PORT ANGELES — A presentation on Joe Rantz, who was featured in the Boys in the Boat, is planned at 7 tonight.
Judy Rantz-Willman — accompanied by her husband, Ray Willman — will tell about her father and the events leading up to the Olympic race of which he was a part.
The free presentation will be at the Port Angeles Senior & Community Center, 328 E. Seventh St. The space holds fewer than 200 people, so audience members are urged to arrive by 6:30 p.m.
The Boys in the Boat is Daniel James Brown’s account of the eight-man crew from the United States that won gold at the 1936 Olympics.
Published June 4, 2013, the book centers its story on Rantz, who had early ties to Sequim, attending Sequim High School for a time and marrying a Sequim resident.
PA School Board
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board plans a midyear review of the budget and an update on enrollment when it meets Thursday.
The review will be at 6:30 p.m. after an executive session at 6 p.m. The regular meeting will begin at 7 p.m.
All meetings will be in the Central Services Building at 216 E. Fourth St.
Enrollment through April has decreased since January, when it peaked for the school year, according to an agenda memo.
However, full-time equivalents — upon which state funding is based — remains higher than last year, the memo said.
The board also will consider a draft meeting calendar for 2016-17 in which the board would continue meeting Thursdays, approval of a transportation allocation report and a policy against harassment and bullying.
Yacht club speaker set for talk today
SEQUIM — George Hone will be the speaker for the Sequim Bay Yacht Club’s monthly meeting.
The meeting will take place at John Wayne Marina, 2577 W. Sequim Bay Road, at 7 p.m. today.
The public is welcome.
Hone and two other small-boat sailors sailed the Northwest Passage in a home-built 27-foot sailboat.
The trip lasted five months, and their vessel was the smallest one to complete the passage in a single season.
For more information, email shieldmdn@msn.com or phone 360-683-1387.
Paper roses
PORT ANGELES — Jennifer Mora will present a class on making paper roses at the Port Angeles YMCA, 302 S. Francis St., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, April 22.
The cost of the class is $15 for YMCA members and $20 for nonmembers.
Space is limited.
Participants should bring scissors.
Mora will supply the rest of the materials.
For more information, email JaciSheefra@yahoo.com or phone 360-477-0623.
Employee joins garden business
PORT ANGELES — Julie Haguewood has joined Angel Crest Gardens.
Haguewood is a designer, interior decorator and event planner who will head the business’ wedding department.
She consults and plans with brides and friends of brides interested in using the gardens’ flowers.
For more information, phone 360-460-3124 or email julie_haguewood@hotmail.com.
