Presentations, history and hikes are among the events planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
PORT ANGELES
Writer speaks tonight
PORT ANGELES — Author Tom Jay will present from his recent collection of poems and essays, The Blossoms are Ghosts at the Wedding, at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at 7 p.m. today.
“Like salmon at sea, Jay’s subjects range widely,” said local author Tim McNulty.
“His essays move easily and surely among history and folklore, nature and community.
“They explore the hidden roots of language and commonplace mysteries of watersheds.”
“And his words inevitably circle back home — to the heart of what it means to be human in a wondrous but threatened world.”
Jay’s presentation will include a discussion with the audience.
Copies of his book will be available for purchase.
The program is free and open to the public.
For more information about this program, phone the library at 360-417-8500 or visit www.nols.org and click on “Events.”
Curriculum sale
PORT ANGELES — A home-school curriculum sale will be held at Lighthouse Christian Center, 304 Viewcrest Ave., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
For more information, phone 360-808-2567.
Fair crown hopeful
PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Fair Royalty candidate Marissa Wilson will be at Airport Garden Center, 2200 W. Edgewood Drive, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. today.
Wilson will help out at the store, greet the public and sell $5 tickets for the royalty “Princess Tea,” which will be at the Clallam County Fairgrounds at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 17.
Wilson is sponsored by Airport Garden Center.
Feiro presentation
PORT ANGELES — Karen Matsumoto and Ron Hirschi will present the stories “Fred and Evelyn” and “Voyage of the Albatross” at the Feiro Marine Life Center, on the City Pier, at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
Matsumoto is the marine science education coordinator for the Seattle Aquarium, and Hirschi is a fisheries biologist and author of nature books for children.
The stories teach the importance of habitat, the impacts of the North Pacific Ocean’s “garbage patch” and how people can involve themselves in environmental stewardship.
A $5 donation is suggested but not required.
For more information, phone 360-417-6254.
Boaters course
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office will hold the first of three “Adventures in Boating” boater education courses Saturday.
The course — which is open to anyone 12 and older — will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Clallam County Commissioner’s meeting room at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
Starting Jan. 1 the Washington State Boater Education Law requires anyone 30 years and younger operating a marine vessel in the state to have a valid boater education card.
By 2014, every boater born after Dec. 31, 1954 will be required to obtain a card.
The course is classroom instruction only, with no “on the water” time.
The cost is $20 for those over the age of 17 and free for those 17 and younger.
Courses also are scheduled on Saturday, May 8 and Saturday, June 12.
For more information or to reserve a space, e-mail jboyd@co.clallam.wa.us or phone 360-417-2435.
Radio classes
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam Country Amateur Radio Club will hold a technician and general license instruction class on three Saturdays beginning this week.
Classes will be held at the Port Angeles Fire Department, 102 E. Fifth St., from 8:45 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday and April 17 and from 8:45 a.m. to 10 a.m. on April 24.
The April 24 session will be followed by an exam at 1 p.m.
The class will be based on chapters from the ARRL Technician or General Class Manual.
The class is free and is taught by local members of the Ham Radio Operators of the Clallam County Amateur Radio Club and the Amateur Radio Emergency Service group.
The exam has a $15 processing fee.
Those interested can order the class texts at www.arrl.org/catalog/?item=9639 or purchase them by phoning Tom Newcomb at 360-452-8228.
For more information or to register, phone Chuck Jones at 360-452-4672 or Newcomb at 360-452-8228.
History tales
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Historical Society’s April History Tales presentation will feature Olympic National Park ranger Jon Preston discussing the 1889-90 Press Expedition through the Olympic Mountains.
His talk, free and open to the public, will be in the City Council chambers at Port Angeles City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St., at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
The Press Expedition began with a statement by the state’s governor, Elisha P. Ferry, who said that “Washington has her great unknown land like the interior of Africa,” referring to the Olympics.
His words were printed in the Seattle Press, and the newspaper’s editor followed the statement with a challenge for “hardy citizens . . . to acquire fame by unveiling the mystery which wraps the land encircled by the snow capped Olympic Range.”
James Christie volunteered to organize an expedition if the Seattle Press would finance it. The newspaper agreed, and the six-man Press Expedition was formed.
It almost met disaster several times in its trek through the Olympics.
April’s History Tales has been scheduled a week later than usual because of the Easter holiday.
For more information, phone 360-452-2662 or visit www.clallamhistoricalsociety.com.
SEQUIM
Boys & Girls Clubs
SEQUIM SEmD The Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula will host a Spring Fling and Date Night on Saturday.
Both will be at the Sequim Carroll C. Kendall unit, 400 W. Fir St.
