Drag-racing, fishing just for kids, the thoughts of a Supreme Court justice and boating events are among the attractions on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For information about other arts and entertainment events, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide, in today’s print edition.
Other events are in the “Things to Do” calendar, available online at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
FORKS/WEST END
West End Thunder
FORKS — The season’s first weekend of West End Thunder drag races begins Saturday.
Gates open at 9 a.m., and racing begins at 10 a.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Forks Municipal Airport.
Planned are an 1/8-mile drag race and a show and shine.
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 West End Thunder club plans five racing weekends, with others set for June 9-10, July 14-15, Aug. 11-12 and Sept. 15-16.
For more information, visit www.westendthunder.com.
Campfire clean-out
FORKS — A campfire pit clean-out event will be held at the state Department of Natural Resources Bear Creek Campground from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Volunteers will be asked to visit campgrounds, clean out designated fire pits and complete a basic assessment of each pit at the campground at Milepost 206 on U.S. Highway 101 along the Sol Duc River.
A DNR fire engine will be on hand for children to learn more about wildland firefighting.
The event is held in celebration of Wildfire Awareness Week.
No registration is necessary.
For directions and more information, visit www.dnr.wa.gov/Volunteer.
Market season set
FORKS — The Forks Open Aire Market will open for the season Saturday.
The market will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the parking lot south of the Timber Museum, 1421 S. Forks Ave., every Saturday until Oct. 6.
Sweet P’s Bake Shop has joined the market and will sell baked goods each week.
New market members are still welcome.
In addition to regular sale days, the market will host swap meets the fourth Saturday in June, July, and August.
Swap meet sign-ups are available each week at the market.
For more information, email forksopenairemarket@live.com or phone 360-374-6332.
PORT ANGELES
Justice at lunch
PORT ANGELES — State Supreme Court Justice Charlie Wiggins will speak at the annual Law Day Luncheon at the North Olympic Skills Center, 905 W. Ninth St., at 11:30 a.m. today.
The luncheon will be hosted by the Clallam County Bar Association and Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers.
This year’s Law Day theme, “No Courts, No Justice, No Freedom,” provides an opportunity to reflect on the role courts and judiciary play in the community.
“We can be certain that, with his experience as a District and Superior Court judge pro tem, a judge with the Court of Appeals and now a justice of the Supreme Court, he will speak with great passion and intelligence about this year’s theme,” said Simon Barnhart, president of the Clallam County Bar Association.
Each May, the bar and Pro Bono Lawyers associations observe Law Day to commemorate the rule of law, the judiciary and its place in American society.
The day was officially recognized by Congress in 1961.
Reservations are $9.50 per person and can be made by phoning 360-452-9137.
Celebrate Norway
PORT ANGELES — The Sons of Norway, Lodge No. 37 will hold a Syttende Mai (Norwegian Constitution Day) celebration at Scandia Hall, 131 W. Fifth St., from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The lodge’s children’s dance troupe, directed by Jenna Silliman, will perform.
Lodge President Loran Olsen will play piano, Marilyn Brossard of Burlington will play Scandinavian music on her accordion, and Selbey Jelley will play Grieg’s “First Violin Sonata.”
Relay ‘Soiree’ set
PORT ANGELES — “Soiree for the Relay!,” a benefit presented by the Port Angeles Association of Realtors’ Relay For Life team, will be held today.
The event will start at 4:30 p.m. at the Camp Fire clubhouse, 619 E. Fourth St.
Activities include a raffle and dessert auction. Beer, wine and appetizers will be served.
Guests will receive a commemorative glass.
Tickets are $10 and may be purchased by phoning 360-457-4451, emailing Lindsay@OlypenTitle.com or at the door.
Proceeds from the event will benefit the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life.
Land trust meeting
PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Land Trust will hold its annual meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The hourlong meeting will be at the Elwha Klallam Heritage Training Center, 401 E. First St.
It will feature complimentary breakfast and brunch snacks provided by Good to Go Grocery — including savory and sweet quiches, fruit scones and fresh organic fruit.
The event is free and open to the public.
Supporters, volunteers, easement holders and interested members of the public can talk with the land trust’s staff and board about conserving economically and ecologically vital lands of the Olympic Peninsula, said Tom Sanford, executive director.
