SEQUIM — The Lodge & Cottages at Sherwood Village will hold a holiday open house from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday.
On tap will be Christmas music by pianist George Lindamood, a tour filled with decorated trees, dessert samples and an apartment/cottage tour.
Bring a donation for the Sequim Food Bank and be entered to win a holiday gift basket.
The open house is at 660 Evergreen Way, off Fifth Avenue and Old Olympic Highway.
For more information, phone 360-681-3100.
Pranic healing
PORT ANGELES — Pranic Healing Clinic will offer a free walk-in clinic at the Unity in the Olympics Church, 2917 E. Myrtle St., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday.
Pranic healing, a no-touch healing modality developed by Grand Master Choa Kok Sui, uses “life force,” or prana, to heal physical and emotional aliments, according to a news release.
It is meant to enhance and complement medical treatment; it is not meant to replace it.
For more information, phone Amber Bellamy at 360-912-3373 or visit www.portangelespranichealing.com.
Scholarships set
OLYMPIA — Scholarship applications for the 2016 National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Young Entrepreneur Awards are now available.
High school seniors who run their own business and plan to attend a two- or four-year university, college or vocational institute during fall 2016 are eligible to apply.
The foundation offers scholarships that recognize high school seniors who have demonstrated entrepreneurial spirit and initiative through having established and run their own businesses.
The scholarship program’s goal is to raise awareness among the nation’s youth of the critical role that private enterprise and entrepreneurship play in the American economy.
As an added bonus this year, Visa Inc. has agreed to double the awards.
Of the scholarship winners, 95 will receive a $2,000 award, and five students will be chosen as Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award finalists.
The finalists will qualify for NFIB’s two top scholarship awards and attend a ceremony in Washington, D.C., where the winners will be named.
The Young Entrepreneur of the Year recipient will receive $25,000; the Dan Danner Leadership Award winner will receive $15,000; and the remaining three finalists will each receive $10,000.
Students are able to apply until Friday.
The independent selection committee will review all applications and select semifinalists.
Semifinalists will be notified by mid-January.
Semifinalists must be interviewed by an NFIB member, who will be assigned to each semifinalist.
The award recipients are selected by an independent scholarship organization.
Scholarships are merit-based, not based on financial need.
Since 2003, the NFIB Young Entrepreneur Foundation has awarded more than 2,700 scholarships totaling $2.7 million.
Last year, the foundation awarded 100 deserving student entrepreneurs $145,000.
Discussion group
SEQUIM — The Sequim Great Decisions Discussion Group will meet at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10 a.m. to noon Friday.
The topic will be “Food and the Transformation of Africa: Getting Smallholders Connected.”
The suggested background reading for this discussion is the article “Food and the Transformation of Africa” from the November/December issue of Foreign Affairs, published by the Council on Foreign Relations.
New members are welcome.
For more information, email jcpollock@olypen.com, phone 360-683-9622 or visit http://tinyurl.com/pdn-greatdecisions.
