Community news briefs — May 25, 2022

New location for DAV

The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) office has a new location — at Worksource, 810 W. Brackett Road — starting Wednesday, June 1. DAV representatives will be there every other Wednesday after that, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

DAV helps serve veterans who are needing help with claims or other information. Services are free and veterans do not have to be members of DAV to receive assistance. The office is by walk-in; no appointment is necessary. Masks are required upon entrance.

For more information, call 360-775-6482.

OTA seeking vendors

Olympic Theatre Arts is now accepting applications for the organization’s second-annual Renaissance indoor/outdoor Faire, set for Aug. 13-14 at 414 N. Sequim Ave.

OTA is looking for carvers, weavers, pottery, jewelers, clothing and artists vendors “with a flair for the Renaissance.”

For an application, call OTA at 360-683-7326.

PC presentation to explore ‘Energy Sovereignty’

Peninsula College’s Studium Generale welcomes Reuben Martinez for his presentation, “Energy Sovereignty: Exploring Renewable Energy Projects with Tribal Nations,” at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, May 26, on Zoom.

The presentation is free and open to the public. Join the event at pencol-edu.zoom.us/j/88082575506 (meeting ID 880 8257 5506).

Martinez will explore three major areas of renewable energy project development: technical, financial and policy. Through a tribal lens, Martinez will examine how sovereignty interacts with these three areas and how they each impact the overall process of accessing renewable energy projects.

Martinez is a member of the Makah Nation, a recent graduate of Western Washington University with a bachelor’s degree in economics and alumnus of Peninsula College, who spent his final year at WWU focusing primarily on renewable energy. At Spark Northwest, Reuben supports Tribes throughout the Northwest as a tribal liaison.