Peninsula Daily News
Fresh produce, gardening workshops and flea markets are among the offerings on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
Information about activities related to the visual and lively arts can be found in Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide, in today’s PDN.
Other major weekend events are spotlighted on this page, on “Things To Do” on Page C3, and — by area — below:
EAST JEFFERSON COUNTY
Goats to open market
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Farmers Market will reopen for the season Saturday.
The market will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tyler Street between Lawrence and Clay streets each Saturday through October and from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. November and December.
It will open Saturday with a parade of goats, said Will O’Donnell, Jefferson County Farmers Markets director.
More than 50 vendors will offer a mix of produce, arts and crafts, and plants, O’Donnell said.
It is one of three markets in East Jefferson County.
The Chimacum Farmers Market will reopen Sunday, May 15, and offer more than 30 vendors from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. each Sunday through October. It is located at Chimacum Corner, across from the Chevron where state Highway 19 meets Chimacum and Center roads.
The Port Townsend Wednesday market will reopen in June and run through September.
It will be open from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at Polk and Lawrence streets.
For more information, visit www.ptfarmersmarket.org, email info@ptfarmersmarket.org or phone 360-379-9098.
Blues singer
PORT TOWNSEND — Barrel House Piano Blues with Ann Rabson will be presented at the Upstage Restaurant on Saturday.
Rabson will perform from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the restaurant at 923 Washington St.
Admission is $15.
The show is sponsored by the Upstage and Centrum.
Rabson has been playing and singing the blues professionally since 1962. She has toured Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Holland, Hong Kong, Italy, New Zealand, South Africa, Spain and Switzerland.
Murder at the Museum
PORT TOWNSEND — Murder is the subject of the Jefferson County Historical Society First Friday Lecture tonight.
The lecture will be at 7 p.m. in the Port Townsend City Council chambers at 540 Water St.
Gregg Olsen of Olalla, a New York Times best-selling author, has made a career of documenting some of the bazaar true-crime incidents in Kitsap County.
Olsen will talk about his recent book, A Twisted Faith: A Minister’s Obsession and the Murder That Destroyed a Church, which details events on Bainbridge Island.
Admission is by donation, which supports historical society programs.
Evening of melodrama
QUILCENE — Audience participation — in the form of booing, hissing and cheering — will be encouraged at a melodrama tonight.
“The Lamp Went Out” will be presented at 7 p.m. at the Quilcene Community Center, 29492 U.S. Highway 101.
Tickets are $4 per person and include popcorn and sarsaparilla (aka root beer).
Seating is limited, so director Sally Brown urges patrons to purchase in advance at the Olympic Art Gallery, 40 Washington St., at U.S. Highway 101 in Quilcene.
Remaining tickets will be sold at the door for $4.
The melodrama is a fundraiser for the Brinnon-Quilcene Garden Club, which needs a sound system installed for its meetings at the Quilcene Community Center.
For more information, phone Brown at 360-531-2015.
Cancer expert talk
PORT LUDLOW — Oncologist Dr. Stephen J. Iacoboni will share highlights from patient experiences and excerpts from his book, The Undying Soul, on Saturday.
Iacoboni will speak at 2 p.m. at the Port Ludlow Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place.
The lecture is free for Port Ludlow Bay Club members and $2 for nonmembers.
For more information, phone Aki Tavares at 360-437-9387.
Land trust walk held
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Land Trust members will lead an “Into the Woods” nature walk in the Quimper Wildlife Corridor on Saturday.
Participants will meet at 10 a.m. at 49th and Hendricks streets.
The walk will echo the recently finished Port Townsend Public Library’s Community Read program, which focused on The Forest Lover, a novel about Northwest artist Emily Carr.
Cedar trees and madrone will play an important part in the walk because of their importance to native people and artists.
Walkers should bring shoes that can withstand boggy grounds.
No bathrooms are available on-site.
Monk to teach
PORT TOWNSEND — Tibetan Buddhist Padma Yong Chedtso will teach her first class Saturday.
The class by the member of the Dzogchen Dharma Choeling center in Port Townsend will be at noon at Rosewind Commons, 3131 Haines St., off Umatilla Avenue.
She plans to speak from noon to 2:30 p.m. on how one person can make a difference in times of great suffering
There is a suggested donation of $10, but no one will be turned away for financial reasons.
PORT ANGELES
Canoe trail talk
PORT ANGELES — Kent Brauninger will present a slide show of the 70-mile Bowron Lakes Canoe Trail in British Columbia tonight.
The presentation will be at 7:30 p.m. in the downstairs social hall of First Baptist Church, 105 W. Sixth St., at 7:30 p.m. today.
The public is invited. A free-will offering is requested and will go toward the church’s furnace-replacement fund.
Tree giveaway set
PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Timber Action Committee will host its 10th annual Tree Giveaway in the parking lot of Green Crow, 727 E. Eighth St., from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday.
Species included in the giveaway are silver fir, Douglas fir and spruce.
A limited number of noble and Fraser fir and blue spruce will be available.
