Planners talk wetlands

The Clallam County Planning Commission meets at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.

The agenda includes an update of requirements for existing and on-going agriculture within wetlands, aquatic areas and their associated buffers in the Clallam County Critical Area Code.

Call 417-2277 for more information.

Pinning ceremony set

The Peninsula College Medical Assisting Program is holding its second annual graduate pinning ceremony at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, June 18, in the Little Theater. Graduates who wish to participate must RSVP to Rachel Pairsh at rpairsh@pencol.edu or Chasia Bailey at 477-7304 by 5 p.m. Wednesday, June 15.

All graduates and current students that have earned their National Certified Medical Assistant credential since 2010 are eligible to participate in this event. Participants should plan on wearing office-appropriate dress, and must arrive by 10:30 a.m. on June 18 for rehearsal and staging.

The event is free and open to the public, with doors opening at 11:30 a.m.

Thrift shop open Saturday

The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild’s Thrift Shop, 204 W. Bell St. in Sequim, will be open from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, June 18. Featured this month is a fabulous solid oak dining table with six neutrally upholstered chairs and leaf in like new condition. Fine jewelry, designer handbags, summer clothing for everyone, kitchenware and books and games also are available. All white-tagged items will be marked at half-price. Consignors and volunteers always are needed.

For more information, call 683-7044.

See birds of prey in Gardiner

Wild Birds Unlimited, 275953 Highway 101, Gardiner, will host the Northwest Raptor Center & Discovery Bay Wild Bird Rescue from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, June 18, with its live birds of prey. The nonprofit needs the following items:

Kleenex, potty pads (human or puppy) laundry baskets, heating pads, small dishes, Exact Baby Bird food, mealworms, dog or cat food (wet or dry), towels, new or gently used wool blankets, vet wrap, clothes pins, bleach, Dawn dish soap, hair dryers, play pens and gift certificates to Walmart or Petco. Donations can be dropped off anytime to Wild Birds Unlimited in Gardiner.

Garden tour tickets on sale

Tickets for the Petals and Pathways Home Garden Tour, sponsored by the Master Gardener Foundation of Clallam County, are now on sale, according to tour chairman Karen Mahalick.

Eight home owners in Port Angeles will open their gardens to the public from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, June 25. The tour features several urban lots showcasing imaginative gardening in small spaces. It also includes a two-acre property with expansive landscaping of unique focal points connected by wheelchair accessible paths.

Tickets, which are $15 prior to the tour and $20 on tour day, are on sale from local Master Gardeners and at the WSU Extension office, Airport Garden Center, Green House Nursery and Port Book and News, in Port Angeles, and Over the Fence, Peninsula Nursery, Sunny Farms, Nash’s Farm Store in Sequim and Wild Birds Unlimited in Gardiner. They also are available online at gardentour.brownpaperticketstickets.com.

Call 565-2679 or see www.mfg-clallam.org.

Gleaning season has begun

Is your fruit dropping? Gardeners are seeing cherries, strawberries and raspberries ready to be picked around town. If you or someone you know has fruit that is not being picked, call the WSU Extension office to have volunteer gleaners pick your fruit, bring it to local food banks and take some home for themselves.

The gleaners pick more than fruit. Think of of the program throughout the season as your farm or garden starts to produce more than you can eat. Don’t be caught contributing to food waste!

To report excess produce or join the gleaners, contact Dan Littlefield at WSU Clallam County Extension, 417-2279 or daniel.littlefield@wsu.edu.

Clallam County research library extends hours

The Clallam County Genealogical Society Research Library, 402 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles, is open for expanded hours to accommodate persons who work during the research library’s normal hours of business from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday.

The expanded summer hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 5-8 p.m. Subscription databases such as Ancestry, Fold3, Find My Past and GenealogyBank are available for use by the public at no charge during all hours of operation, as are the research library books, obituary files, Clallam County Pioneer Family records and worldwide genealogical resources.

For more information about the Clallam County Genealogical Research Library, see www.clallamcogs.org or call 417-5000.

Hear comments by park rangers, visitors

The North Olympic Library System is hosting a free listening party at the Olympic National Park Visitor Center in Port Angeles at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 21. The library recently interviewed a group of Olympic National Park patrons and rangers about their experiences visiting, living in and working at national parks throughout the U.S.

The recordings are now accessible online at http://sos.wa.gov/q/listenup. The library did the recordings in honor of the upcoming centennial of the National Park Service. The recording also will be available at the visitor center all summer long.

Let’s go do LEGOs

The North Olympic Library System is offering up its LEGO Cool Creations challenge starting at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 25, at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.

Youths (ages 7 and older) have 45 minutes to create as many objects as possible from a set of 35 pieces. Challenges take place at 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and noon. Children may work on the kit alone or in a team. The program is free of charge but a limited supply of kits are available.

Advance registration is required.

Register online at www.nols.org, call 683-1161 or send an email to youth@nols.org.

Burks retires from county

Iva Burks, director of Clallam County Health & Human Services, will be retiring effective June 30. She has worked for Clallam County since February 2010. Prior to that, Burks was regional administrator for the state of Louisiana, Office of Addictive Disorders, from 1984 until she moved to Port Angeles in 2010.

The public is invited to attend her retirement reception from 3-4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 30, in the commissioners’ meeting room in the Clallam County Courthouse.

Senior Nutrition menu set

Sequim Senior Nutrition Site menus are served at 4:30 p.m. at the Shipley Center, 921 E. Hammond St. on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Suggested donation is $5 (60 and over), $8 guest and a 24-hour advance reservation is needed.

RSVP to 683-8491.

Menus are subject to change.

Friday, June 17: Broccoli slaw, fish/chips, cantaloupe, lemon poppy seed cake w/berries

Tuesday, June 21: Green salad, chili dog, grapes, strawberry ice cream

Wednesday, June 22: Baked apples, roasted port, baked sweet potato, asparagus, carrot cake.