A Mad Hatter’s Tea in Sequim, a special flea market in Port Angeles and a sumptuous Harvest Dinner in Port Townsend are among the special events scheduled on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
Here’s a sample of other events planned this weekend.
PORT ANGELES
Tales of Sequim barns
PORT ANGELES — Artist and barn lover Cathrine Bennett and native Sequim resident Bob Clark, will be the featured speakers at the Clallam County Historical Society’s History Tales presentation Sunday.
The presentation will be at 2:30 p.m. in the Port Angeles City Council chambers, 321 E. Fifth St.
Since moving to Washington in 1994, Bennett has photographed more than 300 local barns and listened to stories about the rich agricultural history of the valley.
Her work can be seen at www.dungenessbarns.com.
Clark has lived in Sequim all his life and has many memories to share about his family’s farm.
History Tales presentations are free and open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-452-2662 or visit www.clallamhistoricalsociety.com.
Flea market set
PORT ANGELES — A flea market benefit for the Port Angeles unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula will be held at the Eagles Aerie on Saturday and Sunday.
The market will be open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the lodge at 110 S. Penn St.
Vendors will sell household items, jewelry, antiques, collectibles and furniture.
The Boys & Girls Club will have several tables with items from local estates.
There will be silent auctions and live music on both days.
Among the performers will be Deadwood Duo, Jubilee and Sundowners.
Dave and Rosalie Secord will teach youths how to play Andy Mackie strum sticks, and the couple and their Luck of the Draw Band will perform at noon Sunday.
A spaghetti feed with music by Chantilly Lace and others will be held following the market from 4 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
A raffle will be held during the meal.
For vendor space, phone John Nelson at 360-565-1139 or 360-775-9128.
To donate to the Boys & Girls Club, phone George Rodes at 360-417-2831.
SEQUIM
Mad Hatter’s Tea Party
SEQUIM — The 13th annual Mad Hatter’s Tea Party will be held Friday from noon to 2:30 p.m. at the Sequim Community Church’s Fellowship Center, 950 N. Fifth Ave.
The event supports awareness and early detection of breast cancer for women on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Tickets are $30 per person, with reserved tables of seven available.
The speakers will be radiation oncologist Dr. Rena Zimmer and breast cancer survivor Roxanne Fryer.
Attendees wear special hats; prizes are given to standouts.
For more information, phone Jan Kummet at 360-477-4226.
Senior Info fair slated
SEQUIM — Senior Information and Assistance will hold its ninth annual Information Fair at the Sequim Senior Center, 921 E. Hammond St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.
Older adults and their families, friends and caregivers can check out the services and programs available on the North Olympic Peninsula to help keep them independent in their own homes for as long as possible.
Representatives from long-term care ombudsmen, family caregiver support, COPES, nursing services and Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors’ Programs will be on hand to answer questions.
Kirk Larson from the Social Security Administration will speak from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and will be available to answer questions throughout the day.
Door prizes will be given away and a light lunch will be available for free.
For more information, phone Senior Information and Assistance at 360-452-3221.
Gems, minerals show
SEQUIM — The Clallam County Gem and Mineral Society will unveil “Earth’s Treasures” during its annual Rock & Gem show today through Sunday.
Gemstones and other rocks, jewelry, demonstrations and lapidary supplies will be available from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, 400 W. Fir St.
Show admission is free.
Members will share their skills during demonstrations and workshops on rock carving and wire wrapping.
The club will offer a silent auction featuring rough stones and lapidary tools and supplies.
Raffle prizes, food and games will be available.
For more information, phone 360-460-1333 or 360-681-2323, or see www.OlympicRocks.com.
Open house slated
SEQUIM — Allform Welding Inc., 81 Hooker Road, No. 9, will host an open house from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Allform Welding will offer tours of the showroom and provide information on the launch of its new line of garden art.
Visitors can see product samples and speak with owner Dan Donovan and staff members.
Discounts will be offered.
Hot dogs, hamburgers and soda will be served.
Visitors will also be eligible to register for a door prize.
Donovan has been in the welding field for more than 30 years.
His business creates custom furniture, railings, fencing, gates and gate operating systems.
For more information, phone 360-681-0584, e-mail allform@allformwelding.com or go to www.allformwelding.com.
