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Diving opens new world By Robin Dudley of the Leader
Divers love Port Townsend. Antique bottles are often found on the seafloor, and giant Pacific octopus sightings are common. “Port Townsend is a destination for bottle collectors who dive, because boats dumped their garbage here,” said Don Peterson, co-owner of PT’s Octopus Gardens Diving with his wife, Diane. Peterson said divers consider Point Hudson “the go-to site. It’s the bucket list.” Because diving there is dependent on current, divers often bring their families and stay a few days, he said, the diver waiting for the right combination of tide and light, the families soaking up the shopping, arts and cuisine. At Point Hudson, divers explore the jumble of rocks at the Point Hudson Marina’s southernmost breakwater, slated for removal and replacement in the next couple of years. The breakwaters were built in the 1930s with creosoted pilings and basalt rock probably quarried in Mats Mats. “The octopus have multiple dens down there,” Peterson said. In one week last year, he and Diane spotted giant Pacific octopus 17 times. “The environment at Point Hudson has thrived,” Peterson said, on the
Puget Sound king crab and other colorful species populate the waters off Point Hudson. Courtesy photo by Bruce Kerwin
Related Story Jetty job planned: B9 jetty and nearby, for octopus, rockfish and many other species. Don hopes the new jetty project includes some environmental mitigation, if only allowing the underwater rock to stay in the vicinity. Even though the rock is volcanic basalt, brought there from Mats Mats in the 1930s, “it’s created habitat,” he said. He’d like to see a
nature preserve there, something like Edmonds’ Underwater Park, protecting the rockfish from fishermen and the habitat from harm, and bringing more divers to the area. “There’s a lot of animals living in there,” he said, adding that he hopes the contractors and agencies governing the breakwater replacement project will not remove the rock entirely, but possibly “sweep it over to where the cathedral is. It would recoup a lot faster.”
The “cathedral” refers to a cement block just south of the breakwater, in front of the Northwest Maritime Center. Nicknamed “St. Brendan’s Cathedral” by divers, it was an anchor point for the World War II–era anti-motor-torpedoboat boom that stretched across to Marrowstone Island, at a time when U.S. Navy cargo and warships were in Port Townsend Bay. “By removing one very important area and to not mitigate it and replace it would be wrong,” Peterson said. “As a tourism area, if they completely destroy it, it would be a sad thing to do.” FULL SERVICE Octopus Gardens Diving, named for the giant Pacific octopus as well as the Beatles song written by Richard Starkey (Ringo Starr), offers training, continuing education and equipment for new and experienced divers. Warm diver training lets people start off in a drysuit to dive in comfort year-round any-
Scuba diver Rich Zade drew this map of underwater features at Point Hudson in Port Townsend. The map shows the south jetty with the rocks surrounding it, which are home to many varieties of sea life, including the giant Pacific octopus. It’s available online at octopusgardensdiving.com. Map courtesy Octopus Gardens Diving
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where in the world. “People think they’re going to be cold or eaten by a shark, and they think it’s dark. You wouldn’t believe how much light is actually down there,” Peterson said. The seasons manifest underwater, just like in trees on land, he noted. In summer, everything’s in full bloom; in fall, kelp jungles slough off just like terrestrial forests. In winter, with less foliage, underwater rock canyons are exposed. “In spring, you see a lot of babies.” Other local diving destinations include the area near the Port Townsend Marine Science Center pier at Fort Worden State Park, and the wreck of the Ranger, a vessel that burned and sank just outside the Boat Haven. In Discovery Bay, divers often visit an atoll called Ed’s Fault. There are wrecks and artificial reefs – boats that are cleaned and placed deliberately for See DIVING, Page 3▼
Octopus Gardens Diving co-owner Don Peterson (left) and technician Jesse Kruse are pictured at the dive shop’s new location at 2410 Washington St., Port Townsend. Photo by Robin Dudley
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Jefferson Co. Library ABOUT JEFFCO LIBRARY EVENTS & ACTIVITIES • All events listed are free and held at the library located at 620 Cedar Avenue, Port Hadlock, unless noted otherwise. For more info see our website at www. jclibrary.info or call (360) 385-6544. BOFFER SWORDPLAY • Fridays, March 18, April 15 and May 20, 3-4:30 p.m. Ages 5-18. Boffer sword play is a physical sport with light contact, similar in intensity to soccer and a pillow fight combined. Boffers, constructed of foam-wrapped PVC pipe, duct tape and some imagination, are used in live-action roleplaying games and mock combat. Join library staff and guest Chaz Hillyard for exercise playing with boffer swords. Anyone between ages 5-18 who wants to play with boffer swords are welcome. Children under 9 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Bring layers of clothing, a water bottle and your boffer sword, if you have one. BOOK DISCUSSION @ YOUR LIBRARY • Astoria: Astor and Jefferson’s Lost Empire by Peter Stark. Thursday, May 12, 6:15-7:45 p.m. All are welcome to sign up for our monthly book discussions. The
