The National Fraternal Order of Police is urging recognition of National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day today.
Participants plan to wear blue clothing, display blue lights and send thank-you cards and letters of appreciation to law enforcement officers and agencies.
The day is in partnership with Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), a component within the U.S. Department of Justice and law enforcement associations across the nation.
ADHD presentation
PORT ANGELES — Parents and friends of people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can learn more about the condition at 7 p.m. Thursday.
Dr. Grace Yelland of Olympic Medical Center’s Peninsula Children’s Clinic will present the free forum in Linkletter Hall in the basement of OMC, 939 Caroline St.
Yelland has been a pediatrician for 23 years, including practicing in Bremerton, Omak and Guam. She joined the Peninsula Children’s Clinic in September 2010. She lives in Sequim with husband Dr. Joel Yelland.
The forum is sponsored by the Clallam County chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
Call 452-5244 for more information.
Alzheimer’s group
CHIMACUM — The Alzheimer’s Association will host a caregiver support group at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, from 10:25 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. Monday.
The event is free.
Alzheimer’s Association caregiver support groups provide a place for caregivers to learn and gain support from others caring for a person with memory loss.
Support groups also serve as an opportunity for participants to receive information on care management, available services and research and treatment options.
A free support group for unpaid care partners, family members and friends of individuals with memory loss is held the second Monday of each month.
For more information, phone facilitator Mary Jane Knecht at 360-643-3337 or visit www.alzwa.org.
Adult Learning Programs
PORT TOWNSEND — Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship has announced its winter 2015 Adult Learning Programs.
Special events, courses and ongoing groups will be offered to the public free of charge from mid-January through April.
This winter’s program will kick off Saturday with readings of poetry by Grays River writer Robert Michael Pyle and Chimacum writer Holly Hughes.
The fellowship’s winter learning program offerings are designed to meet a variety of interests — one-day workshops, lectures and field trips, and weekly courses exploring personal belief systems, academic subjects, creativity and physical activity.
There are also ongoing groups devoted to reading, knitting, meditation and playing the recorder.
Course brochures will be available beginning Monday, Jan. 12, at the fellowship, Jefferson County libraries, the Port Townsend Community Center and online at www.quuf.org under “Adult Programs.”
Some classes may involve book or materials costs, and field trips may involve travel expenses or entry fees.
All are welcome.
Child care is available on request for programs during after-school hours
Public enrollment begins Jan. 12 at www.tinyurl.com/ALPs2015Winter or at the online enrollment station in the Fellowship Hall.
Assistance with enrollment is available from office volunteers at the fellowship from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays.
Assistance is also available by contacting Joyce Francis at joyce.francis@q.com or 360-437-5011.
