Special Valentine’s events, pruning classes and an accounting of one man’s 250-mile trek through the most remote areas of the Olympic Mountains are among the attractions planned this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.
SEQUIM
Radio drama reaired
SEQUIM — The radio drama “Adrian Cross, For Hire — The Schooner Mystic Rose” will air again on KSQM 91.5 FM on Saturday and Sunday.
The locally written and produced show made its debut Jan. 16.
It will be rebroadcast at 7 a.m. Saturday and 8 p.m. Sunday, said Shelley Taylor, spokeswoman for the production.
Those who can’t pull in the 700-watt station’s signal can get live stream reruns at the same time at www.ksqmfm.com.
A YouTube video about the production is at http://tinyurl.com/4bw7qk4.
Black pioneers
SEQUIM — John “Jack” W. Ravage will present “When Genealogy and History Mix . . . Three Black Pioneer Families in the American West” from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The talk, sponsored by the Clallam County Genealogical Society, will be at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave.
Ravage is a professor emeritus of mass communication at the University of Wyoming. His background is in television and film history, writing, production and direction.
He has produced books, journal articles and documentaries on the black experience in the Trans-Mississippi West.
He has served as a consultant to many museums, including the Smithsonian and the Seattle Museum of History and Industry’s exhibit on the African-American West.
For more information, phone the society at 360-417-5000.
‘Raptors in Winter’
SEQUIM — Merlin researcher and raptor expert David Drummond will present “Raptors in Winter,” a two-day class, tonight and Saturday.
He will lecture from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road, and will lead a field trip from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The class will focus on eagles, hawks and falcons, their adaptations for hunting and survival, and how they live during the winter.
Cost is $50 per person
To register, phone the River Center at 360-681-4076.
‘Nunsense’ continues
SEQUIM — “Nunsense,” one of America’s more irreverent stories of Catholic activity, continues this weekend at Olympic Theatre Arts.
The classic play, which opened last weekend, runs each Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Feb. 20 at the theater at 414 N. Sequim Ave.
Curtain time is at 7:30 p.m. today and Saturday and 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Wednesday performances are at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets are $25 for adults, $10 for children 11 and younger, while active-duty military service members and Olympic Theatre Arts members enjoy a $2 discount.
Tickets can be purchased online with a $1.50 service charge at www.OlympicTheatreArts.org, and more information awaits by phoning 360-683-7326.
Book discussion
SEQUIM — Angle of Repose by Wallace Earle Stegner will be discussed at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Stegner’s work centers on Lyman Ward, a noted historian who relates a fictionalized biography of his pioneer grandparents at a time when he has become estranged from his family.
Through a combination of research, memory and exaggeration, Stegner explores the relationships between history and the present, art and life, parents and children, husbands and wives.
Copies of the book are available at the Sequim Library and can be requested online at www.nols.org.
Preregistration for this program is not required, and drop-ins are welcome.
For more information, visit www.nols.org and click on “Events” and “Sequim,” phone branch manager Lauren Dahlgren at 360-683-1161 or e-mail Sequim@nols.org.
Henery’s classes
SEQUIM — Henery’s Garden Center, 1060 Sequim-Dungeness Way, will host a free pruning class and a “Create Your Own Valentine’s Plant Container” course Saturday.
The pruning class, which will begin at 9:30 a.m., will cover basic pruning techniques of trees and shrubs.
Instructor RT Ball is a Clallam County native, a Washington State University graduate and owner of Evergreen Enterprises, a landscape and maintenance firm.
Reservations are recommended.
The Valentine’s container course will enable participants to plant a cedar box with color for Valentine’s Day.
Attendees will learn how to swap flowers out for upcoming seasons.
For more information or to RSVP, phone Henery’s at 360-683-6969.
PC group meets
SEQUIM — Lynn Johnson of CI Digital Media will discuss streaming video and podcasting at a meeting of The Sequim PC Users Group on Saturday.
The meeting will be at 10 a.m. in the computer lab (Room E-3) of Sequim High School, 601 N. Sequim Ave.
Johnson will discuss video for the Web, “which is fast becoming the most powerful way to communicate on the Internet.”