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LITTLE WINGS PRESCHOOL • is a Reggio Emillia inspired pre-school for children ages 3-5. It is designed with the freedom to play, develop relationships, and voice individual opinions & interests about the world around them. Teachers listen deeply and, using a wide variety of rich materials, offer inquiry-based projects to explore these interests. Teachers and children are true collaborators through this process. Tuition starts at $220 for two days per week. Call Lisa Leporati for further inquiries at (360) 643-0663. MAGICAL DAYS PRE-K • Provides a child-centered program for ages 4-6. Learning opportunities integrate the social, emotional, self-help, physical, cognitive and aesthetic areas for the complete development of the child. Kindergarten and 1st grade readiness is experienced through a balance of outdoor and indoor hands-on activities, and with an awareness of current Common Core Standards. An open house is scheduled for 11 a.m. on April 25. For program details or to schedule a visit, contact Traci Meacham at (360) 379-8135 or magicaldaysprek@ gmail.com
PORT TOWNSEND COOPERATIVE PLAYSCHOOL • Provides a weekly creative, fun and social setting for children ages 9 months to 4 years old (and their parents) to learn. Located at the Uptown Recreation Center. Email membership@ptplayschool to bring your child for a free session to check out Playschool. (360)3905239. Visit: ptplayschool.org PRESCHOOL & KINDERGARTEN • Early Education at New Day Learning Academy nurtures and protects the childhood and amazing development of young children. Preschool is offered two or three days a week. A 4-day, 4.5 hour Kindergarten gives children time to become actively involved in many indoor and outdoor projects, creating their own masterpieces from a variety of materials. Call (360) 379-1334. Visit on the web, www.newdaylearning.org HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS • A “School-Home in Partnership” option at New Day Learning Academy provides a part-time class for 1st & 2nd graders, beginning in the fall. Inquire at (360) 379-1334. Visit www.newdaylearning.org
library offers both an evening discussion and an afternoon discussion. Sign up is required and copies of the book will be loaned by the library when you sign up. Participants are asked to read the entire book before the scheduled session. Sign up at the Information Desk or call (360) 385-6544. BOOK DISCUSSION @ YOUR LIBRARY • Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter. Thursday, April 14, 6:15-7:45 p.m. All are welcome to sign up for our monthly book discussions. The library offers both an evening discussion and an afternoon discussion. Sign up is required and copies of the book will be loaned by the library when you sign up. Participants are asked to read the entire book before the scheduled session. Sign up at the Information Desk or call (360) 385-6544. BOOK DISCUSSION @ YOUR LIBRARY • Devil in the White City by Erik Larson. Monday, April 25, 1-2:30 p.m. All are welcome to sign up for our monthly book discussions. The library offers both an evening discussion and an afternoon discussion. Sign up is required and copies of the book will be loaned by the library when you sign up. Participants are asked to read the entire book before the scheduled session. Sign up at the Information Desk or call (360) 385-6544. BOOK DISCUSSION @ YOUR LIBRARY • Garden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen. Monday, March 28 at 1-2:30 p.m. All are welcome to sign up for our monthly book discussions. The library offers both an evening discussion and an afternoon discussion. Sign up is required and copies of the book will be loaned by the library when you sign up. Participants are asked to read the entire book before the scheduled session. Sign up at the Information Desk or call (360) 385-6544. BOOK DISCUSSION @ YOUR LIBRARY • Open City by Teju Cole. Thursday, March 10, 6:157:45 p.m. All are welcome to sign up for our monthly book discussions. The library offers both an evening discussion and an afternoon discussion. Sign up is required and copies of the book will be loaned by the library when you sign up. Participants are asked to read the entire book before the scheduled session. Sign up at the Information Desk or call (360) 385-6544. BOOK DISCUSSION @ YOUR LIBRARY • Open City by Teju Cole. Thursday, May 23, 1-2:30 p.m. All are welcome to sign up for our monthly book discussions. The library offers both an evening discussion and an afternoon discussion. Sign up is required and copies of the book will be loaned by the library when you sign up. Participants are asked to read the entire book before the scheduled session. Sign up at the Information Desk or call (360) 385-6544. BOOK SALE • Friends of the Jefferson County Library. Saturday, April 9, 10 a.m to 4 p.m. This book sale features used books, audio books, DVDs and music CDs. All sales support the Jefferson County Library. The sale will take place in the bookmobile garage. Members of the Friends of the Jefferson County Library can come early at 9:30 a.m. BY HAND AND EYE • with Jim Tolpin. Wednesday May 11, 6:30 p.m. Join us for a mind-bending journey into “design at the point of a tool.” The design language of the ancient artisans united their tool and skill set into a whole greater than its parts. Understanding the way ratios can be derived from nature (and especially the human form) informed their intuition and allowed them to quickly develop harmoniously proportioned forms replete with sweet curves. This program is based on the books By Hand and Eye and By Hound and Eye that Jim Tolpin co-authored with George Walker. Jim Tolpin has been a professional woodworker in Jefferson County for more than 35 years. He is the author of numerous books on woodworking and a fonder of the Port Townsend School of Woodworking located at Fort Worden. GREAT DECISIONS DISCUSSION: Climate Change • Thursday, April 14, 6-7:30 p.m. In the past few years, the American public has become more aware of the damage wrought by climate change. From droughts in the west to extreme weather in the east, a rapidly changing climate has already made its footprint in the United States. Now, it’s expected that the presidential election in 2016 will be one of the