Ariya Goettling was crowned the 129th Sequim Irrigation Festival queen on the Sequim High School auditorium stage by outgoing queen Pepper Reymond on Feb. 24, following a program that organizers note is the “first event of the Irrigation Festival season.”
A major reconfiguration of Sequim elementary schools, a teen singing sensation heard ‘round the World (Series), the loss of Hurricane Ridge’s day lodge to fire, Clallam County’s first Poet Laureate, the story of local sports icon Joe Rantz finally hits the big screen, and the shocking loss of firefighter/coach Charles (“Chad”) Cate were some of the news stories that made headlines in 2023.
After experiencing pure excitement and happy tears, local viewers of game two of the World Series agree that Sequim’s Pearle Peterson hit a home run singing the national anthem.