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 Port of Grays Harbor, along with the Grays Harbor Council of Governments, cordially invite the public to attend an open house regarding the Port’s Recreation Lands and Facilities Plan.
he open house is the public’s opportunity to learn more about proposed future plans for the Port’s various recreation sites and provide feedback to help shape the Plan’s final goals and objectives. The Port is developing a Recreation Lands and Facilities Plan so that it may become eligible for state and federal funding in the future. The open house is one of several public participation opportunities offered during the planning process. The Plan is scheduled to be adopted by the Port Commission in early 2016.
Why kids should get all the holiday fun? The Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad is hosting our second annual Santa Express Silver Edition train ride, exclusively for riders 21 and over! You’ll feel like a kid again as you take a festive, peaceful ride along the Upper Nisqually Valley while sipping cocoa, nibbling on cookies, listening to Christmas music and visiting with Santa. This year, Heritage Distilling Company will be onboard to assure your ride is merry and bright. Enjoy special hot chocolate, spiked cider, and loaded eggnog at a no-host cash bar. It’s great for couples. It’s fun for friends. And it’s only for riders 21 and over! Seating is limited and our Santa Express rides fill up fast, so book your seats as soon as possible.
Grab your best girl, because Seabrook and Wishkah River Distillery invite you back to 1933 to celebrate the “End of Prohibition” at the Town Hall on the 82nd anniversary of that joyous day which made all of our lives just a little more enjoyable.
Master Distiller, Josh Mayr and his crew will be pouring samples of their distinguished line of spirits. They will also be serving craft cocktails for purchase, all evening.
Starting at 7pm, Jacob Miller and The Bridge City Crooners will fill the hall with the sounds of Vaudeville, West Coast ragtime and swing. So find your fedora, polish your wing-tip shoes and spiff up that bow-tie, we have a night of revelry and merriment planned for you.
Here’s a quick link to make sure your shoes are dance-ready.
Tickets are $25 and entitle you to eight tickets (extra tickets will be available for an extra charge).
Although donating blood hardly sounds like a fun way to prepare for the holidays, the Elma Grange is encouraging Grays Harbor residents to give a gift that matters this Christmas season.
Curtis Peek, RN of SPMC, was named Nurse of the Year in the category of emergency care by March of Dimes Washington Chapter.
Join us to celebrate his accomplishment!
Commuters, residents and businesses who use the US 12/Schouweiler Road intersection just west of Elma are invited to learn more about alternatives under consideration to help improve traffic flow and reduce the potential for collisions.
The Washington State Department of Transportation will host a public open house to offer a number of possible enhancements to the intersection. Suggestions from participants will be considered as WSDOT shapes the final plan for the intersection.
Come learn the hottest salsa dance steps with instructor Arlene Hoiland.
Class starts February 3 and runs until March 2 on Wednesday evenings.
Class cost includes five lessons.
Class is located at the Grays Harbor College Hub.
Presented by Enterprise for Equity in collaboration with USDA and the Washington CoastWorks.
This class uses a mix of hands-on lessons, interactive videos and real life stories of successful entrepreneurs to help participants triumph over hardship by embracing an entrepreneurial mindset.
Are you someone who sees a problem and figures out a solution? Do you notice a need and fill it? If so, this is the class for you!
Develop critical thinking skills that will enable them to identify and evaluate opportunities, manage risks, and learn from the results.
Understand the process that enables entrepreneurs with limited resources to transform an idea into a sustainable success.
Understand and apply fundamental aspects of entrepreneurial thinking across disciplines and as a means of personal empowerment.
Establish goals, identify resources, and determine the steps required to accomplish their goals and identify and interact with local entrepreneurs within their own communities.”
Contact office@enterpriseforequity.org for more information
The lodge has combined its public awards and scholarship fundraiser into one event. Local firefighters and police officers will be recognized for their outstanding service. Dinner will be followed by an auction. Proceeds from the auction benefit local high school graduates.
Doors: 4:00 p.m. | Dinner: 5:00 p.m. | Auction/Awards: 6:00 p.m.
Presented by Enterprise for Equity in collaboration with USDA and the Washington CoastWorks.
This class uses a mix of hands-on lessons, interactive videos and real life stories of successful entrepreneurs to help participants triumph over hardship by embracing an entrepreneurial mindset.
Are you someone who sees a problem and figures out a solution? Do you notice a need and fill it? If so, this is the class for you!
Develop critical thinking skills that will enable them to identify and evaluate opportunities, manage risks, and learn from the results.
Understand the process that enables entrepreneurs with limited resources to transform an idea into a sustainable success.
Understand and apply fundamental aspects of entrepreneurial thinking across disciplines and as a means of personal empowerment.
Establish goals, identify resources, and determine the steps required to accomplish their goals and identify and interact with local entrepreneurs within their own communities.”
Contact office@enterpriseforequity.org for more information
Do you have an idea to start or expand a business that makes money, builds community and conserves the environment? Washington Coast Works and Enterprise for Equity invite you to a free information session to learn more about the Washington Coast Works Sustainable Small Business Competition.
The competition has been established by The Nature Conservancy, in collaboration with Enterprise for Equity, Pinchot University’s Center for Inclusive Entrepreneurship and the Taala Fund, and funded in part by the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Business Development Grant U.S. Department of Agriculture
The competition will be open to applicants starting new businesses in Grays Harbor, Jefferson and Clallam Counties, including the tribal communities of Neah Bay, La Push, Hoh, Queets and Taholah, as well as other rural communities, and the cities of Forks, Ocean Shores, Aberdeen, Hoquiam, Montesano, Cosmopolis and Westport.
The competition is designed to diversify the local economy through the development of new small businesses, build business leadership in local communities, grow a constituency that supports conservation and sustainable natural resource use, and ultimately contribute to a new vision of sustainable community and economic development on the Washington Coast.
Contestants will be selected from graduates of Enterprise for Equity’s Business Readiness Workshop and will be required to complete Enterprise for Equity’s Business Planning Program.
visit www.enterpriseforequity.org or call 360-704-3375 for more information. No registration is required for this information session.
The UFO/Paranormal Summit is a showcase of presentations, research and evidence that consist of unidentified flying objects, alien life, portals and other typically “unknown” topics that have been pursued, researched and now presented to you by the worlds highest authorities on such topics. We invite you to share your witness experience, see the evidence for yourself and have a good time with like-minded people.
Tickets, T-shirts & Info at www.ufosummit.com.
The UFO/Paranormal Summit is a showcase of presentations, research and evidence that consist of unidentified flying objects, alien life, portals and other typically “unknown” topics that have been pursued, researched and now presented to you by the worlds highest authorities on such topics. We invite you to share your witness experience, see the evidence for yourself and have a good time with like-minded people.
Tickets, T-shirts & Info at www.ufosummit.com.
Everyone is welcome to attend this monthly event. Visit the Aberdeen Timberland Library’s website here for current reading list information and additional event details.
The annual auction is Rotary’s primary fundraising activity of the year and the proceeds fund the Aberdeen Rotary Club Foundation for scholarships, community grants and youth activities.
The evening begins with a hosted cocktail hour and silent auctions at 5:30 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7:00 p.m. with the live auction following. This year’s auctioneers are Gary Morean and Vini Samuel. Some of the auction items include a hot air balloon ride for two over greater Seattle and Eastside area plus two nights at the famous Cottage Lake Tree House named “The Nest” designed by HG TV’s Tree House Masters host Pete Nelson; a 55″ LG 4k LED Ultra High Def Smart TV; entertainment and hotel packages including: prime seats for A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder at the Fifth Avenue Theatre; tickets to the Billy Joel concert on May 20, 2016; tickets to Motown – the Musical at the Paramount.
Funds raised by the auction are distributed by the Aberdeen Rotary Club Foundation to local scholarship opportunities for students, community needs such as United Way and YMCA, sponsorship of Aberdeen Rotary Business Week at Aberdeen High School, the Aberdeen Rotary Homeless Youth Education Fund, annual distribution of dictionaries to fourth graders in all Aberdeen and Cosmopolis elementary schools. Past projects have included the A. J. West Playground, improvements to the GH Community Hospital, and the Aberdeen Rotary Log Pavilion built by Rotarians and donated to the City of Aberdeen. The club is part of Rotary International with 1.2 million members around the world.
