PORT ANGELES — The deadline to enter “Art Convergence,” the show to open next month at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, has been extended to noon this Wednesday.
The artist whose works wins Best of Show will receive $1,000, while first-place winners in the two- and three-dimensional art categories will receive $300 each.
Two honorable mentions will be awarded, too, each with $100 in cash.
For information about entering a piece, visit www.PAFAC.org.
The entry fee is $25 to submit two pieces. All accepted artwork will be for sale during the show.
“Art Convergence” will open at the fine arts center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., on Nov. 13 and stay on display through Jan. 9.
No flight landing practice slated in Coupeville
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 today through Nov. 3.
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 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: Spinach salad, turkey pot pie, asparagus tips and apricots.
■ Wednesday: Green salad, beefy gravy, mashed potatoes, cut corn and baked apples.
■ Thursday: Apple slaw, orange slices, barbecued pork with bun, baked beans and peaches-n-cream.
■ Friday: Harvest soup, scary salad with curdles milk and spider eggs, mummy wrap and ghostly Jell-O.
Stormwater project
SEQUIM — The city Public Works Department will hold a kickoff event of the stormwater stewardship project at the interpretive center at the Water Reuse Demonstration Site, 202 N. Blake Ave., at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
In addition to the kickoff event and in support of those efforts, staff will be based out of the interpretive center throughout the “wet” season Wednesday mornings from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. and Thursdays from noon to 2 p.m.
Area residents and site developers are encouraged to stop by for the kickoff event or during staff hours, when they can view displays and videos on the master planning project, natural and human history of Bell Creek, water quality in area streams and aquifers, and volunteer opportunities, as well as learn more about “low-impact development” methods for reducing runoff and protecting the environment.
To volunteer for the stormwater stewardship project, contact volunteer coordinator Pam Leonard-Ray at 360-582-2447 or pleaonardray@sequimwa.gov, or City Clerk Karen Kuznek-Reese at 360-581-3428 or kkuznek@sequimwa.gov.
For more information on the stormwater stewardship project, contact Ann Soule at asoule@sequimwa.gov or 360-582-2436, or visit www.sequimwa.gov.
Drum circle set at college longhouse
PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Community Drum Circle will be held at the Peninsula College Longhouse, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
The event is free and open to the public.
Experienced or beginning drummers are welcome. Bring a drum, rattles or other percussion.
Drum circles are held the fourth Tuesday of each month.
For more information, phone Penny Burdick at 360-461-4538, email peninsuladrumming@gmail.com or visit http://tinyurl.com/pdn-pendrumcircle.
Health care talk
SEQUIM — The Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild will hold its monthly speaker series and guild meeting in the community hall of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., at 10 a.m. Tuesday.
This month’s guest speaker is Phil Castell, owner of Castell Insurance. He will discuss Medicare Part D upgrades and Medicare Advantage, both of which will change in 2015.
Castell also will address changes and new plans coming to the Affordable Care Act in 2015 and problems and deadlines involved.
This speaker portion of the meeting is open to the public and will be followed by a short recess before the guild’s general business meeting.
Light refreshments and coffee will be served.
PALS to talk 1984
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Literary Society (PALS) will meet at the library, 2210 S. Peabody St., from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday to discuss 1984 by George Orwell.
The event is free and open to the public
This discussion group meets the last Wednesday of each month except Dec. 17.
For more information, phone 360-417-8500, email ehelp@nols.org or visit www.nols.org/events/book-discussion-groups.html.
Sailing talk slated
SEQUIM — Linda Newland, who holds the fastest record for woman single-handed sailing from San Francisco to Japan, will speak at the North Olympic Women on the Water (NOWW) meeting at the Sequim Bay Yacht Club, located in the John Wayne Marina, 2577 West Sequim Bay Road.
The talk is from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
The presentation is free and geared toward topics of interest to women, especially those who love being on the water.
Newland will tell some stories of the unorthodox way she got into sailing.
The North Olympic Sail and Power Squadron (NOSPS), a nonprofit educational organization devoted to safe and enjoyable boating, is sponsoring this new group for women.
NOWW meetings are open to the public as well as members of all sail and power boating, kayaking and canoeing organizations.
National Cat Day
PORT ANGELES — Peninsula Friends of Animals (PFOA) invites the public to a dining benefit event at Smugglers Landing, 115 E. Railroad Ave., from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday in celebration of National Cat Day.
