NEWS BRIEFS: Pavement repair planned starting Thursday in Port Angeles … and other items

PORT ANGELES — Portions of Port Angeles streets will be closed Thursday for paving repairs.

Traffic will be detoured except for local traffic until repair of failed asphalt exacerbated by recent winter weather is completed.

The project will encompass five locations.

Closures are planned for:

• 16th Street between N Street and Owens Avenue.

• Liberty Street between Sixth Street and Lauridsen Boulevard.

• The 500 to 600 blocks of Park Avenue.

Repairs on McDougal Street and Church Street will be done in a manner that allows for one lane of vehicle traffic to remain open at all times, controlled by flagging.

The project is expected to take approximately two weeks, beginning first at the 16th Street and Liberty Street locations, and then proceeding to the other three areas.

For more information, contact Jonathan Boehme, project manager, at 360-417-4811 or jboehme@cityofpa.us.

Schooling meeting

SEQUIM — A schooling options community meeting, hosted by Olympic Nature Experience will meet Thursday.

This free meeting will be held at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road at 5 p.m.

Light refreshments will be served.

“This is an opportunity to ask questions, talk to other parents with more experience and learn more about the abundance of support and options in our area,” said Sarah Salazar-Tipton, executive director of Olympic Nature Experience, in a news release.

During the meeting, representatives and parents from several different programs will be available to answer questions and share stories.

Salazar-Tipton will also lead a short activity to help families focus on their needs and educational options, according to the release.

Flight operations

COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island at the outlying field this week.

Training has been scheduled for Thursday morning.

The schedule is subject to change to meet mission requirements.

Comments, including noise complaints, can be directed to the 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.

Spaghetti dinner

SEQUIM — The Sequim Prairie Grange will serve a spaghetti dinner Friday.

The dinner will be held at the grange, located at 290 Macleay Road, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The cost is $10 per person for a meal of spaghetti, green salad, garlic bread, ice cream and cookies.

For more information, contact Loretta Grant at 360-683-3194 or penww@olypen.com.

Fly-fishing meeting

SEQUIM — Sequim Greywolf Fly Fishers’ first meeting will be Tuesday night.

The free open meeting will be held at the Sequim Fire Hall, 323 N. Fifth Ave., from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The meeting will focus on setting events for the future of other meetings.

Those interested are invited to bring fly-tying equipment, materials and small tarp to tie a fly.

For more information, phone Erik Simpson at 360-683-6684.

Health workshop

PORT ANGELES — There will be two guest speakers at a free educational workshop Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at John Wayne Marina, 2577 W. Sequim Bay Road.

The first speaker — Sequim Gym owner Kevin Pedrey, LMP, PFT, SFGI — will present “Let’s Get Moving … How to Start,” which addresses exercise and proper nutrition’s beneficial effects on heart and brain health.

Following Pedrey, Dr. Stephen Thielke — a geriatric psychiatrist with the Seattle Veteran Administration’s Medical Center and University of Washington professor — will present “Challenges in Dementia,” which focuses on dementia, depression and behaviors associated with dementia.

Sack lunches will be provided by Park View ­Villas.

For more information, phone 360-582-9309.

Celtic jam

PORT ANGELES — A free Celtic jam will be held each first and third Saturday every month — until further notice — at Strait Music, 1015 E. First St.

Led by fiddler Derek Stallman, the first jam will take place Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The event is open to the public, and those interested in playing are asked to bring their own instruments.

For more information, phone Stallman at 360-640-2362.

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