NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, May 13.
A Port Angeles Farmers Market community potluck dinner and a Kiwanis yard sale at the Clallam County Fairgrounds are among the weekend’s activities on the North Olympic Peninsula.
For more about cellist Traci Winters performing with the Port Angeles Chamber Orchestra and information about 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 ANGELES
Officers memorial
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office will host its sixth annual National Peace Officers Memorial Day ceremony today.
The public is invited to the bell-ringing ceremony at 1:30 p.m. at Veterans Memorial Park, 217 S. Lincoln St., Port Angeles.
The American Legion Riders will present flags, the Marine Corps League will give a 21-gun salute and play taps, and Thomas McCurdy will play bagpipes during the event.
The ceremony will honor Clallam County Sheriff’s Deputy Wally Davis, who was killed in the line of duty Aug. 5, 2000, and National Forest Service Officer Kristine Fairbanks, who was killed in the line of duty Sept. 20, 2008.
Davis’ daughter, Jessie Davis, will sing at the memorial.
Fairbanks’ daughter, Port Angeles Police Officer Whitney Fairbanks, also will attend the ceremony, the sheriff’s office said.
At noon, the sheriff’s office will host its annual law enforcement barbecue for all Olympic Peninsula law enforcement personnel and volunteers.
It will be on the lawn next to the Clallam County jail, 223 E. Fourth St.
Kiwanis garage sale
PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula Kiwanis clubs will host a two-day garage sale fundraiser at the Clallam County Fairgrounds on Saturday and Sunday.
The sale will be open from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days in the Home Arts building, the cat barn and the Expo Hall at the fairgrounds at 1608 W. 16th St.
Early entry at 8 a.m. on both days will be offered for a $10 fee.
Parking is available in the north lot, across from the fairgrounds entrance.
Proceeds from the sale will benefit Camp Beausite Northwest, a Kiwanis-sponsored camp that provides summer camping experiences for special-needs children, youths and adults.
Pancake breakfast
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Fire Department will host a pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.
Pancakes, sausage, apple sauce, bananas, coffee and juice will be served at the fire department, 102 E. Fifth St.
Admission is $6 for adults, $4 for children ages 3 to 12 and free for children younger than 3.
Tickets will be sold at the door.
Proceeds go to scholarships, fire relief baskets and community outreach through the fire department.
For more information, phone Catherine Dewey at 360-417-4650.
Builders’ surplus sale
PORT ANGELES — The North Peninsula Building Association will host its annual builders surplus sale at the Clallam County Fairgrounds, 1608 W. 16th St., from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Admission is free.
A large selection of new and used building materials and home improvement supplies will be sold, along with discounted service certificates for landscaping materials.
The organization welcomes donations of salable items from the public.
Limited pickup service is available.
For more information or to donate items, email diana@npba.info or phone 360-452-8160.
Boating safety class
PORT ANGELES — The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary will host a basic boating safety class from 9:30 a.m. to noon Saturday.
After completing the course, each participate will receive a certificate of completion of the course, which is needed to receive a Washington state boating card.
For security reasons, the location of the test will be given out upon registration.
To register or for more information, phone 360-452-1135.
Market potluck
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Farmers Market will host its annual community potluck at the Camp Fire Club clubhouse, 619 E. Fourth St., from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
Attendees are encouraged to contribute to the potluck by bringing their own favorite foods to share.
Nash’s pork burgers also will be served.
A prize drawing is planned for those who bring a handmade, homegrown or white elephant gift for the prize pot. Everyone who brings a prize will receive a prize.
The market’s annual report to the community will be announced.
The meeting will feature highlights for the season ahead in addition to board member nominations and elections by market members.
For more information or to find out about becoming a board member, phone Market Manager Cynthia Warne at 360-460-0361.
FORKS
Library storytime
FORKS — The Forks Library will offer a storytime for preschoolers at 10:30 a.m. today.
Weekly storytimes for preschoolers up to 5 years old take place at the library at 171 S. Forks Ave.
Storytimes feature rhymes, songs, dancing and books for young children.
For information, call 360-374-6402, ext. 7791.
SEQUIM
Free flights
SEQUIM — Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 430 will host its first Young Eagles Rally from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The rally will be at Sequim Valley Airport, 468 Dorothy Hunt Lane.
Young aviation enthusiasts ages 8 to 17 should bring their parents along for permission’s sake for free airplane rides.
For more information, see ww.eaa430.org.
Book discussion
SEQUIM — The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson will be discussed at the Sequim Library at 3 p.m. Saturday.
The free event is open to the public at the library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.
According to a news release, “Larson’s ambitious, engrossing tale of the Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 focuses primarily on two men: Daniel H. Burnham, the architect who was the driving force behind the fair, and Henry H. Holmes, a sadistic serial killer working under the cover of the busy fair.”
Copies are available in various formats including regular print, audiobook on CD, Nook and downloadable e-book, and can be requested online by visiting the library catalog at www.nols.org.
For more about this and other programs, visit the website and select “Events” and “Sequim,” phone 360-683-1161 or email sequim@nols.org.
The program is supported by the Friends of Sequim Library.