Other topics included in the discussion will be basic video production, tailoring video for the Web, progressive-downloading video files, live video streaming and podcasting.
A question-and-answer session for each topic will follow the discussion.
The meeting is open to the public. A suggested donation of $5 is requested from visitors.
For more information, visit www.spcug.net or e-mail spcug1@gmail.com.
Meet instructor
SEQUIM — Legacy Canine Training and Behavior, 252 Kitchen-Dick Road, will host a free “Meet the Instructor” reception and demonstration of canine agility and games from noon to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Legacy recently welcomed instructor Pamela Kaye to the staff.
Kaye’s canine training and performance experience began in 1991 and includes involvement in agility, obedience, flyball, tracking, stock dog, freestyle, therapy work and rally.
She is a North American Dog Agility Council judge and has completed its instructor program.
Kaye moved to Sequim from Montana with her husband, Richard, and their four dogs.
Light refreshments will be served.
For more information, phone Karen Kilgore at 360-683-1522 or e-mail karen@legacycanine.com.
Grange dinner set
SEQUIM — Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, will hold a spaghetti dinner fundraiser from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today.
The menu includes spaghetti with meat or meatless sauce, green salad and garlic bread, along with ice cream and cookies for dessert.
Cost is $10 per dinner.
Proceeds will support grange projects and charities.
Pruning workshop
SEQUIM — Certified Arborist Chris Austin will discuss principles and techniques for pruning fruit trees at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
The talk, sponsored by the Olympic Orchard Society, will be in the classroom at McComb Gardens, 751 McComb Road.
Austin will talk about approaches to pruning at various stages of fruit tree development and the age for best production, structure and a long life.
Directions will then be given to a home orchard near Port Angeles, where from about 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., Austin will give practical demonstrations of apple, pear and cherry tree pruning.
Attendees should dress warm and prepare for inclement weather.
The talk is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone Pat Volk at 360-582-0807.
Pruning basics talk
SEQUIM — Don Marshall will present “The Basics of Landscape Pruning” at McComb Gardens, 751 McComb Road, at 1 p.m. Saturday.
He will have copies of his book, Northwest Home Landscaping, available for purchase.
Marshall is an educator, landscape designer and certified nurseryman.
He is the director of the environmental horticulture program at Lake Washington Technical College.
The presentation is free and open to the public.
Student comedy
SEQUIM — “The Senior Night Laugh In: One Hundred Years of Comedy” will be performed at 7 p.m. tonight and Saturday.
The production is at the Sequim High School auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave.
The cast of about 25 students uses an assortment of sketches by Red Skelton, Carol Burnett, Lucille Ball, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Laurel and Hardy, and the Three Stooges to entertain.
Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students with Associated Student Body cards, children 12 and younger and senior citizens.
For more information, phone Christy Rutherford at 360-460-7517.
Accordion social set
SEQUIM — An accordion social will be held at the Sequim Senior Center, 921 E. Hammond St., from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Attendees can bring an accordion to play.
A $2 donation will help pay for room rental.
For more information, phone 360-683-5620.
PORT ANGELES
Fish on the Fence
PORT ANGELES — Tickets are sold out for the third annual Fish on the Fence Benefit Gala on Saturday.
The gala at the Port Angeles Yacht Club benefits the Arthur D. Feiro Marine Life Center and the Lincoln High School Commercial Art Program.
Fish on the Fence includes art displays, appetizers provided by Marie’s Catering, local wines and a live auction.
The project started in 2009 with the installation of more than 500 pieces of marine-themed art on the chain-link fence surround The Landing mall.
In December, 10 students added to the fence various plankton species designed and produced by the students last year.
For more information on the Feiro Marine Life Center and the Fish on the Fence project, visit www.feiromarinelifecenter.org.
Alone in Olympics
PORT ANGELES — Dane Burke will tell the story of his 50-day, 250-mile solo journey through the Olympic Mountains at a fundraiser for The Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports Club on Saturday.
Burke’s presentation will be at 7 p.m. at Bar N9ne, 229 W. First St.
Admission is $5 at the door. All ages are welcome.
