PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College students will host Olympic Peninsula senior citizens Tuesday night for the 21st annual Peninsula College Senior Dance.
Dancing will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Pirate Union Building, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., to the sound of the band Cat’s Meow. Admission is free and light refreshments will be served at the 8:30 p.m. intermission.
The event dates back to Associated Student Council President Glenn Gilliam’s team in 1997, said Rick Ross, associate dean for athletics and student life.
“It’s a great opportunity for young people to learn some ballroom dance steps from the pros and also for our community seniors to step out on the dance floor with college students,” Ross said.
The event replaces the weekly Tuesday evening dance event at the Port Angeles Senior Center.
This year, the senior center will send two dancers to the PUB at 6:30 p.m. to teach basic dance steps to any college students who wish to learn.
For more information, contact Ross at rross@pencol.edu.
Standing Rock film
PORT ANGELES — “Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock,” will be screened at 1:30 p.m. Thursday on the Peninsula College campus.
The free screening will be in room M-125 in Keegan Hall on the campus at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
The film is hosted by the Magic of Cinema, the House of Learning and the college’s 2018 writer in residence, Linda V. Mapes.
Mapes, who works for The Seattle Times, reported from Standing Rock and is the author of several books on the environment and natural history.
The film tells of the peaceful resistance of the Water Protectors at Standing Rock in North Dakota against the Dakota Access pipeline.
The governor of North Dakota ordered the evacuation of the camps, which held thousands, in February 2017 after protesters had gathered there for 11 months.
“ ‘Awake’ captures the story of Native-led defiance that forever changed the fight for clean water, the environment and the future of the planet,” organizers said.
The film is a collaboration between indigenous filmmakers — director Myron Dewey,executive producer Doug Good Feather and environmental Oscar-nominated filmmakers Josh Fox and James Spione.
Following the film will be a panel discussion and question-and-answer period with local community members who participated in the peaceful resistance at Standing Rock.
For more information, contact Helen Lovejoy at hlovejoy@pencol.edu or 360-417-6362.
Demolition practice starts today
ESQUIMALT, B.C. — The land-based demolition range at Bentinck Island will be in use today through Friday, May 25, the Royal Canadian Navy announced.
The range will be in use from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily during that time.
Bentinck Island is located near Race Rocks in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and is used as a terrestrial demolition range by the Canadian Armed Forces.
Local residents will likely be unaware of the activities except on days when environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity and wind direction affect how far the sound will travel.
Studies conducted on the potential environmental effects of Bentinck Island demolitions have found that blast noise in the marine environment during land-based demolitions is almost undetectable by acoustic equipment above that of other underwater background sounds such as waves and marine life, the Royal Canadian Navy said in a news release.
Belmont dean’s list
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Trilby Bowe of Port Angeles has been named to Belmost University’s spring 2018 dean’s list.
Eligibility is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a grade-point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C.
