Community news briefs — May 10, 2023
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Learn all about Sequim’s irrigation history at The Lodge
Judy Reandeau Stipe, executive director at Sequim Museum & Arts, presents “And Then There Was Water!” at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, May 17, in the media room at The Lodge, 660 W. Evergreen Farm Way.
Stipe will offer information about who, how and why people started the irrigation system in Sequim.
Cost is by donation, with funds going to support the museum.
RSVP by May 16 calling 360-681-3100.
Learn about our changing landscapes
The Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Library, in collaboration with the North Olympic History Center, presents the next in the Learning Our Landscape series at 3 p.m. on Thursday, May 11, on Zoom.
Robert Knapp, the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe’s environmental planning program manager, will present “Our Changing Landscapes.”
Knapp will discuss why the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe has recently launched a climate and energy initiative, why the Tribe has a shellfish nursery in Kona, HI, and loosely tie together observations, musings and questions about our changing climate and landscape including recent restoration work completed on nəxʷŋiyaʔa̕wəɬč, the Dungeness River.
Join via a link at the library’s website at library.jamestowntribe.org/home/ProgramsEvents.
For more information about the event, contact Tribal librarian Bonnie Roos at 360-477-8503 or library@jamestowntribe.org.
Learn how to develop vigilance against cybercrime
The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) offers Intentional Aging, a monthly discussion group for anyone who wants to live well while aging. Meetings are held on Zoom at 11 a.m. on the third Tuesday of every month.
The next meeting, set for May 16, is “Vigilance Against Cybercrime.” Members of the AARP Speakers Bureau will explain how con artists use a variety of scams to defraud Internet users, how to help safeguard one’s self against cybercrimes, and what to do if someone has been affected by a scam.
Attending monthly is encouraged, but all are welcome to join any meeting. Register at nols.org/intentional-aging or by contacting a NOLS branch.
For more information about library programs and services, visit nols.org, email to discover@nols.org or follow North Olympic Library System on Facebook and Instagram.
Studium Generale honor Asian American, Pacific Islander heritage
Dr. Catherine Ceniza Choy, author of the book Asian American Histories of the United States, will introduce her work and engage in a dialogue with Studium Generale coordinator Dr. Kate Reavey at Peninsula College’s Thursday, May 11, Studium event, beginning at 12:35 p.m. at the college’s Little Theater, 1502 E. Laurdisen Blvd., Port Angeles.
The event is also available on Zoom (pencol-edu.zoom.us/j/83024542567, meeting ID 830 2454 2567).
Choy’s book features the themes of anti-Asian hate and violence, erasure of Asian American history, and Asian American resistance to what has been omitted in a nearly 200- year history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the US. She argues that Asian American experiences are essential to any understanding of US history and its existential crises of the early 21st century.
Her first book, “Empire of Care: Nursing and Migration in Filipino American History,” explored how and why the Philippines became the leading exporter of professional nurses to the United States.
The event is free and open to the public, and is co-sponsored with ʔaʔk̓ʷustəƞáwt̓xʷ House of Learning, PC Longhouse.
Friends of Library set sale for Saturday
The Friends of Sequim Library hosts its 2nd Saturday sale from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, May 13, at its Rock Plaza location, 10131 Old Olympic Highway.
Of interest this month are a large selection of cookbooks, children’s books, art books, various military subjects, books about golfing and a large number of vinyl records.
Because of the quantity of donations this month, the group has a good variety of all categories.
Retired public employees group sets meeting
The Clallam County chapter of the Retired Public Employees Council (RPEC) will meet in person starting at 11 a.m. on Thursday, May 18, at the Lincoln Center, 905 S. B St., Port Angeles.
City councilmember Navarra Carr will be the featured speaker, talking about housing issues — including vacation rentals and new zoning laws in Port Angeles. There will also be updates on the recent pension and healthcare bills passed in the state legislature.
Current and retired state, county, city, and other public employees and guests are invited to attend. There is no charge. N95 masks will be provided for those who want them.
The group’s mission is to unite retired public employees, to build labor solidarity, and to provide information to members on Social Security, Medicare, pensions and other retiree issues, RPEC representatives said.
Police exhibit on display at Sequim Civic Center
An exhibit of the Sequim Police Department training requirements along with historical artifacts, is on display in the Karen Kuznek-Reese Gallery at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St., through the month of May, in recognition of National Police Week. The gallery is open 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday-Friday.
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15 as Peace Officers’ Memorial Day, and the week in which that date falls as National Police Week.
There have been 32 line-of-duty deaths this year in the United States as of May 1, city officials noted. The Clallam County Sheriff’s office will host a bell-ringing ceremony in Liberty Park — next to the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles — at 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 19, in honor of those who have lost their lives in the line of duty. For more about National Police Week, visit concernsofpolicesurvivors.org.
