PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula’s first Rotary Club will celebrate its 90th anniversary with a dinner gala next month.
The Rotary Club of Port Angeles was sponsored by the Victoria Rotary Club and chartered April 1, 1921. From it grew Rotary Clubs in Sequim, Port Townsend and a second club in Port Angeles.
A community dinner celebrating the service club’s 90th anniversary will be held Saturday, April 9, at the Port Angeles Masonic Temple, corner of Seventh and Lincoln streets.
Fellowship hour begins at 6 p.m., and dinner is served starting at 7 p.m.
Guest speaker will be Ezra Teshome of Seattle, recipient of the 2010 World Citizen Award of the Seattle World Affairs Council.
The evening’s emcee will be Hoquiam Rotarian Lynn Kessler, the retired state legislator.
The event costs $45 per person or $80 a couple, and tickets are available by phoning club Treasurer Doris Ann Brown at 360-477-2162 or at the Peninsula Daily News office, 305 W. First St., Port Angeles.
