PORT ANGELES — A Lodging Tax Advisory Committee meeting originally scheduled for today has been canceled.
The meeting will be rescheduled within the next few weeks, said City Clerk Jennifer Veneklasen.
Electronic warfare forum in PA
PORT ANGELES — A public forum in Port Angeles is set for 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, with Navy personnel over controversial plans to conduct aerial electronic warfare training along the Pacific Coast and on the West End.
The meeting in City Council chambers at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St., will include a short presentation from Navy officials who also will answer questions about the project.
The forum was requested by city and Clallam County officials and U.S. Rep Derek Kilmer, whose 6th Congressional District includes Clallam and Jefferson counties and Grays Harbor County, the geographical focus of the project.
The Forest Service is considering a special-use permit for road use to allow access to three camper-sized mobile emitters at 15 sites in those counties and a fixed site at the Navy base at Pacific Beach.
The emitters produce electromagnetic radiation that Navy officials have described as minimal, saying they produce less energy than a cellphone tower.
Residents have expressed health concerns, notably at a Forks Oct. 14 meeting with Navy and Forest Service officials that drew more than 100 people.
The Forest Service has extended the permit comment period to Friday.
The Port Angeles meeting was scheduled after council members expressed concerns Oct. 21 that the town’s residents were being left out of the review process.
The Navy’s environmental assessment for the project, which found no significant impact, can be viewed at http://tinyurl.com/PDN-Electrowarfare.
Public comments can be emailed to Forest Service environmental coordinator Greg Wahl at gtwahl@fs.fed.us or sent to Wahl at 1835 Black Lake Blvd. S.W., Olympia, WA 98512.
LARC show entries
SEQUIM — Artists working in any medium are invited to enter the “Daring, Dastardly and Definitely Different” exhibition at the LARC gallery, 425 E. Washington St., by the deadline this Thursday.
The LARC — Local Artists’ Resource Center — will take entries to this non-juried show through 2 p.m. Thursday, with a fee of $10 per piece.
Artists can enter up to three works.
The show, which opens this Friday evening with LARC’s Halloween costume party at 6 p.m., has space for framed originals no larger than 16 inches by 20 inches as well as sculpture, jewelry, pottery, fiber art and other creations.
For information, phone 360-775-9816 or visit www.LARCgallerySequim.com.
Workshop, art show focus at PT center
PORT TOWNSEND — The Northwind Arts Center, 2409 Jefferson St., will open a show featuring the work of Catherine Gill, Mary Hosick and Randena Walsh at noon Friday.
An opening reception and art walk are slated from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
On Sunday, the artists will give a talk at 1 p.m.
The show closes at 5 p.m. Nov. 30.
In addition, Gill is offering a two-day mixed-media indoor landscape workshop from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Nov. 18-19.
The cost is $180, and the class is limited to 12 students.
To register, email cathe@catherinegill.com or phone 206-465-0491
This workshop focuses on creating playful and dynamic landscape paintings using layers of wet watercolor and chalk pastel.
Intermediate skill level in watercolor is necessary, and beginning level in pastel is acceptable. The workshop will cover basic use of pastels and review methods of watercolor.
For more information on the Northwind Arts Center, visit www.northwindarts.org.
Downsizing class in PT
PORT TOWNSEND — A “Downsizing Made Easy” class will be held at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
Participants can learn a systematic way to decrease belongings for a move or what books, antiques, etc., to keep.
Registration for the free workshop is at http://tinyurl.com/ALPs2014Fall.
For more information, phone Abby Kimball at 360-379-1979 or email maryashby.kimball@q.com.