Fifty percent of proceeds from all menu dinners will be donated to support PFOA rescues.
For more information, phone 360-452-0414 or visit www.safehavenpfoa.org.
Adult education
SEQUIM — Four weekly seminars focusing on continuing adult education, “You Can’t Take It With You,” will be held at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave.
The free seminars are held Wednesdays beginning this Wednesday from 6:45 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Jim Hallett, president and CEO of Hallett Advisors in Port Angeles, will lead the first session on worldly goods.
Janet Popelka from the hospice community will lead the second session Nov. 5, which will focus on personal well-being.
Long-term-care insurance, projected costs of medical care and durable power of attorney for health care or finances are among the things to be discussed.
Beth Adams, an Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Foundation specialist on estate planning, will lead the third session Nov. 12 on individual legacies.
Randi Cooper, owner of R&J’s Estate Sales and Appraisals, will be the final presenter Nov. 19 and will take a look at the “mess” most people leave behind for others to clean up.
For more information, phone Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church at 360-681-0946 or visit www.dvelca.org.
Volunteers needed
CHIMACUM — The North Olympic Salmon Coalition is in search of volunteers to survey coho salmon in Chimacum Creek.
The coalition will be holding its annual Coho Spawner Survey Training on Friday from 10 a.m. to noon in the Madrona Room at the WSU Extension Office, which is now in the Cupola House at Point Hudson, located at 380 Jefferson St.
At the training, participants will go over survey and safety protocols, assign teams and survey stretches, and issue survey equipment.
No experience is necessary to join the survey team.
Soon after the training — usually around mid-November — volunteer teams will start surveying the upper stretches of Chimacum Creek from H.J. Carroll Park to Eaglemount.
This is a one-day-per-week commitment, with each survey taking an average of two to four hours to complete.
Anyone interested in joining the survey team can RSVP to outreach@nosc.org or 360-379-8051.
Marine life award
PORT ANGELES — The Feiro Marine Life Center will offer to students interested in pursuing special projects in the marine sciences a biannual award of up to $300 per student.
These funds can be used to support any activity in the area of science, technology, engineering or math, though projects related to the marine sciences will be given priority.
Further priority will be given to activities that are in some way focused on the marine waters adjacent to the Olympic Peninsula.
Funds can be used to purchase equipment, reimburse expenses for travel and/or offset tuition.
Any student from an educational institution on the North Olympic Peninsula, including Peninsula College, Huxley College on the Peninsulas; any high school or middle school student from a private or public school; or home-schooled students residing on the Peninsula are eligible to apply.
Applications are due Saturday.
Application forms are available at www.feiromarinelifecenter.org/award or can be picked up from the center between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.
The Education and Research Committee of the Board of Directors will review the applications and give an award by Dec. 1.
College art student show on display
PORT ANGELES — Eight multimedia pieces by second-year Peninsula College art student Christy “Kit” Fagundes are on display in the Student Gallery, located on the third floor of Maier Hall on the main campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
According to college art professor Michael Paul Miller, all advanced painting students are given the opportunity to exhibit the body of work they created from the previous quarter.
Fagundes’ work will be on display this month.
One of the pieces in the exhibit, oil-on-hardboard “Frozen,” was purchased by the Peninsula College Foundation to be part of the permanent Peninsula College Art Collection.
“My artwork is aimed toward anyone with an appreciation for abstract art,” Fagundes said. “Anyone who looks at art and questions how that piece of work came into existence is someone who my artwork is created for, and my body of work is based around the theme of the process of creation.”
Fagundes’ work can be viewed from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Fridays in the gallery.
Autumn food drive
PORT ANGELES — Between Nov. 3 and 26, Wenner-Davis & Associates, 102 E. First St., is sponsoring an autumn food drive to help support the Port Angeles Salvation Army.
Participants who drop off nonperishable items are automatically entered for a gift card raffle.
Donations can be brought to the Wenner-Davis office anytime between 8:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. Mondays-Fridays.
For more information, contact Darcey Beck at 360-457-4441 or darcey@wennerdavis.com.
Firefighter of Month
PORT ANGELES — Nate Thompson has been named Volunteer Firefighter of the Month by Clallam County Fire District No. 2, according to Chief Sam Phillips.
Nominated by his peers and officers, Thompson regularly responds to emergencies of all types such as structure fires, motor vehicle collisions, wildfires and medical emergencies.
