A protest of offshore drilling — demonstrations planned in Port Angeles, Sequim and Port Townsend — and a variety of benefits, hikes, concerts and education activities are among the events planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
Hands Across the Sand
North Olympic Peninsula residents will participate in Hands Across the Sand at three area beaches at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Hands Across the Sand is a movement made of people of all walks of life and political affiliations concerned with the protection of coastal economies, oceans, marine wildlife and fishing industry.
The movement wishes to end offshore oil drilling and promote clean energy.
Participants will gather at Port Angeles’ Hollywood Beach, Dungeness Landing County Park on Oyster House Road, six miles north of Sequim, and North Beach in Port Townsend at 11 a.m.
Attendees will form lines in the sand and join hands at noon to “raise awareness about the dangers of offshore drilling and call on leaders to end our oil dependence and move America into a clean energy future.”
For more information, visit www.handsacrossthesand.com.
PORT ANGELES
Pink Up PA
PORT ANGELES — The last two events in the weeklong Pink Up Port Angeles fundraising campaign are tonight and Saturday.
Tonight, a dinner and auction at the Port Angeles CrabHouse Restaurant, 221 N. Lincoln St., will begin at 6 p.m.
Tickets are $32, except for those participating in the Pink Up Port Angeles golf tournament Saturday. Registered golfers receive a ticket to tonight’s dinner.
Tickets were sold in advance. A limited number will be available at the door.
On Saturday, a golf tournament is planned at the Peninsula Golf Club at 824 S. Lindberg Road.
Registration is $75, except for members of the golf club, who will pay $50.
To register, phone the golf club at 360-457-6501.
Pink Up Port Angeles is organized by the Soroptimist International Port Angeles- Noon Club to raise money for Operation Uplift, a Port Angeles-based group that offers education, information, support meetings, a 24-hour phone line, free clinics, prostheses and wigs to those with cancer.
The campaign also had a dinner at Chestnut Cottage on Thursday, which was underwritten by First Federal, a bake sale at Swain’s General Store, a free breast clinic that Olympic Medical Center provided in partnership with First Federal, and a Pooch and Papa Walk on Father’s Day.
Wapiti archers shoot
PORT ANGELES — The Wapiti Bowmen will host the Washington State, Championship Field Tournament on Saturday and Sunday.
The two-day shoot will be at the club’s headquarters in west Port Angeles at 274 Arnette Road.
The competition includes 42 targets on Saturday and 28 on Sunday, with a total of 238 arrows shot by each archer during the tournament.
Shooting begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday, with an archery swap meet starting at 4 p.m. on the same day.
Disc golf set to fly
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Disc Golf Association is celebrating its grand opening at Lincoln Park on Saturday.
The event will be from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the park in the 1500 block of West Lauridsen Boulevard.
Festivities will include a ribbon cutting ceremony, putting clinics, free hotdogs at noon, a kids golf course and free discs to try out the sport.
Port Angeles Parks and Recreation, Olympic Vineyards and the Christian Fellowship are all participating sponsors of the event.
For more information, phone 360-775-4191.
SEQUIM
Volkssport walk set
SEQUIM — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers Volkssport Club will hold its Dungeness Spit Seasonal Walk on Saturday.
Registration will be at 9 a.m. in the Quality Food Centers parking lot, 990 B E. Washington St.
Participants will then carpool to the parking area at the Dungeness Spit.
Walkers can choose from 3.1 mile (5K) or 6.2 mile (10K) routs.
Wheelchairs are not recommended and baby joggers are allowed.
Pets are not allowed on the walk.
For more information, phone Mary Allen Clark at 360-452-0593 or e-mail opepresident@hotmail.com.
Senior Day slated
SEQUIM — The Sequim Open Aire Market and Olympic Community Action Programs (OlyCAP) will work together on “Senior Day” at the market this Saturday.
The Senior Day is intended to encourage area senior citizens to attend the market and to use their senior farmers market vouchers.
