Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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2024 Logo: 2024 Mountains to Shore Whatever You’re Looking For
As I soar, swoop and dive in the wind at the base of the snowcapped Olympic Mountains, I find new life as I glide over the dense forests. What was recently a deep snowpack, the spring now uncovers as fresh green meadows on this warm May day. The clouds break as a bright ray of…
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2023 Logo: 128 – Out the Gate
They begin their lives in some remote and obscure places. Tiny, fragile, and unique. But over their lifetime they find their way with deliberate purpose, the exact destination unknown, but on the course of greatness! Until one day their moment has come, and they find themselves seemingly shoulder to shoulder and crowded in the headgate…
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2024 Royalty Court
The 2024 Royalty Court were crowned on February 24, 2024 at the Royalty Scholarship Pageant. The theme for the 2024 Sequim Irrigation Festival is “2024 Mountains to Shore Whatever You’re Looking For” Queen Ariya Goettling, sponsored by Bibity Bobity – A Kid’s Place Princess Kailah Blake, sponsored by Blake Tile & Stone Princess Sophia Treece,…
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2024 Queen Ariya Goettling
Platform Humane Society Sponsored By Bibity Bobity-A Kids Place Bio Ariya lives in Sequim with her father Dan, mother Nicole and brother Danny. When Ariya is not doing school work or cheerleading, you can often find her tucked away working on many different forms of art. She has a sharp eye for detail and has…
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2024 Princess Kailah Blake
Platform Beach Clean Up Day Sponsored By Blake Tile & Stone Bio Growing up in a family of artists, Kailah learned to harness her creativity from the age of three. She explored many ways to do this and settled on digital art and painting as her passions. She plans on taking on a career in…
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2024 Princess Sophia Treece
Platform A Royal Hike with 5 Acre School Sponsored By Little Shop of Hairdos Bio Sophia has lived in Sequim for almost her whole life. She and her family moved here when she was 7 years old from Ohio and she couldn’t be happier. While she does miss the rest of her family, the nature,…
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2024 Princess Ashlynn Northaven
Platform Mental Health Fair Sponsored By Sequim Electronics Bio With her older sister Kellan and her parents Becky and John, Ashlynn moved here 9 years ago onto her family farm. Her favorite four legged animal is her Donkey named Peppermint. The farm helped her learn many creative and social skills when she joined 4-H. She…
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2024 Button Design Winner
Camila Torres is a Helen Haller Elementary 4th grade student. She has two older siblings making her the youngest in her family. Camila is very creative and enjoys drawing and painting landscapes in her free time. She has a big imagination and loves doing arts and crafts. S.T.E.M. is her favorite class because it makes…
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2024 Honored Pioneer Gary Smith
Gary Smith was born in 1940 in the Sequim Hospital now Discovery Memory Care on Washington Street to Arvie and Dottie Smith. Arvie was the first Smith from Alabama to immigrate to Sequim in 1935. Gary’s family moved often in his first six years while dad was working in the woods. His parents purchased his…
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2024 Honored Pioneer Janice ‘Jan’ Smith
Jan was born in Port Angeles in 1941 to Fred and Katie Schmuck. Fred was born in Sequim, and Katie in Iowa. Jan graduated from Sequim High School and attended University of Puget Sound with husband Gary. She went one year and became a dental assistant and helped Gary financially to finish school. He graduated…
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2024 Honored Pioneer Shirley Tjemsland
In May 1941, Shirley’s parents Clara and Israel Reandeau moved their family from South Dakota to Sequim. The family, consisted of siblings Helen, Irene, Charles, Mary, Elmer, Lorraine, JoVonne, and Shirley, along with her niece Carolyn. They first visited Port Angeles where their relatives had settled. However, Shirley’s parents were captivated by the beauty of…
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