Halloween costume creation, a Sasquatch lecture and a cider fest are among the upcoming activities on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Information also is available on the interactive calendar at www.peninsula dailynews.com.
SEQUIM
Sasquatch lecture
SEQUIM — David George Gordon will present “Sasquatch: Man-Ape or Myth?” at 6 tonight at the Sequim Library
Gordon is the author of “The Sasquatch Seeker’s Field Manual.”
The lecture at the library at 630 N. Sequim Ave. will provide data collected from Sasquatch sightings, rules of critical thinking and the scientific method.
Attendees will be encouraged to share tales about their Sasquatch sighting experiences.
Hyperbaric medicine
SEQUIM — Sequim Clinic for Acupuncture, Naturopathic, and Hyperbaric medicine will give a presentation on “Mild Hyperbaric Medicine” at Shipley Center at 3 p.m. today.
The community is invited to learn what mild hyperbaric medicine is and how it works at the center at 921 E. Hammond St. Attendees have the opportunity to talk with Dr. Crystal Tack and respiratory therapist/hyperbaric tech Kate Welsh to find out more information.
Harvest dance
SEQUIM — The Sequim Prairie Grange will host a Fall Harvest Dance from 7 to 11 tonight.
A potluck dinner also is planned at the grange hall at 290 Macleay Road.
Food and donations are welcome. Attendees are invited to enjoy the Sweater Weather String Band’s honky-tonk and square dance music with caller Joe Michaels.
Science program
SEQUIM — Christine Spaulding will introduce children to rocketry from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
This Second Saturday Science event will be presented at Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
The science series provides hands-on learning in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) for children from 7 to 12 years of age.
The program is free, but do to limited space attendees must pre-register at www.tinyurl.com/PDN- Science-Saturday.
Junior science program
SEQUIM — Children from 4 to 6 years of age can attend Junior Science Explorers from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
The free program at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., will introduce children to rocketry.
Attendees, with their caregivers, will learn about, build and take home their own rocket.
To complete the required pre-registration, visit www.tinyurl.com/PDN-Junior-Science.
Book discussion
SEQUIM — Second Saturday book discussion group will meet at 3 p.m. Saturday.
The public is invited to this free discussion at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
The group will discuss the novel “Everything I never Told You” by Celeste Ng.
The book is available in several formats at the library.
Next month’s book will be “Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher” by Tim Egan.
Car wash
SEQUIM — Sequim High School’s FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America) club will host a car wash and bake sale from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The event will be in front of Curtis Interiors, 845 W. Washington St.
Library book sale
SEQUIM — The Friends of Sequim Library will host its monthly book sale from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The sale will be at the Friends building behind the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
This month, the sale features a 22-volume set of the 2003 World Book Encyclopedia, reported to be in excellent condition.
There are multiple volumes of mysteries by Louise Penny. Also available are many watercolor instruction books, knitting patterns, wood carving and wood turning, or select from a diverse group of Pacific Northwest volumes.
Military history and general nonfiction are also well stocked. Proceeds from the sale benefit children’s and adult programs at the Sequim Library.
Shorebirds
SEQUIM — The Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society will host guest speaker Tim Boyer and his presentation, “Understanding Shorebirds: The Miracle of Migration,” at for 7 p.m. Wednesday.
The free lecture will be at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road.
Boyer, a professional nature photographer focusing on the birds of North America, will discuss the epic migration of shorebirds, focusing on six of the 42 species of shorebirds commonly found in Washington state.
He will cover where they migrate, why they migrate and how they are able to travel so far.
Boyer leads photography workshops throughout the year, is a graduate of Seattle Audubon’s Master Birder Program and is the author of the book “Learn the Art of Bird Photography, the Complete Field Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Photographs and Birds.”
Advance care planning
SEQUIM — Olympic Medical Center will present a program on advance care planning at 1 p.m. Thursday.
The free one hour program will be presented at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Topics will include durable powers of attorney for health care, health care directives and physician orders for life-sustaining treatment.
The presentation will be followed by a question and answer session.
