Get scared, pick up a pumpkin to carve or sit down to congenial company and a fine harvest dinner this autumn weekend.
Benefits, including a biker run to collect toys for children, also are scheduled across the North Olympic Peninsula.
PORT ANGELES
Biker Toy Run set
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Mother’s Club will hold its 19th annual Biker Toy Run benefit from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Participants will meet at 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101, at 2 p.m. and will depart for the Port Angeles Eagles lodge, 110 S. Penn St., at 3 p.m.
Riders are requested to bring an unwrapped toy to donate.
After riders arrive at the Eagles, a $10 buffet dinner supplied by the Salvation Army will be served.
The dinner is open to the public.
Unwrapped gift items also will be accepted from nonriders at the lodge.
Classic rock and blues band Gravel and the Quarry will perform after the meal.
Proceeds from the event will go to the Salvation Army, which distribute donations to underprivileged children.
For more information, phone 360-460-5259 or 360-461-7509.
Rummage sale
PORT ANGELES — The Disabilities Assistance Trust Organization will hold a rummage sale at the Terrace Apartments community room, 114 E. Sixth St., from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The organization was established to assist those who use electronic wheelchairs and scooters by defraying the cost of repairs or replacement of their wheelchairs.
Services have since expanded to helping people with disabilities who use service animals pay bills associated with their care.
For more information, phone Peter Ripley at 360-417-7557.
Help Zink-Holloway
PORT ANGELES — Two benefits to support cancer victim Brenda Zink-Holloway will be held this month.
The first benefit, a bake sale, will be held at Swain’s General Store, 602 E. First St., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
A spaghetti dinner, 50/50 drawing and silent auction featuring the music of Big Fine Daddies and Andy Maupin will be held at the Port Angeles Eagles Aerie, 210 S. Penn St., from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29.
Admission is by donation.
Donations also are being accepted at the Port Angeles Wells Fargo Bank branch, 901 E. Front St.
Benefit dinner
PORT ANGELES — Park View Villas and Crestwood Convalescent Center will hold the third annual Harvest Benefit Dinner at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.
The event is a benefit for the Port Angeles Senior Center.
The menu includes squash soup, green beans, eggplant Parmesan, port tenderloin with apple chutney, sauerkraut, baby red potatoes and carrots, fresh baked bread, bourbon apple pie and pumpkin cheesecake.
Tickets are $10 and are available at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St.; Park View Villas, 1430 Park View Lane; or Crestwood Convalescent Center, 1116 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
For more information, phone 360-452-7222.
Harvest dinner
PORT ANGELES — The Esther Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold a harvest dinner at the Masonic Lodge, Seventh and Lincoln streets, from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The meal will include turkey and all the trimmings.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for children ages 2 to 5.
Attendees will have the chance to win a Thanksgiving dinner for six to eight people with each ticket.
To purchase tickets, phone Mary Miller at 360-417-9236, Vickie Larson at 360-457-9444.
Tickets also will be available at the door.
SEQUIM
Native genealogy
SEQUIM — Jamestown S’Klallam tribe member Kathy Duncan will present “Tracing Native American Genealogy” at a meeting of the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at 11 a.m. Saturday.
The meeting will be at the Fortune Star Chinese Restaurant, 145 E. Washington St.
Lunch is $10 at the door.
To RSVP, phone Christine Hill at 360-582-0989.
The Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution usually meets on Wednesdays but is holding this event on a Saturday to allow more people to attend.
For more information about Daughters of the American Revolution, phone Pat Graham at 360-417-1346.
Moonlight Memories
SEQUIM — Moonlight Memories, KSQM-FM’s first dinner-dance fundraiser will be held at the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road, from 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.
Doors for the 1940s supper-club-themed event will open at 5:30 p.m., dinner will be from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. and dancing will be from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The 16-piece Stardust Big Band will provide music.
The event will include live and silent auctions.
Wine will be served.
Tickets cost $75, with proceeds going toward operation of the all-volunteer station.
A portion of the ticket price is tax-deductible.
For more information, phone dinner chairman Graham Reeves at 360-457-1900 or 360-808-3432.
119th harvest dinner
SEQUIM — The 119th annual Harvest Dinner — believed to be the oldest continuing social event in the Dungeness Valley — will be held at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave. from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. today.
Pianists will perform during the dinner, which includes Swiss steak, potatoes and gravy, a vegetable, coleslaw, rolls, dessert and beverages.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $5 for children 10 and younger; they will be available at the door.
They may also be obtained in advance at the church office or Sound Community Bank, 110 N. Alder St.