Chef Art Axelson from the OlyCAP Senior Nutrition dining program will demonstrate simple seasonal salads and easy-to-make salad dressings, and OlyCAP Senior Nutrition will be on hand to distribute vouchers for a free dinner at the Port Angeles Senior Center and to provide information about Senior Nutrition programs in Clallam County.
The first 10 senior shoppers will take home a free tomato plant.
A representative from Project Connect!, the senior peer counseling program of Peninsula Community Mental Health, will be available to answer questions about their services.
Music will be provided by Sequim Marimba and community booths will be hosted by Guide Dogs for the Blind and CASA.
Friends of the Fields will be selling strawberry shortcake as a fundraiser.
For more information about Senior Day, phone 360-452-4726 or 800-360-0666.
Boating classes set
SEQUIM –The North Olympic Sail and Power Squadron will present America’s Boating Classes on Saturday and Sunday.
The classes will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rainbow’s End RV Park, 261831 U.S. Highway 101.
The courses are $36 and cover the class text, course plotter, digital charting CD and refreshments.
For more information, phone 360-452-2166 or e-mail mona@olymarine.com.
Dance festival set
SEQUIM — The Performing Company of Pioneer Dance Arts will perform “Gratitude,” a festival of dance, tonight and Saturday.
The shows will be at 7:30 p.m. at Sequim High School, 601 N. Sequim Ave.
The 90-minute show presents two acts with dances and costumes set to songs including “Saturday in the Park” by Chicago; “Good Day Sunshine” by The Beatles; “Oh What a Beautiful Morning” from the musical “Oklahoma” and “Dance Tonight” by Paul McCartney.
Guest artists include Roz Schrodt, director of the Moment in Time Dance Co. of Ashland, Ore.; Theresa DeGennaro a Tacoma School of the Arts grad and Sequim youths Trey Baldwin and Nicole Massangkay who will perform lyrical and tap solos.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for senior citizens and students and are available at Swain’s, 602 E. First St. in Port Angeles; Pacific Mist Books, 121 W. Washington St. in Sequim and at the door.
For more information, phone 360-683-3693.
Golf tournament
SEQUIM — The 5th Annual Claws and Paws Golf Tournament to benefit the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society will be Saturday.
The tournament will begin at 8 a.m. at the Cedars at Dungeness, 1965 Woodcock Road.
Players’ registration deadline was June 15.
FORKS
Chili supper set
FORKS — Forks Friends of Forks Animals will host a Chili Supper First Congregational Church, 280 Spartan Ave., from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday.
Attendees will be served “Doggoned Good Chili” cooked by group members, corn muffins, cole slaw, Pepsi and dessert.
The meal costs $10 for adults. It is $6 for children younger than 12.
This event is a first-time fundraiser for the benefit of the animals of the West End.
PORT TOWNSEND
Work parties set
PORT TOWNSEND — Key City Public Theatre will hold work parties on Saturday and Sunday to transform its office space into a functional rehearsal studio.
The work parties will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the office, 1128 Lawrence St., both days.
Food and beverages will be provided.
For more information, or to RSVP, phone 360-379-0195 or e-mail info@keycitypublictheatre.org.
Justice forum set
PORT TOWNSEND — The Mandala Center for Change will present “Waging Peace – Designing Justice” — a public forum/theater/performance and community dialogue at 7 p.m. tonight.
The event will be at the Masonic Center,1338 Jefferson St.
The event is the culmination of a week-long intensive training in Theater of the Oppressed techniques and is created and performed by the participants, including several members of the Mandala Center’s local Poetic Justice Theatre Ensemble.
Under the guidance of facilitator Marc Weinblatt, the audience will choose from several pre-scripted short plays depicting social issues.
The selected plays will be performed a second time, at which point the audience will be invited to stop the action and improvise their solutions to the problems depicted.
Themes from past year’s performances have included racism, sexism, homophobia, globalization, the education system, disability and the war in Iraq.
The cast is comprised of 40 people from the U.S., Canada, India, Turkey, Chile, South Africa, Hong Kong and the Republic of Congo.
