NEWS BRIEFS: Candlelight vigil tonight at City Pier . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — A candlelight vigil to honor the late Lacy Kay Turner of the Port Angeles area is set for 9 tonight at City Pier.

Turner, 34, died July 22, according to her Facebook page.

Turner was profiled in December 2014 in the Peninsula Daily News as a recovered heroin addict.

Turner left behind two daughters and a son, said her friend Candice Fowler on Thursday.

Fowler said Turner was a “good person,” who will be missed.

Attendees are encouraged to bring their own candles to the vigil.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to collect donations that will be used to pay for Turner’s funeral services, according to Heather Harsh of Port Angeles, who set up the page.

Funeral arrangements have yet to be made public.

As of Friday, $500 out of the $5,000 had been raised.

To donate, visit www.gofundme.com/2ghrv39j.

Trail closure set

PORT ANGELES — Beginning Monday, the Olympic Discovery Trail will be closed for bluff wall construction below Olympic Medical Center.

The closure will extend for up to two weeks, according to Bobby Beeman, communications manager for the hospital at 939 Caroline St.

Weekend reopening of the trail Aug. 6-7 is currently tentative, she said in a news release; however, if drilling work can be completed during the weekend, it will remain closed.

Trail users heading east can bypass this section of the trail by leaving it at Francis Street Park, heading east on Georgiana Street and returning to the trail after six blocks by traveling north on Ennis Street to reach an access point.

The detour for trail users heading west is to leave the trail after the Rayonier Mill site and walk up the hill about four blocks to travel south on Ennis Street. Hikers then can walk west for six blocks on Georgiana, then head north on North Francis to return to the trail.

PA Children’s Theatre set to perform

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Community Players Children’s Theatre will perform “The Search for Mother Goose” by Mitchell Roush at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at 6:30 p.m. Monday.

According to a news release: “Mother Goose’s son embarks on a journey through Nursery Rhyme Land to save his mother from the clutches of Sly McSneakerson, who wants to steal Mother Goose’s nursery rhymes.”

The children’s theater produces plays for kids by kids ages 4 to 18.

The production is part of the Summer Reading Program at the North Olympic Library System and has been produced by special arrangement with Big Dog/Norman Maine Publishing LLC of Rapid City, S.D.

For more information, visit www.nols.org or contact the library at 360-417-8500, ext. 7705, or youth@nols.org.

Sunday talk on path to grace and gratitude

PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle St., will host guest speaker Judith Murakami at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service.

Her lesson will be “Grace, Gratitude and How to Get There.”

Murakami is a licensed Unity teacher from Comox Valley, where she is currently serving as a platformer and music team coordinator.

A time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Child care is available during the service.

Tattoo shop remodeling set Saturday

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Tattoo, 420 E. First St., will be closed for remodeling for two weeks starting Saturday.

It will reopen Monday, Aug. 15.

The remodel will include a larger work area, custom art painted on the walls, waiting areas for clients’ friends, charging stations for clients’ cellphones and devices, an entertainment center for clients to bring their own DVD or Blu-ray discs or choose from what’s provided, a stand-up classic arcade machine and a larger lobby.

The shop will receive its first featured guest artist, Jeremy Lifsey of Hawaii, who is currently tattooing in Alaska and making his way down the coast.

To make an appointment, visit the shop’s Facebook page, email portangelestattoo@gmail.com or phone 360-797-4265.

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