PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board will consider extending the contract with Sodexo food services for the 2015-16 school year when it meets Thursday.
The board will meet at 6 p.m. for an executive session, at 6:30 p.m. for a work session and strategic plan review, and at 7 p.m. for a regular meeting at the Central Services Building, 216 E. Fourth St.
The board also will consider on a first reading new textbooks for fourth and fifth grades concerning social studies, high school drama and computer science and cybersecurity.
Members also will consider approving additional paraeducator hours at Port Angeles High School.
Certified and classified personnel employment are on the consent agenda.
Lavender training
SEQUIM — A training session on the upcoming Sequim Lavender Weekend is planned at the Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St., at 5 p.m. Thursday.
The Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce will host the session for volunteers and members of the public interested in learning about what’s new for this year’s Sequim Lavender Weekend, set July 17-19.
The session will include information about farms on the tour, transportation options, fee structures, the street fair and community events.
Phone the chamber at 360-683-6197.
Drought forum
PORT HADLOCK — Chimacum Creek Primary School, 313 Ness’ Corner Road, will host a panel discussion on water and what the drought may mean locally from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.
Various resource providers also will be present for homeowners and businesses. Time for answers to specific questions and concerns is being scheduled.
The forum is organized by the North Olympic Development Council.
Speakers include representatives from WSU Extension Jefferson County, the Jefferson Public Utility District, the city of Port Townsend, Jefferson County, the state Department of Ecology and Local 20/20.
For more information or to have a resource table at the event, phone Kate Dean at 360-301-1750 or email info@noprcd.org.
Auxiliary donates to PT hospital
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson Healthcare Hospital Auxiliary has donated $17,000 to Jefferson Healthcare.
Each year, the auxiliary board meets to discuss its annual giving based on its fundraising activities.
The majority of the funds come from sales at the hospital gift shop.
The shop is managed and operated solely by volunteer staff and the auxiliary board.
The proceeds go directly to Jefferson Healthcare to fund equipment, supplies and scholarships.
For more information about volunteering at the gift shop, contact Elizabeth Clapp at 360-385-2200, ext. 2087, or EClapp@JeffersonHealthcare.org.
Hikers’ social
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Hikers will host a social with guest speaker Doug Scott, author of Exotic Hikes, at Barhop Brewing, 124 W. Railroad Ave., this Friday.
Admission is free to the 5 p.m. gathering, while food and drink will be available for purchase.
Scott’s talk will start at 6 p.m. and explore hiking in the often-overlooked Hood Canal area.
For more about the Olympic Peninsula Hikers, see the group’s Facebook page.
Garden talk
SEQUIM — In a free “Master Gardener Class Act” program at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden this Saturday, veteran Master Gardener Marilynn Elliott will talk about growing perennials in home gardens.
The 10 a.m. presentation is free to the public at the demo garden, 2711 Woodcock Road.
Elliott will discuss perennials that flower from early spring to late fall and how to propagate the ones that grow well on the North Olympic Peninsula.
For more details about this and future “Class Act” series programs sponsored by the Washington State University Clallam County Master Gardeners, phone 360-417-2279.
Checkpoints meet
PORT ANGELES — The topic for the Stop the Checkpoints meeting Monday is “Save the Olympic Peninsula: An Update on Stopping the U.S. Navy’s Proposals for Electronic Warfare Training.”
Speakers who oppose the proposals will join the meeting, which is open to the public, at 6 p.m. in the Raymond Carver Room at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
The meeting also will have a report on the recent farmworker walkouts in Skagit County.
For more information, visit www.stopthecheckpoints.com or email info@stopthecheckpoints.com.
