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Seamus Waibel practices his boating maneuvers in the Port Townsend Boat Haven for Salish Rescue. Photo courtesy Seamus Waibel
PT high schooler rescues boaters
Seamus Waibel volunteers for 3rd year while attending school online KIRK BOXLEITNER KBOXLEITNER@PTLEADER.COM At the age of 16, Port Townsend 10th-grader Seamus Waibel is already entering his third year as a volunteer rescue boater. Waibel was hooked as soon as he attended a CPR class taught by Erik Wennstrom, education director for Salish Rescue. “Seamus has demonstrated a lot of initiative in a very difficult program,” Wennstrom said. “He’s demonstrated levels of commitment and independence that have qualified him to go out in harsh conditions to help save lives.” Wennstrom moved to Port Townsend in 1985 and volunteered with East Jefferson Fire
Rescue for more than 20 years. He was instrumental in the creation of East Jefferson County’s fireboat and marine rescue programs, and led a search and rescue Explorer post for the Boy Scouts of America. Salish Rescue has offered hands-on, on-the-water search and rescue skills training for both youths and adults since 2004. It routinely provides safety coverage for community events, and supports nearshore search and rescue operations. “You have to train enough to have a high level of skill, because if you mess up, you could kill someone,” said Waibel, who has trained as often as two hours a day, from four to five days a week, while keeping up with his
schoolwork through Washington Virtual Academies (WAVA), a full-time online public school for students across the state. LOVE OF THE SEA While Waibel’s first year with WAVA has also seen him take part in several of its extracurricular activities, including student government, the DIY Club and the Leadership Club, the school’s flexible schedule allows him to complete his classes in the morning and practice rescue boating later in the day. Waibel credits his upbringing in Port Townsend, where he’s lived since the second grade, with fostering his love for the sea, while his mother, Melissa Love, asked, “What teenage boy doesn’t want to go out on the water and play in powerful boats, speeding through the wind and the waves?” Waibel has had to develop a certain measure of responsibility
to be granted that power. “You have to be able to do precise maneuvering in small areas,” Waibel said. “That means being aware of the wind, the weather and the current,” Love added. “Well, yeah, that goes without saying,” Waibel replied, rolling his eyes. Waibel has also picked up medical skills, including how to warm patients to counteract hypothermia from a dip in cold waters, as well as how to coordinate his efforts with those of emergency responders, including the U.S. Coast Guard and East Jefferson Fire Rescue. “You need to figure out where to drop off the folks you’ve rescued, so the ambulances can meet you,” Waibel said. “For search and rescue operations, you need to take into account when and where someone was last seen, and then use the current direction and
water speed to figure out where they might be now.” “And regardless of what you’re doing, you have to know what the waters are like in certain areas, and how to get to various locations quickly,” Love said. “Speed is of the essence.” Learning these rules has not only afforded Waibel more hours of play with the boats, but has also benefited the handful of rescues in which he’s been personally involved. Notably, Wennstrom praised Waibel’s role as part of a rescue crew for a sailboat that was in distress during last year’s Race to Alaska. “Seamus helped bring the boat to shore and recovered broken pieces of the boat that were drifting in the ocean,” Wennstrom said. “It’s great when you get to see these kids grow up in front of you. They start out not being sure of themselves, and become confident mariners.”
