SEQUIM — In celebration of National Safety Month, a safety fair will be held in the Sequim Home Depot Parking lot, 1145 W. Washington St., from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
There will be safety experts from the Peninsula, including boats from the U.S. Coast Guard and Clallam County Sheriff’s Office, mobile units, cars and ambulances.
Kids can make a firetruck at the Home Depot kids workshop.
For more information, email cclarkpds@yahoo.com or phone 360-582-1620.
Benefit concert
SEQUIM — Peninsula Friends of Animals will hold a benefit concert featuring Joy in Mudville at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is $8.
Proceeds go to the animal shelter.
Light refreshments will be available.
For more information, visit www.safehavenpfoa.org, email pfoa@olypen.com or phone 360-452-0414.
Family Flicks
SEQUIM — The Family Flicks movie series will resume Saturday at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
Offered at 2 p.m. the first Saturday of every month October through April, Family Flicks provides family entertainment, popcorn and movie trivia for free.
The 2015 series kicks off with a screening of “The Adventures of Tintin” at 2 p.m. Saturday.
This film, winner of the 2011 Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film, is a PG-rated epic adventure adapted from three comics by iconic Belgian cartoonist Hergé.
On Saturday, Nov. 7, the library will show “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day,” based on the classic children’s book of the same name.
The 2015 series concludes Dec. 5 with the computer-animated film “Meet the Robinsons,” which tells the story of a young orphan whose inventions scare away prospective parents.
For more information about this and other family programs, contact the Sequim Library at 360-683-1161, visit www.nols.org or email youth@nols.org.
Pink Party slated
BLYN — The fifth annual Pink Party for Breast Cancer Awareness will take place at 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101, from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
The event is free for those ages 21 and older.
For those who wear pink club attire to show support for breast cancer awareness, the casino will donate $5 to the Olympic Medical Cancer Center.
The musical act Mr. Pink will play all hits from favorite female artists.
For more information, visit www.7cedarsresort.com.
‘Backyard Birding’
SEQUIM — “Landscaping for Birds,” the first in a series of eight classes in the “Backyard Birding” series, will take place at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, Railroad Bridge Park, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road, from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Joe Holtrop, executive director of the Clallam Conservation District, will present aspects of a bird-friendly yard, including food, water and shelter, with an emphasis on the use of plants native to the area.
Following the class, there is an optional field trip (a 2-mile hike at the Dungeness Recreation Area) to see native plants and where they are growing.
The series is hosted by members of the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society.
“Backyard Birding” can be taken either as individual classes or in a series.
The cost of each session is $5, free for anyone younger than age 18.
After the completion of five sessions, participants will get a free one-year membership in the society.
The following is a list of other classes in the series:
■ Saturday, Nov. 14: “What Bird Is That?!?”
■ Saturday, Dec. 5: “Winter Care and Feeding of Birds.”
■ Jan. 2: “What Bird Was That?”
■ Feb. 6: “Nesting.”
■ March 5: “Migration.”
■ April 9: “Landscaping for Birds.”
■ May 14: “Enjoying Spring Sounds.”
■ June 11: “Out of the Nest.”
Soroptimist give award to nurse student
SEQUIM — Soroptimist International of Sequim recently awarded its annual Professional Technical Award of $2,000 to Melissa Lashua.
Lashua will receive her associate degree in nursing in June.
She then plans to receive her Bachelor of Science in nursing through the University of Washington.
After years of waitressing, Lashua felt she needed to find a career that would provide more security and benefits for her 7-year-old daughter and herself, according to a news release.
Her interests are in nutrition, health and exercise.
The Professional Technical Award is given to a student enrolled in a nondegree program leading to a certificate or license and is awarded each September.
The award is used for tuition or needed supplies.
For more information on scholarships and awards given by Soroptimist International of Sequim, visit www.sisequim.org and click on “What We Do” and then on “Scholarships and Awards.”
Bonsai meeting
SEQUIM — The Dungeness Bonsai Society will host Glenn Jensen, curator of the Japanese Friendship Garden Bonsai Collection in Balboa Park in San Diego, Calif., as the presenter for the October meeting.
The event takes place at Pioneer Park, 387 W. Washington St., at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6. The public is invited to this free event.
Jensen has studied bonsai since the 1960s.
For more information, phone Ron Quigley at 360-681-7589.
