Drag racing, roller derby, plane rides for youngsters and hikes for people of all ages are among the attractions on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For more information on local arts and other entertainment, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide.
It is included in today’s PDN.
Other events are in the “Things to Do” calendar, available online at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
FORKS/WEST END
West End Thunder
FORKS — West End Thunder plans drag races o an eighth of a mile and a Show and Shine classic car, truck and motorcycle show Saturday and Sunday.
Gates open at 9 a.m., and racing begins at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at Forks Municipal Airport.
Admission per day is $10 per person, with those 12 and younger admitted free.
The fee is $15 per show car or motorcycle and driver, and $30 per race car and driver.
The weekend is the second of five racing weekends that the West End Thunder club will host this summer.
The first was in May. Others coming up will be July 14-15, Aug. 11-12 and Sept. 15-16.
The grand finale will be on the final weekend, which will feature Northwest Nostalgia Top Eliminator Association dragsters.
For more information, visit www.westendthunder.com.
Indian taco benefit
FORKS — Indian tacos will be sold as a benefit for a cancer patient at the West End Thunder drag races at Forks Municipal Airport on Saturday and Sunday.
Proceeds will help Skyler Jewett, a young cancer patient who is undergoing treatment at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
To volunteer, phone Tricia Deckard at 360-640-8222.
Lodge hosts walk
LAKE QUINAULT — The Lake Quinault Lodge will host a free nature walk program from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Six of the world’s largest trees of their species live in the Quinault Valley rainforest.
A silviculturist will lead the program, which includes a walk to the closest giant-specimen trees and discussion of species identification, management practices, reforestation and harvesting.
Lake Quinault Lodge is located at 345 S. Shore Road.
Kids Fishing Day
NEAH BAY — A free Kids Fishing Day for children 14 and younger will be held at the Makah National Fish Hatchery, 897 Hatchery Road, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The event is hosted by the Makah National Fish Hatchery and Makah Fisheries Management.
All children must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Attendees are asked to leave personal fishing gear at home; fishing gear for the event will be provided by the hatchery.
For more information, phone 360-645-2521 or 360-645-3160.
Retirement party
JOYCE — A retirement open house for Crescent School District Superintendent Tom Anderson will be held at the Crescent Grange, 50870 state Highway 112, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
All friends, current and former co-workers, and students are invited to stop by for punch, coffee and desserts.
Anderson has worked in education for a total of 39 years, the past six with the Crescent School District.
Before joining Crescent, he worked in the Port Angeles School District for 27 years.
For more information, phone Tracey Grover at 360-928-3135.
Survivors’ Brunch
FORKS — The fourth annual Survivors’ Brunch, for those living with cancer, is Saturday.
The brunch will be from 10:30 a.m. to noon in the Forks Congregational Church community hall.
Information, encouragement, stories and ideas will be exchanged.
The event is co-sponsored by the Forks Relay For Life Committee and Gentle Touch Physical Therapy.
Survivors who would like to attend and who did not receive an invitation are encouraged to leave a message at 360-327-3880.
Survivors can bring friends, caretakers or other survivors.
PORT ANGELES
Roller derby bout
PORT ANGELES — The Port Scandalous Roller Derby team will present a roller derby doubleheader at Olympic Skate Center, 707 S. Chase St., on Saturday.
The age 12-17 Port Scandalous Roller Punks will face off against the Cherry Bomb Brawlers from Cheney at 6:30 p.m., and the Port Scandalous Roller Derby Black Eyed B’s will take on the Rainier Roller Girls from south King County at 8 p.m.
Doors open at 6 p.m.
The event will include a beer and wine garden.
Tickets are $10 in advance at BrownPaperTickets.com and Bada Bean! Bada Bloom!, 1105 E. Front St., and $12 at the door.
Free spa day
PORT ANGELES — A day of free pampering for women living with cancer will be hosted by the women of Bliss Hair Design and Timeless Beauty’s Permanent Cosmetics from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. today.
Bliss Hair Design is located at 501 E. First St.
Services provided will include permanent makeup, facials, haircuts, styles, waxing, manicures, pedicures, spray tanning, chair massage and more.
