SEQUIM —The Safeway store in Sequim was evacuated Friday because of smoke coming from a vent, Clallam County Fire District No. 3 officials said.
Thick smoke was reported at about 9:13 a.m. near the front of the store where lottery tickets are sold, Fire District No. 3 Assistant Chief Dan Orr said.
“It looks like the fan motor went out,” Orr said.
The store was evacuated as a precaution.
The faulty fan was isolated, and the store reopened shortly after noon.
An electrician was on scene.
“All’s fine,” Orr said Friday.
Power outage
SEQUIM — A vehicle hitting a power pole caused an electrical power outage for about 800 Clallam County Public Utility District customers south of Sequim.
The outage began at 4:45 p.m. Friday.
Power was restored by 5:55 p.m., said Michael Howe, PUD spokesman.
Free certification
PORT ANGELES — A free Microsoft Office Specialist certification exam will be held in the Port Angeles Library’s Carver Room, 2210 S. Peabody St., on June 6-8.
The exam normally costs between $99 and $130.
Multiple one-hour sessions are available, but only one exam can be taken per session. Each exam is 50 minutes long.
The IC3 certification exams will also be available during all test sessions free of charge.
Limited space is available, and registration is required.
For multiple exams, register for multiple sessions.
To register, visit www.wastatelibrary.eventbrite.com.
This is done in partnership with the Washington State Library.
College art festival on tap this week
PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., will celebrate its students’ works in the arts during the Student Arts Festival from Monday through Friday.
Events include performances by the music and drama departments, a student art show in the Pirate Union Building’s Gallery of Art, the unveiling of the 2016 Tidepools art and literary magazine, a student film festival, a multimedia book signing event, awards for outstanding English essays, the Associated Student Council-sponsored sidewalk chalk art contest and welding students’ annual Junk Art Wars competition.
The events are free and open to the public.
Details on the events are at www.pencol.edu/events/all.
For more information, email Reina Barreto at rbarreto@pencol.edu.
Crime prevention
PORT ANGELES — The Crossing Church will host a crime prevention program from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday.
The church is located at 96 Deer Park Road.
Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict, Prosecuting Attorney Mark Nichols, Sgt. Randy Pieper, Neighborhood Watch volunteer Al Camin and Administrative Coordinator Lorraine Shore will present on how to target-harden home and property, properly communicate with law enforcement and receive information on crime statistics in the county.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, visit www.clallam.net/sheriff.
Volunteers sought
PORT TOWNSEND — Salish Spirit Equine Assisted Therapy is seeking volunteers for its therapeutic summer riding program at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 22, to Wednesday, July 27.
Volunteer training will be provided at the fairgrounds from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. this Wednesday.
Salish Spirit provides therapeutic riding classes for children and adults.
For those interested in becoming a volunteer or for more information, visit www.salishspirit.org/contact.
Backyard birding
SEQUIM — Backyard Birding will meet at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road, from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Ken Wiersema and Shirley Anderson will discuss the topic “Birds Out of the Nest,” which includes adult bird roles in feeding and rearing young birds, changes in feeding needs, making properties less hazardous to young birds and lifestyles of young birds at the most vulnerable time of their lives.
The public is invited to attend.
This is the final session until fall.
There is a $5 fee for those 18 and older.
Bottle rockets
SEQUIM — The Cub Scouts will hold a bottle rocket workshop at Five Acre School, 515 Lotzgesell Road, from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The workshop is for boys going into first through fifth grade.
Each boy participating will need to bring two 2-liter bottles of soda or seltzer water with lids to construct the rockets.
For more information, contact Anne Kanters at 360-808-2737 or akanters@olympus.net.
‘Adulting’ workshop
PORT TOWNSEND — The Boiler Room, 711 Water St., will hold an “Adulting” financial resources workshop from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday, June 14.
The workshop will cover how to manage finances, avoid predatory lending and recover from financial setbacks.
The main focus of the workshop is to help educate those with limited to no experience with finances.
Admission is free.
All ages and experience levels with finances are encouraged to come.
Cookies will be provided.
To suggest a topic to be covered, email boilerroomed@gmail.com.
For more information, visit www.ptbr.org.
Workshop series
SEQUIM — Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County will offer the “Survivors Workshops Series: Practical Advice to Living Alone” at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave., from 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. each fourth Thursday starting Thursday, June 23.
The workshops are to assist with common issues with living alone and everyday life after the loss of a loved one.
The topic in June will be home and car maintenance led by Michael Bucierka, a retired contractor.
The series of four workshops concludes in September.
The series is free and open to the public. Space is limited, so registration is required.
Clallam County is a nonprofit organization staffed primarily by volunteers.
To register or volunteer, phone Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County at 360-452-1511.
