Sequim’s Bakers raising funds to wrestle in Japan
SEQUIM — Sequim High School wrestlers Craig and Travis Baker have been invited to participate in a wrestling cultural exchange in Japan next month.
The Bakers have been wrestling since they were 9 years old and have wanted to do a cultural exchange since seeing Japan’s team wrestling in Washington.
They were invited only recently, which means they weren’t given much time to raise funds for the trip, which runs June 19-30.
To donate, visit www.tinyurl.com/PDN-BakerWrestling; or phone Craig Baker Sr. at 209-470-7576, Craig Baker Jr. at 360-797-4298 or Travis Baker at 360-797-4404.
Baseball clinic
PORT HADLOCK — A baseball clinic for younger players will be hosted by Chimacum High School varsity baseball players Cole Dotson and Jonah Diehl on Sunday.
The clinic will be held at the East Jefferson Little League fields at 81 Elkins Road, from noon to 2 p.m.
Pitching, catching and hitting instruction will be offered. A competition for the fastest base runner also will be held.
The cost is $20 per player and each attendee will receive a drink and ice cream after the clinic.
A home run derby will follow the clinic, with older players receiving five pitches for $5.
Dotson and Diehl are raising funds for the Chimacum High School Band’s trip to Washington, D.C., in 2017.
Sea Hawkers helping Flint
SEQUIM — The Olympic Peninsula Sea Hawkers are again raising money to buy pallets of water for residents of Flint, Mich., whose water has been contaminated.
This Saturday, the Sea Hawkers will be accepting donations at the Show N’ Cruz Car Show in the Sequim Walmart parking lot from 9 a.m. until the show ends.
On Saturday, May 28, the Sea Hawkers will be at the Dream Machine Show and Shine at 7 Cedars Casino, again from 9 a.m. until the show ends.
All of the money collected at these two events will go directly to buy pallets of water for Flint.
In the meantime, Olympic Peninsula Sea Hawkers president Dami Rodriguez us willing to pick up donations made by clubs, companies and businesses. Contact Rodriguez at 360-457-1392.
Torch run
PORT ANGELES — After a year off, law enforcement officers will again participate in running the Special Olympics torch from the Elwha area to Hood Canal in support of next month’s Special Olympics of Washington.
This year, the run takes place Wednesday, June 1, when deputies, officers, troopers and other officers will carry the torch before passing it off to Kitsap County that evening.
Kitsap officers will take the torch to Pierce County. The final leg is to Joint Base Lewis McChord on Friday, June 3, where the games are scheduled to begin Saturday, June 4.
During the run, Clallam County Commissioner Mike Chapman hopes to lead a group of walkers with the torch from the Port Angeles City Pier to the old Rayonier Site, and Police Chief Sam White of the Port Gamble tribe is working with the tribe’s canoe family to arrange to carry the torch across Hood Canal.
There also is a walking section set aside near Sequim for those that would like to participate.
National Park Service, Clallam Bay Prison, WSP, Sequim, Port Angeles, Jefferson County, Border Patrol and Port Townsend Police, are just some of the agencies that participate in this annual event.
As a fundraiser for the program, T-shirts that commemorate this year’s run are available for sale in all sizes for $25. Phone Ron Cameron at 360-417-2570 or stop by the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office to purchase one.
All funds go to support the program.
