St. Luke’s offers free weekly lunches

St Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., offers its free Soup’s On program starting at noon on Wednesday, March 30, and each Wednesday following. Live music begins at noon with a “sit down and be served” simple soup, salad, roll and dessert in the church’s Parish Hall. Church leaders invite community volunteers to support the ongoing program by calling (360) 683-4862.

Genealogical group hosts author for spring seminar

The Clallam County Genealogical Society (CCGS) hosts Lisa Alzo, author of several genealogy books and hundreds of magazine articles, at Spring Seminar on Saturday, April 9, held on Zoom.

Registration begins at 9:15 a.m. Session I, “Crossing the Pond: Successful Strategies for Researching Eastern European Ancestors,” starts at 9:45 a.m. Session II, “Immigrant Cluster Communities: Past, Present and Future,” begins at 11 a.m., and session III, “Murder, Mayhem, and Town Tragedy,” starts at 12:45 p.m.

All are welcome to watch at the CCGS Research Center, 403 Eighth St., Port Angeles, or Zoom it at home.

Cost is $50, or $40 for CCGS members.

For more information, call CCGS from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, or noon-4 p.m. on Saturdays, at 360-417-5000. Or, visit the CCGS website at clallamcogs.org.

Fundraiser set to help preserve history

The North Olympic History Center hosts an online auction fundraiser from April 4-8. The auction features art, activities, vintage collectibles, antiques and more.

View the auction at nohc.cbo.io.

All proceeds support operations and programs at the center, a 501(c)3 nonprofit.

For more information, call 360-452-2662 or email to artifact@olypen.com.

Sequim Elks to host Easter Egg Hunt

After a two-year hiatus, the Sequim Elks Lodge #2642 again sponsor an Easter Egg Hunt for the children of the community, starting at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 16, at 143 Port Williams Road. All children up to age 11 may hunt for eggs.

Easter ‘Eggs’travaganza set at The Pumpkin Patch

KSQM 91.5 FM and The Pumpkin Patch host the annual Easter “Eggs”travaganza on Saturday, April 16, at The Pumpkin Patch, 260045 U.S. Highway 101. The Easter Bunny will once again be hiding thousands of goodie-filled Easter eggs in three age-appropriate areas.

The fun starts at 11 a.m. and the hunt starts at 1 p.m.

KSQM representatives will be there and have a booth at the event for a fun morning.

Prior to the hunt, children 0-10 years old (accompanied by an adult) can check in with KSQM for a free drawing ticket for a chance to win an Easter basket.

The regular Saturday Flea Market at the Pumpkin Patch will be running concurrently.

Free dementia workshop set

Assured Hospice of Clallam and Jefferson Counties offers a “The Dementia Journey,” a free dementia workshop from 9 a.m.-noon Saturday, April 23, at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh Ave.

This event seeks to provide tools for those who care for or knows someone with dementia. Families and caregivers are welcome, organizers say.

The first 25 registrants receive a free activity kit specialized for people with dementia.

To reserve a seat at the workshop, call Home Instead at 360-681-2511.

For more information, contact Charla Wright at charla.wright@lhcgroup.com or 360-912-4066.

Plant clinics go back to in-person

The WSU Extension Clallam County Master Gardeners plant answer clinics are getting back to normal with in-person events. Clinics are set for 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. on Mondays (except for holidays) through Oct. 17, held in the lobby of the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. Members of the public are also welcome to submit questions online by emailing to mgplantclinic.clallam@gmail.com.

Plant answer clinics are offered to the public to help in answering gardening questions and solving insect and plant disease problems in home landscapes and gardens. Local Master Gardener volunteers will be on hand to identify plants, address plant and pest problems and to help clients find research-based information on garden topics.

‘Life in Company Towns’ is focus of community class

What was life like in towns and camps like Port Gamble, Carlsborg, Pysht, Seabeck, Roche Harbor and Grisdale where the boss may have owned — and controlled — where people worked, ate and slept?

For the first time on the Peninsula College campus, “Life in Company Towns” will describe more than 100 company-owned or company-dominated timber, mining, hydro, and war worker communities that existed in the first half of the 20the century in Washington state, Oregon and Idaho.

The single-session May 17 evening class will be taught by Sequim resident Linda Carlson, author of “Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest” (University of Washington Press, 2017), and a native of Pierce County, home to many long-ago coal-mining towns and logging camps.

She is a former member of the Humanities Washington speakers bureau and also the author of “Upscale Retailing in Wartime: Seattle Department Stores and the Challenges of World Wars I and II.”

For registration information, go to campusce.net/pencol/category/category.aspx.