Citizen of Year luncheon set
The Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce’s annual Citizen of the Year Luncheon is set for 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Tuesday, March 29, in the ballroom at 7 Cedars Casino, 270756 U.S. Highway 101.
Cost is $42.50 per person. Register at sequimchamber.com.
Sequim Prairie Grange brings back pancake fundraiser
The Sequim Prairie Grange will host a pancake breakfast from 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, March 20, at the grange, 290 MacLeay Road. The meal includes pancakes (all you can eat), egg, ham and coffee. Cost is 7$ adults and $3 for children younger than 10.
Grange members have postponed similar events for the past two years during the COVID pandemic.
County announces second call for grant applications
Clallam County’s Lodging Tax Advisory Committee announced last week a second call for business grants for large-scale events, projects, or infrastructure improvements from monies received from a consumer tax on lodging.
Applications may be submitted by any nonprofit entity, any public entity or any group of eligible organizations. To apply, or for more information, interested citizens are invited to contact the Clallam County Board of Commissioners’ Office at 360-417-2256 or agores@co.clallam.wa.us. Or, go online at clallam.net/bocc/Lodging TaxAdvisoryCommittee.html to get an application.
Applications/requests must be received by noon on Monday, April 18, at 223 E. Fourth St., Room 150, Port Angeles.
Clallam County’s Lodging Tax Fund is the primary source of county funding for activities, operations, and expenditures designed to increase tourism in the unincorporated areas.
Developmental playgroup continues in Sequim
Clallam County Parent to Parent and Clallam Mosaic host Play with a Purpose, a monthly developmental playgroup, beginning Saturday, March 19.
This free playgroup for children ages 0-5, is from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Sequim Boys & Girls Club, 400 W. Fir St.
Developmental playgroups are designed to help parents and their children who are demonstrating developmental delays or disabilities to work together to meet the child’s cognitive, social and developmental goals. Families are invited to drop in, play and grow together.
Siblings are welcome to attend. COVID protocols will be observed. While masks are optional, mask wearing is advised. Masks will be available. Hand washing, social distancing and sanitizing will be practiced.
Additional Play with a Purpose sessions are scheduled for April 16, May 21 and June 18.
For more information about Clallam County Parent to Parent, visit clallammosaic.org/p2p. For more about Clallam Mosaic, visit Clallam Mosaic.org.
I/DD issues on tap with screening, discussion
The College’s Magic of Cinema, Studium Generale, and ʔaʔk̓ʷustəƞáwt̓xʷ House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse, in collaboration with Clallam Mosaic, will share a film screening and panel discussion starting at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, March 17 — an event held in honor of Disabilities Awareness Month and with a special focus on advocating for individuals with I/DD and being a parent and advocate in the I/DD community.
The event will begin with a screening of the short film “What Was It Like?” In this film, eight filmmakers, who are neurodiverse, interview their parents about what it was like when doctors delivered the news of their diagnosis.
The film will be followed with a discussion featuring Ivanova Smith, Adrienne Stuart and June Whitaker. Smith is a leader in the self-advocacy movement of Washington state. Stuart is the Director of Public Policy for the Washington State Developmental Disabilities Council. Whitaker is the parent of a 9-year-old with neurodevelopmental disabilities, and is the Chief Strategy Officer at Peninsula College.
Join the Zoom meeting at pencol-edu.zoom.us/j/82278252780 (meeting ID 822 7825 2780).
Clallam Mosaic is a local leader for activities, information, advocacy toolkits and more for people with special needs and their families, friends and caregivers. Clallam Mosaic’s mission is to empower people with I/DD. Its leaders, including executive director Priya Jayadev, Program and Communications Director Catherine McKinney and board president Bonne Smith, are co-hosting the event. Visit clallammosaic.org.
This online event is free and open to the public, and is made possible in partnership with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Free genealogy class offered
The Genealogical Society of Clallam County is offering a free beginners class on how to start “climbing” one’s family tree. Learn how to organize materials, find records, what some of the pitfalls are and more.
The “I know nothing about genealogy” class will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at the society’s Research Center, 403 E. Eighth St., Port Angeles.
Organizers recommend that those interested are encouraged to call and sign up, as seating may be limited. For more information or to sign up, call 360-417-5000 between 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday,or noon-4 p.m. on Saturdays.
Find more information at clallamcogs.org or Facebook.
Local office open to help disabled veterans
The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) office at 583 W. Washington St. is open 10 a.m.-3 p.m. each Wednesday, to serve veterans who are needing help with claims or other information.
Services are free and veterans do not have to be members of DAV to receive assistance.
The office is by walk-in; no appointment is necessary. Masks are required upon entrance.
For more information, call 360-504-2843.
