Smoke sighted from the national forest early this week is likely to be from a planned burn.
Olympic National Forest fire managers plan to burn 20 piles of brush in a 0.2-acre area 9 miles southeast of Sequim and 12 miles northwest of Quilcene early this week if conditions are favorable.
The prescribed burn would be over a period of two days.
Smoke may be visible, particularly from Mount Zion, but no smoke impacts are anticipated. No closures are anticipated.
The objective of the Cougar-Maynard prescribed fire is to remove brush piles from the vicinity of a Remote Automatic Weather Station and radio repeater sites located off Forest Service Road 28.
A fire engine and crew of up to five firefighters will be on site for the duration of the burn.
The area will be monitored after the burn has been completed, the forest service said.
Library closures
PORT ANGELES — All Clallam County public libraries will be closed Friday.
Libraries in Port Angeles, Sequim, Forks and Clallam Bay will reopen at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The closure is to allow North Olympic Library System staff to attend an in-service training day.
For more information about the closure, contact library director Margaret Jakubcin at 360-417-8500, ext. 7714, or director@nols.org.
Civic center
SEQUIM — The city of Sequim will host an open house at the new Civic Center at 152 W. Cedar St. from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Friday, May 1.
Members of the Sequim City Council and city staff will be on hand to answer questions as visitors tour the new facility.
Members of the community will get a tour through the new police station and council chambers and learn where to access city services when the building opens for business May 18, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
At 2 p.m. Saturday, June 13, the city will dedicate the building in a ceremony on the community plaza in front of the civic center.
The old City Hall was torn down in April 2014 to make room for the new $15 million civic center.
The lobby of the civic center will have the first in a series of rotating art exhibits based on the theme “What Sequim Means to Me.”
The City Arts Advisory Commission selected 16 pieces of art for display.
The artwork represents a mix of photography, paintings, textile arts, wood sculpture and ceramics.
The exhibit will be on display through the end of the year.
PT poet
SEQUIM — Poet Peter Quinn, the operator of Irenicon Press in Port Townsend, is the featured writer at this week’s Fourth Friday Reading at Rainshadow Coffee Roasting Co., 157 W. Cedar St.
Admission is free to the gathering at 6:30 p.m. Friday, though listeners and writers may want to arrive at around 6 p.m. to choose seats and order beverages.
The author of Painting Circles on Straight Highways, a full-length poetry collection on Irenicon Press, Quinn has also published his work in Mississippi Mud, Foxfire, The Oregonian, Tidepools and the Northwinds Anthology as well as in A Ritual to Read Together: Poems in Conversation with William Stafford.
After Quinn’s reading comes the open-mic section. Poets and prose writers are encouraged to sign up for five-minute slots.
For more details about the monthly Fourth Friday Reading series, contact organizer Ruth Marcus at 360-681-2205 or rmarcus@olypen.com.
Flight landing practice set this week
COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island at the outlying field in Coupeville from Monday through Friday.
From Monday through Wednesday, training is scheduled early evening until late at night.
On Thursday, training is scheduled at early evening, then again late at night.
On Friday, training is from late morning to early afternoon.
The schedule is subject to change to meet mission requirements.
Comments, including noise complaints, can be directed to station’s comment line at 360-257-6665 or via email at comments.NASWI@navy.mil.
All other questions can be directed to the public affairs office at 360-257-2286.
Finding butterflies
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Garden Club will hold its monthly meeting at First Presbyterian Church, 139 W. Eighth St., at 10 a.m. Monday.
The theme is butterfly gardening.
David Droppers, vice president of the Washington Butterfly Association, will speak about attracting and identifying butterflies on the Peninsula.
The public is invited.
The club’s business meeting and educational programs will begin at 10:45 a.m., followed by lunch at 12:30 p.m.
A craft portion starts at 1 p.m. Members Bev Dawson and Mary Lou Paulson will demonstrate how to make butterflies using plastic bottles and forms.
For more information, visit www.portangelesgardenclub.org.
Senior nutrition
PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles Senior Nutrition Site dinners will be served at 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
A suggested donation is $5 for those who are 60 or older.
People younger than 60 can attend for $8.
Reservations should be made 24 hours in advance to 360-457-8921.
Menus are subject to change.
■ Tuesday: Green salad, meat loaf, mac-n-cheese, lima beans and melon.
