EAA group to host intro to flying event

Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Chapter 430 will host a “Flying Start” informational program about learning how to fly, set for 1 p.m. Saturday, May 20, in the airport conference room at Fairchild International Airport, 1402 Airport Road, Port Angeles.

Chapter 430 is a local organization that’s part of a national Experimental Aircraft Association, dedicated to growing participation in aviation by sharing the ways to get started in this recreational activity.

The event will cover steps and requirements in leaning to fly, how to make it economical and culminate in a free introductory flight.

For more information, call Ray Ballantyne at 360-808-6767. Or, see EAA430.org.

Enjoy appetizers, learn about ranked choice voting

Doors open at 5 p.m. Wednesday, May 10, at the Red Lion Inn at Port Angeles Harbor for a fun, educational mixer that combines five different appetizers, a cash bar, a speaker or two, and an interactive demonstration of what ranked choice voting is and how it works.

The League of Women Voters of Clallam County (LWVCLA) in collaboration with Sound Publishing and FairVoteWA is hosting the event. For $20 per person, attendees receive five different appetizers: strawberry bruschetta with basil and chevre and balsamic reduction; Dungeness crab-stuffed mushroom caps with saffron aioli; stuffed Belgian endive with blue cheese dried fruit and candied nuts; vegetable cocktail spring rolls with sweet chili sauce, and deviled eggs with and without bacon

Fair Vote participants rank the appetizers individually, then vote on them as a whole to see how the group’s first, second and third choice shakes out into a ranked vote. Afterward, Red Lion will offer a voter’s special menu for those who wish to extend their evening into dinner.

Prepaid registration is highly recommended as seating is limited. Register ahead online at lwvcla.org/forums. For more details, contact organizer Rebekah Miller at bekmill@gmail.com.

Free housing seminar set

Clallam-Jefferson County Pro Bono Lawyers host an in-person presentation aimed at helping people navigate landlord-tenant issues at 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Saturday, May 20, at Port Angeles Food Bank and The Market, 632 N. Oakridge Drive, Port Angeles.

The presentation is free and open to the public but primarily focused on tenant rights. Attorneys Ted Howard and Nick Clapham will discuss the recent changes in eviction laws and resources in Washington state.

There will also be a representative from OlyCAP (Olympic Community Action Programs) to offer information on local low–income housing and utility resources.

Once the presentations are complete, participants will be able to ask questions and consult one-on-one with local volunteer attorneys on a first-come, first-served basis.

For more information or to register ahead of the event, contact the Pro Bono office: Shauna Rogers McClain at 360-504-2422 and probonolawyers@gmail.com, or Mary Margolis at 360-504-2422 and probonomary2@gmail.com.

Guild’s thrift shop to open

The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild Thrift Shop, 204 W. Bell St., is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, May 4-6. The shop will feature a computer desk with a credenza. All red tag clothing and jewelry will be $1, with restocking of more items every day.

All proceeds are donated to local medical needs including Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, Peninsula College’s nursing student scholarships, Sequim fire department emergency medical technician (EMT) needs. The guild may also make donations to other 501(c)3 tax-exempt organizations.

Donations are welcomed and appreciated from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesdays, and when the shop is open.

The guild is accepting new members and volunteers.

NOHC seeks buyer for historic PA school

The North Olympic History Center on April 24 issued a request for proposals from qualified entities for the purchase and repurposing of the historic Lincoln Elementary School and six northern lots on the center’s campus at 926. W. Eighth St., Port Angeles

The center intends to retain the southern portion of the property on which the organization’s research library and artifact storage facility are located, NOHC representatives said.

Center officials say the organization is looking to “divest itself of the Lincoln Elementary School building and property after thoughtful consideration and with the hope that an experienced and community minded party will revitalize an iconic asset that will once again contribute to Port Angeles’ west side neighborhood.”

The North Olympic History Center — described as a small nonprofit cultural institution focused on sharing, honoring, and preserving the rich history of Clallam County” — bought the Lincoln School property in 1991 to transform it into a museum. However, cost and effort to rehabilitate, retrofit and maintain the 100-year-old-plus building is “beyond our mission and does not align with our organizational goals,” representatives said.

Get more information about the request for proposals at northolympichistory.org or tinyurl.com/33w3wmpc. Interested parties are encouraged to submit any questions and/or request a tour of the building to NOHC executive director David Brownell by May 22.

Genealogical group sets meeting

The Clallam County Genealogical Society offers a free presentation, “Quarantined! Genealogy, the Law and Public Health” by Judy Russel, at their meeting starting at 9:45 a.m. Saturday, May 13.

People are welcome to view the presentation at the society’s research center (403 E. Eighth St., Port Angeles) or on Zoom. Everyone is welcome to hear her presentation via Zoom. To get the Zoom meeting number and passcode, call 360-417-5000 between 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, or noon-4 p.m. on Saturdays.

From the plague to tuberculosis, the law worked to protect the public from epidemics. Learn how public health records can add to any family’s history.

Judy Russell is a certified genealogist who also has a law degree. She is known as the “Legal Genealogist,” and has used her knowledge to help people to understand the laws to which ancestors were subjected through her writings, lectures, seminars and webinars.

Learn more about ‘Project Lifesaver’

Linda Spreine will speak at the May 10 meeting of Sequim Bay Yacht Club to describe the Sequim Police Department’s “Project Lifesaver,” a program that’s been used in Clallam County since 2006 to handle missing person reports.

Spreine’s presentation in the Hendricks Room at John Wayne Marina starts at 6:30 p.m. after the club’s business meeting. It’s open to the public at no charge.

“Project Lifesaver” uses a technology that is especially useful in locating “wanderers” — those who might be affected by Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, autism, Down Syndrome or a traumatic brain injury. An individual at risk of wandering can be issued a transmitter that is usually worn on a wrist. If a family member reports such an individual missing, police staff uses “receiver” equipment to track the wanderer.

Spreine is one of several local officers trained to operate this equipment, which is more efficient and cost-effective than traditional search methods.

Spreine volunteered with the local police since 2018. She started her 35-year career in southern California law enforcement as the first female cadet in the Anaheim, Calif., police department.

PC to offer screening of ‘Since I Been Down’

Celebrate justice in action in education with a screening of the 2020 documentary “Since I Been Down” by Dr. Gilda Sheppard, followed by question-and-answer panel discussions, set for Wednesday, May 3, in Port Townsend, and Thursday, May 4, in Port Angeles, at Peninsula College campuses.

In Port Townsend, the screening is at 5 p.m., followed by a panel discussion at 7 p.m. In Port Angeles, the screening is 10:30 a.m.-noon in the Little Theater, 502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., followed by a panel discussion from 12:35-2 p.m.

All of the events are free and open to the public.

The film spotlights Kimonti Carter and follows his efforts and those of other prisoners as they create a model of education that is transforming their lives, their communities and prisons.

“Since I Been Down” showcases Tacoma as a community impacted by lack of investment in resources and the fear-based policies of the 1980s and 1990s that sacrificed and labeled their most-vulnerable children as irredeemable “super predators.”

The screenings will be followed by a panel discussion and Q-and-A by Carter and colleagues.

These opportunities are co-sponsored with PC Port Townsend, Magic of Cinema, Centrum and Studium Generale, and are made possible through contributions from the PC Foundation.