EYE ON BUSINESS: This week’s business meetings

  • Sunday, May 25, 2014 12:01am
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■   Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce — Weekly ­luncheon meetings are held Mondays at noon at the Port Townsend Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St.

However, the chamber is taking this Monday off because of Memorial Day.

It will reconvene Monday, June 2, and feature James­town S’Klallam chairman Ron Allen.

■   Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce — ­Luncheon meetings are held at 11:45 p.m. on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at noon at SunLand Golf & Country Club, 109 Hilltop Drive, Sequim.

The featured speaker this Tuesday will be Ann Soule, Sequim city water resource project manager, on stormwater management.

The meeting sponsor will be Ocean View Community Foundation.

Reservations for lunch closed Friday, but seats are available for those who are not having lunch. Coffee or tea is $3.

Phone 360-683-6197 or email jodim@sequimchamber.com for information.

■   Forks Chamber of Commerce — Luncheon meetings are Wednesdays at noon at JT’s Sweet Stuffs, 80 N. Forks Ave.

This Wednesday’s featured speaker will be Linda Crow, Olympic Peninsula Humane Society board member and capital campaign chair for the organization’s fundraising efforts to build a new shelter.

Lunch costs $8; a bowl of soup, $4.75; and a cup of soup, $4. The entree is tomato and olive bistro.

■   Port Angeles Business Association — Breakfast meetings are Tuesdays at 7:30 a.m. at Joshua’s Restaurant, 113 ­DelGuzzi Drive, Port Angeles.

This Tuesday’s speaker will be Bill Roberds, a Port Angeles businessman and dive instructor who will give his views on a Navy proposal to build a dock for submarine escort and blocking vessels on Ediz Hook.

There is a $3 minimum charge by Joshua’s for those who do not order breakfast.

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All the above meetings are open to the public.

Peninsula Daily News

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