Peninsula Daily News
Ho-ho-ho. The last weekend before Christmas will be crammed full of holiday treats on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Santa Claus will visit several places and pose for photos. Holiday gift bazaars, celebrations and concerts also are planned.
PORT ANGELES
Restore the Sound
PORT ANGELES — People for Puget Sound Director of Science Doug Myers will present “Puget Sound 101 and Challenges for its Restoration” at the Arthur D. Feiro Marine Life Center on Saturday.
The presentation will be from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the center at 315 N. Lincoln St.
Myers will talk about Puget Sound’s structure and the unique physical and biological characteristics and the stresses that make it one of the most imperiled estuaries in the nation.
He will discuss geology, oceanography, landscape ecology, genetic expression of the diverse salmon populations and the interconnectedness of its inhabitants, from plankton to orca whales.
Suggested donation is $5.
The event is sponsored by the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary and Feiro Marine Life Center
For more information or to RSVP, phone 360-417-6254.
Vets set bake sale
PORT ANGELES — The Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary Unit 9 will hold a bake sale at the Port Angeles Veterans Center, 216 S. Francis St. on Saturday.
The bake sale will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Pet photos
PORT ANGELES — Santa Claus will be available for photographs with pets at Park View Villas, corner of Eighth and G streets, from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Canines, felines or other pets can be posed with Santa.
Photos will be available for a donation of pet food, pet supplies or money to the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society.
Grange Christmas
PORT ANGELES — Dry Creek Grange, 3130 W. Edgewood Drive, will host its annual Christmas Party at 3 p.m. Sunday.
A Christmas potluck dinner will be followed by Christmas music from Dry Creek students.
Santa Claus will visit the party.
Attendees should bring a donation for the Port Angeles Food Bank.
Read to dogs
PORT ANGELES — Children can read to dogs at the Port Angeles Library on Saturday.
Olympic Gentle Paws will provide the dogs from 11 a.m. to noon at the library at 2210 S. Peabody St.
Children can bring a book or select one for the library shelves.
SEQUIM
Santa Claus visits
SEQUIM — Santa Claus will visit Vision Landscape Nursery, 131 Kitchen-Dick Road Saturday from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
He will be available to hear wishes and dreams for the Christmas season as well as the new year.
Photos are free but participants must bring a camera.
The event also will include candy canes, hot cocoa, homemade cookies and snacks and a holiday light display.
Pets are welcome.
For more information, phone 360-683-2855.
Santa visits, reads
SEQUIM — Santa Claus will read “A Visit From St. Nicholas” (Twas the Night Before Christmas) at Pacific Mist Books, 121 W. Washington St., at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Refreshments will be served after the reading.
For more information, phone 360-683-1396.
Choir to perform
SEQUIM — The Sequim High School Select Choir will perform at the Bank of America Park today.
The performance will be from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the park at Sequim Avenue and Washington Street.
Scripture service
SEQUIM — “Lessons and Carols,” a more-than-century-old service of Scripture and song, will be presented at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., at 7 p.m. Saturday.
The Christmas story will be told through Scripture, music and dance.
St. Luke’s choir will sing music by Vivaldi, accompanied by a string double-quartet from the Port Angeles High School Chamber Orchestra.
Sequim High School Senior Trey Baldwin has choreographed his interpretation of a traditional Puerto Rican carol, and cantor Carl Kaiser, a European operatic tenor, will be featured in a Byzantine chant.
The Corelli Trio will provide the prelude.
A free-will offering will be accepted.
The event is open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-417-6898.
Family dogs
SEQUIM — Terry Ryan will sign copies of her new book, The Toolbox for Building a Great Family Dog, at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday.
Gus, a local canine that has inspired Ryan and others for many years and to whom the book is dedicated, will join Ryan for this event.
Gus is a 15-year-old American cocker spaniel who was rescued by Tim and Jenni Dix.
Jenni Dix, a trainer with Legacy Canine Behavior & Training, and Gus have competed in agility competitions throughout the Northwest.
The Toolbox for Building a Great Family Dog is a guide to helping families raise a happy and well-mannered dog using techniques and games.
The focus of this book is the family dog, including the interactions between kids and dogs, household management strategies, common behavioral problems and training games the family — and dog SEmD can enjoy.
For more information, phone Karen Kilgore at 360-683-1522 or e-mail karen@legacycanine.com.
Gifts wrapped
SEQUIM — The Museum & Arts Center will offer holiday gift wrapping on Saturday.
Gifts will be wrapped for a donation of $3 each from noon to 4 p.m. at the center at 175 W. Cedar St., Sequim.
Gifts do not have to have been purchased at the museum’s store.
Christmas party
SEQUIM — Kelbi’s World, 10155 Old Olympic Highway in the Rock Plaza, will hold a Christmas party from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The event will include a holiday singalong with Kelbi and Kelbi’s World Puppets.
Refreshments will be served.
Kelbi’s World provides stuffed and ready-to-be stuffed animals for sale.
The business is open seven days a week.
