SEQUIM — Gary Neal, Sequim School District superintendent, will discuss a proposed $49.3 million construction bond measure at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Neal will speak about the measure, which is on the Nov. 3 general election ballot, at the 5th Avenue Retirement Center, 500 W. Hendrickson Road.
The public is invited.
For more information, contact the facility’s community concierge, Christine Springer, at 360-683-3345 or email activities@thefifthavenue.com.
Business event
SEQUIM — The ninth annual Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce Business Showcase is set Tuesday.
The showcase will be from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at SunLand Golf & Country Club, 109 Hilltop Drive.
The annual event is an opportunity for chamber business members to showcase their services to the public and to learn more about what resources are available in Sequim.
For information, call 360-683-6197.
Storytime Tuesday on picture book
PORT ANGELES — Northwest author Lisa Mantchev will read from her new picture book, Strictly No Elephants, at 10:15 a.m. Tuesday during Kindergarten Express Storytime at the Port Angeles Library.
Strictly No Elephants, illustrated by Taeeun Yoo, tells the story of a little boy who helps everyone understand that pets, like all friends, come in many shapes and sizes.
Kindergarten Express is for children between the ages of 4 and 6, and is designed to help prepare them for kindergarten.
Weekly Kindergarten Express storytimes take place at the library, 2210 S. Peabody St., throughout the year and include stories, rhymes, music, science, math and art.
For more information, visit www.nols.org.
Senior nutrition
PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Senior Nutrition Site dinners will be served at 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
A suggested donation is $5 for those who are 60 or older.
People younger than 60 can attend for $8.
Reservations should be made 24 hours in advance to 360-457-8921.
Menus are subject to change.
■ Tuesday: Spinach salad with a boiled egg, turkey pot pie, asparagus tips and apricots.
■ Wednesday: Green salad, beefy gravy mashed potatoes, cut corn and baked apples.
■ Thursday: Apple slaw, orange slices, barbecue pork on a bun, seasoned cauliflower and peaches and cream.
■ Friday: Harvest soup, scary salad with curdled milk and spider eggs, mummy wrap and ghostly Jell-O.
Flight operations
COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island at the outlying field in Coupeville on Wednesday afternoon.
The schedule is subject to change to meet mission requirements.
Comments, including noise complaints, can be directed to station’s comment line at 360-257-6665 or via email at comments.NASWI@navy.mil.
All other questions can be directed to the public affairs office at 360-257-2286.
Pumpkin contest
CLALLAM BAY — The Clallam Bay Library, 16990 state Highway 112, will host all-ages pumpkin decorating and carving for a Halloween contest starting at 11 a.m. Wednesday.
Decorators and carvers are invited to submit their creations during the library’s opening hours this week — from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Saturday — until judging commences at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Only real pumpkins, vegetables and fruit can be used; artificial craft pumpkins are not eligible.
All entries must be received before judging starts at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Prizes for Most Unusual and Most Intricate will be awarded in three age divisions: youth (12 and younger), young adult (ages 13 to 17) and adult (18 and older).
To learn more about this and other library events and activities, phone 360-374-6402, email ClallamBay@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.
Political incivility
This month, the North Olympic Library System (NOLS), in partnership with the Clallam County League of Women Voters and Humanities Washington, invites community members to examine the impacts of political incivility in America with Dr. Cornell Clayton, a lecturer with the 2015 Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau.
Clayton will lead this free conversation at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 6 p.m. Thursday.
He will speak again at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at 6:30 p.m. Friday.
Clayton will chart the political changes that have taken place in the past 30 years, challenge assumptions about the relationship between civility and democratic participation, and explore factors that contribute to political polarization.
Clayton is the director of the Thomas S. Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service at Washington State University, where he also serves as the Thomas S. Foley Distinguished Professor of Government.
He serves as editor of Political Research Quarterly and as a section chair of the American Political Association.
For additional information about this program, visit www.nols.org and select “Events” or contact the Port Angeles Library at 360-417-8500 or jfelton@nols.org.
Animal benefit
PORT ANGELES — Peninsula Friends of Animals (PFOA) will hold a dining benefit event at Smugglers Landing, 115 E. Railroad Ave., from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.
Fifty percent of proceeds from all menu dinners will be donated to PFOA.
Beachwalkers
PORT ANGELES — A Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) will host a marine debris program at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15.
Participants will learn to survey local beaches and collect data on the characteristics and location of debris.
This data ultimately will be used to map the source and transport pathways of debris, as well as the potential harm to people, wildlife and local coastal ecosystems.
Reserve a spot by emailing coasst@uw.edu or phoning 206-221-6893.
Chain gang busy
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office Chain Gang removed 790 pounds of refuse during the week of Sept. 28-Oct. 2 from Tumwater Truck Route, West 18th Street and Taylor Cutoff and River roads.
A 4-cylinder transmission, 23 needles, 17 EBT cards, a pickup fender liner, three partial bicycles and one small bicycle were found.
A total of 550 pounds of trash was removed from illegal dump sites at Estuary Park, Lincoln and Front streets, under the Tumwater Truck Route bridge and Lietz Farms.
In addition, crews repainted the bridge railing on Sequim-Dungeness Way, plus weed-eated and removed debris at the 2200 and 2500 blocks of Edgewood Drive.
The week of Oct. 5-9, the chain gang removed 4,800 pounds of trash from illegal dump sites on Youngquist Road.
They demolished an abandoned 1970 Dodge motor home on the 900 block.
