Sequim High hosts speaker

Sequim High School’s Martin Luther King Assembly is set for 10 a.m. Friday, Jan. 18, at the school gymnasium, 601 N. Sequim Ave.

Special guest is motivational speaker Keith Davis, and the public is invited. Call 360-582-3600.

Infinite Hope in Port Angeles

Members of Save Our Sequoia are organizing a Martin Luther King Day event from noon-1:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21. The public event will be held in Lions Park, 601 E. Whidby Ave.

The event will feature a variety of speakers, music by Ivy and Joel Ricci as well as tea, coffee and cookies. Speakers include: Hilary Powers, educator at Upward Bound and a steering committee member for the Compassion Campaign of Clallam County; Lincoln High School teacher Shawne Johnson; Lindsey Schromen-Wawrin, Port Angeles City council member; Jim Waddell, U.S. Army Corps civil engineer (retired), and Ron Richards, Chair of Save the Olympic Peninsula.

The event will be held rain or shine, organizers say.

New garden at Franklin

There will be a Day of Service in honor of Martin Luther King at Franklin Elementary School, 2505 S. Washington St. on Monday, Jan. 21.

Volunteers will be prepping the school’s new garden from 12:30-4 p.m. For more information, visit www.tinyurl.com/PDN-MLK-Franklin-Elem.

Weed pull in PT

The Port Townsend Marine Science Center hosts its seventh Martin Luther King Day of Service at noon Monday, Jan. 21. Volunteers should meet at the center’s museum, 532 Battery Way. For more information or to RSVP, call Mandi Johnson at 360-385-5582, ext. 116.