Open Stage
PORT ANGELES — Whether you are a stand-up comic, a bellydancer, a poet or a musician, you can perform your work — or share another artist’s work that has significance for you — on the Open Stage this Wednesday.
Artist and musician Doug Parent hosts this event the last Wednesday of each month in The Loom, the lounge at Studio Bob, 118½ E. Front St.
There’s no charge to participate or to watch and listen.
Beverages and snacks will be available for purchase.
To find out more about the Open Stage, contact Studio Bob owner Bob Stokes at 415-990-0457.
Hearing loss group meets this Monday
PORT TOWNSEND — The East Jefferson chapter of the Hearing Loss Association will hold a free group discussion at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., at 1:45 p.m. Monday.
The focus of the discussion will be “Hearing Loss Issues and Experiences.”
The association provides amplified listening devices that bring voices directly to listeners’ ears or hearing aids.
The public is welcome to the meetings.
For more information, contact Emily Mandelbaum at 360-531-2247 or mandelbaum@olympus.net.
Grange dinner
PORT ANGELES — The Fairview Grange, 2123 Lake Farm Road, is having its semiannual all-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner and dessert auction starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
The cost is $10 per person.
Children younger than 12 are admitted free.
Attendees are invited to bring desserts for the auction.
All proceeds benefit the Fairview Grange.
For more information, contact Patti Morris 360-461-9008 or pmorris@wavecable.com.
Managing manure
SEQUIM — The Clallam Conservation District is offering a free parasite control and manure management workshop for horse owners.
The workshop will be held from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at Trailside Ranch, 184 Ranch Road, located off Ranch Road near Robin Hill Farm Park.
Dr. Tara Black, a veterinarian with Sequim Animal Hospital, will speak on developing a parasite control program for horse farms.
Topics include conducting fecal egg counts, deworming medications, natural parasite control options and pasture management tips to reduce parasite infestations.
Workshop participants also will tour Trailside Ranch, a private horse-boarding facility, to learn more about the farm’s manure management system and mud-free paddocks.
Due to space limitations, pre-registration is required.
For more information or to register, phone the district at 360-775-3747, ext. 2, or email info@clallamcd.org.
Drum circle set Tuesday
PORT ANGELES — A community drum circle will be held in the longhouse on the Peninsula College campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
All are welcome to the free event.
Participants can drum, rattle, play bells and other percussion, chant, sing and dance.
For more information, phone Penny Burdick at 360-461-4538 or email peninsuladrumming@gmail.com.
Free dinner set
SEQUIM — A free community dinner will be served at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave., at 6 p.m. Thursday.
The meal includes pork roast with apples and onions, rice, coleslaw, desserts and beverages.
Reservations, which are requested to ensure that enough food is prepared, can be made by phoning the church at 360-683-5367 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday before the dinner or by email to dinners@sequimtumc.org.
The church presents the dinners the last Thursday of each month.
Senior nutrition
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: Pea salad, chicken rice bake, glazed carrots, dinner roll and apricots.
■ Wednesday: Cole slaw, pulled pork sandwich, applesauce and peach cobbler.
■ Thursday: Green salad, Shepherd’s pie, steamed broccoli, dinner roll and fruit cup.
■ Friday: Shrimp salad, boiled egg, garlic bread and sherbet.
PEO grant awarded
PORT ANGELES — Chapter IV of the Philanthropic Education Organization (PEO) recently honored Alicia Potswald with a $1,400 Program for Continuing Education grant.
This grant is for women who have returned to school to further their education and increase their employment opportunities and who are within two years of completing their coursework.
Potswald is a student at the Port Townsend School of Massage and will graduate in May 2016.
She works full time at Renaissance in Port Angeles and attends school on weekends.
After graduation, Potswald will be a certified and licensed massage therapist at Renaissance.
PEO has 13 chapters on the Olympic Peninsula and offers six financial assistance projects for women who are continuing their educations.
For more information, phone 360-461-6075.
PA native gets $2,000 scholarship
SALT LAKE CITY — Ryan Dill of Port Angeles has received the Washington Community College Graduate Scholarship from Western Governors University.
The scholarship is for $500 per term for a maximum of four terms, totaling $2,000.
As a nonprofit online university, WGU typically awards scholarships based on the applicant’s academic record, readiness for online study, financial need and other considerations.
These scholarships help further offset tuition of about $3,000 per six-month term for most WGU programs.
Cadet completes
PORT ANGELES — Emmett D. Bowman, an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadet at Washington State University, has completed a drill cadet leader training assignment.
The training is a four-week program that provides cadets the opportunity to serve in positions with the Army’s Initial Military Training units.
He is a 2011 graduate of Port Angeles High School and the son of Loy and Joline Bowman of Port Angeles.
CWU honor roll
ELLENSBURG — The following Peninsula students attending Central Washington University have qualified for the 2015 winter quarter honor roll.
Students must earn a 3.5 or better grade-point average on a 4.0 scale to be eligible.
■ Chimacum: Jarrett William Hansen, senior.
■ Forks: Garrick Anthony Brandt, sophomore; Miranda Mae Friesz, freshman; Jessica Louise Kenney, sophomore; Christopher Farias, senior; Luis F. Maldonado, senior.
■ Port Angeles: Kiah Nicole Jones, senior; Jay Michael Knowles, senior; Cassandra Lynn Koefod, junior; Alison Rose Hansen, junior; Kari Marie-Fitzpatrick Kenyon, senior; Justin Richard Moon, sophomore; Benjamin Thomas Stratton, senior; Stacey Skeko Yesiki, senior.
■ Port Townsend: Eamonn Thomas Clarke, freshman; Marla Jeanette Overman, senior; Jessica Ruth Reid, senior.
■ Carlsborg: Brendan Thomas Carpenter, senior.