Search and Rescue offers free boot camp for volunteers Jefferson Search and Rescue (JSAR) holds its second annual boot camp between March 8 and May 10. The free training encompasses all first-year Washington state emergency worker requirements. Anyone interested in being a volunteer search and rescue worker should take advantage of this, said JSAR training chair Matt Stewart. “This is our annual chance to cover basic and intermediate navigation,
radio communications, foundational search skills, an awareness-level introduction to technical rope rescue and individual survival skills,” Stewart said. No prior experience is necessary. A wish to help others in your community is important. Much of JSAR’s team shares a love of the outdoors and general physical fitness, but there is a variety of ways to make a contribution, he said. JSAR teams assist local law enforcement and federal
land-management agencies by responding to missing hikers, providing technical rescue knowledge, supporting Project Life Saver and many other tasks as necessary. “The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office [JCSO] relies almost exclusively on JSAR teams to perform lifesaving rescue missions within this county and to assist neighboring counties as needed,” said Art Frank, JCSO chief criminal deputy. “There is no doubt that without these dedicated volunteers who
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refurbished equipment was donated by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, which attempts to return pots to identified owners and donates them CRAP POT SALE only if that proves impossible. JSAR also hosts a sale of JSAR uses the sales to crab pots and related gear fund its equipment and trainfrom 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sunday, ing. Call 360-797-5011 with March 19 at 2355 W. Sims questions about the sale. Way in Port Townsend. Both commercial and ABOUT JSAR Jefferson Search and recreational crab pots are available for purchase, along Rescue is a Washington state with bait boxes, weighted rope nonprofit corporation. and floats. The reclaimed and Volunteer members donate thousands of hours, lives would be lost.” For more information, contact Stewart at 360-797-5011 or mstewart@jsar-wa.com.
conduct search and rescue operations as well as public education services for the people of Jefferson County and the Olympic Peninsula. JSAR missions are directed by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office, which has legal responsibility under the law for all search and rescue activities in the county. JSAR meets at 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month at East Jefferson Fire Rescue Station 1-1 in Chimacum.
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Swimming into shape
Mountain View Pool has added new weekend deepwater fitness classes, from 10 to 11 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday mornings. On Sunday, March 12 a free public swim is offered. Adults have exclusive use of the pool from 1 to 2 p.m. for laps, water walking and exercise; all ages are welcome from 2:15 to 5 p.m. for open recreational swimming. The free “Second Sunday Swims” are brought to the community in collabration with the JeffCo Aquatic Coalition, YMCA, City of Port Townsend and The Leader. The pool is located at 1925 Blaine St., Port Townsend. Call 385-7665 for more information or a schedule. Courtesy photo
Arts & Crafts CALL FOR ARTISTS & CRAFTERS • Enter to show your arts & crafts at the PT Arts Guild sponsored fairs this year: Rhododendron Arts & Crafts on May 13 & 14; Uptown Fair on Aug. 19; Crafts by the Dock on Sept. 9 & 10; and the Holiday Fair on Nov. 24 & 25. Applications for the fairs at www.porttownsendartsguild. org
Camps FIREFLY ACADEMY SUMMER CAMPS • Plan to join us for fabulous summer camps, including French Camp. July and August. Ages 2.5 and up. 360-379-1129 or 360-4716778; www.fireflyacademy.com
and First-Second grade give children time to become actively involved in outdoor and indoor learning and service projects that support discovery and learning. Call to arrange a visit, 360-379-1334. KRIS LOGUE’S CASTLE HILL PRESCHOOL • Ages 3-5, at 410 Quincy in PT, enters its 37th year of teaching. Classes: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, $272. Wednesday through Friday, $204 per month. Well-rounded program of fun, creativity, reading, art, social interaction & outdoor play. Highlights are the Christmas & Graduation programs, Farm Trip & Kiddies Parade. Waiting list for 2017. 360-385-3708.