PORT ANGELES
Trashy fashion
PORT ANGELES — Megan Davis will help teenagers create Halloween costumes from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. today.
Clallam County Waste Reduction and the Washington State University Extension will present this free program at Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
Davis will help teens create costumes from old costumes and from repurposed materials using sewing machines and hot glue guns.
The program will end with a fashion show to celebrate the new costumes.
For more information, call 360-417-8500, ext. 7733 or email youth@nols.org.
Halloween dance
PORT ANGELES — Clallam Mosaic, a local nonprofit working to empower people with special needs, will host a Halloween dance from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The dance will be at St. Andrews Episcopal Church, 510 E. Park Ave.
Prior to the dance, a drumming circle will held from noon to 1 p.m. Led by Dave Luebbert, the cost is $3 and drums will be available.
Admission for the dance is $7 and includes a light meal. Accompanying caregivers will attend for free, although event organizers are accepting donations to defray the cost of the meal.
Celebrating Oktoberfest, the menu will feature pulled pork sandwiches, German potato salad, cole slaw, cookies and cake. Coffee, tea and water will be available.
Participants are encouraged to come in their favorite costume and enjoy music, dancing and friendship.
The next drumming circle and dance are scheduled for Nov. 10.
For more information, visit www.clallammosaic.org.
Plant clinic
PORT ANGELES — Washington State University Clallam County Extension will host a plant clinic from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday.
The free clinic is held at the county courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St.
Plant clinics are an opportunity to get help with gardening problems from a master gardener.
For more information, call 360-565-2679.
Monday Musicale
PORT ANGELES — Monday Musicale’s monthly meeting will be held Monday at the Queen of Angels Catholic Church’s fellowship hall, 209 W. 11th St.
The meeting will be followed at 1 p.m. by a free concert featuring the David Jones Trio.
Monday Musicale meets the third Monday of the month and proceeds from memberships are used to provide scholarships for local high school musicians.
For more information, call Helen Coleman at 360-775-0594.
Essential life skills
PORT ANGELES — Author Ellen Galinsky will host two free events on Tuesday to talk about “Mind In the Making: The Seven Essential Life Skills Every Child Needs.”
She will host an interactive workshop for educators and volunteers who work with children in schools from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Peninsula College Student Union Building, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles.
From 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Galinsky will speak at a community presentation for parents, grandparents and other community members at the college’s Little Theatre.
Galinsky, author of more than 40 books, is president and co-founder of Families and Work Institute.
SEKIU
Apple Cider Fest
SEKIU — The West End Youth and Community Club will host an Apple Cider Fest at the Sekiu Community Center from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The center is at 42 Rice St.
There will be freshly made apple juice from donated apples, a luncheon and a silent auction.
FORKS
Books and Cookies
FORKS — Fifth- and sixth-graders are invited to Books and Cookies at 3:30 p.m. Fridays at the Forks Library.
This free book group will have cookies, book conversations and fun with friends at the library at 171 Forks Ave.
For more information, call 360-374-6402, email youth@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.
Fiesta familiar
FORKS — The Forks Library will offer family Story Time in Spanish at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Fiesta Familiar will be held at Alder Grove Mobile Home Park, 1750 Calawah Way, every second Saturday through May 11, 2019.
The free event will feature Spanish stories, songs, and games for children of all ages as well as a snack.
For more information, call 360-374-6402, email youth@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.
History presentation
FORKS — The public is invited to a free history presentation at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday.
The presentation, “Forks History and More” will be held at the First Congregrational Church, 280 Spartan Ave.
This program is sponsored jointly by the West End Historical Society and the Forks Timber Museum.
For more information, call 360-374-9663 or email forkstimbermuseum@ hotmail.com.
Candidate forum
FORKS — Candidates for Clallam County District Court 2 Judge, Erik Rohrer and John Black, and candidates for Clallam County Commissioner District 3, Bill Peach and Howard “Mike” Doherty Jr., will face-off Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the Forks branch of Peninsula College.
