Pat Neal

1 week ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Pat Neal

WHO SAYS THERE’S no good news? Colossal Biosciences, a Dallas-based company, announced the birth of three dire wolf pups that represent the world’s first “de-extinction.”This is an effort to bring back a lost species that disappeared about 10,000 years ago. Colossal used DNA from dire wolf fossils to reassemble the dire wolf’s genome using CRISPR, a gene-editing tool. Colossal modified 14 genes tied to the dire wolf’s physical traits, such as size, musculature and fur quality and color.

1 week ago | islandernews.com | Pat Neal

St. Christopher's Montessori school, which is on track to become the first International Baccalaureate, Primary Years Programme Montessori School in Florida, is updating its playground, according to Leslie Lasseville, head of school. “The playground is incredibly important to the development of students in IB, PYP and Montessori schools because it supports key aspects of learning, such as physical, social, emotional and cognitive growth,” Lasseville said.

2 weeks ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Pat Neal

by Pat NealWednesday, April 9, 2025 1:30amOpinionClallam CountyJefferson County SPRINGTIME MUST BE my favorite time of year. When even though the days are getting longer, there aren’t enough hours in the day to get all the chores done. The most important, given the economic uncertainty of our modern world of the future, just might be the vegetable garden. There’s nothing like harvesting your own vegetables to give you a sense of hope for the future.

3 weeks ago | peninsuladailynews.com | Pat Neal

by Pat NealWednesday, April 2, 2025 1:30amOpinionClallam CountyJefferson County HOW WAS YOUR April Fools’ Day? Mine was the best ever. Like other holidays, April Fools’ Day requires extensive preparations. To get ready for Christmas, we chop down a tree. To get ready for Easter, we boil, color and hide eggs. April Fools’ Day can be more hassle than all those other holidays put together, if you fish.

3 weeks ago | islandernews.com | Pat Neal

St. Christopher’s By- the -Sea Episcopal Church announced that Rev. Willie Allen-Faiella as its full-time priest of the church and Montessori school. “I am thrilled to have been called as St. Christopher’s full-time Priest-in-Charge and have grown to love this community over the past year as part-time priest,” Allen-Faiella said.