PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Citizen Action Network, a subcommittee of Revitalize Port Angeles, has formed to focus on illegal drug use and will host its inaugural meeting at 6:30 p.m. today.
The meeting will be in the upstairs conference room at The Landing mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave.
The group hopes to create an action plan “to address the drug problem in our community,” said Angie Gooding, organizer.
“All concerned persons, and especially individuals with specialized training (law enforcement, program managers, educators, mental health and drug counselors, etc.), are encouraged to attend,” she said in an email.
Fire safety
PORT TOWNSEND — East Jefferson Fire-Rescue will host two wildland fire safety seminars in anticipation of a dry summer fire season.
The public is invited to attend either of the free hourlong seminars, both set at 7 p.m., which are scheduled June 23 at the Chimacum Fire Station, 9193 Rhody Drive, and June 25 at the Port Townsend Fire Station, 701 Harrison St.
Fire Chief Gordon Pomeroy initiated the meetings in expectation of an unusually dry summer season on the Quimper Peninsula.
“Through the latter half of May and into June, we’ve already experienced midsummer dryness and heat,” he said.
“We currently still have the burn ban off, but it’s becoming a day-to-day decision.”
The burn ban typically runs from July 1 through Sept. 30 but can be modified at the direction of the chief.
To monitor the burn ban status, see www.ejfr.org.
Homeschool band
PORT ANGELES — The 60-piece Northwinds Homeschool Band is ready to present its Spring Pops Concert, an evening of music from “Star Wars,” “The Mask of Zorro,” “The Sound of Music” and then some, this evening.
Admission is free to the 7 p.m. performance at the Independent Bible Church Worship Center, 116 E. Ahlvers Road.
The band of homeschooled musicians age 9 to 18 has had a good year, noted parent volunteer Meghan Maggard.
Seventeen-year-old trombonist Jacob Kennedy of Port Angeles won one of only five solo awards at January’s Clark College Jazz Festival, she said, and the whole ensemble received the three highest scores at the Western Washington Homeschool Band Festival this past March in Seattle.
Dan Tutton directs the nonprofit Northwinds band, and in recent years taken the young musicians to Anaheim, Calif., for the Heritage Festival competition, two Disney Studios recording workshops and a performance at Disneyland.
Audubon field trip slated this Saturday
CHIMACUM — An Admiralty Audubon field trip will take place at Anderson Lake from 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Saturday.
The group will walk a trail to espy warblers, flycatchers, woodpeckers and passerines.
Meet at the parking lot near the restrooms at 1061 Anderson Lake Road at 9:15 a.m.
Folks wanting to carpool from Port Townsend should meet at the Park & Ride near Safeway by 9 a.m.
This walk is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact trip leader Paula Vanderheul at 360-379-8564 or pvanderheul@gmail.com.
Used book sale set
PORT TOWNSEND — The Friends of the Port Townsend Library’s used book sale will be held at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Friends of the Library can enter at 8 a.m.
Book prices are 50 cents for children’s books and $1 for most adult books.
Starting at 1 p.m., a bag of books can be bought for $3.
At the sale, attendees can become a member of the Friends of the Port Townsend Library or renew a membership.
Funds from Friends’ memberships and the book sale go to support library programs .
Books for sale include fiction, biographies and memoirs, history, poetry and plays, gardening, travel, art, music, cookbooks and more.
Book sale slated
SEQUIM — The Friends of Sequim Library will hold their monthly book sale at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Collections for the sale are special publications, paperback mysteries and aviation books.
All funds raised provide the library with the ability to run programs for both children and adults, including the summer reading program.
For more information, phone the library at 360-683-1161.
Open house
PORT TOWNSEND — Madrona Mindbody Institute will present free classes all day at Building 310 Fort Worden Way, Fort Worden, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
There will be music and activities at Fort Worden Commons from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., including free chair massages offered by Madrona’s masseuses.
Participants may enter a free drawing for three one-month-unlimited class passes and one six-month-unlimited class pass.
The free class schedule is:
■ 8:30 a.m. to 9:45 a.m.: Yoga, all levels with Renee Klein.
■ 10 a.m.: Nia with Allison Dey.
■ 11 a.m.: Yoga with Vinyasa and Shayann Hoffer.
■ Noon: Soul Motion with Aletia Alvarez.
■ 1 p.m.: Crystal bowl meditation with Alvarez and guests.
■ 2 p.m.: Feldenkrais with Ingrid Musson.
■ 2 p.m.: Yoga Sculpt with Renee Klein.
■ 3 p.m.: “Nia: Conscious Conditioning” with Dey and Jan Burr.
■ 3 p.m.: Soul Motion with Chris Nock.
■ 4 p.m.: Injuries assessment clinic with Shawn Kellogg, LMT.
■ 4 p.m.: “Yoga for Backs” with Klein.
■ 5 p.m.: Champagne toast and juice bar, along with grand prize drawings.
For more information visit, email info@madronamindbody.com or phone 360-344-4475.
Thea Foss meet
CHIMACUM — Thea Foss No. 45 Daughters of Norway will meet at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Bonnie Svardal is the anchorwoman presenting the program about “Channel 45 KTEA, Nordic News,” with stories and information heard and seen in the news.
There will be skits with stories and twists of information.
This is the last regular meeting until fall.
The public is invited.
For more information, email daughtersofnorway45@gmail.com or phone 360-531-4512.
