Sequim This Week

Animal Doctor

Puppy-mill dogs aren’t all lost causes in today’s world
Dear Dr. Fox,
I have a little Yorkie who is 10 years old.
She is a former puppy-mill dog whom my… »

Animal Doctor

Cat exhibits OCD behavior
Dear Dr. Fox,
Iggy is our 2-year-old shorthair cat. He was a stray and trapped at 6 weeks old.
We got him from our local humane… »

This Week’s Garden: September gardening calendar

September is a busy month as gardeners begin preparing the garden for winter.
General: Because the weather is cooler and rain usually returns to the North Olympic Peninsula, it is… »

The bzzzzzz about wasps

Pests or beneficial insects?
You decide.
Some people believe yellowjackets, paper wasps and hornets are pests and make no beneficial contribution to the environment. In reality, they are voracious consumers… »

News of the Weird

Crisis continues
A team of anglers from Hatteras, N.C., had first place wrapped up in the prestigious Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament in June, salivating over their $1,231,575 prize money… »

News of the Weird

Inexplicable
Colin Hall, Lord Mayor of Leicester, England, visiting the Southfields library for its Summer Showcase on global understanding in June, apparently at some point experienced his pants falling down.… »

People’s Pharmacy: Getting a handle on your health

Communication could be the riskiest procedure in medicine.
Researchers estimate that nearly 8 million drug side effects could be prevented or resolved each year if doctors and patients communicated better… »

People’s Pharmacy: Questioning conventional wisdom

Americans like simple solutions to complicated problems. This is especially true in medicine.
Two fundamental “truths” of health advice are 1) calcium builds strong bones and 2) saturated fat clogs… »

People’s Pharmacy: Q&A

Q: I would like you to know about medical marijuana for cancer.
In her late 30s, my wife was
diagnosed with pancreatic cancer,
stage 4a.
It was a 6 centimeter… »

People’s Pharmacy: Q&A

Q: My husband complained about my noisy breathing during the night because it sometimes kept him up. On your website there is a tip from a man who used the… »

Savvy Senior: Alternative travel accommodations for seniors on the go

Dear Savvy Senior,
My wife and I love to travel, but hotel costs eat up our budget so fast we can’t stay as long, or go as often as we’d… »

Savvy Senior: Changes to Medicare Advantage

Dear Savvy Senior,
How much will the new health care reform law affect Medicare Advantage?
My wife and I have used an Advantage plan for the past three years and… »

The Ethicist

Library volunteers
Community members have responded to our town’s tight budget by volunteering at the library, so much so that the library laid off several long-term full-time employees, people who… »

The Ethicist

Degree of disclosure
I attended a top-tier acting program at a large state university, completing all my theater classes but not acquiring enough credits for my B.F.A.
I left after… »

Celebrating the past: Museum Field Day encourages area residents to take a step back in time by viewing antique farm equipment, touring the museum’s archive facility and listening to old-time fiddle tunes

Museum Field Day at the DeWitt Building encourages residents to take a look back at the tractors and equipment that helped shape the agricultural history of the Dungeness Valley.
The… »

Creative combinations: Collages of all shapes and sizes will decorate the walls of the Museum & Arts Center in Sequim this August

The Museum & Arts Center will host the 2010 summer members’ juried show for the Northwest Collage Society Aug. 3 through Aug. 30 at the Museum Exhibit Center, 175 W.… »

Fire and water: “What a splendid thing watercolor is to express atmosphere and distance, so that the figure is surrounded by air and can breathe in it,” painter Vincent van Gogh once said.

The watercolor painting "Bob's Pelican" by Saundra Cutsinger is just one of the works of art on display at the Museum & Arts Center's "Fire and Water" exhibit.
“This exciting… »

A day for the young ones

The third annual Dungeness Kids Fair promises to entertain children with free arts and crafts activities, clowns, face painters, balloon makers and more. Parents, grandparents and parents-to-be can learn more… »

Postcards from the past – Take a step back in time during a presentation based on a postcard collection of resorts and lodges within the boundaries of Olympic National Park before the park was established

Olympic Hot Springs Resort was once a popular destination for family vacations. An upcoming class sponsored by the Museum & Arts Center tells its story and tales of other historic… »

The magic of glass

Have you dreamed of creating a colorful and delicate glass float or an amazing piece of glass jewelry? Have you ever wondered how artists create stained glass windows? The Glass… »

Learn how to landscape with native plants during free workshops

SEQUIM — Clallam Conservation District officials are currently accepting reservations for free workshops on landscaping with native plants.
A one-hour workshop will be held in conjunction with the Dungeness River… »

Growing dahlias topic of free lecture

SEQUIM — Lee Bowen will demonstrate how to care for dahlias at the Olympic Peninsula Demonstration Garden, located at the Water Reuse Site north of Carrie Blake Park, 202 N.… »

ART IN THE PARK: Dungeness River Audubon Center hosts August exhibit, demonstrations in Railroad Bridge Park to highlight connections between art and nature

SEQUIM — The natural beauty of the North Olympic Peninsula will provide the perfect setting for Art in the Park, a five-day event, held Friday, Aug. 13 through Tuesday, Aug.… »

Senior Center Benefit Sale nears

SEQUIM — The Sequim Senior Activity Center Benefit Sale will take place between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Aug. 5, 6 and 7.
The main sale… »

Natural landscaping course offered

SEQUIM — Clallam Conservation District, in partnership with WSU Extension and the Dungeness River Audubon Center, will offer a fall edition of its natural landscaping short course.
The course involves… »

Auditions set for theatre production

SEQUIM — Auditions for the off-Broadway musical hit “Nunsense” will be held in the main stage area at Olympic Theatre Arts Center, 414 N. Sequim Ave., from 7 p.m. to… »

Olympic Driftwood Sculptors gain nonprofit status

SEQUIM — The Olympic Driftwood Sculptors have received designation as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.
Accountant Jeanne Martian aided the group with the process.
The club meets the first Wednesday of… »

New Sequim police chief named

SEQUIM — Bill Dickinson was hired Aug. 23 as Sequim’s new police chief.
Sequim City Manager Steve Burkett announced that Dickinson, a 39-year lawman, was his choice for chief over… »

Sequim girl finalist in pageant

SEQUIM — Morgan King, 11, has been chosen as a state finalist in the National American Miss Washington Pageant to be held Sept. 2-4 at the Bellevue Hilton in Bellevue.… »

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