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KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS The Big Lots! store in the Port Angeles Plaza Shopping Center is among those being closed by the company for performing under expectations.

Big Lots at Port Angeles Plaza plans to close

The Big Lots in Port Angeles will close its doors soon. About 149 Big Lots stores across the nation revealed they are… Continue reading

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS The Big Lots! store in the Port Angeles Plaza Shopping Center is among those being closed by the company for performing under expectations.
The former steam tug Elmore, built in 1890 by Elmore and Sanborn Fisheries in Astoria, Ore., sits on the hard at the Port Townsend Boat Haven Marina. The Elmore had several owners over the decades, the last being Henning Heinemann, who died recently, leaving the boat abandoned and claimed by the Port of Port Townsend as a derelict to be put up for auction. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Century-old vessel to go up for auction Monday

Diesel engine, brass hardware and glass portholes part of historic boat

The former steam tug Elmore, built in 1890 by Elmore and Sanborn Fisheries in Astoria, Ore., sits on the hard at the Port Townsend Boat Haven Marina. The Elmore had several owners over the decades, the last being Henning Heinemann, who died recently, leaving the boat abandoned and claimed by the Port of Port Townsend as a derelict to be put up for auction. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
A crew from Pacific-based Titan Earthwork LLC rewires the traffic lights at Front and Laurel streets in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday as part of a larger safety project to improve 13 intersections across the city. Plans call for replacing signal timing equipment and inclusion of ADA-compliant curb ramps as well as sidewalk repairs around work sites. The $5.6 million project is expected to be completed by December. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Rewiring traffic lights

A crew from Pacific-based Titan Earthwork LLC rewires the traffic lights at Front and Laurel streets in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday as part of… Continue reading

A crew from Pacific-based Titan Earthwork LLC rewires the traffic lights at Front and Laurel streets in downtown Port Angeles on Tuesday as part of a larger safety project to improve 13 intersections across the city. Plans call for replacing signal timing equipment and inclusion of ADA-compliant curb ramps as well as sidewalk repairs around work sites. The $5.6 million project is expected to be completed by December. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Shari Phillips of Ravensdale vacuums excess fur from Color Book’s Music to My Ears’ Harmony prior to entering the show ring during Saturday’s AKC All-Breed Conformation Show and Obedience and Rally Trials near Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The event, hosted by the Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club, featured hundreds of dogs from around the region in a show of rally obedience and conformance to style, as well as a Fast CAT coursing ability testing. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Dog show

Shari Phillips of Ravensdale vacuums excess fur from Color Book’s Music to My Ears’ Harmony prior to entering the show ring during Saturday’s AKC All-Breed… Continue reading

Shari Phillips of Ravensdale vacuums excess fur from Color Book’s Music to My Ears’ Harmony prior to entering the show ring during Saturday’s AKC All-Breed Conformation Show and Obedience and Rally Trials near Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. The event, hosted by the Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club, featured hundreds of dogs from around the region in a show of rally obedience and conformance to style, as well as a Fast CAT coursing ability testing. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A canoe from the Scianew Tribe, from Beecher Bay on Vancouver Island, approaches the beach and asks permission to land from a Jamestown S’Klallam tribal member on the beach. The annual Intertribal Canoe Journey, this year also known as the Power Paddle to Puyallup Youth Canoe Journey, landed 13 canoes from around the Olympic Peninsula and Canada on the beach at Fort Worden on Friday. The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is the host tribe for the landings in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Canoe lands in Port Townsend

A canoe from the Scianew Tribe, from Beecher Bay on Vancouver Island, approaches the beach and asks permission to land from a Jamestown S’Klallam tribal… Continue reading

A canoe from the Scianew Tribe, from Beecher Bay on Vancouver Island, approaches the beach and asks permission to land from a Jamestown S’Klallam tribal member on the beach. The annual Intertribal Canoe Journey, this year also known as the Power Paddle to Puyallup Youth Canoe Journey, landed 13 canoes from around the Olympic Peninsula and Canada on the beach at Fort Worden on Friday. The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe is the host tribe for the landings in Port Townsend. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Crystal Heap of Lynden admires a lavender bouquet as her daughter, Lillian, 6, looks on at Old Barn Lavender Company near Sequim on Saturday, part of Sequim Lavender Weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Fresh lavender in Sequim fields

Crystal Heap of Lynden admires a lavender bouquet as her daughter, Lillian, 6, looks on at Old Barn Lavender Company near Sequim on Saturday, part… Continue reading

Crystal Heap of Lynden admires a lavender bouquet as her daughter, Lillian, 6, looks on at Old Barn Lavender Company near Sequim on Saturday, part of Sequim Lavender Weekend. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Abbot Construction’s crew responsible for crane lifting the two-story concrete walls pack up as new crew members move in for steel reinforcement on Monday. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)

Jefferson Healthcare adding capacity, programs

Expanded services to be offered upon 2025 opening

Abbot Construction’s crew responsible for crane lifting the two-story concrete walls pack up as new crew members move in for steel reinforcement on Monday. (Elijah Sussman/Peninsula Daily News)
KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Siena Vo, 2, of Da Nang, Vietnam roams through a lavender field at B & B Family Farm on Wednesday near Carlsborg.