Proceeds go to the church budget, which supports various community programs.
For more information, phone 360-683-5367.
Pumpkin party
SEQUIM — Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, will hold a Pumpkin Party and Country Fair on Saturday.
The Pumpkin Party starts at 4 p.m. with pumpkin carving and sugar cookie decorating for children.
The Country Fair starts at 5 p.m. with games, face painting, cake walk, a white elephant table and food.
Winemakers gala
SEQUIM — Olympic Medical Center Foundation is teaming with Seattle Cancer Care Alliance to present “An Evening in the Pacific Northwest” for the 2010 Harvest of Hope Winemakers Gala at 6 p.m. Saturday.
The event will be at SunLand Golf & Country Club, 109 Hilltop Drive.
The eighth annual event will raise funds for patients being treated at Olympic Medical Center’s Thomas Family Cancer Center.
Michael’s Seafood and Steakhouse chef Doug Seaver will oversee dinner service. Willamette Valley wines will be featured.
Todd Ortloff of KONP radio station will host the fundraiser.
Cocktails will begin at 6 p.m. with dinner at 6:45 p.m.
Tickets are $125 and can be purchased from Olympic Medical Center Foundation through today.
To purchase tickets or for more information, phone the Olympic Medical Center Foundation at 360-417-7144 or visit www.omhf.org.
Decorate a pumpkin
SEQUIM — Henery’s Garden Center, 1060 Sequim-Dungeness Way, will host a class on decorating a pumpkin and placing in a container at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
The fee for the class will be $10 to $20 depending on the size of pumpkin used.
The fee covers all materials needed for decoration.
For more information or to make a reservation, phone Henery’s at 360-683-6969.
Stamp and coin show
SEQUIM — The Sequim Stamp and Coin Show will be held at the Masonic Hall, 700 S. Fifth Ave., from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
The show will include major stamp and coin dealers from across the Northwest buying and selling stamps, covers, coins, bullion and more.
Free appraisals will be given.
Zumba Party in Pink
SEQUIM — A Zumba fitness “Party in Pink” fundraiser will be held at Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Cost is $15 at the door or through preregistration at Sequim Gym, 145 E. Washington St.
Proceeds will go toward breast cancer research.
For more information, phone 360-681-2555 or 360-477-1877 or e-mail sequimgym@yahoo.com.
Fashion show
SEQUIM — Nancy’s Fashion Show will be held at the Sequim Senior Center, 921 E. Hammond St., at 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
Cost is $12.
For more information, phone 360-683-6806.
Home buyers class
SEQUIM — Free classes for prospective home buyers who are navigating the process for the first time are offered by a partnership of North Olympic Peninsula organizations, including Olympic Community Action Programs and Homeward Bound, a community land trust serving Clallam and Jefferson counties.
The six-hour classes will be held at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 10 a.m. Saturday; the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 6; and the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 20.
Instructors trained by the state Housing Commission will provide information about purchase-assistance programs, eligibility requirements and lending options.
Subjects will include below-market interest rate loans, lending programs for low- and moderate-income borrowers, sweat equity homeownership, new lending limits and credit.
For more information or to RSVP, phone Peter Badame of Olympic Community Action Programs at 360-385-2571, ext. 6328.
Pumpkin Patch
SEQUIM — The Sequim Pumpkin Patch and corn maze, which is open daily at the corner of Kitchen-Dick Road and U.S. Highway 101, offers a haunted house tonight,
A “Hack Shack House of Horrors” haunted house is open for Friday “Fright Nights” throughout the month of October, with a $3 entry fee per person.
Although no general admission is charged to the annual Pumpkin Patch, which will continue daily through Halloween, fees are charged for each of the activities.
Pumpkins are available for 45 cents a pound. Admission to the corn maze is $7 for those 12 and younger, and $10 for ages 13 and older.
The straw maze is $5, a horse ride is $5, and a hayride is $2.
The pumpkin shoot is $5 for three pumpkins.
The Pumpkin Patch opens each day at 9 a.m. Closing time varies but is generally 7 p.m. or 8 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and 9 p.m. or 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturday.
For more information, phone 360-461-0940.
PORT TOWNSEND and JEFFERSON COUNTY
Autumn Arbor Day
PORT TOWNSEND — The city of Port Townsend Parks, Recreation and Trees Advisory Board will host a tree-planting event from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.
The board and volunteers will plant 12 trees along San Juan Avenue, between 22nd and 24th streets.
The event is open to the public.
Attendees will learn proper planting techniques.
Though such activities are traditional for national Arbor Day in April, the board also believes it is important to promote them in the fall, when planting conditions are optimal.