Early Education FIREFLY ACADEMY PRESCHOOL • Firefly Academy Preschool is in its 15th year of serving children in Jefferson County. Montessori inspired, heart focused, community based, multiage program. Firefly incorporates academics into an intentional, supportive, creative and inspiring environment. Phenomenal staff, robust programs, flexible drop-in scheduling are all part of the Firefly model. Our Port Townsend location makes dropoff a breeze. Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Look for Saturday evening school opportunities, 5-9 p.m. Children can participate up to 4 hours. Reserve set days or utilize our flexible drop-in options. Community exploration and connection, cooperative activities and opportunities combined with the freedom to follow one’s inspiration make Firefly a unique environment in which children ages 2-1/2 through 6 develop and thrive from the inside out. 360-3791129 or 360-471-6778; www.fireflyacademy.com
NOW ENROLLING PRESCHOOL • Swan School Discoverers’ Preschool Program. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., geared toward ages 3 & 4. Swan School operates on a balanced calendar schedule. The program provides rich, child-centered classroom experiences that engage students in the exciting process of learning. The classroom community invites handson exploration of art, music, reading, writing, Spanish, mathematical concepts and problem-solving skills, science and the natural world, drama and movement. Preschool children may enroll for 3-, 4-, or 5-days per week. To learn more about Swan School call 360-385-7340 to arrange a visit. www.swanschool.net PRESCHOOL & K-2nd GRADE • 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. Four-day classes for Kindergarten
Fitness & Health
DISCOVERY PHYSICAL THERAPY • In Port Hadlock offers Restorative Exercise Classes for Seniors & Adults focused on improving bone density, balance, posture & overall strength. Classes offered Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 8:30, 9:40 & 10:50. Call 360-3859310 for more information. SWIM FREE • Second Sunday of every month at the Mountain View Pool. Adults Only for laps, water walking and exercise, 1-2 p.m. Family Recreation Swim for all ages, 2:15-5 p.m. An adult must accompany children under 8 yrs. old in the water. Questions, call 360-385-POOL (360385-7665). Location: 1925 Blaine St., Port Townsend.
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KITCHENS BAY-TO-BAY APR. 22 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Kala Point / Discovery Bay. The American Association of University Women and the University Women’s Federation is sponsoring its 20th Annual Kitchen Tour. A self-guided tour of nine kitchens, selected for their unique design and outstanding craftsmanship. The tour begins at the Kala Point Clubhouse, 310 Sailview Dr., where you may enjoy refreshments, buy raffle tickets for baskets and attend a free seminar on the latest kitchen trends.
Tickets $20 in advance; $25 day of event and are sold in Port Townsend at the Kitchen & Bath Studio, Green Eyeshade, Quimper Mercantile, and What’s Cookin’; in Sequim at Over the Fence; in Port Ludlow at Dana Pointe Interiors. Proceeds fund scholarships and educational programs for students in East Jefferson County. On the web at http://pt-wa. aauw.net/kitchen-tour
VOLUNTEER ON THE LAND • with Jefferson Land Trust. Tuesday, March 14 & March 28, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at preserves in Chimacum and on the Duckabush River. Tools & gloves are provided. For directions & more information, visit saveland.org or contact info@saveland.org
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PSYCHIC HAPPY HOUR READINGS & HEALING CRYSTALS • Get a Psychic Reading at Happy Hour Prices every First Friday by appointment. Healing Crystals Sale every Second Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jenny Jo will be on hand to help you find your most powerful Healing Crystals. Ask for a FREE Energy Alignment for your new Crystals! 616 Polk St., Port Townsend. 360-6431712. www.JennyClairvoyant.com
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Jefferson Co. Library BABYTIME • This 30-minute lapsit program is for infants from birth to 12 months. Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. Babytime features action rhymes, baby sign language, songs and movement designed to stimulate brain development through music, language and books. BOFFER SWORDPLAY & EXERCISE • Fridays, March 17, April 21 & May 19 from 3-4:30 p.m. This afterschool activity attracts kids and teens ages 6 and up. 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 roll-playing games and mock combat. Chaz Hillyard will coach participants and boffers are provided by the library if you don’t bring your own. BOOK DISCUSSION @ YOUR LIBRARY • Thursday, May 11, 6:157:45 p.m. All are welcome to sign up for monthly book discussions at the library. This month’s book is The Triumph of Seeds: How Grains, Nuts, Kernels, Pulses, and Pips Conquered the Plant Kingdom and Shaped Human History by Thor Hanson. Registration 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. Register at the Information Desk or call 360385-6544. BOOK DISCUSSION @ YOUR LIBRARY • Thursday, April 13, 6:157:45 p.m. All are welcome to sign up for monthly book discussions at the library. This month’s book is “We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves,” by Karen Joy Fowler. Registration 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. Register at the Information Desk or call 360-385-6544.
