EDITOR’S NOTE — The time when Blakeslee’s Bar & Grill will be closed to the public for lunch has been corrected.
FORKS — The Forks Chamber of Commerce weekly luncheon meetings are moving.
Beginning next Wednesday, the noon gathering will be at Blakeslee’s Bar & Grill at 1222 S. Forks Ave. instead of JT’s Sweet Stuffs at 80 N. Forks Ave.
“It was time to spread the wealth a little bit,” said Lissy Andros, chamber executive director.
The Wednesday meeting had been held in the back room of JT’s for seven years, said Janet Hughes, co-owner of the sweet shop.
While Hughes said she enjoyed hosting the weekly gatherings, it was time for a change.
“The chamber represents all of the businesses in Forks,” she said.
Hughes noted that money spent in any Forks business contributes to the entire town’s economy.
Blakeslee’s will be closed to the public during lunch four days a week October through March, but will open for the noon Wednesday luncheon chamber meetings during that time.
Beginning the first full week in October and continuing until April, the restaurant will open to the public at 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday and at noon Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
The cost of a chamber meeting meal at Blakeslee’s will be $9.75 and will include an entree and sides.
Entrees will be announced before each meeting.
Each week clam chowder will be available as the soup of the day.
Chamber meetings are open to the public.
This month’s chamber meeting schedule:
■ Wednesday, Sept. 2 — Monthly business meeting
■ Sept. 9 — Forever Twilight in Forks festival update.
■ Sept. 16 — George Erb, journalist and educator, will discuss the Olympic Peninsula’s economy over the past 25 years since the listing and protection of the spotted owl.
■ Sept. 23 — Candidate forum for Port of Port Angeles District 3 commissioner election Nov. 3. Connie Beauvais and Michael Breidenbach are running the position.
