PORT LUDLOW — The Port Ludlow Artists’ League Gallery will host an artist reception at Sound Community Bank, 9500-B Oak Bay Road, from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. and the gallery next door from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday.
This group show, titled “Modern Male Artists of Great Renown,” focuses on some of the male artists of the Port Ludlow Artists’ League who cover a wide range of mediums, technique and vision.
Artists include Alan Ahtow, Walt Biondi, Larry Davidson, Gary Griswold, Rick McKenzie, James Murphy, Randy Radock, Gary Settle, Ken Thomas, Jim Watson-Gove and Clint Webb.
For more information, visit www.portludlowart.org/league-gallery.
PC student writers
PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College will present local self-published student authors and their works at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd., from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday.
The authors will present on their works, and guests will have the opportunity to ask questions about the tools and resources available in order to publish one’s own work.
Authors and titles include Sequim? What’s That? by Pete Barthell, Angel Messages Everyday: 31 Days by Marie-Claire Bernards, Panic Imagine by Michael Henry Drake, Icons and Angels by Pamela Hastings and Uncle Neal’s (Curious) Rainy Day Book: Stories to Enliven Your Day by Neal Fridley.
Peninsula College’s Tidepools also will have recent issues on display and will invite a handful of authors who have been published in the magazine to present their work.
For more information, email Marina Shipova at mshipova@pencol.edu.
Library test labs
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Library invites kids and teens ages 9 and older to try out project ideas for future library programs and provide feedback at the Charles Pink House, 1256 Lawrence St., from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday.
The most popular projects will be added to the fall STEAM programming lineup.
The test project subjects will vary.
STEAM stands for the academic subjects of science, technology, engineering, art and math.
For more information, phone the library at 360-385-3181 or visit www.nols.org.
Firearms safety
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office will hold two additional firearms safety courses this year: this Saturday and Saturday, Sept. 24.
Both will be free to Clallam County citizens.
The first course was held June 4.
Training Lab’s Master Instructor Sgt. Randy Pieper and firearms instructor Howard Blair used the firearms simulator to teach the course.
The three-hour classes include instruction on firearms safety and practices, use of target practice scenarios and several shoot and no-shoot scenarios.
Each scenario is based on actual incidents involving law enforcement.
Participants use patrol rifles, handguns and Tasers modified for use in the simulator; it uses lasers instead of live rounds while keeping the recoil similar to live fire.
This allows the participants to experience the weight and feel of firearms during the training.
Those interested in attending a course must email Administrative/Community Policing Coordinator Lorraine Shore at lshore@co.clallam.wa.us.
PC essay awards
PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College students Janel Bolinger, Kaila Gresli, Julia Tatum and Kimberly Dougherty were named the winners of the English department’s essay awards at a recent board of trustees meeting.
“Double Trouble,” a narrative essay by Gresli, placed first.
“Beasts, Birds and Tortoises: Animal Symbolism of the Satanic and Divine” by Tatum also placed first in the research and analysis essay category.
“Mindfulness: A Movement in the Moment” by Bolinger and “Vegetarian or Vegan: What’s the Difference?” by Dougherty tied for second in the research and analysis essay category.
First-place winners were awarded $150 and second-place winners received $100.
For more information, email Michael Mills at mmills@pencol.edu.
Clallam intern
PORT ANGELES — Streamkeepers of Clallam County’s Road Department is working with summer intern Grace Little.
Little will be entering her final year at Whitman College in Walla Walla, where she is majoring in English with a focus on communication.
She pursued an internship with Streamkeepers due to her interest in the environment and commitment to the environmental well-being of the Olympic Peninsula, according to a news release.
PA realtor chosen best June agent
PORT ANGELES — Jean Irvine of Coldwell Banker Uptown Realty was named Agent of the Month for June.
The Agent of the Month is accomplished by producing the highest amount of business transactions in one month’s time.
Jean Irvine can be reached at Jean@olypen.com and 360-417-2797.
The office is located at 1115 E. Front St.
