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Sequim woman receives aviation award

Sequim woman receives aviation award

To sum up her life and love of aviation in a few words, Donna Wilson-Sommer said: “It’s been a joy ride.” A Sequim… Continue reading

Sequim woman receives aviation award

Brinnon celebration, car wash, outdoor movie set for the week

A Brinnon celebration, an outdoor movie and car wash are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information also is available on the… Continue reading

Farmland conservation in spotlight at annual Friends of the Fields Harvest Dinner

Farmland conservation in spotlight at annual Friends of the Fields Harvest Dinner

Seats are on sale for the 19th annual Friends of the Fields Harvest Dinner, the largest event in Clallam County that is solely… Continue reading

Farmland conservation in spotlight at annual Friends of the Fields Harvest Dinner

ISSUES OF FAITH: Beware of theocracy

WHEN THE U.S. Constitution was ratified, Jews looked to this new country as a place where they would be safe from persecution, not only because… Continue reading

Photo contest deadline Sept. 7

The Dungeness River Management Team will host a photo contest in conjunction with its 30-year anniversary. Contest submissions are due by Sept. 7.… Continue reading

PHOTO: Getting ready for school

PHOTO: Getting ready for school

Dave Logan/for Peninsula Daily News With school opening just around the corner, Port Angeles High School had its registration days this week for all classes,… Continue reading

PHOTO: Getting ready for school
PHOTO: Food and fun at Jefferson All-County Picnic

PHOTO: Food and fun at Jefferson All-County Picnic

David Lewis, 2, sisters Rivka, 7, and Tirzah, 4, sitting in her mom Lindsey Lewis’ lap, tuck into their ears of corn distrubuted and cooked… Continue reading

PHOTO: Food and fun at Jefferson All-County Picnic
Tips offered for growing organic garlic

Tips offered for growing organic garlic

Pam Larsen will offer tips for growing organic garlic at noon Thursday. The lecture will be in the county commissioner’s meeting room… Continue reading

Tips offered for growing organic garlic
Sequim Toastmaster prepares to compete in international speech contest

Sequim Toastmaster prepares to compete in international speech contest

As a 16-year old exchange student living in a small village in Peru, Lindy MacLaine felt like a fish out of water. Little… Continue reading

Sequim Toastmaster prepares to compete in international speech contest

A GROWING CONCERN: Dusty, dirty dog days of August

THE DOG DAYS of August have arrived, having been dashed with a good dose of rain for the garden, fruit trees, lawn and rainfall for… Continue reading

‘Imagined Reality’ comes to Olympic Theatre Arts

‘Imagined Reality’ comes to Olympic Theatre Arts

Olympic Theatre Arts will welcome Bainbridge Island improvisational comedy group “Imagined Reality” for its first appearance at OTA at 7 p.m. Saturday. The… Continue reading

‘Imagined Reality’ comes to Olympic Theatre Arts
BACK WHEN: A naturalist explores Puget Sound

BACK WHEN: A naturalist explores Puget Sound

ALTHOUGH IT IS likely that scientists accompanied the earlier Spanish explorers on their voyages to our area, the first documented studies of the flora, fauna,… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: A naturalist explores Puget Sound
Band, choir director Rodes looks to set tone at Sequim Middle School

Band, choir director Rodes looks to set tone at Sequim Middle School

George Rodes is back in his comfort zone… that is, in a band room. “Music is a learning vehicle,” Rodes said. “You don’t… Continue reading

Band, choir director Rodes looks to set tone at Sequim Middle School

BIRD WATCH: Identifying Russian birds was no easy task

SOMETIMES, THE BIRDS we can’t identify are the most memorable. These are the ones we can never forget. On a recent trip to Russia, my… Continue reading

HELP LINE: ‘Mom won’t make it’ if Congress doesn’t act

A COUPLE OF weeks ago, I did a column on Social Security. More specifically, the column was about the foreseeable future of the Social Security… Continue reading

Lapidary open house, historic airplane replica, fly-tying demonstration offered on Peninsula

A lapidary open house, a replica of a historic airplane and a fly-tying demonstration are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: Always remember that God is truth

EDITH STEIN, A Carmelite nun who was killed at Auschwitz used to say that “if we seek truth, then we seek God, whether we realize… Continue reading

Library’s Summertime Music! series kicks off Friday night

The Sequim Library’s Summertime Music! Outdoor Concert Series brings music groups to Sequim for a trio of free Friday night concerts this month,… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: Pinching back and watering mid-summer

WHAT DO YOU know, we’re into August already. Now, I’ve heard a lot of folks getting all tensed up that summer is close to being… Continue reading

BIRD WATCH: A Russian adventure begins

ONE HUNDRED AND twenty years ago, in 1898, my maternal grandparents left Russia. They traveled by rail from Saratov, Russia, to Hamburg, Germany. From there… Continue reading