NEWS BRIEFS: No landing practice set in Coupeville this week . . . and other items

COUPEVILLE — There will be no field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island at the outlying field in Coupeville today through Saturday.

The schedule is subject to change to meet mission requirements.

Comments, including noise complaints, can be directed to station’s comment line at 360-257-6665 or via email at comments.NASWI@navy.mil.

All other questions can be directed to the public affairs office at 360-257-2286.

Senior nutrition

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Senior Nutrition Site dinners will be served at 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at the Port Angeles Senior & Community Center, 328 E. Seventh St.

A suggested donation is $5 for those who are 60 or older.

People younger than 60 can attend for $8.

Reservations should be made 24 hours in advance to 360-457-8921.

Menus are subject to change.

■ Tuesday: Tossed salad, cabbage roll, steamed rice, steamed carrots and mixed berries with cream.

■ Wednesday: Antipasto salad, chicken Parmesan, buttered noodles, steamed asparagus, bread sticks and citrus sections.

■ Thursday: Green salad, applesauce, roasted pork, steamed rice, green beans and carrot cake.

■ Friday: Sliced tomatoes, Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, steamed peas and peach crisp.

Feasibility talk

PORT TOWNSEND — The meeting of Northwest Advanced Renewables Alliance will be at the Marina Room at Point Hudson, located at the Port of Port Townsend complex, north side of building adjoining 265 Hudson St., from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday.

There is overflow parking in a grass lot at 380 Jefferson St., next to the Jefferson County Washington State University Extension Office.

Light refreshments will be provided.

The alliance discusses the feasibility of a Pacific Northwest industry that uses post-harvest forest residuals, branches and tops left in slash piles to make alternative jet fuel and other bio-products.

The event, titled “Olympic Peninsula Biomass:‐Bioenergy Community Stakeholder Open House,” includes an overview of the alliance project and the specific actions planned for the North Olympic Peninsula.

There will be an opportunity for questions, and public feedback is encouraged.

A poster session will follow.

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact Laura Lewis, Jefferson County Extension director, at 360-379-­5610, ext. 202, or laura.lewis@wsu.edu; or contact Vikram Yadama at 509-335-­6261 or vyadama@wsu.edu.

Roller derby game

SEQUIM — Port Scandalous Roller Derby will present season five, game six at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St., at 6 p.m. Saturday.

The cost of presale tickets is $10 for adults, $8 for youths 8 and younger, while youths 5 and younger get in free.

Senior and military discounts are available.

Adult tickets are $12 at the door.

The all-ages Halloween-themed bout will have the Strait Shooters compete against the Willamette Kidney Thieves.

There will be a prize for the best Halloween costume.

Also available is a 50/50 raffle, snacks, a beer garden and Port Scandalous Roller Derby merchandise.

For more information, email board.psrd@gmail.com or find the team on Facebook.

Martha lecture set

PORT TOWNSEND — The 2015-16 Wooden Boat Wednesday lecture series will kick off this Wednesday with Capt. Robert d’Darcy of the schooner Martha.

The free one-hour presentation begins at noon in the Maritime Meeting Room of the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St.

No reservation is required.

The Martha and her crew spent the past year traveling the West Coast, visiting historic ports, becoming the oldest vessel to participate in the Transpac and sailing to Hawaii and Kauaii and then back to Victoria.

D’Darcy’s slideshow and presentation will feature highlights of their racing adventures and events of the past year.

For more information, visit www.nwmaritime.org.

Film presentation

PORT TOWNSEND — Spiritual pioneer and New York Times best-seller James Twyman will hold “A Course in Miracles” celebration by sharing his latest film, “A Chorus in Miracles,” at the Unity Spiritual Enrichment Center, 3918 San Juan Ave., from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday.

The suggested donation is $10 per person, half of which goes to the presenter and half to the organization.

A musical journey in celebration of the 50-year anniversary of the book A Course in Miracles, Twyman’s feature documentary film has been created as an homage to a spiritual text of the 20th century.

The genesis of the documentary began when Twyman decided to put the 365 lessons from A Course in Miracles to music.

For more information, phone Kristin Mineah at 360-385-6519, email info@unitypt.org or visit www.unitypt.org.

Bake sale set

PORT ANGELES — The Sons of Norway will host a luncheon and bake sale at the Scandia Hall, 131 W. Fifth St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.

The luncheon menu includes a choice of two homemade soups — split-pea with kielbasa or vegetable beef — baked potatoes with toppings, slices of homemade pie and coffee, tea and juice.

Homemade lefse, breads, pies and other Scandinavian goodies are included in the bake sale.

In addition to homemade foods, there are cards and gift wrapping paper for sale, designed and painted by Roxanne Grinstad, a member of the lodge.

Members of the W.I.S.H. (Women into Scandinavian Heritage) group, local women who meet weekly to paint together, will sell their Rosemaling painted treasures.

This event is the club’s fundraiser for scholarship awards to students of the class of 2016 at Crescent, Sequim and Port Angeles high schools.

This bake sale and luncheon are held in lieu of the usual annual Lutefisk and Meatball Dinner this year.

For more information, contact Kathryn Hofer at 360-457-7929 or khofer@wavecable.com.

‘TravelFest’ set

PORT TOWNSEND ­— A free “TravelFest” event will be presented at First Presbyterian Church, 1111 Franklin St., at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25.

The event features “Nepal: Now and Then,” presented by Port Townsend resident Richard Friedericks.

Friedericks lived and taught in Nepal for more than 20 years and returned to the mountainous Asian nation after the recent earthquake.

Refreshments will be served.

The free event is open to the public.

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