SEQUIM — State Superintendent Randy Dorn will be in town Wednesday to cheer on Sequim School District staff in advance of the resumption of classes on Sept. 1.
Dorn, of Eatonville, will address staff at a 8:30 a.m. in the Sequim High School auditorium as part of the district’s employee back-to-school day.
“It is basically a district kick-off,” said Nate Olson, Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction communications manager.
“He is . . . going to be delivering high-level messages about education,” as well as motivational encouragement in advance of the school year, Olson said.
The visit “is not part of a tour he is doing” throughout the state, Olson said; he was invited to address Sequim school employees.
Dorn was elected Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2008.
PA schools budget
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board will consider approving the 2015-16 budget when it meets Thursday.
The board will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. at the Lower Elwha Klallam Tribal Center, 2851 Lower Elwha Road.
It plans a 5:30 p.m. executive session in the same place to discuss personnel, consult with legal counsel, consider the position to be taken in collective bargaining or to consider acquisition or sale of real estate.
The proposed general fund for 2015-16 is $45 million.
The board will discuss a memorandum of understanding with the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe; hear an annual report from Jamie Valadez, who teaches Native American language at Port Angeles High School and hear remarks from Superintendent Marc Jackson and tribal Chairwoman Frances Charles.
Newcomers’ Club lunch scheduled
PORT ANGELES — The Newcomers’ Club of the Olympic Peninsula will hold their monthly luncheon at the Red Lion Hotel, 221 N. Lincoln St., on Tuesday, Sept. 1.
Socializing begins at 11:30 a.m., followed by a buffet lunch and a guest speaker.
Deb Cox from Puppy Pilots will bring a few of the puppies she is training to be guide dogs and talk about how puppies are trained, what they can do and how Guide Dogs for the Blind provides dogs to the blind.
RSVP by Friday at noon to 360-504-2522 or fill out the reservation form online at www.olympicnewcomers.org.
Open house slated
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Genealogical Society, 402 E. Lauridsen Blvd., will host an open house at its Research Center from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The public is invited to look over the facility, use the computers and databases to do research or drop in for a cookie and cup of coffee.
One class, “Genealogy 101, or I Know Nothing About Genealogy,” will be offered at 1 p.m. for anyone interested in beginning their family research.
A $5 class materials fee is requested from participants who are not members of the society.
For more information, phone the center at 360-417-5000.
Family caregivers
FORKS — Registration is open for the fall series of “Powerful Tools for Caregivers” classes from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Tuesdays for six weeks beginning Sept. 22.
Classes are held at Calvary Chapel, 451 Fifth Ave.
This free educational program is designed to help unpaid family caregivers take care of themselves while caring for a relative or friend.
For more information or to register, phone Susie Brandelius at 360-374-9496, ext. 2.
Benefit radio fly-in set for Saturday
SEQUIM — The Sequim RC Aeronauts and the Olympic RC Modelers are hosting their fifth annual radio-controlled aircraft fly-in at the Sequim airport, 468 Dorothy Hunt Lane, in conjunction with Air Affaire, a full-scale aircraft event, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The combined events are a benefit for Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, which provides free, around-the-clock registered nursing availability to terminally ill patients.
The fly-in is a family-oriented event, with demonstration flights of all types of radio-controlled aircraft, static display of full-size aircraft and raffle drawings for prizes.
Pilots are required to pay a $5 fee.
Quakers celebrate
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Friends Meeting will celebrate the first anniversary of the purchase of its new meetinghouse Sunday, Aug. 30, with a public open house and an ice-cream sundae party.
The event will be at the meetinghouse, 1841 Sheridan St., from 1:30 p.m. to
3 p.m.
All members of the community are welcome to tour the building.
The meeting will also showcase the newly completed kitchen, built from scratch.
For more information, phone Meetinghouse Committee Clerk Caroline Wildflower at 360-379-5376.
Pranic healing
PORT ANGELES — A free Pranic healing clinic will be held at the Sons of Norway Hall, 131 W. Fifth St., from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, Aug. 31.
Pranic healing is a “no-touch” healing modality developed by Grandmaster Choa Kok Sui.
For more information, visit www.pranichealing.com or phone Amber Bellamy at 360-912-3373.
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