first ever to place an emphasis on these environmental changes. What can the next president do to stymie this environmental crisis? And is it too late for these efforts to be effective? “Great Decisions,” produced by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA), is America’s largest civic discussion program on world affairs. Co-sponsored by the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. GREAT DECISIONS DISCUSSION: Cuba and the U.S. • Thursday, April 21, 6-7:30 p.m.The U.S. announced in December 2014 that, after decades of isolation, it has begun taking major steps to normalize relations with Cuba. The announcement marks a dramatic shift away from a policy that has its roots in one of the darkest moments of the Cold War — the Cuban missile crisis. Although the U.S. trade embargo is unlikely to end any time soon, American and Cuban leaders today are trying to bring a relationship, once defined
by antithetical ideologies, into the 21st century. “Great Decisions,” produced by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA), is America’s largest civic discussion program on world affairs. Co-sponsored by the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. GREAT DECISIONS DISCUSSION: International Migration • Thursday, March 24, 6-7:30 p.m. As a record number of migrants cross the Mediterranean Sea to find refuge in Europe, the continent is struggling to come up with an adequate response. Although Europe’s refugees are largely fleeing conflicts in Syria, Iraq and parts of Africa, their struggle is hardly unique. Today, with the number of displaced people at an all-time high, a number of world powers find themselves facing a difficult question: how can they balance border security with humanitarian concerns? More importantly, what can they do to resolve these crises so as to limit the number of displaced persons? “Great Decisions,” produced by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA), is America’s largest civic discussion program on world affairs. Co-sponsored by the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. GREAT DECISIONS DISCUSSION: The Future of Kurdistan • Thursday, March 17, 6-7:30 p.m. Kurdistan, a mountainous area made up of parts of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria, is home to one of the largest ethnic groups in region: the Kurds. Now, most in the West know them for their small, oil-rich autonomous region in northern Iraq called Iraqi Kurdistan — one of the U.S.’ closer allies in the Middle East and a bulwark against the expansion of the so-called Islamic State. What does the success of Iraqi Kurdistan mean for Kurds in the surrounding region? “Great Decisions,” produced by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA), is America’s largest civic discussion program on world affairs. Cosponsored by the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. GREAT DECISIONS DISCUSSION: The Koreas • Thursday, March 31, 6-7:30 p.m. At the end of World War II, Korea was divided in two. The northern half of the Korean peninsula was occupied by the Soviet Union, the southern by the United States. Today, North and South Korea couldn’t be further apart. The North is underdeveloped, impoverished and ruled by a corrupt, authoritarian government, while the South advanced rapidly to become one of the most developed countries in the world. With such a wide gap, some are asking if unification is possible, even desirable, anymore? “Great Decisions,” produced by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA), is America’s largest civic discussion program on world affairs. Co-sponsored by the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. GREAT DECISIONS DISCUSSION: The Rise of ISIS • Thursday, March 10, 6-7:30 p.m. Born out of an umbrella organization of Al-Qaeda in Iraq, the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) burst onto the international stage after it seized Fallujah in December 2013. Since then, the group has seized control of a number of critical strongholds in the country and declared itself a caliphate, known as the Islamic State. Still, the question remains: What is ISIS, and what danger does it pose to U.S. interests? “Great Decisions,” produced by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA), is America’s largest civic discussion program on world affairs. Co-sponsored by the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. GREAT DECISIONS DISCUSSION: The United Nations • Thursday, April 7, 6-7:30 p.m. On the eve of the international organization’s 70th birthday, the United Nations stands at a crossroads. This year marks a halfway point in the organization’s global effort to eradicate poverty, hunger and discrimination, as well as ensure justice and dignity for all peoples. But as the UN’s 193 member states look back at the success of the millennium development goals, they also must assess their needs for its sustainable development goals — a new series of benchmarks, which are set to expire in 2030. With the appointment of the ninth secretary-general in the near future as well, the next UN leader is bound to have quite a lot on his or her plate going into office. “Great Decisions,” produced by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA), is America’s largest civic discussion program on world affairs. Co-sponsored by the Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. INQUIRING MIND LECTURE • “The Contours of Public Memory” with David Schulz. Wednesday, March 16, 6:30 p.m. Weaving interactive questions and activities, David Schulz leads a presentation designed to spark a dialogue about public memory and the collective role we play in memory construction, maintenance, and even destruction. Shulz provides a definition and an overview about what public memory is; explores who and how public memories are constructed; offers some examples of where we can look to find public memory, and frames some examples of its forms and functions. Co-sponsored by Humanities Washington Speaker’s Bureau. INQUIRING MIND LECTURE • Seriously Funny: Humor, Film and Philosophy with Mike VanQuickenSee SPRING ACTIVITIES, Page 3▼
