PORT ANGELES — The good news is that the washout on Olympic Hot Springs Road is being repaired.
The bad news is that the road is expected to be closed to all traffic — vehicular and pedestrian — during the eight-week project.
Olympic Hot Springs Road through the Elwha Valley west of Port Angeles will close on Monday at the boundary to Olympic National Park.
The Madison Falls trail and parking area will remain open, but entry beyond that point will be closed, said Barb Maynes, park spokeswoman.
Crews are erecting a temporary one-lane bridge over the 60-foot washout near the Elwha Campground.
The bridge will be in use for five to seven years, allowing access to areas past that point in the Elwha Valley while park officials consider a permanent solution, Maynes said.
The road is expected to be closed through early October.
The road was severely damaged during last winter’s storms and flooding.
Wreath-laying
OLYMPIA — A wreath-laying ceremony on Saturday will commemorate the 63rd anniversary of the Korean War Armistice.
Veterans of the Korean War will join together at 11 a.m. the Korean War Veterans Memorial on the Capitol Campus in Olympia.
The public is encouraged to attend.
Attending along with Korean War veterans will be Consul General Mook Duk-ho of The Republic of Korea Consulate in Seattle; Colonel Omar Jones, Deputy Commander for Operations, 7th Infantry Division; Retired Army Major General John Hemphill; American Legion State commander; state regent of Daughters of the American Revolution; and Aflie Alvarado-Ramos, director of the state Department of Veterans Affairs.
The National Anthem and taps will be performed by the 1st Corps Army Band and invocation will be provided by Rev. Francis Jeffery.
The Korean War, known as the “Forgotten War,” took place June 1950 to July 1953.
According to most estimates, more than 36,000 Americans died during the war, 103,000 were wounded, and 8,177 were listed as missing in action. More than five million Americans served in the war.
Port Angeles lumber co. gets honor
PORT ANGELES — Angeles Millwork and Lumber Co. has been named to LBM Journal magazine’s LBM Century Club in recognition of the company’s 110 years of service to its community.
“We’re honoring lumberyards with a century or more of service to their communities and to our industry,” said Rick Schumacher, LBM Journal publisher and editor.
Angeles Millwork and Lumber Co. has been open since 1906.
Members of the LBM Century Club sponsored by Epicor will be recognized in LBM Journal magazine and on LBMJournal.com.
Members also will be honored at a special reception at the LBM Strategies Conference 2016 in Charlotte, N.C. in September.
PT marine science talk
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Marine Science Center’s Marine Exhibit will host “Oceanography on the Dock” at the pier, 532 Battery Way, from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, July 29.
The oceanography field course for the public will focus on ocean acidification.
The event is free and open to the public.
To schedule a session for a larger group or at special times, email info@ptmsc.org.
‘The Zaniac’ on tap
The North Olympic Library System will host Alex “The Zaniac” Zerbe on Tuesday, at two local libraries.
The first will be at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 10:30 a.m.
The second will be at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at 2 p.m.
Zerbe’s performance highlights include juggling bowling balls and flaming torches, and slicing vegetables in half with a flying playing card.
In the event of rain, the Sequim Library program will take place in the Sequim Middle School cafeteria, 301 W. Hendrickson Road.
For more information, visit www.nols.org or email youth@nols.org.
Park View gardens
PORT ANGELES — Northwest Veterans, Green Alliance for Veteran Education and Park View Villas, 1430 Park View Lane, partnered together recently to build raised gardens for veterans and other residents at Park View Villas.
The two raised beds make it easier for them to work in the vegetable and flower gardens.
Chris Lelle and program coordinator Stevie Martinez are working on acquiring more space for raised beds.
Green Alliance has a full-size garden area at Robin Hill Park in Sequim that provides veterans and their families with the opportunity to experience gardening as a form of eco-therapy at no cost.
The alliance is a local nonprofit that focuses on providing resources and education to veterans and their families.
The Northwest Veterans Resource Center connects veterans and their families to community, state and national resources, and assists veterans with getting services they are in need of.
For more information, visit the NWVRC office at 216 Francis St. or visit www.vetsgave.org.
Ancestors book
The Jefferson County Historical Society has reprinted Jerry Gorsline’s book Shadows of Our Ancestors: Readings in the History of Klallam-White Relations.
The book was originally published in 1992 by Empty Bowl and is a resource on Northwest history that was previously out of print.
Gorsline assembled primary and secondary sources with essays and commentaries written specifically for Shadows of Our Ancestors which presents a variety of different view points of events that occurred at the beginnings of European-Native contact.
Gorsline started researching S’Klallam-white relations as an effort to understand the issues raised by the 1974 Boldt Decision which affirmed Native American treaty fishing rights and led to violent clashes between tribal and non-tribal fishermen.
Marsha Moratti, JCHS Archivist, took on the job of reprinting the book which was something the Historical Society had not done before.
The book is available through Amazon.com, jchsmuseum.org, the Museum Shop at Jefferson Museum of Art and History in Port Townsend, and at Port Book and News in Port Angeles.
Community dinner free next week
SEQUIM — A free community dinner will be served at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave., at 6 p.m. Thursday.
The meal will include barbecued chicken, potato salad, vegetables, coleslaw, dessert and beverages.
Reservations are required.
Phone the church at 360-683-5367 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. on the Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday before the dinner or email dinners@sequimtumc.org.
The church presents the dinners on the last Thursday of each month.
Sunday talk
PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle St., will host guest speaker the Rev. Eva McGinnis at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service.
Her lesson will be “Cultivating Peace.”
McGinnis is an ordained metaphysical minister with a background of teaching, writing and counseling.
A time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Child care is available during the service.
