NEWS BRIEFS: Bake sale, luncheon set Saturday in Port Angeles . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Sons of Norway will host a luncheon and bake sale at the Scandia Hall, 131 W. Fifth St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

Lefse, breads and other Scandinavian baked goods will be available for purchase.

Food served at the luncheon will include soup, baked potatoes and pies with refreshments.

The sale is a fundraiser for the club’s high school awards and assistance for younger children to attend Sons of Norway summer programs.

For more information, phone Kathryn Hofer at 360-457-7929.

Plant talk

SEQUIM — Pam Larsen, founder of the Community Organic Gardens of Sequim, will present “The Volatile Language of Plants” at Nash’s Farm Store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way, at 11 a.m. Saturday.

The talk is free and open to the public.

“Plants may not be able to run from predators, but through their subtle communication processes, they have found ways to deal with them,” according to a news release.

In 2006, Larsen started Sequim Organic Gardeners and in 2007 was one of the founders of the Community Organic Gardens of Sequim. She has been teaching organic gardening classes ever since.

She also engages in plant research in order to translate science into terms gardeners can understand to grow better organically.

Larsen’s presentation is based on that research and will shed some light on the communication systems of plants.

Library dinosaurs

SEQUIM — The Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture will present “Discoveries with Dinosaurs” at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.

The educational dinosaur- and other prehistoric life-themed program is created for children ages 3 to 5.

Activities include scientific mysteries, fossil digs and dinosaur-themed games.

Admission is free through a grant given by Thrive by Five Washington.

For more information, phone the Sequim Library at 360-683-1161 or email youth@nols.org.

Tree giveaway

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Timber Action Committee will host its annual tree giveaway in the Green Crow parking lot, 727 E. Eighth St., from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Non-ornamental Douglas firs will be available. Limited noble firs may be available for purchase.

Proceeds will go to the committee’s scholarship fund.

For more information, phone Carol Johnson at 360-460-0218.

Center tours

PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Historical Society, in celebration of its 137th anniversary, will host free behind-the-scenes tours of the Historical Research Center, 13694 Airport Cutoff Road, from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday.

Exhibits include rare documents, artifacts ranging from Native American baskets to children’s toys of the 1930s and recent work by local artists.

For more information, phone Bill Tennent at 360-385-1003.

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