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A half century of art: OPAA artists inspire each other

A half century of art: OPAA artists inspire each other

Olympic Peninsula Art Association celebrates five decades as an organization this year. The nonprofit organization includes about 90 members and artists of all… Continue reading

A half century of art: OPAA artists inspire each other

FAITH BRIEFS: Unity guest speaker set for weekend … and other items

There will be a World Day of Prayer observance from 7 to 8 tonight. The service will be held in Holy Trinity… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Are you listening?

I WAS GIVEN a blank piece of paper and a pen. My friend was given a paper with a picture on it that I was… Continue reading

Neal is featured speaker at genealogical society meeting

The Clallam County Genealogical Society will host fishing guide/newspaper columnist Pat Neal at the group’s next meeting, set for 10 a.m. to noon… Continue reading

Rose-pruning tips offered at Work to Learn party

Rose-pruning tips offered at Work to Learn party

Rose pruning will be the topic of the Work to Learn demonstration at 1 p.m. Saturday. Lee Bowen, Sequim Botanical Garden Society vice… Continue reading

Rose-pruning tips offered at Work to Learn party
PHOTO: Boats all in a row in Port Townsend Bay

PHOTO: Boats all in a row in Port Townsend Bay

Sailboats head back to the Boat Haven after a late afternoon sail around Port Townsend Bay during welcome sunny weather.… Continue reading

PHOTO: Boats all in a row in Port Townsend Bay
PHOTOS: A day of play brings out Port Angeles families

PHOTOS: A day of play brings out Port Angeles families

Kidsfest 2019 event, hosted by the Port Angeles Kiwanis Club and Lutheran Community Services NW, featured a variety of activities and resources for parents and… Continue reading

PHOTOS: A day of play brings out Port Angeles families
Sequim’s Phoenix Riders claim Book Wars title

Sequim’s Phoenix Riders claim Book Wars title

The Phoenix Riders were up for this reading challenge. A team of four Sequim Middle School students emerged as the top team in the North… Continue reading

Sequim’s Phoenix Riders claim Book Wars title
A GROWING CONCERN: Stepping towards spring

A GROWING CONCERN: Stepping towards spring

This month is known for coming in like either a lion or lamb, then exiting as the opposite. But to me, March is always like… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Stepping towards spring
BACK WHEN: The Van Ness Resort has been through changes

BACK WHEN: The Van Ness Resort has been through changes

ONCE AGAIN NO one responded to the February picture from the past. It was the Van Ness Resort on Marine Drive in Sequim and the… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: The Van Ness Resort has been through changes

HELP LINE: Don’t panic if you don’t have new Medicare card yet

WHEN YOUR NEW Medicare card hadn’t shown up by Thanksgiving, you thought, “Oh, well … I have other things to be thankful for. Santa will… Continue reading

Annual Barn Dance set for March

Annual Barn Dance set for March

Five Acre School offers a full day of entertainment for children and adults at its 11th annual Beat the Blues Barn Dance on… Continue reading

Annual Barn Dance set for March
History Tales to feature ‘The lost canoe’

History Tales to feature ‘The lost canoe’

Priscilla Hudson, historian of the Sequim Prairie Garden Club, will talk about “The Lost Canoe” at the Clallam County Historical Society’s History… Continue reading

History Tales to feature ‘The lost canoe’

Home Show, climate change, alpacas featured on Peninsula

The Jefferson County Home Builders Association’s 2019 Home Show, a climate change talk and a flea market featuring alpacas are among the upcoming activities on… Continue reading

Speaker series ‘Edge of the Sea’ talk reset for Thursday

Ian Miller, coastal hazard specialist with the Washington Sea Grant, will present “The Edge of the Sea: Scales of Change on Olympic… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Taking a bus trip around the world

A GROWING CONCERN: Taking a bus trip around the world

WHO SAYS YOU can’t believe in dragons? Well, our bus full of Olympic gardeners does. An utterly magnificent carved “driftwood dragon” was the unanimous choice… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Taking a bus trip around the world

HELP LINE: To receive help, you need to know where to look

MANY OF YOU who have paid any attention to these columns at all for the past 950 or more weeks are painfully aware that I’ve… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: Preparation is key to surviving snow storms

HORSEPLAY: Preparation is key to surviving snow storms

SO, HOW DID all you horse owners out there weather what many have termed “snowmageddon?” While not nearly as fearsome as the biblical reference found… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: Preparation is key to surviving snow storms

PENINSULA KITCHEN: Enjoy what you have

BY THE TIME you read this, snowmaggedon might be a soggy memory, or perhaps a lingering pile of dirty driveway snow. That said, it has… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Truth is truth, guilt is guilt

JESUS SAID TO her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who… Continue reading