NORDLAND — The Marrowstone Island Community Association is accepting nominations for its Citizen of the Year award.
The deadline for nominations is Dec. 31.
Nominees must be residents of the island and have been involved in service that has a long-lasting effect on the community and/or Jefferson County.
Nomination forms are available at the Nordland General Store.
They can be returned there or mailed to Bob and Sandy Barrett, 2544 E. Marrowstone Island Road, Nordland, WA 98358.
Christmas in 1904
PORT TOWNSEND — The Commanding Officer’s Quarters at Fort Worden will be open and decorated for visitors during the weekend following Christmas.
Managed by the Jefferson County Historical Society, the house will be open from noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Dec. 31.
The 1904 home is furnished in turn-of-the-last-century style and holiday decorations.
A Discover Pass is not required to visit the Commanding Officer’s Quarters.
No flight operations
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 between today and Jan. 1.
The schedule is subject to change to meet mission requirements.
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.
Senior nutrition
PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Senior Nutrition Site dinners will be served at 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
The center will be closed for the holidays Thursday and Friday.
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: Pea salad, chicken and rice bake, glazed carrots, dinner roll and peaches.
■ Wednesday: Spring greens, beet salad, pot roast with carrots and potatoes, asparagus and Alaska bake.
Reading train back
FORKS — The Forks Library, 171 S. Forks Ave., is inviting children of all ages to celebrate the return of the library reading train at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Included is a special train-themed storytime, activities, refreshments and free take-home books for children of all reading levels.
The reading train was purchased by the Friends of the Forks Library nearly seven years ago using funds donated by community members.
Thanks to the financial support and volunteer efforts of Forks Elks Lodge No. 2524, the train has a fresh coat of paint and several enhancements.
For more information, visit www.nols.org and click on “Youth,” phone West End Library Manager Theresa Tetreau at 360-374-6402 or email Forks@nols.org.
2015 adult reading program set
The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) is readying for its 2015 Adult Winter Reading Program.
Designed for adults 18 and older, this year’s program will take place between Jan. 1 and Feb. 28.
Participants can visit any NOLS branch to pick up a Travelogue gameboard and then “read” their way around the Peninsula.
For every 100 pages completed, participants will receive one entry in a grand prize drawing Tuesday, March 3.
To keep readers motivated, each NOLS branch will be hosting events, including author visits and workshops, throughout the program.
2015 Adult Winter Reading Program events:
■ Jan. 8: Drop-in book discussion at the Port Angeles Library.
■ Jan. 21: Author talk with Janet Oakley at the Clallam Bay and Forks libraries.
■ Jan. 22: Author talk with Oakley at the Sequim and Port Angeles libraries.
■ Feb. 3: Drop-in book discussion at the Port Angeles Library.
■ Feb. 28: Author talk with Mary Daheim at the Port Angeles Library.
■ March 3: Grand prize drawing.
For more information about these or other upcoming events and programs, visit www.nols.org and click on “Events,” selecting the nearest NOLS library.
The Clallam Bay Library is located at 16990 Highway 112; the Forks Library, 171 S. Forks Ave.; the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.; and the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Library gear
New merchandise is available from the North Olympic Library System (NOLS).
NOLS is offering a 2014 limited-edition 16-ounce glass tumbler featuring a graphic.
Also for sale are sets of four note cards showcasing four different pictures from the Bert Kellogg local history collection.
Both are available for sale at all NOLS branches.
The tumblers are priced at $6 each, with a set of note cards $6.50. Both prices include tax.
The tumblers are made in the USA and printed in Washington state. The note cards are printed locally at In Graphic Detail in Sequim.
Proceeds go to support library programs.
Supplies are limited.
For more information, visit www.nols.org and click on “About NOLS” and “Support the Library” or contact Erin Shield at 360-417-8500 or eshield @nols.org.
Book-to-film talk
PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Library System’s book-to-film discussion group, Page2Screen, will discuss Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 30.
The group is free and open to the public.
This is the last meeting of the year for the group.
For more information, visit www.nols.org and click on “Events” and then on “Port Angeles” or “Sequim,” or phone Patrick Driggers or Leo Skye at 360-417-8500.
Kiwanis mentors
PORT ANGELES — The Kiwanis Foundation, with support from the Kiwanis Club of Port Angeles noon club and members of the Port Angeles community, recently raised funds to purchase 11 programmable Finch Robots for Franklin Elementary School.
The robots will be used in the Kiwanis’ “Introduction to Computer Science” after-school mentoring program for sixth-grade Franklin students.
The robots are programmed using a Lego-like block programming language called SNAP.
For more information, phone Kiwanian Leslie Spotkov at 360-452-8316.
College press names editor, unveils journal
PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College Press has released the second volume of its digital journal, Discovery: A Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, and has named Associate Dean of Instruction Bruce Hattendorf as the new managing editor.
Discovery, which was launched late last year, is the flagship publication of PC Press. It is a multimedia journal of academic and applied research, literary and artistic work, and it provides a venue for exploring an array of topics across multiple disciplines and in a variety of media.
The second volume spotlights the work of five Peninsula College faculty and contains three articles, a musical composition and a photographic essay.
Readers can access the new issue of Discovery at www.peninsulacollegepress.org/vol2.html.
The articles, which address art, history and the media, include “The Body as Metaphor in Contemporary Cuban Women’s Art” by Reina Barreto, “The Moral Compass of Broadcast Pioneer Edward R. Murrow” by Rich Riski and “Nunez Gaona: The Bricks, the Village and the Fort” by Michael Cassella-Blackburn.
The original musical piece, titled “Man in the Mirror,” was composed by Elaine Gardner-Morales. It is performed by the 2014 Peninsula College Vocal Jazz Ensemble
The photography section of the journal features the work of Eduardo Jaramillo. In a photo essay titled “Winter City,” Jaramillo captures an abandoned U.S. military installation, hoping others will experience the abandonment through his photos and be reminded of the cost and resources that once kept such military facilities vibrant.
Discovery will be published annually. PC Press also plans to publish occasional special-interest issues based on specific themes, as well as monographic papers.
The purpose of the press is to provide a medium in which scholars, writers, poets and artists can share their work, as well as a venue for college and university faculty from around the globe to share their research and scholarship.
All the work published by PC Press is juried and includes original, reviewed research and scholarship, as well as literary works and artistic and multimedia creations intended for scholarly and professional communities and the broader public.
PC Press is inviting submissions for future issues of Discovery. Submissions should be original, creative work.
The general criteria for publication are the quality and originality of the contributions.
For more information on submitting works to the press, visit www.pencol.edu/aboutpc/pc-press.
PAHS jazzes it up
PORT ANGELES — The 22-member Port Angeles High School Jazz Ensemble led by director Doug Gailey received praise from evaluators during the Northshore Jazz Festival in Bothell recently.
They were one of 36 bands performing.
They played “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” “Groove Merchant” and “The Shadow of Your Smile.”
Gailey said Jazz Ensemble members also watched other high school jazz bands perform, heard a lunchtime performance by a group called The Jazz Police and participated in a clinic following their performance with retired jazz educator Bruce Gutgesell.
Gutgesell said the ensemble was doing some “marvelous” renditions and that the clinic was about “taking this really fine product and finding little things to poke to make it better.”
