I-fest organizers seeking logo art
The Sequim Irrigation Festival is seeking graphic designers to submit a proposal to design the 2024 annual logo. The annual logo is “the source of inspiration for the float design and theme for several events,” organizers say, and is used on all posters and promotional material for the annual festival.
The logo is designed based on the annual tagline and story developed by the festival membership.
All interested graphic designers can find additional information and the Request for Quote at irrigationfestival.com/site/are-you-a-graphic-artist. Proposals are due by Jan. 16.
For more information about this Request for Quote, contact Michelle Rhodes at 360-477-3023 or marketing@irrgationfestival.com.
The Sequim Irrigation Festival, started in 1896, is the longest continuous running festival in Washington state and is a 501(c)4 nonprofit, all-volunteer organization. For more information, visit irrigationfestival.com or email to info@irrigationfestival.com.
Library friends set sale
The Friends of Sequim Library group hosts its Second Saturday sale for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, at its location at Rock Plaza, 10131 Old Olympic Highway.
Books of interest include cooking, a birding collection by A. Bent, knitting, music/choral, and books for giving. Organizers encourage people to come early for the best selection.
Learning Our Landscape series continues
David Brownell, executive director of the North Olympic History Center, offers “Archaeology and Artifacts of the Sequim Bypass Sites,” the next Learning Our Landscape series event, set for 3 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8, on Zoom.
Brownell will detail the 1996-1997 excavations of the two Sequim Bypass sites, where a total of 134,833 artifacts were recovered, documenting multiple occupations dating back to the early- to mid-Holocene eras. In addition to individual artifacts, archaeologists found evidence of pit houses complete with features like hearths, oven pits and tool production areas, program organizers note.
Join the Zoom at library.jamestowntribe.org/home/ProgramsEvents (meeting ID 822 4651 4709, passcode 028876).
The series is presented by Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Library in collaboration with the North Olympic History Center.
For more information, call 360-681-4632 or email to library@jamestowntribe.org.
West Strait opens to shellfish harvesting
All of the west Strait of Juan de Fuca — from Cape Flattery to Lyre River/Low Point, is open for recreational harvest of all species of shellfish, Clallam County health officials announced last week.
Other local waterways — the East Strait of Juan de Fuca (from Lyre River/Low Point to the Jefferson County Line, including Dungeness Bay), Sequim Bay, Discovery Bay and the seasonal closure of Pacific Ocean beaches — remain closed to shellfish harvesting.
Closed to all species means clams (including geoduck), oysters, mussels and other invertebrates such as the moon snail. All areas are closed for the sport harvest of scallops. These closures do not apply to shrimp.
For more information about the closure, call the Marine Biotoxin Hotline at 800-562-5632, or visit the Department of Health’s Marine Biotoxin Website at doh.wa.gov/shellfishsafety.htm. Or, call Audrey Coyne with the Washington State Department of Health’s Office of Shellfish and Water Protection at 360-236-3354.
Closure scheduled at Heart O’ the Hills
In fall 2022, Olympic National Park awarded a construction contract to rehabilitate water and wastewater systems for the 105-site Heart O’ the Hills Campground, located five miles south of Port Angeles along Hurricane Ridge Road.
Onsite work is scheduled to take place from February to June 2023. The Heart O’ the Hills Campground and Heart O’ the Forest Trail will be closed from March 1-May 12 to protect public safety during construction and facilitate timely completion of work, park officials said.
This project will complete replacement of all water distribution piping, rehabilitation of the water treatment and storage infrastructure, jet cleaning and inspection of the sewage collection system, and replacement of the campground’s septic and pump tank.
The contract was awarded to RJS Construction, Inc., of Yakima, while the majority of site utility work for the $3.1 million project will be subcontracted to Jamestown Excavating.
