This Hickory Shirt/Heritage the theme is bridges. Here on the West End we are so reliant on these structures and probably don’t pay much attention to them as we cross them multiple times anytime we leave our community.
Since it was drizzling and foggy, we tied a tarp over the front of our small wall tent so we had a place to feed the crew out of the weather. The forecast called for sun and unless the weather cleared up, helicopters would not be able to fly the heavy equipment in to move the chalet.
Each morning Sara and I had coffee perking on the propane stove at daylight and a cowboy breakfast, which this first morning was Denver scramble and hash browns.
The 80th Annual Harvest Dinner will be from 4:30-7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 24, in the Congregational Churches Fellowship Hall, 280 S. Spartan Ave.
The cost of the dinner is $10 for adults, $6 for children 4-12 years of age and senior citizens over 60 years of age. Also, family passes are $35 for immediate family members. The money charged for the dinner helps defer cost of all nonprofit groups that meet at the church and the church’s building fund.
Apple cider flowed like clear dark gold at the annual autumn Apple Cider Fest, held at the Sekiu Community Center, Saturday, October 4.
Presented by the West End Youth and Community Club, the event included an old-fashioned apple pressing, taco soup buffet, and silent auction. Proceeds went to support and upkeep of the handsome refurbished Community Center, formerly the town school.
For almost every year that the annual Fish and Brew has been around former Forks resident and artist Jack Datisman has graced the event with an original “faux” beer label art print. The fictitious labels usually take in to consideration the theme of that year’s Hickory Shirt/Heritage Days.
On Sunday Oct. 5, the Forks Police Department was called out to Blakeslee’s Bar and Grill on the South end of Forks to an apparent burglary. When employees arrived at shortly before 10 a.m. they discovered a broken window and alcohol and cash missing.
Quillayute Valley School District is one of five school districts across the state to receive grant funding to support new teachers. The purpose of the funding is to create a systemic program that better serves first- and second-year teachers, as well as any new teacher from out of the state.
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While Larry and Sara stayed focused on weighing loads for seven mules, Mike, Al and I set out to catch the hard-to-catch mule, which we never succeeded in doing. Mules hate being alone and they really love their feed, so it was only a matter of time when we managed to “lead” her with a bucket of feed, back to the corral.
“I see who you are,” said the blind man as he picked up his hammer and saw.”
Admittedly a very old pun. Still, it can be hard to want to volunteer to help out on a job site or on a committee, when you don’t know who anybody is. Habitat for Humanity is really in need of helpers, so we thought we’d let you know who’s already there helping.
We are your neighbors, your friends; the person who sits beside you in church or at the high school football game. All of us are local.
Due to the commentary in the Forks Forum last week and subsequent articles in the Peninsula Daily News, District Ranger Dean Millett, Pacific Ranger District, issued two letters last week amending the process for community input regarding the Navy and USFS plan for an Electronic Warfare Range in the vicinity of Forks. One letter cancelled the previous comment period and the other extended it to Oct. 10, stating that the action was taken due to renewed interest.
According to the second letter, in addition the legal notice stating this fact will be published in the Peninsula Daily News.
Every year since 1981 a “pioneer logger” has been honored during the annual Hickory Shirt/Heritage Days celebration in Forks. This award is presented by the West End Business and Professional Association. Past recipients have received plaques, certificates and other items acknowledging their contribution to the timber industry. Many have not only left their mark on the West End economy but have made Forks the community it is today.
The next “Evening Talk” is from 7-9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 26, in the Hemlock Room at ONRC.
The topic will be “Seabirds of the Olympic Peninsula” presented by Dr. Scott Horton, region wildlife biologist, Washington Department of Natural Resources. Horton has over 35 years of experience on the waters surrounding the peninsula and with the birds that use them. Sea stacks and islands off the Pacific coast are important breeding grounds for some species, while the near shore and off shore waters host numerous others during their migration and non-breeding seasons.
The 80th Annual Harvest Dinner will be from 4:30-7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 24, in the Congregational Churches Fellowship Hall, 280 S. Spartan Ave.
The cost of the dinner is $10 for adults, $6 for children 4-12 years of age and senior citizens over 60 years of age. Also, family passes are $35 for immediate family members. The money charged for the dinner helps defer cost of all nonprofit groups that meet at the church and the church’s building fund.
