NEWS BRIEFS — Sequim essay contest winners announced . . . and other items
Published 12:01 am Tuesday, April 22, 2014
SEQUIM — The Sequim Association of Realtors recently announced the winners of its annual third-grade “What My Home Means to Me” contest.
Winners were:
■ Best Picture: Ava Bower
■ First place: Hailey Mae Fisher
■ Second place: Svea Sparks
■ Third place: Phoebe Sampson
■ Helen Haller Best Picture: Ruby Coulson
■ First place: Kali Biddle
■ Second place: Ila Lily Brumley
■ Third place: Yaya Ayala
First-place winners were awarded a bicycle and helmet; second-place winners were awarded a scooter, helmet and a gift card; and other winners were given gift cards.
Each winner read his or her essay about what his or her home means to him or her and then was presented with a prize.
Charmayne Hurlbut of Eagle Home Mortgage headed up the committee that planned the event.
Kathi Larsen of First Federal served as the MC for the event.
Interactions of drugs topic of talk
SEQUIM — The Juan de Fuca Freethinkers will discuss “Eight Things Everyone Should Know About Drug Interactions” at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
Meetings are free and open to the public.
The lecture will start with a brief description of how drugs interact.
The talk will also cover why one person has no problems and another person has a life-threatening reaction.
The role of genetics in drug interactions will be discussed, and the lecture will conclude with a description of the ways each person can minimize the likelihood of having an adverse drug interaction.
For more information, phone 360-683-5648.
Call for dramatists
PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College Drama Department seeks locals to be part of its Find Your Voice play festival June 6 and 7, when original plays by students and community residents will be staged in the college’s Little Theater.
Drama professor Lara Starcevich will hold auditions from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday for parts in festival plays
The festival is part of the college’s annual Student Arts Week.
Everyone is welcome.
Actors of all genders, heights, backgrounds, ages, shoe sizes and eye colors are needed, she said.
Those who come should be prepared to do a cold reading of a short piece, which will be provided. No memorization is necessary.
For more information, email Starcevich at laras@pencol.edu.
