NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Jan. 1.
New Year’s Day hikes and bingo games are among the attractions planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For information about the first contra dance of the year in Port Angeles, featuring the Powerhouse band, and other arts and entertainment news, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly magazine included with today’s PDN.
Information also is available in the interactive calendar at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
PORT TOWNSEND
Teddy Bear hike
PORT TOWNSEND — The 13th annual Teddy Bear Hike will start at the Fort Townsend State Park parking lot at 10 a.m. today.
This free and short walk “at Teddy Bear speed” is led by Fred Weinmann on quiet trails among big trees, moss, rhododendrons and evergreen huckleberry at the park at 1370 Old Fort Townsend Road.
Sponsored by the Olympic Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society, everyone is welcome to come with or without teddy bears and with lunch or snacks.
For more information, phone Fred or Ann Weinmann at 360-379-0986 or email fweinmann@cablespeed.com.
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — The topic of the January Conversation Cafe will be Mars when it is held at Alchemy Restaurant from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today.
The free gathering at the restaurant at 842 Washington St. is open to all.
Fifteen minutes are allowed for ordering lunch, which is not mandatory, and the conversation starts promptly at noon.
For more information about topics, contact Mark Clark at 360-301-6748 or sonomarko@yahoo.com, or visit www.facebook.com/PTconversationcafe.
New Year’s Day run
PORT TOWNSEND — The New Year’s Discovery 5K/10K Run/Walk on the Discovery Bay Golf Course and the Larry Scott Trail is planned from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.
The start and finish will be at the golf course at 7401 Cape George Road.
The cost will be $35 the day of the race.
For more information, contact Jeff Selby at 360-531-2370 or
SelbyJL44@gmail.com.
To register, see http://tinyurl.com/PDN-discoveryrun.
New Year’s Day walk
PORT TOWNSEND — Olympic Peninsula Explorers will host a 5K/10K walk at Fort Flagler at 8:45 a.m. today.
All walkers must register at the Nordland General Store at 7180 Flagler Road between 8:45 a.m. and 9 a.m.
Maps of the walk will be distributed at the store.
The group will walk on wooded paths, along park roads, along the bluff and near the beach.
The walk is free unless a walker wants credit from the American Volkssport Association.
Also, entrance into the state park is free that day.
Everyone is encouraged to walk at their own pace, as it is with all the walks.
Dogs are permitted but must be on a leash at all times, as many wild animals live there.
Restrooms are available at the start point and along the way.
For more information, contact George Christensen at 360-697-2172, 360-473-8398 or 28edward@embarqmail.com.
Olympic UFO Meet Up
PORT TOWNSEND — Maurene Morgan will present “A Day in the Life of a Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) Field Investigator” at the Olympic UFO Meet Up from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The free meetup, which is open to the public, will be at the Quaker meetinghouse at 1841 Sheridan Ave.
Morgan will show an excerpt from a “Hangar 1” episode and then compare it with the procedures that field investigators use from case assignment to conclusion.
She also will talk about a mysterious “silent explosion” that occurred near Port Townsend on Aug. 2.
For more information, contact Morgan at 360-344-2991 or maurene.morgan4@gmail.com, or email olympic.ufo@gmail.com.
CHIMACUM
Admiralty Audubon
CHIMACUM — The Admiralty Audubon Society will host a field trip to Chimacum Creek Park in Irondale Bay from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. today.
Participants will meet at the east end of Moore Street in Port Hadlock.
Thirteen birders joined the walk on New Year’s Day in 2014 and saw 31 species of waterfowl and other birds, along with harbor seals and harbor porpoise, organizers said.
Walkers should dress warmly with gloves, a hat and waterproof shoes, and bring binoculars, a camera and a spotting scope if they have them.
For information, contact trip leader Paula Vanderheul at 360-379-8564 or pvanderheul@gmail.com.
PORT HADLOCK
Family Art
PORT HADLOCK — The Jefferson County Library will offer “Designs in Time: Medieval Parade” from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The free Family Art class will be at the library at 620 Cedar Ave.
Space in these workshops is limited.
To register, sign up at the library or phone the library at 360-385-6544.
The library offers free Family Art classes every first Saturday of the month through March 5.
Family Art is designed for adults and children to create and explore a variety of art mediums together.
It starts with a demonstration and art conversation, followed by creative work time.
Saturday’s class will teach about medieval design patterns.
Participants can make New Year’s emblems through stippling and stencil marking.
For more information, phone the library or visit www.jclibrary.info.
SEQUIM
The Boxtrolls screened
SEQUIM — The Family Flicks movie series kicks off the new year at the Sequim Library with a free screening of “The Boxtrolls” at 2 p.m. Saturday.
