NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles holiday lights tours offered this month . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — All Points Charters & Tours will once again offer tours of holiday lights in Port Angeles.

The fare is $7.50 for adults, $3.50 for children 6 through 15 and free for those 5 and younger.

The tour will be approximately two hours. It will start at 7 p.m. each night from this coming Monday through Dec. 30 from the Safeway parking lot on Third Street.

Exceptions are Saturday, Dec. 18, when no tour is scheduled, and Christmas Eve, when two tours will be offered, one starting at 5:30 p.m. and the other at 7:30 p.m.

Refreshments will be served along the way.

Reservations can be made by calling 360-460-7131 or 360-565-1139.

PT bond discussion

PORT TOWNSEND — A community forum on a proposed $40.9 million bond for the Port Townsend School District is set for Tuesday.

The forum will be at the Port Townsend Community Center, 620 Tyler St., from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The bond, which will be on the Feb. 9 ballot, would fund construction of a new pre-kindergarten-through-fifth-grade elementary school to replace Grant Street Elementary School.

It also would fund improvements in safety, security and disabled access at Port Townsend High School.

Jeff Randall of the It’s Elementary campaign will make a presentation, which will be followed by a question-and-answer session.

Children are welcome.

For more information about the bond, visit www.itselementarypt.org.

Book signing set

PORT ANGELES — “To this day I love the coast of Washington more than any other place on this planet,” Greg Johnston writes in his debut guidebook, Washington’s Pacific Coast: A Guide to Hiking, Camping, Fishing & Other Adventures.

Johnston will discuss and sign copies of the book at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., this Friday evening.

Admission is free to the 7 p.m. event, while Washington’s Pacific Coast will be available for purchase.

In this jam-packed paperback, Johnston, 62, who now lives in Kirkland, is intent on motivating you to get out there.

He describes more than 40 hikes for all energy levels, from Willapa Bay to Neah Bay; trips to nine state parks and Olympic National Park; visits to 30 campgrounds; and tips on fishing, clamming, beachcombing and tidepooling spots.

For information, phone the event’s sponsor, Port Book and News in downtown Port Angeles, at 360-452-6367.

Sequim Girl Scouts sing for donations

SEQUIM — Girls Scouts of all ages in the Sequim area, from the Daisy troop up to the Ambassadors, will gather at the corner of Washington Street and Sequim Avenue to sing Christmas carols and collect food or cash donations for the Sequim Food Bank from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday.

The scouts will offer hot cocoa and cookies in hopes that people will donate cans of chicken or tuna, peanut butter and boxes of macaroni-and-cheese meals to help the food bank fill up its shelves.

All donations of cash will go to the food bank.

For more information, phone Pam Copeland at 360-681-8561.

Book discussion

SEQUIM — Elly Griffiths’ The Crossing Places will be discussed at the Sequim Library at 3 p.m. Saturday.

All are welcome to drop in and participate.

The library is located at 630 N. Sequim Ave.

According to a news release: “Forensic archeologist Dr. Ruth Galloway lives happily alone with her two cats in a bleak, remote area near Norfolk, a land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants — not quite earth, not quite sea.

“But her routine days of digging up artifacts and other ancient objects are harshly upended when a child’s bones found on a desolate beach are bizarrely linked to a case involving a disturbed letter-writer and missing child.”

Copies of The Crossing Places are available at the library in various formats, including regular print and audiobook on CD.

They can be requested online by visiting the library catalog at www.nols.org.

For more information, visit www.nols.org or phone 360-683-1161.

Star wars events

SEQUIM — To celebrate the upcoming release of the film “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., will host a free Star Wars Extravaganza on Saturday.

All events are free. From 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., Sequim Middle School instructor Caleb Gentry will present a light saber construction workshop.

Recommended ages for this workshop are 8 to 14 years old, and preregistration is required.

To register, visit the library events calendar at www.nols.org, phone 360-683-1161 or email youth@nols.org. All light saber construction materials will be provided.

From 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., there will be a free screening of “The Empire Strikes Back,” with trivia and free snacks available.

All ages are welcome to attend, and no preregistration is necessary.

This programming is supported by the Friends of Sequim Library.

Book sale set

SEQUIM — The Friends of Sequim Library will hold their last monthly sale of the year from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

The sale is at the Friends building behind the Sequim Library at 630 N. Sequim Ave. Donors have provided 17 Agatha Christie novels on CDs.

Hardcover fiction includes Daniel Silva’s latest novel, The English Spy.

DVD sets of TV shows “The West Wing,” “Louie” and “Weeds” are available, as well as many movies.

Also in stock are personal finance planning books and a collection of works by Sylvia Browne.

For science fiction fans, there are 165 vintage “Star Trek” comic books, most in protective bags.

Proceeds from the sale fund children’s and adult programs at the Sequim Library.

Free yoga class

SEQUIM — An all-access yoga class to benefit Yoga Behind Bars, a nonprofit program providing yoga instruction for incarcerated youth, women and men in Washington state, will be offered at 10 a.m. Saturday.

The class will be at Lapis Sky Yoga, 803 Carlsborg Road, Suite D.

Beginners and all other yoga students are welcome.

Admission is free to the hourlong class, while donations to Yoga Behind Bars will be accepted.

For more information, email havesomevitamind@gmail.com, phone 360-460-2546 or visit www.yogabehindbars.org.

Holiday party

GARDINER — The Give a Little, Get a Little Holiday Party for local wildlife rehabilitators will take place at Wild Birds Unlimited from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

A donation for local wildlife rehabilitation centers such as the Northwest Raptor & Wildlife Center and Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue, which are funded strictly by donations from the public, will result in a free Handy Hummingbird Feeder.

Wild Birds Unlimited is located at 275953 U.S. Highway 101.

For more information, visit www.gardiner.wbu.com.

Clean Slate kits

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Citizen Action Network, referred to as the PACAN-Oxford Committee, is looking for donations for Clean Slate Starter kits.

The kits will be given to those of various ages who move into an Oxford House to restart their lives free of drugs and/or alcohol.

Items can be delivered to the next PACAN meeting in the Board of County Commissioners’ offices, 223 E. Fourth St., at 6 p.m. Monday.

New items are preferred; however, any help or donations is appreciated.

The committee is seeking the following:

■ Blankets.

■ Motivational pocket tokens (found at many gift stores).

■ Small pocket notepads.

■ Shampoo and conditioner.

■ Deodorant.

■ Toothbrush, floss and toothpaste.

■ Bodywash and loofah.

■ Brush/comb.

■ Feminine products.

■ Razors and shaving cream.

■ Socks and winter gloves.

■ Q-tips.

■ Small-amount gift certificates, without expiration dates, to be used at local stores to acquire any of the above listed items.

To donate, contact Darcey Beck at 360-461-4846 or darceybeck@outlook.com, or visit www.facebook.com/groups/PortAngelesCAN.

Stylist joins hair studio

PORT ANGELES — Hannah Adair is now a licensed cosmetologist at Amazing Changes Hair Studio, 618 E. Front St.

Adair is advanced in fashion colors and men’s and women’s haircuts, according to a news release.

To make an appointment, phone 360-461-8872.

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