WASHINGTON — Fawn Sharp, president of the Quinault Nation, has been appointed vice president of the National Congress of American Indians.
She replaces Randy Noka, councilman of the Narragansett tribe of Rhode Island, who resigned.
Other officers on NCAI’s executive council include President Brian Cladoosby, chairman of the Swinomish tribe; Treasurer Ron Allen, chairman of the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe; and Secretary Aaron Payment, chairman of the Sault Ste. Marie tribe of Chippewa Native American.
Sharp is in her fourth term as Quinault president and is president of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, which represents 57 tribes in six Northwest states.
She had served as Northwest-area vice president of NCAI for four years.
The NCAI, based in Washington, D.C., is the oldest and largest Native American organization, with 566 member tribes.
Sharp received her Juris Doctor from the University of Washington School of Law. She also holds an advanced certificate in international human rights law from Oxford University.
She earned a Bachelor of Arts in criminal justice from Gonzaga University in Spokane.
SmileMobile set
PORT ANGELES — The SmileMobile, a modern dental office on wheels, returns to Port Angeles on Monday and has extended its stay through March 10 to provide dental care to children who have limited access to care.
SmileMobile will be located at Jefferson Elementary School, 218 E. 12th St.
Appointments are open to all Port Angeles children. They are available for new clients as well as follow-up visits for children from previous SmileMobile visits.
Any families interested in the SmileMobile program can arrange an appointment for their children, babies up through high school age, by calling 888-286-9105.
Medicaid coupons are accepted and a sliding-scale fee based on after-tax income and family size.
Listening Circles
PORT ANGELES — Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 E. Lopez Ave., will host free Listening Circles at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Listening Circles are a type of dialogue that fosters curiosity, compassionate understanding and deeper respect for the experiences of each person present, according to a news release.
A multi-faith team will facilitate the evening.
Participants share their personal understanding and experience on a group topic.
For more information, contact Marilyn Eash at marilynoe@msn.com or 360-477-0681.
Unity speakers
PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle St., will have ordained metaphysical minister Eva McGinnis giving the lesson at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service.
McGinnis’ lesson will be “Love One Another: An Ever-Renewing Assignment.”
She has a background in teaching, writing and counseling, and has taught numerous classes on prosperity, meditation and claiming of one’s divinity for both Oakbridge and Unity.
She recently moved to Port Angeles after many years managing training programs in nonprofits and universities.
A time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. for those who wish to participate.
Child care is available.
Fellowship time follows the worship service.
The public is welcome to all church activities.
Then, at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Unity will offer the program “Discovering your Musical Frequency: A Concert and Workshop.”
Jane Keyes, a lifelong musician, teacher, singer and musical director for a Canadian church congregation, is a “musical intuitive” who assesses an individual’s musical frequency, according to a news release.
Attendees will have the opportunity to discover their unique frequency, as Keyes performs the music (from her classical repertoire) that she hears surrounding each person.
She will also give suggestions for participants to find musical compositions that best reflect that frequency.
A suggested love offering of $25 includes the workshop that follows.
For more information, phone 360-457-3981.
Music presentation
PORT ANGELES — Spokane’s Randy Stubbs will make a presentation about his music ministry in East Africa at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 Lopez Ave., on Saturday.
Holy Trinity’s Men’s Breakfast Group serves its $5 breakfast beginning at 7:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall, with Stubbs’ presentation to follow.
Those wishing to eat are asked to notify Loran Olsen at 360-452-0703.
Those attending only the presentation are asked to be on hand by 8:15 a.m.
Stubbs served as music director/organist at First Lutheran Church in DeKalb, Ill.
Eight years ago, he and his wife, Carol, packed up their three children and headed to Tanzania, East Africa.
There, Stubbs became head of the music department at Tumaini University in Makumira.
During his presentation, he will discuss new fundraising efforts toward the construction of a modern music building on his campus.
For more information, visit www.StubbsMission.info.
Ministry service
AZUSA, Calif. — Port Angeles resident Shania Alderson, an international business major at Azusa Pacific University, served in ministry through the Center for Student Action during the fall semester at Local Ministries.
