Walks, talks and more on Peninsula to-do list this weekend

Nature walks, lectures, sales and a stamp show are planned on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.

PORT ANGELES

Annual garage sale

PORT ANGELES — Park View Villas residents and staff will host their annual garage sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and Saturday.

Park View Villas is located at 1430 Park View Lane.

For more information, phone 360-452-7222.

Pet Day at market

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Community Market will hold its first Pet Day from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.

The market is held at The Gateway center, Front and Lincoln streets, each Sunday until mid-October.

A pet parade is set for 1 p.m.

All pets are welcome, provided they are on a leash.

Puppies younger than 16 weeks are not allowed.

Vendors selling pet-related items will be featured.

Vendor space is still available.

For more information, phone 360-417-0486 or e-mail mimi@portangelesmarket.com.com.

PAHS class of ’80

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School class of 1980 will hold its 30-year reunion today and Saturday.

A social gathering is planned at 7 p.m. today at Peninsula Golf Club, 824 S. Lindberg Road.

A buffet dinner, reunion program and dancing to the music of Big Fine Daddies will take place at the Red Lion Hotel, 221 N. Lincoln St., at 6 p.m. Saturday.

A class picture will be taken at 6:30 p.m. Saturday

Registration material can be found on www.facebook.com by searching for “Port Angeles High School Class of 1980 Reunion.”

Classmates who don’t attend can register their contact information.

For more information, phone Barb Frederick at 360-452-2998 or Julie (Staudenraus) Myers 360-460-2198.

SEQUIM

Thrift shop sale

SEQUIM — The Sequim-Dungeness Hospital Guild Thrift Shop plans a half-price sale Saturday.

The sale at the shop at 204 W. Bell St. will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

All white tag items in the store will be marked at half price during the sale.

All profits from this shop are returned to the community.

For more information, phone 360-683-7044.

Seniors set sale

SEQUIM — The Sequim Senior Center will hold its fifth annual benefit sale at neighboring locations today and Saturday.

The sales will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The main sale will be at the QFC shopping center, 990 E. Washington St., E-104.

In addition to regular rummage sale items, there will be a boutique with fine china, gifts and collectibles; “Green Acres,” a garden and plant area; and a bake sale.

Next door to the Sequim Senior Center at 861 E. Hammond St. will be furniture and other large items.

Proceeds benefit the center’s operations as well as fund scholarships for Sequim High School seniors.

Stamp show slated

SEQUIM — The Strait Stamp Society will hold its 15th annual Stamp Show at the Sequim Masonic Lodge on Saturday.

The show will be from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the lodge at 700 S. Fifth Ave.

The event will include exhibits, dealers providing free appraisals, a U.S. Postal Service station, free stamp magazines, a snack bar and door prizes.

For more information, phone Cathie Osborne at 360-683-6373 or e-mail rickcath@wavecable.com, or phone Phil Castell at 360-683-9284 or e-mail phil@castellinsurance.com.

PORT TOWNSEND/JEFFERSON COUNTY

Anniversary remembered

PORT TOWNSEND — Events will be held in Port Townsend and on Indian Island this weekend to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which ended World War II.

A candlelight vigil will be held near T’s Restaurant at Point Hudson Marina at 8 p.m. today.

A public sharing of thoughts on the anniversary and the weapons currently stored and loaded at Naval Magazine Indian Island will be held at 8:30 p.m. today.

A Veterans for Peace honor guard will carry a faux coffin bearing candles onto a boat for a symbolic journey toward Naval Magazine Indian Island.

The event is sponsored by Port Townsend Friends Meeting (Quakers), Port Townsend Peace Movement and Veterans for Peace.

For more information, phone Doug Milholland at 360-385-6525.

Puffin cruises set

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend Marine Science Center and Puget Sound Express will sponsor summer evening puffin cruises to Protection Island on Saturday.

Cruises depart from the Point Hudson Marina at 6 p.m. and return at 9 p.m.

Cruises are $55 for the general public and $50 for Port Townsend Marine Science Center, Burke Museum, Audubon or Washington Ornithological Society members.

