Veteran support
The Disabled Veterans Chapter 5 office located at the Sequim Museum administration building, 544 N. Sequim Ave., is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. every Wednesday to serve all veterans with claims and information.
Veterans do not have to be a member of the DAV to receive assistance.
For more information, call 360-775-6482.
Yoga for cancer survivors
Every Wednesday during the month of October — Breast Cancer Awareness Month — Shelley Stratton of Bodhi Tree Yoga Studio, 271 Blakely Blvd. in Sequim, will offer free “Integrating Yoga Into Your Life” classes for cancer survivors and those in treatment. The classes are from 1-2 p.m.
The class incorporates gentle movements, postures and slow deep-breathing, ending with deep relaxation and a guided meditation.
Stratton has been teaching yoga for more than 15 years. Her various certifications includes Cancer Exercise Specialist.
Free microchipping
Welfare for Animals Guild (WAG) will offer a free microchipping clinic from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4. The clinic will take place at Koenig Subaru, 3501 E. Hwy. 101 in Port Angeles.
Cannabis as medicine
Registered pharmacist Claire Capriola will present a WOW! Working on Wellness radio forum on the topic “Using Cannabis as Medicine” from 2-3 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 8 on KSQM FM (91.5).
Capriola’s pharmacy career spans more than 40 years, with the last 10 years spent working as a local clinical pharmacist. She owns CLAIRESRX, LLC. and contracts with Cedar Greens Dispensary in Blyn. According to a press release, she believes that the subject of how cannabis can be used as medicine is a current and innovative topic for discussion.
WOW! Working on Wellness is a health education program of Dungeness Valley Health Wellness Clinic — Sequim’s free clinic.
Faith news
Julia McKenna Blessing Nuffer will present “To Be Or Not To Be” — a message about how everyone has the power of free will — when she speaks at Olympic Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1033 N. Barr Road, at 11 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 5.
Ordained 39 years ago, McKenna Blessing Nuffer, known as “Rev. Julia,” is an inter-denominational minister.
One can attend the service either in person or via Zoom. For more information, visit olympicuuf.com.
Discussion group
The Sequim Great Decisions monthly discussion group will meet at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 3, in the Adult Learning Center at Sequim Community Church, 950 N. Fifth Ave.
The discussion, led by Katherine Dunham, will focus on American foreign policy at a crossroads between the current international world order and the world powers promoting an authoritarian model.
Great Decisions is an international affairs discussion program sponsored by the Foreign Policy Association. For more information, visit fpa.org/great_decisions.
