PORT ANGELES — Light poles replacement will begin in downtown Port Angeles on Monday.
Some sidewalks and parking spaces will be blocked for one to two days at a time for equipment and construction use, the city said in a news release.
Soon after work is completed in the downtown area, poles will be replaced on Eighth Street between C and Race streets.
Work involves replacing deteriorated steel poles and concrete bases.
The city said it would keep most sidewalks open to the public during construction to minimize business disruption.
Unity speaker Sunday on Jewish roots
PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle St., will have Suzanne Debey as the speaker for the 10:30 a.m. worship service Sunday.
The lesson is “The Jewish Roots in Christianity,” focusing on the various ways Jewish beliefs and principles have impacted Christianity.
Debey has been a lay leader in the Port Angeles/Sequim Jewish community for 35 years.
A time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Child care is available.
Fellowship time will follow the worship service.
At 1 p.m., there is a nonviolent communication class.
Everyone is welcome to attend all church activities.
Pastors installed
PORT ANGELES — Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 301 E. Lopez Ave., will have a special worship service to install two pastors at 2 p.m. Sunday .
The Revs. Kristin Luana Baumann and Olaf Baumann will be installed as pastors of Holy Trinity, a congregation of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
The community is invited to attend.
A reception will be held immediately following the service.
The Baumanns came to Port Angeles from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, where they pastored a joint parish.
PA ‘Fill the basket’ set for Saturday
PORT ANGELES — The first Port Angeles Symphony concert will take place Saturday in the Port Angeles High School auditorium, 304 E. Park Ave., and the Stevens Middle School Parent-Teacher Organization will be trying to “fill the basket” to help feed those students who don’t get enough to eat.
The orchestra is partnering with them to help them meet this need at this concert.
A free final rehearsal is set for 10 a.m.
The pre-concert chat will be at 6:40 p.m., with the concert beginning at 7:30 p.m.
The program includes Beethoven’s “Leonore Overture No. 3”; Gershwin/Grofe’s “Rhapsody in Blue” with Alexander Tutunov, piano soloist; and Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Scheherazade.”
There will be someone from the middle school to take donations in the lobby at both the morning rehearsal and evening concert.
Items needed are canned tuna or chicken, canned chili or chicken noodle soup, peanut butter in a plastic jar or monetary donations.
To learn more, email pasymphony@olypen.com.
Wetlands lecture
PORT TOWNSEND — Wetland scientist Donna Frostholm will discuss her trip to the Pantanal, the largest freshwater wetland in the world, at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., at 7 p.m. Tuesday.
The talk, sponsored by the Olympic Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society, is free and open to the public.
Come early for coffee, tea and social time.
Frostholm went to the northern portion of the Pantanal in Brazil as an instructor for a University of Washington summer seminar to teach college students about wetlands.
She will provide a brief overview of the geology and ecology of the Pantanal and surrounding areas.
For more information, email dixie@cablespeed.com.
Anglers to meet
PORT TOWNSEND — The East Jefferson Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers will welcome speaker Bob Kratzer to its meeting Tuesday.
The event starts at 6:30 p.m. in the port commissioners’ office, 333 Benedict St.
Refreshments will be served, and the public is invited.
Kratzer is president of the Anglers Guide Service of Forks, which offers guided fishing trips throughout many Western Washington rivers, as well as Alaska.
He also is a member of the Northwest Olympic Peninsula Sportfishing Coalition.
Paddlers to meet
PORT ANGELES — A presentation, “Caring for Critters of the Olympic Peninsula Coast,” will be given by Melissa Williams, executive director of the Feiro Marine Life Center, during the Olympic Peninsula Paddlers Club meeting Wednesday.
The meeting starts at 7 p.m. in the Vern Burton Community Center, 380 E. Fourth St.
The public is invited to attend the free presentation.
For more information, visit www.OlympicPeninsulaPaddlers.com.
Author talks twice
“Pacific Northwest-inspired” author Ashley Mackler-Paternostro will appear via Web conference at the Port Angeles and Sequim libraries to discuss her work and offer tips to aspiring authors.
She first appears at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10, at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., and again at 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Mackler-Paternostro will discuss her writing process, research methods and how to move beyond the first draft to editing and eventual publication.
In addition to her Web conference appearance, Mackler-Paternostro and the North Olympic Library Systems invite writers to submit up to 1,000 words of a work-in-progress for professional review and feedback.
Submissions will be accepted between Nov. 14 and 21 and can be emailed to librarian Sarah Morrison at SMorrison@nols.org.
Only the first 30 works received will be reviewed.
