There are many choices for learning and entertainment this weekend on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Find out how to fight foreclosure during a presentation in Port Townsend.
Buy a signed copy of the new comprehensive Klallam dictionary in Port Angeles.
Or attend any of the many concerts, lectures and training sessions.
For details on the lively arts and entertainment, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide that is part of today’s PDN.
And don’t forget the PDN’s comprehensive online Peninsula Calendar at www.peninsuladailynews.com.
PORT TOWNSEND
Walking in Spain
PORT TOWNSEND — The Winter Wanderlustlecture series continues at 7 p.m. tonight.
Marcia Shaver will present “Walking Spain’s Camino de Santiago” at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave.
Admission is $7, with those younger than 18 admitted free.
Shaver walked more than 500 miles across northern Spain on the Camino de Santiago, a road used by pilgrims for thousands of years.
A traveler will talk about experiences each Friday through Feb. 22
Other lectures are:
■ Jan. 18: “Wandering Southern France,” Ron Strange.
■ Jan. 25: “Cycling Vietnam,” Wendy Feltham and Larry Fisher.
■ Feb. 1: “Cruising Northern Europe,” Rob Nelson.
■ Feb. 8: “Kuwait, a Diamond in the Rough,” Yvonne Pepin-Wakefield.
■ Feb. 15: “China, the Mother of Gardens,” Kelly Dodson and Sue Milliken.
■ Feb. 22: “Kenya, Nepal and Peru,” Christine Mackay.
For more information, email Christopher Overman at wanderlustadventures2013@gmail.com or visit www.wanderlustadventures.net.
Foreclosure workshop
PORT TOWNSEND — Fighting Foreclosure 101, a daylong workshop to help homeowners understand their rights and responsibilities with regard to foreclosure, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The workshop will be at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave.
Presenters will include a representative from Sen. Patty Murray’s office, Department of Housing and Urban Development counselors and an attorney.
Workshop facilitator Barbara Morey’s Port Townsend home went into foreclosure in 2008, but she managed to save it, thanks to a variety of circumstances including legislative intervention.
Attendees will be provided with resources and agencies that can act as advocates during foreclosure.
The workshop is co-sponsored by Occupy Port Townsend and Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship.
For more information, email advocatebem@yahoo.com or phone 206-326-9022.
Elwha River
PORT TOWNSEND — Ian Miller of Washington Sea Grant will give an illustrated presentation on “Coastal Response to Dam Removals on the Elwha River: Present and Future” at 4 p.m. Saturday.
The talk will be at Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 2333 San Juan Ave.
Admission is free, but a donation of $5 is suggested.
Miller will talk about how the coastal zone is responding to the removal of the dams and rapid erosion of sediment impounded behind them.
Based at Peninsula College, Miller focuses his research, education and outreach on natural coastal hazards on the Olympic Peninsula, including impacts of climate change, tsunamis and chronic erosion.
Miller is one of the key scientists working on the Elwha Nearshore Consortium, a group of scientists and managers who joined together to understand and promote the nearshore restoration associated with the Elwha dam removals.
The lecture is sponsored by the Jefferson Land Trust Geology Group.
For more information, phone Michael Machette at 360-531-2441 or visit www.quimpergeology.org.
Soil lecture set
PORT TOWNSEND — Craig Cogger, Washington State University soil scientist, will present “Know Your Soil” at a Yard and Garden Lecture series event from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The talk will be at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St.
The series runs Saturdays through Feb. 9 and is sponsored by WSU Jefferson County Extension and the Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation.
A season pass is $45 for the lecture series or $10 if space is available at the door.
Cogger, who has worked for WSU since 1984, will discuss physical properties of soil, nutrient and fertilizer management, soil testing and choosing and using organic amendments.
Attendees can bring gardening sessions to the WSU Master Gardener “Ask Me” table before and after the lecture.
For more information, phone 360-385-3478.
Orca sleuths wanted
PORT TOWNSEND — Visitors to the Natural History Exhibit at the Port Townsend Marine Science Center in Fort Worden State Park can become “orca detectives” any Friday, Saturday or Sunday this month from noon to 4 p.m.
“Guests to our new Learning from Orcas Exhibit will be able to look for clues that forensic scientists use in their investigations to discover more about toxics in the Salish Sea that affect whales and other marine life,” said Anne Murphy, the center’s executive director.