Chorus concert
SEQUIM — The Grand Olympics Chorus of Sweet Adelines International will present “Harmony Ahoy” at the Sequim High School auditorium on Saturday and Sunday.
The concerts will be at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at the high school at 601 N. Sequim Ave.
Tickets are $10 in advance at Port Book and News, 104 E. First St., in Port Angeles, or Frick Drugs, 609 W. Washington St. Tickets will be $12 at the door.
The show serves as a fundraiser for the group’s annual scholarship program for high school seniors interested in studying music in college.
The Grand Olympics Chorus awarded $500 scholarships this year to recent Port Angeles High School graduate Elizabeth Ross and Sequim High School graduate Victoria Rodger.
For more information, visit www.grandolympicschorus.org, e-mail cougarbaw@hotmail.com or phone 360-477-4195.
Intro to hula class
SEQUIM — Barbara Lott will offer a workshop to introduce the world of ancient hula at the Center of Infinite Reflections, 144 Tripp Road, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The workshop will include Hawaiian language and chanting, the movements of feet and hands, and culminate in the learning of a traditional hula.
The cost for the workshop is $60.
Lott is a teacher of traditional hula.
She studied for several years with the late chanter and teacher Lani Kalama in Kailua, Hawaii, and graduated as a dancer, chanter, and teacher from her hula school, Halau Haa Hula o Kekauilani.
For more information and to register, e-mail Lott at barbararuthlott@gmail.com or phone 360-417-1613.
Be prepared event
SEQUIM — The Sequim Home Depot, 1145 W. Washington St., will hold an emergency preparedness community event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
It is intended to help raise awareness of how important it is to have an evacuation plan from home in case of an emergency, as well as having an emergency preparedness kit.
The store will provide handouts on family fire safety and how to build an emergency supplies kit.
The grand prize giveaway from the event is an arbor with a bench that holds an emergency preparedness kit.
The event will focus on educating children.
Clallam County Fire District No. 4 firefighters will bring their fire safety trailer, a “kid-sized” house that simulates smoke and increases awareness of potential fire hazards.
The Sequim Masonic Lodge will offer child identification items. Videos of children, impressions of their teeth, DNA swabs and their fingerprints are given to the parents for free.
The Olympic Peninsula Shrine Club will exhibit parade vehicles, and a Shriners Hospitals representative will let parents know how to qualify for free medical care for children.
For more information, phone Kelly Snider or Brendan Moran at 360-582-1620.
Jazzy concert set
SEQUIM — The Stardust Big Band and the Sequim High School Jazz Band will perform at the Sequim High School cafeteria, 601 N. Sequim Ave. at 6:30 p.m. Saturday.
Tickets are $15 for individuals and $25 for couples.
They are available at the Sequim High School main office; Pacific Mist Books, 121 W. Washington St.; or at the door.
The price includes dinner and nonalcoholic drinks.
Proceeds will benefit the Sequim High School Band.
The event is sponsored by the Band Booster Club.
FORKS/WEST END
Hobuck Hoedown
NEAH BAY — The fourth annual Hobuck Hoedown surf paddling festival returns to the waters near Neah Bay on Saturday and Sunday.
Races for the Hoedown, also called the Pacific North Coast Surf Kayak Festival, will begin at about 10 a.m. Saturday and end at about 5 p.m. Sunday.
Sea kayakers, play-boaters, surf paddlers and stand-up paddle boarders are all welcome to come out for the two-day event at Hobuck Beach.
Informal get-togethers and planning sessions will be held today at the event hosted by Olympic Raft and Kayak.
A catered dinner will be available for $10 at 6 p.m. Saturday.
All participants must stop at Washburn’s Store to buy a Makah tribal recreation permit for $10 per car.
Online registration for races — $10 per event — closed Thursday. Registrations will be accepted Saturday for $15 per event.
For more information, see http://hobuckhoedown.blogspot.com/ or phone this year’s director, Bill Walker of the Ruby Creek Boathouse at 206-940-6269.
Last chance derby
LAPUSH — The annual Last Chance Salmon Derby will be held in LaPush Saturday and Sunday.
The entry fee for the event is $25 per day.
Cash prizes of $500 for the largest coho and chinook catch, $250 for second and $100 for third will be awarded.
A $100 prize will go to the fisherman who lands the biggest bottom fish.
