SEKIU — Clallam County officials will hear the plans of the new owners of Olson’s Resort, Brandon and Dawn Mason, at a meeting today.
Clallam County Commissioner Mike Doherty, Administrator Jim Jones and other elected officials and department heads will meet at 6 p.m. at the Clallam Bay-Sekiu Community Center.
The public is invited to the meeting, where several community reports are expected.
Olson’s Resort at 444 Front St. in Sekiu was sold to Mason Family Properties, a limited liability company with roots in Murtaugh, Idaho, where the Mason family operates an RV park and a ranch near Twin Falls.
The sale closed at the end of October.
The 81-year-old family fishing resort had been run by the Olson family since its founding by Alvin Olson, who died in 1970.
Alvin’s son Arlen Olson, 80, had run the business with his wife, Donalyn, for more than 40 years.
Climber rescued
NORTH CASCADES NATIONAL PARK — A search-and-rescue team from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island hoisted a 20-year-old man late Saturday out of a ravine at the base of Mount Shuksan.
The man, who was not identified, had fallen more than 100 feet, according to the Navy.
The Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office contacted the air station after the man’s hiking partner called for help where they were climbing at 3,700 feet elevation.
According to Hospital Corpsman 1st Class Wayne Papalski, he rappelled from the Navy helicopter into a gully to reach the injured man in freezing conditions.
“I had to climb and maneuver another 100 yards and go through waist-deep, icy glacier water to reach him,” Papalski said.
The injured climber was put in a rescue vest and hoisted aboard and flown to Saint Joseph Medical Center, Bellingham.
The Navy did not report the climber’s condition.
E-book reader overview set
PORT ANGELES — “What’s on Your Wish List?: An Overview of Devices & Gadgets for Reading” will be held in the Carver Room of the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
Basic differences between the latest e-reading devices will be taught during the free workshop.
Technology experts will be on-hand to assess which device best suits individual needs and lifestyles.
Participants will have the opportunity to test-drive e-reading devices and receive an overview of the downloadable e-book platforms available on the North Olympic Library System.
For more information, contact Sarah Morrison at 360-417-8500 or smorrison@nols.org.
Talk on Brazil birds
PORT TOWNSEND — An Admiralty Audubon program will take place at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday.
The public is welcome to the free event.
Johanna King visited the Fazenda Barranco Alto in Brazil’s Pantanal, arguably the world’s largest marshland, in September 2013.
In a little over a week, she saw more than 160 species of birds and numerous other creatures. She will discuss her sightings.
For more information, email William Vogt at geeezoman@bhvdesignlab.com.
NAMI plans meeting this Thursday
PORT ANGELES — NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Affiliate will hold a meeting for family, loved ones with mental illness and friends at Olympic Medical Center, 939 Caroline St., on Thursday.
A short meeting led by Vice President Angel Lucas begins at 6:30 p.m., followed by the movie at 7 p.m.
There will be a screening of “Silver Linings Playbook.”
After a stint in a mental institution, former teacher Pat Solitano (Bradley Cooper) moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.
Things get more challenging when Pat meets Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a mysterious girl with problems of her own.
Refreshments will be served.
For more information, phone 360-452-5244 or 360-452-4235.
Rain garden info
PORT TOWNSEND — Bob Simmons, water resources specialist with WSU Extension, will give a one-hour seminar on rain gardens at the WSU Extension office, 380 Jefferson St., at 5 p.m. Thursday.
In this program, attendees will learn how rain gardens enhance and help protect the natural environment, what rain gardens are, how they work and the four steps to creating and sustaining a rain garden.
WSU rain garden handbooks will be available at the workshop, as well as other educational resources.
To register, phone 360-379-5610, ext. 200, or email wsujeffersoncounty@gmail.com.
Those interested can sign up for a hands-on opportunity to help install a rain garden Monday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. or Tuesday from 9 a.m. to noon.
For more information, visit www.raingarden.wsu.edu.
Hazardous waste
PORT ANGELES — Peter L. deFur will give a presentation comparing cleanup sites on which he is working in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 10 — Rayonier-Port Angeles Harbor, Seattle Duwamish River and Portland (Ore.) Harbor — at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.
His talk will be on the second floor of The Landing Mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave.
DeFur will discuss the contaminants at each site, compare cleanup options and plans for each, cover alternative cleanup methods available to be used on particular contaminants and compare agency support of the citizen groups at the different sites.
These cleanups are overseen by the state Department of Ecology and/or the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
In Washington, these cleanups are part of the Puget Sound Partnership Cleanup Initiative. The Rayonier-Port Angeles Harbor and the Duwamish River are Ecology-priority cleanup sites.
