| This Week River Otter Beach Walk/Talk – Wed, Sept 6th Join Friends of Fort Flagler to learn about these cute and curious creatures that live throughout the Puget Sound. FOFF will be taking a beach walk on East Beach past the Wansboro Battery and discussing the river otter’s life cycle, behavior and where you might find them. If we’re lucky, we may even see one! Bring comfortable shoes, warm clothes and a rain jacket. Presenter Jennifer Riker has a deep passion and love for the Pacific NW and all the beauty and wildlife that can be found here. Register here. Time: 9:00 – 10:30am | Location: East Beach past Wansboro Battery at Fort Flagler State Park Local 20/20 Climate Group Meeting – Thurs, Sept 7th The Local 20/20 Climate group’s scope includes reducing greenhouse gases, increasing carbon sequestration, and preparing for climate impacts. At this meeting, we’ll continue to work on the projects discussed at the July meeting, ongoing projects, and discuss ideas for future actions and activities. Newcomers are most welcome! This will be via zoom. The group will meet alternately via zoom (3:30-5pm) and in person (5-6:30 pm) every other month, always on the first Thursday. Contact cag@l2020.org for the zoom link. Time: 3:30 – 5:00pm | Location: Zoom Gardening With Succulents Presentation – Sat, Sept 9th Join Master Gardeners for a presentation and Q&A on “Gardening with Succulents”. This presentation is part of a monthly series offered at the Jefferson County Library on the 2nd Saturday of each month. Following the presentation, Master Gardeners will be available to help you with your garden-related questions. Time: 12:30 – 1:00pm | Location: Jefferson County Library |
| Upcoming Events Local 20/20 Beyond Waste Group Meeting – Tues, Sept 12th The Beyond Waste Action Group meets the second Tuesday of each month via zoom. The group looks at a number of issues including food waste composting, plastics reduction and recycling, reduction of garbage on an individual and community level, and various other waste-related topics that spontaneously come up during the meeting. Newcomers are always welcome. Email Lisa for info on monthly agenda and zoom link. Time: 10:30am – 12:00pm | Location: Online Snails: A Life of Slime – Thurs, Sept 14th Jefferson County Master Gardener Foundation will present “Snails: A Life of Slime” with Ric Brewer, from Little Gray Farms Escargots. He will lead us through the history, biology and anthropological insight into snails and slugs. While snails and slugs are much maligned by many of us gardeners, Ric will teach us how these mollusks make significant contributions to environmental health, are bellwethers of climate change and much more. For more information go here and click on “Snails: A Life of Slime” on the right side of the page. This presentation is open to the general public as well as Master Gardeners. Time: 3-5pm | Location: WSU Classroom – Port Hadlock, 97 Oak Bay Road International Beach Clean Up, Beach Grass Removal – Sat, Sept 16th Friends of Fort Flagler is organizing an invasive beach grass removal. Join them to help restore our beach to a natural state. Protecting our beaches includes removing invasive species that are choking out our natural grasses. The Park will be giving free day parking passes to any volunteer who does not have a state park pass. Please bring garden or work gloves and come ready to pull grass. If you have garden hand forks and shovel, please bring as well. Naturalist Lead: Lynn Schwarz. Registration here. Time: 9am – 1pm | Location: Fort Flagler State Park Lower Campground, upper part of spit next to playground International Coastal Cleanup, Beach Cleanup – Sat, Sept 16th In partnership with WA CoastSavers, Port Townsend Marine Science Center is sponsoring 2 beach cleanups, in Port Townsend and in the Port Hadlock area. Volunteers collect and sort debris as well as contribute data on their findings to the Ocean Conservancy’s international database. Join them at either of two cleanup check-in locations: Fort Worden State Park or Chimacum Corner Farmstand. From these locations, they will send folks out to local beaches to collect debris! Find more details on this webpage. As a way of saying thanks, the first 100 participants will receive a free pass to the PTMSC Aquarium and Museum, a $5 Gift Card for the PT Food Coop, and $1 off coupon for any item at the Keg and I. Contact: Mandi Johnson Time: 9am – 1pm | Locations: See above Port Townsend Repair Event – Sat, Sept 30 *New* This is