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COMMUNITY NEWS — March 25, 2025

Lions host dinner for veterans

Photos courtesy Shipley Center Duane Cobb and Dave Conrad stand at the corner of the new gym walls that are 20 feet tall inside the former JCPenney building that is being renovated to become the new Shipley Center.

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Ageless Generation: Walls going up, and mission refreshed

By Michael Smith

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Parenting in Focus: Good citizenship matters — maybe now more than ever

By Cynthia Martin

Photo by Angelina Morales Photography Roller Derby returns to the Sequim Boys & Girls Club on March 28 when the Port Scandalous Roller Derby Team hosts Dockyard Roller Derby of Tacoma in a match called “Spring into a Smackdown.”

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Another Roller Derby bout set for March 28

Another bout coming up

Photo by Lorraine Eckard The Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County will hold its annual Spring Plant Sale on Saturday, May 2 at Woodcock Demonstration Garden in Sequim.

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Save the date for Master Gardeners’ annual plant sale

The Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County will hold its annual Spring Plant Sale at Woodcock Demonstration Garden,…

Photo courtesy Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce/ Sequim Animal Hospital was the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce’s first Member of the Month for 2026, winning the honor for the month of January. The business was nominated by board member Robert Beebe.

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Chamber Members of the Month for January-February

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Sequim Gazette photo by Monica Berkseth/ This year’s Sequim Irrigation Festival royalty — princess Caroline Caudle (front left), prince Brayden Baritelle (front right), princess Emma Rhodes (back left) and queen Tilly Woods (back right) — wave during the rollout of the 2026 float featuring the Kraken designed by Guy Horton at 7 Cedars on Saturday, March 21 just before the start of the annual kickoff dinner and auction fundraiser. According to Festival Director Michelle Rhodes, this year’s fundraiser brought in $55,000, about $5,000 more than last year, which she said was significant considering that there were about 30 fewer attendees due to remodeling that forced the event to be held in a smaller space. This year’s festival, set for May 1-9, marks the 131st year for Washington’s oldest, longest, continuous-running festival.

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Irrigation Festival float rollout

Sequim Gazette photo by Monica Berkseth

Photo courtesy Clallam County Fire District 3/ Clallam County Fire District 3 reports that one man was flown to Harborview Medical Center for burns following a garage fire on the night of March 18 west of Sequim.

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One person flown to Seattle for injuries after garage fire

An unidentified male was flown to Harborview Medical Center on Thursday night due to injuries sustained in a…

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LegalEase: The rule of law

By Ken Williams

Sequim Gazette photo by Monica Berkseth Librarian Charlotte McGrew with North Olympic Library Systems engages children in Nature Storytime on Saturday, March 14 in Rainshadow Hall at the Dungeness River Nature Center. Supported by Friends of Sequim Library, Nature Storytime events are geared toward children age 5 and younger and include nature-related stories, songs and rhymes. During pleasant weather, the sessions are held outdoors on the Nature Center’s plaza.

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Photo: Children sing, rhyme at Nature Storytime

Sequim Gazette photo by Monica Berkseth

Obituaries

Norman B. Fernie

Norman B. Fernie died March 19, 2026 at his home in Sequim. He was 87.

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Mary S. “Mickey” Dickey

Mary S. “Mickey” Dickey passed away peacefully at her Sequim home on February 16, 2026 at the age…

Sequim Gazette photo by Matthew Nash

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Responder Blotter — March 18, 2026

The weekly blotter includes calls in the City of Sequim and in unincorporated Clallam County in the Sequim-Dungeness…