NEWS BRIEFS: Studded tires legal as of this Sunday . . . and other items

OLYMPIA — Studded tires will be legal as of Sunday.

“Prepare now so you’re ready whenever the snow starts to fly,” said James Morin, the state Department of Transportation’s snow-and-ice program manager.

“We’ll be working to keep the highways open, but we also need drivers’ help to keep everyone safe and moving.”

Drivers can find winter driving tips at http://tinyurl.com/oqflxmt.

Applicants sought

SEQUIM — The city is seeking applicants for a position on the city Planning Commission.

The position became open in September.

The term will expire in January 2017.

The position will remain open until the City Council appoints a person to fill it.

The voluntary commission serves as an advisory body to the City Council on land use and zoning issues.

Applicants must be Sequim residents.

The commission meets at 6 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month.

Applications are to be submitted to the City Clerk’s Office at City Hall in the Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St.

For more information or to obtain an application, call City Hall at 360-683-4139 or visit www.sequimwa.gov.

Seeking volunteers

SEQUIM — The city is seeking volunteers to serve as concierges in the Civic Center.

Volunteers are needed to greet visitors at the facility and direct them to the department that can best serve them.

Volunteer concierges also provide tourism information on Sequim and the Dungeness Valley to visitors and might provide some assistance to city departments.

For the full job description, visit www.sequimwa.gov.

For more information, contact City Clerk Karen Kuznek-Reese at 360-681-3428 or kkuznek@sequimwa.gov.

Port Townsend free legal clinic is set for Nov. 15

PORT TOWNSEND — The Clallam-Jefferson Pro Bono Lawyers will be at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., to provide a Planning Ahead Free Legal Clinic from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 15.

The event is a chance for low-income community members to prepare advance planning documents, such as a durable power of attorney for finances and a health care directive, aka a living will, according to a news release.

These legal documents allow individuals to appoint friends or family members to help them make important decisions when they are no longer able to do so for themselves.

They also allow individuals to express their wishes to doctors and loved ones about what kind of “end-of-life” health care they do or do not want.

Participants will have the opportunity to walk away with legally effective power of attorney documents and health care directives.

The clinic is sponsored by the Clallam-Jefferson Pro Bono Lawyers, the Northwest Justice Project and the Seattle University School of Law Clinical Program.

For more information, call 360-504-2422.

Fascia class

PORT ANGELES — Massage practitioners can earn two continuing education credits at a seminar to be presented by the Olympic Peninsula Massage Group on Tuesday, Nov. 10.

“The States of Fascia” is taught by Marilyn Beech, a licensed massage practitioner and board-certified structural integrator.

The class is from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St.

The class explores the states of fascia, how to work with them, what they mean and how they feel.

Scar tissue will be included in the presentation, with information on how to work with it.

There is no need to bring a table to this class.

A $5 donation covers costs.

Parking is in the back of the church; enter by the back door.

For more information, email Darla Workman at darlaw@willowmt.com or Pat Carter at cpat@olypen.com.

Free movie slated

SEQUIM — The Family Flicks movie on Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Sequim Library will be “Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.”

A free movie is offered at 2 p.m. on the first Saturday of every month from October through April at the library at 630 N. Sequim Ave. Popcorn and movie trivia are among the attractions.

“Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day” is based on Judith Viorst’s children’s book of the same name.

Starring Steve Carell and Jennifer Garner, the 2014 comedy follows 11-year old Alexander and his family on one extraordinary day.

The 2015 portion of the series will conclude Dec. 5 with the 2007 computer-animated film “Meet the Robinsons,” which tells the story of a young orphan whose inventions scare away prospective parents.

For more information, phone the Sequim Library at 360-683-1161, visit the library website at www.nols.org or email youth@nols.org.

Unity speaker

PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle St., will have Judith Murakami as the speaker for the 10:30 a.m. worship service Sunday.

The lesson is “Nurturing the Soul, or the Real You Inside.”

Murakami is a licensed Unity teacher.

She is an active retiree from the Vancouver Island Health Authority.

A time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. for those who wish to participate.

Child care is available.

Fellowship time will follow the worship service.

Everyone is welcome to attend all church activities.

Finding the good

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 73 Howe Road, will host the Rev. Amanda Aikman as the speaker at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

Aikman will present “Find the Good . . . Or Else.”

Formerly a consulting minister for the fellowship, Aikman now serves South Fraser Unitarian congregation in Surrey, B.C.

She also is a playwright and is constructing a series of short “chancel” plays for use in worship.

For more information, visit www.olympicuuf.org or phone 360-417-2665.

Aglow International

SEQUIM — Aglow International will host the Sequim Aglow monthly prayer meeting at the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St., from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday.

Worship and prayer are on the agenda.

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