New pack in town Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader
By Patrick J. Sullivan of the Leader
There’s a new pack in town. Volunteers have created Cub Scout Pack 4477 in Port Townsend, with membership growing and “adventure” activities planned. “For young guys who love camping and love the outdoors, we have a great scout troop,” said Don Rees, cubmaster and a former scout. “Crafts are great, but I want to challenge the kids with adventure activities,” said Rees, a former pilot in the U.S. Air Force and for a commercial airline company. “A lot of kids are plugged into the TV or the Xbox, and I want to get them outdoors and challenge them.” The Cub Scout program in Port Townsend has struggled a bit in recent years. San Juan Baptist Church began sponsorship of Pack 4477 about nine months ago, and membership (kindergarten through sixth grade) has grown to 23 boys in the Tiger, Wolf, Bear and Webelo age/rank divisions. There are eight Webelos; that level is the last step in Cub Scouting before a potential move into the Boy Scouts of America. Now, all the age groups meet at the same time and place for 60-90 minutes on Tuesday evenings; ideally, there would be separate “dens” for each rank. “We need people to come and be den leaders, especially if they have done it before,” Rees said. “We’re taking in more Cubs, we need more adults.” Dave Brader, Norm Coote and John Gieser are volunteer assistant cubmasters, and lots of parents help, too. Scouting is for boys, but San Juan Baptist welcomes families at the pack meetings, which means sisters of the scouts often attend, too. Women or men can be den leaders, Rees noted. There were a lot of adults, boys and girls gathered Feb. 16 at San Juan Baptist Church for the Pinewood Derby competition, which received assistance from Boy Scouts. Cub Scouts made their cars (with or without adult help) to specifications (no more than 5 ounces in weight). A series of races left Omri Alley as champion, Chase Allen in second place, and John Neville in third. Honorable mentions were also given for most creative car, best paint job, most helpful scout, best behaved scout and most enthusiastic
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Spring Activities Guide ▼Continued from page 2 borne. Wednesday, April 20, 6 p.m. Can films teach us about philosophy? Is what we feel while watching a film linked to what we learn? Film holds tremendous power to shape the thoughts of audience members. Many types of films exist today, from the deeply philosophic to the comedic. What happens when you combine the two concepts into one discussion about film? In this unique take on philosophy, film and comedy, professor Mike VanQuickenborne shares brief clips from “Being John Malkovich”, “I Heart Huckabees”, “Intolerable Cruelty” and “Adaptation” to start a conversation about the issues raised by each of these films. KIDS THURSDAYS • Bird Mobiles. Thursday, March 17, 3:45 p.m. Will they be ravens, buntings or birds of your own design? Illustrator Catherine Motteler will guide kids age 6-11 in creating 3-D birds using paper, feathers and other materials. All materials provided. Snacks for Thursday Afternoon programs are generously provided by the Friends of the Jefferson County Library.
Leaders and scouts with Port Townsend Cub Scout Pack 4477 set up their 39-foot Pinewood Derby race track Feb. 25 at Grant Street School as a way to introduce other children to one of the pack’s special activities. Photo by Patrick J. Sullivan
KIDS THURSDAYS • Fearsome Dragons. Thursday, March 24, 3:45 p.m. Kids ages 6-11 are invited to join illustrator Catherine Motteler as you build your own articulated dragon with flames and brilliant colors. All materials provided. Snacks for Thursday Afternoon programs are generously provided by the Friends of the Jefferson County Library. KIDS THURSDAYS • Game Time! Thursday, March 31, 3:45 p.m. Bring your friends and break into the library’s game closet! Kids ages 6-11 are invited to join us for an afternoon of board games, card games, dice games and group games. Snacks for Thursday Afternoon programs are generously provided by the Friends of the Jefferson County Library. KIDS THURSDAYS • Winged Insects. Thursday, March 10, 3:45 p.m. Make your own 3-D butterfly, sphinx moth and dragonfly. Kids ages 6-11 join entomological illustrator Catherine Motteler for fun with paper, color, glitter and glue. All materials provided. Snacks for Thursday Afternoon programs are generously provided by the Friends of the Jefferson County Library. MOTHERSONG • First Monday of each month, at 10:15 a.m. Join in a multicultural sing-along for families with young children.
Omri Alley (left), age 9, and Chase Allen, 10, finished first and second, respectively, in Cub Scout Pack 4477’s Pinewood Derby competition. Photo by Patrick J. Sullivan
scout. The pack set up its 39-foot Pinewood Derby track outside Grant Street Elementary School on Feb. 25, and classes many other entities and individuals. His workshop is equipped with flow analyzers, sonic irrigators and other tools for testing and fixing regulators, which make pressurized air breathable. Peterson also works as a professional diver, recently conducting surveys of the impact of construction at Kitsap Naval Base Bangor. Don and Diane met when he was her scuba instructor, and they were married in 1995, underwater at the Seattle Aquarium. They moved to Jefferson County in 2012 and opened their dive shop at Boat Haven. In January 2016, they moved Octopus Gardens Diving to the former Team Jefferson EDC building at 2410 Washington St., next to West Marine by the port’s commercial boat basin. For more information, visit octopusgardensdiving.com.
