NEWS BRIEFS: Immigrant rights, law topics of talk in Forks this Saturday … and other items

FORKS — Representatives of the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project will answer questions and discuss basic immigration law and immigrants’ rights at 2 p.m. Saturday.

The presentation will be in the Forks Library at 171 S. Forks Ave.

The Northwest Immigrant Rights Project (NWIRP) is a nonprofit legal services office that provides legal representation and community education to low-income refugees and immigrants in Washington state.

The group provides assistance with a variety of immigration matters including applications for political asylum, representation in deportation proceedings and petitions under the Violence Against Women Act, as well as other immigration applications including naturalization, visas and replacement of green cards.

For more information about this free program and other upcoming library events, visit www.nols.org and select “Events” and “Forks,” call 360-374-6402 or send an email to Discover@nols.org.

Ferries high school art contest

SEATTLE — Washington State Ferries is soliciting student artwork.

It is celebrating its busiest sailing season with a summer schedule cover contest, “Summer Sightings on the Ferry.”

Submissions to the contest, open to students in ninth through 12th grades, are due by April 10.

Winning artwork will be featured on the cover of more than 985,000 summer sailing schedules this year. Those schedules will be distributed aboard the 22 ferries in the system, inside each of the 10 terminals and throughout communities in the region.

The winner and five finalists also will be featured on the WSF website, WSF Twitter and in the WSF weekly update newsletter.

The ferry system has held two consecutive cover art contests, for the winter 2017 and spring 2017 schedules, and has decided to continue offering the opportunity to other students. This is the first contest to allow computer graphic design submissions, as well as those produced by hand.

Artwork will be accepted online via Survey Monkey at www.surveymonkey.com/r/WSFSummerCoverContest or by mail at Washington State Ferries, Attn: Communications Staff Aide, 2901 Third Ave., Suite 500, Seattle, WA 98121, through Monday, April 10.

A complete list of submission requirements can be found at wsdotblog.blogspot.com.

Unity speaker

PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics’ 10:30 a.m. worship service guest speaker will be the Rev. Eva McGinnis.

Her lesson is titled “Love, Peace and Joy?”

According to a news release: “Most of the messages of the world seem designed for us to take ourselves very seriously. Joy and happiness seem to be frivolous concepts in our times.”

McGinnis is a metaphysical minister with a background in teaching, writing and counseling in various educational and nonprofit settings.

A time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Child care is available during the service.

Christianity debate

CHIMACUM — A public debate about Christianity will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday at Chimacum High School.

The free debate, titled “Christianity: Should I Embrace or Reject It?,” will be held in the school’s auditorium, located at 91 West Valley Road, and will be moderated by Marcia Weicht.

Valarie Tarico, a psychologist and writer from Seattle, will discuss why Christianity should be rejected, while Luuk Van de Weghe, a Quilcene local and Christian apologist, will argue that it should be embraced.

After the discussion, a 45 minute Q-and-A session will be held.

Donations are accepted.

For more information, email rob@windmillministries.org.

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