Fiddlers at Grange
SEQUIM — The Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association will meet and perform at the Sequim Prairie Grange on Saturday.
Doors will open at 9 a.m. Open jamming is set to start at 9:30 a.m., followed by a business meeting at 11 a.m.
Open jamming will continue to 1:30 p.m. at the grange hall at 290 Macleay Road.
Free group fiddle lessons for members and nonmembers 13 and younger are planned from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Onstage performances by association members are scheduled from 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Donations are welcome.
PORT TOWNSEND
Staged reading
PORT TOWNSEND — The Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Theatre Circle will present a staged reading of an original melodrama, “Home on the Range,” tonight and Saturday.
The reading, written and directed by David Hundhausen, will be at 7:30 p.m. both evenings in the fellowship hall, 2333 San Juan Ave.
Audience members are invited to participate by cheering the hero and booing the villains as three women struggle to establish a guest ranch in the wilds of Wyoming in the year 1910.
Tickets are $5 and can be reserved by calling 360-379-2566.
Conversation Cafe
PORT TOWNSEND — “Being Heard” will be the topic for Conversation Cafe today.
Conversation Cafe meets at 11:45 a.m. every Friday at Alchemy Restaurant at Taylor and Washington streets.
Buying food is not required.
The gatherings conclude before 1:30 p.m., and all are welcome.
Pool discount
PORT TOWNSEND — Mountain View Pool will offer a discounted open swim from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today.
Everyone swims for $2 at the pool, 1919 Blaine St.
The whole pool is dedicated to play. Noodles, rings and other floating toys will be available. No lap lanes will be offered.
Children younger than 8 must be accompanied by a guardian.
The swim is sponsored by the city.
For more information, phone 360-385-7665, email ascalf@cityofpt.us or visit www.cityofpt.us/pool.
Book launch
PORT TOWNSEND — The Writers’ Workshoppe and Imprint Books will host the launch of a new book by Gary Lemons, Snake: Second Wind, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. today.
The store is located at 820 Water St.
Second Wind introduces a couple of themes that run through Lemons’ books.
According to a news release: “The main theme has to do with the cost of human consumption. In the case of appetite or eating, it happens at the cost of a life or lives. For everything fed, something dies to feed it.”
Lemons has worked as a fisherman, logger, tree planter, yoga instructor and poet.
For information, call 360-379-2617 or email annaquinn@writersworkshoppe.com.
Square dance, social
PORT TOWNSEND — The Quimper Grange will host its final square dance of the spring at 7 p.m. Saturday.
Dancing will start at 8 p.m., but attendees are welcome to arrive early to jam with the band at the grange hall at 1219 Corona St.
Partners are not necessary, the dances are family-friendly.
All dances are taught, and no experience is necessary.
Seattle’s Amy Carroll will be the caller. The Last Chance Stringband of Port Townsend will perform.
The band includes longtime dance fiddler Gary Pasco along with Carol Hardy, Roger Pick and Dave Thielk.
For more information, call Thielk at 360-385-3308.
Islam conversation
PORT TOWNSEND — The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community in Seattle and Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship will host a discussion of Islam from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
The activity is designed to create an environment where people can freely question and express their understanding of Islam and meet local Muslims at the fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave.
For information, contact Waqas Malik at 206-851-0788 or wmalik@amiseattle.org, or Frances Loubere at 360-385-9639 or francesfal@aol.com.
Geology presentation
PORT TOWNSEND — Geologist Keith Norlin will present a panoramic overview of some of America’s most magnificent landscapes from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
The lecture will be at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship at 2333 San Juan Ave.
Norlin will take attendees on a virtual geology field trip to Zion, Bryce and Grand Canyon national parks.
Norlin recently retired and moved to Port Townsend from the desert Southwest.
He was a geology instructor for Dixie State University in St. George, Utah, where he also led many geology excursions into the national parks for the Road Scholar program (www.roadscholar.org).
He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in geology.
Norlin spent much of his career serving as a geophysicist for the U.S. Naval Oceanographic Office, worked as an engineer for Westinghouse Ocean Research Laboratory and mapped the outback as an exploration geologist in Australia.
For information, contact Michael Machette at 360-385-4222 or email paleoseis@gmail.com.
Food choices
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Food Co-op and the Port Townsend and Beyond Vegan Meet-Up Group will host a presentation by Dr. Richard Oppenlander from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
Oppenlander, a dentist from Portage, Mich., will speak on food choice and sustainability at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St.
Oppenlander says current food choice is the single leading contributing factor for the comprehensive effect of global depletion — climate change, land use inefficiencies/desertification and freshwater scarcity, irreversible damage to oceans, loss of biodiversity and rapid mass extinctions of species, world hunger and food insecurity, and loss of human health.
For information, contact Daniel Milholland at 360-385-0519 or daniel@thunderbullproductions.com.
Scotch broom pull
PORT TOWNSEND — The Friends of Kah Tai Lagoon will host a scotch broom pulling party from 9 a.m. to noon Sunday.
The pulling party will take place at the Kah Tai Nature Park on San Juan Avenue.
Contact kahtaifriends@gmail.com for more information.