BOOKS ON TAP TRIVIA CONTEST • at Finnriver Farm & Cidery, Pavilion on Friday, March 10 and May 12, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Test out your knowledge about books, film, and pop culture during an evening trivia contest while you have some fun, food and cider. Bring friends to form a team or fly solo and we’ll find a team for you. Questions will be drawn from the films and books. This event will be hosted in the new pavilion, located at 124 Center Road, Chimacum, Wash. GREAT DECISIONS 2017 • “U.S. Foreign Policy and Petroleum.” Thursday, April 6, 6 p.m. Great Decisions, produced by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA), is America’s largest civic discussion program on world affairs. This week, we’ll explore the effect of U.S. petroleum security on foreign policy. For 45 years, the country has alternated between periods of energy security and insecurity, sometimes able to wield petroleum as a useful instrument of foreign policy, sometimes not. Despite the so-called “energy revolution,” the U.S. today is by no means disentangled from foreign dependence and global trends. In order to be successful, policymakers must recognize both petroleum security circumstances and patterns in the relationship between petroleum and foreign policy. Facilitator Joyce Francis, Ph.D., taught International Relations at George Mason, Tulane, and American Universities prior to moving to the Olympic Peninsula. Co-sponsored by Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s Adult Learning Program. GREAT DECISIONS 2017 • “Conflict in the South China Sea.” Thursday, March 23, 6 p.m. Great Decisions, produced by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA), is America’s largest civic discussion program on world affairs. This week’s topic focuses on how the South China Sea is a locus of competing territorial claims, and China its most vocal claimant. Beijing’s interest has intensified disputes with other countries in the region in recent years, especially since China has increased its naval presence. Despite rising international
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GREAT DECISIONS 2017 • “Latin America’s Political Pendulum.” Thursday, April 13, 6 p.m. Great Decisions, produced by the Foreign Policy Association (FPA), is America’s largest civic discussion program on world affairs. This week’s discussion will focus on the shifting of Latin American politics. Yet as the “pink tide” recedes, the forces of change have more to do with socioeconomics than ideology. Dramatic economic and political crises have coincided in countries like Brazil and Venezuela. Still, the final result for Latin America may be the emergence of centrist, pragmatic modes of governance, and with them, opportunities for the U.S. to improve relations. The new administration must look beyond the neoliberal model of the 1990s, and develop an approach to relations fit for the 21st century. Facilitator Joyce Francis, Ph.D., taught International Relations at George Mason, Tulane, and American Universities prior to moving to the Olympic Peninsula. Co-sponsored by Quimper Unitarian Universalist Fellowship’s Adult Learning Program. INQUIRING MIND LECTURE 2017 • “The Pine and the Cherry: Japanese Americans in Washington,” with Mayumi Tsutakawa Wednesday, April 19, 6:30 p.m. The 75th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 is in 2017, and Mayumi Tsutakawa, whose father was renowned sculptor George Tsutakawa, will reveal her family’s 100-year history against the backdrop of this dramatic American story. Tsutakawa, an independent writer and curator who has focused on Asian/Pacific American history, will describe the impact of Executive Order 9066, whereby those born in Japan, as well as their Americancitizen offspring, were sent, without due process, to concentration camps in windswept deserts. Throughout the West Coast, 120,000 Japanese Americans were forced from their homes. Most Seattle Japanese spent the war years at Camp Minidoka in Idaho, and when they returned, most had lost everything and could not find jobs. Co-sponsored by Humanities Washington Speakers Bureau. KIDS’ THURSDAY CREATION STATIONS • Thursdays, 3:30 p.m. Kids ages 6 to 11 are invited to drop by every Thursday afternoon for unstructured, creative time at our Creation Stations. All materials will be provided and activities will vary and include choices such as: computer coding using library laptops; exploring tiny Ozobot robots; dramatic arts; paper arts; bookmaking; puppet making; and building using a variety of materials. Over time, the offerings will change to reflect the interests of the participants. No sign-ups are required, so stop by and join the fun! MOTHERSONG • First Monday of each month, 10:15 a.m. Bring in your young children for a multicultural sing-along for families with babies, toddlers and preschoolers. RAISING CHICKENS • with Master Gardener Judi Stewart .Thursday, May 4, 6:00 p.m. A backyard chicken revolution is sweeping the country and Master Gardner, Judi Stewart will share methods and benefits of raising your own poultry in this evening presentation. Master Gardener Judi Stewart has been raising poultry in Jefferson County for two decades. This program will be held in the Bookmobile Garage at the Jefferson County Library. SEATTLE OPERA PREVIEW • “Magic Flute.” Wed., April 12, 6:30 p.m. This fresh style of opera preview offers more than just a lecture - it provides an experience featuring professional singers and an accompanist in an hour-long presentation that takes the audience on a journey through the story and music of the upcoming main stage opera. This spoken and sung presentation introduces us to the story of the Magic Flute. Distressed queen sends prince (and feathered friend) off to rescue kidnapped princess. But instead, they undertake initiation into the kidnappers’ brotherhood of light and truth. STORYTIME: PRESCHOOL • Wednesdays, 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. STORYTIME: TODDLER • Mondays, 10:15 a.m. For children ages 12-30 months, Toddler Storytime promotes early learning through movement, music, puppets, fingerplays, flannel stories and the reading of short books written with toddlers in mind.
