NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 26.
Dog obedience and rally trials, a dunk tank and summertime concerts are among the activities on the North Olympic Peninsula this weekend.
For information about Jazz Port Townsend and Creme Tangerine, a Beatles tribute band at Olympic Cellars, as well as other arts and entertainment news, see Peninsula Spotlight, the Peninsula Daily News’ weekly entertainment guide, in today’s edition.
SEQUIM
Canines compete
SEQUIM — Members of the public, especially dog lovers, are invited to watch more than 700 dogs compete in all-breed obedience and rally trials this weekend.
The dog show, sponsored by Hurricane Ridge Kennel Club, begins today and cruns till Sunday at the Blake Family property at 110 N. Blake Ave.
Today’s event runs from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
On Saturday and Sunday, it runs from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
For more information, visit the club’s website at www.hrkc.org.
Outdoor concert tonight
SEQUIM — Scott Sullivan will perform indie-rock at a Summertime Music Outdoors concert from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. tonight.
The series is every Friday night through Aug. 23 behind the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., using bleachers and an outdoor stage funded by the Friends of Sequim Library.
Bring a blanket or lawn chairs for additional seating.
The next concert will be the Olympic Express Big Band next Friday, Aug. 2.
Guild hosts benefit
SEQUIM — The Sequim Guild of Seattle Children’s Hospital’s annual Garage, Plant & Christmas in July Sale is planned from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. today through Sunday.
The sale will be at 81 Timothy Lane off Old Olympic Highway between Cays and Heath roads.
Proceeds will go toward uncompensated care at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
Jazz at Schoolhouse
SEQUIM — The second annual Jazz at the Schoolhouse, an evening of swing, retro pop and jazz standards, is planned at the Dungeness Schoolhouse, 2781 Towne Road, tonight.
Tickets, available at the door only, are $10 to the 7:30 p.m. concert.
New York City-based jazz vocalist Elinore O’Connell and pianist Linda Dowdell will perform along with bassist Ted Enderle, drummer Terry Smith and saxophonist-flute-clarinet man Craig Buhler.
The evening will range from songs such as “Paper Moon” and “Knock Me a Kiss” to “Windows of Your Mind” and “The Look of Love.”
Buhler plans to pay tribute to the late Dave Brubeck with tunes such as “Take 5,” “Strange Meadowlark” and “Three to Get Ready.”
Sleep open house
SEQUIM — The Olympic Medical Sleep Center will host an open house from 12:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. today.
The center is located in the Sequim Medical Plaza, 777 N. Fifth Ave.
Guests can learn more about treatment of sleep disorders on a guided tour of the facility.
The event is open to the public, and refreshments will be served.
Upon arrival, follow the signs to the “night study” entrance at the back of the building.
Customer appreciation
SEQUIM — The Co-Op, 216 E. Washington St., will conduct a Customer Appreciation Day event Saturday.
The event will include a hot-dog-and-pop-for-$1 benefit for Sequim High School’s Future Farmers of America club from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., cake (while supplies last) and manufacturer representatives on site to answer questions about feed and large-animal and pet products.
There will be prize drawings, including two Grill Zone 3 Burner LP Grills.
Store hours will be from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
Sequim solar power
SEQUIM — Power Trip Energy will present an orientation session on the firm’s bulk purchasing program at McComb Gardens Educational Center, 751 McComb Road, at 11 a.m. Saturday.
Representatives from the Port Townsend-based company will talk about the incentives of using solar power, financing options and performance estimates for various types of solar technology.
For more information, phone 360-643-3080 or visit www.powertripenergy.com.
MAC swap meet
SEQUIM — The Museum & Arts Center in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley, known as the MAC, will hold a summer swap meet from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The swap meet will be at the MAC’s DeWitt Administration Center field, 544 N. Sequim Ave. Vendor setup time begins at 8 a.m.
There is no advance sign-up for vendors. The cost of a 10-foot-by-10-foot selling space is $15.
Vendors are expected to pay that day and provide their own display equipment.
Nonprofit groups and clubs also are welcome to participate as vendors.
Those interested should contact Priscilla Hudson at 360-681-2257 or priscilla@macsequim.org.
The last MAC swap meet is set for Aug. 24.
For more information, visit www.macsequim.org.
Sequim garage sale
SEQUIM —The Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church’s Men’s OutReach Endeavor (MORE) group will host a benefit garage sale Saturday.