of students filed outside during lunch break to see it in action. Chase Allen, 10, who is in his third year of scouting, used a special commemorative coin as weight for his Pinewood Derby car. He found the coin – a souvenir of the 1973 national Cub Scout Jamboree – with a metal detector in the woods of Glen Cove. “That is what got him interested in joining Cub Scouts,” said his father, John Allen, a third-generation Port Townsend resident. “They learn a lot of really good skills; I did when I was in scouts, and I see it’s still going that way.” On Feb. 27, Rees led pack members during a tour of the destroyer USS Turner Joy
in Bremerton. There has already been a day hike at Fort Worden State Park, and the first campout is March 18. Although the actual camping takes place in the San Juan Baptist Church gym, known as The Rock, cooking is to be done over outdoor campfires. “We’re preparing for more field trips, hikes and outdoor campouts,” Rees said. “We welcome parents to come on the hikes, too. If the parents are out there doing it, the kids don’t think it’s so hard.” Interested in the Cub Scouts? Email the San Juan Baptist Church, 1704 Discovery Road, at sjbc.org, or contact cubmaster Don Rees at starjet747@rocketmail.com or 530-263-8716.
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divers. Peterson occasionally takes school and church groups snorkeling among the pier pilings at Fort Worden, teaching them to identify animals that live on the pilings, such as sea cucumbers, anemones, urchins and starfish. He’s also been teaching diving to Jefferson Community School students, along with Nam Su, his friend and fellow dive master. Octopus Gardens offers scuba classes for beginners and an array of specialty courses, such as digital photography, nighttime and limited-visibility diving, and navigation. The shop acts as a travel agent, too, organizing diving trips to Fiji and Palau, as well as nearby sites such as Ediz Hook, Salt Creek and Keystone. It brings a “hot room,” as well as hot beverages, along on diving trips to warm people emerging into chilly Pacific Northwest temperatures. Trying scuba equipment in a swimming pool can be a fun team-building exercise for groups, and includes all equipment. “You don’t have to be a super swimmer, you just have to be comfortable in the water,” Peterson said. Peterson has been diving since the 1970s, and since 2004 has run his regulator repair business, Dive Tech Inc. He services gear used by tribes, fire departments, private charter boats and
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STORYTIME: BABYTIME • Ages birth-12 months. Every Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. This 30-minute lapsit program features action rhymes, baby sign language, songs and movement designed to stimulate brain development through music, language and books. STORYTIME: PRESCHOOL • Ages 3-5 years. Every Wednesday, 10:30 a.m. Bring your preschooler and enjoy stories, songs, fingerplays and more, designed to promote early learning. Preschool Storytime is followed by a craft or activity that encourages social, literacy and fine motor skills. No Storytime on Apr. 27. STORYTIME: TODDLER • Ages 12-30 months. Held Mondays, 10:15 a.m. Toddler Storytime features movement, music, puppets and fingerplays as well as flannel stories and the reading of short books written with toddlers in mind. No Storytime held Apr. 4 or May 2.
TECH TUESDAYS CLASS • Open Tech Session - Anything Goes. Tuesday, March 29, 3-4 p.m. TECH TUESDAYS CLASS • Photography. Tuesday, March 22, 3-4 p.m. During this fast-paced one hour session, we will explore a variety of photography topics sure to help you become a better photographer. Some of the topics to be covered will be light, composition, post-processing, travel photography, and photography resources. TECH TUESDAYS CLASS • Ravelry. Tuesday, March 15, 3-4 p.m. Learn about Ravelry, a social media and project management website specifically for knitters, crocheters and weavers. We will explore Ravelry’s massive database of materials, patterns, and user projects, and will discuss the basics of how to manage a Ravelry account. TECH TUESDAYS: Drop In Tech Assistance • 4-6 p.m. Weekly Tech Tuesday classes from 3-4 p.m. are followed each week by two hours of individual drop-in assistance with your devices and/or technology questions. Bring your device or practice on laptops provided by the library. TEEN MONDAYS • “The Language of Artisans: Furniture Design” with Jim Tolpin. Mondays, March 7, 14 and 21, 3:45 p.m. In this threepart series teens ages 11-18 will learn the language of Artisans by applying the simple, intuitive design techniques of the ancient builders from the beginning of recorded history through the Renaissance era. You will be introduced to the three deceptively simple instruments that will enable you to “speak” this design language: the compass, the straightedge and the sector. You will use these tools in combination with simple, practical applications of geometry (no formulas or proofs anywhere in sight—we promise!) to draw out a variety of rectilinear and curved forms that underlie nearly all traditional works of artists and artisan/ builders. You will have ample time to design and draw out your own unique furniture or building designs. You will complete this course realizing that geometry can actually be fun, not to mention practical! Snacks for Monday Afternoon programs are generously provided by the Friends of the Jefferson County Library.
