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Cashier manager Jesse Butler, right, bags up a purchase made by Eric Anderson of Seattle on Thanksgiving Day at Country Aire Natural Foods in Port Angeles.
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Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair coordinator Donna Harding, right, explains the fair’s floor plan to 2015 Rhododendron Queen Samantha Smith, who is volunteering to help at this weekend’s event.
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PORT TOWNSEND — Two holiday crafts fair will offer Jefferson County residents opportunities this weekend to buy handmade holiday gifts and benefit local food banks at the same time. The 25th annual Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair takes place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Saturday at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St.
In Quilcene, the ninth annual Holiday Crafts Fair and bake sale is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Quilcene Community Center, 294952 U.S. Highway 101. Both events feature area artists and craftspeople selling oneof-a-kind items. “You get a handmade product, not something that you would find in a store,” said Donna Harding, president of the Port Townsend Arts Guild, who has run the juried arts and crafts fair
since its beginning in 1990. “The artist makes it, you can add a custom design, it will last a while and the artist stands by their work.” Dora Whittaker, the organizer of the Quilcene event termed the fair the first chance for people to do their holiday shopping. “The prices are reasonable, so anyone without a lot of money can get a handmade gift,” she said. TURN
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Driven by Black Friday, Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday, many retailers on the North Olympic Peninsula are offering special deals and extended hours the weekend after Thanksgiving. Black Friday has faded to a shade of gray, according to news reports; the Wall Street Journal reported in 2014 that retail spending over the weekend after Thanksgiving dropped for two years in a row. Big-box stores that offer sales on Thanksgiving, such as Walmart
and J.C. Penney Co., have diluted the impact of what once was the opening of holiday shopping on the Friday after Thanksgiving known as Black Friday, according to National Public Radio. But Small Business Saturday could brighten smaller retail store prospects across the North Olympic Peninsula, and many area merchants are exhorting customers to shop locally, if a day later. They also hope to lure customers offline and into their shops before Cyber Monday, the Monday after Thanksgiving, which has been promoted by online retailers as a day for exceptional bargains. TURN
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Tri-Area Thanksgiving dinner sets record Chimacum fest serves over 320 BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — A record number of people turned out for the 23rd annual Thanksgiving Day dinner at the Tri-Area Community Center in Chimacum. Between 320 and 340 meals were served at the 23rd annual Thanksgiving Day dinner, a record for participation, center Manager Rainy Blankenship said. The event was sponsored by Olympic Community Action Programs, or OlyCAP, which serves Jefferson and Clallam counties. For Thanksgiving, the organi-
zation reached beyond the Chimacum center’s walls, as volunteers delivered additional dinners to 121 Meals on Wheels clients. “There is definitely some need,” Blankenship said. Nan Toby Tyrrell played piano for diners, performing along with vocalist Denny Clark and standup bass player Greg Vincent. Those seeking Thanksgiving Day sustenance flocked by the hundreds Thursday to free turkey-filled feasts across the North Olympic Peninsula. They included Beth Humphrey, 65, of Port Angeles. The 1968 Sequim High School
graduate enjoyed ham, turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy on a day that drew more than 1,000 participants to the eighth annual community Thanksgiving dinner at Queen of Angels Church in Port Angeles. They came on foot while toting possessions in green garbage bags. They came riding bicycles, for some perhaps their only mode of transportation. And they came driving cars, some beat-up, to wait in a line that stretched out the front door before joining those inside for holiday fare. CHARLIE BERMANT/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS Many memorialized the day by Amy Scott, left, and Charlie Carter, both of Port Hadlock, having photos taken with Santa. get served by Bob Saring and John Carter at the TURN
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