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Wednesday, May 15, 2024
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Running of the Balls, a Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary event, raises money for local non-profits. This year it happens on May 18, right before the Rhody Parade.
    For the 12th year in a row, as spectators gather for the annual Rhododendron Parade this year, Port Townsend Sunrise Rotary will be making final preparations for the …
Young riders dutifully line up on Water Street for the start of the Rhododendron Festival’s Trike Races.
      The Trike Races have been a fixture of the Rhododendron Festival ever since 17-year Port Townsend Rotarian Lois Sherwood can remember, but that doesn’t mean …
  The Bed Races, a longstanding Rhododendron Festival favorite among participants, organizers and spectators, returns yet again this year on Friday, May 17. The Rhody Fest Bed Races …
The Hair and Beard Contest is among the Rhododendron Festival’s many familiar favorite activities.
  Rhododendron Festival events run non-stop from Wednesday, May 15, through Sunday, May 19. May 15 starts off relatively light, yet still high-speed, with only the Trike Races at 6 …
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Arts and Entertainment
Sheridan Irwin stars in Emma Macklin and Daniel Karan’s “Our Highest Priority.”

Short films about youth mental health screen May 15

  The Port Townsend Film Festival is partnering with OWL 360 and the National Film Festival for Talented Youth (NFFTY) to help highlight youth mental health issues through its second …
Celtic guitarist Tony McManus called The Palindrome a “classic independent music venue.” He returns to Port Townsend May16.

Celtic guitarist Tony McManus at The Palindrome May 16

    Rainshadow Recording welcomes the return of Celtic guitarist Tony McManus to Port Townsend, for an evening of what concert coordinator Matt Miner deemed “stringed …
“Ingress” took advantage of generously donated shooting locations on Bainbridge Island.

‘Ingress,’ shot on Bainbridge Island, screens here May 10

    The Port Townsend Film Festival’s “Focus Film” series offers a double-header in May. The Balcony Theatre in Suite 401A at 211 Taylor St. is set to host …
The Port Townsend High School Players are giving it their all for “The Tempest.”

PTHS Players’ ‘The Tempest’ runs through mid-May weekends

    Although “The Tempest” is thought to be one of the last plays that William Shakespeare wrote, for a number of the Port Townsend High School Players, it’s …
Studious Edwin (George Rexstrew), psychic Crystal (Kassius Nelson), temporarily fairy-possessed Niko (Yuyu Kitamura) and impulsive Charles (Jayden Revri) visit the Point No Point Lighthouse (or rather, British Columbia’s nearest approximation of it) in Netflix’s “Dead Boy Detectives.”

‘Dead Boy Detectives’ misses details about PT, but still proves fun

    It looks like Forks won't be the only corner of the Olympic Peninsula to gain fame from a supernatural entertainment franchise, given the critical and audience acclaim that …

News from local businesses

Community Spirit Day with First Fed and Habitat

 First Fed is partnering with Habitat for Humanity for the bank’s first ever Community Spirit Day on June 5, 2024. You’re invited to participate in this special volunteer event …

Key Tips for Maintaining Financial Wellness

Key Tips for Maintaining Financial Wellness     As April begins, so does Financial Literacy Month, an opportune time to reevaluate and bolster our financial well-being. It's …

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Lifestyle-2024-Spring

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Obituaries

Laurie Kimball Calderhead

Laurie Calderhead was born on November 22, 1953 in Seattle, the elder child of James (Jim) and Jeanne Calderhead. Her brother, Brent, was born in 1958. She passed away in Port Townsend on March 28, …

Carl William (Bill) Swanson

Bill's early years at the US Forest Service's Ranger Stations in Washington and Idaho, where he accompanied his father on ranger duties, instilled a deep commitment to service. This dedication …