Three hypodermic needles were found.
In addition, crews brushed and cleared the ditch at Edgewood Drive and South Cayanus Road.
Vegetation was removed from the curb along Mount Pleasant Road from U.S. Highway 101 to Gravel Pit Road.
At the Klahowya Campground, crews installed metal roofing, plus a public wood shed, utility shed and both camp host sheds.
They felled three hazardous trees.
During the week of Oct. 12-16, they removed refuse from illegal dump sites on East Anderson, River Run and East Ennis Creek roads.
Alder trees were cleared from the ditch line along the west side of Mt. Pleasant Road.
The east side of Mount Pleasant Road, from the 2000 block to Draper Road, was brushed.
At the Klahanie Campground, crews removed alder trees for a better view at sites 5-11.
The side of the roadway camp loop was brushed approximately 5 to 8 feet back.
Hazard trees were removed from sites 40 and 45, and the split wood was stacked at Klahowya Campground.
Crews removed derelict picnic tables.
Soroptimists honor 2 at group meet
SEQUIM — Soroptimist International of Sequim recently honored two Girls of the Month at a meeting.
Waverly Shreffler, Girl of the Month for September, is a senior at Sequim High School and ASB executive secretary this year.
Throughout her four years at Sequim High, she has been involved in ASB, varsity cross-county and track, and clubs including Be the Change and the Honor Society.
She enjoys volunteering in the community and adventuring in the Olympics.
She hopes to attend Colorado College next year and study education.
Kyla Rigg, Girl of the Month for October, is a senior at Sequim High and plans to go to a university and study to become a pediatrician.
She loves to help people, be involved in her school and spend time with kids.
She expresses several interests in her activities, including coaching youth sports, serving in leadership and participating in sports.
Foundation grants
PORT ANGELES — Reptile research, a lecture series on historical philosophers, up-to-date medical equipment for teaching and student testing fees were some of the items funded with $43,000 in Peninsula College Foundation grants this year.
An additional 90 students were awarded scholarships totaling more than $225,000, giving them a boost for the 2015-16 academic year.
A review of the last academic year shows giving totals were up across all areas, according to Foundation Director Getta Rogers.
“Financial support given by the foundation to Peninsula College programs was up $53,000 for academic year 2014-15 to over $119,000,” she said. “Direct student support, which was just shy of $200,000, was up $30,000, nearly all of it being scholarships and grants.”
The foundation unveiled a new plan this fall to help with unexpected expenses that may affect a student’s ability to complete their degree or certificate.
“We are very excited about our new Finish Line Fund, which is a collaborative effort between a local donor, the foundation and college faculty and staff,” said Rogers.
The foundation provides support to all their service areas from Port Townsend to Neah Bay with GED testing fees, tuition assistance for degree-seeking students in need and emergency book loans. One single mother received a donated vehicle.
“This last year, [the foundation] awarded grants for a number of cultural activities for students and the community, including two Drumming for Education events with the Quileute tribe and a lectures series by humanities instructor and local historian Glynda Schaad,” Scannell said.
In Port Townsend, instructor Wes Cecil is giving a foundation-supported monthly lecture series on significant thinkers in the fields of philosophy and the humanities.
For more information about the foundation, contact Getta Rogers at 360-417-6400 or foundation@pencol.edu.
Students of Month
PORT ANGELES — Two Franklin Elementary School students, Chloe Teter and Ethan Michaelis, were honored by Principal Amity Butler at a recent School Board meeting as Port Angeles School District Students of the Month.
The students, both in sixth grade, were selected by Franklin staff as part of a program honoring exemplary students during the 2015-16 school year.
Butler introduced the two students and shared comments from the students’ teachers.
“Chloe comes to class prepared and organized. I am impressed her with ability to work hard on all assignments,” Butler said.
“In addition to being a great student, Chloe is also a great friend to everyone. Her kindness shows in all she does.”
“Ethan adds to our reading discussions. He is so attentive and ready to learn each day. It is truly a joy to have him during reading time,” Butler said.
“Ethan is a great listener and works hard to complete assignments.
“He is a thoughtful worker and willing to help others.”
Students of the Month will be announced at each school’s respective School Board meeting.
Six attend tech camp
PORT TOWNSEND — Six middle school girls from East Jefferson County attended Tech Trek, a weeklong science and math summer camp sponsored by the American Association of University Women (AAUW).
Emerald Bailey, Olivia Crecca, Veda Dosey and Lillith Montgomery of Blue Heron Middle School; Madison Coffey of Chimacum Middle School; and Ruby Hudson of the Quilcene School District joined other girls from Western Washington.
Tech Trek AAUW was held at Pacific Lutheran University in July.
The girls participated in activities designed to encourage their interest in high-tech and help them think about themselves as future scientists, engineers, mathematicians and computer technologists — careers in which women are typically underrepresented.
During the week, the girls worked alongside women scientists and mathematicians, attending a daily math or science core class of their choice.
The class offerings included app inventor, robotics, physics/ballooning, “clean” chemistry, crime scene investigation and marine environment biology.
The girls also participated in lab sessions including computer programming and their choice of field trips.
Funding for the scholarships came from individual community members and several businesses, as well as AAUW Washington, AAUW National and the University Women’s Foundation of Jefferson County, a nonprofit affiliate of AAUW Port Townsend.
For more information on Tech Trek, visit http://pt-wa.aauw.net or phone Anne Englander at 360 390-5896.