The sale will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church property at 925 N. Sequim Ave.
All proceeds from the sale will be given to local charities.
Recent sales have contributed thousands of dollars to the Sequim Food Bank, Sequim Community Aid, Serenity House, Habitat for Humanity and other charities.
Fireproof gardening
SEQUIM — Jon Bugher, retired chief of Clallam County Fire District No. 2, will offer tips for making home landscapes more fire-resistant at a “Class Act at Woodcock Garden” lecture at 10 a.m. Saturday.
The talk will be at the Master Gardeners Demonstration Garden at 2711 Woodcock Road.
The event is free and open to the public, but donations will be accepted.
Bugher will discuss fire-resistant plants and maintenance practices such as pruning, eliminating the “ladder of fuel” and establishing defensible space between a person’s home and adjacent property to protect homes from wild land fires.
He will provide landscaping tips for fire safety and inhibiting fire spread, including the use of non-flammable materials and the discontinuance of some traditional mulch ground covers.
Bugher has more than 40 years of firefighting experience and fire-prevention training that includes the Department of Natural Resources Firewise Program. He is also a WSU Clallam County Master Gardener.
For more information, phone 360-417-2279.
Aviation discussion
SEQUIM — Dr. Dan Masys will discuss a cholera relief flight he recently made to Haiti at the Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 430’s monthly meeting at 10 a.m. Saturday.
Masys is an affiliate professor of biomedical and health informatics at the University of Washington.
The meeting will be held at Sequim Valley Airport, 468 Dorothy Hunt Lane.
A potluck will follow at noon.
The public is invited.
Hospice hosts sale
SEQUIM — The staff of Assured Hospice of Clallam and Jefferson Counties will host a rummage sale and fundraiser from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
The sale will be at the agency, 24 Lee Chatfield Way.
The public can donate household items and children’s summer clothing for the rummage sale by dropping them off at the agency between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. today.
Proceeds will benefit the Assured Home Health and Hospice Foundation.
The nonprofit foundation funds Assured Hospice’s comfort therapies, which are provided to patients at no cost.
Comfort therapies include music and massages, as well as healing touch and Reiki therapies.
Assured Hospice charges for other services. It accepts Medicaid/Medicare and private insurance.
For more information on the fundraiser, donating items or available therapies, phone 360-582-3796.
S’Klallam council
SEQUIM — The second annual meeting of the Reconstituted S’Klallam General Council will be held in the chapel of the James and Tammoe Woodman Building, 342 Guiles Road, at 1 p.m. Sunday.
The agenda includes items that further the council’s purpose of advocating for the descendants of Jamestown S’Klallam women previously excluded from tribal enrollment based on their gender.
For more information, phone the James and Tammoe Woodman Foundation at 360-681-4860 or email heachty@msn.com.
PORT ANGELES
PAHS ’63 reunion
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles High School Class of 1963 will celebrate its 50th reunion today through Sunday.
A 90-minute “jam” session Sunday has been organized by classmate Mark Phipps.
There also will be a special observance for deceased classmates.
The event schedule:
■ Snacks at Peninsula Golf Club, 824 S. Lindberg Road, from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. today.
■ Dinner at the Red Lion Hotel, 221 N. Lincoln St., at 6 p.m. Saturday.
■ Picnic at Simpson’s Elwha Retreat (private home) at 11 a.m. Sunday.
For more information on the reunion, email Barb (Hansman) Ellis at bbellis@olypen.com or phone 360-683-6209.
Park View sale set
PORT ANGELES — Park View Villas, 1430 Park View Lane, will host its annual parking lot garage sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
It will be held in the retirement/assisted living community’s back parking lot at Eighth and G streets.
The sale will feature furniture, household items and other items.
For more information, phone 360-452-7222.
Dunk tank benefit
PORT ANGELES — Saturday’s dunk tank benefit will raise funds for the ninth annual Olympic Peninsula Senior Games while giving the public a chance to splash local luminaries.
The event, which includes a barbecue, will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St.
Among the volunteers for the dunk tank are Mayor Cherie Kidd, Parks and Recreation Director Corey Delikat, Port Angeles Senior Center/Games Director D Bellemente, Senior Nutrition Site Manager Corey Franklin and center volunteers.
The public can purchase three throws for $5 and a meal of a hot dog, chips and a drink for $3.
