PORT ANGELES — Seven sixth- to 11th-grade students will present papers on Clallam County history at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
The presentations and displays will be at Lincoln Center (formerly the Skills Center), 905 W. Ninth St.
The event is sponsored by North Olympic History Center, formerly the Clallam County Historical Society, and is the first year of the “Hands on History” program, in which Clallam County students were asked to submit papers about the county’s history along with a visual display about their subjects.
“The purpose of the program is to educate our citizens about the vivid history of Clallam County,” said Patrick Noonan, the center’s education chair.
“Virtually none of us has had a course in county history and our kids are stepping up to correct that,” he said.
The papers to be presented are: “The Ferries of Lake Crescent” by Peter Zelenka; “The Manis Mastodon Site” by Raven Taylor; “Scandinavian Settlement at Lake Ozette” by Emaleigh Smith; “Minerva Troy” by Cecilia Estrada Elena; and “Unleashing the Beast: The Elwha River Restoration Project” by Talia Anderson, Abby Sanders and Maize Tucker.
After opening remarks, the audience will be invited to meet with students to discuss their papers and displays. Judges will be in the audience, grading the students’ work.
Results and scholarships will be announced Monday.
“This is the first year for Hands on History,” Noonan said.
“We plan to repeat the event annually with new topics and more students. We encourage county residents to come out, learn from the kids and support this exciting new program,” he added.
The presentation event is part of the center’s monthly History Tales program.
