A trio of concerts with children’s entertainer Victor Johnson are coming up this week in Sequim, Port Angeles and Forks, and admission to all is free.
Johnson specializes in country blues — in the style of Leadbelly and Mississippi John Hurt — for kids. And he bills himself as a man who makes children’s music that doesn’t drive parents nuts.
He’ll travel across the county quick-like, to play these dates:
■ At 10:30 a.m. today at the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula, 400 W. Fir St.
■ At 6:30 p.m. today at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
■ At 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Forks Library, 171 S. Forks Ave.
Johnson’s trip to the Peninsula is supported by the Friends of the Port Angeles, Sequim and Forks libraries.
For more about him, see www.VictorJohnson.com, and for information about his concerts and other free North Olympic Library System programs, visit www.nols.org.
Also, the Port Angeles Library can be reached at 360-417-8500, the Sequim branch at 360-683-1161 or the Forks branch at 360-374-6402.
Neah Bay meeting
NEAH BAY — The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary will hold a meeting of its advisory council Friday at the Makah Marina, 1321 Bayview Ave.
The meeting from 9:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. is open to the public.
There will be public comment periods at 11:40 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
The agenda includes presentations on Washington CoastSavers’ strategic planning progress and this year’s Washington Coast Cleanup, Feiro Marine Life Center’s education partnerships, Makah scientists’ ocean acidification research and the Department of Fish and Wildlife’s nearshore rockfish tagging projects, according to a news release.
For more information, email Karlyn Langjahr at karlyn.langjahr@noaa.gov or visit the advisory council website at http://tinyurl.com/PDN-Sanctuary, where a draft meeting agenda will be posted.
Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary is administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Young musicians
PORT ANGELES — With some 600 young musicians in the Port Angeles School District strings program, the 39th annual All-City String Review will be divided into two shows, both free to the public, this Thursday.
The event, at Port Angeles High School’s main gymnasium, 304 E. Park Ave., will start at 6 p.m. with string musicians from Dry Creek, Hamilton and Jefferson elementary schools. Half of the string players from Stevens Middle School and Port Angeles High School also will perform.
After that first 45-minute concert will come a break; then the second show will start at 7:15 p.m.
In this performance, students from Franklin and Roosevelt elementary schools will play, as will the other half of the musicians from Stevens and Port Angeles High.
Ron Jones, James Ray III and Sabrina Scruggs, Port Angeles School District’s music teachers, will conduct the two shows, which will wrap by around 8 p.m.
Shared reading
PORT TOWNSEND — Terry Martin, author of The Secret Language of Women, and Dan Peters, co-editor of Blue Begonia Press, will share a reading Thursday at the Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St.
Admission to the 7 p.m. program is a suggested $3 to $5 donation, with proceeds to benefit the nonprofit arts center.
Martin, who is coming from Yakima, has been a writer and educator for 35 years.
She’s the recipient of Central Washington University’s Distinguished Professor Teaching Award and the CASE/Carnegie U.S. Professor of the Year prize, and her first book of poems, Wishboats, won the 2000 Judges’ Choice Award at Seattle’s Bumbershoot Book Fair.
Peters, an English instructor at Yakima Valley Community College, is the author of books including The Reservoir and Down the Road the Children Go.
For more information on Thursday’s poetry reading and other activities at the center, visit www.northwindarts.org.
Wheat talk set Saturday at farm store
DUNGENESS — Wes Cecil and Arran Stark will share the stage at Nash’s Farm Store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way, at 2 p.m. Saturday to present “The Story of Wheat.”
According to a news release, wheat is a critical ingredient in the history of humankind, and there will be a discussion on how wheat is used in cooking and baking today.
Cecil, a 16-year professor at Peninsula College’s Port Townsend Extension site, will provide insight on wheat’s influence.
He received his doctorate in English from Indiana University.
Stark, a chef, will talk about how wheat is used in various cuisines. He serves as chef and dietary director at Jefferson Healthcare.
The talk at Nash’s Farm Store is free and open to the public, though donations are accepted to support “Food for Thought.”
Camp fundraiser
PORT ANGELES — There will be a garage sale at 4 Seasons Ranch Neighborhood from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The funds will benefit the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ youth group attending summer camps.
Items being sold include Japanese decor, holiday decorations, quilting and craft books/magazines, cookbooks/magazines, kitchen and dishes, bedding, children’s clothes, baked goods, handicrafts and much more.
Phone 253-441-5557 or email shauntelhart@gmail.com.
Hats Off to Y
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County branch of the Olympic Peninsula YMCA recently hosted 260 patrons at the USO building at Fort Worden State Park for the first Hats Off to the Y fundraiser.
Beth O’Neal, president of the Jefferson County YMCA board and event coordinator, said $74,600 was raised to support YMCA programs.
The sold-out crowd was served a family-style dinner by chef Arran Stark.
An educational gallery highlighted the programs the YMCA runs.
Included in the gallery were the after-school child care program, tutoring in Jefferson County schools, swimming, yoga, “Fly the Y,” woodworking and summer meal programs for kids.
A schematic of the proposed new facility was on display.
The project is planned as a collaboration between the YMCA, Port Townsend School District, Jefferson Healthcare hospital, city of Port Townsend and Jefferson Aquatics Coalition.
Volunteer of the Year
PORT ANGELES — Crestwood Health and Rehabilitation presented the Volunteer of the Year award to Roma Peters at a recent event held in her honor.
“We are very pleased to present this award to Roma Peters,” Life Enrichment Director Lily Carignan said.
“She has been coming to our center since August 2013 to perform ukulele music on a monthly basis. She also fills in in case we have a spot to fill or a special event.”
For more information about volunteering at Crestwood, contact Carignan at 360-452-9206 or LCarignan@extendicare.com.
Crestwood Health and Rehabilitation is located at 1116 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Honor society
BOISE, Idaho — R. Sarah Westcoatt of Forks was recently initiated into the honor society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines, according to a news release.
Westcoatt is pursuing a degree in nursing at Boise State University in Boise.
She is among approximately 32,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year.
Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter.
Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors, having at least 72 semester hours, are eligible for membership.
