Sequim Elementary PTA sets fundraiser

The Sequim Elementary PTA group hosts its annual winter poinsettias sale, with orders due by Monday, Nov. 13, and plants ready to pick up on Wednesday, Nov. 29.

Order online at sequimpta.growingsmilesfundraising.com/home.

Along with the the Nov. 22 Turkey Trot, the PTA group now serving Sequim’s two elementary schools is aiming to raise a combined $23,000. Funds supporting student programs at both schools, such as 6 Books For Summer, Family Night, staff and teacher appreciation, special assemblies, and more.

Learn of region’s Sitka spruce’s role in WWI

During the First World War, the need for aircraft grade spruce was great, and the highest concentrations of Sitka spruce were located in the coastal forests of Oregon and Washington state. The U.S. Army formed the Spruce Production Division of the Signal Corps to provide a steady supply of spruce lumber to the waiting aircraft factories.

Learn about the role of Washington’s Sitka spruce in World War I and of the Spruce Division’s effect on the timber industry at the next Learning Our Landscape series event, “The Spruce Division,” set for 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 9, on Zoom.

The event is led by railroad historian Steve Hauff and hosted by the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribal Library, in collaboration with the North Olympic History Center.

Join through library website at library.jamestowntribe.org/home/ProgramsEvents or at us02web.zoom.us/j/81505777609 (meeting ID 815 0577 7609).

For more information, call 360-681-4632 or email to library@jamestowntribe.org.

Veterans Day program scheduled in Gardiner

The Navy Seabee Veterans of America from Bangor hosts its Veterans Day Remembrance Program for CM3 Marvin G. Shields, Medal of Honor Recipient, and all veterans of war at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, at the Gardiner Community Cemetery in Gardiner. The public is invited to attend.

There will be a van providing transportation to the cemetery from the Gardiner Community center, 980 Old Gardiner Road, starting at 10:30 am. Parking is limited at the cemetery, so attendees are encouraged to carpool.

For more information, call any Gardiner Cemetery commissioners Jim Hueter (360-681-2766), Terry Wood (360-797-0066) or Jennifer Barrett (425-443-1922).

PC sets screening of ‘Healing the Warrior’s Heart’

Peninsula College’s Veterans Services and Magic of Cinema hosts a screening of “Healing the Warrior’s Heart,” a documentary examining post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) through the lens of Indigenous practices and ceremony, at 3 p.m. on Nov. 9. The viewing is at the college’s Little Theater, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.

The event is co-sponsored by Studium Generale and ʔaʔk̓ʷustəƞáwt̓xʷ House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse. PC’s First Nations Club members will also host in honor of National Native American Heritage Month, to honor and celebrate Indigenous languages, stories, cultures and traditions.

“Healing the Warrior’s Heart” focuses on practices from the Diné, Ute, Zuni, Crow, and Blackfeet Nations, as the film explores an understanding of PTSD as “a poisoning of the spirit” and the ways Native healers and spiritual leaders bring “cleansing, blessing, and soul healing” to individuals returning to their communities from America’s wars. The film includes interviews and scenes with spiritual leaders, veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Elder veterans, family members, and tribal leaders.

Integrated Indigenous Studies professor Migizi Miigwan, Nicole Nesberg will speak at the screening, expanding the audience’s learning on Native American veterans and their service.

For more information, visit pencol.edu/events or contact Dr. Helen Lovejoy at hlovejoy@pencol.edu or 360 417-6362.

Speaker to offer website genealogy hints

The Clallam County Genealogical Society Speaker’s Series will host Sara Cochran for her presentation, “Shaky Leaf Syndrome: Using Website Generated Hints More Effectively,” starting at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 11, on Zoom.

Attendees are welcome to attend at the Clallam County Research Center, 403 E. Eighth St., Port Angeles. Register by 9:45 a.m.

The Zoom meeting number and passcode will be available to all by email request (askus@clallamcogs.org) or by calling 360-417-5000.

There is no cost to watch the presentation. Cochran has a certificate in genealogical research from Boston University and a degree in library science. She writes a blog, “The Skeleton Whisperer” and is involved in many different aspects of genealogy.

For more about the organization, visit clallamcogs.org. The Research Center is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday through Friday, and noon-4 p.m. on Saturdays; there is no cost to use the library, computers or data-bases.

‘Tea to Die For’ slated

Death Café’s “Tea to Die For,” sponsored by Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, is set for 4-5:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13, in the KSQM-FM broadcast office’s community room at 609 W. Washington St.

A second session is set for 4-5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 22, in the craft room upstairs at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St.

Tea, coffee and snacks will be served. The groups are free and open to all and do not require prior registration.

Conversations are held every second Monday in Sequim and every fourth Wednesday in Port Angeles.

They are meant to foster relaxed and informal discussions surrounding death and dying and open to anyone curious or apprehensive about end of life.

For more information, call VHOCC at 360-452-1511.