Port Townsend Library BOOK LOVERS’ CAFE• Discusses Mink River. Monday, May 2, 2-3:30 p.m, Library Learning Center. Come discuss the book Mink River by Brian Doyle. BOOK LOVERS’ CAFE• Discusses Rosalie Edge, Hawk of Mercy: The Activist Who Saved Nature From the Conservationists. Monday, April 4, 2-3:30 p.m., Library Learning Center. Come discuss the book Rosalie Edge, Hawk of Mercy by Dyana Furmansky. CLIMATE ACTIVITIES IN JEFFERSON COUNTY • Panel Discussion. Thursday, March 17, 7-8:30 p.m., Port Townsend Public Library. Come hear what a few local organizations are doing with regard to climate action, share ideas on what more we can do, and learn how you can get involved. Part of the 2016 Port Townsend Community Read. FIBER ARTS NIGHT • Tuesday, April 5, and Tuesday April 19, Tuesday May 3 and Tuesday May 17, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Library Learning Center. Come and enjoy an evening of working on handiwork projects with other fiber artists (from knitting to quilting to weaving, all fiber arts projects are welcomed). Please bring your own supplies. FAN meets the first and third Tuesday of every month. For more info, call the library at (360) 385-3181. OCEAN COMMOTION FAMILY ACTION DAY • Saturday, March 19, 1-3 p.m., Marine Science Center. Spend a couple of hours with your family and friends and make a big differSee SPRING ACTIVITIES, Page 4▼
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STORYTIME: TODDLER TIME • Every Thursday from 11:15-11:45 a.m. Ages 18-36 months old and their caregivers. Build vocabulary, early literacy and motor skills while having a lot of fun with your toddler! For more info, call the library at (360) 385-3181. Port Townsend Public Library, 1220 Lawrence St.
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SUPER SATURDAY STORYTIME • Every Saturday from 10:15-10:45 a.m. All ages. The whole family can enjoy this storytime with books, songs, and activities for all ages. For more info, call the library at (360) 385-3181. Port Townsend Public Library, 1220 Lawrence St.
▼Continued from page 3 ence for our ocean! Help clean up the beach, gather statistics on trash and its impact, and make your own nontoxic cleaning products so your home can be a toxic-free zone. Join staff from the Marine Science Center and the library. For all ages. Kids under 10, please have an adult with you. Part of the 2016 Port Townsend Community Read.
TAMING BIGFOOT AND REDUCING YOUR CARBON FOOTPRINT • Thursday, March 31, 7-8 p.m., Port Townsend Public Library. Bob Bindschadler, retired NASA Glaciologist, will discuss the “Taming Bigfoot” competition and how to reduce your carbon footprint. Part of the 2016 Port Townsend Community Read.
SATURDAY STORYTIME AT THE MARKET • Saturday, May 28, 10:3011:30 a.m., at the Port Townsend Farmers’ Market. Families with young children are welcome to come to a special storytime at the Artisan Food Festival at the Farmers’ Market! We will hear stories, sing songs, and do activities all about food and where it comes from!
THE HIDDEN HALF OF NATURE • Saturday, April 30, 5-6:30 p.m., Carnegie Reading Room, Port Townsend Public Library. Authors David Montgomery and Anne Bikle discuss their book, The Hidden Half of Nature: the Microbial Roots of Life and Health, an exploration of how microbes are transforming the way we see nature and ourselves and could revolutionize agriculture and medicine.
SCREEN PRINTING FOR KIDS • Wednesday, March 23, 4-5 p.m., Port Townsend Public Library. Kids age 9 and up can try screen printing in this hands-on workshop and make themselves a cool t-shirt! Please bring a light-colored t-shirt with you to screen print. Class is free, but registration is required. To register, call the library at (360) 385-3181 or go online to the library website.
TRIBAL TREATY RIGHTS & ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION • Thursday, March 24, 7-8 p.m., Library Learning Center. Discussion of treaty rights and environmental protection with Scott Chitwood, Natural Resource Director of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe. Part of the 2016 Port Townsend Community Read. WILD CARE PROJECT • Saturday, March 12, 2-3:30 p.m., Library Learning Center. The Great Old Broads for Wilderness present an interview with Naomi Klein, author of This Changes Everything, and a discussion on how we all can advocate to make public lands part of the solution to climate change. Part of the 2016 Port Townsend Community Read.
