PORT ANGELES — The Lower Elwha Klallam tribe will host a gathering in support of the Standing Rock Sioux tribe and its fight against the Dakota Access oil pipeline today.
The event will take place at the Gateway Transit Center’s Elwha Klallam mural in Port Angeles at 3 p.m.
Ediz Hook work
PORT ANGELES — Drivers on Ediz Hook are urged to use caution in the area because of construction traffic that is expected to last into mid-January 2017.
According to a news release from the city, a construction contractor will be delivering rock material out to the hook to rebuild part of the armoring on its outside edge.
This process started Monday.
During this period, dump trucks carrying rock material will be traveling on the hook.
Construction vehicles will also be entering and exiting the road in the area east of the Nippon Paper Industries USA plant.
The city advises drivers to be vigilant of the construction traffic and stay within posted speed limits due to slow moving construction vehicles.
The work is being performed under a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contract.
For more information on the project, contact Elizabeth A. Chien at the Army Corps of Engineers’ Seattle District at 206-316-3968;4735 E. Marginal Way S, Seattle, WA 98134-2255; or P.O. Box 3755, Seattle, WA 98124-3755.
Audubon meeting set Wednesday
SEQUIM — The Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society will meet at the Dungeness River Audubon Center at Railroad
Bridge Park, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road, at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
The program, “Swans of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley,” will be presented by Bob Boekelheide and Kendra Donelson.
In the presentation, Boekelheide will try to answer some basic questions, such as how do swan numbers change through each season and where do the swans go while they’re here.
Audubon society swan volunteer Kendra Donelson will share how the society collects data during regular surveys.
The program is free and open to the public.
KONP foodathon
PORT ANGELES — KONP and the Port Angeles Lions Club are asking residents to take part in the annual Foodathon on Thursday.
Listeners will be asked to call in cash pledges to the Port Angeles Food Bank or bring nonperishable food to the radio station, 721 E. First St., during the 12-hour program from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Last year, more than $32,000 was raised, with more than $641,000 raised in the past 15 years.
