NEWS BRIEFS: Family Craft Club to meet Wednesdays starting this week in Port Angeles . . . and other items

Published 12:01 am Tuesday, February 3, 2015

PORT ANGELES — The First Step Family Craft Club will meet at the Port Angeles Drop-In Center, 325 E. Sixth St., from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. this Wednesday and the following Wednesdays on Feb. 11, 18 and 25.

Crafts will focus on language development and school readiness skills.

Children and families are welcome to these free weekly meetings.

For more information, contact Emma Tucek at Emma_Fstep@olypen.com or 360-457-8355 or visit www.firststepfamily.org.

Surge training talk

SEQUIM — Robert Bean, a practicing chiropractor in Sequim for more 15 years, will present a public fitness-education event to demonstrate how short-duration workouts burn more fat than traditional hour-long cardio workouts.

The event starts at 6 p.m. Monday at the Sequim Chiropractic Clinic, 625 N. Fifth Ave., Suite 1.

At this free public workshop, all attendees will be given the tools to activate specific fat-burning hormones through a revolutionary exercise principle; stop their bodies from naturally storing fat; and reduce the effects of aging via convenient exercise.

Please RSVP as seating is limited.

For more information, phone 360-681-2414 or email anne@sequimhealth.com or drbean@sequimhealth.com.

Caregivers courses set for March

FORKS — Powerful Tools for Caregivers classes will be held at the Calvary Chapel, 451 Fifth Ave., beginning Tuesday, March 3.

Learn how to care for oneself while caring for others during the six consecutive-week caregiving class.

Classes are held from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Class size is limited, so pre-register by phoning 360-780-2000.

Meditation circles

PORT ANGELES — Joyous Refuge will host meditation circles at 231 E. 12th St. from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. this Wednesday and following Wednesdays, Feb. 11, 18 and 25.

Admission is by donation, and all are welcome.

Forty minutes of meditation will be followed by discussion of various topics.

Visit www.joyousrefuge.org for more information.