Admission is free with donations benefitting the Boiler Room, Port Townsend’s youth-drive coffee house and community center.
For more information, phone 360-344-3435 or e-mail info@mandalaforchange.com.
Indie Banditas Bazaar
PORT TOWNSEND — A bazaar with a difference is planned at the American Legion Hall on Saturday.
The Indie Banditas Bazaar will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at 209 Monroe St.
The bazaar will include more than 40 regional artists’ handmade crafts.
Items will include recycled, repurposed, edgy, “not your grandma’s” bazaar-type things.
The first 50 people will receive free gifts.
Admission is $1 or free with a canned food donation.
For more information, e-mail Katie Wiedenman Butler at indiebanditasbazaar@hotmail.com or phone 206-842-1415.
Orca open house
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Natural History Exhibit will hold an “Orca Bone Atlas Open House” from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. today.
The center is located at Fort Worden State Park.
Attendees will learn about the center’s unique bone atlas, which documents the skeleton of a transient orca, from the volunteers who are bringing this project to life.
The center is $5 for adults, $3 for youth.
For more information, phone 360-385-5582, e-mail info@ptmsc.org or visit www.ptmsc.org.
Senior flea market
The Port Townsend Senior Association Flea Market is planned today.
It will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St.
For more information, phone Eleanor Stickney at 360-385-9007.
Theater holds gala
PORT TOWNSEND — A Champagne Fund Raising Gala to benefit the Key City Public Theatre will be held at the Bishop Hotel, 714 Washington St., at 6:30 p.m. today.
Attendees will enjoy samplings from Port Townsend restaurants and local wines and champagne.
Music will be provided by Otto and Kristin Smith.
The special guest will be John Considine, a film and television actor and writer.
After the gala, a private performance of Neil Simon’s comedy “The Prisoner of Second Avenue” will be held at the Key City Playhouse with desserts, coffee, tea and wines served at intermission.
The goal of the benefit is to raise $15,000.
Proceeds will help fund KCPT’s 2010 production budget of $56,000.
For more information, phone David Schroeder at 360-385-3489 or e-mail publicity@keycitypublictheatre.org, or phone Denise Winter at 360-379-0195 or e-mail feedback@keycitypublictheatre.org.
Smith performs in PT
PORT TOWNSEND — Port Townsend native and recent Adelphi University graduate Anna Smith will perform folk music at the Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St., at 7 p.m. Sunday.
Smith earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in theater arts with a minor in music from Adelphi in May.
Her performance will reflect the styles of music she enjoyed while growing up in Port Townsend including fiddle, concertina, guitar, voice, turkey baster and other musical and artistic experiments.
Otto and Kristin Smith, Doug Daniels and Christopher Reynolds will also perform.
Suggested donation is $15.
CHIMACUM/PORT HADLOCK
Customers feted
PORT HADLOCK — Hadlock Building Supply will host a customer appreciation event and 26th anniversary celebration from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The business at 901 Ness Corner Road will offer product demonstrations, product showcases, “how to” mini clinics and video presentations.
Food, refreshments, and entertainment will be provided.
Door prizes will be handed out and other giveaways will occur.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone 800-750-1771 or 360-385-1771.
BRINNON
Brinnon history book
BRINNON — Vern and Ida Bailey of Brinnon will autograph copies of their republished book, ” “A Scrapbook of History — Brinnon” on Saturday.
The reprint of the book will be available at a luncheon Saturday that will be hosted by the Quilcene Historical Museum, 151 E. Columbia St., for Quilcene High School alumni, the museum announced in a statement.
The Baileys and their children will be in attendance from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
The couple donated the rights to their book to the Quilcene Historical Museum in January.
The book has been out of print since 2003.
The book will be available for purchase through the museum this summer.
Also, the Rev. Jan Ekstedt and Elaine Ekstedt of Wichita, Kan., have donated a quilt made by Lillian Christiansen, to whom the book is dedicated.
The quilt will be on display along with the books.
For more information about the museum, phone 360-765-4848 or e-mail quilcenemuseum@olypen.com.