Current members also will elect recommended directors to vacant positions on the North Olympic Land Trust Board.
To RSVP, email Matthew@nolt.org or phone 360-460-8823.
New vet clinic set
PORT ANGELES — Best Friends Pet Care veterinary clinic, 1811 W. U.S. Highway 101, will hold a grand opening and low-cost vaccination clinic from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The business is owned by Patricia S. Dowell and managed by Kathy Corcoran.
Best Friends offers veterinary services along with boarding and grooming.
Hours are from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesdays; and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.
For more information, phone 360-452-7387.
Dog park work
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Off-Leash Dog Park is having its first volunteer work party Saturday.
Volunteers will meet at 8 a.m. at Lincoln Park, 1900 W. Lauridsen Blvd., to help clear the dog park site and install posts for the fence.
Excel Utility Construction, Zenovic & Associates Inc. and Capacity Provisioning have marked and cleared the fence line.
Earth Tech Construction & Roofing and Enviro-Clean Northwest professionals and Rotary Club members will be on site to help oversee fence construction.
Volunteers are urged to bring work gloves, wheelbarrows, post hole diggers, garden hose, weed eaters, wire clippers and any other tools to help build fence and clear the grounds.
For more information, contact Richard Bonine at 360-417-4551 or rbonine@cityofpa.us.
Bridges Out of Poverty
PORT ANGELES — Bridges Out of Poverty has scheduled a one-day training session Saturday.
The training will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Olympic Vineyard Church, 3415 S. Peabody St.
The cost is $30.
It is for “anyone who would like to counter poverty in our community or for those who work with people in poverty,” according to the group’s Facebook page.
“This ‘One Day Training’ will give you the tools and concepts needed in order to build a fully sustainable community we must be equipped to help people find a way out of poverty.”
The training also will be conducted Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
To RSVP, phone 360-477-5168.
Car show, breakfast
PORT ANGELES — A car show and pancake breakfast benefit will be held at Fairview Grange, 161 Lake Farm Road, from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday.
All-you-can-eat pancakes, eggs, bacon and sausage are available for $7 for adults and free for children 12 and younger.
All proceeds benefit the grange’s scholarship fund.
For more information, phone 360-461-9008.
SEQUIM
Kids Fishing Day
SEQUIM — Some 1,500 trout have been released in the pond at the Sequim Water Reuse Demonstration Park on North Blake Avenue just north of Carrie Blake Park for the 10th annual Kids Fishing Day on Saturday.
The North Olympic Peninsula chapter of Puget Sound Anglers is hosting the free fishing day from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. for children through age 14.
No fishing license is required to participate.
Each child can keep two trout.
Toddlers will be able to fish in a separately stocked pool.
Anglers should bring their own pole and bait. Bait and fishing rods also will be supplied by the club.
Children can learn how to clean fish by watching club members clean and ice the trout.
After the event, the pond will be stocked with 1,000 more fish so children can continue to fish throughout the summer.
Event sponsors include the Haller Foundation, First Federal, QFC, High Tide Seafoods, Swain’s General Store, Franz Bakery and Peninsula Bottling Co.
Postal food drive
SEQUIM — Postal carriers in Sequim will collect nonperishable food donations in or near mailboxes for the 20th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive on Saturday.
Postal carriers in Port Angeles, Port Townsend, Port Hadlock and Forks participated last Saturday.
Sequim moved its Stamp Out Hunger Day to this Saturday so as to avoid the Sequim Irrigation Festival.
Donations go to local food banks.
Postal carriers deliver bags to homes that can be used for donations of such nonperishable food as canned soup, canned vegetables, pasta, rice or cereal.
The bags can be left by mailboxes Saturday for pickup.
Accordion concert
SEQUIM — Accordion player Jon Persson will be in concert at the Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 MacLeay Road, at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Persson is a musician and entertainer who performs mostly on cruise ships.
His show at the grange will highlight Broadway favorites by Gershwin, Porter and Lloyd-Webber; contemporary movie themes; rags by Scott Joplin; and European favorites and classics.
Persson plays both the piano and banyan accordions, and he will have CDs available for purchase.
Free youth flights
SEQUIM — Free flights for youths ages 9-17 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 Sequim Valley Airport, 468 Dorothy Hunt Lane.
Parents or guardians must attend to provide permission for youths to fly.