There will be a raffle drawing for gifts for ticket holders immediately following the close of the derby.
Derby tickets can be purchased at Swain’s General Store, 602 E. First St. in Port Angeles; LaPush Marina; Forks Outfitters, 950 S. Forks Ave., in Forks; and the Forks Chamber of Commerce office, 1411 S. Forks Ave. in Forks.
For more information, phone 360-374-2531.
PORT TOWNSEND/JEFFERSON COUNTY
Flagler open house
NORDLAND — The Friends of Fort Flagler will celebrate the group’s 10th anniversary with an open house at the Fort Flagler State Park Hospital Building from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Activities will include live music, a silent auction and refreshments form local sources.
The public is invited to meet the volunteers who helped renovate the hospital building, see pictures and hear stories about Friends of Fort Flagler accomplishments and hear of plans for the future of the state park.
For more information, phone Bob Suther at 360-437-0897 or e-mail bob490@waypoint.com.
Harvest Dinner
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Farmers Market’s fifth annual fundraising Harvest Dinner will be Sunday.
The four-course meal will be served from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St., Port Townsend.
The dinner will feature North Olympic Peninsula food prepared by local chefs.
All of the food is donated by local producers, said Will O’Donnell, farmers market director.
The spread will include oysters, clams, pork, salmon, cheese, chocolates, cider, heirloom tomatoes and squash.
Tickets are $65 for renewing market members and $90 for new members.
All proceeds will benefit the Jefferson County Farmers Market’s education and development program.
The Jefferson County Farmers Market operates both Port Townsend markets as well as the recently expanded Chimacum Farmers Market.
Tickets can be purchased at the Port Townsend Farmers Market information booth Saturday and at the Chimacum Farmers Market on Sunday.
Tickets also can be purchased with a credit card online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/124327.
For more information, e-mail O’Donnell at info@jeffersoncountyfarmersmarket.org or phone 360-379-9098.
‘Give Burns the Boot’
PORT TOWNSEND — East Jefferson Fire-Rescue firefighters will collect donations for the Northwest Burn Foundation in its “Give Burns the Boot” fundraiser Saturday.
Firefighters will hold out their boots for donations at the QFC stores in Port Townsend, 515 Sheridan St., and Port Hadlock, 1890 Irondale Road, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.; Swain’s Outdoor, 1121 Water St., Port Townsend; and at noon at the parade for the Kinetic SkulPTure Race.
All proceeds will go to the burn foundation in Seattle, which was established in 1982 by parents of burn survivors, firefighters and burn care professionals.
The center sponsors programs, education and research in Washington state, Idaho, Montana and Alaska.
The Port Angeles Fire Department held a fundraising breakfast for the center on Sept. 12.
First Friday lecture
PORT TOWNSEND — Ginger Nichols will talk about her experience as keeper of the Destruction Island Lighthouse in the 1960s at the First Friday Lecture sponsored by the Jefferson County Historical Society tonight.
The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. in the Port Townsend City Council chamber, 540 Water Street.
Admission is by donation. Proceeds support historical society programs.
Nichols lived on the 30-acre island, which is four miles from the mouth of the Hoh River, from 1961 to 1964.
In “Life at the Destruction Island Lighthouse,” Nichols will tell of the challenges of raising a family on the isolated tabletop island, which rises roughly 80 feet from the Pacific Ocean.
Construction of the Destruction Island Lighthouse began in 1888. The Coast Guard assumed responsibility for it in 1939 and automated it in 1968. The beacon was switched off in April 2008.
Free shredding
PORT TOWNSEND — The Castle Hill branch of First Federal, 1321 Sims Way, will shred documents for free from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Individuals can bring old tax returns, account statements or any paperwork with account or Social Security numbers or other personal information for shredding at the bank.
The files will be shredded by LeMay Mobile Shredding.
First Federal security personnel will be on hand to answer questions and provide information on identity theft.
Open house
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Genealogical Society will host an open house at its research center, 13692 Airport Cutoff Road, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
In conjunction with the current Smithsonian “Journey Stories” exhibit at the Jefferson County Historical Society Museum, the genealogical society invites residents to submit stories from their own family histories.
The exhibit, which will continue through Oct. 17, features travel experiences during four centuries of American history.