Proceeds will benefit the Winter Sports Club.
Burke’s route was primarily off-trail and above treeline.
It included ascents of some of the range’s tallest mountains and took him to locations that have only been visited by people a handful of times.
His route included summiting Mount Anderson, Mount Mystery, Mount Deception and Mount Carrie and traveling to such places as LaCrosse Basin, Marmot Pass, Deception Basin, Iceberg Lakes, Crystal Lakes and the Bailey Range.
He faced powerful storms and close encounters with bears and had to make major changes to his route due to bad weather and impassable terrain.
This is the third installment of the “Second Saturday” presentations hosted by the Hurricane Ridge Winter Sports Club.
Author appearance
PORT ANGELES — New York Times best-selling author J.A. Jance will appear at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at 7 p.m. today.
Jance, the author of 44 mystery and horror novels, is touring to promote her latest work, Fatal Error, starring Ali Reynolds, a 40-something woman at the Arizona Police Academy.
The event is sponsored by Port Book and News.
There are no tickets available. Instead, seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more details, visit Port Book and News at 104 E. First St. or phone the store at 360-452-6367.
Volkswalk slated
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers will walk along the Port Angeles waterfront Saturday.
Walkers will meet at the Red Lion Hotel lobby, 221 N. Lincoln St., at 9 a.m.
A carpool will leave the Sequim QFC parking lot at 8:30 a.m.
Participants can choose between a 3.1-mile route or another that is just under seven miles, both along the waterfront, Discovery Trail and city streets.
For more information, phone Sheila Everett at 360-452-7356.
Help out family in need
PORT ANGELES — A fundraising potluck for the family of Megan Ann White will be held at the Eagles Hall ballroom, 110 S. Penn St., from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The Jimmy Hoffman Band will perform at the event.
White died recently, and the family is in need of financial assistance for burial.
Participants are urged to bring dishes and donations. All donations will be accepted.
Drennan-Ford Funeral Home and First Federal also are accepting donations.
For more information, phone 360-912-2238.
FORKS and the WEST END
Gospel concert set
JOYCE — The Peninsula Men’s Gospel Singers will perform at Joyce Bible Church, 50470 state Highway 112, at 7 p.m. today.
The Gospel Singers are in their 10th year under the direction of Michael Rivers, accompanied by Joy Lingerfelt.
The group includes both traditional and contemporary arrangements in its repertoire.
Admission is by donation.
Pet services sign-ups
FORKS — Friends of Forks Animals will host a sign-up table for pet spay/neuter and medical-assist services for low-income West End families at Thriftway, 950 S. Forks Ave., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The group will have custom shirts, caps, emergency window stickers, free pet ID tags and pet emergency-preparedness information.
For more information, phone 360-374-3332.
Fundraising dinner, auction
FORKS — The Caring Place is holding its annual fundraiser tonight.
The buffet dinner and auction will begin at 6 p.m. at the Forks Assembly of God fellowship hall at 81 Huckleberry Lane.
Admission is $10 per adult and $5 per child.
The Caring Place is a prenatal and problem pregnancy center.
PORT TOWNSEND and JEFFERSON COUNTY
Grab your sweetheart
PORT TOWNSEND — A Sweetheart Dance featuring the old-time rock ‘n’ roll music of Dr. Love and the Kings of Hearts will be held at Life Care Center of Port Townsend, 751 Kearney St., from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.
The free event includes refreshments, door prizes and a view of Kah Tai Lagoon.
Attendees are asked to “come dressed for affection, in red from head to toe.”
For more information, phone 360-385-3555.
Daddy-daughter dance
NORDLAND — A “Daddy-Daughter Valentine’s Ball” is planned at the Fort Flagler State Park Theater from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Saturday.
Cost is $10 per couple and $2 for each additional daughter. The price includes a photo.
The event is sponsored by Friends of Fort Flagler and the Chimacum Parent Teacher Student Association.
It is open to all ages.
For more information, phone 360-385-3701.
Skeleton open houses
PORT TOWNSEND — The process of preparing an orca skeleton for display will be explained at free open houses at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center this weekend.
