PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Housing Authority will celebrate a groundbreaking for nine new homes at Pendley Court at 5:30 p.m. today.
The public celebration will be at the construction site off 14th Street, between N and O streets.
This is the second group of homes to be built by families at Pendley Court under the Mutual Self Help program, according to a news release.
Instead of a down payment, families commit to 32 hours a week working on all homes until the nine structures are completed.
Friends and extended families can help by putting in up to 16 hours a week, reducing a family’s hours to a minimum of 16 hours a week.
The program is accepting applications for future home builders.
There are openings for families in the next group in Port Angeles and for future groups in Sequim and Port Townsend.
For more information, contact Carolyn Stimbert at Peninsula Housing Authority at 360-452-7631, ext. 822, (360) 379-2565 or cstimbert@peninsulapha.org.
Sequim auditions
SEQUIM — Auditions for “The Real Inspector Hound” and “Fifteen-Minute Hamlet,” two short plays by Tom Stoppard, are set for 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at Olympic Theatre Arts.
“These are two high-energy, fast-paced plays where the actors will be asked to play multiple roles,” said director Miles Carignan, who’s looking to cast five males age 20 to 60-plus and three females age 20 to 50 — all of whom will appear in both plays.
Rehearsals will start in early July for “Hound” and “Hamlet,” which will run Thursdays through Sundays from Sept. 4-Sept. 20.
At Friday’s tryouts, Carignan will ask actors to read from the scripts.
To review them ahead of time, stop by Olympic Theatre Arts, 414 N. Sequim Ave., on a weekday between 1 p.m. and 5 p.m. or phone the office at 360-683-7326.
Resumes and headshots are welcome but not required, while audition forms are available at OTA and at www.olympictheatrearts.org.
Government offices close for holiday
City halls and county offices will be closed Friday in observance of the Fourth of July holiday.
As the holiday falls on Saturday this year, the legal holiday is observed Friday, and closures that day include the Port Angeles and Port Townsend city halls and the Clallam and Jefferson county courthouses.
In Port Angeles, garbage and recycling will be collected on the regular schedule Friday.
The Port Angeles Regional Transfer Station, 3501 W. 18th St., will be open Friday but closed Saturday.
The Blue Mountain Transfer Station, 1469 Blue Mountain Road, will be closed Saturday.
For more information, phone the transfer station information line at 360-417-4875, garbage collections at 360-417-4876 or recycling/yard waste at 360-417-4874.
Great Strait Sale seeks families, businesses for 8th annual event
JOYCE — The Juan de Fuca Scenic Byway Association is sponsoring the eighth annual Great Strait Sale, a 61-mile yard sale on state Highway 112, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12.
Sande Balch, event coordinator, encourages people to have private or neighborhood yard sales or bring sales to the community sites at Joyce, Clallam Bay or Neah Bay.
Community and civic organizations can host fundraisers, and businesses can advertise Great Strait Sale specials.
For information, email Balch at sandrabalch@olypen or visit www.highway112.org.