SEQUIM — Clallam County Public Utility District customers who lost power in a number of Wednesday evening outages were reported back online by Thursday morning.
The PUD reported that at about 8:01 p.m. Wednesday, more than 11,800 Sequim-area customers lost power after high winds caused a transmission line to trip a circuit breaker.
The cause, said company officials, was a tree in a power line near the SunLand substation.
Power was restored to most customers by 10:22 p.m.
Customers in the SunLand area remained without power until after 11:10 p.m.
Another 862 customers in south-central and west Sequim had their power restored between 2:30 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. Thursday.
A separate wind-related outage west of Blyn affected 384 customers between 1:30 a.m. and 4 a.m.
All customers had power restored by about 5:20 a.m.
Scholarship applications
PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula College Foundation will offer scholarships in various areas to students attending Peninsula College for the 2016-17 school year beginning today.
Applications are due Tuesday, April 19.
There are three steps to search and apply for scholarships.
First, interested individuals should visit www.theWashBoard.org to create a log-in and a personal profile.
WashBoard is a free, one-stop site for Washington students seeking college scholarships.
Students can enter “Peninsula College” in the search toolbar to review the list of all available Peninsula College and Peninsula College Foundation scholarships for the 2016-17 school year.
Peninsula College Foundation Specialist Cheri Jessup will be available at College Goal Washington on the main campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., this Saturday and at the Forks campus, 481 S. Forks Ave., on Saturday, Jan. 30, to meet with anyone interested in learning more about the application process, as well as how to sign up for and navigate WashBoard.
More information on the event is available at www.pencol.edu/events/college-goal-washington.
Scholarship award notifications will be provided to students beginning May 20.
For more information about the scholarship process, contact the Peninsula College Foundation at 360-417-6246 or visit www.pencol.edu/scholarships.
Tsunami boat story
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary invites the public to a book reading in Japanese and English and discussion of the bilingual children’s book The Extraordinary Voyage of Kamome: A Tsunami Boat Comes Home at 7 p.m. today.
The reading will take place at The Landing mall, 115 E. Railroad Ave. It is free and open to the public.
The story, intended for lower elementary grades, provides a window for discussing earthquakes, tsunamis, marine debris, preparedness and cultural awareness in the classroom and within families, according to a news release.
On April 7, 2013, a little over two years after an earthquake triggered a massive tsunami, a lone boat washed up on the shores of Crescent City, Calif. The boat was linked to a high school in Rikuzentakata, beginning a story that has linked two tsunami-vulnerable communities on opposite sides of the Pacific.
The story is told in a children’s book co-authored by Lori Dengler, professor emeritus at Humboldt State University, and tsunami expert Amya Miller, special assistant to Rikuzentakata, featuring illustrations in a Japanese woodblock style by Arcata artist Amy Uyeki.
For information, contact Nicole Harris at 360-457-6622, ext. 19, or email nicole.harris@noaa.gov.
Eckankar plans events for Sunday
SEQUIM — An open discussion group about spiritual guidance will be held in the Sequim Library’s meeting room, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Sunday.
It will be followed by “a personal discovery process to explore the innate relationship each person has with spiritual guidance for insight, protection and divine love,” according to a news release.
At 11:30 a.m., there will be a community HU song gathering in the meeting room.
The HU song is an ancient invocation used to open the consciousness to the light and sound of God, resulting in mystical experiences, spiritual insights and states of enlightenment and inner peace, according to a news release.
Both events are sponsored by Eckankar and are offered as a free community service for people of all faiths, cultures and backgrounds.
For more information, phone George Abrahams at 360-809-0156 or email justbe973@gmail.com.
‘Hope for Future’
PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle St., will have the Rev. John Wingfield speak about “Joy and Hope for the Future” at the 10:30 a.m. worship service.
Wingfield graduated from Unity School of Christianity in 1977 as an ordained Unity minister.
The past 3½ years of his church ministry experience was at Unity in the Olympics.
A time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Child care is available.
Fellowship time follows the worship service.
The public is welcome to attend all church activities.