SMALL-G CITY • Thursday, April 14, 7-8 p.m., Library Learning Center. Come hear author Susan Matley discuss her sci-fi novella, Small-g City, set in a Seattle on the brink of disaster with only a burnt-out minor god to save it. STORYTIME: BABY TIME • Every Thursday from 10:15-10:45 a.m. Newborns up to 18 months and their caregivers. Learn how to share simple rhymes, songs, and games with your baby. For more info, call the library at (369) 385-3181. Port Townsend Public Library, 1220 Lawrence St. LOGOTYPE
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By Robin Dudley of the Leader Thaddeus Jurczynski teaches science in the Chimacum School District’s Pi Program, incorporating art when he can – which is often. One morning in his spacious classroom, a dozen or so kids, in kindergarten through third grade, built insects of their own invention. Each student had prepared a drawing of their imagined insect and some design guidelines written on the other. They used masking tape and glue to assemble their oversized insects out of paper and plastic cups, reed, foam, pom-poms, bamboo, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, Q-tips and more. His lessons are well planned, with all materials on hand, clear explanation and demonstration. Then he lets kids make stuff. It’s clear from his relaxed manner that he’s done this before. In fact, he’s the only artist on the Olympic Peninsula listed in the Washington State Arts Commission’s Roster of Teaching Artists. STAYING BUSY “Students learn faster, create fewer disruptions and retain more knowledge when they are actively engaged,” Jurczynski said. “I try to design lessons that will interest students and keep them engaged.” A few of his own sculptures also adorn the classroom. A realistic seagull perches atop a piano; a creepy giant face sculpted with spray-foam insulation gazes from one wall; there’s a green Scylla puppet head, used in a children’s play by the PT School District’s OCEAN program, whose gaping, toothy, blood-red mouth can be closed by pulling a string. “I’m really enjoying being part of the Pi team. It’s a very supportive group, as are the district administrators,” Jurczynski said. “They strive to create a culture of compassion and inclusion, and it shows.” Jurczynski, who lives in Chimacum, also collaborates with theater groups to make giant puppets for plays, like a man-eating plant, a six-headed monster, a huge Cyclops with 5-foot-long hands. Many are built with lightweight reed and bamboo frames. He’s a great artist, and a phenomenal collaborator – in his projects, everybody can contribute, create and get involved. He teaches workshops in Jefferson County as well as all over the Northwest, leading groups in making lanterns, dioramas, batik self-portraits, sculpture, puppets and Moebius strips. He also teaches rocketry, kirigami and bubble geometry. The atmosphere in his Pi classroom, as in his workshops, is unhurried, but a lot gets done. The soft-spoken Jurczynski is at ease amid the noisy chaos of creation. Kids
Isabella Ferland holds a model of the insect she designed and built in Thaddeus Jurczynski’s science class in the Chimacum Pi Program. Photo by Robin Dudley
talk and move around freely, some hum to themselves; all are engaged in their projects. And they’re thinking about insects – talking about thoraxes, antennae and stingers, adding six legs, fashioning wings. Live Madagascar cockroaches occupy a small meshcapped fishbowl with some torn-up egg cartons and lettuce leaves; a larger tank holds several stick bugs and other large insects, with a few branches of blackberry leaves for the animals to eat. One student explains that the insect she invented has stingers all over its body, and that it eats dead animals. “It cleans up the world,” she said. “The antennae are for seeing.” “Mine lives in Alaska,” another says. “Mine’s almost extinct,” says another. “Mine lives everywhere,” says a third. SEEING PHYSICS Jurczynski started the school year with “lots of physical science, light and optics and sound,” he said. “Those are my strengths.” One of his workshops, “Physics for Artists,” is about the relationship between colors of light and colors of pigment. Onto a short wooden stand he fitted sockets for
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physics of sound. “The changing patterns allow us to see as well as hear the difference between harmony, unison or dissonance,” he said. “This really helps dial it in.” The kids are watching as the spinning red light-pattern changes with the sound coming from the speaker. “There’s the Chinese finger-trap!” one says. “There’s the bracelet!” The sound changes, the pattern expands. “The superbracelet crown!” another says. “Lord of the Rings!” one says. Jurczynski recalls one student making a joke when he played a high note – “That hertz,” she said, which was funny because high notes have higher frequency – more hertz. The joke was repeated often as the red patterns spun on the wall. “It never gets old,” Jurczynski said. He recently polled his students about what they’d like to learn and found they’re interested in space, the ocean, flight, electricity and natural disasters. Integrating art with lessons in science, math and other subjects is really fun. Leave it to Jefferson County to be home to so much awesomeness. For more information, see artsthaddeus.blogspot.com.
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three different-colored lightbulbs, to show what happens when colored light is mixed. Red and green make yellow, which surprises people, he said. He shows a “Light Lab” worksheet students did when he taught the difference between translucent, transparent, opaque and reflective materials. Students made predictions about materials such as a plastic spoon, a sheet of white paper, aluminum foil. He turned the lights down and students shone LED lights through the objects and recorded the results. It’s like being in a science museum, with all kinds of fun hands-on displays. Another contraption, the Sonic Spirograph, involves a small pen-sized laser pointer that’s rubber-banded to a stand. It’s aimed at a tiny mirror glued onto the drum of a car audio speaker that’s hooked to an electronic keyboard. The laser is reflected from the mirror onto the wall. Jurczynski plays notes on the keyboard, and the red laser-beam dot becomes a wavy, revolving circle – then a “bracelet” of circles, spinning and shape-shifting as the notes change. The shapes show the vibrations of the speaker, making visible the
