This calendar is the place to find fun events happening throughout Grays Harbor County including Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Westport, Ocean Shores, Elma, Montesano and beyond.
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Join local instructors for Mat Pilates at Oyhut Bay. The class will be held onsite in Quail Run Park (next to Cottage #1), or in a covered location, weather dependent. Watch for signs onsite for exact location.
$10 per person (cash or check). Or pay $50 for an entire series of classes — every Thursday night until September 22!
Oyhut Bay is located five miles south of Downtown Ocean Shores off Marine View Drive SW. All are welcome!
On the third Thursday of each month, The Arc of Grays Harbor offers an informative Parent Support group for parents of kids with developmental disabilities. Contact Charlene at 360-537-7000 for more information.

Join local instructors for Mat Pilates at Oyhut Bay. The class will be held onsite in Quail Run Park (next to Cottage #1), or in a covered location, weather dependent. Watch for signs onsite for exact location.
$10 per person (cash or check). Or pay $50 for an entire series of classes — every Thursday night until September 22!
Oyhut Bay is located five miles south of Downtown Ocean Shores off Marine View Drive SW. All are welcome!

Join local instructors for Mat Pilates at Oyhut Bay. The class will be held onsite in Quail Run Park (next to Cottage #1), or in a covered location, weather dependent. Watch for signs onsite for exact location.
$10 per person (cash or check). Or pay $50 for an entire series of classes — every Thursday night until September 22!
Oyhut Bay is located five miles south of Downtown Ocean Shores off Marine View Drive SW. All are welcome!

Join local instructors for Mat Pilates at Oyhut Bay. The class will be held onsite in Quail Run Park (next to Cottage #1), or in a covered location, weather dependent. Watch for signs onsite for exact location.
$10 per person (cash or check). Or pay $50 for an entire series of classes — every Thursday night until September 22!
Oyhut Bay is located five miles south of Downtown Ocean Shores off Marine View Drive SW. All are welcome!

Join local instructors for Mat Pilates at Oyhut Bay. The class will be held onsite in Quail Run Park (next to Cottage #1), or in a covered location, weather dependent. Watch for signs onsite for exact location.
$10 per person (cash or check). Or pay $50 for an entire series of classes — every Thursday night until September 22!
Oyhut Bay is located five miles south of Downtown Ocean Shores off Marine View Drive SW. All are welcome!
On the third Thursday of each month, The Arc of Grays Harbor offers an informative Parent Support group for parents of kids with developmental disabilities. Contact Charlene at 360-537-7000 for more information.

Join local instructors for Mat Pilates at Oyhut Bay. The class will be held onsite in Quail Run Park (next to Cottage #1), or in a covered location, weather dependent. Watch for signs onsite for exact location.
$10 per person (cash or check). Or pay $50 for an entire series of classes — every Thursday night until September 22!
Oyhut Bay is located five miles south of Downtown Ocean Shores off Marine View Drive SW. All are welcome!

Join local instructors for Mat Pilates at Oyhut Bay. The class will be held onsite in Quail Run Park (next to Cottage #1), or in a covered location, weather dependent. Watch for signs onsite for exact location.
$10 per person (cash or check). Or pay $50 for an entire series of classes — every Thursday night until September 22!
Oyhut Bay is located five miles south of Downtown Ocean Shores off Marine View Drive SW. All are welcome!
Regular meeting of the Chehalis Basin Partnership.
The Partnership will receive a presentation on the draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement regarding flood damage reduction alternatives in the Chehalis, in advance of the opening of the public comment period.

Aberdeen Timberland Library presents Canoe Building in the Chinook Tradition, 6-7 p.m., October 17 for adults and teens. Tony Johnson is Tribal Chair for the Chinook Tribe–and a master canoe builder. He will share the lore and craftsmanship of building a wood canoe following tribal practices with a talk illustrated by slides of canoes he has built. Hot beverages will be provided at the event, courtesy of the Friends of the Aberdeen Timberland Library. This is part of Timberland Reads Together, an annual Timberland Regional Library district-wide program. For more information call 360-533-2360.

Westport Timberland Library presents Canoe Building in the Chinook Tradition, 6-7 p.m., October 19 for adults and teens. Tony Johnson is Tribal Chair for the Chinook Tribe–and a master canoe builder. He will share the lore and craftsmanship of building a wood canoe following tribal practices with a talk illustrated by slides of canoes he has built. This is part of Timberland Reads Together, an annual Timberland Regional Library district-wide program. For more information call 360-268-0521.
On the third Thursday of each month, The Arc of Grays Harbor offers an informative Parent Support group for parents of kids with developmental disabilities. Contact Charlene at 360-537-7000 for more information.

“Science at the Seaport: Another Strand in the ‘Line’ of Grays Harbor Community Science” – brought to you by the Coastal Interpretive Center
The Historical Seaport’s new Director of Science Education, Christie Barchenger, will speak at the Home Port Restaurant banquet room, 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, October 20.

Westport Timberland Library presents Boom Times to Hard Times: Grays Harbor in the 1930s, 2-3 p.m., October 22 for adults and teens. Grays Harbor during the 1930s – the Great Depression years – was a very different place. Polson Museum’s John Larson will describe and show photos of what life was like in that era. This is part of Timberland Reads Together, an annual Timberland Regional Library district-wide program. For more information call 360-268-0521.

The meeting topic this month will be small-scale forestry. Julie Sackett from the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will speak to a new opportunity: creating a landscape scale forest stewardship master plan for small forest landowners in the Chehalis Basin. This presentation will interest anyone involved in small-scale forestry, as well as anyone with an interest in water quality and fish and wildlife habitat.

National Weather Service Pre – Flood & Fall and Winter Weather Outlook Presentation (1:00 pm – 3:00 pm)
The National Weather Service in Seattle as well as WSDOT, the PUD and Grays Harbor County Public Works will be giving presentations on preparations for flooding and the fall and winter weather events in 2016 – 2017 this Thursday, at 1:00 pm in the large commissioners meeting room at 100 W Broadway, Montesano WA 98563.
The event is free and open to all.
On the third Thursday of each month, The Arc of Grays Harbor offers an informative Parent Support group for parents of kids with developmental disabilities. Contact Charlene at 360-537-7000 for more information.

When mornings get nippy and the leaves start to turn, many northwesterners head for the woods in search of mushrooms. To celebrate this happy rite of autumn, the Oakville Timberland Library will present Forage for Pacific Northwest Mushrooms, Thursday, November 17 from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
Mycology expert Marian Maxwell will cover the basics: seasons, locations, permits, edible versus non-edible, and cooking. Maxwell is a past-president of the Puget Sound Mycological Society, a Seattle-based organization that encourages mushroom research, education, cultivation, hunting, identification and cooking.
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Oakville Timberland Library. All library programs are free and open to the public.
The Oakville Timberland Library is located at 204 Main Street. For more information, call 360-273-5305 or visit www.TRL.org.
Seattle poet Laura Schaeffer, MFA will be at the Harbor House for a…
POETRY WORKSHOP:
Attendees will look at various poetic forms, read some of Wendell Berry’s poems and then participate in some guided conversations around Berry’s work, enjoy more conversation specifically on form, and then do a few writing prompts followed by sharing your pieces.
Wow! You are NOT going to want to miss this! So sign up early; class size is limited to 30 and reservations ARE required. Reserve by Thanksgiving Day.
On the third Thursday of each month, The Arc of Grays Harbor offers an informative Parent Support group for parents of kids with developmental disabilities. Contact Charlene at 360-537-7000 for more information.