Parks will waive entrance fees, a special film will be shown for free and several groups plan Day of Service volunteer work in honor of the memory of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be celebrated Monday to mark King’s birthday Jan. 15, 1929. The civil rights leader was assassinated April 4, 1968.
The MLK Day of Service is a part of United We Serve. In January 2013, President Barack Obama called for a National Day of Service that coincides with Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
Here is a list of activities scheduled:
STATE, NATIONAL PARKS
Free entry
Entrance fees for state parks will be waived today and Monday, while the national park will waive entrance fees only Monday.
State park visitors will not be required to display a Discover Pass, a $30 annual permit, or to pay a one-day fee of $10.
A Discover Pass will be required to access state Department of Fish and Wildlife and state Department of Natural Resources lands.
State parks on the North Olympic Peninsula are Bogachiel near Forks, Dosewallips near Brinnon, Fort Flagler on Marrowstone Island, Fort Townsend and Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Anderson Lake State Park near Chimacum and Sequim Bay near Sequim.
Free days apply only to day use, not to overnight stays or rented facilities.
For more information, visit www.parks.wa.gov.
Olympic National Park will waive its entrance fee of $15 per car.
On fee-free days, other park fees, including wilderness camping and campground fees, will remain in effect.
For more information, visit www.tinyurl.com/PDN-nationalparkfreedays.
PORT ANGELES
Marine debris pickup
PORT ANGELES — All ages are invited to a marine debris pickup at the Place Road Elwha River beach Monday.
The cleanup will begin at 10 a.m. at the west Elwha River mouth beach. Public access is from the end of Place Road.
The “march on West Elwha Beach” will include a motivational speech by a student in honor of King, according to a news release.
Marine debris data from this survey will be submitted to local and national natural resource managers.
The short motivational speech by North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center natural resources student Michael Miles will include brief facts on marine debris and the efforts he and his crew have undertaken to monitor debris.
Volunteers are asked to bring friends and family, food and water, and wear clothing appropriate for the weather.
Trash pickup supplies will be provided.
For more information, contact Dan Lieberman at 360-565-1892 or dlieberman@portangelesschools.org.
Bullying talk slated
PORT ANGELES — Bullying will be the topic of a discussion in the Raymond Carver Room at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Monday.
Participants will discuss four specific factors that comprise bullying.
This Community Conversation will use a facilitated and structured discussion model called “Community Cafe,” according to Mary Doherty, coordinator of Prevention Works!, which is sponsoring the discussion.
Prevention Works! funded the Quillayute Valley School District’s Olweus Anti-Bullying Program in Forks, Doherty said.
“This cafe begins the conversation openly in Port Angeles,” she said.
For more information, phone Doherty at 610-952-6026 or email preventionmmd@gmail.com.
Trails work party
PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Trails Coalition will host bulb planting at the Deer Park overlook off U.S. Highway 101 from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday.
The group will plant some 150,000 daffodil and tulip bulbs donated by Home Depot, according to Rick Cooper, a Peninsula Trails Coalition member and Home Depot employee.
Participants are welcome for the whole period or to stop in for an hour or two.
Volunteers are asked to bring shovels, gloves and boots.
The planting site is just west of Deer Park Cinema at the top of the hill east of Morse Creek.
Cooper said this will be the fifth year the group has planted bulbs from Home Depot along the Olympic Discovery Trail.
Other sites have been on the east end of Sequim, Railroad Bridge Park and near Hooker Road, he said.
Cooper said he had suggested the Home Depot donation after seeing bulbs thrown out when spring products came in.
A light lunch and snacks will be provided Monday. RSVP by 4 p.m. today for lunch.
To RSVP or for directions, contact Gordon Taylor at gptaylor98363@gmail.com or 360-452-2925.
PORT TOWNSEND
‘Fundi’ at Rose
PORT TOWNSEND — “Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker,” a 1981 documentary, will screen at the Rose Theatre, 235 Taylor St., at 1 p.m. Monday.
Tickets are free and can be picked up in advance at the Rose.
Remaining tickets will be available at the door before the screening.
The 48-minute film directed by Joanne Grant follows Baker, a civil rights activist in the 1960s.
She was nicknamed Fundi, a Swahili word for one who passes skills from one generation to another.
For more information about Monday’s movie and other fare at the Rose, phone 360-385-1089 or visit www.RoseTheatre.com.
Church service
PORT TOWNSEND — A Martin Luther King Jr. Day service will be held at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., at 11 a.m. Monday.
The congregation will commemorate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and King’s search for truth and justice.
The service includes readings, music from the Port Townsend Youth Chorus and participatory reflection on the theme “Where do we go from here?”
All are welcome.
For more information, contact Viki Sonntag at 425-482-3026 or vikis@ecopraxis.org.