Doll show and sale
SEQUIM — The 30th annual Olympic Peninsula Doll Club Show and Sale will be conducted Saturday.
The show will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Sequim Middle School cafeteria, 301 W. Hendrickson Road.
The event’s theme is “Holiday Celebrations.”
Antique and new dolls, bears, toys and furniture will be sold.
Raffle tickets for a chance to win an American Girl doll with holiday outfits will be available for $1.
The show also will have door prizes for attendees.
Admission is by donation, and proceeds benefit philanthropic projects of the Olympic Peninsula Doll Club.
Benefit doll sale
SEQUIM — More than 50 dolls of all sizes and vintages, along with a multitude of accessories, will be for sale at Trinity United Methodist Church today and Sunday.
The doll sale at the church at 100 S. Blake Ave. will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The sale features treasures from the collection of the late Nancy Bedford, a longtime Trinity member.
The collection was donated to the church by her family.
Such accessories as doll houses, furniture and toys, china, other kitchenware, linens, wallpapers, fabrics, a wagon, trike, baby scale, wicker cribs, cradle and baby buggy — all sized for doll displays — will be available.
Proceeds from the sale will benefit the church budget, including local and global mission programs.
Genealogical event
SEQUIM — Brian Pettyjohn will present “An Alternative Approach to Inverted Pyramid Genealogical Research” at a Clallam County Genealogical Society meeting Saturday.
The lecture will be from 9:45 a.m. to noon at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave.
Pettijohn uses a top-down approach to family tree construction as opposed to a bottom-up.
He will address the advantages and disadvantages to such an approach and how both serve the interest as well as the motivation of the researcher.
For more information, phone 360-417-5000 or visit www.olypen.com/ccgs.
Flea market set
SEQUIM — The fourth annual Multi-Church Flea Market Fundraiser will be held Saturday.
The flea market will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sequim High School Cafeteria, 601 N. Sequim Ave.
Proceeds from the sale will support the Sequim-Port Angeles Basque Student Exchange Program in association with Summer in the USA.
The program offers Basque teens from northern Spain an opportunity to live with local families in Sequim and Port Angeles in July.
All donations cover the costs of transportation, activities and events that support the program.
For more information, email basquefleamarket@gmail.com or phone 360-207-0037.
Learn about dogs
SEQUIM — The Entlebucher Swiss cattle dog will be the featured breed at Best Friend Nutrition’s monthly “Meet the Breed” series Saturday.
The dog will be featured at Best Friend Nutrition, 680 W. Washington St., from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Attendees will learn more about the breed’s origins, temperament, health issues and care, and can personally meet and pet these dogs.
Champion Pet Foods trial bags of Orijen and Acana dog foods will be a gift to all attendees.
The tri-colored Entlebucher is the smallest of the four Swiss mountain dogs ranging in size from 40-55 pounds for females and 50-65 for males.
While these intelligent, personable, agile and loyal dogs are independent and self-confident, they become very attached to their “people” and make great companions for those with active lifestyles.
Other “Meet the Breed” events are planned for greyhounds June 16, Bermese mountain dogs July 14 and therapy dogs Aug. 18.
For more information, phone 360-681-8458.
Soil scientist talks
SEQUIM — Washington State University Extension and Research soil scientist Craig Cogger will speak at McComb Gardens, 751 McComb Road, at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Cogger will present “Good Soil is Everything.”
The event is free and open to the public.
Thrift shop open
SEQUIM — The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild’s Thrift Shop, 204 W. Bell St., will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Spring clothing and household accessories are featured.
Tickets will be on sale for the guild’s luncheon, fashion show and silent auction at 7 Cedars Casino on Wednesday.
The Thrift Shop will be closed for the gala.
For more information, phone 360-683-7044.
Farming with predators
SEQUIM — Organic farmer Jean Ball will present “Harmonious Farming with Predators on the Olympic Peninsula” at a Master Gardeners Class Act event at the Woodcock Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road, at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Originally from Vermont, Ball was born and raised on a farm and is now a subsistence farmer, producing a wide array of foods, all processed on site, for her family, friends and dogs.
Ball will share her tactics and tips for understanding natural neighbors and how to coexist harmoniously with them.
She does not employ the use of traps, firearms or deterrents to manage predators, opting instead to use her understanding of the predators’ needs — along with fences, greenbelts and dogs — to guide the actions of the farm.
