NEWS BRIEFS: Olympic National Forest waives day-use fees on next two Saturdays . . . and other items

Published 12:01 am Thursday, June 4, 2015

OLYMPIC NATIONAL FOREST — Day-use fees at national forest sites will be waived on the next two Saturdays.

The U.S. Forest Service is waiving the fee this Saturday in commemoration of National Trails Day.

It will waive the fee June 13 for National Get Outdoors day.

Day-use fees are charged at 16 sites in Olympic National Forest, including the Big Quilcene, Duckabush, Dungeness and Quinault Rain Forest trailheads.

Backyard birding class set Saturday

SEQUIM — The Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road, will present its final session of backyard birding, “Birds Out of the Nest,” from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Ken Wiersema, local Olympic Peninsula Audubon birder, will present topics such as adult bird roles in feeding and rearing young birds, changes in feeding needs, making property less hazardous to young birds and lifestyles of young birds at the most vulnerable time of their lives.

Families and individuals are invited to attend this session.

There is a $5 fee for those older than 18.

Pranic healing intro

CLALLAM BAY — A free introduction class to Master Choa Kok Sui Pranic Healing will be held at the Three Sisters of Clallam Art Gallery, 16590 state Highway 112, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.

According to a news release, pranic healing “is an effective and powerful ‘no-touch’ healing modality developed by Grand Master Choa Kok Sui that uses ‘life force,’ or prana, to heal physical and emotional ailments.”

This experiential talk demonstrates how prana can be applied for healing.

For more information, email Gayle Nelson at gayle@pranichealing.com or visit www.pranichealing.com.

Alzheimer’s group

CHIMACUM — The Alzheimer’s Association Chimacum Caregiver Support Group will meet at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, from 10:30 a.m. to noon Monday.

This meeting is for those who are caring for someone with memory loss and in need of information and support.

Meetings are held the second Monday of the month.

For information, phone Linda Whiteside at 206-529-3875 or visit www.alzwa.org.

Checkpoints meet

PORT ANGELES — A meeting of Stop the Checkpoints will be held in the Raymond Carver Room of the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday.

The focus of this meeting is the 90-minute film “Into the Fire,” a documentary about the violation of civil liberties in Toronto, Canada, during the G20 Summit.

The public is invited to this free film screening and to come and meet others who are working to defend free speech and the right to protest, according to a news release.

For more information, visit www.stopthecheckpoints.com or email info@stopthecheckpoints.com.

Sarah’s Key talk

SEQUIM — Tatiana De Rosnay’s Sarah’s Key will be discussed at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 13.

“De Rosnay’s U.S. debut fictionalizes the 1942 Paris roundups and deportations, in which thousands of Jewish families were arrested, held at the Vélodrome d’Hiver outside the city, then transported to Auschwitz,” according to a news release.

Copies of Sarah’s Key are available at the library in various formats, including regular print and audiobook on CD.

They can be requested online by visiting the library catalog at www.nols.org.

All are welcome to drop in and participate.

Anglers to meet

PORT TOWNSEND — The East Jefferson chapter of Puget Sound Anglers will meet in the port commissioners’ building, 333 Benedict St. in the boat haven, at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 9.

The speaker is Rich Childers, recreational shellfish manager for the state Department of Fish and Wildlife, in anticipation of the July 1 crab season opener.

Refreshments will be served, and the public is invited.

For more information, phone Jerry Johnson at 360-379-2855.