Soroptimists seeking candidates for Live Your Dream award

Soroptimist International of Sequim is seeking qualified candidates living in Clallam County for the Live Your Dram award.

Awards of $1,000-$2,000 are available to women who have financial need and are the primary financial support for their families, group members said. They must be enrolled in or have been accepted to an undergraduate degree program or vocational/skills training program.

Applications must be received on or before Nov. 15.

Applicants can apply and get more information at sisequim.org; click on “Scholarships” and find the application link to begin the online enrollment. Or, go to bit.ly/LYDA-apply.

Guild’s thrift shop to be open

The Sequim Dungeness Hospital Guild Thrift Shop, 204 W. Bell St., will be open 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Thursday through Saturday, Nov. 3-5.

The Shop will feature a Fitz & Floyd fine china service for eight, with serving pieces. All green tag items will be 50 percent off tag price.

Donations are accepted 10 a.m.-1 p.m. on Mondays and Tuesday.

All proceeds from the Shop are donated to local medical needs, including Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County, Sequim Fire District 3, Peninsula College nursing scholarships for students attending Peninsula College.

Find more information on the guild’s Facebook page.

Genealogy group sets meeting

Diane Henriks will present “Finding Descendants in Your Family Tree” at the Clallam County Genealogical Society’s next meeting, set for 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, Nov. 12, on Zoom. The program is free.

Henriks will describe the process of “fanning out” to find descendants in a family, both living and past, “a means to help you break down some of your most difficult brick walls.”

To hear the speaker on Zoom, call the society at 360-417-5000 to get the meeting number and passcodes. Or, join society staff at the center’s research facility meeting room at 403 E. Eighth St., Port Angeles.

Henriks is a Los Angeles, Calif.-based speaker, author and investigator. Her specialty is finding descendants in family trees and brick wall research. She is known as the “Descendant Detective,” program organizers said. She has given her presentations and workshops to many notable societies, written several genealogies, and has assisted in investigations of both civil and criminal cases.

For more information, visit clallamcogs.org or visit the research center, which is open 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, and noon-4 p.m. on Saturdays.

PC to host screening, talk of ‘Dawnland’

A two-part event focused on the documentary “Dawnland” and the Indian Child Welfare Act will be hosted by Peninsula College’s Magic of Cinema, Studium Generale, and ʔaʔk̓ʷustəƞáwt̓xʷ House of Learning, Peninsula College Longhouse on multiple dates this month.

Through Nov. 4, view a screening of the documentary. At 12:35 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, join in a face-to-face and Zoom discussion of the film and the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA). Brandon Mack, family court commissioner for Clallam County, will be in conversation with tribal court staff of the six tribes the college most directly serves: Hoh, Quileute, Makah, Port Gamble S’Klallam, Jamestown S’Klallam and Lower Elwha Klallam.

Join the discussion in the Little Theater, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles, or via Zoom at pencol-edu.zoom.us/j/82308557946 (meeting ID 823 0855 7946).

The 2018 documentary highlights stories of Native American children, who for most of the 20th century were systemically removed from their homes and placed with white families by U.S. agencies.

View screenings — held 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2; 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, and 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 4 — by going online to pencol-edu.zoom.us/j/82065028538 (meeting ID 820 6502 8538); the film is about one hour long.

Intentional Aging talk set for Nov. 15

The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) offers Intentional Aging, a monthly discussion group for adults. This program explores aging topics and practices through book discussions, activities, presenters and more. Meetings are held on Zoom at 11 a.m. on the third Tuesday of every month.

The next session, on Nov. 15, is titled “Trusted Information,” when attendees can improve digital literacy by learning how to more effectively locate and identify reliable information on the internet, along with best practices for protecting personal information when online.

Attending monthly is encouraged, but all are welcome to join any meeting. Register at nols.org/intentional-aging or by contacting a NOLS branch, to receive Zoom login information and free resources.

This program is supported by local Friends of the Library groups.

For more information about library programs and services, visit nols.org, email to discover@nols.org or follow North Olympic Library System on Facebook and Instagram.

Tax-Aide volunteer opportunity available

Community members who are good with forms and instructions, have strong basic computer skills and enjoy helping people are encouraged to become an IRS-certified Tax-Aide volunteer.

Sponsored by AARP and the IRS, the Tax-Aide program offers free tax preparation services. Volunteers don’t need to be an AARP member to help out.

To volunteer, go to aarp.org/taxaide to complete an online application.

For more information, contact Russ Fish, District 3 Tax-Aide communications coordinator, at russfishk7ina@gmail.com or 360-452-6147 (voice mail only).

All new volunteers must sign up by Thanksgiving to become IRS-certified in time for the upcoming tax season. Continuing Education Credits are available.

Botanist speaks to garden club

Sequim Prairie Garden Club holds its monthly meeting on Monday, Nov. 7, in the Pioneer Memorial Park clubhouse, 387 E Washington St., Sequim. Coffee hour begins at 10 a.m. the first Monday each month, except holidays, with a guest speaker starting at 10:30 a.m. Public welcome.

This month, Kathy Darrow, a Jefferson County Master Gardener, professional botanist, and an active member of the Washington Native Plant Society, speaks on the lessons she’s learned from establishing gardens in the area. She’ll share approaches for adding native plants to home gardens and she will offer packets of native plant seeds from her own garden.

For more about Sequim Prairie Garden Club, call 360-808-3434, email to sequimprairiegardenclub@hotmail.com or visit sequimprairiegardenclub.org.