This event is free and open to the public at 481 S. Forks Ave. Those attending are encouraged to bring questions for the candidates.
For information, contact the League of Women Voters at info@lwvcla.org or go to www.lwvcla.org.
Bingo games
FORKS — The Forks Elks Lodge will host public bingo at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Early bird sessions will start at 6:30 p.m. while regular bingo will start at 7 p.m. at the Elks Lodge, 941 Merchants Road.
Concessions will be available for purchase.
Garden Club
FORKS — Bogachiel Garden Club will meet from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday.
The program “Horticulture Show with Billie Fitch” will be at Forks Community Center, 91 Maple Ave.
The public is invited to this free meeting.
For more information, email Kris Ayers at kayers @hawaii.edu.
CLALLAM BAY
Read, Eat Gathering
CLALLAM BAY — A Read & Eat Gathering is planned at the Clallam Bay Library at 6:30 p.m. Monday.
The event at the library at 16990 state Highway 112, will focus on one pot meals.
Interested attendees are invited to check out a cookbook and then bring a dish from it to share.
Suggested books include “New Wok Cooking: Easy, Healthy, One-Pot Meals” by Rosa Ross, “One Pot: 120+ Easy Meals from Your Skillet, Slow Cooker, Stockpot, and More” by editors of Martha Stewart Living, “Dinner in an Instant: 75 Modern Recipes for Your Pressure Cooker, Multicooker, and Instant Pot” by Melissa Clark, “Keepers: Two Home Cooks Share Their Tried-and-True Weeknight Recipes and the Secrets to Happiness in the Kitchen” by Kathy Brennan and “Sheet Pan Suppers: 120 Recipes for Simple, Surprising, Hands-Off Meals Straight from the Oven” by Molly Gilbert.
Future programs include pies in November and cookies in December.
For more information, call the Clallam Bay Library at 360-963-2414, email discover@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.
PORT TOWNSEND
Astrology talk
PORT TOWNSEND — David Pond will present a lecture from 7 to 8:30 tonight.
His lecture “Keeping an open heart in hard hearted times” will be presented at Madrona MindBody Institute, 200 Battery Way.
The lecture will explore the powerful astrological cycles that are currently at play.
Admission is $15.
For more information, call David Pond at 360-918-8411 or email david@david pond.com.
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — Conversation Cafe will meet from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today.
The public is invited to take part in discussions at Alchemy Bistro and Wine Bar, 842 Washington St.
The topic for today’s conversation will be “Listening or Hearing.”
Discount swim
PORT TOWNSEND — The public is invited to Mountain View Pool from 7 to 9 tonight for Discount Night.
Everyone will be admitted for $3.
There will be no lap lanes. The whole pool will be dedicated to play.
Noodles, rings and other toys are available.
Children younger than 8 must be accompanied by a guardian.
For more information, call 360-385-7665 or visit www.cityofpt.us/pool.
Marine radar class
PORT TOWNSEND — A class introducing students to radar navigation will be offered from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The free class will be at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St.
The class will use a pilothouse simulation to introduce true and relative motion, range, bearing and how these relate to your vessel.
For more information, call 360-385-3628, ext. 104 or email programs@nwmaritime.org.
Dance and social
PORT TOWNSEND — Quimper Grange will host a square dance and social at 8 p.m. Saturday.
The dance at 1219 Corona St., will feature caller Gabe Strand with music by Joe Fulton, Charles Espey and friends.
All ages are welcome to the family friendly event.
Admission is $7 — $5 if you arrive on a bike or on foot or if you bring a non-disposable water bottle.
Children 16 years and younger will be admitted for free.
The band will host a jam session starting at 7 p.m.
For more information, call Dave Thielk at 360-602-1270.
China presentation
PORT TOWNSEND — Tom and Rosalie Branigan will present “China Today” at 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
The free TravelFest lecture will take place at First Presbyterian Church of Port Townsend, 1111 Franklin St.
The Branigans toured China in 2017, visiting Beijing, Xian, Chengdu, Lhasa,Tibet, the Yangzi River and Hong Kong.
