Community news briefs — June 1, 2022
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, June 1, 2022
Junior rodeo group plans free event
The Peninsula Junior Rodeo Association is hosting a free event from 6:30-8 p.m. Thursday, June 2, at the Clallam County Fairgrounds rodeo arena, 1608 W. 16th St., Port Angeles. This event is for youth and their families who are interested in learning more about the sport of rodeo.
The event will include a meet-and-greet, an overview of upcoming activities including mounted practices and membership information. Also included is an introduction and hands-on demonstrations of different rodeo events such as goat tying and roping. All youth will have an opportunity to try their hand at various events that will be set up in the rodeo arena.
This is an unmounted event, so attendees are asked to not bring horses or stock, but feel free to bring along any rodeo equipment, such as ropes.
Hot dogs and drinks will be provided.
For more information, visit the association’s website at sites.google.com/view/pjra/home or their Facebook page (facebook.com/Rodeo.for.our.kids) for more information.
Guild’s thrift shop sets opening
The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild Thrift Shop, 204 W. Bell St., is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, June 2-4. All yellow tag clothing will be 50 percent off. Featured items include two vintage dressers, a round vintage mirror folding craft table and a variety of jewelry.
All proceeds are donated to local medical needs in the community through the Sequim Free Clinic, Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, Sequim Fire District EMT needs, Olympic Medical Center and scholarships for students majoring in nursing at Peninsula College.
Donations are accepted 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays at the back door of the shop.
ABA therapy presentation set
Clallam Mosaic and Clallam County Parent to Parent host a free Zoom session, “What is Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA)?” at noon on Thursday, June 2.
Joan Gitelman, owner and operator of Olympic ABA, will explain what ABA therapy is and the benefits of treatment.
Gitelman has over 30 years’ experience working with children, families and educational systems.
Although Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy is most often employed to help individuals with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis, ABA therapy can be effective for a range of cognitive disorders, behavioral problems, and developmental delays, program organizers say. Programs are designed with the ultimate goal of improving the child’s quality of life.
Find the Zoom link and more at clallammosaic.org. For more information, contact Catherine McKinney at 360-681-8642 or email to info@ClallamMosaic.org.
Stay active classes begin June 6
The Olympic Area Agency on Aging will sponsor a Stay Active and Independent Through Life class beginning Monday, June 6.
The classes are at the Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1033 N. Barr Road. The classes, which include aerobics, balance and strengthening activities, are conducted from 9:30-to 10:30 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays.
The program is funded by the agency and the classes are free to residents of Clallam, Jefferson, Pacific and Grays Harbor counties who are 60 years and older.
For more information or to register, call Marsha Melnick or Peggy Scheideler at 360-504-8627 or email abc4pd@gmail.com.
Historyin spotlight at next Studium
David Brownell, executive director of the North Olympic History Center, will share local and online research resources available to local researchers, students and history enthusiasts at Peninsula College’s next Studium Generale, set for 12:30 p.m. Thursday, June 2, on Zoom. Join the presentation at pencol-edu.zoom.us/j/88082575506 (meeting ID: 880 8257 5506).
Brownell’s presentation will highlight the center’s cloud project that will go online this summer, providing digital access to the Center’s extensive catalog of historic photos, objects and archival materials as well as resources available from organizations across the peninsula.
From 2018-2021, Brownell served as the Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. He has also served on the Clallam County Heritage Advisory Board since 2019.
Veterans town hall set for June 8
The Governor’s Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee will be holding a Veterans Town Hall from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, at the American Legion J Grennan Post 62, 107 E. Prairie St.
Community partners and service providers will be sharing how they are serving Veterans and their families from the area. Veterans, families, and service providers are invited to attend and learn about programs and services available to them.
The Veterans Affairs Advisory Committee is composed of 17 members and advises the governor and the director of the Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs about veterans issues and programs.
Join the livestream and comment with questions live during the session at facebook.com/WSDVA/videos.
For more information visit dva.wa.gov or call 800-562-2308.
Yacht club to host PNNL scientist
The Sequim Bay Yacht Club invites the public to attend a special presentation following its June general meeting, scheduled for 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 8, in the Hendricks public meeting room at John Wayne Marina, 2577 West Sequim Bay Road.
The guest speaker is Theodore Nowak, a data scientist from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Sequim campus. Nowak will be presenting information on the lab’s autonomous research vessel, which will be deployed on projects in Sequim Bay.
‘Hot Rods & Hot Dogs’
Peninsula Dream Machines hosts “Hot Rods & Hot Dogs,” a car show special event, on Father’s Day, June 19, at the Sequim Village Center parking lot, 651 W. Washington St.
The event includes free hot dogs while supplies last.
The show opens at 10 a.m. for vehicle entrants, and runs 11 a.m.-3 p.m. for attendees.
All proceeds go to Sequim and Port Angeles food banks.
For more information, call 360-461-9008 or email to pmorris301@gmail.com.
Soroptimists seeking scholarship applicants
Soroptimist International of Sequim is seeking applicants for their Continuing Education Scholarship.
Two scholarships will be awarded. An applicant must be a female graduate of Sequim High School or GED program, or have a legal address within the Sequim School District. They must have completed one year of post-secondary education and be enrolled for the fall of 2022.
Download an application at sisequim.org; click on “What We Do” and then “Scholarship and Awards” and scroll down to Continuing Education Scholarships and download the application form.
Applications must be postmarked no later than Aug. 15.