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TECH TUESDAY • “Diet & Fitness Online Resources.” Tuesday, March 21, 3-4 p.m. In this technology class, our staff will teach you how to find new apps and websites for fitness, diet and all around well-being. TECH TUESDAY • “Geneaology at the Library.” Tuesday, March 21, 3-4 p.m. Learn how to get started with your genealogical research by exploring the many features of Ancestry.com and Heritage Quest, two research databases available for free with your library card. TECH TUESDAY • “LinkedIn.” Tuesday, May 16, 3-4 p.m. LinkedIn is a social media network that allows professionals to search for jobs, join groups, research companies, and network with other people in their field. Learn how to create a LinkedIn account and use it effectively. TECH TUESDAY • “Nintendo Wii.” Tuesday, April 18, 3-4 p.m. Take a break from all your hard work with an hour of video game fun! Try out the library’s Wii gaming consoles with some bowling and boxing, or take a few turns around the Mario Cart race track. TECH TUESDAY • “Rosetta Stone and Culture Grams.” Tuesday, April 4, 3-4 p.m. Discover two useful databases available for free with your library card. Learn how to access the award-winning language program Rosetta Stone from your PC or mobile device. Then explore Culture Grams, a database that provides country profiles, photos, biographical articles and even recipes, from around world.
CHILDREN’S CHOIR PUBLIC PERFORMANCE • Saturday, May 13, 2-3 p.m. at the First Baptist Church on Lawrence St. The PT Public Library Children’s Choir is back! Directed by Phina Pipia, this is a free music program for ages 7-12. Participants will meet for weekly rehearsals on Mondays from 4-4:50. The program will culminate with a public performance on Saturday, May 13. COMMUNITY READ & DISCUSSION • “Before the Wind” on Thursday, March 16, 7-8 p.m. at Alchemy Bistro & Wine Bar. Discuss the book with a maritime expert and a librarian. COMMUNITY READ & DISCUSSION • “Before the Wind” on Thursday, March 9, 7-8 p.m. at the Charles Pink House (next door to Library). Discuss the book with a maritime expert and a librarian. COMMUNITY READ & DISCUSSION • “Before the Wind” on Tuesday, March 21, 3-4 p.m. at the Boiler Room. Discuss the book with a facilitator. COMMUNITY READ & DISCUSSION • “R2AK Thoughts from a Race Boss” on Thursday, March 23, 7-8 p.m. at the Library Carnegie Reading Room. Daniel Evans, the Race Boss for the Race to Alaska will be presenting on the R2AK. COMMUNITY READ FAMILY STORYTIME • “Sailing Stories & Maritime Crafts,” on Saturday, March 25, 10:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Library Children’s Room. Join the children librarian for sailing stories and crafts.
