PORT ANGELES — Olympic National Park has closed its Elwha River area at the park boundary on Olympic Hot Springs Road.
According to the park website, there is a potential for flooding from heavy rainfall and excess snowmelt.
Whiskey Bend Road is closed for the season.
Pipeline protests
Olympic Climate Action, in partnership with the Clallam Progressives and Racial Justice Collective, will hold two protests of the Dakota Access Pipeline on Saturday.
The demonstrations, both from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., will take place outside the U.S. Bank branches in Port Angeles, 134 E. Seventh St., and Sequim, 101 W. Washington St. A protest was also held last Saturday.
U.S. Bank is among a number of banks financing the pipeline, according to a news release.
Participants are advised to bring signs if possible and dress for the weather.
The press release states that “this protest is not against our local bank branches, staffed by our neighbors and doing everyday community banking, but rather with their corporate headquarters … .”
Similar protests by another group, aimed at Wells Fargo and Chase banks, are ongoing in Port Townsend.
For more information, contact Ed Chadd at 360-775-9234 about the Port Angeles demonstration or Carole Woods at 360-775-3877 about the Sequim protest. More information is also available at https://olyclimate.org.
Sunday speaker
PORT ANGELES — Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will feature Becca Korby, executive director of Healthy Families of Clallam County, as a guest speaker Sunday at 10:30 a.m.
Korby has worked for Healthy Families for 12½ years and has served as the agency executive director for 10 years.
She and her children are survivors of domestic violence.
The fellowship is located at 1033 N. Barr Road.
For more information, phone 360-417-2665 or visit www.Olympicuuf.org.
Sunday discussion
PORT TOWNSEND — Pastor Paul Heins will share his experiences in Israel and Palestine on Sunday, Feb. 26, at 1:30 p.m.
Heins will also lead a discussion at First Presbyterian Church, 1111 Franklin St., on current related issues and the involvement/stance of the Presbyterian Church.
Light refreshments will be served.
This event is free, and the public is invited.
Unity speaker
PORT ANGELES — This Sunday, Unity in the Olympics’ 10:30 a.m. worship service will feature Niobe Weaver.
Her lesson at the church at 2917 E. Myrtle St. is titled “What’s Love Got to Do With It?”
Weaver is a sound healer and singer.
A time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Child care is available during the service.
