FORKS — A Stand Down for Veterans is set at the Elks Lodge, 941 Merchants Road, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today.
John Brasch, president of Voices for Veterans, said a hot lunch and breakfast will be provided, as well as service providers such as doctors, dentists and barbers.
Also present will be representatives of Veterans Administration, state Department of Veterans Affairs, and Disabled American Veterans.
Veterans can get supplies if they are camping, and there will be a clothing room and supplies for veterans with pets.
“Any veteran who wants a ride to Forks can simply tell the bus driver of either the Jefferson County or Clallam Transit buses that they are going to the Stand Down, and they will receive free transport,” Brasch added.
Night of shopping
PORT ANGELES — An evening of shopping, snacking and staying out late will take place downtown from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
Mothers & Others welcomes sisters, daughters, aunts, grandmas and best friends to shop at local businesses offering discounts.
The first 200 to visit the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain at First and Laurel streets will receive a spring/summer coupon book filled with offers from downtown businesses.
Irrigation Fest
SEQUIM — The finale of the 2015 Sequim Irrigation Festival begins today.
A 45-minute guided Sequim History Walking Tour will begin at 10:30 a.m., starting from the Museum & Arts Center, 175 W. Cedar St.
It will end at Rainshadow Coffee Roasting, 157 W. Cedar St. The tour costs $5 per person.
A carnival begins at 5 p.m. at Sequim High School’s Green Field at 601 N. Sequim Ave. and will continue until 9 p.m. Armband tickets will be $25 each at the carnival.
The carnival will continue Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Charged today
SEQUIM — A homeless man living in the Sequim area arrested Monday evening after law enforcement officials said he went on a weekend crime spree is expected to be formally charged in court today.
Joseph R. Golbeck, 18, will appear at 3 p.m. in Clallam County Superior Court. He remained in the county jail Wednesday on $15,000 bail.
Golbeck was arrested Monday for investigation of theft of a motor vehicle, first-degree theft, hit-and-run-attended property damage, third-degree theft, residential burglary, second-degree burglary, being a minor in possession of alcohol, second-degree trafficking in stolen property and resisting arrest.
Law enforcement officials said Golbeck stole three vehicles, wrecking two of them, and burglarized two homes late Saturday and early Sunday.
‘Lunch in Garden’
PORT ANGELES — Home gardeners will meet at the Fifth Street Community Garden, 328 E. Fifth St., for advice from local experts about vegetable gardening from noon to 1 p.m. Friday.
The event is part of “Lunch in the Garden,” an educational series sponsored by WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners the second Friday of each month through September.
Veteran Master Gardeners Bob Cain, Laurel Moulton, Audreen Williams and Jeanette Stehr-Green lead a fast-paced, one-hour walk through the community garden to show home gardeners what needs to be done in vegetable gardens at that time and what problems are likely to appear.
During these free walks, Master Gardeners also answer questions from local gardeners.
They will talk about cool-weather crops, prevention of carrot rust fly and cabbage butterfly damage, building trellises, planting strawberries and blueberries, and more.
For more information, phone 360-565-2679.