Providers participating are Hannah Pohl-Morris of Stop & Glo Spray Tanning; Bliss Hair Design stylists Melissa Balducci, Martia Rosa Paul, Gina Almaden, Meagan Myrick, Shayna Zerobnick and owner Bliss Wood; Mandy Perez of Nailed; Tonni Petty of Timeless Beauty’s Permanent Cosmetics; and Evelyn Pullman of Health Wise Massage Therapy.
Appointments are suggested.
To make an appointment, phone 360-417-8888.
Hill Climb slated
PORT ANGELES — Olympic Peninsula Motorcycle Club will host its biannual Hill Climb on Saturday and Sunday.
The event is on the lower portion of the club’s property at 1306 Deer Park Road.
Attendees should follow the signs on Deer Park Road that lead to the property.
Gates will open at 7:30 a.m., entry registration will begin at 8 a.m., and the first bike heads up the hill at 11 a.m. each day.
Cost for those watching the race is $5 for adults and free for children 12 and younger and seniors.
Cost for participants is $20 for amateurs and $25 for professionals.
For more information, visit www.opmc.org.
Free youth flights
PORT ANGELES — Free flights for youths ages 8-17 will be offered by Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 430 on Saturday.
A Young Eagle rally is set from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the William R. Fairchild International Airport.
Parents or guardians must attend to provide permission for youths to fly.
Diabetes lecture
PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College nursing student and Type 1 diabetic Jennifer Groves will present “Coping with Diabetes” today.
The event will be at 1:30 p.m. at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
Groves will talk about the grieving process that often accompanies the diagnosis of a chronic disease, blood-sugar management and dealing with stress.
The free presentation is sponsored by Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics.
For more information, phone 360-457-4431 or email info@vimoclinic.org.
‘Turning 60’ party
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School Class of 1970 is hosting a “We’re All Turning 60” party today.
The event will be at 5 p.m. at the Port Angeles Yacht Club, 1305 Marine Drive.
Attendees should bring a potluck dish for the adults-only event.
For more information, phone 360-457-7438 or 360-928-3883.
Rainbow car wash
PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Rainbow Girls will hold a car wash benefit at two locations Saturday.
The car washes will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Napa Auto Parts, corner of East First and North Liberty streets; and at Les Schwab Tires, 2527 E. U.S. Highway 101.
Car washes are by donation. Proceeds will support a July trip to the Rainbow Grand Assembly.
A baked-goods sale also is planned.
Zen meditation set
PORT ANGELES — NO Sangha, a Zen meditation group that has existed in Port Angeles for more than 17 years, will hold a Zazenkai — a one-day Zen retreat — Saturday.
The retreat will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Murre Cottage, 420 W. Third St.
Alternated zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation) and private, individual instruction are available.
Silent coffee/tea breaks and a vegetarian soup and bread lunch will be offered.
A Sutra, or chanting service, will be held at 10 a.m.
At 1 p.m., Kristen Larson, a Master of the Diamond Sangha, will give a Teisho, the word for a Master’s Dharma Talk, on “Wu-men Kuan, case No. 19, Nan-ch’uan: Ordinary Mind Is the Tao.”
Visitors can come and go during the day.
For directions or more information, phone 360-452-5534 or email NOSangha@aol.com.
Club walk slated
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers will hold a Marymere Falls Club Walk on Saturday.
Walkers meet up to carpool at the Fairmount Restaurant, 1127 W. U.S. Highway 101, from 9 a.m. to 9:15 a.m.
The walk meanders through old-growth forest up to Marymere Falls, a 90-foot waterfall.
A carpool will leave the Sequim QFC parking lot at 8:30 a.m.
For more information, phone Mary Allen Clark at 360-452-0593
Tidepools awards
PORT ANGELES — Tidepools magazine editors will present awards to winners from this year’s magazine contest followed by a presentation of work from the magazine from local musicians, artists and writers Saturday.
The free event will be from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
Tidepools is an annual magazine produced by Peninsula College students.
Bake sale benefit
PORT ANGELES — The Answer For Youth will conduct a bake sale benefit at Swain’s General Store on Saturday.
The sale will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the store at 602 E. First St.
Items will include Pam’s Famous Banana Bread, Norma and Stacey’s Marvelous Muffins, and Patsy’s To-Die-For Cinnamon Rolls.
