises from the roof and front driveway of the Olympic National Park Visitor Center on Thursday in Port Angeles after direct sunlight reached its… Continue reading

Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Steam rises from the roof and front driveway of the Olympic National Park Visitor Center on Thursday in Port Angeles after direct sunlight reached its rain-drenched shingles. Unsettled weather and below-normal temperatures are expected into next week in most areas of the North Olympic Peninsula.