Thompson was also cited for his dedication to the position, as demonstrated when he takes extra duty to staff a first-response squad or fills in as a firefighter/EMT on duty with career members.
“His energy is endless,” Lt. Patty Reifenstahl said, adding that his computer skills are helpful in the firehouse.
Thompson; his wife, Sarah; and their three children live in Port Angeles, where he enjoys hunting and climbing in the outdoors. He works full time at Peninsula College, where he is the assistant director of IT Services.
Thompson joined Fire District No. 2 two years ago and is stationed on the west side of the district assigned to Station 22 in Dry Creek.
Private graduates
FORT BENNING, Ga. — Army Pvt. Tyler A. Jones has graduated from basic combat training at Fort Benning, Ga.
During the nine-week training period, the trainee received instruction in drill and ceremony, weapons, rifle marksmanship and bayonet training, chemical warfare, field training and tactical exercises, armed and unarmed combat, military courtesy, military justice, physical fitness, first aid and Army history, traditions and core values.
Jones is the son of Douglas and Elizabeth Jones of Port Townsend.
Clallam chain gang busy cleaning up
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office Chain Gang removed 1,520 pounds of refuse during the week of Sept. 1-5 from West End dump sites on A, Quillayute, Undi and Gunderson roads, plus Calawah Way.
Crews cleared weeds and debris from county sand stockpiles at Morse Creek Pit, Sequim County Shop, Kirner Pit and the State Patrol office.
They picked up around two illegal dump sites on Little River Road totaling 1,140 pounds during the week of Sept. 8-12.
In addition, four dump truckloads of scotch broom plants were removed from the Deer Park underpass project, just north of the new restrooms.
Crews cleared brush from storm damage from the 1-mile access road to radio towers at Slip Point in Clallam Bay. They cleared blackberry bushes from the back of the Clallam Bay detachment and cleared bushes from around outbuildings. The public access trail to the beach was also cleared.
A rotten basketball hoop was removed for safety reasons.
During the week of Sept. 15-19 at the Klahowya Campground, the day-use site was converted into another campsite for additional camping space.
Trails were brushed and cleared for river access, damaged signs were replaced, and potholes were filled in.
Decking was removed from the Snider Lookout, and trails were cleared.
The Camp Creek Trailhead was cleared of brush, a weed barrier was placed, and ferns were planted.
The chain gang removed 200 pounds of refuse during the week of Sept. 22-26 from an illegal dump site on Little River Road.
In addition, crews cleared debris from the Olympic Discovery Trail between Lake Farm and Buchanan roads. A 150-foot ditch on Hoko-Ozette Road was dug and tapered.
During the week of Sept. 29 through Oct. 3, the chain gang tended to dump sites, removing 420 pounds from Blue Mountain and Happy Valley roads; 720 pounds from River and Fish Hatchery roads; and 160 pounds from A Road, totaling 1,300 pounds.
Crews brushed and cleared the county right of way on Sutter Road and pulled and removed multiple trailerloads of scotch broom, totaling about 810 plants, from the Deer Park rest area.
At the Klahanie Campground, crews brushed the loop behind the pay station, brushed trails from site 17 to the high bridge on A Road, removed a downed tree from the trail and repaired a damaged culvert.
At the Klahowya Campground, crews brushed the trail from the camp host to the river and brushed and widened the trail to the river from sites 37-38.
Crews at the Camp Creek Trailhead thinned trees and weeds from the treeline, weeded the parking area and front entrance, laid down the last of the weed barrier felt, planted more sword ferns and removed debris from the trailhead.
They removed 640 pounds of refuse from 4.6 miles of county roadways between Undi and Whitcomb Dimmell roads, plus Calawah Way, during the week of Oct. 13-17.
A total of 1,740 pounds of trash was removed from illegal dump sites on Little River and Deer Park roads, plus the pul-off on state Highway 112.
In addition, about 750 scotch broom plants at the Forks County Shop were pulled, adding to the 2014 annual removal total of 29,520 plants.
Crews cleared debris from the brick wall on Old Olympic Highway, west of Cedar Glenn Lane.
To date, 94 miles of roadway have been cleared, 7,330 pounds of litter have been picked up, 42,565 illegal dump site litter has been picked up, 49,565 feet of guardrail has been weed-eaten and 10.4 miles of county right of way have been brushed.
