Wed, Jul 22, 2009
Purple still reigns
Regardless of economic times, visitors and locals filled the purple fields and busy streets for Sequim's Lavender Festival.
Poker run to raise funds for animals
The Olympic Peninsula Humane Society presents a Poker Run on Saturday, July 25, with sign-up starting at 10:30 a.m. at Steele's Sports Bar, 1605 E. Front St., Port Angeles.
Pastor challenges 'tongues' tenet
Robert Glenn Brown's lifelong struggle with Pentecostal theology led him to answer his and others' tough questions through Scripture and experience in his book titled "Pentecost Revisited."
Old Oyster House: From tumbledown to coming down
The view of Dungeness Bay from Oyster House Road should improve later this year after the old Oyster House building at Clallam County's Dungeness Landing Park is demolished.
Nature photography on display in Sequim
Twenty-seven film and digital photographs by studio and freelance photographer Jessica Spisak will be on display through Aug. 30 at the Gallery at the Fifth inside the Fifth Avenue Retirement Center, 500 W. Hendrickson Road, Sequim.
Meetings and Calendar
Clallam fair T-shirts sale
Clallam County Fair T-shirts with the logo "Plenty to See From A To Z" are available for $10-13. Sizes are limited and prices increase on Aug. 1. Sweatshirts are available by special order for $20-25.
City faces tough budget choices, council told
The city council must prioritize what services the city will provide in the future to deal with declining revenue.
Cedarbrook: Feast your eyes, palate
The Dish on Dish
Business news
Bill Elliott will manage Oregon city
Former Sequim City Manager Bill Elliott was named July 14 as city manager of Estacada, Ore., a city of 2,700 people about 30 miles southeast of Portland, Ore.
Beta Nu group awards grants, scholarships to teachers
The Beta Nu chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma, an international women's educational sorority and philanthropic society, gives grants to current and future educators in the Sequim area.
Battelle gets $1.75M in bill
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory could receive $1.75 million for renewable energy research.
Anti-war activist visits peninsula
Cindy Sheehan will speak at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, July 26, at the Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship hall, 73 Howe Road, off Barr Road in Agnew.
Lodging taxes to fund festival
The city will use $2,280 in hotel/motel taxes to pay its overtime costs for the 2009 Sequim Lavender Festival under a contract approved July 20 by the city council.
Knock, knock, knockin' on Heaven's wood
No need to knock on wood because the Pacific Northwest Wood Artisans have done it for you.
Joy in July
Phillips' Hallmark store, 680 W. Washington St., has unveiled its Christmas ornaments almost six months before the holiday.
Hahn cops plea to lesser charge
Aaron Michael Hahn entered an "Alford plea" to one count of sexual exploitation of a minor on July 20 in Clallam County Superior Court as part of an agreement with prosecutors.
From rhythm to reason
Somewhere along the line, somewhere among the dotted quarter notes and pages of sheet music and the marching shoes and the endless hours of rehearsal and private lessons ... something clicked for young Gabriel Smith.
First Federal rates top banking award
First Federal of Port Angeles received a 5-Star Superior rating for financial strength and stability from BauerFinancial, Inc., of Coral Gables, Fla.
Connoisseur of fine whines
Good Grief
Community News Briefs
Sequim Open Aire Market
The Sequim Open Aire Market serves as a community gathering spot for visiting with friends and neighbors, a small-town experience with about 60 vendors of fresh produce, beautiful flowers, delicious local foods and a large variety of high-quality items hand made by local artists and artisans.
Wed, Jul 15, 2009
A taste of lavender
This summer, perhaps more than any other, the delicate scent of lavender will compete with such mouth-watering aromas of baked salmon, baby back ribs, roasted garlic and roast tenderloin.
Missing the son, brother, friend called 'Gentle Ben'
Heartbroken for a son she never will see grow up.
United Way names 2009 leaders, goal
United Way of Clallam County is busy preparing for the 2009 fundraising campaign, led by Jack Marshall, landscape consultant at Blake Sand & Gravel, and Pam Marshall, administrator at Peninsula Children's Clinic.
This snake was short on charm
In Vetrospect
The Seoul of Sequim
Mee-Ja Sula's life has come full circle like the yin-yang.
Tax reform crusader retires
Property Owners for Predictable Tax Now, a tax-reform organization formed in November 2005, is shutting down, co-founder Shelley Taylor of Sequim said last week.
Superior Court
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