Spring Fling will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Free and open to the public, the family-oriented event will have arts and crafts, games, live music and raffles with prizes including bicycles, and visitors can learn about the units’ programs.
It will kick off the annual Campaign for Kids fundraiser.
Date Night — when parents are encouraged to bring their kids in pajamas, with pillows if they like — will be from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
The club will provide dinner, a movie and other activities for children while their moms and dads go out for the evening, explained Sequim club director Mary Budke.
Parents pay $20 per child or $50 for families of three or more children.
Youngsters can dine and enjoy games and snacks at the club from 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
For more information, contact the Boys & Girls Clubs at 360-683-8095 or 360-417-2831.
Wreath class set
SEQUIM — Henery’s Garden Center will host a sedum wreath-making class at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
The cost will depend on the materials used, but the fee should run between $30 to $40.
Henery’s is located at 1060 Sequim-Dungeness Way.
For more information or to make a reservation, phone 360-683-6969.
Church holds sale
SEQUIM — The women of St. Joseph’s Church will hold its “Spring Plant and Rummage Sale” in the Parish Hall, 101 E. Maple St., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
For more information, 360-683-6076.
Cub Scouts to collect flags
SEQUIM — Sequim Cub Scout Pack 4490 will collect worn out American flags at the Sequim Safeway, 680 W. Washington St., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
All collected flags will be provided a proper, solemn retirement ceremony at the Pack 4490 Spring Campout.
This free service is part of the Cub Scouts’ “Do a Good Turn for America” effort.
Pack 4490 requests that anyone with a worn American flag take this opportunity to ensure that the flag will receive a traditional, proper retirement ceremony.
For more information, phone Assistant Scoutmaster Craig Stevenson at 360-461-4455 or visit www.sequimscouts.org.
Genealogy meeting set
SEQUIM — The Clallam County Genealogy Society will meet at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave. from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Kit Stewart will present “DNA and Genealogy.”
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-417-5000.
Plow-in slated
SEQUIM — Sequim Valley Collectors will host a “Plow-In” of vintage tractors from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
The event will be held at the east end of Runnion Road.
Plow demonstrations will be featured.
Concert for Haiti
SEQUIM — A concert to benefit Haitian relief efforts is planned at the 7 Cedars Casino at 4 p.m. Sunday.
Four bands will play at the Hope for Haiti concert: the Jimmy HoffmanBand, Jubilee, Haywire and Ted Vigil.
Admission is free, but donations will be accepted.
A silent auction an raffle also will raise money, with all proceeds going to the Olympic Peninsula Chapter of the American Red Cross.
John Nelson, Peninsula Daily News columnist, will serve as master of ceremonies.
PORT TOWNSEND
Volkssport walk
PORT TOWNSEND — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers Volkssport Club will walk along the Port Townsend waterfront starting at 9 a.m. Saturday.
Walkers will meet at the Swain’s Outdoor store, 1121 Water St.
A carpool will leave from the QFC shopping center parking lot near the Dynasty Restaurant in Sequim at 8 a.m.
The 6.2-mile walk includes a stretch of the Larry Scott Trail with views of Whidbey, Marrowstone and Indian islands.
There is also a 3.1-mile walk.
Strollers and wheelchairs can be taken on this walk.
For more information, phone Frances Johnson at 360-385-5861.
PORT LUDLOW
Dementia information
PORT LUDLOW — Gail Bosch will present “Dementia: Recognition and Treatment” at the Port Ludlow Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place, from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The Olympic Area Agency on Aging is sponsoring this event.
Bosch is a consultant pharmacist with Hospice of Kitsap County, and through work with the University of Michigan’s Disease Research Center, she has followed more than 400 patients with various types of dementia and was responsible for their medication reviews and investigational drug studies.
She will discuss risk factors, causes, types of dementia treatments, medication management and caregiver issues.
Information booklets and a copy of Bosch’s PowerPoint presentation will be available to attendees.
Cost for the dementia discussion is $1 for non-Bay Club members.
For more information or to reserve a seat, phone 360-417-8554 or 360-437-9935.
Following the briefing a special lunch will be available for purchase at The Fireside Restaurant.
Phone 360-437-7000 for reservations.
FORKS
Mariachi group
FORKS — Mariachi Huenachi, the advanced mariachi music class at Wenatchee High School, will visit Forks this weekend.
The group will perform at Forks Elementary School, 301 S. Elderberry at 9:15 a.m. and at Forks High School, 261 Spartan Ave., at 2:30 p.m. today.
A performance for the community will be held in the Forks High School Cafeteria from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.