Throughout the year, students have numerous opportunities to build relationships in the city of Azusa, greater Los Angeles area and Mexico.
From assisting in food banks to providing after-school tutoring and mentoring, the Center for Student Action at Azusa Pacific mobilizes and educates students toward service locally and globally through a collaborative network of offices and programs.
Azusa Pacific University is an evangelical Christian university.
Fellowship speaker
SEQUIM — Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 73 Howe Road, will host Joseph Bednarik to speak at the 10:30 a.m. service Sunday.
Bednarik will talk on “Golden Crack: Breakage and the Fine Arts of Repair.”
This sermon will explore “kintsugi,” the Japanese practice of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with gold, to create visible repairs that accentuate, rather than disguise, the history of an object, according to a news release.
For more information, phone 360-417-2665 or visit www.olympicuuf.org.
Stations of the Cross
SEQUIM — St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 Fifth Ave., invites people to Walk the Stations of the Cross at noon today.
Walking the Stations of the Cross refers to a devotional depiction of the final hours of Christ.
This Lenten exercise will continue each Friday until Easter.
All are welcome to participate.
MS self-help talk set in PT
PORT TOWNSEND — The NMSS Multiple Sclerosis Self-Help Group will host local urologist Dr. Dimitri D. Kuznetsov at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday.
Kuznetsov will talk about issues relating to MS, provide tips and answer audience questions. He received training in the field of urology at the University of Chicago and specialized training in female urology with an emphasis on incontinence and pelvic floor reconstruction at Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle.
MS patients, caregivers, family and friends of MS patients and anyone with an interest in MS are encouraged to attend. The MS self-help group, sponsored by the National MS Society, holds regular meetings the first Tuesday of each month at the community center. For more information, contact Stacie Prada at 360-301-9322 or ptms.selfhelp@gmail.com.
‘Silent Sky’
PORT ANGELES — Thanks to a grant from the Port Angeles Education Foundation and the continued support of the YMCA and AmeriCorps program, 21 student members of the Port Angeles High School (PAHS) Science Club and PAHS Thespian Society attended a recent performance of “Silent Sky” by Lauren Gunderson at the Taproot Theater.
“ ’Silent Sky’ is the story of Henrietta Swan Leavitt, a female astronomer in the early 1900s when astronomy was a field for men only,” said John Gallagher, PAHS science instructor.
“Leavitt, along with Annie Jump Cannon and Williamina Fleming, served as a ‘computer’ at Harvard College Observatory, cataloguing stars and making discoveries that would have earned any man a Ph.D. in astronomy.
“Discovering more cepheid variable stars than anyone else, Leavitt realized a period-luminosity relationship that allowed for distance measurements never before possible.
“This was later used by Edwin Hubble to measure the distance to the ‘Andromeda Nebula,’ proving it was actually a galaxy of its own and that the Milky Way was not alone in the universe.”
Gallagher continued: “It is nice to know that today, we have two PAHS graduates at Harvard University — and they are both female.”
Port Ludlow Resort earns 2016 honors
PORT LUDLOW — The Resort at Port Ludlow has been named a Platinum List 2016 honoree by Touring & Tasting magazine.
The spring 2016 edition recommends and features wineries, destinations and accommodations from all over the West Coast to emerging wine country destinations such as Traverse City, Mich.; Loudoun County, Va.; and Southwest Idaho.
“We seek out and recommend properties and destinations that show a true understanding and commitment to what wine tourists need and want in terms of practicality, authenticity, quality and service,” said Touring & Tasting’s managing partner Dan Fox.
“Besides providing guests with intimate knowledge of their own business and their own wine region, they know wineries not to miss, restaurants to try and fun, wine-related things to do. In short, these Platinum List honorees demonstrate a deep commitment to their region’s wine industry.”
The Resort at Port Ludlow is a Master Planned Community that is nestled on the shores of the Puget Sound, less than 10 minutes from the Hood Canal Bridge.
Once a logging and shipbuilding town, Port Ludlow has grown into a community that hosts residential neighborhoods, a 37-room boutique waterfront inn, an award-winning restaurant, a 300-slip marina and a championship 18-hole golf course, recognized as the “Most Scenic in the World” by Esquire Magazine.