The advisory board members are Daniel Collins, Barbara Smith, Rosemary Sikes, Forest Shomer and Matthew Berberich.
For more information, phone Collins at 360-531-0447 or e-mail dcollins@pnt.org.
Magic Pumpkin Patch
PORT HADLOCK — Sunfield Land for Learning, 111 Sunfield Lane off Rhody Drive, will host its Magical Pumpkin Patch from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Visitors will be able to roam the pumpkin field and choose from a range of pumpkin types and gourds, listen to music, enjoy baked goods, storytelling and seasonal crafts.
Sunfield farm animals like goats and chickens also will be on hand.
On Saturday, Sunfield Waldorf School’s Spanish instructor, Monica Van Loon, a native of Mexico, will host a Mexican Dia De Los Muertos celebration.
Activities include sugar skull decorating and storytelling with key words in Spanish.
Admission is $5 per person, two and younger free.
Proceeds from the event will be used to support Sunfield educational programs.
No pets, except service animals, are allowed.
For more information, phone Sunfield at 360-385-3658.
Open house slated
PORT TOWNSEND — The Boiler Room, 711 Water St., will hold a community open house from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. today.
The open house is an opportunity for the community to meet the board of directors, management, staff and volunteers, and to see the operation of the facility and learn about the programs and events in which the organization is involved.
A free pasta dinner will be served.
The Boiler Room is a coffeehouse that is drug-, alcohol- and tobacco-free; volunteer-run; community supported; and youth-oriented. It is an events venue for downtown Port Townsend and Jefferson County.
For more information, phone 360-379-8247.
Fall fruit show
PORT TOWNSEND — The North Olympic Fruit Club will hold its Fall Fruit Show in the Oscar Erickson building at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Attendees will be able to taste apples, talk to fruit growers, enter an apple pie in the pie contest, have mystery apples identified and buy fruit trees. Many unusual varieties will be available.
Visitors also can get information on growing fruit in home gardens, in a container or on acreage.
Admission is $3 per person or $5 for a family.
Kai Sawyer, an intern at Bullock Farm on Orcas Island, will discuss permaculture (sustainable land-use design) at 10:30 a.m.
Lynn Long will speak about growing cherries at 1 p.m.
Long will discuss pruning techniques, the best varieties for this area and how to deal with canker.
Long is an extension agent who has studied cherry farming worldwide.
For more information, phone Melissa Denny at 360-437-7917.
Volkssport walk
PORT TOWNSEND — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers Volkssport Club will host a walk through Fort Worden State Park and Cappy’s Trails on Saturday.
Walks of five and 10 kilometers are planned.
Walkers will meet at Swain’s Outdoor, 1121 Water St., from 9 a.m. to 9:15 p.m. before heading to North Beach County Park at the end of Kuhn Street to begin the walk.
A carpool will leave from the Sequim QFC, 990 E. Washington St., at 8:15 a.m.
For more information, phone Frances Johnson at 360-385-5861.
PT haunted house
PORT TOWNSEND — Hauntownsend’s “Carnival of the Twilight” haunted house will be open today and Saturday from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
The haunted house is located at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St.
It is not recommended for children under the age of 14 and those younger than 16 must be accompanied by an adult.
There is an indoor seating/waiting area with scary movies and concessions.
Cost is $10 with proceeds going to local charities and youth organizations.
The haunted house will also be open next weekend.
For more information, visit www.hauntownsend.com.
Jungian events
PORT TOWNSEND — Jungian analyst J. Gary Sparks will conduct two events at the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., tonight and Saturday.
A lecture, “The Heart of a Scientist: An Atomic Physicist’s Ordeal of Matter and Meaning,” will be held at 7 tonight.
A workshop, “Synchronicity in Thought and Deed,” will be offered from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The events are presented by The Jung Society of Port Townsend and Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.
Sparks is a graduate of Bucknell University, Pacific School of Religion and the C.G. Jung Institute of Zurich.
He is the author of At the Heart of Matter: Synchronicity and Jung’s Spiritual Testament and Valley of Diamonds: Adventures in Number and Time, written with Marie-Louise von Franz.
The cost of the lecture is $10 at the door, and the workshop is $50 at the door.
Advance registration knocks the price down to $45 for both events.
Sparks also will deliver a sermon, “The Shadow Side of God,” at both the 9:15 a.m. and the 11:15 a.m. services at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.
Send checks to The Jung Society, 711 27th St., Port Townsend, WA 98368.
For more information, visit www.junginpt.com or phone 360-385-3622.