Lavender star of weekend fest

Plethora of activities set for annual event

KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Siena Vo, 2, of Da Nang, Vietnam roams through a lavender field at B & B Family Farm on Wednesday near Carlsborg.
Chloe Turner, a kennel technician with the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society, gives some attention to Dingo, a canine housed at the society’s Bark House campus. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Humane society closes Bark House, plans to sell

Executive director says monthly finances were ‘unsustainable’

Chloe Turner, a kennel technician with the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society, gives some attention to Dingo, a canine housed at the society’s Bark House campus. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Andrea Raymor, left, and Christine Cray, former owners of the Spruce Goose Cafe on Airport Road in Port Townsend, share a moment with the new owners of the cafe in the background, Ashley Owen, left, Vanessa McKenney, middle, and sister Kathryn McKenney during a break between cooking and waitressing. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)

Spruce Goose keeps new ownership in Port Townsend

Waitresses, cook purchase business, keep local institution

Andrea Raymor, left, and Christine Cray, former owners of the Spruce Goose Cafe on Airport Road in Port Townsend, share a moment with the new owners of the cafe in the background, Ashley Owen, left, Vanessa McKenney, middle, and sister Kathryn McKenney during a break between cooking and waitressing. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Brian Hoffman of Port Angeles, left, assists his children, from left, Clayton Hoffman, 6, Lacey Hoffman, 8, and Rhett Hoffman, 3, during a knot-tying workshop at the Port Angeles Yacht Club, one of numerous venues for Saturday’s Day of Play. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Day of Play

Children’s music singer Sarah Schwiethale of Port Angeles, front, along with helper Georgia Anderson, far left, leads youngsters through a song on the lawn of… Continue reading

Brian Hoffman of Port Angeles, left, assists his children, from left, Clayton Hoffman, 6, Lacey Hoffman, 8, and Rhett Hoffman, 3, during a knot-tying workshop at the Port Angeles Yacht Club, one of numerous venues for Saturday’s Day of Play. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Curley Taylor, frontman for Louisiana-based Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble, right, performs with bandmate Matthey Roberts on rubboard during Wednesday night’s Concert on the Pier at Port Angeles City Pier. The free weekly music series, hosted by the Juan de Fuca Foundation and sponsored by Strait View Credit Union, D.A. Davidson & Co., 102.1 FM The Strait and the Peninsula Daily News, continues at 6 p.m. Wednesday with rock and dance band The Nasty Habits. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Concert series

Curley Taylor, frontman for Louisiana-based Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble, right, performs with bandmate Matthey Roberts on rubboard during Wednesday night’s Concert on the Pier… Continue reading

Curley Taylor, frontman for Louisiana-based Curley Taylor and Zydeco Trouble, right, performs with bandmate Matthey Roberts on rubboard during Wednesday night’s Concert on the Pier at Port Angeles City Pier. The free weekly music series, hosted by the Juan de Fuca Foundation and sponsored by Strait View Credit Union, D.A. Davidson & Co., 102.1 FM The Strait and the Peninsula Daily News, continues at 6 p.m. Wednesday with rock and dance band The Nasty Habits. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
The cast of "The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It" is, from left, Dawn Alexander, Wesley Vollmer, Tara Dupont, Donna Behrens, Ben Heintz, Zack Wiedenhoeft and Marissa Wilson LaJambe. The comedy arrives Friday at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse. Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News

Shakespearean ‘escape from reality’ to open Friday

Performances at Port Angeles Community Playhouse through July

The cast of "The Curate Shakespeare As You Like It" is, from left, Dawn Alexander, Wesley Vollmer, Tara Dupont, Donna Behrens, Ben Heintz, Zack Wiedenhoeft and Marissa Wilson LaJambe. The comedy arrives Friday at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse. Diane Urbani de la Paz/For Peninsula Daily News
One-way alternating traffic makes its way across the U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Elwha River southwest of Port Angeles. The bridge is scheduled for a nine-day closure beginning at 6 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. July 22 as crews connect the new bridge with the old roadway. During the closure, travelers will detour onto state Highways 112 and 113. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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One-way traffic

