NEWS BRIEFS: Camera club to discuss phone photos Thursday in Sequim . . . and other items

SEQUIM — The Olympic Peaks Camera Club will host photographer Leona Isaak on “Photography with Your Smartphone” at Dungeness Community Church, 45 Eberle Lane, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday.

The free event is open to all ages.

Isaak will discuss today’s phone camera technology, how to shoot and edit on it, and how to share images on social media.

The talk will be applicable to both iPhone and Android users.

For more information, contact Witta Priester at 360-565-6655 or email witta@aol.com, or visit www.olympicpeaks.org/news.

Plant, garage sale

SEQUIM — The Sequim Guild will hold a plant and garage sale at 81 Timothy Lane from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday through Sunday.

This event is to raise funds to support uncompensated care for patients at Seattle Children’s Hospital.

There will be gently used items and a plant sale.

Hot dogs and drinks will be available for purchase.

For more information, phone Nan Burris at 360-582-0629, email sequimguild@gmail.com or visit www.sequimguild.org.

4th Friday Readings

SEQUIM — The Lodge, 660 Evergreen Farm Way, will host the next Fourth Friday Readings and feature writer Michael Bunnell from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.

This event is free and open to the public.

An hour of open-mic follows Bunnell’s reading.

Interested writers can submit their names before the event begins to be drawn for five-minute time slots.

For more information, email Ruth Marcus at Rmarcus@olypen.com.

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