PORT ANGELES — Author Douglas Scott will present “Explore Olympic Wilderness” at a meeting of the Friends of Olympic National Park tonight.
The membership meeting, election of officers and program will be at 8 p.m. at the park visitor center, 3002 Mount Angeles Road in Port Angeles.
Scott is the author of the books 52 Hikes: Olympic Peninsula Trails, Olympic Peninsula Family-Friendly Trails and Fall Guide to Olympic National Park.
He shares his adventures on www.exotichikes.com.
The Friends group also will host a spring cleanup at the visitor center Saturday.
The cleanup will be from 9 a.m. to noon.
Projects will include pruning, exotic plan removal, weeding, raking up leaves and trail cleanup.
Some tools will be available, but participants are urged to bring their favorite hand tools and gloves.
Lecture on composer set this evening
PORT TOWNSEND — George Hastings will give a lecture, “The Evolution of Consciousness According to Mozart,” at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave., at 7 p.m. today.
“Mozart was a leader in the Enlightenment movement at a time when most Enlightenment leaders discounted women as being superstitious, immature gossips. Mozart knew that without our feminine aspect to guide our masculine side, higher consciousness could not be achieved,” according to a Peninsula Daily News online calendar listing
“Under the most extreme conditions imaginable Mozart came to grips with his lower nature, took his higher consciousness even higher, and in the opera The Magic Flute he explained this through the use of allegory.”
Hastings has lectured frequently throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico on how some of history’s greatest artists have told the story of the attainment of higher consciousness, according to a news release.
Admission is free to the public, though donations are accepted.
Enrollment is required at www.tinyurl.com/ALPs2015Winter.
Bunco event set
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St., will host a night of bunco from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today.
All are welcome to attend.
Besides the bunco game, there will be a crazy hat contest, door prizes, a 50/50 raffle and light refreshments.
Tickets can be purchased for $10 at the door or at the auxiliary gift shop in the hospital.
All proceeds from this event are used to benefit the Olympic Medical Center Auxiliary.
NOAA meeting set
FORKS — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary will host a meeting of the Sanctuary Advisory Council at the Olympic Natural Resources Center, 1455 S. Forks Ave., on Friday.
The meeting, which is open to the public, is from 9:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with a public comment period at noon.
The agenda includes several internal affairs, recommendations from an Oceanographic Monitoring Group assessing the sanctuary’s oceanographic program under different budget scenarios, results from the Washington Coastal Recreational User Study, a facilitated discussion on a Climate Change Action Plan and an overview of the sanctuary’s resources and tools available to Sanctuary Advisory Council members.
For more information, email Karlyn Langjahr at karlyn.langjahr@noaa.gov or visit www.tinyurl.com/PDN-NOAAmeet, where a draft meeting agenda will be posted.
Boating safety
PORT ANGELES — The Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 42 Sequim-Port Angeles will sponsor a boating safety class Saturday.
“About Boating Safely” will be held at the Port Angeles Fire Station, 102 E. Fifth St., at 9 a.m.
This class will qualify participants for a Washington State Boater Education Card, which is required for all boaters who are younger than 60.
The cost is $15 per person or $20 for a couple.
To register, phone 360-452-1135.
School dance set
PORT ANGELES — The annual Tolo Dance, a semiformal/formal dance for middle school-age students, will be hosted by Port Angeles Assembly No. 33 International Order of the Rainbow for Girls from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday.
The dance will take place at the Masonic Lodge, 622 S. Lincoln St.
Admission is $12 in advance at Black Diamond Bridal, 109 E. First St., or Electric Beach Tanning, 117 N. Oak St.; or $15 at the door.
Proceeds will fund Port Angeles Rainbow activities.
In a tolo dance, young women invite men.
This annual dance features a DJ, and photos are available starting at 5 p.m.
For more information, contact KC or Paul Carmean at kcarmean89@gmail.com or 360-928-3358.
Fashion show set
PORT TOWNSEND — A Victorian fashion show fundraiser will take place at First Presbyterian Church, 1111 Franklin St., at 4 p.m. Saturday.
Victorian fashions and vintage period attire from private collections will be worn by adults and students from Jefferson County.
A few particulars on Victorian behavior, activities and history will be included.
Donations will be accepted at the door, with all proceeds benefiting the Jefferson County Historical Society’s scholarship program.
Anyone with an interest in history who has graduated from high school or home school while a resident of Jefferson County is eligible to apply for the 2015 scholarship.
For guidelines, phone the historical society at 360-385-1003 or contact scholarship representative JoAnn Bussa at 360-301-3628 or evergreen@olypen.com.
The deadline for applications is May 26.
Gem, jewelry show
PORT ANGELES — The fifth annual Rock, Gem and Jewelry Show will take place at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., this weekend.
The show is from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Admission is free.
Children will receive free rocks while supplies last.
More than 30 vendors will be selling rough and polished rocks, gemstones, fossils, beads, slabs, carvings, crystals, minerals, Uruguay amethyst, geodes, shells, jewelry, wire wrapping, woodworkings, cabochons, equipment and more.
For more information, contact Rob Merritt at 360-417-4523 or rmerritt@cityofpa.us, or visit www.cityofpa.us.
Grafting workshop
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Orchard Society will hold a free grafting workshop at Lazy J Tree Farm, 225 Gehrke Road, from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Instructions and fruit tree scions are available, plus grafting kits for a nominal price. Rootstock also is available to purchase.
For more information, contact Marilyn Couture at 360-681-3036 or couture222@msn.com.
Drivers needed
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles branch of Catholic Community Services of Western Washington is seeking volunteer drivers to take Sequim seniors to doctor’s appointments and other errands.
For more information on how to volunteer, phone Teri Wensits at 360-417-5640.
