PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles/Clallam County Bicycle Advisory Committee is starting the “Summer Family Bike Ride” series for 2016, with the first set for today.
The ride will begin at 5:30 p.m. at the Port Angeles waterfront esplanade across Railroad Avenue from Barhop Brewing.
The hourlong ride will travel east on the Olympic Discovery Trail and come back to the starting point.
Monthly rides are planned the third Wednesday of each month through September.
The bike ride is family-friendly and can be as long or as short as one desires.
Additional routes are available for more experienced riders.
Ethics board meets
PORT ANGELES — A three-person Port Angeles ethics board will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday to again delve into an ethics complaint against Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd over allegations of wrongdoing at a Feb. 2 City Council meeting.
The public meeting will be in City Council chambers at City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St.
The board composed of Ken Williams, Jerry Dean and Grant Meiner will consider a complaint filed by the anti-fluoridation group Our Water, Our Choice!
The board on April 21 asked Our Water, Our Choice! and Kidd to submit arguments on allegations concerning Kidd’s role in banning signs in council chambers, her gaveling Councilman Lee Whetham out of order and her declaring a recess and adjournment without council input.
Board members have been reviewing those arguments and will discuss them at Thursday’s meeting.
PA NAMI meeting set for Thursday
PORT ANGELES — The National Alliance on Mental Illness will host guest speaker Aimee Bradley in the Linkletter Room at Olympic Medical Center, 939 Caroline St., at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The topic of Bradley’s presentation is “Our Brain on Anxiety and Five Neuroscience-Based Ways to Clear Our Minds.”
The presentation is free and open to the public.
Bradley received her master’s degree in counseling psychology from Argosy University in Seattle in 2013, with her internship at Jefferson Mental Health Services from 2012-13.
Bradley was hired to create and direct the original domestic violence shelter in January 1987 and was the lead teacher and child-care specialist with Peninsula College’s Educare Center from 1997 to 2003.
Peonies on Parade
SEQUIM — The annual Peonies on Parade is open at the Peony Farm, 2204 Happy Valley Road, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. until Thursday, June 30.
There are peonies in various colors and forms.
For more information, phone 360-808-4099.
Thrift shop to open again this Saturday
SEQUIM — The Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild’s Thrift Shop, 204 W. Bell St., will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Items available to purchase include a solid oak dining table with six chairs, fine jewelry, designer handbags, summer clothing, kitchenware, books and games.
All white-tagged items will be marked half-price.
Consignors and volunteers are always welcome.
For more information, phone 360-683-7044.