All proceeds for the cruises and sail will benefit the Port Townsend Marine Science Center educational programs.

The Port Townsend Marine Science Center can’t guarantee puffin sightings.

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

Breaking Ground lecture

PORT TOWNSEND — Author Lynda Mapes and her book, Breaking Ground: The Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe and the Unearthing of Tse-whit-zen Village, will be featured at the Jefferson County Historical Society’s First Friday Lecture.

The program will be at 7 p.m. today in Port Townsend’s historic City Council Chamber, 540 Water St..

Admission is by donation.

In her book, Mapes, a Seattle Times reporter, tells the story of the unearthing of an ancient Klallam village on the Port Angeles waterfront.

Sunfield nature walk

PORT HADLOCK — Sunfield Land for Learning will host its second nature walk, “Reading the Landscape and Recognizing Local Birds,” on Sunday.

The walk will be from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the school at 10903 Rhody Drive.

The walk is free and open to the public.

During the walk, visitors will have an opportunity to stroll and enjoy Sunfield’s varied terrain, including wetlands, fields and forest, to identify plant and birds.

The walk will be led by Jeanmarie Morelli, community education assistant and volunteer coordinator for Sunfield.

Morelli has a background in horticulture, ethnobotany and botany, and has taught ethnobotany and landscape design at Peninsula College.

She has led plant walks for the Jefferson Land Trust as well as the Port Townsend Marine Science Center.

Attendees are asked to RSVP to 360-385-3658.

Fort Flagler music

NORDLAND — Rachel Ries will perform “prairie swing and city folk” at a Friends of Fort Flagler outdoor concert at 7 p.m. Saturday.

The concert will be held in Battery Bankhead at Fort Flagler State Park.

Follow the signs to the concert.

She performs a “fresh approach to musical forms of the ’20s and ’30s” with music ranging from “jazz standards to the distilled intensity of poet Anne Sexton,” the group said.

The event is open to the public with admission by donation.

Hungarian folk

PORT TOWNSEND — The Duvo Egyuttes Hungarian Folk ensemble will perform at the Upstage, 923 Washington St., at 5 p.m. today.

The ensemble will present traditional music from throughout the Carpathian Basin.

Accompanying them are vocalist Erika Juhasz and dancers Norbert Kovac and Hortenzia Lorincz.

Juhasz will join the ensemble in song on some numbers, and there will be a short Hungarian couple dance exhibition.

The cover charge will be $12. Reservations are recommended.

For more information, phone 360-385-2216.

Whale story time

PORT TOWNSEND — Storyteller and teacher Jeff Hogan will present “Killer Whale Tales” at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center at Fort Worden State Park on Saturday.

The presentation will be at 2:30 p.m.

The story is told through performance, slides, video and real orca calls.

Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for youth and free to center members.

For more information, phone 360-385-5582, e-mail info@ptmsc.org or visit www.ptmsc.org.

Land trust nature walk

PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Land Trust docents will lead a nature walk in the Quimper Wildlife Corridor from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Saturday.

Participants will meet at the end of Willamette Street off Cook Avenue.

Jefferson Land Trust describes the walk as an “easy walk on uneven terrain.”

Walkers should wear weather-appropriate footwear and clothing.

The walk is free and open to the public.

Phone 360-379-9501, ext. 103, or e-mail jlt@saveland.org.

Open mic

PORT TOWNSEND — Tonight’s First Friday Storynight at Better Living Through Coffee, 100 Tyler St., will hold the microphone open from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

The suggested donation for First Friday Storynight is $5 to $10.

For more details, phone 360-531-2535 or phone Better Living Through Coffee at 360-385-3388.

Dance lessons

PORT TOWNSEND — Two sets of dance lessons will be offered Sunday evening at the Upstage, 923 Washington St., on Sunday

First, Karen Derrickson of Bainbridge Island and Port Townsend’s Tom Fairhall will teach nightclub two-step from 5:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

At 6:15 p.m. Sunday, a beginning salsa lesson will be taught, and then dancers can practice and enjoy all the steps from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

A $5 cover charge includes both lessons and the dance.

For details or to be added to the salsa e-mail list, phone 360-385-6919.

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