Take advantage of free admission to the Olympic National Park on Saturday and Sunday.
Also, make room in your schedule for two annual events — the Forks Fly-In and Darlene Marihugh Memorial Cruz-In fundraiser — that will return to the Peninsula on Saturday.
For additional gatherings and events, including the Sequim Lavender Festival and Quileute Days, check out the “Things To Do This Weekend” calendar on Page C4.
For details on the Port Angeles Light Opera Association’s production of “Peter Pan,” which begins Thursday, July 23, and other arts events, take a look at today’s Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment section.
Here are highlights of what’s going on.
Annual fly-in
FORKS — The 19th annual Forks Fly-In and Salmon Bake will be held at the Forks Municipal Airport from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Members of the public are invited to browse a flea market and show ‘n’ shine, which will feature cars and airplanes.
The Forks Lions Club will host the salmon bake.
Cruz-in fundraiser
PORT ANGELES — The fourth annual Darlene Marihugh Memorial Cruz-In fundraiser will be held at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Hot rods and custom, muscle and classic cars will be on display in the parking lots of three adjacent businesses — Cowboy Country, 923 E. First St.; Jace The Real Estate Co., 933 E. First St.; and El Puerto de Angeles Mexican Restaurant, 940 E. First St.
El Puerto de Angeles will offer menu specials, and Cowboy Country will have an outdoor sale.
Root beer floats will be for sale to raise funds for Marihugh scholarships for high school seniors.
A free coloring contest with prizes will be hosted by Jace.
DJs Double Exposure will provide music.
Other highlights will include door prizes, car awards and a raffle for a custom 1932 Ford pedal car, which is on display at Jace.
Open house
SEQUIM — An open house will be held at the Precious Life Animal Sanctuary, 282 Eggloff Road, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
There is no cost to attend.
Donations will be accepted for the nonprofit animal sanctuary, which rescues and provides homes for abused, neglected and abandoned farm and companion animals.
For more information, phone 360-582-1437.
Basketry, exercise
CHIMACUM — Two workshops will be held at Finnriver Farm, located on Barn Swallow Road, this month.
Elaine Grinnell, a basket weaver and Jamestown S’Klallam tribal elder, will present a Native American basketry workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Participants will make small cedar baskets and reed baskets.
Cost is $60 plus a $15 materials fee.
To register or for more information, e-mail info@finnriverfarm.com or click on www.finnriverfarm.com.
Outdoor concert
PORT TOWNSEND — Friends of Fort Flagler will present Danny Schmidt in concert at Fort Flagler State Park at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Schmidt received the Kerrville New Folk Award in 2007.
Admission is a donation of $5 a person.
For more information, click on dannyschmidt.com.
Tribal events
SEQUIM — The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe will host three events during the Sequim Lavender Festival today and Saturday.
Two events, “Totem Tour” and “Stories by the Bay,” will be held at the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Center, 1033 Old Blyn Highway.
“Unwind by the River” will be presented at Railroad Bridge Park, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road.
The events are:
nTotem Tour — Participants will take a guided tour of the Jamestown S’Klallam tribe’s totem poles from 4 p.m. to 5:15 p.m. today.
Space is limited to 25 people.
Reservations are required.
Tickets are $20 a person or $60 for the tour and Stories by the Bay dinner.
nStories by the Bay — Members of the public are invited to explore the tribal campus from 5:15 p.m. to 6 p.m. today.
A traditional salmon dinner will be served from 6 p.m. to 6:45 p.m., followed by stories by Elaine Grinnell.
Tickets are $45 for adults and $25 for children.
Profits will be donated to the operations budget of the Dungeness River Audubon Center.
The tribe’s carving shed will be open between 4 p.m. and 6 p.m.
Carvers will be available to answer questions and demonstrate carving techniques.
Dale Faulstich, carver and co-author of Totem Poles of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, will sign copies of his book, which will be for sale for $15.
• Unwind by the River — Dinner, wine and dessert will be served from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
Participants are invited to tour the grounds, view displays and listen to music by the Black Diamond Fiddlers.
Tickets are $25 a person.
They will be available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Profits will be donated to the operations budget of the Dungeness River Audubon Center.
To purchase tickets for any of these events, phone 360-681-4661, e-mail asargent@jamestowntribe.org or mail a check, along with your phone number, to Jamestown Tribe, Attn: Ann Sargent, 1033 Old Blyn Highway, Sequim, WA 98362.
Quilters show
SEQUIM — Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Club’s 23rd annual quilt show will be at Sequim Middle School, 301 W. Hendrickson Road, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today, Saturday and Sunday.
More than 200 quilts created by club members will be on display.
The quilt show will include demonstrations of quilting techniques on community quilts and a “merchants mall” with quilting items for sale.
Door prizes will be given each day.
Tickets for the 2009 raffle quilt can be purchased at the show. The quilt will be raffled Sunday afternoon. The winner need not be present to win.
The quilt show is two to three blocks from the Lavender Festival Street Fair.
Free transportation to the quilt show is available on the Lavender Festival shuttle bus, which runs every 15 to 20 minutes from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Those going to the quilt show can park at either the QFC or the J.C. Penney lot and take the shuttle bus into town.
Parking also is available at Sequim Middle School.
Driftwood demo
PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Driftwood Artists will put on a demonstration at the Port Angeles Public Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday.
This demonstration is part of “Hands to Art: Clallam Co. Crafters Show Their Stuff.”
Members of the public are invited.
For more information, phone Janice Hunt at 360-683-5846 or Jenny Linth at 360-581-8825.
Driftwood show
SEQUIM — Olympic Driftwood Sculptors will hold a driftwood art show and sale at the Carlsborg Conference Center, 865 Carlsborg Road, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. July 17 and 18, and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
In addition to sculpture displays, there will be unfinished wood and items made from driftwood for sale.
There also will be wood-finishing demonstrations.
Admission is free.
For more information, phone 360-681-2535.
Discussion group
SEQUIM — The Sequim Great Decisions Discussion Group will meet at Sequim Public Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon today.
The discussion topic is “How Development Leads to Democracy.”
Discussion topics are taken from the Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions 2009 publication and current articles in Foreign Affairs magazine.
For more information, phone 360-683-9622, e-mail jcpollock@olypen.com or click on www.fpa.org/info-url_nocat4728.
Botany hike
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society will lead a 7.4-mile botany hike along Grand Ridge Trail, from Deer Park to Obstruction Point, on Saturday.
There is no cost to participate.
To sign-up or for more information, phone Dixie Llewellin at 360-385-6432 or Ann Weinmann at 360-379-0986 or e-mail aweinmann@cablespeed.com.
Elks breakfast
SEQUIM — The Elks National Foundation benefit breakfast will be held at the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road, from 8:30 a.m. to noon Sunday.
Members of the public are invited.
Cost is $5 a person.
For more information, phone Allen Hanson at 360-683-2763.
Book signing
SEQUIM — Dodie Sparks, author of Spring ABCs, will sign copies of her children’s book at Starbucks, 1095 W. Washington St., from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.
The book features reproduced oil paintings by Port Angeles resident Bob Thompson.
Another book, Never Too Old To Chase A Dream, will be previewed at the book signing.
For more information, phone 360-681-4089, e-mail sprksfly@msn.com or click on www.sparksflybooks.com.
Border Patrol protest
Stop the Checkpoints will hold a picketing protest against the Border Patrol’s bus boardings at Discovery Bay.
The protest will begin at Fat Smitty’s in Discovery Bay at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Participants should wear lavender clothing and bring picket signs.
A carpool will leave Port Angeles at 12:30 p.m.
For more information, phone 360-452-7534.
