NEWS BRIEFS: Free hoedown offered in Forks on Saturday . . . and other items
Published 12:01 am Tuesday, August 18, 2015
FORKS — The Forks Elks Lodge will hold its second annual Hoedown and Family Festival at the lodge, 941 Merchants Road, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
This free event offers hay rides, gem panning, horse roping, archery, horseshoes and prizes.
The Masonic Lodge will be conducting the Child ID program, and local police, sheriff, fire department, Coast Guard and ambulance personnel will be on site to discuss emergency response.
The first 100 kids get a free cinch backpack, cowboy hat and bandana.
All are welcome to attend.
Community dinner
SEQUIM — A free community dinner will be served at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave., at 6 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 27.
The meal includes hamburger stew, corn, coleslaw, desserts and beverages.
Reservations, which are requested to ensure that enough food is prepared, may be made by phoning the church at 360-683-5367 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday before the dinner, or by email to dinners@sequimtumc.org.
The church presents the dinners on the last Thursday of each month.
Scholarship earned
BELLINGHAM — Western Washington University student Ian Blaze Brumbaugh, son of Brad and Elizabeth Brumbaugh of Port Angeles, received a $1,000 Alumni Association Leader Scholarship for the 2015-16 academic year.
The Alumni Association Leader Scholarship is awarded to current full-time students, a high school senior intending to become a full-time Western student or a college transfer intending to become a full-time WWU student.
Brumbaugh, an incoming freshman, earned a 3.73 GPA at Port Angeles High School and is interested in pursuing dentistry after he completes his undergraduate studies.
He participated in band, leadership and community service.
He hopes to one day specialize in orthodontics, according to a news release.
