FORKS — Peninsula College invites the public to a screening of “Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock” at 7 p.m. Friday at the Forks campus, 481 S. Forks Ave.
The free screening is in honor of Indigenous Peoples Day, a holiday meant to celebrate and honor the indigenous peoples of America.
“Awake” captures the story of Native-led defiance at Standing Rock, N.D., that changed the fight for clean water, the environment and the future of the planet.
The film is a collaboration between indigenous filmmakers director Myron Dewey and executive producer Doug Good Feather and Oscar-nominated environmental filmmakers Josh Fox and James Spione.
A panel discussion and question-and-answer session with local community members who participated in the resistance at Standing Rock will follow the film.
For more information, call Deborah Scannell at 360-417-6435 or email dscannell@pencol.edu.
WAG Dogtober fest
SEQUIM — Tickets are on sale now for the Welfare of Animals Guild’s (WAG) inaugural Dogtober Fest.
The dinner will be at 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 20, at the Guy Cole Event Center, 202 N. Blake Ave.
This is the guild’s major fundraising event for 2018 and the proceeds will go toward sheltering stray, surrendered and abandoned dogs, providing medical attention and providing training to help place dogs into new homes.
Tickets, which must be purchased by Oct. 6, cost $45 per person or $400 for a table of eight.
The dinner will be catered by Tedesco’s and will be followed by both live and silent auctions.
Items for auction range from fine art to sailing trips and other unique items and services.
For more information, call Deb Bemm at 360-562-6256.
AmeriCorps members honored for their 2017-18 work in PA
PORT ANGELES — A graduation celebration for the 10 members of the 2017-18 AmeriCorps Program was held by the Port Angeles School District.
Natalie Andrus, Chauncelamay Bailey, Amy Heath, Jackie Scott, Leandra Schmitt, Sam Ashmore, Maria Soule, Kristina Balboa, Desiree Casanova and Amber Lindstrom were honored at the Lincoln Center on July 20.
The event was attended by school district board directors, district Superintendent Marty Brewer, City Council members, Serve Washington’s director, as well as family members and friends.
Collectively they served more than 16,500 hours tutoring and mentoring students during the school year and summer school program.
Each graduate received a monthly living allowance as well as a Segal AmeriCorps Education Award upon completion of the program.
Balboa, Lindstrom and Heath will return for a second term of service in the schools during the 2018-19 school year, according to a news release. PASD is currently recruiting for the 2018-19 AmeriCorps Team.
A description of the position is available online at www.tinyurl.com/PASDAC.
For more information, contact Michell Gentry at 360-565-1976 or mgentry@portangelesschools.org.
Workshop for parents set in Port Hadlock
PORT HADLOCK — The Empowered Teens Coalition is hosting a five-week parent enrichment workshop, Guiding Good Choices, from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesdays Oct. 10 through Nov. 7.
The free program is designed for parents and caregivers of youth in fourth through eighth grades.
Classes will be held at Community United Methodist Church, 130 Church Lane.
The Empowered Teens Coalition, formerly the Chimacum Prevention Coalition, is a volunteer alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention advocacy organization.
For more information, call Jenny Matter at 360-385-9421 or email jmatter@co.jefferson.wa.us.
Habitat donation
PORT ANGELES — Habitat Clallam partnered with the First Baptist Church for Celebrate Life Sunday on Aug. 19.
The church donated $2,000 to help purchase lumber for construction of two new homes, according to a press release.
Science and Sips slated lecture series
PORT TOWNSEND — Washington Science Teachers Association in cooperation with Jefferson Healthcare present “Science and Sips: To Your Health” from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. the first four Tuesdays of October.
The public is invited to the lecture series held at Port Townsend Vineyards, 2640 W. Sims Way.
Admission is free, a
no-host wine bar will be open and cheese plates will be available for purchase.
Ben Thomas, wine maker at Port Townsend Vineyards, will speak about the science and art of wine making on Oct. 2.
John Nowak of Community Health Improvement Plan will speak about data and health on Oct. 9.
Anna Sherwood of Adaptive Biotechnologies will speak about our adaptive immune systems on Oct. 16.
Arran Stark, the executive chef at Jefferson Healthcare, will speak about sustainable cooking and eating on Oct. 23.
Stark’s presentation will include an interactive cooking demonstration, “Science of Spuds.”
Educators can earn continuing education Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) credit. Visit www.wsta.net for details on continuing education credits.
For more information, email Lois Sherwood at lolo.sherwood@gmail.com.
Fall flea market
JOYCE — Crescent Grange, 50724 Highway 112, will hold its fall flea market from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 5-6.
The grange’s kitchen will have sandwiches, hot dogs, chili, clam chowder, a spaghetti dinner, pie and 25- cent coffees and teas available from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
A bake goods table with cookies, fresh bread and a variety of other baked goods will also be available for purchase.
For more information or to rent tables, call Dan Turco at 360-928-3419.
Chain gang busy
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office Chain Gang cleaned along Little River Road and West 18th Street during the week of Sept. 17-21.
Crew members found six illegal dumpsites on Little River Road, two illegal dumpsites on Town Road, two illegal dumpsites on W. 18th Street, two illegal dumpsites on Deer Park Road and illegal dumpsites on S. Bayview Avenue, S. Shore Road, Blue Mountain Road and W. Bluff Drive totaling 3,770 pounds of garbage from the 16 dumpsites.
Crew members also took 519 pounds of aluminum from a previous job to All Metal Recycling for $25.95.
Crew members picked up bales of straw from Leitz Farms for the Onella project.
Crew members also seeded and covered with straw along Thompson for the Onella project.
Crew members also cut back blackberries at the Sequim Boys and Girls Club, trimmed weeds behind the building and disposed of the debris.
Notable items found along roadways were
21 needles, one tire, motorhome parts, an engine block, a lawn mower, a mattress, car parts, railroad ties, a headboard, two couches, a wooden cabinet, a plastic culvert, a box spring and mattress frame, a battery booster and a fake tree.
The chain gang has so far this year cleaned 104.75 miles of roadway, picked up 5,780 pounds of roadside litter, picked up 66,210 pounds of dumpsite litter, recycled 743 pounds of aluminum, trimmed 19,104 feet of guardrail, removed or sprayed 33,810 Scotch broom plants, and brushed 9.85 miles of county rights-of-way.
For the forest service, the chain gang has so far this year cleaned 4.5 miles of forest roads or trails; removed 12,610 pounds of dumpsite litter and removed 23 hazard trees.
