NEWS BRIEFS: Spaghetti dinner is planned for Fairview Grange … and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Fairview Grange will hold its spaghetti dinner and Chinese dessert auction at 5 p.m. today.

The cost is free for children younger than 12 and $10 for general admission at the grange, 161 Lake Farm Road.

The admission includes an all-you-can-eat menu of spaghetti, bread, salad, ice cream and punch or coffee.

The auction is slated to begin around 6 p.m., event organizers said.

Attendees are welcome to bring a dessert or new item to support the auction.

Proceeds will benefit the grange and its scholarship fund.

For more information, call 360-461-9008.

Port Townsend concert

PORT TOWNSEND — Singer-songwriter David Roth is set to perform at the Port Townsend Quaker Meeting House at 7:30 p.m. today.

Doors for the concert open at 7 p.m. at the meeting house at 1841 Sheridan St.

A $15 donation is suggested, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.

For more information, email Nancy Martin at apricottie@me.com or visit www.davidrothmusic.com.

Crescent schools

JOYCE — The Crescent School District Board of Directors’ regular meeting is set for 7 p.m. Thursday.

The board will meet at the Crescent School library at 50350 U.S. Highway 101.

The meeting’s agenda includes guest presentations by high school Spanish teacher Carrie Cobb and elementary school staff, as well as regular business, student and school programs, and enrollment and finance reports.

To view the full agenda, visit www.crescentschooldistrict.org.

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