■ Wednesday: Green salad, turkey pot pie, sliced oranges and baked apples.
■ Thursday: Antipasto salad, chicken Parmesan, buttered noodles, zucchini, bread sticks and citrus sections.
■ Friday: Fruit cup, cheeseburger with fixings, French fries and ice-cream sundae.
Art workshop
PORT TOWNSEND — A free art workshop titled “A Line Around a Think: Through the Wall Session 3 with Nhatt Nichols,” will be held at the Boiler Room, 711 Water St., from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
This workshop focuses on how to use different exercises and techniques to avoid “fear of the blank page” and create images that are a solid basis for growing artistically, regardless of the art or medium.
For more information, visit www.facebook.com/events/1009801895706481, phone Amy Smith at 360-379-8247 or email boilerroomed@gmail.com.
Health talk
SEQUIM — A free health talk on applied kinesiology will be held at Via Vita Chiropractic & Wellness, 128 West Bell St., at 6:15 p.m. Wednesday.
Dr. Ryan Iskenderian, a chiropractic applied kinesiologist, will explain how applied kinesiology can “help anyone reach health goals.”
“Applied Kinesiology is a diagnostic technique which can be used to assess the structural, chemical and emotional systems of the body through the art of manual muscle testing,” Iskenderian said.
“Our bodies are unique in that every muscle, organ, gland, etc., are connected through these three systems, and improper function can lead to both physical and physiological dysfunction.”
For more information, phone 360-683-4989 or email info@viavitawellness.com.
Landscape designs part of PA series
PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Extension Director Clea Rome will present the history of Western landscape-design concepts in the county commissioners’ meeting room (160) at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., at noon Thursday.
She will discuss some of the most famous and lasting landscapes in the world and explain what was happening historically and culturally at the time that led to the design trends.
The one-hour presentation is free; however, donations to help defray the cost of copying and handouts are welcome.
For more information, phone 360-417-2279.
Sequim Arts meets
SEQUIM — Sequim Arts’ April meeting will be held at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in the parish hall at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
Randolf F. Foster will be the featured artist with his original jewelry.
For more information, phone Bettie Hall at 936-933-5972.
Grief workshops
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Healthcare Hospice will offer two grief workshops this spring.
The first is a six-week “Grieving a Death” workshop. It is free and open to anyone in Jefferson County who has experienced the death of a loved one.
The workshop begins May 19 and meets from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on six consecutive Tuesdays through June 23.
The workshop meetings are held in the hospice conference room, located on the third floor at 2500 W. Sims Way.
Each session builds on the one before with a focus on grief education, coping skills, journaling, art and ritual as tools of healing and group sharing.
It is designed for those wanting to do concentrated work on understanding and coping with their grief in a safe and confidential small group setting.
Workshop participants must preregister and commit to attending all six sessions.
Attendance is limited to eight people.
The registration deadline is May 12.
The second workshop is a daylong expressive arts program, “Giving Expression to Death-Related Grief: Collage Making as a Healing Tool,” and is scheduled for June 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Co-Lab Conference Room, 237 Taylor St.
It is taught by Soul Collage facilitator and grief group facilitator Carolyn Cristina Manzoni, who is also a hospice/bereavement volunteer for Hospice of Jefferson Healthcare.
Participants must preregister by June 1 and pay a $10 nonrefundable workshop supply fee.
Attendance is limited to 10 participants.
According to Manzoni, “Death related grief often leaves us in a place that is difficult to express in words. Collage making can be a creative tool for accessing some of those hidden places and discovering insights into your healing journey.”
To register for these workshops, phone the hospice office at 360-385-0610 during regular business hours.
Detailed information can be found at www.JeffersonHealthcare.org/griefsupport.
Also, a facilitated drop-in group meets the second and fourth Wednesday of every month from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Participants receive support and will be able to share feelings and experiences in a confidential peer-group setting.
Each session also includes grief education focused on a theme, such as common grief reactions, coping with stress or grief within families.
No registration is required.
Humane Society
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula Humane Society has added three members to the nonprofit’s board of directors.
Carol Johnson, Samantha Benedict and Becky Upton will each serve a three-year term.
Johnson is the executive director of the North Olympic Timber Action Committee.
Benedict is the branch manager for Kitsap Bank in Port Angeles.
Upton recently retired as the city clerk for Port Angeles.
For more information about the Humane Society, phone 360-457-8206.
