Flags at the Cemetery
The volunteers who usually place flags on the graves of veterans at the Forks Cemetery will not be doing so this year. They will be back to do so again for Veterans Day in November.
How We Garden” by Vonnie Voris
Thursday, July 8, 2021
Feeling the aches and pains of gardening? Want to complete garden chores more safely? Vonnie Voris, author and physical therapist, combines her love of gardening and her professional experience to teach body-saving tips for working in the garden. During her hour-long presentation on July 8th beginning at noon, Voris will include discussions on garden design and planning as well as body mechanics, fitness, and self-care.
A graduate of the University of Washington, Voris has been a physical therapist for more than thirty-years. Many of her clients are gardeners who she helped to recover from strains and injuries. Voris published, “How We Garden Body-Saving Advice from a Physical Therapist” in 2019 to help gardeners of all ages reduce the risks of injuries while gardening.
Connect to “How We Garden” via Zoom at: https://wsu.zoom.us/j/96492558020?pwd=dTVnVjUvM0hJd01HZUwxYzN2czlVQT09, or join by phone: (253) 215-8782, Meeting ID: 985 4699 2088, Passcode: 326695.
The “Green Thumbs Garden Tips” education series is sponsored by WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners. Live streaming presentations are available from noon to 1:00 pm on the second and fourth Thursday each month through October. In November, December, and January, one program is offered. These lectures provide home gardeners with education on research-based sustainable garden practices in Clallam County. For questions, call 360-565-2679.
Westend Taproom -Tip & Sip 1st Anniversary Canceled
The Westend Taproom Tip & Sip was to mark its first year anniversary on July 1, with cake, $5 pints, $7 ciders, and free hotdogs. The celebration will be rescheduled.
Movement Storytimes in the Park
As part of the Summer Reading Program, the North Olympic Library System (NOLS) invites children and their caregivers to join Movement Storytimes in the Park! This outdoor storytime will be held every Friday during July at 10:30 a.m. in Forks at Tillicum Park. The program will also be held on July 22 at 10:30 a.m. the Sequim Branch Library, and at 2 p.m. at the Port Angeles Main Library. Register at nols.org or your local NOLS branch. Registration for all Movement Storytimes is required.
Movement Storytimes feature songs, rhymes, and stories for movers and shakers. Children age 5 and under will strengthen their bodies and brains with creative movements, and explore their imaginations while balancing, creating rhythm, and becoming active participants. These programs will work on both large and fine motor skills, spatial awareness, and help improve balance and coordination. Best of all, they will encourage playfulness and a lot of silliness!
About the Summer Reading Program
Sign up at www.nols.org/srp or at your local NOLS library to join the Summer Reading Challenge. For every 30 days you read, you can receive an entry into the Grand Prize Drawing (up to two entries). Each Grand Prize Drawing winner will be able to select one of the following prizes: a $100 gift card to a local book store or restaurant, or a LEGO® set (up to $100 in value)! Read for 30 days and earn a color-by-number Summer Reading Challenge T-shirt— express your creativity by filling it in yourself! Whether you read for 20 minutes or 20 hours, it counts as a reading day! Track your reading through August 20.
Summer Reading Program grand prizes, T-shirts, books, and events are generously supported by Friends of the Library groups at all four NOLS branches. For more information about the Summer Reading Program, visit www.nols.org/srp, call 360-417-8500, or email Discover@nols.org.
Fire danger closes Rayonier
lands to the public
Due to the current weather and fire hazard conditions, Rayonier has decided to close all public access to its forestland properties in California, Oregon, and Washington until after the 4th of July Holiday, at which time we will reevaluate conditions.
These properties include lands owned by Rayonier, Pope Resources, Olympic Property Group (OPG), and managed by Olympic Resource Management (ORM). The town of Port Gamble remains open. We continue to monitor weather conditions on a regular basis and may determine to open or close forestland properties on an area-by-area basis.
July Book Discussion Meetings
The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) hosts four virtual Book Discussion Group meetings monthly. Registration through nols.org/book-discussion-groups is required to receive the Zoom meeting info, but all are welcome to participate. Paperback copies of the upcoming book selections will be available for pick up any time after the current month’s discussion, during curbside service hours at the Port Angeles Main Library or Sequim Branch Library (see location notations below) on a first-come, first-served basis. Copies in other formats such as large print, book on CD, and eBook may also be available to request through the NOLS catalog.
The July Book Discussion Group Schedule is:
2nd Saturday Book Discussion Group: There There by Tommy Orange
Saturday, July 10 at 3 pm (paperback copies available at the Sequim Branch Library)
2nd Tuesday Book Discussion Group: Lost City of the Monkey God by Douglas Preston
Tuesday, July 13 at 11 am (paperback copies available at the Port Angeles Main Library)
Novel Conversations Book Discussion Group: The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Wednesday, July 28 at 4 pm (paperback copies available at the Sequim Branch Library)
Wednesday Evening Book Discussion Group: The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Wednesday, July 28 at 6:30 pm (paperback copies available at the Port Angeles Main Library)
This program is generously supported by a donation made in memory of Sally Albiso, the Port Angeles Friends of the Library, and the Friends of Sequim Library. For more information about this and other programs at your library, visit www.nols.org, call 360-417-8500, or email discover@nols.org.