Various stations will have clues to help solve the mystery of what happened to Hope, the orca stranded on the Dungeness Spit in 2002.
Those who gather all the clues, write down and turn in answers will receive an orca pen and be entered to win a raffle for two tickets on a spring bird-migration cruise.
Attendees also can work with a docent to investigate their favorite everyday products and how they rate in terms of toxics.
Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for youths and free for center members. A Discover Pass is needed to visit Fort Worden State Park.
For more information, phone 360-385-5582, email info@ptmsc.org or visit www.ptmsc.org.
Tangoheart music
PORT TOWNSEND — Tangoheart will perform tango music at the Rose Theatre, 235 Taylor St., at 1 p.m. Sunday.
Dr. Bertram Levy, a Port Townsend surgeon who in 1990 was introduced to the bandoneon, is joining tango musicians from Russia and Seattle for the rare performance.
Tickets are $18 at the theater box office and www.RoseTheatre.com.
When Tangoheart played the Rose two years ago, the show sold out, Levy said, so he encourages those who want to attend to reserve seats soon.
Tangoheart members are Levy, Russian violinist Eugene Bazhanov, bassist Todd Gowers and pianist Andy Carr.
They will perform modern arrangements of classic tangos as well as “tango nuevo” music by the iconic composer Astor Piazzolla.
Levy also said Tangoheart for the first time in the United States will play several new pieces from the current tango scene in Buenos Aires.
CHIMACUM
Robin Hood play
CHIMACUM — Chimacum High School drama students will present “The Somewhat True Tale of Robin Hood” today and Saturday, and again Friday and Saturday, Jan. 17-18.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m., with the play starting at 7 each night in the Chimacum Schools auditorium, 91 West Valley Road.
Chimacum drama director Ellie Spitzbart described the play as a “family-friendly Monty Python-inspired spoof of the well-loved tale of Robin Hood.”
Admission is $5, with children 12 and younger admitted free.
Native plant workshop
CHIMACUM — A free native-plant workshop will be held at the Chimacum Grange Hall, 9572 Rhody Drive, from 9 a.m. to noon today.
Jefferson County Conservation District staff and partners from North Olympic Salmon Coalition and WSU Cooperative Extension will discuss why using native plants is important.
They also will discuss why natives are so important, selection of plants, planting technique and care of native plants, as well as highlight species that encourage mammals and birds, for use as buffers and rain gardens, and as edible and medicinal species for living fences.
After the workshop, a visit to the H.J. Carroll Park native-plant garden is planned, weather permitting, for those interested.
For more information, visit www.jeffersoncd.org.
PORT HADLOCK
Friends of library
PORT HADLOCK — The Friends of the Jefferson County Library will discuss how to support the library during its remodeling when they meet at 11 a.m. today.
The monthly meeting will be at Ferino’s Pizzeria, 846 Ness’ Corner Road.
The group raises money to support programs and collections.
All are welcome to attend the meetings, held September through May each second Friday.
SEQUIM
Fundraising dinner
SEQUIM — Mosaic will hold a fundraising spaghetti dinner and dessert auction at 5 p.m. today.
The menu at the dinner and auction at SunLand Golf & Country Club, 109 Hilltop Drive, will include spaghetti marinara with meatballs, Caesar salad and crusty garlic bread.
Music will be provided by the Port Angeles High School Chamber Orchestra.
Desserts this year feature a pie from Sequim bakers Crumb Grabbers and cupcakes from That Takes the Cake.
Tickets are $15. They are available from Patti Engle at 360-681-0536 or by emailing trkertrt@gmail.com.
Mosaic — formerly Special Needs Advocacy Parents, or SNAP — is a nonprofit organization that “educates, empowers and enriches the lives of adults with developmental disabilities in Clallam County.”
Levy campaign party
SEQUIM — The Citizens for Sequim Schools plans a levy campaign kickoff party at 6 p.m. today.
The levy campaign party is planned at the Sequim unit of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Olympic Peninsula at 400 W. Fir St.
Those who attend can see the presentation given to community groups and pick up campaign buttons, yard signs and car signs.
Chili and corn bread will be available.
The Sequim School District will ask for voter approval of two levies on the Feb. 12 special election ballot.
One is a proposed four-year renewal and replacement of the district’s current levy, which expires in December.
