Peninsula Daily News and the Associated Press
NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Oct. 23.
FORKS — A series of interviews and short features about the West End filmed during September’s Forever Twilight in Forks festival will be shown at 8 p.m. today.
The clips will be shown during the FX network’s showing of the movie “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.”
“FX Movie Download” hosts Sasha Perl-Raver and Adam Gertler, who visited Forks during the festival to interview residents and Twilight fans and filmed area attractions.
The four-day event Sept. 10-14 attracted more than 2,000 fans of the series of novels and movies.
It included a visit and book signing by author Stephenie Meyer.
Two actors from the films also visited the festival: Booboo Stewart, who played Quileute werewolf Seth Clearwater in the film version of “Eclipse” and “Breaking Dawn,” and actor Erik Odom, who filled the role of Southern nomad vampire Peter in the movie “Breaking Dawn.”
The movies were not filmed in Forks, though the books were set in Forks, with some scenes in Port Angeles.
The Twilight Saga includes Meyer’s four books and a novella, and five movies based on the books.
The first book of the series, Twilight, was released Oct. 5, 2005 — the story of Bella Swan, a Forks native who returns to live with her father and chooses between the vampire Edward Cullen and the Quileute werewolf Jacob Black.
The romance-adventure series has developed a massive, loyal following and earned more than $6 billion in franchise sales.
Search suspended
SEATTLE — After nine searches covering more than 141 square miles, the Coast Guard suspended a search for a man who had been reported as overboard from the Puyallup ferry.
Ferry staff confirmed that no one had gone missing from the vessel during its sailing between Seattle and Bainbridge Island on Wednesday.
Ferry service, which had been delayed for the search, resumed just after 7 p.m. Wednesday.
State Department of Transportation officials received a call of a person overboard from the ferry
at about 5:10 p.m. Wednesday.
Washington State Ferry personnel reviewed their videotapes, finding no sign of a passenger going overboard, and confirmed no items, bike or car had been left aboard, the Coast Guard said.
Coast Guard crews from Port Angeles and Settle were among the searchers.
“With the assistance of local responders and the ferry staff, we were able to determine no one was in the water,” said Chief Petty Officer Brandy McNeal, command duty officer at the Coast Guard 13th District command center in Seattle.
“We treat every report as a matter of life and death,” McNeal added.
Harvest festival
PORT ANGELES — The Airport Garden Center will host a free Kids Harvest Festival from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Games and crafts will be offered at the business at 2200 West Edgewood Drive in Port Angeles.
A petting zoo, cake walk and hay scramble are planned.
Concessions will be offered by the 4-H group Silver Spurs.
Children and pets are urged to wear costumes.
Tidepools entries
PORT ANGELES — Tidepools magazine has opened its contest for its next issue.
The deadline is Jan. 15 for submissions. Winners will be announced by March 18.
A fee is required only when competing for cash prizes. Non-contest submissions to the magazine are always free.
The magazine produced by Peninsula College students features fine art, digital art, photography, poetry, short prose and music of Olympic Peninsula residents.
Student editors invite area residents to submit original work for a chance at a cash prize and publication in the magazine.
The contest is open for residents of Clallam and Jefferson counties of all ages.
For rules, submission methods and general information, see www.TidepoolsMagazine.com or call Michael Mills at 360-417-6462.
Spaghetti dinner
PORT ANGELES — The Fairview Grange, 161 Lake Farm Road, will hold the Fall Spaghetti Dinner and Chinese Dessert Auction starting at 5 p.m. Tuesday.
The auction starts at 6 p.m.
All-you-can-eat dinner is $10; children 12 and younger are admitted free.
Dessert items are appreciated for the auction.
For questions, phone 360-461-9008.
Former PA grad invited to conference
PORT ANGELES — Former Port Angeles High School graduate Kiah Jones has been invited to attend the 64th annual meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in Philadelphia, scheduled Sunday through Wednesday.
Jones, currently a Central Washington University student, was invited to attend based on her parasitology research on hookworm with Dr. Blaise Dondji of Central Washington University.
Ancylostoma ceylanicum, the hookworm Jones works with in the lab, is a parasitic nematode that occurs in tropical climates, especially sub-Saharan Africa.
About 1 billion people worldwide are affected by hookworm, according to a news release.
While typically not lethal on its own, hookworm causes severe anemia, which can stunt physical and intellectual growth in children, as well as have dire affects on pregnant women and also function as a deadly co-infection.
There is no vaccine for hookworm infection, and drugs used to treat the disease are rapidly becoming ineffective, according to the release.
Dondji’s lab is working to find a natural drug to treat hookworm using plant extracts and has found multiple extracts that have shown activity, according to the release.
The title of the presentation, to be displayed at the conference, is “In vivo evaluation of plant natural products for activity against the hookworm Ancylostoma ceylanicum.”
