PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board will review a draft budget for 2016-17 when it meets Thursday.
The special meeting will be at 6 p.m. at the Central Services Building; 216 E. Fourth St.
David Knechtel, business and finance director, intends to provide a prediction of revenue based on state calculations and local funding, recommended allocations of funding based on district needs and comparison to this past year and special needs and requests.
A final budget is to be adopted by Aug. 31.
Drink and Draw
PORT ANGELES — Studio Bob, 118½ E. Front St., will host a Drink and Draw at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The public is invited to attend the free all-ages event, during which a model will pose for drawings during three 20-minute sessions.
Drawing supplies are available or participants can bring their own.
Drink and Draw is on its summer schedule for the next few months and will meet monthly the Thursday just before the Second Weekend Art Event, which is on the second weekend of the month.
For more information, call 415-990-0457.
Bridge closed
SEQUIM — The bridge in Railroad Bridge Park will be closed to through traffic from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. for a park fundraiser Friday.
The second annual fundraiser, Dine on the Dungeness, is sold out, said Vanessa Fuller, administrative services and development manager for the Dungeness River Audubon Center.
It will raise money for the river center and Railroad Bridge Park at 2151 W. Hendrickson Road.
The dinner will be catered by Kokopelli Grill of Port Angeles.
With full participation, the proceeds from Dine on the Dungeness are enough to pay for the fifth-grade curriculum offered through the center, said Powell Jones, river center director.
The fifth-grade Watershed Monitoring program includes classroom visits from center educators linked with 25 field trips to the center and park by classes from Port Townsend, Sequim and Port Angeles.
Railroad Bridge Park is owned by the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe but maintained as a public park through a collaborative partnership among the tribe, Dungeness River Audubon Center, Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society and National Audubon Society.
Math program
CHIMACUM — The Math Curriculum Committee has recommended the program “Big Ideas” by Houghton, Mifflin, Harcourt for adoption for a secondary math program.
The proposed curriculum is designed for grades 6 through high school algebra 2 and includes materials for accelerated students.
The materials were selected by a K-12 committee of district instructors over a 10-month review period.
The district seeks public comment until Friday.
The program can be viewed at www.bigideaslearning.com.
Comments are to be sent to Superintendent Rick Thompson at rick_thompson@csd49.org or mailed to 91 West Valley Road, P.O. Box 278, Chimacum, WA 98325.
Unbroken talk
SEQUIM — Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand will be discussed at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 3 p.m. Saturday.
According to a news release: “Unbroken tells the gripping true story of Louis Zamperini, a former Olympian and U.S. Airman who was the [sole] survivor when his bomber crashed into the sea during World War II and had to face thousands of miles of open ocean, leaping sharks, a foundering raft, thirst and starvation, enemy aircraft and, beyond, a trial even greater.”
Copies can be requested online by visiting the library catalog at www.nols.org.
For more information, visit www.nols.org and select “Events” and “Sequim,” phone 360-683-1161 or email sequim@nols.org.
Book sale
SEQUIM — The Friends of Sequim Library will hold their monthly book sale in the Friends building behind the Sequim library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
There will be over 4,000 items in stock in the inside and outside sales areas. Items include paperback and hardcover mysteries, oversized art books, a group of eight KCTS cookbooks, a three-volume set of Burnham’s Celestial Handbook, bicycle instruction and route books, and a bike training stand.
A large collection of books about Japan also will be available on topics such as Japanese language, history, art, travel, literature, architecture, garden design and bonsai.
Proceeds from the sale benefit children’s and adult programming at the library.
Pet store will host talk on homeopathy
SEQUIM — Best Friend Nutrition will launch its “2016 Talented Friends of Pets” speaker series with Dr. Anna Maria Gardner at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Gardner will present on “The Key Benefits of Homeopathy and Flower Essences for Pets,” including practical examples of remedies that attendees can use at home.
Best Friend Nutrition also will provide a discount shopping coupon to all attendees.
Gardner has been a veterinarian since 1988 and a full-time holistic veterinarian since 1993. She is licensed in Texas and Washington.
The program is free and open to the public.
To make reservations, phone 360-681-8458.
Best Friend Nutrition is located at 680 W. Washington Ave., Suite B-102.
Edg3 applications
Kitsap Bank is accepting applications for the 2016 edg3 FUND small-business competition.
Applications will be accepted through the main website, www.kitsapbank.com/edg3-fund, until 5 p.m. Friday, July 29.
Edg3 FUND is the bank’s annual small-business competition with a $20,000 grand prize.
For the official rules, visit www.kitsapbank.com/edg3-fund and to submit an application.
The bank has branches in Port Angeles, Port Hadlock, Port Ludlow, Port Townsend and Sequim.
