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Singalong concerts, a low-tide walk and a garden stroll on tap this week

Two singalong concerts, a low-tide walk and a garden stroll are among upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information also is available on the… Continue reading

Soroptimists seek art for 2018 Gala Garden Show

Soroptimist International of Sequim, celebrating 70 years of service, is seeking artists and photographers who wish to have an original creation selected as… Continue reading

“Wildlife-Friendly Landscapes Using Natives” will be presented by Master Gardener Mike Barnes this Thursday in Port Angeles. (Amanda Rosenberg)

Help home become landscape-friendly with Port Angeles lecture

WSU Clallam County Master Gardener Mike Barnes will discuss ways to make a home landscape-friendly for wildlife by growing native plants when… Continue reading

“Wildlife-Friendly Landscapes Using Natives” will be presented by Master Gardener Mike Barnes this Thursday in Port Angeles. (Amanda Rosenberg)

A GROWING CONCERN: Dress your yard to impress with these varieties

THIS PAST WEEK (including Mother’s Day weekend), I’ve been planting an array of cool-tolerant flowers, biannuals and perennials at various clients’ properties. Another truck is… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: The lives, deaths of Dosewallips settlers

BACK WHEN: The lives, deaths of Dosewallips settlers

ACROSS THE DOSEWALLIPS River from one another, just beyond the bridge, were the homes of Capt. Samuel Clements and his brother, John. Lillie Christiansen told… Continue reading

BACK WHEN: The lives, deaths of Dosewallips settlers

BIRD WATCH: Here’s the scoop on feeder activity

THIS IS THE month when black-headed grosbeaks and Western tanagers add their neotropical color to neighborhoods throughout the Northwest. If you can’t join in the… Continue reading

HELP LINE: In face of dementias, check for compassionate allowances

maybe the kids are gone, maybe they’re not — and these days,… Continue reading

Port Angeles center offers Aging Options Senior Fair

The Port Angeles Senior &Community Center will host a free Aging Options Senior Fair on Saturday. The fair will be from 10… Continue reading

ISSUES OF FAITH: God is in the details when it comes to miracles

THE WHOLE IDEA of miracles is sometimes hard for us to wrap our minds around. Some of my favorite subjects to talk about or address… Continue reading

Sequim orchestra to play season’s end concert

The Sequim Community Orchestra will host its final concert of the 2016-17 season at 7 tonight. The concert will be at Trinity United… Continue reading

A GROWING CONCERN: A few tips to ride out the scourge of horsetail

OUR GARDEN NIRVANA here on the Peninsula has been shattered by the omnipresent horsetail. I get this question all the time, and my answer is… Continue reading

BIRD WATCH: Look to the skies for May’s migrants

BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS IN Port Angeles, Western tanagers in Forks, black-headed grosbeaks in Port Orchard and uncommon sightings of chipping sparrows and Lincoln’s sparrows got the… Continue reading

HELP LINE: If mothers ruled the world …

I THINK THAT most of us would agree (except for those of us who don’t agree) that we live in a time of hyper-partisanship (depending… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: Shedding season has arrived

HORSEPLAY: Shedding season has arrived

SUNSHINE AND SHEDDING season is here. Can we celebrate budding blossoms and warm, sunny days without the exuviating hair of our furry friends? Not a… Continue reading

HORSEPLAY: Shedding season has arrived

Ribbon-cutting, Mother’s Day breakfast, geology lecture set this weekend

A ribbon-cutting, a Mother’s Day breakfast and a geology lecture are among upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula. Information also is available on the… Continue reading

Guitarist to complete Music Live with Lunch’s season

Guitarist to complete Music Live with Lunch’s season

St. Luke’s Episcopal Church’s final concert of the season for Music Live with Lunch will feature Atlanta native Winston McFarlane at noon Tuesday.… Continue reading

Guitarist to complete Music Live with Lunch’s season

ISSUES OF FAITH: Thank and God bless teachers, for they light the way

BRACE YOURSELF: JUNE is coming quickly, and June means the end of another school year. But before the last bell rings, let’s take a minute… Continue reading

North Olympic Library System librarians Danielle Gayman and Sarah Morrison will offer a workshop about Media Literacy on Thursday night.

Librarians to lead workshop on media literacy

Media Literacy, a free two-hour workshop, is set at the Port Angeles Library at 6 p.m. Thursday. Librarians Danielle Gayman and Sarah… Continue reading

North Olympic Library System librarians Danielle Gayman and Sarah Morrison will offer a workshop about Media Literacy on Thursday night.
Veteran Master Gardeners Bob Cain, Laurel Moulton, Lois Bellamy, Audreen Williams and Jeanette Stehr-Green, from left, will lead a walk through the Fifth Street Community Garden this Saturday.

Port Angeles community garden walk Saturday to offer guidance

Advice on starting that vegetable garden will be dispensed at the Second Saturday Garden Walk at the Fifth Street Community Garden on… Continue reading

Veteran Master Gardeners Bob Cain, Laurel Moulton, Lois Bellamy, Audreen Williams and Jeanette Stehr-Green, from left, will lead a walk through the Fifth Street Community Garden this Saturday.

Emerging pests topic of Port Angeles gardening talk Thursday

Veteran Master Gardener Bob Cain will provide insight on plant disease and insect problems that have emerged in the recent past and… Continue reading