NEWS BRIEFS: North Coast reading set Tuesday in Port Angeles . . . and other items
Published 12:01 am Monday, September 7, 2015
PORT ANGELES — Award-winning poet Sally Albiso will read from her new chapbook, The Notion of Wings, in the North Coast Writers’ first event of the season Tuesday night.
Albiso will step up to read at 7 p.m. at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., where admission is free.
Before publishing The Notion of Wings on Finishing Line Press of Georgetown, Ky., Albiso won the Robert Frost Foundation Poetry Award, the Camber Press Poetry Chapbook Award and first place in the 2004 Tidepools magazine competition, among other prizes.
For more information about Albiso and the North Coast Writers, phone 360-797-1245.
Paint the Town
PORT ANGELES — Patrick Downie, deputy mayor of Port Angeles, recently presented the remaining $897 from Paint the Town, an annual nonprofit, volunteer-based community service project serving low-income senior and/or disabled adults in Clallam County, to Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County.
Habitat will carry on Paint the Town’s work.
Downie has served as president of Paint the Town since 1993.
“It seemed like a match made in heaven when I learned that Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County was launching their new program of Neighborhood Revitalization [NR] to assist low-income residents in Clallam County with house repairs,” Downie said.
“Habitat’s NR program will run much like their program of building new and affordable homes in partnership with low-income homeowners,” said Cyndi Hueth, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County.
“Prospective homeowners in need of home repair work will have to apply and be qualified, and there will be a repayment element as well,” she said.
Over the course of many years, the volunteers of Paint the Town either painted or refurbished the exterior of more than 150 homes throughout the county.
Paint the Town was originally formed in the late 1980s under the leadership and direction of then-Associate Pastor John Peterson at First United Methodist Church of Port Angeles and the Port Angeles Ministerial Association.
For more information, visit www.habitatclallam.org.
Port Angeles car show set for Sunday
PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Dream Machines Car Club will hold its annual Charity Car Show from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, in the Walmart parking lot.
All proceeds from the car show go to local Wounded Warrior events.
Classic cars, motorcycles, hot rods and trucks are welcome.
A recommended donation of $20 covers the entry fee.
The first 100 participants will receive a free tote bags with goodies.
Thirty trophies will be awarded to participants in various categories.
There will be a barbecue, raffle prizes and music.
Vendors also are welcome for a $20 space fee.
For information, phone 360-461-9008.
Dancing for all
PORT ANGELES — The Strait Wheeler Square Dance Club will begin classes in the Port Angeles Senior and Community Center, 328 E. Seventh St., from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. starting Monday, Sept. 14.
Square dance classes are an ongoing annual tradition with the club, but this year, it will introduce ballroom dancing to the program.
No previous experience is necessary, a partner is not required and dress is casual.
The first two sessions are free; lessons after that are $4 per person per evening.
Lesson fees go to the Port Angeles Parks & Recreation Department.
For more information, phone Glen Muir at 360-457-3912.
Dean’s list honoree
BLACKSBURG, Va. — Karalee S. Eriks of Port Angeles was named to the dean’s list for the spring 2015 semester at Virginia Tech.
Eriks is a freshman majoring in criminology in the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences.
To qualify for the dean’s list, students must complete at least 12 credit hours graded on the A-F option and earn a 3.4 grade-point average on a 4.0 scale during the semester.
