SHINE — Drawspan openings could delay drivers on the Hood Canal Bridge this week.
Delays are expected between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday.
The drawspan will be open while crews perform electrical work, and vehicular traffic could be stopped for up to 20 minutes.
Crews are installing new electrical wiring in one of the motors, according to Doug Adamson, state Department of Transportation spokesman.
The motor is operating; work is part of maintenance, he said.
Real-time traffic information is available at www.wsdot.wa.gov/traffic or by dialing 5-1-1.
No flight operations this week
COUPEVILLE — There will be no field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island at the outlying field in Coupeville today through Saturday.
Comments, including noise complaints, can be directed to station’s comment line at 360-257-6665 or via email at comments.NASWI@navy.mil.
All other questions can be directed to the public affairs office at 360-257-2286.
Clothing for vets
PORT ANGELES — From Monday to Nov. 11, Drennan-Ford Funeral Home will collect new or gently used sweaters, warm clothing, blankets, rain gear, gloves, hats, socks and the like to be donated to the Clallam County Voices for Veterans.
Items also will be distributed to individual veterans within the county.
All are invited to donate cold-weather clothing at Drennan-Ford, 260 Monroe Road, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
For more information, contact Steve Ford, funeral director/co-owner, at 360-457-1210 or steve@drennanford.com.
Garden club meets
SEQUIM — The Sequim Prairie Garden Club will meet at the clubhouse in Pioneer Memorial Park, 387 E. Washington St., at 10:30 a.m. Monday.
The meeting begins with “GMOs, Friends or Foes,” a presentation by Jeri Weinhold about the history of genetically engineered organisms.
The public is welcome to attend.
A brown-bag lunch follows with coffee and desserts provided by hostesses Charlotte Frazier, Priscilla Hudson, Susan Shiffman and Jane Priest.
A business meeting follows.
For information about the garden club, membership, programs and clubhouse rental, phone 360-808-3434 or email sequimprairiegardenclub@hotmail.com.
Newspaper editor to give family history
CLALLAM BAY — Forks Forum Editor Christi Baron will present her family’s history at a meeting of the Clallam Bay Library Ancestry Club from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday.
The library is located at 16990 state Highway 112.
For more information, phone Barbara Williams at 803-374-6394 or email gsmdhistoricsites@gmail.com.
SARC passes
SEQUIM — The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) has partnered with the Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center (SARC) in Sequim to make available two free passes available for checkout beginning Monday.
One pass is for individuals who’d like to try a fitness classes offered at SARC.
The second pass grants up to six household members access to workout, cardio and weight rooms, in addition to open swim and family fun night.
Patrons can borrow each pass for up to a week.
SARC passes are valid only at the recreation center in Sequim, though there are also passes available for William Shore Memorial Pool in Port Angeles. At this time, neither pass includes swimming lessons.
To place a hold request, visit www.nols.org and use the online catalog to search for “SARC Pool Pass.” Hold requests can also be made by calling the library or visiting any of the four NOLS libraries in Clallam County.
For more information about the pool, including hours of operation and class schedules, visit www.sarcfitness.com or follow the pool on Facebook and Twitter.
For more information about NOLS pool passes and other nontraditional items available for checkout, contact Technical Services Manager Erin Shield at 360-417-8500, ext. 7724, or eshield@nols.org.
Mac users discuss
PORT ANGELES — The Strait Macintosh User Group will meet at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Stephen Hart will run a demo of Apple’s newest operating system, Yosemite.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, phone Craig Gottschalk at 360-775-1250 or visit www.straitmac.org.
Senior meals start Tuesday at PA center
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: French onion soup, beef burgundy, whipped potatoes, green beans and spiced apples.
■ Wednesday: Green salad, tuna casserole, glazed carrots, fresh strawberries and bran muffins.
■ Thursday: Spring greens, broccoli chicken fettuccine, steamed peas, garlic bread and peanut butter cookies.
■ Friday: Broccoli salad, chicken a la king, steamed rice, corn cobbette, dinner roll and cantaloupe.
Youth photography
FORKS — Valerie Henschel of Step Ahead Photo will lead an introductory photography series for young adults ages 12-18 at the Forks Library, 171 S. Forks Ave., this Thursday and Thursdays, Nov. 13 and 20.
