Loren Krause checks the scales on his winning pumpkin, which came in at 297.8 pounds on Sunday. He also placed second with a 202-pound pumpkin. The giant pumpkin contest is conducted each year at the Evergreen Country Estates neighborhood on Goss Road south of Port Angeles.
Lower Elwha Klallam tribal members sing the “Salmon Song” led by Jonathan Arakawa, right. More than 100 people attended the outdoor ceremony Monday near the banks of the Elwha River at the Lower Elwha Klallam Hatchery, 700 Stratton Road.