NEWS BRIEFS: Kids’ introduction to Native artifacts set Wednesday at Clallam Bay Library . . . and other items
Published 12:01 am Sunday, January 25, 2015
CLALLAM BAY — Seattle’s Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture will visit the Clallam Bay Library, 16990 state Highway 112, at 3 p.m. Wednesday to introduce children between the ages of 6 and 12 to Native American artifacts, real animal fossils and skulls, and museum-prepared birds.
The museum’s visit is part of an ongoing partnership between the North Olympic Library System and Cape Flattery School District’s Creating Opportunities for After-School Thinking program.
For more information about the program, phone Clallam Bay School at 360-963-2324.
To learn more about upcoming library programs for young people, phone 360-963-2414, email youth@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.
No flight operations
COUPEVILLE — There will be no field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island at the outlying field in Coupeville between Monday and Sunday, Feb. 1.
The schedule is subject to change to meet mission requirements.
Comments, including noise complaints, can be directed to station’s comment line at 360-257-6665 or via email at comments.NASWI@navy.mil.
All other questions can be directed to the public affairs office at 360-257-2286.
Senior nutrition
PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Senior Nutrition Site dinners will be served at 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
A suggested donation is $5 for those who are 60 or older.
People younger than 60 can attend for $8.
Reservations should be made 24 hours in advance to 360-457-8921.
Menus are subject to change.
■ Tuesday: Mushroom barley soup, applesauce, pork roast, asparagus and cherry crisp.
■ Wednesday: Waldorf salad, tomato bisque, Polish sausage with bun, sauerkraut and carrot cake.
■ Thursday: Tossed salad, cabbage roll, steamed rice and mixed berries.
■ Friday: Salad, turkey pot pie, veggies, dinner roll and dessert.
Drum circle slated
PORT ANGELES — A community drum circle will be held in the Longhouse on the Peninsula College campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
All are welcome to the free event.
Participants can drum, rattle, play bells and other percussion, chant, sing and dance.
For more information, phone Penny Burdick at 360-461-4538 or email peninsuladrumming@gmail.com.
PA census workshops set this week
PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System on Wednesday and Thursday will offer a two-part training titled “Deep Dive into Census Data: Mining the Websites of the U.S. Census Bureau,” presented by U.S. Census Bureau representative Linda Clark.
Both sessions will be held at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
The first session Wednesday is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and is a demonstration and overview of the U.S. Census websites.
The second session Thursday is from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and offers participants guided online practice with their own Wi-Fi-enabled devices.
The U.S. Census Bureau conducts nearly 100 surveys and censuses every year, and this large mine of information is made available at www.census.gov and http://tinyurl.com/PDN-FactFinderCensus.
Participants will learn how to extract useful online information from these extensive government resources, which can be used to collect statistics for grant writing, demographic and economic data for small businesses, community information for local organizations, or data for students doing research.
Register to attend one or both sessions online by visiting www.nols.org and selecting “Events” and “Port Angeles.”
Interested parties also can phone 360-417-8500 to register.
Nash’s health talk
DUNGENESS — Katy Bowman of the Restorative Exercise Institute will present “Nutritious Movement, Junk Food Movement and Diseases of Captivity” at Nash’s Farm Store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way, at 4 p.m. Wednesday.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
Bowman has helped many people to reduce pain, increase bone density, improve metabolic health and solve pelvic floor issues through her classes and an award-winning blog, KatySays.com, according to a news release.
Bowman is the author of three books and has created a DVD series, “Aligned and Well.”
According to the release, “Her groundbreaking work in pelvic floor restoration has made her particularly popular with midwives, OBGYNs and others concerned with pelvic mobility, strength and health.”
Community read-in
PORT ANGELES — An evening community read-in will take place at Queen of Angels School, 1007 S. Oak St., from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Parents, students and the community are welcome to the event, where teachers will be reading stories and the classrooms will be open to showcase work the children have accomplished.
This is also a time where prospective students, their families and community residents can come learn about the school’s educational programs and tour the school.
Staff will be on hand to accept applications for the next year.
