Summer on the Peninsula continues with loads of events, activities

No Discover Pass is required to park at this event, which is free to the public.

Visitors can hear the mountain howitzer fired and witness the rifle exercises as well as visit the post trader’s shop and blacksmith’s shop.

Attendees are encouraged to come with questions and engage soldiers in conversations about 19th century military life.

A History Trail at the park depicts the buildings that comprised Fort Townsend from 1856 to 1895 when a fire destroyed several fort buildings.

The park is located off state Highway 20, four miles south of Port Townsend on Old Fort Townsend Road.

Festival volunteers

PORT TOWNSEND — Volunteer information and welcome meetings for those interested in helping out with the 35th Wooden Boat Festival will be held at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St., from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, and again on Aug. 6.

The meetings will include an overview of the three-day event, descriptions of the varied volunteer positions available and an opportunity to register.

RSVP’s are requested so that staffers can supply plenty of refreshments.

For more information, or to RSVP, phone Sue Cook at 360-385-3628, ext. 102 or email

volunteers@woodenboat.org.

Puffin Cruise Saturday

PORT TOWNSEND — A summer evening Puffin Cruises is set Saturday.

Cruises to see the tufted puffins of Protection Island are scheduled from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. this Saturday as well as on July 23, 30 and Aug. 6.

All cruises, which are aboard the Glacier Spirit, depart from Point Hudson Marina and venture close to the island at the mouth of Discovery Bay.

Nesting pairs of tufted puffins are in full breeding plumage and close to Protection Island now, said Anne Murphy, executive director for the marine science center, adding that the center cannot guarantee puffin sightings.

Naturalists provide on-board commentary during the cruises.

Proceeds benefit the center’s educational programs.

Cruises are $55 per person — $50 for members of the center, Burke Museum, Audubon Society or Washington Ornithological Society.

Reservations are required for each trip and may be made by phone at 360-385-5582 or 800-566-3932 or by email at cruises@ptmsc.org.

Information about the center in Fort Worden State Park also is available by phone, or by emailing info@ptmsc.org or visiting www.ptmsc.org.

Wellness walk set

PORT LUDLOW — Ludlow Bay Massage and Wellness Center will hold a meet-and-greet followed by a summer wellness walk Saturday.

The event will be at 10 a.m. at the center at 91 Village Way in Port Ludlow Village.

Licensed acupuncturist Anna Scofield will provide an introduction to meditation followed by easy and moderate impact walks.

Refreshments and healthy snacks will follow the walks.

For more information, phone 360-437-3798 or email growinghealthacupuncture@gmail.com.

Open house set

QUILCENE — Children’s author and illustrator Richard Jesse Watson will appear at Center Valley Animal Rescue Ranch’s annual summer open house, 11900 Center Road, on Saturday.

The open house will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Watson, author of The Magic Rabbit, will sell and sign a collection of his books and artwork from noon to 4 p.m.

At 1 p.m. he will read from the book.

He will donate a percentage of his sales to Center Valley Animal Rescue.

For more information, phone 360-765-0598.

Energy workshop

PORT TOWNSEND — Paul Cronauer, owner of The Landing mall in Port Angeles and a longtime contractor, will speak about energy storage technologies and other topics at a luncheon today.

Cronauer will be the keynote speaker at the Jefferson County Public and Professional Luncheon at the Northwest Maritime Center, 431 Water St.

He will speak at 1 p.m.

An alternative energy eco development workshop, “Creating Jefferson County Businesses and Jobs with Building Energy Systems” is planned at 11 a.m.

The workshop will draw on the combined knowledge of Cronauer and two others from Port Angeles — Michael Gentry, architect of the Center for Community Design, and Phil Lusk, power resources manager for the city of Port Angeles — who have collaborated in a energy-related economic development project.

Lunch will begin at noon. The cost is $6 for the lunch. Those who plan to eat lunch are asked to email jeffwa@countyenergy.us.phd.

At 2 p.m., a workshop on building energy, “Optimizing Building Performance,” is planned.

Sequim

River Center benefit show

SEQUIM — Soprano Kathleen Wayne and tenor Dan Wayne will perform a benefit concert for the Dungeness River Audubon Center at the Dungeness Schoolhouse, 2781 Towne Road, at 7 p.m. Saturday.

They will sing selections from opera, jazz, and Broadway at the concert.

Pianist Linda Dowdell, who teaches jazz piano at Olympic Music School in Sequim, will provide accompaniment.

Kathleen Wayne has performed lead roles in many staged opera productions in Alaska and Dan Wayne has been active in music and amateur theatre most of his life.

This concert is their second benefit for the Dungeness River Audubon Center.

Admission is $20.