Some items are organic and gluten-free.
Sugar-free desserts also will be sold.
The Answer For Youth is an all-volunteer drop-in center for at-risk and street youths.
For more information, phone Susan Hillgren at 360-670-4363.
SEQUIM
Dairy tours
DUNGENESS — The Dungeness Valley Creamery will celebrate its sixth anniversary Saturday.
The dairy at 1915 Towne Road will offer farm tours, hayrides, butter-making demonstrations and a petting zoo from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.
Admission is free, while food from Jeremiah’s BBQ will be available for purchase.
The creamery is a raw-milk dairy with a Jersey herd.
For more information, phone 360-683-0716.
Learn about alpacas
SEQUIM — Mike and Linda Gooch will host “Alpaca Education Days” at the ranch at Happy Valley Alpaca Ranch on Saturday.
The event, planned from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the ranch at 4629 Happy Valley Road, will include demonstrations of how the fleece is sheared from the animals, then skirted and sorted by color.
Ken and Chickie Hiyoshida of Trade Winds Alpacas of Agnew will participate.
Others will demonstrate the stages of creating garments and other products, from washing to carding to spinning, knitting, weaving, felting and dyeing.
The Gooches have found that lavender washes of alpaca fiber act as a moth repellent.
Also, Cathy Lucero of Clallam County WSU Co-op Extension’s noxious-weed-control program will be there to identify weeds brought in to her.
Pasture management and rotation and even how to compost alpaca manure, which the Gooches sell by the truckload, will be taught.
Alpaca garments will be available for sale.
The event will be free and open to the public, and is sponsored by Pacas of the Olympic Peninsula, or POOP, a group formed on the Peninsula last fall.
For information, phone 360-681-0948 or visit www.happyvalleyalpacaranch.com.
Banquet slated
SEQUIM — The North Olympic Peninsula chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association will host its third annual fundraising banquet today.
The event will be from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at the John Wayne Marina, 2577 West Sequim Bay Road.
Kokopelli Grill is catering the banquet and will offer slow-cooked barbecue brisket and whole-roasted chicken.
Tickets are $65 per person or $120 per couple and include a one-year membership in the group.
Live and silent auctions and raffles are planned.
Items available for bid in the auctions include more than a half-dozen guided fishing trips, custom fishing rods and fish art.
The Coastal Conservation Association is a grass-roots organization founded by sports fishermen and is working to restore wild salmon and steelhead populations.
For more information, phone John Albiso at 360-928-1073, email nop@ccapnw.org or visit www.ccapnw.org or www.facebook.com/ccanortholypen.
Fiddlers host camp-out
SEQUIM — Washington Old Time Fiddlers will perform music at its annual camp-out at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, today and Sunday.
A dance that will include a refresher lesson will be held at 6:30 p.m. today.
A gospel performance is planned at 10 a.m. Sunday.
Other musical performances are set Sunday at 1 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.
The events are free and open to the public.
Donations will be accepted. Proceeds go toward youth fiddle-lesson scholarships and other expenses.
RV parking with no hookups and dry camping are available for a $7 nightly fee.
For more information, visit www.d15.wotfa.org.
Healthy Sundays
SEQUIM — Registered Nurse Lyell Fox will present “Living Life During Menopause” on Sunday.
The free program will be from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave.
The event is part of the Dungeness Valley Health & Wellness Clinic’s Healthy Sundays lecture series.
PC presentation
SEQUIM — The Sequim PC Users Group will give a presentation Saturday on how to save folders and files on computers and find them later.
The event will be at 10 a.m. in the computer lab, Room E-3, at Sequim High School, 601 N. Sequim Ave.
A suggested donation of $5 is requested from visitors to help defray expenses.
For more information, email spcug1@gmail.com.
Gluten-free lecture
SEQUIM — A lecture on the ins and outs of gluten intolerance and how to follow a gluten-free diet will be presented by Sue Eliot and Andrea Cortani of the Gluten Intolerance Group of North America on Saturday.
The lecture will be at 1:30 p.m. at Nash’s Farm Store, 4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way.
The workshop is free and open to the public.