For more information, call Vicky Grauberger at 360-385-2525.
Ocean lecture
PORT TOWNSEND — Charles Eriksen will present “Swimming Through Swirls” at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Eriksen, a professor at the University of Washington School of Oceanography, will present the lecture at Fort Worden Chapel, 200 Battery Way.
Admission is $5 but students and teachers will be admitted for free.
For more information, call 360-385-5582 or email info@ptmsc.org.
Weather class
PORT TOWNSEND — A maritime weather class, “Coastal Winds: Sea Breezes, Corner effect, Dirty Air and More!” will be presented from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday.
The free class will be at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St.
For more information, call 360-385-3628, ext. 104 or visit www.nwmaritime.org.
Transportation panel
PORT TOWNSEND — Quimper Grange and the Transportation Lab will host a panel discussion from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday.
The public is invited to the free discussion at Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St.
The panel will include a city engineer, a police officer and a pedestrian/cyclist and will discuss “Walking, biking and motoring in Port Townsend: Water Street and Beyond.”
For more information, call Dave Thielk at 360-602-1270 or email edavidt@gmail.com.
Garden lecture
PORT TOWNSEND — Bruce Bennett will speak about plant diseases and gastropods from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.
The lecture sponsored by Washington State University Extension will be at Port Townsend Library’s Charles Pink House, 1256 Lawrence St.
Bennett will discuss how to find out what has been destroying your plants’ leaves and sickening other perennials, shrubs and trees in the yard.
He will also cover simple diagnostics for identifying the most common villains from the Pacific Northwest fungi and virus communities.
Bennett is a Washington State University master gardener and rain garden educator.
For more information, call 360-385-3181.
Travel tales
PORT TOWNSEND — Powell Jones will speak on “Single Speeding the B.C. Bike Race” from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Jones, director of the Dungeness River Audubon Center, will speak at the Cotton Building, 607 Water St.
The B.C. Bike Race is a seven-day staged mountain bike race on a purpose-built trail from North Vancouver to Squamish.
For more information, visit www.olympic discoverytrail.org.
Energy lunch
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson County Energy Lunch will be held from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
The monthly lunch will be held at the Port Townsend Yacht Club, 2503 Washington St.
Participants can bring a lunch and join conversation with local energy professionals at noon.
The formal presentation begins at 12:30 p.m. and is followed by a question and answer session.
For more information, email info@ptyc.net.
CHIMACUM
Tuesday Trivia
CHIMACUM — Jefferson County Library staff will host a trivia competition from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday.
The competition will be held at the Keg and I, 1291 Chimacum Road.
An extra point is awarded when presenting a library card.
The Keg and I is a 21 and older venue.
PORT HADLOCK
Housing gala
PORT HADLOCK — The second annual Gala Benefiting Bayside Housing and Services will take place from 5 to 9 tonight.
The gala, themed “Building Blocks of Change,” will be at the Old Alcohol Plant, 310 Hadlock Bay Road.
Rex Hohlbein, a representative of the BLOCK Project, will be the guest speaker.
Tickets for the dinner presentation are $100.
For more information, call 360-390-4017 or email bsmith@oldalcoholplant.com.
Race to Alaska
PORT HADLOCK – Brothers Nate and Cooper Rooks will tell of their journey from Port Townsend to Alaska in a 17-foot sailboat at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The free multimedia presentation will be at Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave.
In 2016, the brothers from Bainbridge Island took to the water in their modified Boston Whaler sailboat to compete in the second annual Race to Alaska, a 750-mile boat race from Port Townsend to Ketchikan, Alaska.
The race has two rules: Vessels cannot be motorized and racers must rely only on themselves for repairs and supplies.
Through their 24 days of racing, the brothers experienced gale force winds, torrential downpours and immense emotional stress, organizers said.
However, they also made many new friends, had once-in-a-lifetime experiences and the adventure of a lifetime.
For more information, call 360 385-6544 or see jclibrary.info/events- calendar/category/adult- programs.
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