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Photo courtesy Richard Bennett Joseph “J” Kinder, left, president of the Olympic Peninsula Chapter of MOAA, presents Sea Scout Boatswain Sutten Desser and ship Skipper Jared Minard of Sea Scout Ship Marvin Shields with a $350 check to send unit member Tristan Gordash to the National Youth Leadership Academy.

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Veterans Corner: Director, founder of Sarge’s Veteran Support moves to Oregon

By Lorri Gilchrist

Photo by Nicole Driggs Sequim resident and former educator Tom Green took up quilting more than 30 years ago. He holds a master’s degree in art and creates his own quilt patterns.

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Sequim man receives recognition for quilt-making talent

Former educator shrugged off teasing, embraced sewing hobby

Photos by Peter Davis, USFWS Gulls in flight on Protection Island.

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OPAS to present ‘The Story of Protection Island’

Free talk to take place at Dungeness River Nature Center

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR — March 11, 2026

Favoring lawbreakers

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Sequim man faces hit-and-run, evading police charges

No one injured in two incidents

Photos courtesy Laura Gould Sequim School District sent 55 students with 47 from Sequim High School and eight from Sequim Middle School to the HOSA Future Health Professionals Washington Conference in early March.

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Sequim students win big at Future Health Professionals conference

Sequim’s HOSA (Future Health Professionals) club members in high school and middle school won multiple events at the…

Steve Durrant and Chris Carlson in the Netherlands in 2025.

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Traveler’s Journal: Packing light for the long haul in the Netherlands

We have been culling extra stuff for a few days, refining our load before setting off on our…

Photo courtesy NOLS/ Nature Storytime, a free event, will be offered at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, March 14 at the Dungeness River Nature Center, 1943 W. Hendrickson Road.

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A&E Briefs — March 11, 2026

Nature Storytime

Sequim Gazette photo by Monica Berkseth Sequim High School’s choir is sending 30-plus students to the State Solo and Ensemble Music Competition on April 23-25 at Central Washington University after winning 11 of 13 regional contests in Port Angeles in February.

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SHS Choir to send 34 to state Solo and Ensemble competition

After winning 11 of 13 vocal categories at the Regional Solo and Ensemble music competition in Port Angeles…

Photo courtesy Sequim Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler Magan Waldron with the Sequim Elks Lodge celebrates Emerson Jacobs being the lodge’s Student of the Month for February.

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Jacobs named Elks’ Student of the Month for February

The Sequim Elks Lodge has named Emerson Jacobs its Student of the Month for February.

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Parenting in Focus: Sharing isn’t easy at any age

By Cynthia Martin

Photo courtesy New Dungeness Chapter, NSDAR Vern Frykholm (center) as George Washington will partner with the ladies of the New Dungeness Chapter, NSDAR for a Trivia Night fundraiser benefiting the New Dungeness Lighthouse on Saturday, March 28. Questions will center on the American Revolution and Olympic Peninsula history as the country counts down to America’s 250th birthday celebration. Shown with Frykholm are, from left, chapter Regent Anita Reynolds and officers Marianne Burton, Mona Kinder, and Carol Medlicott, members of the event committee.

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‘America250’ Trivia Night will benefit New Dungeness Lighthouse

To kick off the countdown to America’s 250th anniversary, the New Dungeness Chapter of the National Society Daughters…

Olympic Peninsula News Group photo by Paula Hunt/ Nancy Field was unanimously appointed to fill the vacant Position 3 seat on the Olympic Medical Center board of commissioners.

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Nancy Field chosen by Olympic Medical Center board to fill vacant seat

Death of John Nutter left Position 3 seat open