Tickets are available in Sequim at the Dungeness River Audubon Center, 2151 W. Hendrickson Road, and Pacific Mist Books, 121 W. Washington St. or in Port Angeles at Odyssey Bookshop, 114 W. Front St.

They also will be available at the door.

For more information, phone Julie Jackson at 360-683-1355.

Family fun day slated

SEQUIM — Pony rides and a garage sale are planned at the day of family fun hosted by the VFW Ladies Auxiliary No. 1024 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

The event will be at the Native Horsemanship Riding Center, 326 Taylor Cutoff Road.

Events planned include pony rides for $5, a garage sale, a buddy poppy drive, bake sale and auxiliary members will provide membership information and youth scholarship information.

A gift basket raffle with $1 tickets also will be held.

The drawing will occur at 3 p.m. Ticket holders need not be present to win.

For more information, phone 360-582-0907 or 360-681-7085.

Spit hike planned

SEQUIM — The Olympic Peninsula Explorers will lead a Dungness Spit walk Saturday.

The group will meet at 9 a.m. in the Sequim QFC parking lot, 990 B E. Washington St., before heading off to the trailhead.

Walkers will pass by bluffs overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca, through verdant meadows and out onto the Dungeness Spit.

Hikers can choose between 6.2-mile and 3.1-mile routes.

Pets are not allowed on the walk. Baby joggers are allowed.

Restrooms are available.

The group will meet at noon at the Islander Pizza & Pasta Shack, 380 E. Washington St., after the walk.

For more information, phone Mary Allen Clark at 360-452-0593.

Music and shortcake

SEQUIM — Live music and the last day of Friends of the Fields’s strawberrry shortcake sales are planned at the Sequim Open Aire Market on Saturday.

The market is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Cedar Street in downtown Sequim.

Live music by Joe Bridge and Curt Haugen is planned from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Friends of the Fields, a nonprofit division of the North Olympic Land Trust, has been selling strawberry shortcake at the market on Saturdays. This Saturday is the last scheduled at the market.

Strawberries from the Sequim-Dungeness Valley’s Graysmarsh Farm are served on locally baked buttermilk biscuits with plenty of fresh real whipped cream.

Proceeds go toward preservation of Clallam County farmland.

PC users group

SEQUIM — The Sequim PC Users Group — or SPCUG — will present Hewlett Packard’s ‘RAIL’ (Remotely Assisted Instructional Learning) program at a meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday.

The meeting will be in the Sequim High School computer lab, room E3, 601 N. Sequim Ave.

Guest speaker Don DePue, who has 15 years of experience, will present RAIL’s online education program.

The presentation will include the features used in the virtual classroom environment, such as to support instruction, group meetings and product demonstrations.

A suggested donation of $5 is requested from visitors.

For more information, visit spcug.net or email spcug1@gmail.com.

Homebuyer class

SEQUIM — A homebuyer education class will be conducted at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Saturday.

The class is free and open to the public.

It is sponsored by Homeward Bound, a local community land trust, and Eagle Home Mortgage, and has funding from the state Housing Finance Commission.

The class meets federal Housing and Urban Development requirements and is required for most first-time homebuyer loans such as Habitat, Mutual Self Help, Washington State HFC House Key and USDA Rural Development.

Information will be presented by a loan officer, a real estate professional and a home inspector.

Information will be provided on sweat-equity programs, the community land trust, Habitat for Humanity and down-payment assistance currently available.

For more information, visit www.homewardboundclt.org.

To reserve a seat, phone 360-565-2068 or 3360-565-2068 or email info@homewardboundclt.org.

Accordion social

SEQUIM — A Sequim Accordion Social will be held at the Sequim Senior Center, 921 E. Hammond St., from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.

Paul LaMarche and accordion players with their own instruments will perform.

A $2 donation is requested to pay for room rental.

Deaf Coffee House picnic

SEQUIM — The third annual Deaf Coffee House Picnic is planned from 9 a.m. to dusk Saturday.

The picnic will be at Carrie Blake Park, 202 Blake Ave.

Kosher hot dogs for $2, $2.50 with cheese, and hamburgers for $3, $3.50 with cheese will be provided.

For information, or to sign up to bring an item, email Diane Dickson at sdch_2010@comcast.com.

Port Angeles

Camp Heebie Jeebies

LAKE CRESCENT — Camp Heebie Jeebies’ final concert will be tonight.

The musical camp for youth has been operating all week at Camp David Jr. on Lake Crescent.

The 70 students will perform tonight at 6:30 p.m.

Parking is limited, said Bud Critchfield, who is in charge of fundraising for the annual camp.

Students at the youth camp — named after a Louis Armstrong song — come from the Port Angeles-Sequim area, Ocean Shores, Olympia, Seattle and Bellingham, as well as Portland and Seaside, Ore.; Whitefish, Mont.; and Victoria and Chilliwack, B.C.

