SEQUIM — Through its “Making a Difference: Sequim Volunteers” program, the city of Sequim is collecting information about volunteer opportunities with nonprofit organizations and other groups in and around the city.
These opportunities are being posted online at www.sequimwa.gov along with the city’s volunteer positions.
The city wants to expand the list.
“This project grew out of conversations with prospective volunteers,” said volunteer coordinator Pam Leonard-Raysaid.
“Many people who are new to Sequim struggle not only to find a volunteer opportunity that ‘fits’ but also to figure out what is available for volunteers.”
To include a volunteer opportunity on the list or for more information, contact City Clerk Karen Kuznek-Reese at kkuznek@sequimwa.gov or 360-681-3428; Leonard-Ray at pleonard-ray@sequimwa.gov or 360-582-2447; or special projects volunteer Debbie Mink at dmink@sequimwa.gov.
Open house slated
PORT ANGELES — Menagerie, aka “The Dog Wine,” is now available at Harbinger Winery and during free tastings at a holiday open house Sunday, Dec. 14.
Located at 2358 U.S. Highway 101, the winery each year produces a special wine with a goal in mind: to raise funds and awareness for the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society.
All of the profits from this wine are passed on to the Humane Society’s building fund for its new shelter between Port Angeles and Sequim.
This year’s Menagerie is a blend of cabernet franc, merlot and a dash of “Awesome Sauce,” according to owner/winemaker Sara Gagnon.
The wine retails for $22 per bottle and is available only at the Harbinger Winery tasting room.
For the open house, tasting will be complimentary for anyone older than 21. Snacks will be available.
Harbinger Winery is open daily for wine and beer tasting.
For more information, contact the winery at 360-452-4262 or info@harbingerwinery.com.
Free dinner at market
SEQUIM — Hardy’s Market, 10200 Old Olympic Highway, invites local residents to a complimentary traditional Christmas Eve dinner Wednesday, Dec. 24.
The community dinner starts at 11 a.m. No early birds, please.
Dine in or take out while the food lasts, according to Hardy’s.
Brewery offers pizza
PORT ANGELES — Barhop Brewing, 124 W. Railroad Ave., has opened its artisan pizza kitchen.
Barhop imported an “Italiforni” oven to Port Angeles for its pizzas.
This oven, with a stone cooking deck, heats in excess of 800 degrees, a necessary requirement for the thin-crust Neapolitan-style pizzas of southern Italy.
The pizzas’ dough is handmade daily using a 100-year-old Alaskan sourdough starter, and there are three special sauces.
Barhop is owned and operated by the Curry family and friends.
Climate change
DUNGENESS — Nash’s Farm Store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way, will present a talk by Laura Lewis, “Agricultural Geography and Climate Change on the North Olympic Peninsula,” at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Lewis is director of WSU Jefferson County Extension. She specializes in plant genetic resources and conservation.
Her talk, which is free and open to the public, will focus on food production across Jefferson and Clallam counties and how they may be impacted by potential changes in our climate.
KONP talk guests
PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1:05 p.m. to 2 p.m. local talk show segment on KONP radio, at 1450 AM, 101.7 FM and www.konp.com on the Internet outside the Port Angeles area.
Station General Manager Todd Ortloff hosts the Monday through Thursday segments.
This week’s scheduled lineup:
■ Monday: Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict.
■ Tuesday: Coast Guard Bosun’s Mate Michael Jenkins and Kathy Monds of the Clallam County Historical Society talk about the 80th anniversary of the Coast Guard in Port Angeles and the historical exhibit.
■ Wednesday: To be announced.
■ Thursday: First segment to be announced.
In the second segment, Doug Nass, general manager of the Clallam County Public Utility District.