Submit a story of up to 1,500 words, or three pages, by Oct. 17 to wajcgs@olympus.net or JCGS, P.O. Box 627, Port Townsend, WA 98368.
Illustrations can be included in the text.
Documentation is not required, though footnotes or endnotes are welcomed and are not included in the length limit.
Each participant will receive a certificate, and a selection of stories will be published on the genealogical society’s website.
All stories will become a permanent part of the genealogical society’s collection of research materials.
For more information, phone 360-385-9495.
Art show
PORT LUDLOW — “Of Land and Sea” is the title of a new show of abstract art by Port Ludlow’s Carol Durbin and Wanda Mawhinney at Columbia Bank, 9500 Oak Bay Road.
An opening reception with the artists is slated for 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. this evening in the bank lobby; then the gathering will move into the adjacent Port Ludlow Artists’ League Gallery and continue until 6 p.m.
Durbin, whose greatest influence is her work with sensei — teachers — in Japan, creates acrylic paintings, textiles and pottery, while Mawhinney paints large-format seascapes and landscapes in oil.
Garden club sale
CHIMACUM — The Tri-Area Garden Club’s Annual Fall Plant Sale will be Saturday.
The sale will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road.
Sale items include perennials, shrubs, trees, ferns, grasses, succulents, unusual house plants and birdbaths.
For more information, phone Nancy McConaghy at 360-434-1563.
Jewelry, doors
PORT TOWNSEND — Two workshops are planned at the Port Townsend School of Woodworking at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday and Sunday.
Martha Collins will hold “Pins, Pendants and Earrings,” a two-day course on wooden jewelry.
The class will cover lamination, cutting, shaping and findings for earrings, pins and pendants.
Students will take home the jewelry that they make.
The class size is limited to 10 people. The cost is $240, with an additional materials cost of $20.
Kevin Palo will teach “Repairing and Restoring Old Doors,” in a workshop on Saturday and Sunday.
Maximum enrollment is 20. The class costs $175.
The studio also will hold “Woodworking for Women” at the Port Townsend School of Woodworking from Oct. 25-29.
This introductory class will cover hand tools, hand-held power tools, band saws, routers and sanders.
The students will make a project: a footstool, bed tray or storage shelf.
Enrollment is limited.
For more information and registration, visit www.ptwoodschool.com/home.html or phone 360-683-2678.
Bird cruises
PORT TOWNSEND — A three-hour fall bird migration cruise around Protection Island and Rat Island is scheduled Saturday.
The trip, sponsored by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, is on the Puget Sound Express’ Glacier Spirit, an enclosed motor yacht.
It leaves the Point Hudson Marina in downtown Port Townsend at 1 p.m. and returns at 4 p.m.
Other cruises are planned on Saturdays, Oct. 9 and Nov. 27, and Friday, Dec. 31.
“We see lots of birds,” said Johanna King, naturalist and cruise host for the center.
“We are lucky to see several species of alcids, such as pigeon guillemots and common murres and sometimes ancient and marbled murrelets. They’re a challenge to identify in their winter plumage.”
Protection Island, at the mouth of Discovery Bay, is a national wildlife refuge.
Tickets are $55 per person or $50 for members of the center, Burke Museum, Audubon Society or the Washington Ornithological Society.
Refreshments will be available onboard.
For reservations or more information, phone the center at 360-385-5582, ext. 104, or 800-566-3932, or e-mail cruises@ptmsc.org.
Land trust walk
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Land Trust docents will lead a nature walk in the Quimper Wildlife Corridor from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
This month’s walk will be an “Introduction to Fungi in the Corridor.”
Participants will meet at the corner of 49th and Hendricks streets.
Jefferson Land Trust describes the outing as a “swift walk on uneven terrain” over a distance of about one mile.
Walkers should wear weather-appropriate footwear and clothing.
The walk is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-379-9501, ext. 103, or e-mail jlt@saveland.org.
Family art session
PORT HADLOCK — The Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., will host “Mytho Masks,” a free family art session from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Working with a felt mask as a base, participants will design, sew, bead and embroider a mythological mask inspired by Native American, European and African sources.
The session is taught by art educator Sidonie Wilson.
Family art sessions will run from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month through March, with the exception of October.
The sessions require preregistration.
To register or for more information, phone 360-385-6544.
