Books & Cookies at the Forks Branch Library
Fifth and sixth graders: Want to hang out and talk about books? Join friends new and old for Books & Cookies at the Forks Branch Library of the North Olympic Library System! Talk about books, characters, and authors you love! Share and discuss your favorite titles with others and hear about new books that you may want to read in the future. There will be cookies, book conversations, and fun with friends.
This “just for fun” book group is for students in the 5th and sixth grades. Meet at the Forks Branch Library, at 3:30 p.m., on the first Friday of each month beginning Oct. 5.
The Forks Branch Library is located at 171 Forks Ave. South. For more information about this and other programs for youth, visit www.nols.org, call 360-374-6402, or email youth@nols.org.
SCREENING OF AWAKE AT PC FORKS OCT 5 TO CELEBRATE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY
Please join Magic of Cinema, House of Learning, Longhouse, and Peninsula College Forks on Friday, Oct. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Forks campus for a screening of “Awake: A Dream from Standing Rock.” This special screening will take place in honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a holiday meant to celebrate and honor the Indigenous peoples of America.
Awake captures the story of Native-led defiance that forever changed the fight for clean water, the environment, and the future of the planet. The Water Protectors at Standing Rock captured world attention through their peaceful resistance. The film is a collaboration between Indigenous filmmakers, director Myron Dewey, executive producer Doug Good Feather, and environmental Oscar-nominated filmmakers Josh Fox and James Spione. It is a labor of love to support the movement of the Water Protectors.
Following the film will be a panel discussion and Q-&-A with local community members who participated in the peaceful resistance at Standing Rock.
This screening is free and open to the public. The Forks campus is at 481 S. Forks Ave.
For more information, contact Deborah Scannell at dscannell@pencol.edu or 360-417 -6435.
FALL MUSHROOM CLASSES
The rainy season gifts us an assortment of mushrooms. Visit Sunsets West Co-op in Clallam Bay this fall for a series of classes covering our local mushrooms, content for each class will depend on which mushrooms are fruiting in that month.
Learn about: identification, edibility, preservation, medicinal and pigments.
Classes will be held Sunday, Oct. 7, and Sunday, Nov. 4; all classes begin at 3 p.m.
United Way Restaurant Days Continue
This is your chance to give back to the community and United Way by dining at participating businesses for Forks Restaurant Days, slated for Sunday, Sept. 9, through Saturday, Sept. 22.
A portion of the proceeds from each day will be donated to United Way of Clallam County.
The restaurant day schedule is:
• Sept. 19: Plaza Jalisco
• Sept. 21: Sunset Lanes
• Sept. 22: Subway
College and
Career Fair
Forks High School will be having their annual College and Career Fair for all high school students on Sept. 26, from 9-11 a.m., in the high school commons. Local area agencies are invited and encouraged to attend.
Contact the high school counseling center 360-374-6262 x263 or Shannon.Reilly@qvschools.org to find out how to attend or if you have any questions.
CASA Training
The Clallam County CASA Program is having a CASA CORE Training class at the Forks Library starting Sept. 24 and running for four consecutive Mondays through Oct. 15. Classes start at 10:15 a.m., and end at 4 p.m. each day. Lunch will be provided. CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates.
CASA Volunteers are the voice for abused and neglected children who have come into the foster care system through no fault of their own.
They are the eyes and ears of the court and will be taught to conduct an independent investigation and report to the court what they believe is in the best interest of the children. If ever you have wanted to stand up and be a voice for an abused child, the time is now.
Please call Clallam County CASA at 360-565-2621 and you will be directed to someone that can help you get started.
Cookin’ For the Cause
The Forks Elks Lodge will hold a Tall Elks Fundraiser; BBQ ribs competition on Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Lodge, 941 Merchant Road. The entry fee is $40 per team and includes cooking space and meat (ribs), contestants will provide their own cooking equipment. The event is open to the public with judging at 3 p.m. and food service at 4 p.m., $10 per plate.
For more information call 360-374-2524.
STAND DOWN 2018
Stand Down 2018 is schedulted for Oct. 4, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Clallam County Fair Grounds.
Open to all Veterans, homeless veterans, veterans in need and immediate dependent family members.
A Stand Down is a one-day operation that is offered three times a year in May, July, and October and is designed to provide direct services and connect veterans to more than 20 different organizations — all located in one place:
Ranging from medical/dental, housing, employment, veteran benefits to counseling, haircuts, food, pet supplies, and clothing. Veterans can ask questions and obtain resources that they may not have known was available to them.
All funding is received through donations and grants and those monies go directly to support the veterans and Stand Downs. No salaries are paid. This non-government organization is powered by veterans and community volunteers.
It is a special day for homeless veterans but also a day for volunteers who want to give back and say “thank you” to our veterans.
Free transportation on Clallam and Jefferson Transit buses is provided.
For more information call Paul at 360-640-0296, or Jeff at 360-797-1791.
