OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — A few trees burning in the Paradise Fire made a slight haze visible from Hurricane Ridge as firefighters posted a red flag warning Wednesday in areas above 2,000 feet.
Red flag weather is extremely dry and unstable. The 1,786-acre fire area had been without rain for four days as of Thursday.
Temperatures on Thursday were forecast to climb to nearly 90 degrees with light south-southeast winds. Sunny weather was predicted to last through the week, although daytime highs were expected to drop into the 70s on Monday.
The fire is 21 percent contained along the Queets River and the south slopes of Pelton Peak. Firefighters hope to keep it from spreading south and east.
The fire isn’t expected to die until drenching rains extinguish the smoldering duff on the forest floor that sends flames up tree trunks along lichen that has dried out from drought.
For real-time information on the fire, visit the Paradise Fire Facebook page. For reports on the fire, see http://inciweb.nwcg.gov.
Cities awarded
The cities of Sequim and Port Angeles have received outstanding performance awards for their wastewater treatment plants.
The state Department of Ecology awards for Wastewater Treatment Plant Outstanding Performance for 2014 were announced Thursday.
This is the fourth year in a row the Sequim Reclamation Facility has received the award for achieving full compliance with its National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.
It is the second consecutive year that Port Angeles has received the award.
Only 127 systems out of about 300 received the award.
Ecology evaluates wastewater treatment plants in Washington state for their compliance with effluent limits, monitoring and reporting requirements, spill-prevention planning, pretreatment and overall operational demands of the NPDES permit.
Unity speaker set
PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle St., will hold a 10:30 a.m. service Sunday featuring the Roy Holman, a certified viniyoga practitioner.
Also certified in meditation, healing, reflexlogy, hypnotherapy, Holman runs Holman Health connections in Everett and is a Oneness trainer and hike leader.
He loves helping people clear their fear and “stuff” and access their deepest, authentic, joyful, spiritual self.
Child care is available during the service.
A brief time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
There will be a potluck during fellowship time following the service.
Attendees can bring a dish to share.
Holman will be giving the Oneness Blessing to all who wish to receive it after the potluck.
All are welcome to attend all church activities.
