The Sequim Education Foundation’s May 13 Science Café features Alex Bradbury, the Puget Sound bivalve manager for the Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife.
What’s in store for this old brick school on Alder Street? Many of us, who were among the thousands of students, that spent our days in those class rooms are wondering if this building can be saved.
Cancer support groups, cancer and genetics talk, heart and lung education comes to OMC
In the end, the subtle difference between the words “may” and “shall” could cost school districts across Washington millions of dollars.
I learned so far that the Era of Reform was when Christians said they could build “Heaven on Earth,” and when they fought to improve education and have good public schools, they also fought to end slavery.
Renee Mullikin’s Garden Club students visited kindergarten classrooms on April 29 to teach them about seeds and how to plant them. Each kindergartner got to plant a seed in a cup, color a book about seed planting and identify plants and their seeds. The Garden Club meets after school on Mondays and maintains a small vegetable garden on school grounds.
There are good parents and some parents who aren’t very good. We read about some of the poorest kind of parents in the newspapers with all too much regularity. So what makes the difference?
Remember that amazing, warm, sunny Sunday several weeks ago? That first truly beautiful day of the year when we Northwesterners finally caught spring fever? It was such a special afternoon, it seemed not a single person in all of Happy Valley was mowing their field or trimming their lawn. Perhaps we all had the same idea that day: Picnic!
Let the party begin! Sequim kicked off the 199th Irrigation Festival in style last weekend with a number of events, from the Kids Parade and Family Fun Day, Crazy Daze Breakfast, Street Fair, Sequim Farmer’s Market, Sequim High School Operetta, Sequim Arts Show, Fund the Float Dance and more.
The 2014 Class Act at Woodcock Garden lecture and demonstration series gets under way on Saturday, May 10, when veteran Master Gardener Judy English shares her experience in growing and harvesting mature, ripe and tasty tomatoes.
Eileen Cummings takes the reins this year of one of Sequim’s most prolific events — the Sequim Irrigation Festival’s Grand Parade on May 10. The parade, which stretches through much of Washington Street on Saturday afternoon, marches along more than 100 entries from floats to bands to dignitaries.
Spring Plant Sale — May 17-18 at the Master Gardener Demonstration Garden, 2711 Woodcock Road in Sequim. Saturday hours are 9 a.m.-1 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m.-noon. The MG Plant Sale is very popular so plan to arrive early for the best selection!
Some Sunday showers didn’t deter drivers to benefit Sequim High School’s class of 2015.