SEQUIM — Sarah Red-Laird, founder and director of The Bee Girl Organization, will talk on the lives of honeybees at Nash’s Farm Store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way, at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Her talk, “Our Honeybees: Sentinels of Impending Disaster or Conduits of Change?,” focuses on the “Four Horsemen of the Bee-pocalypse” — climate change, the Varroa destructor, monocrop agriculture and habitat loss — and on the solutions.
The talk is free and open to the public.
For more information, visit www.nashsorganicproduce.com.
Monday Musicale
PORT ANGELES — Monday Musicale will meet at Queen of Angeles fellowship hall, 209 W. 11th St., at noon today.
Entertainment begins at 1 p.m. and is open to the public.
RSVP to Ruth Welch at 360-457-5223.
Garden club meet
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Garden Club general meeting will be held at First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., today.
Coffee and a social are at 9:30 a.m., with the program starting promptly at 10 a.m.
This month features Jessica Hernandez, food bank director for Port Angeles. She will speak at 10:45 a.m. on how the food bank works and her goal to reroute what appears to be excess or wasted food.
The club’s business meeting and educational programs follow the presentation with a sack lunch and social at 12:30 p.m.
In the afternoon, an optional crafts/education hour will feature Patty Wheatley and her local artist friend demonstrating how to create a garden path with the help of embellished pre-made stepping stones decorated with pieces of porcelain tiles or plates.
The public is welcome to attend.
For more information, phone President Beverly Dawson at 360-582-0803.
WISH meeting
PORT ANGELES — WISH (Women Into Scandinavian Heritage) will meet at the Sons of Norway Hall, 131 W. Fifth St., at 10:30 a.m. today.
Ise Hertzog will show a video on travels in Denmark, Norway and Sweden.
All are welcome to attend.
Flight operations
COUPEVILLE — Field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island at the outlying field in Coupeville are scheduled for today through Friday.
Today, Tuesday and Thursday, training is scheduled in the afternoon and at night. On Wednesday, training is at night. On Friday, training takes place in the late morning.
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.
Market meeting
SEQUIM — The Sequim Farmers Market will host its annual preseason vendor meeting in the Sequim High School cafeteria, 601 N. Sequim Ave., at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
This meeting is free and open to anyone interested in learning about what is required to become a vendor at the market.
It is open to all returning vendors as well.
The meeting concludes with a question-and-answer section.
Rock landscaping
SEQUIM — Dan Blood from Creative Landscapes will be the featured speaker at the Tuesday meeting of the Clallam County Gem & Mineral Association.
He will discuss the use of rocks in landscaping.
The meeting will be in the second-floor conference room of the 5th Avenue Retirement Center, 500 W. Hendrickson Road, at 7 p.m.
For more information, phone Scott Thornhill at 360-912-1520.
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 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: Bed of greens with pickled beets, corned beef, carrots and potatoes, cabbage and cherry cobbler.
■ Wednesday: Fruit cup, chef salad, garlic bread and ice-cream sundae.
■ Thursday: Tossed salad, beef enchiladas, refried beans, mixed fruit and baked custard.
■ Friday: Carrot salad, beef stroganoff, whipped potatoes, broccoli and pears.
DAR meeting set
SEQUIM — The Daughters of the American Revolution will hold their monthly meeting at the clubhouse in Monterra, located off Finn Hall Road in the Monterra housing subdivision.
The meeting starts at 10 a.m. Wednesday.
All prospective members and the public are invited to attend.
Refreshments will be served.
For reservations or more information, phone Janis Flanigan at 360-457-1446.
Two lauded at annual tea ceremony
PORT ANGELES — At its recent annual George Washington Tea and Awards Ceremony, the Michael Trebert chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution recognized outstanding citizens in Clallam County.
Nominated by Capt. Jonathan Picker, senior naval science instructor for the Navy Junior ROTC program at Port Angeles High School, Cadet Lt. Dusti S. Lucas was awarded the DAR medal for NJROTC cadet.
According to Picker: “Dusti is responsible for 110 students in the ROTC program at the high school. She accomplishes this by being extremely organized. She is active in [Port Angeles High School] sports and involved in community service.”
Alyssa Ardickas Bonheyo, a fifth-grader at Greywolf Elementary School in Sequim, was awarded the Outstanding History Student medal, certificate and a $75 check from the chapter.
The DAR Medal for American History Essay award is available to fifth-through-eighth-grade students in Clallam County.
“This is the 125th anniversary celebration of Ellis Island. Students were to imagine immigrating to the U.S. in 1892 and write to their cousin telling of their experiences,” co-chairwoman Christine Hill said.
The announcement was made at the tea that Alyssa had also won at the state level, where she and her family are invited to be honored at the Washington State Society Conference in Redmond on May 2.
Hill said, “Alyssa’s essay will now be judged at a regional level, and that winner’s essay will be sent to be judged at a national level.
