Grange sets drive-by ice cream social
The Sequim Prairie Grange will host a Drive-By Ice Cream Social from 5-7 p.m. on Sunday, June 6, at 290 Macleay Road, Sequim. Attendees choose between a banana split or sundae with vanilla ice cream for $7. Topping choices include: strawberries, pineapple, chocolate sauce, caramel sauce, whipped topping, nuts and a cherry on top.
Attendees are welcome to stay and listen to the Buck Ellard Band while enjoying their ice cream at the Glenda Clark Outdoor Kitchen.
Part of the event’s proceeds go to BSA Troop 90 for help they’ve provided to the Sequim Prairie Grange this year.
The next ice cream social is scheduled for Tuesday, June 29.
For more information, call 360-582-0100.
RSVP is recruiting volunteers
OlyCAP’s Senior Nutrition program is urgently seeking retired and senior volunteers to deliver meals to homebound seniors in Clallam County. Home-delivered meals are vital to senior neighbors and volunteers’ willingness to deliver meals is deeply appreciated, program organizers say.
Current needs include one permanent driver and two on-call substitute drivers for the Sequim area from 9-11 a.m. on Thursdays (end time may vary).
RSVP volunteers must be 55 or older and complete an RSVP volunteer application and packet (including a background check). Drivers use personal vehicles and must have a current driver’s license and proof of insurance. Volunteer training is provided.
Volunteers must be willing to commit to a regular schedule.
For more information and to complete the application process, call or email RSVP Volunteer Coordinator Becky Acevedo at 360-460-2458 or bacevedo@olycap.org.
Guild’s thrift shop is open June 3-5
The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild Thrift Shop at 204 W. Bell St. will be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., June 3-5. There are housewares,clothing, specialty gifts, furniture and jewelry for sale. The store will also be open to receive donations.
All proceeds help local Clallam County health care needs.
Shellfish downgrade at Dungeness Bay
The Clallam County Department of Health and Human Services-Environmental Health Division, announced last week a downgrade to recreational shellfish harvest of butter and varnish clams from Dungeness Bay to East Jefferson County line because of the presence of biotoxins.
Discovery Bay and peninsula beaches remain closed to all species, while Dungeness Bay and the Strait of Juan de Fuca from Low Point/Lyre River east to Discovery Bay is closed to butter and varnish clams.
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 this closure, call the Shellfish Safety Hotline at 800-562-5632 or visit the Department of Health’s Shellfish Safety website at doh.wa.gov/shellfishsafety.
Zoom program considers ‘Whose Constitution Is It?’
The Clallam County Democrats invite the community to “Whose Constitution Is It? The Politics of Constitutional Change,” a program held on Zoom from 4-5 p.m. on Monday, June 7.
Join attorney Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin for a presentation and discussion on the history and current significance of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution. The presentation’s content inspired by Eric Foner’s 2019 book “The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution.”
For more information, contact Christy Holy at choly@gmail.com.