The levy would raise $5.78 million each year for four years — 2014 through 2017 — at the same amount as the current levy.
The other is a one-time $1.6 million Transportation Vehicle Fund Levy to fund replacement of school buses.
Pianist in concert
SEQUIM — Portland, Ore., pianist John Nilsen will perform at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave., at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Nilsen has presented concerts in every state, plus Europe and Asia.
More than 1 million of his CDs have been sold.
His music ranges from folk and jazz to traditional hymns.
There is no admission, but an offering will be taken.
For more information, phone the church at 360- 683-5367.
Book discussion
SEQUIM — Jeffrey Eugenides’ Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Middlesex will be discussed at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Middlesex is narrated by Calliope Stephanides, a hermaphrodite who was raised as a girl until adolescence.
Part of the novel is about Cal’s family and depicts his grandparents’ migration from Smyrna, a city in Asia Minor, to the United States in 1922. It then follows their assimilation into American society.
The latter half of the novel, set in the late 20th century, focuses on Cal’s experiences in his hometown of Detroit and his escape to San Francisco, where he comes to terms with his modified gender identity.
Copies of the book are available at the Sequim Library, as well as on CD and via download. They can be requested online through the library catalog at www.nols.org.
PC group meets
SEQUIM — The Sequim PC Users Group will host a presentation at 10 a.m. Saturday.
It will be in the Sequim High School computer lab, Room E-3, 601 N. Sequim Ave.
The presentation will be on how to quickly and easily set up a free business or personal website using WordPress, covering the basics of setting up and maintaining a site and how to tailor a site for Internet marketing.
An open forum for questions on any computer-related topic will follow the presentation.
There is no charge to attend.
Donations are accepted to cover room rental.
For more information, visit www.spcug.net.
Car wash benefit
SEQUIM — The Sequim High School Band will hold a car wash benefit from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The car wash will be in Tarcisio’s Restaurant’s parking lot, 609 W. Washington St.
Car washes will be available by donation.
Band students are trying to raise money to participate in the Heritage Music Festival in Anaheim, Calif., this March.
This event is sponsored by the Sequim High School Band Boosters.
Library book sale set
SEQUIM — The Friends of Sequim Library will conduct a book sale at the Friends building behind the Sequim Library at 630 N. Sequim Ave. from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
Featured this month is a general clearance on paperback and hardcover fiction and classics.
The building’s annex area will have a large selection of nonfiction.
Most books cost between 25 cents and $1.
All proceeds go to programs at the Sequim Library.
Other books available include modern fiction, general nonfiction, crafts and sewing, gardening, home improvement, cooking, biography, pets and other animals, science, reference, self-help and religion plus music CDs, audio books, DVDs and puzzles.
The mobile food cart, Crave, will be at the sale with hot dogs, drinks, snack foods and pastries.
A portion of food sales goes to the Friends of Sequim Library.
Gluten-free group
SEQUIM — Registered nurse Nadine Grzeskowiak will speak at a Saturday meeting of the Gluten Intolerance Group of Sequim.
The meeting will be at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave., from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Grzeskowiak speaks on recognition and treatment of gluten intolerance and celiac disease at events around the country.
She also operates www.glutenfreern.com.
Country musical slated
SEQUIM — “Beauty Lou and the Country Beast,” a country-western musical take on the classic “Beauty and the Beast,” will be performed at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday.
The performances will be at the Sequim High School auditorium, 601 N. Sequim Ave.
Olympic Theatre Arts, The Missoula Children’s Theatre and more than 50 local students will present the play.
Backyard birding class
SEQUIM — Another “Backyard Birding” class, “Birds: The Inside Story,” is set from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The class will be at the Dungeness River Audubon Center in Railroad Bridge Park at 2151 W. Hendrickson Road.
Admission is $5 for adults and free for anyone age 17 or younger.
Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society instructors Shirley Anderson and Ken Wiersema will illustrate and lead the discussion about bird anatomy and physiology, such as how these creatures produce song and calls.
The class also delves into ways to develop backyard habitats to which birds will flock.
The next Backyard Birding class, “Bird Nesting,” is set for Saturday, Feb. 9, also at the Dungeness River Audubon Center.
Participants who take five or more of the classes on local bird life can join the Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society free.
To find out more, phone 360-681-4076 or visit www.DungenessRiverCenter.org.