The Family Flicks series at the library at 630 N. Sequim Ave. provides monthly family entertainment, popcorn and movie trivia.
“The Boxtrolls” is a PG-rated 2014 stop-motion animated fantasy-comedy that tells the story of Eggs, a human boy raised by trash-collecting trolls, as he attempts to save his friends from maniacal pest exterminator Archibald Snatcher.
Upcoming films in the first Saturday series include “Charlotte’s Web” in February, “Up” in March and “Minions” in April.
For more information about this and other upcoming family programs, phone the Sequim Library at 360-683-1161, visit the website at www.nols.org or email youth@nols.org.
This program is supported by the Friends of Sequim Library.
Kids Clinic
SEQUIM — Home Depot in Sequim plans a Kids Clinic from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The workshop will be free at the store at 1145 W. Washington St.
Children will make a Kung Fu Panda spinning box, first making the toy and then decorating it with stickers featuring characters from the upcoming Dreamworks movie “Kung Fu Panda 3.”
Children will be able to keep their work and will receive a certificate of achievement, a workshop apron and a commemorative pin while supplies last.
Elks Bingo
SEQUIM — Sequim Elks Bingo is set from noon to 1 p.m. Sunday.
Doors open at 11 a.m. at the lodge at 143 Port Williams Road.
The minimum cost of the game is $10.
Players must be 18 or older.
Snacks and refreshments will be available.
All proceeds will go to the Elks scholarship program, charities supported by the Elks and lodge operating costs.
PORT ANGELES
History Tales
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Historical Society’s free History Tales presentation will be at First United Methodist Church, 110 E. Seventh St., at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
Parking and entry to the church’s social hall are on Laurel Street.
Rod Fleck, city of Forks attorney/planner, will present the story of the wreck of the Sv. Nikolai at the mouth of the Quillayute River on Nov. 1, 1808.
This was a landmark incident in Clallam County’s history because the captain’s wife was the first European woman to set foot on land that would become Washington state.
Further, the survivors clashed with the Hohs, Quileutes and Makahs and then lived with them as captives until 1810.
The event has been documented by the written account of one of the survivors, Timofei Tarakanov, and the oral narrative of Quileute member Ben Hobucket.
For more information, phone the historical society’s office at 360-452-2662 or email artifact@olypen.com.
Park lodge brunch
PORT ANGELES — Lake Crescent Lodge will host a New Year’s Day brunch from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.
The cost for the brunch at the lodge in Olympic National Park, off U.S. Highway 101 west of Port Angeles, is $39 for adults, $33 for seniors and $18 for children ages 4 to 11.
It is free to children younger than 4. Reservations are suggested.
For more information, see www.olympicnationalparks.com or www.facebook.com/olympicnationalpark, or call 866-297-7367.
Forum for women
PORT ANGELES — All About Relationships, a supportive forum for women, is offered free from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday.
The forum will be at Poser Yoga, 128 E. Front St.
The support group is facilitated by Midge James. Participants can share issues and concerns and receive empathetic feedback, James said.
Along with romantic relationships, participants will discuss relations with family members and themselves.
For more information, contact James at 360-393-0977 or midgejames1@gmail.com.
EcoVillage fundraiser
PORT ANGELES — Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Hall, 73 Howe Road, will host an all-day EcoVillage Dungeness CoHousing fundraiser and 60th birthday party for Rose Marschall, the contact person for the group attempting to form the EcoVillage, from noon until 10 p.m. today.
An aquaponic farm tour is planned at 12:30 p.m.
A car rally is slated from the church into Sequim and back starting at 2:30 p.m. with registration. Instructions will be provided for contestants.
The driver returning with the most clues by 4:30 p.m. will receive a prize.
Weather permitting, a remote control car race is planned from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. Anyone with a remote car can enter, and there are three available to use.
A potluck dinner will be offered at 5 p.m.
Participants are asked to bring a wrapped gift for a bunco party planned for 7 p.m.
The gift can be a white elephant/recycled item or something no longer needed in good condition.
After the bunco game will be live music for singing, dancing and drumming from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Any funds raised will go to the Dungeness EcoVillage CoHousing Community.
For more information or to RSVP, phone Rose Marschall at 360-808-2662 or Rick Marschall at 360-460-9817.
FORKS
Marathon bingo
FORKS — The Forks Elks Lodge will host the fourth annual Marathon Bingo fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
Participants in the bingo marathon at the lodge at 941 Merchants Road will receive a ticket for a chance to win one of two gift baskets.
Children are welcome with adult supervision.