Permanent residents at Ball’s 5-acre farm include sheep, rabbits, turkeys, chickens, ducks, geese, pigs, honeybees and livestock-guardian dogs.
Ball will bring along some of her animals to the free talk.
For more information, phone Muriel Nesbitt at 360-565-2679.
Garage sale benefit
SEQUIM — The Mujeres de Maiz Opportunity Foundation will hold its fifth annual Quality Garage Sale at 84 E. Quail Lane from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.
Attendees should take Silberhorn to Falcon Road and follow the signs to the sale.
All proceeds will go toward programs for indigenous women in Chiapas, Mexico.
For more information, phone 360-477-5519 or email mujeres@olypen.com.
Diaper drive set
SEQUIM — Trinity United Methodist Church invites the Sequim community to join in celebrating “Change the World” weekend by dropping off disposable diapers of all sizes and packages of baby wipes at the church, 100 S. Blake Ave., between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday.
Items will be distributed through the North Olympic Foster Parent Association and the Sequim Food Bank.
The drive is part of the United Methodist denomination’s worldwide “Change the World” weekend with simple acts of kindness.
For more information, phone the church at 360-683-5367.
PORT TOWNSEND/JEFFERSON COUNTY
Free boat exams
PORT TOWNSEND — The Point Wilson Sail and Power Squadron will conduct free vessel-safety examinations at the docks at Port Townsend’s Boat Haven Marina from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday.
Trained examiners will go over a checklist with boat owners to determine if boats have the required safety equipment onboard before boating season begins in earnest.
The checklist is for boat owners’ eyes only.
If all listed components are met satisfactorily, then each owner will receive a Vessel Safety Examination sticker to display on the hull or mast.
Otherwise, owners are given the opportunity to correct unchecked items.
Power squadron members also will inspect trailerable boats.
Owners living within 5 miles of Port Townsend can request a member to visit their boat or set up a meeting location for the examination.
The complimentary safety examinations are extended to kayaks, dinghies and other oar-driven vessels.
To set up an appointment, phone Bob Monica at 360-385-2634.
‘Tea with Thea’ set
CHIMACUM — Members of Thea Foss Lodge No. 45 Daughters of Norway will salute charter members of the group, and Barbara Nobles will share Scandinavian antiques at a “Tea with Thea/Fun with Runes” meeting Sunday.
The event will be at 1 p.m. at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road.
The Thea Foss Lodge was started eight years ago by women from Port Angeles to Port Ludlow to preserve and promote Scandinavian heritage.
Group members selected Norwegian immigrant Thea Foss, wife of Foss Maritime Corp. founder Andrew Foss, as their namesake.
High school scholarships are a major focus of the group, along with sharing its culture with the community.
The event is open to the public, and Scandinavian refreshments will be served.
For more information, phone 360-379-1802.
Genealogy event set
CHIMACUM — Jerry Hamilton, a family historian and former president of the Jefferson County Genealogical Society, will speak at a monthly meeting of the Jefferson County Genealogical Society on Saturday.
The meeting, which is free and open to the public, will be at 9:30 a.m. at the Tri-Area Community Center, 10 West Valley Road.
Hamilton will discuss the role of Yorktown, Va., in both the Revolutionary and Civil wars.
Celebrate boating
PORT TOWNSEND — Pocket Yacht Palooza will be held at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The event celebrates traditional small rowing and sailing boats, with some emphasis on pocket cruising sailboats.
It also will serve as the launch party for Port Townsend’s first Small Craft Skills Academy.
It is free and open to the public.
The event is sponsored by the Port Townsend Pocket Yachters club, the Small Craft Skills Academy and the Northwest Maritime Center.
For more information, visit www.pocketyachters.com or email Marty@islandboatshop.com.
Farmers market opens
CHIMACUM — The Chimacum Farmers Market will open for the season Sunday.
The market will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the grounds of the Chimacum Corner Store at the intersection of state Highway 19 and Chimacum Road each Sunday until Oct. 28.
More than 25 weekly vendors sell items at the market, including food, vegetables, fruit, flowers, handicrafts and art.
The opening-day market will include a farm animal petting zoo for children and music from the Washington Old Time Fiddlers.
For more information, email info@jcfmarkets.org or phone 360-379-9098.