TECH TUESDAY • “Travel Apps.” Tuesday, April 25, 3-4 p.m. In this technology class we’ll explore a variety of apps designed to help make traveling easier, including Waze, GasBuddy, and more. Bring your device or borrow one from the library.
COMMUNITY READ PERFORMANCE • “Sea Shanties” on Tuesday, March 14, 7-8 p.m. at the Library Carnegie Reading Room. A maritime musical performance of songs that once echoed across our Victorian waterfront during the golden age of sail.
TECH TUESDAY • Drop In Assistance at Quilcene Community Center. Tuesdays, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Tech Tuesday Drop-in and work with library staff to receive individual assistance with your computer or handheld device. Bring your own device or ask to borrow one of ours.
FIBER ARTS NIGHT • First and Third Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Charles Pink House (next door to the Library). 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.
TECH TUESDAYS CLASS • “How to Download Library eBooks.” At Quilcene Community Center on Tuesday, March 14, 2:30 p.m. Tech Tuesdays is now offered the second Tuesday of every month in Quilcene. In this class you will discover various titles of eBooks and eAudio books available through your library and learn how to prepare your computer or device to enable downloading the titles you wish to read or listen to, and how to check-out and return the books you borrow. 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. TRIBAL CANOE JOURNEY • with Jamestown S’Klallam Elder Marlin Holden. Wed., April 5, 6:30 p.m. Holden will share images and stories from Tribal Canoe Journeys. This program is in conjunction with a month-long photography exhibit at the library: “Canoe Journeys on the Salish Sea,” with narrative by the Jamestown S’Klallam.
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JOIN US FOR THESE SPRING EVENTS • APRIL - True Colors: Celebrating Cultural Diversity with Quanita Louise & Judith-Kate Friedman. 4/22: Song & Poetry - an Interactive Concert at 7 p.m. 4/23: Being Curious Together About Race - Community Reflection at 3 p.m. MAY - Songs at the Center of Care. Activities in care settings and a cafe event about Memory Arts. JUNE 6/21: Make Music Day - PT. Save the date! Volunteers welcome. 360385-1160 www.songwritingworks.org
Port Townsend Library BOOK LOVERS’ CAFE • First Mondays, 2-3 p.m. at Charles Pink House (next door to Library). Join us for discussion of fiction and nonfiction books. To find out what we are reading each month, call the library or go to the library calendar.
GIRLS CREATE! • Junior Camp. Saturday, April 29, 10-12 p.m. Girls age 9-12 build, sew, craft and create amazing take-home projects and items to donate to local charities like Jefferson County Humane Society. Girls Create! is free but space is limited, so please call the Port Townsend Public Library to confirm the time, and sign up at 360-385-3181. NOTE: This event is held at the Sequim Public Library. GIRLS CREATE! • Senior Camp. Saturday, April 4, 10-12 p.m.. Girls age 13-seniors in high school build, sew, craft and create amazing takehome projects and items to donate to local charities like Jefferson County Humane Society. Girls Create! is free but space is limited, so please call the Port Townsend Public Library to confirm the time, and sign up at (360) 385-3181. NOTE: This event is held at Hummingbird Hall at Jamestown. GIRLS CREATE! • Senior Camp. Thursday, March 30, 3-5 p.m.. Girls age 13-seniors in high school build, sew, craft and create amazing takehome projects and items to donate to local charities like Jefferson County Humane Society. Girls Create! is free but space is limited, so please call the Port Townsend Public Library to confirm the time, and sign up at (360) 385-3181. NOTE: This event is held at the Tri-Area Community Center in Chimacum. GIRLS CREATE! • Senior Camp. Saturday, April 29, 1-3 p.m. Girls age 13-seniors build, sew, craft and create amazing take-home projects and items to donate to local charities like Jefferson County Humane Society. Girls Create! is free but space is limited, so please call the Port Townsend Public Library to confirm the time, and sign up at 360-385-3181. NOTE: This event is held at the Sequim Public Library. MEET AUTHOR JIM LYNCH • Monday, March 27, 7-8:30 p.m. in the PT High School Auditorium. Join Jim Lynch for a talk and reading of “Before the Wind” and other works. A book signing will follow with books for sale at the event by Imprint Books. MEET AUTHOR LEIF WHITTAKER• “My Old Man and the Mountain,” Friday, April 7, 7-8 p.m. in the Library Carnegie Reading Room. Join Leif Whittaker for an author talk about his memoir which is his engaging and humorous story of what it was like to “grow up Whittaker,” the young-
