SEQUIM — Public forums on the school construction bond for Sequim School District are planned Tuesday and Wednesday.
The meetings will be from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Sequim High School library at 601 N. Sequim Ave. and from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday in the boardroom at 503 N. Sequim Ave.
The Sequim School District is asking voters to approve a $49.5 million bond on the Feb. 10 special election ballot.
The bond would fund a new elementary school, add classrooms at Greywolf Elementary and Sequim High schools, and renovate or repurpose other district buildings.
A 60 percent majority is required for voter passage of a school bond issue.
In addition, there must be a 40 percent voter turnout based on the number of votes cast in the school district in the Nov. 4 general election.
Call the district office at 360-582-3260.
Garden club potluck set this Monday
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Garden Club will hold a potluck holiday meeting at First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., at 10 a.m. Monday.
The meeting will begin with the members delivering decorated bags of food to Port Angeles Food Bank Director Jessica Hernandez.
Hernandez will speak to the group on how she makes connections with farms, community groups and people in need to help alleviate the increasing hunger in the county.
Her topic includes how the food bank works and her goal to reroute what appears to be excess or wasted food.
This meeting includes a brief business meeting, local horticultural tips, flower arranging from local gardens and the financial report of the annual wreath-making campaign.
A potluck will follow the meeting with singing, a decorated bag competition and instruction on how to make a snowman.
This annual event is hosted by Louann Yager, Norma Steinbacher and Mary Lou Waitz, with a special birthday celebration planned by Anne Smokler-Corwin.
The public is welcome to attend.
For information, phone DD Trandahl at 360-452-6540 or visit www.portangelesgardenclub.org.
Marine resources
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Marine Resources Committee will meet in the commissioners’ meeting room at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday.
The public is welcome.
An agenda for the meeting will be available at www.clallam.net/ccmrc the week prior to the meeting.
Senior meals offered in PA this week
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: Green salad with cottage cheese, stuffed peppers, steamed carrots, corn bread and sherbet.
■ Wednesday: Spring greens, hot turkey sandwich, potatoes with gravy, peas and pearl onions, and fruit cup.
■ Thursday: Carrot salad, beef stroganoff, rice and barley, green beans and apricots.
■ Friday: Cucumber salad, shrimp and veggie stir fry, fried rice and pineapple upside-down cake.
Landscaping talk
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam Conservation District will offer a free workshop on landscaping with native plants at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday.
The workshop will focus on environmentally friendly landscaping principles, with special emphasis on the use of native trees and shrubs.
Topics such as the cultural requirements, landscaping values, aesthetic attributes and environmental and wildlife habitat benefits of trees and shrubs native to the North Olympic Peninsula will be covered.
In addition, workshop participants will receive tips on designing a more sustainable landscape, learn how to care for bare-root trees and shrubs, and prepare for planting.
Flight operations
COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island at the outlying field in Coupeville during the late afternoon Tuesday, plus Thursday morning.
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.
Gospel concert
PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers will perform a Christmas concert at Park View Villas, 1430 Park View Lane, at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
Sign language interpretation will be by Karen Coles.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-452-7222.
Discussion group
SEQUIM — The Sequim Great Decisions Discussion Group will meet at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon Friday.
The topic is “Pitchfork Politics: The Populist Threat to Liberal Democracy.”
According to a news release: “The tea party and its European cousins have emerged from the enduring inability of democratic governments to satisfy their citizens’ needs. Today’s populist movements won’t subside until the legitimate grievances driving them have been addressed.”
The suggested background reading for the discussion is the article “Pitchfork Politics” from the September/October edition of Foreign Affairs.
New members are welcome.
For more information, phone John Pollock at 360-683-9622, email jcpollock@olypen.com or visit www.tinyurl.com/SequimGreatDecisionsDiscussion.
High school concert
SEQUIM — The Sequim High School Band will perform a concert in the school auditorium, 601 N. Sequim Ave., at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Admission is free and open to all.
The winter concert will be directed by Vern Fosket.
For more information, phone 360-461-0611.
Eagles plan dinner, dance
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Eagles No. 483 will host a New Year’s Eve dinner and dance Wednesday, Dec. 31.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with dinner starting at 7:30 p.m.
The dinner is a prime rib buffet.
Live music is provided by the Jimmy Hoffman Band.
There will be a champagne toast to ring in the New Year.
Tickets can be purchased at the Eagles Aerie, 2843 E. Myrtle St.
The cost is $45 for couple or $25 for singles in advance; they are $50 for couples and $30 for singles at the door.
For more information, phone 360-486-4926.
United Way asks for nonprofits
PORT ANGELES — The United Way of Clallam County is accepting applications for city funding, which totals $46,350 for 2015.
Priority is given to programs serving health and human service needs with a focus on the following: meeting basic needs for the most vulnerable residents, prevention programs, youth programs and senior citizen programs.
Local nonprofit agencies that are interested should contact United Way for an application at 360-457-3011 or info@unitedwayclallam.org.
Applications are due back to the United Way office, located at 102½ E. First St., Suite 3, no later than Friday, Jan. 9.
Safety summit
PORT ANGELES — Sixty-six students from seven Olympic Peninsula schools — Chimacum, Clallam Bay, Forks, Lincoln, Port Angeles, Quilcene and Sequim high schools — participated in the 2014 Keeping It Safe Summit (K.I.S.S.), coordinated by Port Angeles High School Leadership Class students and adviser Dana Snell.
Snell said the intention of the summit “was a first step, setting the bar for opportunities to spread the message of kindness and inclusion on our high school campuses and to share our ideas with each other.”
After a welcome by Port Angeles High School Principal Jeff Clark and organizers, students watched a video titled “20 Things We Should Say More Often.”
They then participated in smaller group break-out sessions throughout the morning.
Focuses of the sessions were video planning and production for a public service announcement on anti-bullying; designing and creating visuals for a Words Are Powerful display on campuses; participation in Challenge Sequence activities to promote kindness; and ideas for assemblies, Facebook, bulletin boards and future summits to promote and spread kindness.