The event is part of the nationwide celebration of Catholic education that is taking place during the week of Jan. 25-31.
The week’s theme, “Catholic Schools: Communities of Faith, Knowledge and Service,” highlights the school’s focus on faith development and academic excellence, according to a news release.
For more information, phone Queen of Angels School at 360-457-6903 or visit www.qofaschool.org.
Water seminar
PORT ANGELES — A free water seminar will take place at the Natural Healing Clinic, 162 S. Barr Road, from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday.
Participants can come see, taste and feel the latest water technology from Japan.
They also can hear how it reportedly has helped with conditions like high blood pressure, diabetes, cerebral palsy, pain and inflammation and more, according to a news release.
Attendees who pre-register will receive a free CD.
Phone 360-457-1515 to register.
Intro to genealogy
PORT ANGELES — “I Know Nothing About Genealogy,” a free introductory class, will be offered during the Research Center’s open house from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The public is invited to use the library and ask questions.
The center is located at 402 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
For more information, phone 360-417-5000.
Yard & Garden series
PORT TOWNSEND — A gardening “double header” at the Yard & Garden Lecture Series will take place at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation will present orchid expert Toby Clauson, a member of the Olympic Peninsula and American Orchid societies, and horticultural educator, speaker and writer Pam Sinclair.
Clauson will discuss how she sustains her many orchids in her small greenhouse, kitchen window and outside.
Sinclair will explore hellebores, a winter garden favorite, and share her success with them in her landscape.
Admission is $12 per person. Day tickets can be purchased Saturday if space is available.
Phone 360-301-2081 for more information.
Senior singles
PORT TOWNSEND — The senior singles group will dine at the recently remodeled Khu Larb Thai Restaurant, 225 Adams St., at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 16.
The restaurant is located across the street from the Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader and Bank of America.
The menu is priced as follows: appetizers, $6-$8; salads, $5-$11; large soups, $12-$16; and “From the Wok: Pick-a-Sauce,” $12-$17.
Phone 360-215-4141 or email gojake95@broadstripe.net no later than Feb. 9 to place a reservation.
Participants should indicate if they wish to be a driver or passenger.
Team places first
PORTLAND, Ore. — Four University of Portland accounting students, including Courtney Lemon of Port Angeles, recently took first place in a KPMG accounting competition against other Oregon schools.
On Jan. 16, they took first place in the semifinals in Chicago.
The team will go on to compete in New York City on Feb. 26, and if they win, the team will compete in Dubai.
Lemon is a 2012 Port Angeles High School graduate. She is a junior accounting major.
Lemon, plus other seniors Erika Schlotfeldt and Jessie Robinson and junior Emily Glaser, placed ahead of three teams from the University of Oregon and Oregon State University during the first competition.
The team had 48 hours to evaluate a case before presenting a 20-minute presentation to a panel of judges.
The presentation was followed by a 10-minute session of questions from judges.
Sequim artist in Bremerton exhibition
SEQUIM — Artist Natalie Brown of Sequim has been chosen for inclusion in the 2015 CVG Show in Bremerton’s Collective Visions Gallery.
The annual CVG Show is one of the largest and most prestigious art competitions in the Northwest, according to a news release.
More than 270 artists from 70 Washington cities submitted nearly 800 artworks for consideration.
Of these, 130 pieces were selected for inclusion in the show.
Greg Robinson, executive director and curator of Washington state’s newest art museum, the Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, is the juror for this year’s competition.
Robinson will choose the recipients of $7,500 in prizes going to 11 artists in multiple categories.
The 2015 CVG Show be will open to the public from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
The exhibit continues until Saturday, Feb. 28.
The gallery is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and from noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.
The Collective Visions Gallery is located in downtown Bremerton at 331 Pacific Ave., three blocks from the ferry terminal.
For more information, phone 360-377-8327 or visit www.CVGShow.com.
PA Food Bank now hub for drop-offs
PORT ANGELES — Seattle-based Food LifeLine, a subsidiary of the national organization Feed America, recently made the Port Angeles Food Bank the hub for donation drop-off from the Seattle facility every Tuesday.