Sunday breakfast
SEQUIM — A breakfast fundraiser will be held at the Sequim Elks Lodge, 143 Port Williams Road, from 8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday.
All-you-can-eat scrambled eggs, potatoes, bacon, biscuits and gravy, mixed fruit, orange juice, coffee and made-to-order waffles with strawberries will be available.
The cost is $8 for adults, $5 for children.
The breakfast is presented by the Elks and Chapter 74 of the International Footprint Association.
Proceeds will go toward scholarship and charity programs.
PORT ANGELES
Klallam dictionary
PORT ANGELES — Timothy Montler, a linguist from the University of North Texas, will sign copies of the 1,008-page Klallam language dictionary from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. today.
The free book-signing at the Elwha Klallam Heritage Center, 401 E. First St., is sponsored by the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe to celebrate the December release of the dictionary.
More than 100 elders of the Lower Elwha Klallam, Jamestown S’Klallam, Port Gamble Klallam and the Scia’new First Nation of Vancouver Island, also known as the Becher Bay Klallam, helped Montler, who has been involved in documenting the spoken Klallam language since 1978, with the dictionary.
Adeline Smith of the Lower Elwha is the single largest contributor to the dictionary, according to the dictionary’s list of contributors.
The dictionary, published by the University of Washington Press in December 2012, will be available for $85 at the signing or can be purchased through the University of Washington Press at http://tinyurl.com/dictionary-pdn or at Amazon.com.
Awareness vigil
PORT ANGELES —A vigil to raise awareness on the issue of human trafficking will be held at the Lincoln Street Veterans Memorial Bell from noon to 1 p.m. today.
The event is hosted by Soroptimist International Noon Club and Jet Set Soroptimists as a means to shed light on the issues of trafficking humans for sex and slavery.
The public is welcome to stop by, pick up information and chat with Soroptimist members about this subject.
Adventure lecture
PORT ANGELES — Chris Duff will present “Rowing from Scotland to the Faroe Islands: The Challenge, the People and the Inner Journey” during a 2013 Adventure Travel Series lecture at 7 p.m. today.
The series is a fundraiser for the Peninsula Trails Coalition.
It continues at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St., at 7 p.m. Fridays, Jan. 18 and Feb. 1.
No presentation will be held Jan. 25.
The suggested donation is $5, with kids 12 and younger admitted free.
Other talks are:
■ “Bavaria, Beer, Bratwurst and Bahnen: Modern Rail Travel in Germany” with Steve Hauff on Friday, Jan. 18.
■ “Surprising Borneo” with Bill and LaVonne Mueller on Friday, Feb. 1.
Proceeds from the series are used to buy supplies and lunches for volunteers working on the Olympic Discovery Trail and the Adventure Route.
For more information, phone Gunvor Hildal at 360-452-8641 or Gail Hall at 360-808-4223.
Retirement party
PORT ANGELES — A retirement celebration for Barbara Slavik, who was the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s director of education for 22 years, is from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. today at the center, 1203 E. Lauridsen Blvd.
Weight Loss Challenge
PORT ANGELES — The deadline for registering for the Olympic Weight Loss Challenge is today.
Registration is at Therapeutic Associates, 1114 Georgiana St.
Entry fees are $100 for individuals, while pairs or couples each pay $50.
The prizes will be based on the percentage of body weight shed.
Contestants have to lose only 5 percent of their body weight to share the prize money, said contest organizer Bonnie Stehr.
First prize will be $500, second prize will be $350, and the third-place finisher will receive $200 in men’s and women’s divisions.
Half of the proceeds are returned to the contestants as prize money, and half is donated to Volunteers in Medicine of the Olympics.
Stehr, who works at Therapeutic Associates and volunteers with VIMO, coordinated with the two health groups to come up with the Olympic Weight Loss Challenge to help increase the fitness and health of community members while raising funds for VIMO.
For more information, phone Stehr at 360-417-6956 or Therapeutic Associates at 360-452-6216, or email thestehrway@msn.com.
Avalanche clinic
PORT ANGELES — A free avalanche rescue clinic will be offered at Hurricane Ridge from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today.
The clinic is at the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center.
It will be repeated Feb. 8.
Basic avalanche rescue using transceivers will be the main topic of these sessions.
These clinics are put on by local mountain guide service Pacific Alpine Guides.
