Each year Port Angeles based Harbinger Winery produces a special wine with a goal in mind; to raise funds and awareness for the Olympic Peninsula Humane Society. This year’s Menagerie is a blend of Cabernet Franc, Merlot, and a dash of “Awesome Sauce,” as owner/winemaker Sara Gagnon puts it. More…….
Nicholas Rodriguez, age 25, of Forks died early Monday in a logging accident south of Forks near Nolan Creek. The emergency call about the accident was made at 9:29 a.m. Monday.
With Thanksgiving just a week away a lot of people are thinking about what they are thankful for. One thing the West End can be thankful for is our volunteer fire departments. Neah Bay, Clallam Bay/Sekiu, Quillayute, Beaver and Forks, they respond at all times of the day and night and the only compensation is when we say thank you.
The Quillayute Valley School District Board of Directors held a public hearing and special board meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 18, to determine the Forks Intermediate School’s official mascot and school colors.
The Student of the Month project is sponsored by Soroptimist International of the Olympic Rain Forest. Students of the Month of Forks Junior High School are chosen by their peers and teachers.
Each Student of the Month receives a certificate, a $25 Barnes & Noble gift card and they are recognized at a pizza luncheon with their parents and Soroptimist members during their lunch at school.
Scouts food drive
On Saturday, Nov 15, from 9 a.m.-noon, Cub Scout Pack 4467 will be asking folks to drop off non-perishable food items in front of JT’s Sweet Stuff on Forks Avenue. The Forks Elks Lodge will use the collected items to distribute to families in need for the Thanksgiving holiday as part of the basket effort that goes on every year. If the weather is decent, seven of the younger Scouts may try walking a few neighborhoods — they are hoping to fill a police car with the help of the Forks Police Foundation.
Staff at the Olympic Corrections Center responded to a request from Forks Community Hospital’s Long Term Care facility recently donating over 40 pounds of Halloween candy.
The Quillayute Valley School District is seeking community input for the identification of a school mascot and colors for the Forks Intermediate School, which serves 4th – 6th grade students. The QVSD School Board will have the final vote for the approval of the mascot and colors at a special board meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m., following a public hearing. Board members will review committee and community input before making the final recommendation and decision.
It is now seven days since we packed up our mules and rode into the Enchanted Valley. Sara and I have prepared and served 21 meals to the crew. We actually have been cooking for several weeks now, as many of the meals were cooked at home, vacuum-sealed and frozen. Our 10-pack boxes are getting lighter and our insulated pack box (freezer) is still doing a good job of keep things cold.
The following people and businesses were nominated for the Forks Chamber’s annual “Best of Awards” and will be honored at the Wine & Cheese event on Saturday, Nov. 8. The festivities begin at 7 p.m. at the Old Mill Roundhouse 100 LaPush Road. Music will be provided by Loose Gravel and the event is open to the public.
QVSD Veterans Day program Nov. 10
Forks Schools will hold a Veterans Day assembly at 2 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, in the high school gym. All past and present veterans and the public are invited to attend.
There will be Coast Guard Color Guard, songs and poetry, as well as musical selections by the school music program. For questions or more information, call Quillayute Valley School District at 374-6262.
On Monday, Nov. 10, from 7-8 p.m., Glynda Schaad will present “Normandy Revisited,” an account of her father Oscar Peterson’s return to France after 70 years at the Peninsula College Forks extension site, 481 S. Forks Ave. The presentation will feature historical photos from his personal collection as well as a photographic journal of the 2014 visit to Normandy and Omaha Beach.
The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has been very much in the news for the past several months. Almost 14,000 cases have been detected with nearly 5,000 deaths. In the United States, there have been only 4 cases – a Liberian citizen who travelled to Dallas, two nurses who cared for him, and a New York physician who became infected while working in West Africa. There has been one death in the United States. Ebola was first discovered in 1976 and over 20 outbreaks have occurred in Africa since that time. The current outbreak is the largest in history.
