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Image courtesy Sequim School District Five students have been chosen as ambassadors for the Sequim-Shiso City Sister City Exchange program, including Sahara Jimmy, Stone McClurken, Terra Stratford, Susie Updike, and Harper Hilliker-McCloskey. They’ll tentatively travel to Japan in July 2027.

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Student ambassadors chosen for Shiso City exchange

Program to send Sequim teens to Japan in summer 2027

Photo courtesy Vera Felts/ Vera Felts with grandson Hudson Pelly look through collections at the Strait Stamp Show in the Guy Cole Event Center. The show returns Aug. 8.

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Stamp Show a priority for regional collectors

32nd event returns Saturday to Carrie Blake Community Park

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Schools balance projected $50.8M budget while facing deficit

Final approval set for Aug. 17

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Beverly Beighle of Dungeness is the Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Show’s Featured Artist on Aug. 7-8. Past recipients selected her for her vibrant work, including the art quilt “Hummingbird,” shown here with Beighle in her home studio.

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Sunbonnet Sue’s show held Aug. 7-8 at Sequim Community Church

A grandmother’s inspiration helps Beighle make fine stitchwork

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ Locals greet US Army veteran Patrick Smith on Monday, Aug. 3, at the Sequim Visitor Information Center. Smith rode his bike from Washington, D.C. as part of the Warrior Bike program that offers support through the expedition for veterans. He finished his journey on Aug. 4 in La Push. Some of the supporting groups on hand included the Peninsula Trails Coalition, Military Officer’s Association of America Olympic Peninsula Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution New Dungeness Chapter, Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce, and the Sequim Wheelers.

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Veteran cyclist sees support near end of cross-country trek

US Army veteran Patrick Smith found a welcome party for him in Sequim on the second to last…

Photo courtesy Clallam County Fire District 3/ Sunland residents met with Clallam County Fire District 3 officials in July to assess certain areas for fire risk, and residents are hosting a work party in late August working from an action plan through the district’s Firewise Program.

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Outlets offer help for impacted Spokane wildfire residents

Sequim firefighters provide regional, local support

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ John Lorentzen, in front right, returns to direct music for “Titanic the Musical.” His wife Laura and their son Mark co-direct the show that returns to Port Angeles after last being performed in 2016 by Ghostlight Productions.

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‘Titanic the Musical’ returns to Port Angeles

Ghostlight Productions celebrates troupe one decade later

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Beau Young, Sequim School District’s director of technology, stands by some of the 800 laptops ordered through the state program Computers 4 Kids for Helen Haller Elementary. The program provides refurbished, state-surplus computers and laptops to public schools and Educational Service Districts across Washington. Computers are refurbished at the Airway Heights Corrections Center and redistributed to schools by ESD 101.

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School district orders refurbished CPUs through prison program

Purchase saves about $300,000

Photo courtesy of West Sequim Bay Road resident/ A boil water advisory remained in place at press time for some residents along West Sequim Bay Road after a reservoir was depleted. It was restored by Clallam PUD and City of Sequim staff with a tanker truck and hose lines from a hydrant courtesy of Clallam County Fire District 3. Water stopped on July 9 and was restored on July 11, but the boil advisory was still in place as of July 27 as residents await Department of Health water tests.

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Boil water advisory set for some West Sequim Bay Road residents

Marina, resort stop watering lawns

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash/ City of Sequim staff look to use grant funding to design the restoration of Johnson Creek Trestle Bridge. Funding for construction has not yet been secured, city staff said.

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Design funding to restore Johnson Creek trestle moves forward

Funding to design the restoration of Johnson Creek Bridge west of Whitefeather Way in Sequim and along the…

Sequim Gazette photo by Tom Buscher An aerial view shows visitors moving among vendor booths, gathering areas and the James Center for the Performing Arts during the Sequim Lavender Festival at Carrie Blake Community Park on July 18. This year mark’s the 30th anniversary of the festival that features shopping, food, activities and live entertainment.

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The appeal of lavender continues 30 years later

International, cross-country and local visitors make up farms’ clientele

Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash Volunteers with St. Vincent de Paul, board members with the Sequim Education Foundation, and students with The Student Community Partnership Initiative gather on July 13 to celebrate the successful completion of a $20,000 matching grant campaign to support Sequim families and children in need of housing, food, transportation and more. The students agreed to provide the funds using an Amazon donation to support St. Vincent de Paul, while St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church parishioners and community members donated $39,136 towards the matching grant.

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Community, students partner to help St. Vincent de Paul

Nonprofit to support families, students with food, utilities, transportation, more

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash Autumn Piontek-Walsh will serve as Five Acre School’s interim executive director for the upcoming school year. She previously served as its director while owning the school from 2013-2019 before it became a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Recently, she joined the school’s board following a series of departures from the school, including the firing and rehiring of the former school director who is now the school’s Explorer Class lead (fourth-sixth grade).

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Former Five Acre School owner becomes interim executive director

Board looks for familiarity through transition

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