Before this, agencies utilizing the donations from Food LifeLine had to drive to Port Townsend to receive their weekly donations of food and non-food items.
Area food banks receive at least 20 percent of monthly donations from Food LifeLine orders.
To become an approved “drop site,” or hub, for Food LifeLine, the Port Angeles Food Bank had to pass rigorous standards.
The project has taken more than a year to achieve.
Every Tuesday, the Food LifeLine truck arrives from Seattle with orders for the currently enrolled Clallam County agencies: Port Angeles Food Bank, Salvation Army, Serenity House and Sequim Food Bank.
Each agency then comes to the Port Angeles Food Bank, helps unpack and sort the orders, then takes their donated goods back to their agencies for distribution.
Caregiver series
FORKS — Powerful Tools for Caregivers, an educational program designed to help family caregivers take care of themselves while caring for a relative or friend, will meet once a week for six weeks starting Tuesday, March 3.
Classes meet every Tuesday through April 7 from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at Calvary Chapel, 451 Fifth St.
The cost is a suggested $30 to defray the cost of books.
Class size is limited, so registration is required.
To register or for more information, phone 360-374-9496, ext. 2.
Helping homeless
PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Homeless Outreach is holding a one-day event for the homeless at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, March 6.
Breakfast and lunch will be served.
The group is in the process of collecting clothing and sleeping bags to be distributed at the event.
For more information or to donate, phone Penny Pittis at 360-460-5083.
Any financial donations can be sent to Clallam County Homeless Outreach, P.O. Box 804, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
The nonprofit group provides free medical, dental and social services, plus food, clothing, hygiene items and more to the county’s homeless.
2015 adult learning
PORT TOWNSEND — Enrollment is open for Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s Winter 2015 Adult Learning Classes.
Special events, one-day workshops, courses and ongoing groups are offered to the public free of charge.
A sampling of classes include Buddhism and Buddhist meditation, a birding field trip to the Skagit Valley, a workshop on marine mammals of the Salish Sea and weekly courses exploring such things as personal growth, academics, creativity and physical activity.
Course brochures are available at the fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave.; the Port Townsend and Jefferson County libraries; the Port Townsend Community Center; or online at www.quuf.org under “Adult Programs.
All are welcome to attend.
Child care is available on request for programs during after-school hours.
Assistance with enrollment is available from office volunteers at the fellowship between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, by emailing joyce.francis@q.com or by phoning 360-437-5011.
College volunteers
Peninsula College in Port Angeles and Sequim is looking for volunteer tutors who can help students with high school-level math, reading and writing.
Volunteer schedules are flexible. The only requirement for tutors is that they be willing to devote a minimum of at least one hour once a week.
No prior training in education is necessary.
Volunteers are needed in Sequim from 8:30 a.m. to noon Mondays through Thursdays.
Port Angeles volunteers are needed from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.
For more information about how to become involved, contact Hayley Taga at htaga@pencol.edu or 360-417-6512.
Student graduates
OKLAHOMA CITY — Alana Kaufmann of Port Angeles recently earned her bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma Christian University.
Kaufmann graduated with a degree in elementary education.
She was one of 80 students to receive their undergraduate degrees at the school’s winter commencement ceremony.
$15,000 given to Ludlow fire foundation
PORT LUDLOW — Port Ludlow resident Shawna Gammill-Matthews presented Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue Foundation with a check for $15,000 last month.
It is the fifth consecutive year the Gammill Foundation has donated to the fire district.
“This donation from the Gammill Foundation is greatly appreciated by all of us at Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue,” Chief Brad Martin said.
Members of the foundation still are considering replacing some of the district’s equipment and gear that have outlived its usefulness.
“We need to replace about 10 of our portable radios,” Martin said. “The donation would allow us to purchase six and work through our budgeting process to replace the remaining four.”
Other items being considered include the purchase of new turnouts, the outer protective gear worn by firefighters.
The current gear will be reach the end of its lifespan at the end of 2016. The district budgets for four to five sets each year, and the Gammill Foundation donation will assist in offsetting costs for the turnouts, the district said.