“The national winner will be presented at Continental Congress in Washington, D.C., in July.”
Firefighter honored
PORT ANGELES — Lt. David “Joe” McFarland has been named February’s Volunteer Firefighter of the Month for Clallam County Fire District No. 2.
McFarland has attained many certifications in his 21 years of volunteer service to the community, including by the state Department of Health as an emergency medical technician. He also is a certified heavy-rescue and -recovery instructor.
He has been recognized several times in service to the community.
In 2014, McFarland received a letter of appreciation from the chief for his participation in an emergency exercise on the MV Coho ferry with law enforcement.
In 2013, he was recognized with a Distinguished Unit Citation for his assistance during a bulldozer rampage in Gales Addition.
McFarland has volunteered at the KONP-Clallam County Public Utility District Home Show, and he responded to and assisted in managing a fatal house fire in August of 2013 for which he was recognized.
As one of two volunteer mechanics for the fire district, McFarland can regularly be found under the hood of one or more of the district’s 13 pieces of emergency response apparatus.
Medical awards
The Clallam County Physicians Community Benefit Fund will award academic scholarships in medically related fields and medically related community grants.
The benefit fund was formed in 1995 when Regence BlueShield joined with Clallam County Physicians Services Inc., a company formed by local physicians to provide health care coverage to Clallam County citizens.
The academic scholarship awards are:
■ Alicia Gilstrom: $1,500.
■ Kevin Herzog: $2,000.
■ Kathleen Minor: $2,000.
■ Shelby Napiontek: $2,500.
■ Richard Putman: $2,000.
■ Elise Reid: $6,000.
■ Kelsey Shideler: $6,000.
■ Mari Yamamoto: $2,000.
The grant awards are:
■ National Alliance on Mental Health of Clallam County: $756.
■ Olympic Peninsula YMCA: $3,500.
■ Peninsula Behavioral Health: $5,000.
■ Roosevelt Elementary School: $1,968.55.
The benefit fund is now accepting applications for both academic scholarships in medically related fields and medically related community grants, to be awarded in 2016.
To be eligible, a student must be a graduate of a Clallam County high school and have been accepted into or is currently enrolled in a fully accredited professional school in a medically related program.
Applications for the academic scholarships and community grants may be obtained be sending a self-addressed stamped envelope to the Clallam County Physicians Community Benefit Fund, PO Box 3005, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
Completed applications must be submitted by Monday, June 1.
Civil Air Patrol cadet joins ranks
SEQUIM — Sequim High School senior Siana Turner recently joined the cadet officer ranks of the Civil Air Patrol in ceremonies that featured several local officials.
Dungeness Squadron commander 1st Lt. Matt Stewart promoted Turner to the rank of cadet second lieutenant.
With the promotion, Turner earned the Civil Air Patrol’s Billy Mitchell Award, which honors military aviation pioneer Gen. Billy Mitchell, a cadet milestone.
Sequim Mayor Candace Pratt and Jamye Wisecup of the Clallam County Office of Emergency Management were on hand to congratulate Turner on her achievement.
Turner’s mother, Veronica, a former squadron commander, participated in the ceremonies by pinning the cadet’s new rank insignia on her with assistance from Lt. Col. Don Long, CAP, the Washington Wing West Central Group commander.
Turner has training in radio communications and aircraft flight line marshaling. Locally, she has participated in a number of Civil Air Patrol activities, including an air show at Sequim Valley Airport last fall, and is the unit’s cadet commander.
For information about the Civil Air Patrol, visit www.gocivilairpatrol.com or visit the Dungeness Squadron on Facebook at www.facebook.com/dungenesscap.
Sequim receives
SEQUIM — The city will receive $2,000 from the Kitsap Bank Community Connections program to support events hosted by the city.
Music in the Park will receive $1,000 to support the summer concert series held at the James Center for the Performing Arts on Tuesday evenings from late June through August.
Additionally, $1,000 will go to the Civic Center community celebration planned midyear for the completion of the new facility and community plaza.
To learn more about the Music in the Parks program or the new civic center, visit www.sequimwa.gov.
Contact City Clerk Karen Kuznek-Reese at 360-681-3428 or kkuznek@sequimwa.gov with questions and to find out how to make a donation to Music in the Park and the Civic Center Community Plaza.
Mini grants given
The Clallam County Schools Retirees’ Association has awarded the following Isabelle Whitfield mini grants:
■ Sheri Kruckeberg, teacher-librarian at Helen Haller Elementary School, requested funds to assist in obtaining “Burke Boxes” from Seattle’s Burke Museum to provide hands-on experiences with scientific artifacts; $400.
■ Laila Camocho-Carver, fifth-grade teacher at Hamilton Elementary School, requested funds to assist with field trips to William Shore Memorial Pool, where students will study water safety; $250.
■ Mickey Branham, second-grade teacher at Dry Creek Elementary School, requested funds to assist with materials for a science study focusing on air, water and weather; $75.