Ice-cream bars will be offered for $1.
The Olympic Peninsula Senior Games are set for Aug. 23-25.
For more information, visit www.olympicpeninsulaseniorgames.com or phone 360-457-7004.
Mount Pleasant market
PORT ANGELES — The fourth annual Community Flea Market and Yard Sale sponsored by Mount Pleasant Grange will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday.
Mount Pleasant Grange is located at 2432 Mount Pleasant Road at its intersection with Draper Road.
Proceeds will fund maintenance of the community hall.
Genealogical meeting
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Genealogical Society Research Center, 402 E. Lauridsen Blvd., will host an open house from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.
There will be a special “brick wall” session from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to bring the “brick walls” they have encountered in their genealogical research and let society volunteers offer possible solutions.
For more information, phone the society at 360-681-0962 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.
PORT TOWNSEND
Nonprofit art board
PORT TOWNSEND — Let Go Healing Works, a Port Townsend-based nonprofit organization dedicated to providing art in health care settings, will hold a board meeting today.
The meeting is set for 6 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, corner of Water and Monroe streets downtown.
Let Go Healing Works curates exhibitions, coordinates public performances and provides access to bedside art.
The group believes this cultivates healing environments, contributing to positive patient outcomes and increased quality of care.
Let Go Healing Works is a sponsored organization of Artspire, a program of the New York Foundation for the Arts, and is expanding.
To RSVP or for more information, email Wendy Ryals at Wendy@LetGoHealingWorks.org or phone 206-384-8471.
Boiler Room sale
PORT TOWNSEND — A rummage sale benefit for the Boiler Room is planned from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
The benefit will be at the Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St.
All proceeds will support programs at the Boiler Room, a youth-oriented community nonprofit in downtown Port Townsend.
For more information, phone Amy Smith at 360-550-0978 or email boilerroomed@gmail.com.
Maritime art show
PORT TOWNSEND — A new show, “Maritime Art: 1880-2013,” will open at the Jefferson County Museum of Art & History on Saturday.
The show will open at the museum at 540 Water St. with an 11:30 a.m. ribbon-cutting by Brannan Ward, 90, a Nordland artist whose paintings are part of the exhibit.
The show contains about 40 pieces of art that range from the traditional to the abstract and from the historical to the contemporary.
Artists represented in the eclectic show include Karen Hackenberg, Max Grover, Steven Yates and Frank Samuelson.
Augmenting the show will be display cases that contain items such as ship hardware.
The exhibit will continue for three or four months, said Bill Tennent, director of the Jefferson County Historical Society.
The museum is open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through the summer. Admission is $4 for adults and $1 for children 3 to 12.
PT Summer Band
PORT TOWNSEND — The 45-member Port Townsend Summer Band will perform at the Chetzemoka Park gazebo, corner of Blaine and Jackson streets, at 3 p.m. Sunday.
Conductor Karl Bach has chosen a varied program of music by Maurice Johnstone, Henry Fillmore, Xavier Cugat, E.W. Berry, Frank Panella, Procida Bucalossi, J.S. Bach, Glenn Miller, Kenneth Alford and a selection of his own creation.
Attendees are urged to bring a chair or blanket and a picnic to enjoy while listening to the performance.
The concert is free, but donations to the band are welcome.
For more information, visit www.ptsummerband.org.
FORKS
Woodcraft jamboree
FORKS — Creations of local woodworkers will be featured during the Forks Woodcrafters Jamboree at the 110 Business Park, 100 LaPush Road, from Saturday through Monday.
There will be contests and raffles, vendor booths, a chain-saw carving demonstration and lots of food and entertainment.
Hours are from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday.
Admission is free, with donations accepted.
Saturday is Kids Day with a carnival and Kids’ Hope Depot Workshop from noon to 4 p.m.
Calvary Chapel will provide church services Sunday from 11 a.m. to noon.
For more information, visit www.woodcraftersjamboree.weebly.com.
Weekly swap meet
FORKS — Starting Saturday, the Forks Open Aire Market will host a swap meet during the usual market hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The market is held in the parking lot south of the Forks Timber Museum, 1421 S. Forks Ave.
Setup is available after 8:30 a.m.
Sellers of garage or yard-sale-type items can check in with the market manager Saturday or email forksopenairemarket@live.com for more information.