For more information about Camp Heebie Jeebies, visit www.campheebiejeebies.us.

Dance at the library

PORT ANGELES — The library will be hopping tonight.

Ballroom dancing and belly dancing will bookend a reception for the artists showing their work at the library at 2210 S. Peabody St.

Its all free and open to the public.

In an evening whose theme is “Art in Motion,” ballroom dance coach Carol Hathaway will give a workshop for teenagers starting at 5:30 p.m.

It’s called “Long Hot Summer Dancing” and it’s open to beginners and everyone else.

Following the hourlong lesson, dancers and guests can enjoy refreshments and meet the artists who are showing their work at the library this summer.

Artwork by photographers Jack and Linda Parcell, painter Joyce Clayton, jeweler Brian Buntain and glass artist Paul Labrie will be on display at the library through Aug. 29.

The evening’s finale will be a performance and class by Shula Azhar, Port Angeles’ regionally known belly dancing troupe.

At 7 p.m., the women will lead a “Basic Moves of Belly Dance” workshop.

After their workshop, the troupe will perform Bollywood-style and traditional dances — and let their audience know how to sign up for the belly dancing classes offered Sundays near Port Angeles.

More details on the troupe and classes is at www.ShulaAzharBellydance.com.

To learn more about this and other summertime activities at the libraries in Port Angeles, Sequim, Clallam Bay and Forks, phone 360-417-8500 or visit the North Olympic Library System website at www.NOLS.org.

Dance at the Elks lodge

PORT ANGELES — Swing, blues and Latin dance music will fill the Elks Naval Lodge ballroom as the band BBR arrives Saturday night.

The dance, which is open to youth as well as grownups, starts at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $12 and proceeds will benefit the Elks Children’s Therapy Fund.

“Let’s welcome a new, fun dance band to the dance community,” Port Angeles-based dance teacher Carol Hathaway said of BBR.

For more details about this and other dance parties and workshops, visit www.OlympicPeninsulaDance.com.

Summer Paddle Dayz

PORT ANGELES — Summer Paddle Dayz will focus on paddle board and kayaks this weekend.

On Saturday, $10 stand up paddling classes with Rob Casey, author of Stand Up Paddling: Flatwater to Surf and Rivers, will be offered at 10 a.m., noon and 3 p.m.

Kayaks of all sizes and styles will be available to try out for free.

From 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, a cookout is planned at Harbinger Winery. The cost is $10. Casey will be available to discuss his book.

On Sunday, a class on stand up paddling in the surf is planned at 10 a.m. at Crescent Beach in Joyce. The cost is $10.

Space is limited, so contact Adventures in Kayaking at 360-417-3015 to sign up.

PC Flagging course

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College will offer a flagging certification course Saturday.

Instruction will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The class will meet in room M-238 at the college campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.

Cost for the one-day training by Dave Ellefson is $65 and includes the cost of the textbook.

Flagger’s certification is a requirement for individuals who work on public and private projects that have an impact on traffic flow.

Training consists of classroom instruction and state certification in flagging, traffic control and safety.

Class members must be at least 18 years old.

Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive a certification card, valid for three years.

Because space in the class is limited, individuals who wish to enroll are encouraged to register for the class as soon as possible by phoning 360-452-9277.

Timber seminar

PORT ANGELES — Northwest Certified Forestry will host a one-day seminar for small-woodland owners on Saturday.

The seminar on sustainable timber harvesting and custom-manufacturing logs into lumber will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at two locations, Thomas Tree Farm on High Country Drive and Heritage Millworks, 255568 U.S. Highway 101.

The class is for forest owners who are interested in periodically harvesting small volumes of timber and producing their own lumber products.

A morning session at Thomas Tree Farm will demonstrate directional felling techniques and horse logging.

An afternoon session at Heritage Millworks will demonstrate log milling and lumber manufacturing techniques.

The cost is $65 or $50 for Northwest Certified Forestry members.

For more information, visit www.nnrg.org/news-events/events.

Free boat checks

PORT ANGELES — Free boat inspections will be provided by members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary today and Saturday.

The inspections will be conducted from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Walmart parking lot, 3411 E. Kolonels Way.

Auxiliary members also will discuss boating safety at the event.

‘Smart’ meters

PORT ANGELES — The city’s power resources manager will answer questions about new water and electric meters during the Port Angeles Farmers Market on Saturday.

Phil Lusk will be at the market in The Gateway pavilion at Front and Lincoln streets from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. to answer questions about the the new meters the city is installing in a $5.4 million project.

The market will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The new meters allow water and energy use to be read remotely at City Hall through wireless devices and fiber-optic cables. Customers can also track their energy use throughout the day.

Customers also can voluntarily reduce their energy use when demand is at its peak.

For more information, see www.cityofpa.us/newmeters.htm.