Avalanche transceivers, shovels and probes will be available to use, though participants are encouraged to bring their own equipment if they have it.
Space is limited to 12 participants.
To attend, contact Pacific Alpine Guides at 888-674-8492 or info@pacificalpineguides.com.
Training session
PORT ANGELES — A Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team, or COASST, training session will be held at the Arthur D. Feiro Marine Life Center, 315 N. Lincoln St., from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
COASST volunteers systematically count and identify bird carcasses that wash ashore along ocean beaches from northern California to Alaska. Volunteers need not have experience with birds, just a commitment to survey a specific beach (about three-fourths of a mile) each month.
The training is free and open to the public.
To register for this training, phone 206-221-6893, email coasst@uw.edu or visit www.depts.washington.edu/coasst.
Self-defense
PORT ANGELES — A self-defense workshop will be presented by Olympic Peninsula Shotokan Karate from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Training will be conducted at the Sons of Norway Hall, 131 W. Fifth St.
Kerry Copeland, who holds a second-degree black belt and has 20 years of experience teaching karate, will lead the workshop.
The cost is $5 per person.
Attendees should arrive 20 minutes early to register and change outfits.
For more information, phone Chris Morgan at 360-461-7118 or email morgancbr@gmail.com.
Genealogy forum
PORT ANGELES — “Organizing Your Genealogy for the New Year: What Works for You?” will be presented during an open forum presented by the Clallam County Genealogical Society from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The forum, which is free and open to the public, will be at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
Attendees will be introduced to different ways researchers manage their genealogy.
Computer programs, notebooks and cross-filing techniques will be presented.
Anyone who has a good system is welcome to give a brief presentation.
Attendees should arrive 15 to 30 minutes early to register, visit and have a cup of coffee.
Coin club meets
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Coin Club will meet at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., at 4:30 p.m. Saturday.
A coin auction will be held at this month’s meeting.
The group meets the second Saturday of every month to discuss coin collecting and evaluate coins and currency.
The public is welcome to attend.
Zumba benefit
PORT ANGELES — A Zumba dance exercise benefit for the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life is planned from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday.
The exercise class will be held in The Landing mall atrium, 115 E. Railroad Ave.
Admission is free for cancer survivors and $4 for others.
Relay For Life’s goal this year is to educate people on nutrition and staying in shape.
For more information, email Anja Watson at parelaychair@gmail.com.
Zen meditation set
PORT ANGELES — The NO Sangha Zen meditation group will hold a Zazenkai — a one-day Zen retreat — from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The retreat will be at Murre Cottage, 420 W. Third St.
Visitors can come and go during the day.
Alternated zazen (seated meditation), kinhin (walking meditation) and private, individual instruction will be available.
Silent coffee/tea breaks and a vegetarian soup and bread lunch will be offered.
A Sutra, or chanting service, will be held at 10 a.m.
At 1 p.m., Kristen Larson, a Master of the Diamond Sangha, will give a Teisho, the word for a Master’s Dharma Talk, on “Blue Cliff Record case No. 45 Zhauzhou’s 7 lb. Cloth Robe.”
For directions or more information, phone 360-452-5534 or email NOSangha@aol.com.
Elks hold breakfast
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Naval Elks Lodge No. 353 will hold a “membership drive and pancake breakfast” from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Sunday.
Pancakes, biscuits and gravy, scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage and hashbrowns will be served in the Elks’ second-floor lounge.
The Seattle Seahawks game begins at 10 a.m. and will be shown during the breakfast.
The cost is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors and $6 for children.
For more information, phone 360-457-3355.
FORKS
Documentary set
FORKS — The story of Maria Tallchief, who rose from a Native American community in Oklahoma to become America’s first prima ballerina, will be screened today at Peninsula College’s Forks Extension
Sandy Osawa’s PBS documentary on the legendary dancer will be shown at 7 p.m.
The film is free and open to the public.
Osawa is a member of the Makah tribe and a graduate of Port Angeles High School.
Storytime
FORKS — The Forks Library will offer storytime for preschoolers from 3 to 5 years old at 10:30 a.m. today.
The preschool storytimes will be conducted at the same time every Friday through March 29 at the library at 171 S. Forks Ave.
Stories, songs, finger-plays and craft activities are planned.
For more information, phone 360-374-6402 or email Forks@nols.org.