Dennis Duane Aardal

Dennis Duane Aardal of Port Townsend, Washington passed away at 85 years of age on April 26, 2024, at his home at The Fifth Avenue in Sequim Washington. Denny graduated from Port Townsend High …
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Opinion & Columnists
Of passports and parking tickets
Many years ago, in the fall, BJ and I were bringing her mother home to Kansas City from her vacation cottage in Central Lake, Michigan. I was in the lead driving the mother-in-law car when I took a …
In the vicinity of the Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones’ visit to Seattle on May 15 has brought back memories of when I covered the Stones for the Montreal Gazette back in the day and what turned out to be a scary experience on …
KITCHEN TO KITCHEN: Make Your Own Flavorite Barbecue Sauce
By Sidonie Maroon Culinary Educator for the Food Co-op   Would you like to develop a signature barbecue sauce, but need help understanding what makes them tick? Well, I’m …
A recent photo of a 1,500-year-old Nolan Creek Cedar.
No respect: The dreadful state of Washington’s largest tree
My wife Susan, our pal Elliott, and I drove 130 miles last month to gaze upon Washington's largest tree, the Nolan Creek Cedar. As we neared the colossus at the end of a gravel road, the …
Mushroom Caviar
Picnic-Ready Vegetable Caviars
Editor’s Note: An incomplete version of this column appeared last week so The Leader is republishing it.    What’s a vegetable caviar? A delicious roasted …
Rumi mantra helps: Letting the waters settle
A while back my column on affirmations aired, citing the uplifting personal statements I recited daily. In all honesty, saying I faithfully address them each day is a stretch. Lately I’ve …
TOONS

BLOGS
Riley Keough, Lily Gladstone and Vritika Gupta dramatize a real-life murder case from three decades ago on Vancouver Island in Hulu’s “Under the Bridge.”
  After seeing her star-making turn in Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” last year all that Hulu had to do to get me to watch its true-crime miniseries …
Letters
    • Letters

      Column advanced deer conversation I want to express my appreciation for the piece that Scott Doggett penned on May 1 about deer.  …

    • Letters

      Solid citizens pay taxes Your article about property tax due dates should have included a reminder that property taxes are not just a chore …

    • LETTERS

      The water’s fine   Wars start by misunderstandings, by distortions of fact - or by seeing things through different lenses. …

    • The demonstrated power of connectivity 

      By Judy Alexander    Perhaps newcomers and even some who have been here longer are unaware of the campaign that established …

    • Opera and a milestone birthday

      My husband and I moved here in 2001. Our son and family had found this lovely town. We came to be near them.   Born on an Iowa …

    • Letters

      Don't cave to Jaman   In response to Julie Jaman's demand for compensation from the city as a result of her actions at the YMCA …

Sports
Top stories
    A vanful of East Jefferson Rivals track and field students traveled to Bellingham on Saturday, April 6, to compete in the limited-entry 39-team Birger Solberg Invitational. …
Pictured are Ladies from both PT and Discovery Bay. Courtesy photo
    The Port Townsend Women’s Golf Club opened its season April 2 at the newly envisioned Port Townsend Golf Park. On a misty morning that ended in sunshine, eight club …
Senior Paige Govia did discus, shot put and javelin throws at Bainbridge High School March 28.
    On Thursday, March 28, the East Jefferson track and field teams traveled to Bainbridge High School to compete in an Olympic League meet. In addition to the host school, …
Two East Jefferson Rivals wrestlers attempt to grapple while wearing dinosaur costumes at the combined joint practice with South Whidbey. Chase Gardner and Sam Raymond appear to be locked in a “Jurassic Park” battle on the mat. Cheering them on, clockwise from far left: East Jefferson middle school wrestlers Piper Hawkin, Aleutian Durst, Dane Moore, Gracee Liske, Leighton Dunn, Daltry Lammers and Trafford Henery. Aiden Glenn and Boston Huntingford also assist the match as volunteer refs. Some kids chose to wear costumes for the event. Courtesy photo
The East Jefferson Rivals middle school wrestling season is rapidly finishing what coaches have called “another great season on the mats.” On Monday, March 18, the Rivals hosted …
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