PORT TOWNSEND — The Chimacum and Port Townsend school boards will gather in their annual meeting Friday.
The meeting will be from 5:30 p.m. to 6:45 p.m. at Khu Larb Thai, 225 Adams St.
No business will be transacted at the meeting, according to Stephanie McCleary, Chimacum schools director of human resources.
She said no major issues are up for discussion.
Writers invited
SEQUIM — Writers of poetry, memoir and other prose are invited to partake in the Fourth Friday Reading Series coming to The Lodge this Friday evening.
At this free 6:30 p.m. gathering, readers offer five minutes of their work, be it a poem, a very short piece of fiction or a memoir excerpt.
Writers are asked to rehearse well before they arrive, since readings are timed.
Everyone is invited to arrive early for a beverage or snack from the Bistro inside The Lodge, 660 Evergreen Farm Way just off Fifth Avenue.
Writers of all levels of experience sign in; then names are drawn randomly for reading positions. The event wraps up by 8 p.m.
For guidelines and more details, contact organizer Ruth Marcus at Rmarcus@olypen.com.
Septic open house slated this Monday
CHIMACUM — The Jefferson County Water Quality Department will hold a public open house for Chimacum, Port Hadlock and Port Ludlow residents Monday.
The event will be at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Short presentations will begin at 6 p.m.
Refreshments will be on hand, and free water conservation gifts will be provided.
The open house features information and presentations on low-cost loan and grant programs to aid in septic system repairs, free advice on best management practices for handling agricultural waste, information on how residents can get certified to do their own septic system inspections and the latest status on the water quality health of Chimacum and Ludlow creeks.
The water quality department, along with project partner Jefferson County Conservation District, is attempting to address the issue of high levels of E. coli bacteria repeatedly prompting the closure of tidelands to recreational shellfish harvesting and swimming.
This open house is part of a project,funded by the state Department of Ecology that will include regular monitoring of streams for bacterial pollution and other parameters affecting the health of people and the environment.
Staff will be on hand to answer all questions.
For more information, phone 360-385-9444.
Arts association
SEQUIM — The next Olympic Peninsula Arts Association meeting will present Sherry Nagel as its special presenter at the general meeting today.
The event will be at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave.
The meeting starts 9:30 a.m. The public is welcome.
Nagel presents her journey from quilt artist to abstract art quilter.
She broke away from traditional quilt patterns to create art quilts inspired by modern computer technology and more traditional painting disciplines, according to a news release.
