Concerts, dinners and West End Thunder are among the entertainment and other activities offered on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
PORT ANGELES
Author book signing
PORT ANGELES — North Olympic Peninsula historian Mavis Amundson will have a book signing at Lake Crescent Lodge from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Amundson is the author of the true-crime book The Lady of the Lake as well as The Great Forks Fire and Sturdy Folk.
Lake Crescent is the setting for The Lady of the Lake, a story about a murdered woman whose body was found floating in its pristine waters in 1940.
The discovery captured the public’s imagination, and the murdered woman became known as the “Lady of the Lake.”
Amundson also wrote The Great Forks Fire, a true account of an enormous and fast-moving forest fire that swept toward Forks in 1951.
Heroic efforts by its citizens, and not a small amount of luck, spared the town.
Amundson’s first book was Sturdy Folk, a collection of memoirs describing life on the Peninsula in the early days of the 20th century.
Amundson’s books are published by Western Gull Publishing, a division of the Peninsula Daily News, where she formerly worked as an editor.
She lives in Seattle.
Flamenco dance class
PORT ANGELES — A flamenco dance class is set for today.
The class will be at 4:30 p.m. at Fitness West, 114 S. Lincoln St., Port Angeles.
Alicia Vila will teach the class, which costs $15.
For more information, phone 360-452-1118.
Benefit concert Saturday
PORT ANGELES — Haywire will perform classic rock and dance-friendly country music at Olympic Cellars on Saturday.
The concert will be at 7 p.m. at the winery at 255410 U.S. Highway 101 between Port Angeles and Sequim.
The program is the third of four this month in which the boutique winery donates the $5 cover charge to a local nonprofit.
Proceeds from this Saturday’s concert will benefit the Jet Set Soroptimists of Port Angeles and their Girls’ Scholarship Fund.
For more details, go to www.olympiccellars.com or phone 360-452-0160.
SEQUIM
Salmon dinner tonight
BLYN — The North Olympic Salmon Coalition will host a wild salmon dinner and presentation on the past, present and future of the organization tonight.
It will be held at the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Center, 1033 Old Blyn Highway from 5:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
The North Olympic Salmon Coalition, a group involved in salmon habitat restoration, outreach, education and appreciation, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.
The salmon tonight will be provided by Cape Cleare and prepared by In Season Catering.
A silent auction, homemade pies and live music by Joe Euro are also scheduled.
Tickets are $15.
For more information or to RSVP, phone North Olympic Salmon Coalition at 360-379-8051 or visit www.nosc.org.
Young Eagle flights
SEQUIM — Chapter 430 of the Experimental Aircraft Association will offer free introductory flights to young people ages 8-17 at Sequim Valley Airport, 468 Dorothy Hunt Lane on Saturday.
Flights will be offered from 10 am. to 2 p.m., weather permitting.
The Young Eagle Program was created to welcome young people into the world of aviation.
This will be the last Young Eagle event this summer.
It is required that minors be accompanied by, or have written permission from, a parent or legal guardian.
For more information phone Gary Johnson at 360-452-2340.
Dahlia care demo
SEQUIM — Lee Bowen will demonstrate dahlia care at the Olympic Peninsula Demonstration Garden located at the Water Reuse Park just north of Carrie Blake Park, 202 N. Blake Ave., at 10 a.m. Saturday.
He will show the different classifications of the plant during a walk-through of the dahlias that were planted on the lavender terraces in the park by the Washington State University Extension Clallam County Master Gardeners and Friends of the Garden.
Those attending are asked to park in the Water Reuse Park parking lot or in the field by the James Performing Arts Center stage.
This presentation is part of the “Class Act at Woodcock Garden” educational series, which is conducted at 10 a.m. the first Wednesday and third Saturday of each month.
Presentations by Clallam County Master Gardeners are free and open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-417-2279.
Computer music
SEQUIM — Olympic Music School, 319 W. Bell St., will hold a free computer music notation software workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The workshop will provide an introduction to computer music notation and is designed for budding songwriters or composers.
For more information, phone 360-681-0232.
Chess tourney set
SEQUIM — The Olympic Peninsula Chess Rating Tournament will be held at the Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave., on Saturday.
Registration will run from 8 a.m. to 8:45 a.m., with play beginning at 9 a.m.
Competition is expected to wrap up at about 7 p.m.
The tournament is officially sanctioned by the United States Chess Federation. Area players can gain an official rating at the event.
All are welcome to play. The public can attend for free.
Port Hadlock’s Stephen Chase will direct the four rounds of play.
“All games must be played under tournament conditions,” Chase said.
“Players must record the moves of the games, play with a chess clock and finish within two hours.”
The fee to play in the tournament is $10, and there is a $12 rating fee payable to the United States Chess Federation.
Cash prizes will be awarded for the best scores. One player will win an ivory chess set.
There are plans to hold several more similar tournaments on the North Olympic Peninsula during the year.
For more information, phone Stephen Chase at 360-385-3457.
Intuition class
SEQUIM — Kristine Walsh will present the first session in a three-part class, “Intuitive Development-Level One,” on Saturday.
Classes will continue on Aug. 28 and Sept. 4.
All will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Center For Infinite Reflections, 144 Tripp Road.