These are not ornamental trees and will grow large.
They need to be planted immediately.
Basketball tournament
PORT ANGELES — Twenty-seven teams will compete in the April Fools’ Extravaganza basketball tournament Saturday and Sunday.
Games will begin at 11 a.m. Saturday at Port Angeles High School, 304 E. Park Ave., and at Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St.
Sunday’s venues also include Stevens Middle School, with games starting at 9 a.m. and championship games scheduled for Sunday afternoon.
The games are open to the public for an admission charge.
Both Port Angeles and Sequim have participants in the games, which will be hosted by the city of Port Angeles Recreation Division and Port Angeles Boys AAU.
Twenty-four boys teams and three girls teams will be playing in the divisions, which are from fifth grade through high school.
Other cities represented include Bellingham, Blaine, Bellevue, Bremerton, Federal Way, Lake Stevens, Maple Valley, Poulsbo, Rainier, Silverdale, Tacoma, Toledo and Yelm.
For more information, phone Dan Estes, special events coordinator, at 360-417-4557 or email destes@cityofpa.us.
Early Clallam schools
PORT ANGELES —Irene Wyman, a retired elementary school teacher, and Esther Nelson of Sequim will tell of early schools in Clallam County during a History Tales lecture Sunday.
The free presentation, part of a Clallam County Historical Society series, will be at 2:30 p.m. in the Port Angeles City Council chambers, 321 E. Fifth St.
Wyman’s presentation will cover schools from Neah Bay to Blyn.
Nelson will share her experiences with East End schools.
Blue Mountain School was the inspiration for Wyman to begin research on the schools in Clallam County.
She developed a presentation to give to local groups, and it grew into her recently published book, Clallam County Schools East to West.
The book will be available for sale at the presentation.
For more information, phone 360-452-2662.
Swing workshop
PORT ANGELES — Singles and couples are welcome at this evening’s beginner-and-beyond West Coast swing workshop at the Sons of Norway Hall, 131 W. Fifth St.
Roberto Villamarin of United We Dance in Snohomish will teach the 6 p.m. class, then dancers can practice to DJ music. Admission is $5.
“I am supporting [local ballroom-dance enthusiast] Sonja Hickey in her efforts to build a new community of West Coast swing dancers in Port Angeles,” Villamarin said.
He also teaches a Saturday series of swing classes at the Gardiner Community Center, 980 Old Gardiner Road, just off U.S. Highway 101 east of Sequim.
Drop-ins are welcome at those sessions from noon to 1 p.m., and admission is $15 per person. Private lessons and Latin dance classes are also available at the Gardiner center.
For details, phone Villamarin at 425-753-8086.
Donation drive
PORT ANGELES — Boy Scout Troop 1473 and Girl Scout Troop 41277 will accept donations during a Japan disaster drive Saturday.
JoAnne Crawford said members of the troops will collect donations from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Walgreens, 932 E. Front St.
The donations will go through the Olympic Peninsula Chapter of the American Red Cross, Crawford said, and will be sent to Japan.
Scouts will accept such donations as clothes, packaged dry food, blankets and money, Crawford said.
SEQUIM AND THE DUNGENESS VALLEY
Pears and fruits
SEQUIM — Balraj Sokkappa, a veteran Master Hardener, will provide recommendations for starting and growing pears and stone fruit Saturday.
Sokkappa will speak at 10 a.m. at the Washington State University Clallam County Extension Master Gardener Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road.
Sokkappa will explain what types of fruit trees grow well on the North Olympic Peninsula and describe varieties best-suited for local growing conditions and how to select and plant new trees.
He also will discuss seasonal pruning requirements, harvesting and storage, as well as pest and disease problems common in home orchards and ways to control and prevent them.
He will not discuss vines or berries.
A Master Hardener since 2001, Sokkappa has maintained home fruit orchards for the past 10 years in Sequim. He is a past member of the Sequim Fruit Club.
The presentation is part of the Class Act at Woodcock Garden series, sponsored by the Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County.
Presentations are held the first and third Saturdays of the gardening season.
The series is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-417-2279.
‘Pass the Mic’ contest
SEQUIM — The second round of the King’s Way Foursquare Church’s “Pass the Mic” contest is tonight.
The competition will begin at 7 p.m. at the church at 1023 Kitchen-Dick Road.
Admission is $5 per person or $20 per family.
The first round of the singing talent contest was Thursday. The third and final round, along with a special benefit dinner, will be Friday, April 8.
Tickets to the final round are $25.
Auctions are scheduled both tonight and next Friday. Items can be viewed on the church’s website at www.thekingsway.net.
Proceeds will benefit construction of Camp King’s Way.
For more information, phone 360-683-8020, visit the website or stop by the church.
Costco member day
SEQUIM — The Sequim Costco, 955 W. Washington St., will hold a Member Appreciation Day event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Nonmembers are welcome to shop the store during the event, and new members will receive a $20 cash card.
Kelbi Folkerson Tite from Kelbies World will perform. Clowns, balloons, extra food and product demonstrations are planned.
For more information, phone 360-406-2025.
