Emblem Club

Christmas Bazaar

The Forks Emblem Club will host its annual Christmas Bazaar on Saturday, Nov, 4, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Forks Elks Lodge, 941 Merchant Rd. Come check out local crafts and homemade goodies and have lunch while you shop. For more information call 360-374-4292.

Veterans Photos

Wanted

The Nov. 9 edition of the Forks Forum will once again pay tribute to local veterans in honor of Veterans Day Nov. 11. Forks Forum readers can send their photos to cbaron@forksforum.com or drop them by the Forks Forum office, at 490 S. Forks Ave. Please include the name of the veteran and brief information on their service.

Shred Event Nov. 4

The Forks Forum will host a Shred Event to benefit the Forks Food Bank on Saturday, Nov. 4 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m in the parking lot at 490 S. Forks Ave. Bring your items to shred and make a donation of cash or non-perishable foods to the Food Bank. Shredding costs are donated by First Federal Savings.

Drug Take Back Event

Chinook Pharmacy is participating in the National Drug Take-Back Day, Oct. 28, with an event from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the pharmacy, 11 S. Forks Ave.

TAX-AIDE volunteers needed!

Are you good with numbers and good with people? Then become an IRS-certified TAX-AIDE volunteer! Volunteers of all ages and backgrounds are welcome. If you are bilingual, you are especially needed in Forks.

TAX-AIDE provides free tax return preparation and electronic filing for low- and middle-income and senior members of our community. The TAX-AIDE program is sponsored by the IRS and the AARP Foundation. You don’t need to be an AARP member or retiree to volunteer or to receive tax preparation services from TAX-AIDE.

New volunteers must sign up by December in order to become IRS-certified before the upcoming tax season. Volunteers do an extensive amount of study, using training materials and software provided by the IRS. All volunteers must pass the IRS Tests each year before assisting taxpayers during the tax season.

Contact www.aarp.org/taxaide to complete an online application. Once your application is processed, your local coordinator, Hearst Coen, will be in touch with you. If you have questions, you may contact Hearst at 360-452-6541, or hj_coen@msn.com.

Join our dedicated crew of TAX-AIDE volunteers … you’ll work your brain and warm your heart!

WEYL Sign-ups

West End Youth League girls basketball grades 3-6 sign-ups will be Thursday, Oct. 26 from 6:30-8 p.m. at Pacific Pizza. The cost is $35 per player. The season runs the first full week of November until Christmas break. Call Rebekah at 360-780-0308 or Willy at 360-640-5340 for any questions. WEYL is also looking for coaches and referees.

Caldecott Medalist Javaka Steptoe Offers All-Ages Art Workshop

2017 Caldecott Medalist and nationally renowned artist Javaka Steptoe will offer an all-ages hands-on art workshop at the Port Angeles Main Library, Thursday, Nov. 9,2 at 6:30 p.m. During the workshop, participants will use a wide variety of materials to make artwork based off themes found in Steptoe’s work. Steptoe will also be available to autograph books at the end of the session. Copies of Steptoe’s books will be available for purchase at the workshop through Odyssey Bookshop. Space is limited and pre-registration is required; register online at www.nols.org, or call 360-417-8500 x7705 and speak to library staff. Adults and children of all ages are welcome to attend, but children younger than 12 must be accompanied by an adult.

West Jefferson

County Emergency

Preparedness

The next meeting of the West Jefferson County Emergency Preparedness Work Group will be held on Saturday, Oct. 28, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Clearwater School. This will be the fourth meeting where the group is developing an emergency response structure to natural disasters. For more information, call Conomos at 360-374-2270.

Beneficial Insects

WSU Clallam County Master Gardener Audreen Williams will explain why gardeners should recognize several common insects as more helpful than harmful and employ them to do their free work in their vegetable gardens on Thursday, Oct. 26, at noon in the county commissioners meeting room at the Clallam County Courthouse in Port Angeles.

This presentation is part of the “Green Thumb Garden Tips” education series sponsored by the WSU Clallam County Master Gardeners.

