WEEKEND: Prisoner-of-war remembrance, drag racing, potato dig among events on Peninsula

Published 12:01 am Friday, September 18, 2015

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Sept. 18.

A CEREMONY TO remember prisoners of war and those missing in action, drag racing, a potato dig, dances, a breakfast and lectures are among the activities planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.

For information on the Hot Club Sandwich dance in Port Townsend, “Love Rides the Rails” at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse and other arts news, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment magazine included with today’s PDN.

Information also is available in the interactive calendar at cmg-northwest2.go-vip.net/peninsuladailynews.

PORT ANGELES

Music for babies

PORT ANGELES — Music for Baby & Me storytime is set for 11:15 a.m. today.

The storytime will be at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.

The program features songs, finger plays and rhymes for babies up to 24 months and their parents or caregivers.

The storytimes are free and will occur every Friday through Nov. 20, plus Jan. 8 to May 13.

After each session, parents and caregivers are welcome to linger, visit and swap information.

Those who attend three sessions will receive a free board book or audio CD to take home.

Storytime programs are supported by the Port Angeles Friends of the Library.

For more information about storytimes and other programs for youths, phone 360-417-8500, ext. 7705; visit www.nols.org; or email youth@nols.org.

POW/MIA remembrance

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Veterans Association will host a POW/MIA Remembrance Day ceremony at the Port Angeles Tire Factory, 320 S. Tumwater Truck Route, at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Tumwater Truck Route (state Highway 117) was dedicated as the POW/MIA Memorial Highway by the state Transportation Commission in 2013.

Commissioner Jim McEntire will be the guest speaker.

This ceremony is for all veterans of Clallam County, and all are encouraged to attend.

A barbecue lunch will be offered to veterans after the ceremony.

For more information, phone Chuck Gagnon at 360-452-9777.

Recovery, remembrance

PORT ANGELES — Individuals and families will gather at the Masonic Temple, 622 S. Lincoln St., to begin a walk to the Eighth Street bridges to celebrate and recognize Recovery Works at 3 p.m. Saturday.

After a moment of silence to remember those who have lost their battle with chemical dependency, walkers will return to the Masonic Temple for a spaghetti dinner.

Purple is the theme color, and walkers are asked to bring side dishes or desserts for the dinner.

60th class reunion

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School Roughriders Class of 1955 will celebrate its 60th reunion this weekend.

The reunion will be at the Peninsula Golf Course, 824 S. Lindberg Road, at 6 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

For more information, phone Pat Vautier at 360-457-9740.

SEQUIM

Duo from Finland

SEQUIM — Finland’s folk duo Vellamo will bring its songs to the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 6:30 tonight.

Admission is free to the concert with Vellamo singer Pia Leinonen and guitarist Joni Tiala, who offer songs in Finnish and English, along with music from the Celtic and Scandinavian folk traditions.

The duo travels the world; Sequim is on their seven-week U.S. tour to 20 states for 20 shows.

Some library services will be available during today’s after-hours concert.

To find out more, see the North Olympic Library System website, www.nols.org, and select “Events” and “Sequim,” or contact the library at 360-683-1161 or sequim@nols.org.

Discussion group

SEQUIM — The Great Decisions Discussion Group topic will be “Syria’s Refugee Crisis” when it meets from 10 a.m. to noon today.

The group will meet at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.

As Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and other neighbors strive to accommodate the millions of Syrians, the risk of allowing Syrians to become dependent on emergency aid and forming a lost generation remains, according to a news release.

The suggested background reading for this discussion is the article “Syria’s Refugee Crisis” from the Foreign Policy Association’s publication Great Decisions 2015 Briefing Book.

New members are welcome.

For more information, email jcpollock@olypen.com.

Bunco, luncheon

SEQUIM — Bunco and a luncheon to benefit the Seattle Children’s Hospital is set from noon to 3 p.m. today.

The benefit will be at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave.

The cost is $15.

For more information, email sequimguild@gmail.com, phone 360-797-7105 or visit www.sequimguild.org.

Harvest dance

SEQUIM — A Garden Harvest Dance is set at The Fifth Avenue retirement center from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday.

Admission is $10 to the dance at 500 W. Hendrickson Road.

Power House will perform. Visitors are encouraged to dance or just enjoy music, cider and snacks.

All proceeds go to support Sequim’s Shipley Center.

For more information, contact A.J. Hitchcock at aj@thefifthavenue.com or 360-683-3345.

PC users meeting

SEQUIM — The Sequim PC Users Group will hear presentations on how to use KeePass2 and Truecrypt computer applications from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.

The group will meet at the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St.

Admission is free and open to all.

For more information, contact Sheldon H. McGuire at shellmc@olypen.com or 360-681-0805.

Patient appreciation

SEQUIM — Sequim Chiropractic and Wellness, 415 N. Sequim Ave., will celebrate patient appreciation day from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

The public is invited to come and meet doctors Timothy Card, D.C., and Lyndsay Mishko, D.C., and to participate in raffles and presentations.

Music, food and drink are planned.

Thrift shop open

SEQUIM — The Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild’s Thrift Shop will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Featured this month at the shop at 204 Bell St. are fall fashions for the entire family, furniture and household accessories, glassware, fine jewelry, puzzles, books, shoes and kitchenware.

All white-tagged items will be marked half-price, and new volunteers and consignors are always needed.

Call 360-683-7044 for information.

Flea market, bake sale

SEQUIM — The Sequim Prairie Grange Flea Market and Bake Sale will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

The flea market will be at 290 Macleay Road.

Tailgaters are welcome. Lunch will be available.