For specific times, phone 360-681-7625.
Band car wash
SEQUIM — The Sequim High School Band will hold a car wash at Rock Plaza, corner of Sequim Avenue and Old Olympic Highway, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Proceeds will go toward performing at Magic Music Days at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif., this spring.
Other Saturday car washes — all from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. — are set for Jan. 8, Feb. 5 and March 12 in the parking lot of Tarcisio’s Italian Place, 609 W. Washington St.
For more information, e-mail bkmoore@olypen.com.
Roller derby wrapping
SEQUIM — The women of the Port Scandalous Roller Derby team will wrap presents by donation at the Sequim Walmart, 1284 W. Washington St., from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
They are raising money for their team as they approach the season that begins Jan. 16.
‘A Christmas Carol’
SEQUIM — The Dungeness Community Church will present “A Christmas Carol” during three free performances tonight through Sunday.
The Charles Dickens classic will be performed at 7 p.m. today and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday at the church at 45 Eberle Lane.
For more information, phone 360-460-9274.
Christmas cantata
SEQUIM — The Trinity United Methodist Church will present a Christmas cantata Sunday.
The performance will be at 11 a.m. at the church at 100 Blake Ave., Sequim.
Twenty-eight participants will perform “Holy Night of Miracles.”
For more information, phone 360-683-5367.
Wise men concert
SEQUIM — Calvary Chapel will present a “3 Wisemen Concert” on Sunday.
The concert will be at 7 p.m. at the chapel at 91 S. Boyce Road, Sequim.
A $10 donation is suggested.
Dessert will be served at 6 p.m.
For more information, phone 360-683-5995.
Home-school band
SEQUIM — The Northwinds Homeschool Band will perform at Faith Baptist Church on Saturday.
The concert will be at 7 p.m. at the church at 7652 Old Olympic Highway.
For more information, phone 360-683-7303.
WEST END
Kids story time
FORKS — Children ages 3 to 5 are invited to a story time at the Forks Library, 171 S. Forks Ave., at 2 p.m. today.
“Mittens — Warm Hands, Warm Hearts” will include stories, music and a craft project.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone the Forks Library at 360-374-6402, visit www.nols.org or e-mail forks@nols.org.
Fiber arts
FORKS — A fiber arts open house for spinners, weavers and knitters will be held at the Rainforest Art Center, 35 N. Forks Ave., from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
The event is free and open to the public.
Refreshments will be served.
Attendees can bring spindles, wheels and knitting work.
The center’s new weaving studio will be featured at the event.
PORT TOWNSEND
Holiday plant talk
PORT TOWNSEND — Authors and plant experts David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth will discuss “Caring for Holiday Plants” at Henery’s Garden Center, 405 Benedict St., at 9:30 a.m. Saturday.
The event is free and open to the public.
Deardorff and Wadsworth will tell how long a live Christmas tree can be kept indoors, and how to take care of it, as well as how to care for poinsettias after the holidays and how to help amaryllis bloom again next year.
The duo are the authors of What’s Wrong With My Plant (And How Do I Fix It)?
Their book will be available for purchase and the authors will sign copies at the event.
For more information, phone Henery’s Garden Center at 360-385-3354 or e-mail henerysgardencenter@olypen.com.
Nordic holiday
CHIMACUM — Members of Thea Foss Lodge No. 45 of the Daughters of Norway will keep the Nordic tradition of dancing and singing around a newly decorated Christmas tree alive at their next meeting Sunday.
The meeting will be at 1 p.m. at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road.
The group also will honor members who joined in 2010.
New members are Nikki Borup, Taunya Gormley and Roxanne Grinstad of Port Angeles; and Delle Craig, Beth Jamieson, Ruth Merryman, Carole Nervig and Eleanor Stickney of Port Townsend.
A potluck luncheon will follow the meeting.
Attendees should bring a canned food donation for local food banks.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-379-1802.
Bazaar, bake sale
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Ladies of the Elks will hold its annual holiday bake sale and bazaar at the Elks Lodge, 555 Otto St., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
For more information, phone 360-385-0904.
Procrastinators Sale
PORT TOWNSEND — A Procrastinators Sale will be held at the Masonic Temple, 1338 Jefferson St., from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
The event will include work by artists and crafters from Port Townsend and Jefferson County.
Functional bazaar
PORT TOWNSEND — A “functional” Christmas bazaar will be held at Undertown Coffee and Wine Bar, 211 Taylor St., from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Sunday.
Organized by Angela Amos and Kerri Hartman, the bazaar will include everyday items like soaps, candles, aprons, tea cups.
There will also be canned fruits and vegetables and baked goods.
Key City Public Theatre will staff a gift-wrapping station in exchange for donations.
Brinnon celebration set
BRINNON — The Brinnon Community Center Community Christmas celebration will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Ham, scalloped potatoes and another vegetable will be served.
Santa Claus will arrive via fire truck.
The Brinnon Community Center is located at 306144 U.S. Highway 101.
The event is free and open to the public.
