NEWS BRIEFS: Wacky Olympics Dodge Ball fundraiser offered May 8 in Port Angeles . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — United Way of Clallam County will hold a new fundraising event, Wacky Olympics Dodge Ball, at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St., at 6 p.m. Friday, May 8.

The dodgeball tournament is an all-ages event using Nerf-style balls.

Ten-person teams will compete in the multi-round event with each round having its own “wacky” twist.

Compete as a family or work team.

Admission is free for spectators. For those who don’t want to “dodge, duck, dip, dive and dodge,” there will be other ways to support.

The entry cost is $100 per team or $10 per person for “free agent” players.

All proceeds from the tournament benefit the United Way of Clallam County Community Care Fund.

For more information or to sign up for a team, phone 360-457-3011 or email tscott@unitedwayclallam.org.

Spring plant sale

SEQUIM — The Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County will hold its annual spring plant sale May 2-3.

The sale runs from 9 a.m. to noon May 2, with a half-price sale of remaining plants from 10 a.m. to noon May 3.

The sale is at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road.

Plant purchases support Washington State University Extension public education and demonstration garden projects in Clallam County.

At the sale, attendees will find hundreds of plants grown from seed, divisions or cuttings by local Master Gardeners, including annual vegetable and annual starts, flowering perennials, succulents/sedums, ornamental grasses, ground-covers, herbs, Northwest native plants and more.

In addition, there will be used garden books, tools, garden-related art, planter boxes, garden furniture and other garden-related items for purchase.

An information booth will be staffed by veteran Master Gardeners during the sale to answer questions on how, where and when to plant purchases.

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