The Skeleton Articulation Open Houses, which began last weekend, will be from noon to 4 p.m. today through Sunday in the Natural History Exhibit at the center at 532 Battery Way in Fort Worden State Park.
Visitors will be able to see the progress that has been made in the skeleton’s assembly.
Master articulator Lee Post — also known as “The Boneman” — staff members and volunteer docents will be on hand to answer questions.
The skeleton, which will be displayed in the center’s new Ocean Science Hall, scheduled to open in 2012, is that of a female orca that beached herself and died near Dungeness Spit in 2002.
The skeleton will be displayed in an annex to the Natural History Exhibit along with video, hydrophone technology and other displays.
Art with Heart set
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Education Foundation will hold its third annual Art with Heart live and silent auction from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday.
It will be held at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St.
Back in December, a jury including local artists Max Grover, Jesse Joshua Watson, Trueheart and Luke Tornatzky, along with PT art teachers Kathleen Burgett and Wanda LeClerc, selected 90 works from local artists.
Local artists like Sandra Smith-Poling, Don Tiller, Seth Rolland, Susan Ogilvie, Richard Jesse Watson, Walter Massey and Martha Pfanschmidt were selected to participate.
A variety of works in many forms of media were selected including handcrafted instruments, jewelry and furniture, as well as traditional paintings and sculptures.
Local jazz trio Blue Crows will perform, and appetizers, wine and beer will be served courtesy of Silverwater Cafe and PT Brewery.
Hello and goodbye
PORT TOWNSEND — A “Hail and Farewell” reception to honor outgoing Bon Appetit at Fort Worden head chef Jay Payne and incoming chef Dusty Cope and general manager Rochelle Prather will be held today.
The event will run from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Fort Worden Commons at Fort Worden State Park.
Payne is moving on to become executive chef for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The casual reception will include local, sustainable, seasonal tastes and drinks along with the opportunity to thank Payne and get to know Cope and Prather.
The event is open to the public.
To RSVP, e-mail FWadmin@parks.wa.gov or phone 360-344-4441.
Appraisal fair set
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Seattle Children’s Hospital Thrift Store, 2120 W. Sims Way, will host an appraisal fair of antiques and collectable items from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Joe Semenk will evaluate items for $3 per piece.
Proceeds will benefit the Seattle Children’s Uncompensated Care Fund.
The store also will hold a silent auction Saturday.
For more information, phone 360-385-6639.
Geologic lecture
PORT TOWNSEND — Patrick Pringle will present “Ancient Buried Forests — Indicators of Catastrophic Geologic Events” during a lecture at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center at Fort Worden State Park at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Pringle is an associate professor of earth science at Centralia College.
Buried forests of fossil and subfossil trees and plants are associated with earthquakes, volcanoes, debris flows and landslides. Some are as close as Lake Crescent.
Pringle is the author of roadside geology guides to Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens and has studied geologic features throughout Western Washington.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
It is sponsored by Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Quimper Geo Group.
Energy expert visits
PORT TOWNSEND — Angus Duncan, president of the Bonneville Environmental Foundation, will be the keynote speaker at a public forum on energy at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St., at noon today.
He will take questions from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m.
Duncan will visit sites in Jefferson County as part of a Public and Professional Energy Luncheon Program for 2011.
He will meet with Port Townsend High School students and teachers to discuss energy and climate, both as scientific and economic and social issues.
From 11 a.m. to noon at the Northwest Maritime Center, Duncan will meet with people interested in creating a local renewable-energy fund.
For more information, phone Bill LeMaster at 360-344-3235 or e-mail lightenup@olympus.net.
Sweetheart breakfast
QUILCENE — The Quilcene Lions Club will serve its traditional Sweetheart Pancake Breakfast at the Quilcene Masonic Temple, 170 Herbert St., from 8 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
The menu includes biscuits and gravy, pancakes, sausages, eggs, coffee and orange juice.
Cost is $5 per person or $20 for a family.
Proceeds fund scholarships for Chimacum and Quilcene high school graduates.
Create sufficiency
PORT TOWNSEND — North Olympic Exchange will hold a free “playshop” discussion on “Creating Economic Sufficiency Together” at the Port Townsend Recreation Center, 620 Tyler St., at 7 p.m. Sunday.