She will identify the adult and larvae stages of a number of beetles, lacewings, predatory and parasitic wasps and others. She will discuss at what stage or stages they are likely to be most beneficial. Williams will also explain how to protect and attract these pollinators and beneficial predators to the home garden.

A Master Gardener since 2012, Williams earned the 2014 Master Gardener of the Year Award. She manages the Port Angeles fifth Street Garden Master Gardener Plots and volunteers at Master Gardeners Woodcock Demonstration Garden, Saturday Walk in the Garden, and 4-H Program.

The Master Gardener Green Thumb Garden Tips education series continues on the second and fourth Thursday of each month. Presentations occur from noon-1 p.m. For more information, call 360-565-2679.

Advanced Planning

for the End of Life

Have you been meaning to update your Health Care Directive or Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care, or just want to communicate better with your friends and family about their plans? The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) will offer an Advanced Planning Seminar at the Clallam Bay Branch Library on Friday, Nov. 3, at 1:30 p.m. The seminar is expected to last about three hours. Judy McCay and Karen Griffith will lead this free, engaging, and practical seminar.

In this Advanced Planning Seminar, participants will learn how to communicate their end-of-life wishes to loved ones and to physicians. End-of-life choices and the free services offered by End of Life Washington will be covered during the seminar. Participants will also be guided through the process of documenting their wishes about the kind of medical care they do or do not wish for at the end of life.

Participants will have the opportunity to work with the End of Life Washington Advance Directive which combines a Health Care Directive and a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care into one document.

There is no cost for the seminar, documents, or Advance Directive notarization. Class size is limited and pre-registration is recommended. To register for the seminar, visit the Clallam Bay Library events calendar at www.nols.org, call 360-963-2414, or email ClallamBay@nols.org. All material will be provided.

Libby: new app for

downloading from

your library

Libby, the free One-Tap Reading App, is now available, making it even easier to access free downloadable content through the library. The North Olympic Library System (NOLS) offers tens of thousands of eBooks and eAudiobooks through the Washington Anytime Library. Library users who currently access the Washington Anytime Library using the OverDrive app can continue to do so, but Libby provides a new, convenient way read digital content on your phone or tablet.

Libby allows users to instantly connect with any of thousands of titles to read or listen to, and the app is free through your app store. You can borrow books on your mobile device anytime, anywhere, and start reading instantly. All available titles are free through NOLS and the Washington Anytime Library.

Libby was designed to be simpler than other reading apps. The “One-Tap Reading App” lets users intuitively move from searching to checkout to downloading to reading. Readers can download titles to a device for future offline use, or stream titles to save device space. To learn more about Libby before downloading, visit meet.libbyapp.com.

OPERATION SWEATERS

FOR VETERANS

On Nov. 11, Americans throughout the world will commemorate Veterans Day, a day set aside to thank our nation’s veterans for service given and sacrifices made to protect the freedoms our great nation. Drennan & Ford Funeral Home and Crematory is sponsoring its eighth annual Sweaters for Veterans initiative.

Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 1 through Friday, Nov. 10, Drennan & Ford Funeral Home and Crematory will be collecting new or gently used sweaters, warm clothing, blankets, rain gear, gloves, hats, socks and the like to be distributed to individual veterans within our county in need of these items. Everyone is invited to support our veterans by donating cold weather clothing to us at 260 Monroe Road., Port Angeles between the hours of 9 a.m.-4 p.m. during these days.

Folks for Change Meets

The next Folks for Change meeting will be held at the Forks Library on Saturday, Oct, 28 from noon-2 p.m. (Note the time change). Join us for a respectful roundtable discussion regarding the state of our nation. All are welcome.

FORKS WRESTLING

CLUB SIGN UPS

Forks Wrestling Club sign-ups will take place on Friday, Oct. 27 and Monday, Oct. 30 at Pacific Pizza from 5-7 p.m. for ages 5 and up. The cost is $35 and includes a team t-shirt.

A USA Wrestling Card is also required before being allowed to wrestle.