Community briefs (April 24, 2015)

Published 12:32 pm Thursday, April 23, 2015

Free solar system presentation

BREMERTON — Take a hike through the solar system … and beyond. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Solar System Ambassador Ward Yohe will present up-to-date information and images depicting past, present and future exploration of the solar system on Monday, April 27 at McCloud’s Grill House from 6:30-8 p.m. McCloud’s is located at 2901 Perry Ave.

Learn how a small fraction of taxpayer dollars are being spent on robotic and human space endeavors and what is being learned from those efforts.

‘Fight Night’ relationship experts to speak May 1

BREMERTON – Relationship experts, Seattle Pacific University teachers and New York Times best selling authors Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott are touring the country to help couples learn to fight well. The Parrotts, internationally renowned as master communicators with engaging and practical presentations, will be at Bremerton High School, 1500 13th St., on Friday, May 1 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $24 to $28.

Learn more at http://goo.gl/S5CItD or 888-712-1611.

Learn how to Stand a Watch

PORT TOWNSEND – Washington Sea Grant, the Northwest Maritime Center, and WSU Jefferson County Extension will cosponsor a workshop on Basic Watch Standing on May 29 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. at the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend.

Topics covered include navigation basics, charts, latitude and longitude, compass and bearings, tides and currents, rules of the road, navigating a route, navigation aids, electronic navigation, depth sounders, radar basics, chart plotters/GPS autopilot, communication, good crew habits including when to wake your skipper.

This workshop is for anyone who is interested in working on commercial fishing vessels or has some experience and would like to learn more. Cost is $50; pre-registration required. Contact Sarah Fisken at 206-543-1225 or sfisken@uw.edu.

Paper shredding event April 25 in Silverdale

SILVERDALE – Navy Federal Credit Union will welcome members and neighbors across the country to its Navy SHRED-eral event this Saturday, April 25.

In Silverdale, the shredding event will be hosted at 3340 NW Randall Way.

Event attendees at participating Navy Federal branches will have the opportunity to bring their personal documents to be shred on-site, free of charge. The event will take place from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Navy Federal is inviting participants to bring up to four 12 by 24-inch boxes of paper and documents. CDs and other hard substances will not be accepted.

Silverdale horseshoe league starts in April

SILVERDALE – The Silverdale summer horseshoe pitching leagues will start the second week of April. The club’s drop-in leagues meet at the Kitsap County Fairgrounds Courts on Thursdays at 2 p.m.

For more information, contact Carol Sperber, secretary of the Kitsap County Horseshoe Pitcher’s Club, at csperber1@gmail.com or 692-9315.

Kitsap Beach Naturalists training through May 14

POULSBO – Washington State University Kitsap County Extension and Washington Sea Grant present the 2015 Kitsap Beach Naturalist training, an opportunity for the public to take a series of classes to learn more about marine life and shorelines, both in the classroom and while exploring beaches.

Classes take place 6-9 p.m. Thursday evenings, April 9 through May 14 at the Poulsbo Marine Science Center, 18743 Front St. Adults and teens are welcome; children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. Cost for the six sessions is $65. Scholarships are available.

Surrounded by water, the Kitsap Peninsula is an amazing place to learn about and enjoy sea life. Over the course of six evening classes and a variety of field trips, participants learn about sea stars, clams, crabs, and other critters, as well as seaweeds and plants that live on local beaches. Discussion will also focus on Salish Sea oceanography, shoreline living, conservation, and restoration.

After the training, participants will be qualified to volunteer in exciting service projects, which include beach explorations, local community events and service and monitoring projects that help protect and enhance Kitsap shorelines.

For more information, go to http://ext100.wsu.edu/kitsap/beach-naturalists/ or register online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/935697.

Learn how to control marine corrosion

GIG HARBOR – Rust never sleeps, but this hands-on workshop will show how to protect boats from all types of marine corrosion.

Washington Sea Grant and the Gig Harbor Boat Shop are co-sponsoring a Marine Corrosion Protection Workshop. Topics covered will include: Galvanic corrosion of aluminum, steel, and bronze; Crevice corrosion of stainless steel; Poultice corrosion of aluminum; Corrosion-potential testing; Potential monitoring systems for aluminum and bronze; Advantages and disadvantages of various anodes; Analysis of wood damage from excessive zinc; Controlled potential systems for wooden boats; Coatings for propellers and propeller shafts; Test methods for detecting AC and DC stray current.

The workshop will be hosted May 31 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Gig Harbor Boat Shop, 3805 Harborview Dr. The cost is $60. Pre-registration required. To register or for more information, contact Sarah Fisken at 206-543-1225 or sfisken@uw.edu.

AARP Smart Driver course

BREMERTON – Be a safer driver with the AARP Smart Driver program. Bremerton Senior Center, 1140 Nipsic Ave. June 22-23 (Mondays and Tuesdays). 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. $15 for AARP members; $20 otherwise. Attendees receive a certificate that may be good for an insurance discount. Pre-registration required. Call 360-473-5375.

