Emma Jane (“EJ”) Garcia, market manager for the Sequim Farmers & Artisans Market, opens the season with a ceremonial ribbon cutting on May 1. The market, located at the Sequim Civic Center plaza and Centennial Place, is open 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays through Oct. 30. See sequimmarket.com. Pictured, from left, are: Anji Scalf, executive director of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce, Emily Westcott, Maya Cox, Captain-Crystal Stout, Lorie Fazio, Garcia and Nancy Merrigan. Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell