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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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.
The Elma Chamber of Commerce, along with Elma Businesses invite families to the 18th annual Elma Downtown Trick or Treat on Monday, October 31st. Bring your trick or treaters from 3:00 – 6:00 PM to the Elma Chamber and participating businesses. Enjoy a wagon ride on the Elma Feed Store shuttle, which will be loading and unloading at the Elma Chamber.
For questions email: elmachamber@gmail.com or call: 360-482-3055
The Harvest Fair Carnival at the Elma Middle School will be on Monday, October 31, sponsored by the Churches of Elma. The Harvest Fair Carnival is from 5:00 – 7:30 PM and all the “FUN” is free!
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.
Get creative! Drop by the library to make a holiday craft as part of the monthly First Friday event in downtown Aberdeen. All supplies provided.
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.
If you like karaoke, video games, crafts, and free pizza, then this event is for you!
Shaver Marionettes will present a winter puppet play about an elderly shoemaker, an impishly magical elf, a devoted daughter with baking issues, and a Queen who collects shoes!
Walk into a winter wonderland at the library with a wintry mix of crafts, games, and snacks!
A little further up the North Beach is a family friendly event from the creative folks at Seabrook WA. Seabrook Town Hall hosts the jolliest breakfast on the North Beach. Please plan to pay at the door. You can stay a bit and write a letter to Santa, get your family photo with Santa and paint a keepsake ornament.
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.
Come create handmade holiday items and checkout holiday books.
A little further up the North Beach is a family friendly event from the creative folks at Seabrook WA. Seabrook Town Hall hosts the jolliest breakfast on the North Beach. Please plan to pay at the door. You can stay a bit and write a letter to Santa, get your family photo with Santa and paint a keepsake ornament.
Celebrate the coming of the new year a day early with snacks, games, art projects, and a movie. All supplies and snacks provided.
Gideon F. For-mukai, an international award-winning speaker, teacher and best-selling author who will help you write stories that sell.
Harbor House Writing Center
Reservations required
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.
Interested in learning more about efforts to address homelessness and affordable housing in our community? A Housing Stakeholder Coalition has been formed and is a platform for education and discussion around pertinent housing issues.
COME LEARN ABOUT:
Site specific risk and hazards for emergency and natural disasters.
How to better prepare yourself to reduce the impact of any disaster event in your community, home, family and pets too!!!
Disaster medication preparation. – (Sharon Wallace, Ph.D., RN)
Learn how to get involved in your community.
Lindstrom presents a lecture, “Villain or Victim: Revisiting the legend of John Tornow.”
articles and interviews to produce an authoritative and compassionate account. He brings to life the circumstances – family, friends, daily routines, personal sorrows – that led to multiple murders, a 19-month manhunt and an enduring Northwest legend.