North Olympic Exchange is a local trading association started in Jefferson County in 2006 and affiliated with Fourth Corner Exchange of Bellingham.
Members exchange a range of goods — including food, firewood, furniture, jewelry, art and books — and services, including acupuncture, child care, computer troubleshooting, gardening, gutter cleaning, item delivery, massage, sewing and window washing.
A potluck dinner open to all precedes the discussion at 6 p.m.
An orientation for potential new members takes place at 5 p.m.
For more information, phone Mike Dobkevich at 360-379-2627.
Contra dance set
PORT TOWNSEND — The monthly second Saturday Contra Dance will be held at Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St., from 7:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday.
Guest caller Nan Evans has been a featured caller at numerous West Coast dances, including Lady of the Lake and Monte Toyon dance camps.
She will call mostly contra dances to the tunes of the Wharf Rats.
A dance workshop for all dancers will start at 7:30 p.m., with the dance to be held from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m.
Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for ages 3 to 18 and free for children 3 and younger.
For more information, visit www.ptcommunitydance.blogspot.com.
Magic show set
PORT TOWNSEND — The magic of Joey Pipia will be featured in “The Magic Chamber: 60 Minutes, 30 Seats, One Outrageous Event” at the Northwind Arts Center, 2409 Jefferson St., at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Pipia is touring through the Northwest, ending in a three-week run at the Intiman Theater in Seattle this April.
“This man could hide an elephant in his coat,” said Northwest Magazine in a feature article on the magician and his show.
Pipia presented “The Magic Chamber” for more than a year to sold-out houses in Port Townsend at the Chameleon Theater.
“The magic happens literally inches away from your eyes,” Pipia said.
Tickets are $18. They may be purchased at the Port Townsend Food Co-op, 414 Kearney St.; by phoning Brown Paper Tickets at 800-838-3006; or by visting www.brownpapertickets.com.
Vaudeville at Chameleon
PORT TOWNSEND — Fresh off a standing-room-only performance in January, “Vaudeville the 13th,” the new monthly, uncensored vaudeville and variety show, returns to the Chameleon Theater.
The show is called “Vaudeville the 13th” because the event happens monthly on the 13th, regardless of what day that might be.
February’s show will be held at the Chameleon Theater, 800 W. Park Ave., at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Performers are never allowed to repeat a performance, guaranteeing an original show each time.
This month, Sadie LeDonna will perform on the aerial hoop known as Lyra.
She performed aerial last summer in the Shakespeare in the Park’s “The Tempest.”
Other performers and event organizers are Freeman Louma, Misha Cassella-Blackburn, Corvus Woolf and Joey Pipia.
Suggested donation is $5 to $10 at the door.
For more information, phone 360-379-1068 or e-mail joey@olympus.net.
Homebuyer classes
PORT TOWNSEND — First-time homebuyers classes will be held at Mountain View Commons, 1925 Blaine St., Port Townsend, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Instructors trained by the state Housing Commission will provide information about purchase-assistance programs, eligibility requirements and lending options.
Subjects will include below-market interest rate loans, lending programs for low- and moderate-income borrowers, sweat equity homeownership, new lending limits and credit.
Classes also will be held at the Port Angeles Skill Center, 905 W. Ninth St., from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.
For more information or to RSVP, phone Olympic Community Action Programs at 360-385-2571, ext. 6303, in Jefferson County or 360-452-4726, ext. 6100, in Clallam County.
Knitting with friends
PORT TOWNSEND — The Boiler Room will host a weekly knitting and crocheting group every Saturday beginning this Saturday.
The sessions will be from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the center for youth at 711 Water St.
All skill levels are welcome.
Winter dance benefit
PORT TOWNSEND — A winter dance benefit to support Port Townsend School District’s ICE program will be held at Madrona Mind Body Institute at Fort Worden State Park at 7 p.m. Saturday.
The Better Half will perform “funk-infused rock and soul.”
Suggested donation is $10 for adults, $5 for students and $25 for families.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
A cakewalk and bake sale will also be held.
