PORT ANGELES — Port of Port Angeles commissioners and the port’s Timber Advisory Committee will meet today.
Commissioners will conduct a special meeting to discuss marina leases at 3 p.m. at 338 W. First St. The timber panel will consider outreach strategies when it meets at 9:30 a.m. in the port’s meeting room at 338 W. First St.
Commissioners also will discuss the draft operating budget for 2017.
The timber panel will discuss outreach strategies and the role of the North Olympic Timber Action Committee, a private nonprofit focused on the forest industry.
It also will discuss participation in the North Olympic Legislative Agenda process and possible testimony at the Nov. 11 state Board of Natural Resources meeting.
Committee members will hear a Trust Land Advisory Committee update.
Two public comment sessions are planned at each meeting, one at the beginning and one at its end.
Trail update in Forks
FORKS — The Peninsula Trails Coalition will provide an update to Forks residents on the progress of the Olympic Discovery Trail next Wednesday.
The Peninsula Trails Coalition (PTC) plans an open house at the Rainforest Arts Center, 35 N. Forks Ave., at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. The coalition board will meet there at 6:30 p.m.
“The Forks community is heartily invited to join us to learn more about our work and to get updates on the development of the Olympic Discovery Trail as it is extended further westward, ultimately to continue through the Forks area and reach the Pacific Coast at La Push,” said Jeff Bohman, coalition president, in a news release.
Seventy miles of the nearly 130-mile Olympic Discovery Trail (ODT), which will extend from Port Townsend to La Push, have been constructed.
“In acknowledgement of the ODT getting closer to Forks, PTC has now embarked to hold at least one monthly board meeting in Forks in order to connect more closely to the community and to enlist local involvement in all phases of the further future completion of the trail,” Bohman said.
PTC, incorporated in 1988, is the nonprofit, all-volunteer founder of and longtime advocate for the creation of the ODT.
To learn more about the trail and the Peninsula Trails Coalition’s work, see www.peninsulatrailscoalition.org and olympicdiscoverytrail.com.
Spiritual Enrichment Center
PORT TOWNSEND — “Rethinking Columbus, Telling the Untold Story” is the theme of the worship service at Unity Spiritual Enrichment Center, 3918 San Juan Ave., this Sunday at 11 a.m.
According to a news release: “The traditional image of Columbus’ discovery of the New World shows a brave, patriotic hero stepping on land with a flag in one hand and a sword in the other, but 500 years later, his life and legacy are under considerable scrutiny by historians and the public alike with assertions of oppression, slavery and genocide of indigenous peoples.
“Find out why Columbus Day, one of only 10 official federal holidays, is inconsistently celebrated across the U.S.”
The Rev. Barb Laski will officiate as guest minister and the Rev. Simon-Ruth de Voil will provide music.
The public is welcome.
For more information, phone 360-385-6519.
Unity in the Olympics
PORT ANGELES — United in the Olympic will feature the Rev. Patricia Mawson at its Sunday worship service at 10:30 a.m.
“Reclaiming Your Job: Let’s Play” will be the topic at the church, 2917 E. Myrtle St.
Mawson is a “Course in Miracles Minister” ordained by the Community Miracles Center in San Francisco, an ordained Unity prayer chaplain and hypnotherapist.
A time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Child care is available during the service.
