$50,000 Donation to Port Angeles Fine Arts Center

An anonymous donor has given $50,000 to the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center.  This donation will enable the City to move forward with hiring a replacement for arts center director Jake Seniuk, who is retiring.

Caffeinated Clothier Closing

The Caffeinated Clothier, on First Street near Lincoln, held a farewell concert this past Friday.  They will be closing soon; they don't have an exact date yet.

It's a combination of a coffee house and a store selling clothing and gifts. They've only been there for a little over a year.  Their cappuccino is excellent.  

36-Hour Concert at KOA

I wasn't planning to do a post about the 36-hour DJ-fest at the nearby KOA campground, but I've been following the comments at the PDN article.  And now the comments are gone.

Anyone know why they all got deleted?

Port Angeles Concerts on the Pier — 2012 Schedule

Tonight will be the first of this summer’s Concert on the Pier series.  The music starts at 6 p.m. and ends at 8 p.m.  Here’s the schedule:

June 20:  Final Approach — Folk/Rock

June 27:  The Dukes of Dabob — Dixieland Jazz

July 4:  Old Sidekicks (7:00-8:30pm), Country/Bluegrass; and
              Fat Chance (8:30-10:00pm), Rock & Roll

July 11:  Luck Of The Draw — Country/Bluegrass

July 18:  The Weevils — Bluegrass

July 25:  Locust Street Taxi — Horns, Harmony, and Humor

Aug. 1:  Charlie Ferris

Aug. 8:   Super Trees  — Rock & Roll

Aug. 15:  The Olympic Express  — Big Band

Aug. 22:  Sequimarimba — Marimba

Aug. 29:  Bound to Happen — Rock & Roll

Sept. 5:  Cort Armstrong and Blue Rooster — Country blues & fiddle tunes

William Shore Memorial Pool to Close During July

William Shore Memorial Pool will be closed from June 29th through August 5th.  The pool will be undergoing $323,278 worth of maintenance during that period.

Port Angeles Sesquicentennial

This Tuesday will be Port Angeles' sesquicentennial anniversary.  On June 19th, 1862, "we became Port Angeles" in the words of Cherie Kidd.


In 1791 this area, already settled by the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe, was named Puerto de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles by a Spanish explorer, Francisco de Eliza.


This Saturday there will be a public tour of the buildings that comprise the Port Angeles Civic Historic District on Lincoln Street (i.e. the Museum at the Carnegie, Clallam County Courthouse, Veterans Park and the art deco building at 215 S. Lincoln Street that was formerly the jail, fire station and city council chambers).


On Tuesday, the actual anniversary, the Peninsula Long Rifle Association will perform a musket salute, and the Museum at the Carnegie will become an actual Post Office for two hours.


Check here for more details.

Forty Year Anniversary for Olympic Game Farm

Robert Beebe, the current president of Olympic Game Farm, addressed a luncheon at the Sequim/Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce this past Tuesday.  His grandfather, Lloyd Beebe, opened Olympic Game Farm in 1972.

Robert Beebe said the aquarium and animal shelters have been upgraded.  The game farm has had 27,780 visitors so far this year.

Truck Route to Bypass Downtown Port Angeles?

At a City Council hearing this past Tuesday, City Engineer Mike Puntenney unveiled the capital improvement plan and transportation improvement program, which includes replacing the Lauridsen Boulevard Bridge.  Attendees expressed concern that this new bridge would pave the way for a Race Street/Lauridsen Blvd. truck route that would send trucks past the library, the skate park, the Dream Playground, Civic Field and Jefferson School.


The public hearing will be continued to June 19th.

3 Crabs Restaurant Property Could be Acquired by State

The state Department of Fish and Wildlife might acquire the 52-acre property where the 3 Crabs Restaurant is located. The restaurant has been owned by Norma Marshall for almost thirty years.  The Fish and Wildlife Commission has approved the $1 million wetland conservation easement purchase of the property.

Debate Forum Among Clallam County District 2 Candidates

Monday's Chamber of Commerce luncheon and Tuesday's meeting of the P.A. Business Association will both be providing a forum for the candidates running for Clallam County District 2 commissioner.  The candidates are:  Mike Chapman (incumbent), Dale Holiday, Sandra Long, Maggie Roth and Patti Morris.