The class uses lecture, discussion and practicum to help participants “discover the pathway to your intuitive” voice and to provide basic tools used to access higher information that will “bring you more clarity, peace and a deeper understanding of your life events past, present and future.”
The cost is $90.
Preregistration is required; phone 360-582-0083 or e-mail goldenlotus@olypen.com.
Thrift shop open
The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild’s Thrift Shop will have a white-tag sale Saturday.
The shop at 204 W. Bell St. will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
All white-tagged items in the store will be sold at half price. Such sales are scheduled on the first and third Saturday of the month.
The shop also needs volunteers.
For more information, phone 360-683-7044.
Music at McComb
SEQUIM — The Marmalades will perform at McComb Gardens on Sunday.
The performance by the jazz quartet will be from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the nursery at 751 McComb Road.
For more information, see www.mccombgardens.com or phone 360-681-2827.
Teachers feted
SEQUIM — Staples at 990 E. Washington St., will hold a Teacher Appreciation Day from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Local teachers will be honored with goodie bags, refreshments and sneak peeks at new products and prizes.
For more information, phone Staples at 360-681-5493.
WEST END
Forks ‘Hoh’ down
FORKS — The Forks Hoh Downers will hold the third annual Dance and Barbecue at the Roundtable, at the 110 Business and Industrial Park, 100 LaPush Road, starting at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Square dancing starts at 2 p.m., a barbecue of hamburgers and hot dogs begins at 5 p.m. and dancing will resume at 7 p.m.
Cost for the event is $7.50.
Doug Lester and Spike Reid will call and cue the dances.
Camping will be available.
For more information or to RSVP, phone Joe and Linda Offutt at 360-374-3383 or e-mail jolinda83@centurytel.net or phone Ed and Robin Ostlund at 360-374-5622.
Kids Salmon Derby
CLALLAM BAY-SEKIU — The annual Clallam Bay-Sekiu Lions Club’s Kids’ Salmon Derby is Saturday.
There is no entry fee for the derby.
Derby registration will begin at 5:30 a.m. at Curley’s, Van Riper’s and Olson’s.
Participants must weigh-in their catch by noon near the Lions Club swings next to Olson’s Resort in Sekiu.
Prizes and refreshments will be provided.
For more information, phone 360-963-2442.
More Thunder
FORKS — The West End Thunder drag races return to Forks Municipal Airport on Saturday and Sunday.
The show will feature Nitro Mike Kunz’s special PT Cruiser “Wheelstander” as well as the one-eighth-mile drag races.
Gates for all cars, race or show, open at 7 a.m. on Saturday. Spectators are allowed in at 8:30 a.m. Racing starts at 10 a.m.
Gates open at 9 a.m. on Sunday, with racing starting at 10 a.m. that day.
Admission is $10 per person, with children 12 and younger getting in free.
There is a $15 fee per show car and driver. The same fee applies to each show motorcycle and rider.
There is a $30 fee per race car and driver.
All fees are for one day only.
For more information, visit www.westendthunder.com.
PORT TOWNSEND/JEFFERSON COUNTY
Music benefit set
PORT HADLOCK — The Friends of Chimacum Schools Education Foundation will hold a music benefit and silent auction at the Valley Tavern, 21 Chimacum Road, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Proceeds will go to the foundation’s Duane Montgomery Memorial Scholarship.
The scholarship is given annually to a Chimacum High School senior pursuing a musical education.
The Dukes of Dabob and Chuck Easton will perform at the benefit.
Duane Montgomery was active in the Chimacum School District and in East Jefferson County. The Montgomery family is eager to keep music alive in the schools in his memory.
For more information, phone 360 385-4624.
Drive-in benefit
PORT TOWNSEND — The Wheel-in Motor Movie will hold a benefit for Memorial Field and the Jefferson County Parks and Recreation Department at 4 p.m. Sunday.
The event includes a barbecue, games for all ages, a 100-item raffle and a screening of a PG-rated film.
The film is $7 per person, all other events are free.
Drive-in owner Rick Wiley will donate all proceeds from the movie.
The event is co-sponsored by Wiley and the Friends of Jefferson County Parks and Recreation.
For more information, phone Jane Storm at 360-385-2291.
Diabetes walk, talk
PORT TOWNSEND — Sequoia Warner will discuss her Walk across America for Diabetes Education, at the Alcove in the Food Co-op, 414 Kearney St., from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday.
Warner left her home and business in Florence, Ore., to begin the walk that eventually will led her to Maine.
She began crisscrossing Whidbey Island on Aug. 7.
The focus of the walk is to empower children to make healthy food choices and to speak with communities across the country about the rise in childhood diabetes.
Warner expects to be walking for the next one to two years.
She has committed to doing an 80 percent raw vegan diet to control her own pre-diabetes.
You can follow her walk at www.walkraw.com.
Walking teams are being formed to gather donations and walk along for an hour or a few days.
Warner wants to raise $5 million to provide education on diabetes and whole foods.
Donations are accepted at www.walkraw.com or by check to Walk across America, Oregon Pacific Bank, P.O. Box 22,000, Florence, OR 97439.
For more information, e-mail swalkingtree@gmail.com.