Excel workshop
SEQUIM — Thomas Pitre will present a workshop on Microsoft Excel spreadsheets at the Center of Infinite Reflections, 144 Tripp Road, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
The workshop will provide an overview of features, special applications and examples.
Internet is provided.
Attendees should bring laptops if they own one.
The workshop is $20 per person.
To attend, send an email with the subject line “Center Classes” to thomaspitre@gmail.com.
Soil lecture
SEQUIM — Washington State University-Puyallup Research and Extension Center Soil Scientist Craig Cogger will speak at McComb Gardens, 751 McComb Road, at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Cogger will present “Soil is the Key to Great Gardening.”
He will discuss what is and isn’t important in regards to soil.
The seminar is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-681-2827.
Garden containers
SEQUIM — Henery’s Garden Center, 1060 Sequim-Dungeness Way, will host a class on how to make garden containers at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The class will be presented by Annie Reiss from Skagit Gardens in Mount Vernon.
Reiss has more than a dozen years of experience doing container gardens and usually has unusual plants and ideas to share.
To make a reservation, phone 360-683-6969.
Guild thrift shop
SEQUIM — The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild’s Thrift Shop will be open from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The shop at Second and Bell streets has spring clothing and accessories for the home.
Volunteers and donations are needed.
For more information, phone 360-683-7044.
Benefit dinner, auction
SEQUIM — A Gold Foundation spaghetti feed and auction to benefit Mark Gold in his fight against Type 2 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma is planned Saturday.
The event begins at 5:30 p.m. with a silent auction at the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road.
A live auction will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Admission is $5. Children 10 years and younger can eat for free.
The benefit is sponsored by Operation Uplift and the Sequim Elks Lodge.
For more information, phone 360-683-2763.
To buy raffle tickets, which are $10 each, phone Gold at 360-477-8851, Jesse Kessler at 360-797-4536, Sarah Enges at 360-582-7672 or Jackie Riggs at 360-477-8852.
‘Wolf Summer’ screened
SEQUIM — KidFlixGlobal, a Sequim-based film distribution company opposed to the marketing of violent programming to youths by Hollywood film and television studios, will screen “Wolf Summer” on Sunday.
The free film will be presented at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road, at 2 p.m.
“Wolf Summer,” an action-adventure film produced in Norway, is subtitled and recommended for children 8 years and older.
“Wolf Summer” is about an adventurous 12-year-old girl named Kim who shares her late father’s love of rock climbing.
When summer climbing camp is canceled, Kim decides to solo-climb the East Wall, a mountain ridge near the Norwegian-Swedish border, as her father did when he was her age.
Unfortunately, the climb doesn’t go according to plan.
Kim is injured in a fall that knocks her unconscious. She wakes, frightened and helpless, to a dramatic encounter with a wolf.
“We want to introduce young viewers to films that breed a different kind of hero or heroine, one whose ‘cool’ is not earned by the number of buildings he blows up or bodies she rips to shreds, but by clever displays of courage, loyalty and compassion in the face of danger,” said KidFlixGlobal CEO Larry Hulse.
For reservations, phone 360-683-5494.
Dog, cat demo set
SEQUIM — Best Friend Nutrition, 680 W. Washington St., will host a Canidae-brand dog and cat food demonstration from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Judee High, district sales manager for Canidae and Felidae pet foods, will bring samples and coupons for attendees, along with a drawing for prizes for her company’s products.
For more information about the Canidae and Felidae brands, visit www.canidae.com.
For more information about Best Friend Nutrition, phone the store at 360-681-8458.
FORKS AND THE WEST END
Plant sale, flea market
JOYCE — The Crescent Grange will conduct a spring plant sale and flea market today and Saturday.
The sale and market will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. both days at the grange, 50870 state Highway 112.
Lunch will be served from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. both days.
Coffee will be available for 25 cents a cup.
Donations are being accepted for a baked-goods table at the sale.
Vendor tables will be located inside the hall, with tailgate sales taking place outside.
A silent auction also will be held.
For more information, phone John Singhose at 360-457-5944.
Lions breakfast
JOYCE — The Port Angeles Lions Club will host a benefit breakfast at the Crescent Bay Lions Clubhouse, corner of Holly Hill Road and state Highway 112, from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday.
The menu includes pancakes, french toast, eggs, meats, biscuits and gravy, and beverages.
Cost is $6 for adults, $3 for children.
Vehicle safety checks
FORKS — A Forks High School student is offering vehicle safety checks Saturday.
Keith Deckard will check cars for free from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school’s auto shop on South Forks Ave.
The work is his senior project.
He will check radiator fluid, transmission fluid, oil level, windshield-washer fluid and tire pressure, he told the Forks Forum.
Speaker at church
FORKS — Ashley Watson, former math teacher and track coach at Forks High School, will speak at the Forks Congregational Church on Sunday.
The church service starts at 11 a.m. with a potluck to follow in the fellowship hall of the church at 280 S. Spartan Ave.
Watson earned his divinity degree at Whitman College.