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PA teen is second girl on peninsula to earn Eagle scout rank

Kathol went to Philmont, earned 29 merit badges through Sequim troop

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Faith News — Dec. 18, 2024

Trinity hosts Christmas Even service

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Couple retires Christmas boat display on Sequim Bay

With their display seen across Sequim Bay each December for decades, one couple says their tradition of decking…

Sequim Gazette photo by Emily Matthiessen/ Five Acre School, a local non-profit elementary school, held their Winter Concert last Friday at Peninsula College under the direction of music and art teacher Rosie Sharpe. The children made the giant decorative wooden snowflakes.

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Five Acre holds Winter Concert on 30th anniversary

Jevne Memorial Fund supports tuition assistance

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Captain Crystal of Sequim tends to some of the trees in her “artificial Christmas tree farm” outside her home.

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Artificial trees a homegrown effort for Captain Crystal

Sequim’s Captain Crystal — known for her non-profit Dream Catcher hot air balloon rides — is beginning to…

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A&E briefs — Dec. 18, 2024

City calls for Sunshine Fest craft vendors

Photo courtesy Linda Klinefelter
The Sequim Food Bank made a request of Soroptimist International of Sequim to assist with providing larger size diapers and the group’s membership stepped up and provided 14 cases of diapers in sizes 4-6 earlier this month. Linda Klinefelter, president of SIS, on right, presented Andra Smith, executive director of the Sequim Food Bank, with the donation.

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Soroptimists donate diapers to food bank

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The Sequim City Band presents some of “A.C. – The Man Who Saved Christmas,” a musical inspired by the life of A.C. Gilbert on Dec. 22nd. It was co-written by Vincent Oneppo, pictured, and Jay Gitlin. A full production has yet to be staged, but Oneppo, principal clarinetist with the City Band, has re-arranged several of these selections for the ensemble.

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City Band presents ‘Sounds of the Season’ holiday concert in PA

The Sequim City Band invites the community to experience a festive musical journey at their free holiday concert…

Sequim Gazette Photo by Emily Matthiessen/ “The Rented Christmas” continues weekends through Dec. 22 at Olympic Theatre Arts. Actors describe the show similarly to a feel-good Hallmark movie.

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‘The Rented Christmas’ continues to bring cheer at OTA

Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., continues its run of “The Rented Christmas” through Dec. 22.

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Nature Mart celebrates big year, 100th birthday

Organizers of the 2024 Holiday Nature Mart, a seasonal fundraiser for the Dungeness River Nature Center held this…

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Santa and Mrs. Claus (played by Ellen and John Castleman) stand with Della LaCour, who originated the idea to bring back the Sequim Prairie Garden Club’s tea event on Dec. 7. She said that when members of the club were going through old scrapbooks upon their 75th anniversary last year, “we came across pictures of the tea,” and they would like to make it a tradition going forward.

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Garden Club revisits Holiday Tea, brings back ‘Spirit of Christmas’

The Sequim Prairie Garden Club held a holiday tea inside their clubhouse at Pioneer Memorial Park, 387 E…

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Adolphsen earns prestigious American FFA Degree

Jill Adolphsen, a 2023 Sequim High School graduate and current sophomore at Southwestern Community College of Iowa, recently…

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Faith News — Dec. 11, 2024

Children’s choir to sing at Trinity