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Marine science brings Chinese students to PT JCS hosts international symposium By Leader Staff Jefferson Community School is located a block from Port Townsend Bay, and that body of water is where some students spend part of their class day. Not just in the water, but under the water. A private school for children in grades 7-12, Jefferson Community School (JCS) is developing and expanding its program offerings, and now includes the international and scientific community. Last month, JCS welcomed 14 middle school and high school students and faculty from mainland China and Taiwan as part of the school’s first science symposium focusing on marine sciences. Students collaborated on a place-based, multidisciplinary curriculum focusing on a study of the local eelgrass beds along the Port Townsend waterfront, said Rita Hemsley, JCS head of school. Students surveyed water quality in the beds, and control sites outside the beds, to assess the impact of eelgrass on the levels of zooplankton and phytoplankton, and other oceanic parameters including levels of nutrients such as phosphates, nitrates, acidity, salinity and temperature. In the Pope Marine Building at City Dock, students worked side by side with marine biologists and environmental scientists to develop and test their hypotheses, setting up a full lab of required equipment, including a colorimeter; a YSI meter to measure dissolved oxygen, pH and turbidity; video microscopes; along with other devices to measure and record atmospheric parameters. JCS has a student scuba team, which developed and implemented a transect design that maps and counts the eelgrass on the ocean floor. The students are supported by dive masters Nam Siu, also a marine biologist, and Don Peterson of Octopus Gardens Diving of Port Townsend. Currently 13 JCS students are certified as openwater scuba divers, having been certified on a 2015 expedition to Belize and this year’s expedition to Phu
International student Liang Hongwen and Jefferson Community School student Logan Kaser share common ground at an international science symposium hosted in Port Townsend. Courtesy photo Jeremiah Thetford, an 11th-grader, is one of 13 Jefferson Community School students certified as open-water scuba divers. The student divers were certified on a 2015 expedition to Belize and on this year’s expedition to Phu Quoc Island, Vietnam. Courtesy photo
Quoc Island, Vietnam. Students on the JCS boat crew used Salish Sea rescue boats to gather water samples to collect plankton and zooplankton and to measure phosphates, nitrates, acidity and salinity. Austin Henry of Atlas Technologies of Port Townsend and an adviser of the local robotics team of high-school-age students, led the construction of a submersible remotely operated vehicle to aid the divers in their eelgrass counts. “JCS seeks to study the very essence of what connects the continents, the oceans. Including our neighbors from opposite shores to study the ocean that we share seems appropriate,” said Craig Frick, assistant head of school, in a JCS press release. Students spent about a week using scientific equipment and methods to gather their data. As the data came in, the math and statistics team compiled the information and analyzed the results in preparation to support a written study. JCS students, together with the guests from China and Taiwan, will submit their findings to a scientific jour-
nal under the guidance of Jessie Page, JCS English teacher, and the editorship of Roy Kropp of Battelle and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. In addition to coproducing significant scientific work, JCS and international students explored the local parks, experienced an outdoor bonfire and chili feed one evening and enjoyed a community open-mic night at the school. They toured three college campuses in the Seattle-Tacoma area, visited the Seattle Aquarium and the Pacific Science Center, and made lifelong friends from half a world away, Hemsley noted. SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS The newly formed partnership between Yingcai School in Xiamen, China, is the result of several visits to China by both Frick and Hemsley. “This is the beginning of a rich and meaningful collaboration with Yingcai,” Hemsley said. “Our partnership with them will open up a vast horizon of activities and future visits both here and there. Science is an international language, and learning about how to
study the world in which we all live in together is meaningful to us all, in any language.” The intensive marine symposium was supported by community partners Marine Surveys & Assessments, Atlas Technologies, Salish Sea Rescue, Salish Sea Research, Northwest Watershed Institute, Octopus Gardens Diving, and Roy Kropp, Ph.D., who spent his career with Battelle and Pacific Laboratories Northwest. MARINE-BASED PROGRAM Building on the success of the winter science symposium, JCS expanded curriculum to include a weekly three-hour experiential science program supported by JCS teachers and involves active mentorship from scientists in Sequim and Port Townsend. For the remainder of the 2016 school year, JCS students are participating in the Wednesday Science Seminar and Field Study Series. This experience is an intensive, interdisciplinary course that examines the unique coastal watersheds and nearshore environment around Port Townsend and the Olympic Peninsula. The series introduces students to complex ecological systems and the connection between terrestrial, coastal and marine systems through hands-
on training in field techniques and seminars with accomplished scientists, Hemsley noted. The course offers the chance for students to understand the interrelatedness between biology, geology, chemistry, natural history, social/ political issues relating to conservation, and habitat restoration. This maritime program continues at JCS for the 2016-17 academic year. For next year’s science symposium, JCS is anticipating as many as 25 international participants, allowing for a more intensive and cooperative shoreline restoration and habitats study, cataloging near-shore habitat species densities and other related areas of data collection and analysis. JCS is also actively developing its underwater scuba program and extending its science program internationally. In May 2017, JCS’s international expedition to Cuba is to allow students to work with a Cuban school that is also studying marine sciences, together exploring the reef systems surrounding Cuba.
derstanding of place and opportunity within community and environment, Hemsley said. Courses such as history, English, languages, public policy and math all follow this challenging pedagogy, rooted in exploratory, experiential and expeditionary education, Hemsley said. The small class sizes are conducive to the implementation of Exeter’s Harkness discussion format and project-based learning. Art, music, computer code, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, boating, equestrian and scuba are all part of the elective offerings. In the 2015-16 school year, JCS has 42 students, 32 of them being full time. Along with grades 7-12, the JCS Marston Arts program of free community art classes serves people ages 13 and older. JCS is welcoming new students for the 2016-17 school year. (There is now daily bus service from Sequim.) The next JCS open house is set for 6:30 p.m., Thursday, March 10. For more information, email Owen Rowe at Orowe@JeffersonCommunitySchool.com.
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