SEQUIM — Applications are due by 4 p.m. Sept. 4 to fill a vacancy on the Sequim Arts Advisory Commission.
The term for this position expires Dec. 31, 2018.
The voluntary commission advises the city on arts and culture.
Applicants must live in Sequim or be employed with a business located within the Sequim city limits.
Commission members are appointed upon the basis of demonstrated interest, knowledge and support of the arts.
For more information, see http://tinyurl.com/PDN-Sequimartspanel.
Applications are available at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St., by calling 360-683-4139 or visiting www.sequimwa.gov.
Applications are to be submitted to City Clerk Karen Kuznek-Reese at the Sequim Civic Center or electronically at kkuznek@sequimwa.gov.
Farewell reception
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County United Way board of directors will host a farewell reception for Jody Moss, former executive director of the United Way of Clallam County, at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., at 3 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31.
The public is invited.
FamilySearch
BELLEVUE — FamilySearch International has opened a family research center in Bellevue, the first to open outside its headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Seattle Family Discovery Center is located inside the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints facility at 15205 SE 28th St., Bellevue.
It is free to the public. It is open by appointment only.
To schedule an appointment, go to FamilySearch.org/discoverycenter/seattle.
Visitors to the center are provided with tablet computers as personal guides to interface with large touch screens, where they learn more about themselves, view family origins and discover how ancestors may have lived and even dressed.
The center also features a video recording studio, where visitors can answer questions about their life stories and archive the recording for long-term preservation.
Visitors also can bring USB drives to take home copies of the recording.
Soul recovery class to help participants connect to inner joy
PORT ANGELES — Natural Healing Clinic, 162 S. Barr Road, will host “Re-membering,” a 12-week class to reconnect with inner joy, starting Monday, Sept. 14.
The class uses the book Soul Recovery and provides support and concrete steps and tools to help participants find their joy through wholeness, serenity and success, according to a news release.
Members will follow the 12 metaphysical keys, which are based on a 12-step structure and include an opportunity to join in a Radical Forgiveness ceremony, Affirmative Prayer class and other tools of empowerment.
For registration and information, phone Rose Marschall at 360-457-1515.
Menus for senior meals announced
PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Senior Nutrition Site dinners will be served at 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
A suggested donation is $5 for those who are 60 or older.
People younger than 60 can attend for $8.
Reservations should be made 24 hours in advance to 360-457-8921.
Menus are subject to change.
■ Tuesday: Pea salad, slice of ham, macaroni and cheese, broccoli and cauliflower, and blueberries and cream.
■ Wednesday: Spinach salad, spaghetti with meat sauce, green beans, garlic bread and cantaloupe.
■ Thursday: Broccoli salad, roast pork, rice pilaf, butternut squash and apple crisp.
■ Friday: Vegetable soup, shrimp salad, grapes and strawberry shortcake.
Fossil talk slated
PORT ANGELES — John Cornish of the Randolf Frederick Co. will speak about fossils and crystal-infused rocks in the second-floor meeting room at The Landing mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave., at 7 p.m. Friday.
Cornish offers this introductory talk to educate and inspire amateur and professional treasure hunters on behalf of the Clallam County Gem and Mineral Association.
Each donor or new member who signs up for the association will receive a ticket for door prize drawings.
The $5 donation at the door will go toward future presentations for further education about gems, minerals and fossils.
For more information, phone the Randolf Frederick Co. at 360-797-1718.
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