Author to speak April 25

SILVERDALE – Elizabeth Corcoran Murray, author of A Long Way from Paris, will speak at Barnes and Noble at the Silverdale Mall on April 25 at 2 p.m. Murray’s searing non-fiction story of a city girl struggling to survive a vicious winter herding goats in the mountains of southern France in 1980 has received critical acclaim. With photos and maps, Murray will describe her adventure living without running water or heat and barely speaking French.

Kitsap Rescue Mission will host annual Dinner of Hope

BREMERTON — Enjoy an evening of food, fun, fellowship and find out what’s new at Kitsap Rescue Mission during the sixth annual Dinner of Hope. The dinner will be hosted Saturday, May 2 from 6-8 p.m. at the Gold Mountain Golf Club.

Learn how you can be a part of the solution for homelessness in Kitsap County.

If you are interested in hosting a table, contact Jenny Kucera at 360-509-2951 or exeasst@kitsaprescue.org.

Outdoor club meets first Wednesdays

BREMERTON – Peninsula Wilderness Club is an informal organization for people interested in the outdoors. Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m.

Meetings are held at the VFW Hall at 9981 Central Valley Rd. Go online to www.pwckitsap.org.

Registration open for third annual ‘Fore the Animals Golf Tournament’

SILVERDALE – Now is the time to register for Kitsap Humane Society’s third annual Fore the Animals Golf Tournament. Sign up today at kitsaphs.ejoinme.org/golf2015. KHS plans on making this year’s event on May 15 the most doggone fun ever.

If you’re not able to golf, please consider visiting the registration page to give a donation in lieu of your attendance. Money raised by the tournament at Port Orchard’s Trophy Lake Golf and Casting goes directly toward saving animals’ lives.

Kitsap Humane Society is a private, nonprofit, charitable organization that has been caring for animals in need since 1908. KHS admits more than 5,000 animals per year and has one of the highest lives saved rates in the US. KHS’ vision is that every adoptable companion animal has a home. For more information, visit kitsap-humane.org.

Employers can learn to develop  safety committees

BREMERTON – The Department of Labor and Industries is offering a free workshop to help employers comply with state law and develop effective safety committees. The next workshop in Bremerton is May 13 from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the L&I office in Bremerton at 500 Pacific Ave. on the 5th floor conference room. Please register in advance by calling 1-800-574-2829 or visit the website at www.lni.wa.gov. Be sure to reference course number 3-20-002.

Washington State law requires employers, depending on their size, to hold safety committee meetings or have in place a formal safety committee. This workshop is designed for those employers who are required to have a safety committee and will provide participants with information on how they can ensure the cusses of their safety committee and how the safety committee can be utilized to assist in preventing injuries and controlling your claims costs. The work shop will cover what are the Washington State requirements for conducting safety meetings, the purpose, goals, and functions of a safety committee.

Lend a helping hand to the elderly, disabled

CENTRAL KITSAP – Volunteer Services, a program of Catholic Community Services, is seeking volunteers throughout Kitsap County that would be in interested in providing a little help to low-income elders and disabled adults with yard care, by installing grab bars and by providing for transportation needs.

With the help of community, Volunteer Services can assist those that cannot afford to pay for the type of help they need or do not qualify for assistance elsewhere, or do not have family or friends available to them.

Volunteer Services helps those in need in several ways such as driving clients to medical appointments or the grocery store, running errands or shopping for those that are housebound, making minor home repairs, and helping with yard care. Lend a hand with light housework, by building wheelchair ramps and by installing grab bars.

Mileage reimbursement is provided upon request.

For more information on volunteering contact Program Coordinator Donna Jones at 360-405-0072 ext. 3 or via email at DonnaJ@ccsww.org

Memorial Day weekend Celebration of Life ceremony, Run to Tahoma May 23

PORT ORCHARD – One unclaimed, deceased veteran will be honored with words and music at The Unforgotten, Run to Tahoma VI Celebration of Life ceremony on Saturday, May 23, during Memorial Day Weekend. The event takes place at the Kitsap County Administration Building plaza, 619 Division St. in Port Orchard. Following the ceremony, the departed veteran will be escorted to Tahoma National Cemetery near Kent. A documentary on the Run to Tahoma will be shown at 9:15 a.m. with the ceremony beginning at 10:30 a.m.

If you are a family member of a deceased veteran that you would like to be honored at this event please contact Stacey James, Veterans Assistance Program and Veterans Advisory Board Coordinator, 360-337-4811, sjames@co.kitsap.wa.us or Leif Bentsen, Deceased Veterans Volunteer Liaison of the Kitsap County Coroner’s Office at lbentsen@co.kitsap.wa.us.

For more information visit www.kitsapgov.com/hs/veterans/runtotahoma.htm.

Former Seattle Mariner comes to Kitsap

KITSAP – The Kitsap Community Foundation is excited to announce that Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher and former Seattle Mariner Jamie Moyer and his wife Karen will be the keynote speakers for the 15th Annual Celebration of Philanthropy.

The Moyers are no strangers to philanthropy. Together they impact the lives of thousands of children affected by loss and family addiction each year through The Moyer Foundation’s programs – Camp Erin® and Camp Mariposa®. Jamie will also be the ninth player inducted into the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame this August.

To purchase tickets, visit www.kitsapfoundation.org.