The free workshops begin at 3:30 p.m.
Topics to be covered in the workshops will include composition, portraiture and creative focusing techniques.
After an introduction to the day’s topic, participants will have the opportunity to share their work and experiment with new techniques.
Cameras are not required for the workshops, though students are encouraged to bring their own if they have one.
Pre-registration is recommended, and those interested can attend one or all of the courses offered.
To learn more about this program or to preregister, contact the library at 360-374-6402, youth@nols.org or www.nols.org.
Crop circle talk
PORT HADLOCK — A talk on crop circles will be held at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., at 7 p.m. Thursday.
A PowerPoint slide show presentation presented by crop circle enthusiast Mark Schrader will focus on his five summertime visits to Wiltshire, U.K., between 2008 and 2013 to experience the crop circle phenomenon in southern England.
There will be aerial and ground photos of crop patterns visited by Schrader, supplemented by photos taken from the Web and other illustrative material.
For more information, phone the library at 360-385-6544, phone Schrader at 360-301-1244 or email peakaview@msn.com.
Rhody group meets
CHIMACUM — The Olympic Peninsula chapter of the American Rhododendron Society will meet at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, at 3 p.m. Thursday.
Garratt Richardson, who has taken numerous plant hunting trips over the past 25 years starting in 1988, will speak.
He will discuss the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, located in southwest Oregon and named after the rhody relative Kalmiopsis leachiana, discovered only there in 1930.
All interested people are invited, and refreshments will be provided.
Deliver vet flags
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Veterans Association is sponsoring the Veterans Day ceremony at Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field Office Port Angeles on Tuesday, Nov. 11, at 10:30 a.m.
The Coast Guard will accept organizational flags at the gate of the base on Ediz Hook from 8 a.m. to noon Thursday.
All flags will be collected at the gate and transported by Coast Guard staff to the ceremony hangar on the base.
All flags will need to be picked up immediately following the ceremony.
For alternate drop-off arrangements, contact Tammy Sullenger at 360-417-2383 or tsullenger@co.clallam.wa.us.
Book discussion
SEQUIM — The Headmaster’s Wager by Vincent Lam will be discussed at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8.
The novel is set against the turmoil of the Vietnam War. Hope turns to tragedy as readers follow the life of a Chinese National known in Saigon by his English name, Percival Chen.
Chen struggles to succeed in the dangerous waters of Southeast Asia — a region known for fast changes, bloody politics and out-of-control grift — during what is possibly its greatest period of upheaval.
Copies of The Headmaster’s Wager are available at the library in various formats. They can be requested online by visiting the library catalog at www.nols.org.
Pre-registration for this program is not required; drop-ins are welcome.
Cat adoption event
SEQUIM — Desperate Housecats Adoption Event, hosted by Pawsitive Alliance, will be held at Petco, 1205 W. Washington St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Adoptable cats and kittens will be available.
Four cat rescue agencies will be present.
All cats are up-to-date on vaccinations and spayed/neutered.
Adoption fees vary but typically range between $75 and $100.
For more information, phone the Pawsitive Alliance at 206-486-4738, email info@pawsitivealliance.org or visit www.pawsitivealliance.org.
City awarded
PORT ANGELES — The city recently received the Creative Solutions award, presented by the state Infrastructure Assistance Coordinating Council at a conference.
It recognizes the city’s innovative design of the combined sewer overflow project, which reutilized existing infrastructure, reducing project costs and construction timelines.
The design reutilized an abandoned industrial water line, which was slip-lined with three wastewater pipes, reducing excavation in environmentally and archaeologically sensitive areas.
In addition, an unused 5 million-gallon storage tank was repurposed to temporarily hold combined sewer overflows during heavy rain events.
The design was a combined effort of city engineers, the design firm of Brown & Caldwell, the environmental firm of Farallon Consulting, the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe and the state Department of Ecology.
Annual potlatch
PORT ANGELES — The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe recently hosted Port Angeles School District staff and teachers at its 19th annual potlatch at the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Center.
It was an evening filled with dancing, drumming, a meal, gifts and celebration of education and students’ success.
Staff and teachers from Crescent School District were in attendance, as well as City Council members and a delegation from Mutsu City, Japan, now visiting Port Angeles.