Setup will be at 10:30 a.m. today.

The cost to reserve a table is $15 each.

For more information, phone Bob Clark at 360-683-4431 or 360-808-2364.

PORT TOWNSEND

Conversation Cafe

PORT TOWNSEND — The topic will be “Adaptation” at the Conversation Cafe at The Cup, 600 W. Sims Way, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today.

Lunch is optional.

Conversation Cafe is an exercise in active listening and nonconfrontational discussion.

For more information, visit www.conversationcafe.org.

Book signing

PORT TOWNSEND — Jenny Jo Allen will sign copies of Connecting with Crystals from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today.

The free book signing will be at the Bishop Victorian Hotel Lobby

Allen’s book is available at The Writer’s Workshoppe, 820 Water St. in Port Townsend, and online at www.ConnectingwithCrystals.net.

For more about her, see www.JennyClairvoyant.com.

AAUW kickoff meeting

PORT TOWNSEND — To kick off its 2015-16 projects, AAUW Port Townsend will meet at the Elks Lodge from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Current and prospective members of the American Association of University Women are invited to attend this welcome-back/get-acquainted session at the lodge at 555 Otto St.

They can sign up for interest groups and volunteer for activities that support AAUW’s educational projects and scholarships.

AAUW Port Townsend and its affiliate, the University Women’s Foundation of Jefferson County, promote education and equity through various scholarships and awards, middle school career days and elementary school projects in literacy and math.

Recently, AAUW/UWF awarded more than $40,000 in scholarships to young women from East Jefferson County and sent six middle school girls to Tech Trek, a weeklong science and math summer camp.

AAUW membership is open to anyone who holds an associate degree or higher from an accredited school.

For more information on AAUW projects and membership, visit http://pt-wa.aauw.net or phone Anne Englander at 360-390-5896.

Fort Flagler field trip

PORT TOWNSEND — Admiralty Audubon is sponsoring a field trip to Fort Flagler on Saturday.

Participants will meet at Portage Bridge Park, the first right after crossing the bridge to Indian Island, at 9 a.m.

The free field trip is open to the public.

To carpool from Port Townsend, meet at the Park and Ride across the street from Safeway by 8:30 a.m.

There will be stops along Indian Island isthmus mud flats looking for shore birds, plus a stop at Mystery Bay before heading to Fort Flagler RV campground.

Participants will walk the spit, searching Port Townsend Bay and Kilisut Harbor for fall migrating ducks, grebes and shorebirds.

They will scope Rat Island, looking for nesting Caspian Terns and gulls.

Attendees should prepare for cool, wet weather with gloves, hats, layers of clothing, binoculars, a spotting scope and rain gear.

For more information, contact trip leader Paula Vanderheul at 360-379-8564 or pvanderheul@gmail.com.

Cosmology series

PORT TOWNSEND — A series on cosmology will begin at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church from 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Sunday.

The free series will explore convergences between creation accounts in Genesis and Western science analysis.

The series will continue for two more Sundays at the church at 1020 Jefferson St.

It will be led by Karen Barrows, who holds a master’s degree in environmental studies from the University of Oregon.

CHIMACUM

Genealogical society

CHIMACUM — A Seattle researcher will tell a gathering of the Jefferson County Genealogical Society about the records to consult on this side of the Atlantic to learn locations of families in Europe when the group meets Saturday.

Gary Zimmerman, president of the Fiske Genealogy Library in Seattle, will lecture on “Crossing the Pond” during the meeting from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road.

Participants are invited to bring a lunch and join an afternoon discussion group from noon to 2 p.m. on Scotland, England, Ireland, Germany, Norway and Sweden.

The discussion groups are an opportunity to learn how to access records in Europe.

Zimmerman has lectured on a wide variety of genealogical topics for 25 years.

He does research for clients in the United States and Europe.

For more information, phone 360-385-9495 or email JCGSWash@gmail.com.

JOYCE

Lions breakfast set

JOYCE — The Crescent Bay Lions Club will host a benefit breakfast at the club from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday.

Breakfasts are held at the club located on state Highway 112 and Holly Hill Road every Sunday through May 8 except Dec. 20 and Dec. 28.

The cost is $7 for adults and $4 for children 12 and younger.

The menu includes eggs cooked to order; hot cakes; French toast; biscuits and gravy; hashbrowns; ham, sausage or bacon; and coffee.

Proceeds help Crescent Bay Lions members support Crescent School yearbooks, scholarships for Crescent High School seniors, holiday food baskets, glasses for the needy and other community projects.

Everyone is invited to attend.

CLALLAM BAY

Book signing planned

CLALLAM BAY — K.C. Winters will sign books to launch her new children’s book from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. today.

The book signing will be at the Clallam Library, 16990 state Highway 112.

Potato Dig

CLALLAM BAY — The 2015 Potato Dig at Hoko River State Park will be from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

The dig will be at the Cowan Heritage Garden at Hoko-Ozette Road.

It is sponsored by the Friends of Hoko River State Park.

For more information, call 360-963-2442.

FORKS

Drag races

FORKS — West End Thunder drag races will roar at Forks Municipal Airport on Saturday and Sunday.

The gates open to spectators at 8:30 a.m. General admission is $10, with children younger than 12 admitted free.

The fee is $15 to display a car at the Show and Shine.

The race entry fee is $35.

Fellowship breakfast

FORKS — Congregational Church, 280 S. Spartan Ave., will host the monthly Men’s Christian Breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.

This is a nondenominational event for all Christian men in the community.

Ted Rasmussen will cook a breakfast of Texas French toast, scrambled eggs, coffee and juice by donation.