est son of Jim Whittaker and Dianne Roberts, in an extended family of accomplished climbers. He shares glimpses of his upbringing and how the pressure to climb started early on. With wry honesty he depicts being a recent college grad, still living in his parents’ home and trying to find a purpose in life digging ditches, building houses, selling t-shirts to tourists until a chance encounter leads to the opportunity to climb Everest, just like his father did. POETRY/MUSIC PERFORMANCE • Thursday, April 20, 7-8 p.m. at the Library Carnegie Reading Room. For National poetry Month join jazz duo PoetryMusic for a multimedia musical experience. The duo’s performances, featuring Chris Lee on vibes and percussion, and Colleen O’Brien on vocals and cello, combine jazz with poetry – from Shakespeare to Robert Frost and Maya Angelou – and visual images. For more than 30 years, the two musicians have been performing as the eclectic chamber jazz duo.
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READING GROUP • “Changeling.” Second & fourth Tuesdays, 5-7 p.m. at the Charles Pink House next door to Library. Read and discuss the plays of William Shakespeare. Readers will alternate roles scene by scene. The group will decide together about which plays to read, and everyone is welcome to join. SONIC SEA FILM & DISCUSSION • For Earth Day on Saturday, April 22, 7-8:30 p.m. at the Library Carnegie Reading Room. On Earth Saturday discover how human-induced underwater noise from everyday vessel traffic, Navy sonar and seismic testing harms marine life. Life in the ocean depends upon acoustics for survival. Learn what we can do to reduce noise pollution that has existed for only sixty years. Join us for this eye-opening, award winning film. Q&A to follow the film. Facilitors include: Barb Laski, Ocean Noise Reduction Coalition, Olympic Peninsula Founder of Harmony’s Way and Eye to I with Whales Course. STEAMPUNK CRAFTS • Thursday, April 20 & May 18, 3:30-5 p.m. at the PT Library. Make items to get in the spirit of the Port Townsend Steampunk Festival! Steampunk Festival volunteers will be at the library to help you craft and provide all the materials you need. This free event for all ages is sure to prepare you to have fun at the festival! STORYTIME: BABY TIME • First Fridays at the Jefferson County Health Department, 10 a.m. Babies up to 18 months and their caregivers enjoy songs, nursery rhymes, fingerplays, bubbles, and other gentle activities for the very young. STORYTIME: BABY TIME • Wednesdays from 10:15-10:45 a.m. Newborns up to 16 months and their caregivers enjoy rhymes, fingerplays, songs, felt boards, and bubbles together as they take their first steps toward language learning. Come join us for this delightful program! For more info, call the library at 360-3853181. Port Townsend Public Library Children’s Room, 1220 Lawrence St. STORYTIME: Family Saturdays • Saturdays, 10:15-10:45 a.m. Join us Saturdays for this family storytime program for all ages. For more info, call the library at 360-385-3181. Come join us! Port Townsend Public Library Children’s Room, 1220 Lawrence St. STORYTIME: PRESCHOOL • Tuesdays from 10:15-10:45 a.m. Preschool storytime brings early literacy to kids and their caregivers with songs, rhymes, and activities. The emphasis for this age group is on kindergarten readiness and fostering a love of reading. For more info, call the library at 360-385-3181. Come join us! Port Townsend Public Library Children’s Room, 1220 Lawrence St. STORYTIME: TODDLER TIME • Thursdays from 10:15-11:45 a.m. Ages 16-36 month olds and their caregivers enjoy songs, short stories, fingerplays, felt boards, and hands-on activities while they explore language and build their early literacy skills. For more info, call the library at 360-3853181. Port Townsend Public Library Children’s Room, 1220 Lawrence St.
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