WEEKEND: Crab feed, more on tap on Peninsula this weekend

PORT ANGELES

Sol Duc Falls walk

PORT ANGELES — Walkers are invited to join the Olympic Peninsula Explorers on Saturday for a 3.5-mile or 6.2-mile walk at Sol Duc Falls.

Walkers are required to sign up at the Fairmount Restaurant, 1127 U.S. Highway 101, between 8:45 a.m. and 9 a.m.

The walk itself is free unless walkers want to get credit from the AVA.

All will need a national park pass to enter the park or must pay an entry fee.

There are uneven rocks on the first part of the trail and roots along the way, so walkers should wear sturdy shoes and bring walking sticks.

It is a 40-mile drive from the restaurant to the start point.

For more information, phone Frances Johnson at 360-385-5861.

Home schooling fair

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula Bible Church, 124 W. Ninth St., will host its inaugural home schooling fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

The event is free and open to the public.

Vendors will be available to share information and products, used curriculum will be on sale and there will be a bake sale.

For more information, email Minda Corey at olympiccotillion@gmail.com or Kerry Harvey at harv1000@wavecable.com.

Vegetarian potluck

PORT ANGELES — The OlyPen Vegetarian Education Group will host its monthly vegetarian community potluck at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.

Vegetarians, vegans or anyone curious about living a plant-based lifestyle are encouraged to come.

The group requests that each dish include an ingredient list or recipe to share.

Guests should bring serving utensils, eating utensils and plates. These will not be provided.

Sequim and Port Angeles ride-sharing is available.

For more information or to RSVP, phone 360-912-3433 or email olypenveg@gmail.com.

SEQUIM

Crab feed

SEQUIM — The Sequim Valley Lions Crab Feed will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday.

The meal will be served at Pioneer Park at 387 Washington St.

The cost is $25 for a whole crab dinner and $18 for a half crab dinner. Dinner includes kernel corn, coleslaw, a roll and soda or water.

Beer and wine will be for sale as well as pizza by the slice.

Raffles, a silent auction and live music by the Old Sidekicks and other local bands are planned.

Roller derby bout

SEQUIM — Port Scandalous Roller Derby’s Season Five, Bout Three will take place at the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Club of the Olympic Peninsula, 400 W. Fir St., on Saturday.

The doors will open at 5:30 p.m., with the game starting at 6 p.m.

The Port Scandalous Strait Shooters will take on the Whidbey Island Rollergirls.

Presale tickets are $10 and are available at the Sequim Gazette office, 147 W. Washington St., and Drake’s U-Bake Pizza & Subs, 819 S. Lincoln St. in Port Angeles.

Tickets will be $12 at the door.

Military and seniors receive a discount with ID, and children younger than 6 are free.

The event will feature merchandise, a 50/50 raffle and concessions by the Boys & Girls Keystone Club.

For more information, visit www.portscandalous.com or find the team on Facebook.

Customer appreciation

SEQUIM — Hardy’s Market, 10200 Old Olympic Highway, will have a customer appreciation barbecue at 11 a.m. Saturday.

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6787 will be present to help serve free hamburgers, hot dogs, prizes and sell ice cream for $2.

Swim safety day

SEQUIM — The Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center, 610 N. Fifth Ave., will offer a free Water Safety Day for children ages 5 to 12 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.

During the day at the center at 610 N. Fifth Ave., children who are with their parents will attend brief presentations on topics about swimming and sun safety.

Lifeguards will demonstrate water rescues, including in-water backboarding.

Representatives of the Coast Guard Auxiliary will be on hand to discuss proper life jacket use and demonstrate life jacket fitting.

Each station will take about 15 minutes, and participants can attend one or all five stations in any order.

Upon completion of the course, each child will receive a water safety activity book and a small toy.

Children and parents who attend at least two presentations can stay and swim for free from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

There is a limit of one free adult admission per child.

For more information, visit www.sarcfitness.com or phone 360-683-3344.

Aircraft meeting

SEQUIM — The Experimental Aircraft Association’s monthly meeting will be held in Hangar 10, Sequim Valley Airport, 468 Dorothy Hunt Lane, starting at 10 a.m. Sunday.

The program by the Oshkosh 2015 EAA will present information on how propellers are made; a report on the commemorative World War II aircraft fly-over of Washington, D.C.; the new LSA version of the Bearhawk experimental; plus homebuilder hints, followed by a potluck lunch.

This event is open to the public, and those attending are encouraged to bring something for the luncheon.

PORT TOWNSEND

Virtual sailing

PORT TOWNSEND — The pilothouse simulator will be open to the public free from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Participants can take the wheel of a virtual Coast Guard cutter and navigate through waves, darkness and other boat traffic at the Northwest Maritime Center Pilothouse, 431 Water St.

For more information, see www.nwmaritime.org.

QUILCENE

Grief support

QUILCENE — Jefferson Healthcare Hospice has expanded its drop-in grief support program in Quilcene.

Beginning Saturday, the grief support group will meet twice each month on the second and fourth Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to noon.

The group will meet at the South County Medical Clinic, 294843 U.S. Highway 101.

This program welcomes anyone who is grieving a death, recent or in the past.

Each session is facilitated and includes such topics as common grief reactions, coping with stress or grief within families.

Grief and loss support services are provided at no cost, and no registration is required.

For more information, phone Bernie Ward-Crixell at 360-385-2200, ext. 4684.

FORKS

Garage sale slated

FORKS — Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 250 N. Blackberry Ave., will hold a garage sale starting at 10 a.m. Saturday.

Half of the proceeds will go toward Habitat for Humanity-Forks.

Sanctuary Day

FORKS — Kalaloch Lodge, 157151 U.S. Highway 101, will celebrate Get Into Your Sanctuary Day on Saturday.

The free daylong event will begin at 9:30 a.m. with free yoga on the beach with Poser Yoga.

At 11:30 a.m., participants can help in a beach cleanup.

Lynne Barre of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries will discuss Southern Resident orcas at 3 p.m. at Kalaloch Lodge.

For more information, contact Nicole Harris at nicole.harris@noaa.gov or 360-457-6622.

Habitat wall-raising

FORKS — Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County will raise the first wall of a new house at 1 p.m. Saturday.

The public is invited to this event, which takes place at the Maloney Lane Development at Fir and Elterich avenues.

The Gooding family, Forks residents, have qualified to purchase this new, affordable home after it is completed in early 2016, and they will help build their home alongside volunteers from the community.

They are required to complete 500 hours of sweat equity as part of the Habitat self-help home ownership program.

Also joining Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County on this Forks build is a new group of RV Care-A-Vanners, volunteering for a two-week period beginning Monday.

RV Care-A-Vanners travel around the United States and Canada, helping local Habitat for Humanity affiliates build hundreds of houses annually.

For more information, visit www.habitatclallam.org.

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