a free community gathering in which people with repair skills share their time and talents to fix their neighbors’ belongings. Volunteers will donate their time to help repair small appliances and electronics, textiles/clothes, tool sharpening, and other household items. Limit of 2 items per person. If you know the specific part needed to repair your item, please bring it along. Bring your toaster that no longer toasts, sweater with a hole in the elbow, and excitement to get these belongings repaired while also learning how they did it and ways you could do it yourself next time! Learn more here. Questions? Contact Mandi. Time: 10am – 1pm | Location: Quimper Grange, 1219 Corona St, Port Townsend Free Tire Recycling Event in Quilcene – Sat, Sept 30th Used tires can be an environmental hazard. Disposal to the appropriate waste stream is critical. Depending on the condition of the tires, they can be made into new tires, tugboat bumpers, or ground into rubber that can be used in road mixtures. Details: tires can be on or off of the rim; no large off-road, semi-truck, or construction tires. Limit of 10 tires per vehicle; residents only; no businesses. Sponsored by Jefferson County Public Health and the WA Dept. of Ecology. Questions? Contact Nick Lawlor at JCPH 360-385-9413 Time: 9am – 4pm | Location: Jefferson County Public Works Transfer Station, 295312 US 101, Quilcene Living With The Dragon of Chronic Pain – each Sun in Oct *New* For many people, discomfort and pain can be unwelcome companions. Ellen Falconer and Brianna Noach will share their wisdom about understanding and coping with the suffering that accompanies chronic pain, using visualization, mindfulness techniques and meditations, as well as imparting the current scientific studies about the origins of pain. The course meets 5 times, each Sunday in October. The course is $200, but the cost may be lowered if you have financial difficulty. Contact 360-316-6544 for info. Registration required here. Time: 11:30am – 1:30pm | Location: Studio at 629 Fillmore St, Port Townsend Fariborz Youssefirad Memorial Health Scholarship Fundraiser – Sun, Oct 15th *New* Hip-hop Beat-box Rap contest and raffle. Come and enjoy the performances and be a part of the FUNRAISER bringing attention to type 2 diabetes and evidence-based nutrition. A free community event. Mary Purdy and a team of her “Dance Club” students will get you moving with some lively booty-shaking inspired jazz-funk-hip-hop dance performances. Get ready for some local entertainment to move & groove by. Meet the authors: Robin Sharan, “Liver & Gallbladder Super Cleanse”, and Gina D. Diamond, M.ED., “Hidden Treasures, Survival Strategies for Parents with Picky Eaters”. Bring your best most creative, innovative, fun, outrageous performance. More information here. Time: 12 – 4pm | Location: The Cotton Building, 607 Water St., Port Townsend Tri-Area Repair Event – Sat, Oct 28 *New* This is a free community gathering in which people with repair skills share their time and talents to fix their neighbors’ belongings. Volunteers will donate their time to help repair small appliances and electronics, textiles/clothes, tool sharpening, and other household items. Limit of 2 items per person. If you know the specific part needed to repair your item, please bring it along. Bring your toaster that no longer toasts, sweater with a hole in the elbow, and excitement to get these belongings repaired while also learning how they did it and ways you could do it yourself next time! Learn more here. Questions? Contact Mandi. Time: 10am – 1pm | Location: Tri-Area Community Center, 10 W Valley Rd, Chimacum Quilcene Repair Event – Sat, Nov 4 *New* See Oct 28 event above.Time: 10am – 1pm | Location: Quilcene Community Center, 294952 US-101, Quilcene Practicing Presence Silent Retreat – Sun, Nov 5 *New* The group will practice together in companionable silence and with guided meditation, both seated and moving. A day of practicing mindfulness allows attendees to be with both the pleasant and unpleasant moments that arise and disappear continuously – thoughts, emotions, sensations – in a spacious and supportive environment, and see possibility and gain insight into our humanity. Course fee: sliding scale from $60 – $90. Registration here. Time: 11am – 4:30pm | Location: Yoga and Wellness Studio, 629 Fillmore St., Port Townsend For the full set of announcements, including Recurring Events, Community Notices, Community Resources, and Resilience Readings, see here. |
