PORT TOWNSEND — A garden manager and other volunteers are sought for Food Bank Farm & Gardens’ new location.
Those interested in volunteering can contact Farm & Gardens at FoodBankFarmandGardensJC@gmail.com or call 360-385-4881.
The volunteer manager is responsible for management of planting, cultivation, harvesting and cover cropping for soil replenishment.
Applicants with large garden or small farm cultivation experience and familiarity with volunteer coordination are preferred.
Other volunteers will assist with planting. Organizers plan to have the gardens planted by late April, according to a news release.
All volunteers can share produce from the garden to meet weekly needs.
The new location near the Quality Foods Center at 515 Sheridan St., was acquired as part of a 5-year lease between Farm & Gardens and the owner of the private half acre of land.
The landowner will provide infrastructure, assist with soil development and provide water.
Farm & Gardens is an area nonprofit, charitable organization that supports local food banks in Jefferson County with fresh, and organic vegetables.
For more information, contact Farm & Gardens; or visit www.ptfoodbankgarden.com or Facebook.
Tickets on sale for Guild luncheon
SEQUIM — Tickets for the Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild’s annual May 3 luncheon, fashion show and silent auctionare available to purchase.
Tickets are $25 and can be purchased at the Guild’s thrift shop at 204 W. Bell St.
The event at Club Seven, 7 Cedars Casino at 270756 U.S. Highway 101 includes a lunch and beverage, more than 100items in a silent auction to review, and a fashion show highlighting fashions from the Guild’s thrift shop.
Volunteers from the shop will model the fashions.
Also featured will be more than 15 door prizes.
Almost half the tickets have been sold as of April 3, event organizers said in a press release.
For more information, call 360-683-7044.
Chain gang puts bark in flower beds
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office Chain Gang spread more than 40 yards of bark in flower bedsaround the Clallam County Courthouse, Veterans Center, and Public Health Department during the week of March 19-23.
Notable items found along roadways were a garbage can, five needles and a toaster.
Crew members found a 680-pound illegal dump site at Deer Park Road.
Crew members also brushed and chipped Deer Park Road.
From March 26-30, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office Chain Gang planted trees and shrubs alongside the OlympicDiscovery Trail on North Barr Road.
Notable items found along roadways were a mattress, three pallets, one ping-pong ball table, a needle, a kid’s quad,Sheetrock, two 5-gallon buckets and metal strips.
Crew members found illegal dumpsites on Lower Elwha and Dan Kelly roads; and Sieberts Creek totaling 780 pounds ofgarbage from the dumpsites.
Crew members also brushed and chipped Deer Park and Camp Hayden roads.
From April 2-5, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office Chain Gang cleaned dirt and debris from guardrails and roadway onBlue Mountain Road.
Notable items found along roadways were seven needles, two tires, an engine cover to a motorhome or van, fourspeakers, two speakers in speaker boxes, two mattresses and metal bed frame, a TV, microwave, car dashboard,couch, two aluminum pedestals, a pallet, pieces of metal, a muffler and tail pipe, roofing, a tarp, table, chairs, smoker,two crab pots, a plastic tote, two 5-gallon buckets, a refrigerator, propane tank, aluminum signs, a cooler, baby high-chair, 55-gallon steel barrel, insulation, a plastic kids’ riding toy, plastic roofing, a box spring, two recliners, a plasticpan, a computer printer, two camping chairs, a baby swing, bassinet and a semi tire.
Crew members found illegal dumpsites on Short, Deer Park, Dry Creek, Fish Hatchery, Taylor Cut-off, Olsen, LittleRiver, and Lost Mountain roads; and Edgewood Drive totaling 6,780 pounds of garbage from the dumpsites.
Crew members cleaned one mile of Deer Park Loop and 200 pounds of litter; and five miles of Lower Elwha Road and520 pounds of litter.
The chain gang has so far this year cleaned 38.25 miles of roadway, picked up 31,980 pounds of dump site litter,picked up 2,840 pounds of roadside litter, removed or sprayed 10,830 Scotch broom plants and brushed 4.75 miles ofcounty rights of way.