Eliot was one of the Gluten Intolerance Group’s founding members.
Diagnosed at age 27 with celiac disease, Eliot has successfully maintained her health on a gluten-free diet for 42 years.
Cortani was diagnosed a year-and-a-half ago as gluten-intolerant.
She attended a meeting in Kitsap County that gave her confidence in her ability to cope with her diagnosis.
She then decided to become a Gluten Intolerance Group branch leader in Sequim.
Gardener walk
SEQUIM — Veteran Master Gardeners Judy English, Jeanette Stehr-Green and Bill Wrobel will lead a walk through the Clallam County Master Gardener Woodcock Demonstration Garden at 2711 Woodcock Road at 10 a.m. Saturday.
In the monthly walks, English, Wrobel and Stehr-Green identify plants and varieties that grow well in the Pacific Northwest, remind gardeners what chores need to be performed each month in a typical home garden, demonstrate how to perform gardening tasks, answer questions and diagnose problems.
The sessions are part of the Class Act at Woodcock Garden educational series.
The walks are held the second Saturday of each month through October.
Benefit concert
SEQUIM — An “Afternoon of Praise” concert is planned at Sequim Community Church on Sunday.
The concert will be at 2 p.m. at the church at 950 N. Fifth Ave.
It is free, but donations will be accepted to support the Sequim-Port Angeles Basque student exchange program in association with Summer in the USA.
The Singing Men of God and the Praise Sisters, directed by Viletta Skillman, will perform.
PORT TOWNSEND/JEFFERSON COUNTY
Nordic news
CHIMACUM — The Thea Foss No. 45 Daughters of Norway Book Club will hold its annual portrayal of television reporters Sunday.
The program will be at 1 p.m. at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road.
In their program, “Channel 45: KTEA Nordic News,” club members will report the current events of the five Scandinavian countries: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and Finland.
Tori Twedt will anchor the show, with “reporters” from each nation sharing the news, while a weatherwoman predicts climate changes.
The program “sponsor” is Ole and Lena and their Goat Gerda’s cheese.
The event is free and open to the public.
Scandinavian refreshments will be served.
For more information, phone 360-379-1802.
Friends book sale
PORT TOWNSEND — The Friends of the Port Townsend Library will hold its annual summer used-book sale at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., on Saturday.
The sale will open at 8 a.m. for Friends members and at 9 a.m. for the general public, and will end at 3 p.m.
Gently used books, CDs and DVDs for adults and children will be available.
Except for specially priced books, all adult items will cost $1 and children’s books 50 cents.
Starting at 1 p.m., bags of books will sell for $2.50.
All proceeds go to fund library programs.
For more information, phone 360-379-1061.
Audubon picnic
PORT TOWNSEND — Admiralty Audubon will hold its annual picnic at Pope Marine Park on Water Street at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Attendees can arrive early for bird-watching on the beach.
Picnic-goers are asked to bring a dish to share and place settings.
For more information, phone 360-385-3031.
Library info event
PORT HADLOCK — Jefferson County Library patrons can learn about the Library’s Make a Difference campaign during a visit to the library at 620 Cedar Ave. at 2 p.m. Saturday.
Attendees will see remodel plans for the library, can listen to music by Peter Evasick and George Radebaugh, watch a magic show by Joey Pipia at 3 p.m. and enjoy cake, coffee and lemonade.
Beginning this fall, the Port Hadlock library’s interior will be remodeled and renovated.
An anonymous donor committed $50,000 to challenge community gifts for the remodel of the Jefferson County Library.
Gifts of $1 to $1,000 to the library’s Make a Difference campaign will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $50,000, to support improvements.
The renovation is projected to cost about $700,000.
It will be funded with a combination of existing reserve funds and private donations.
No bond or public election will be required.
For more information, phone 360-385-6544 or visit www.jclibrary.info.
Bike clinic
PORT TOWNSEND — A bike repair clinic is offered at The ReCyclery each Saturday.
The clinic is from noon to 6 p.m. at the nonprofit center at 1925 Blaine St., Suite 500.
Admission is by donation.
Tools can be used by the public under staff supervision, and volunteers can work on their bikes and other service projects.
For more information, phone 360-643-1755 or visit www.ptrecyclery.com.