One-way alternating traffic makes its way across the U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Elwha River southwest of Port Angeles. The bridge is scheduled for… Continue reading

One-way alternating traffic makes its way across the U.S. Highway 101 bridge over the Elwha River southwest of Port Angeles. The bridge is scheduled for a nine-day closure beginning at 6 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. July 22 as crews connect the new bridge with the old roadway. During the closure, travelers will detour onto state Highways 112 and 113. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
Wrestling coach Rob Gale prepares to toss a floating toy for his dog, Stella, to fetch in the waters of Lake Crescent at Log Cabin Resort in Olympic National Park on Saturday. Summer weather drew hundreds of people to the lake as a way to beat the heat. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Cooling off

Wrestling coach Rob Gale prepares to toss a floating toy for his dog, Stella, to fetch in the waters of Lake Crescent at Log Cabin… Continue reading

Wrestling coach Rob Gale prepares to toss a floating toy for his dog, Stella, to fetch in the waters of Lake Crescent at Log Cabin Resort in Olympic National Park on Saturday. Summer weather drew hundreds of people to the lake as a way to beat the heat. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
A trio, Canto a Mi Tierra of Veracruz, Mexico, with Osiris Ramses Caballero Leon, left, Bernabe Hernandez Orozco, center, and Fernando Hernandez Orozco, play a set of traditional Mexican music originating in the six states of northeastern Mexico in McCurdy Pavilion on Saturday in one of the final concerts to close out the week of Fiddle Tunes presented by Centrum at Fort Worden. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
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Fiddle Tunes

A trio, Canto a Mi Tierra of Veracruz, Mexico, with Osiris Ramses Caballero Leon, left, Bernabe Hernandez Orozco, center, and Fernando Hernandez Orozco, play a… Continue reading

A trio, Canto a Mi Tierra of Veracruz, Mexico, with Osiris Ramses Caballero Leon, left, Bernabe Hernandez Orozco, center, and Fernando Hernandez Orozco, play a set of traditional Mexican music originating in the six states of northeastern Mexico in McCurdy Pavilion on Saturday in one of the final concerts to close out the week of Fiddle Tunes presented by Centrum at Fort Worden. (Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News)
Pie contest judges, from left, Jeff Tocher, Laurel Hargis and Clallam County Commissioner Randy Johnson, along with event sponsor Country Aire Natural Foods representatives Kristina Fallon, Katie Meyers and Caeron Alarcon, make their choices during Thursday’s annual Independence Day apple pie contest at Port Angeles City Pier. A total of 26 pies were entered into the contest with first-place honors going to Xaven McCarty of Seattle, Elisabeth Pennell of Mukilteo in second and Selena Reach of Port Angeles taking third. The contest was dedicated the late legacy judge and former Peninsula Daily News publisher John Brewer, represented by a photo in front of an empty chair. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

Family, patriotism highlight Fourth of July festivities

Cornhole tournament, apple pie contest part of celebration

Pie contest judges, from left, Jeff Tocher, Laurel Hargis and Clallam County Commissioner Randy Johnson, along with event sponsor Country Aire Natural Foods representatives Kristina Fallon, Katie Meyers and Caeron Alarcon, make their choices during Thursday’s annual Independence Day apple pie contest at Port Angeles City Pier. A total of 26 pies were entered into the contest with first-place honors going to Xaven McCarty of Seattle, Elisabeth Pennell of Mukilteo in second and Selena Reach of Port Angeles taking third. The contest was dedicated the late legacy judge and former Peninsula Daily News publisher John Brewer, represented by a photo in front of an empty chair. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)
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Community chimes in for Sequim Comprehensive Plan

Survey online, more events to come

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Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Muscles strain and faces grimace during a tug-o-war contest at the Field Day on Littlefield Green at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday.
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Field Day at Fort Worden

Muscles strain and faces grimace during a tug-o-war contest at the Field Day on Littlefield Green at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday.… Continue reading

Steve Mullensky/for Peninsula Daily News Muscles strain and faces grimace during a tug-o-war contest at the Field Day on Littlefield Green at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday.
For the third Sequim Pride event, Michael Lowe, its founder, will serve as its grand marshal starting at noon Saturday at the Sequim Civic Center Plaza, 152 W. Cedar St. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)

Sequim Pride returns for third year Saturday

Michael Lowe details experiences of coming out and acceptance

For the third Sequim Pride event, Michael Lowe, its founder, will serve as its grand marshal starting at noon Saturday at the Sequim Civic Center Plaza, 152 W. Cedar St. (Matthew Nash/Olympic Peninsula News Group)