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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April Henry is the award-winning New York Times best-selling author of fast-paced mysteries and thrillers, including “Torched,” “Girl, Stolen,” “The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die,” and her newest book, “The Body in the Woods.”
Teens and their families are invited to join Ms. Henry as she offers down-to-earth tips on writing, publishing, and juggling life with the creative process. For background for her novels, she interviews experts in fields such as crime-fighting and medicine and has spent time with the Portland Police Bureau’s Forensic Evidence Division. Fun facts: Henry wrote on her website, www.aprilhenrymysteries.com, that she “loves kung fu, running, and all things salty,” and has written an episode for the phone app “Zombies, Run!”
April Henry is the award-winning New York Times best-selling author of fast-paced mysteries and thrillers, including “Torched,” “Girl, Stolen,” “The Girl Who Was Supposed to Die,” and her newest book, “The Body in the Woods.”
Teens and their families are invited to join Ms. Henry as she offers down-to-earth tips on writing, publishing, and juggling life with the creative process. For background for her novels, she interviews experts in fields such as crime-fighting and medicine and has spent time with the Portland Police Bureau’s Forensic Evidence Division. Fun facts: Henry wrote on her website, www.aprilhenrymysteries.com, that she “loves kung fu, running, and all things salty,” and has written an episode for the phone app “Zombies, Run!”
The Timberland Regional Library (TRL) will hold three training sessions on July 22 and 23 to teach people how to use ReferenceUSA, a powerful, online research tool that can be especially helpful for small business owners, entrepreneurs, non-profit researchers, job seekers, students, writers and media professionals. In addition to professional use, ReferenceUSA can assist anyone looking for information on schools, childcare centers, doctors, hospitals, churches, businesses and other vital services.
ReferenceUSA is one of more than 70 subscription databases that TRL provides to the public.
For more information, contact Central Reference/Ask-a-Librarian Service at 360-704-4636 or 800-562-6022 outside the Olympia calling area, or visit www.TRL.org.
The Timberland Regional Library (TRL) will hold three training sessions on July 22 and 23 to teach people how to use ReferenceUSA, a powerful, online research tool that can be especially helpful for small business owners, entrepreneurs, non-profit researchers, job seekers, students, writers and media professionals. In addition to professional use, ReferenceUSA can assist anyone looking for information on schools, childcare centers, doctors, hospitals, churches, businesses and other vital services.
ReferenceUSA is one of more than 70 subscription databases that TRL provides to the public.
For more information, contact Central Reference/Ask-a-Librarian Service at 360-704-4636 or 800-562-6022 outside the Olympia calling area, or visit www.TRL.org.
The Timberland Regional Library (TRL) will hold three training sessions on July 22 and 23 to teach people how to use ReferenceUSA, a powerful, online research tool that can be especially helpful for small business owners, entrepreneurs, non-profit researchers, job seekers, students, writers and media professionals. In addition to professional use, ReferenceUSA can assist anyone looking for information on schools, childcare centers, doctors, hospitals, churches, businesses and other vital services.
ReferenceUSA is one of more than 70 subscription databases that TRL provides to the public.
For more information, contact Central Reference/Ask-a-Librarian Service at 360-704-4636 or 800-562-6022 outside the Olympia calling area, or visit www.TRL.org.
Magic mud, cloud jars, balloon banshees and more–oh my! See mad science experiment demonstrations and try your own hand at a few. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program.

Practicum (‘prak-ti-k’m). The word practicum indicates that education should be practical. It points to the acquisition and mastery of knowledge in a manner that is useful and effective. It derives from the Latin practicus, a noun which means “one who practices or takes action.”
Are you new to homeschooling and feeling overwhelmed? We want to help you succeed in your home education mission. Join us this summer as experienced homeschoolers present three-day training sessions for parents. Rather than taking a well-deserved break from school and all things educational, these experienced homeschoolers begin to travel across their regions and around the country to present three-day training sessions to reinforce the classical, Christian model.
Are you new to classical education? Our morning sessions will unpack the classical, Christian model and allow you to practice skills for learning alongside your children at home. Afternoon sessions will go in depth with particular subjects. In both sessions, parents will have opportunities to discuss new ideas and to practice their new-found skills.
Are you discouraged with your home school? Or, do you feel you could encourage others? In addition to providing a place to practice the teaching tools, our FREE one-day and three-day Parent Practicums equip our families across the nation each year with the encouragement and camaraderie they need to teach their children well. Each practicum is a place to connect, to question, to celebrate both failure and success, and to gain confidence in our ability to use the classical model to learn and to teach our children any subject.
In 2013, Classical Conversations hosted hundreds of FREE training events for over 15,000 adults who wanted to learn more about teaching grammar, dialectic, and rhetoric skills to their students.
Academic & nursery day camps are also offered for children between the ages of 0-12 years for a low cost of $35 per child, which covers all 3 days. **Space is limited**
Please contact Nichol Strode or Julie Bradbury for registration details.
Seattle’s Kevin Emerson, author of such science fiction titles as “The Lost Code” and “The Dark Shore,” and the humorous adventure, “The Fellowship of Alien Detection” will visit the Hoquiam, Elma, Ilwaco and Lacey Timberland libraries on July 25 and 26 to talk with teens about his books and writing. Books will be available for purchase and signing. All teens are invited. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program.
Seattle’s Kevin Emerson, author of such science fiction titles as “The Lost Code” and “The Dark Shore,” and the humorous adventure, “The Fellowship of Alien Detection” will visit the Hoquiam, Elma, Ilwaco and Lacey Timberland libraries on July 25 and 26 to talk with teens about his books and writing. Books will be available for purchase and signing. All teens are invited. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program.
Seattle’s Kevin Emerson, author of such science fiction titles as “The Lost Code” and “The Dark Shore,” and the humorous adventure, “The Fellowship of Alien Detection” will visit the Hoquiam, Elma, Ilwaco and Lacey Timberland libraries on July 25 and 26 to talk with teens about his books and writing. Books will be available for purchase and signing. All teens are invited. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program.
Seattle’s Kevin Emerson, author of such science fiction titles as “The Lost Code” and “The Dark Shore,” and the humorous adventure, “The Fellowship of Alien Detection” will visit the Hoquiam, Elma, Ilwaco and Lacey Timberland libraries on July 25 and 26 to talk with teens about his books and writing. Books will be available for purchase and signing. All teens are invited. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program.
The Port of Grays Harbor is once again pleased to announce that it will be offering public tours of its industrial properties and marine terminals, as well as walking tours of the Satsop Business Park.
The popular hour and a half marine terminals tour will begin with a brief overview presentation of Port history and current happenings, followed by a bus tour, courtesy of Channel Point Village, of the surrounding industrial properties and marine terminals.
Reservations are required for both tours, as space is limited. To reserve your spot, or for more information, call 360-533-9528.
The Port of Grays Harbor is once again pleased to announce that it will be offering public tours of its industrial properties and marine terminals, as well as walking tours of the Satsop Business Park.
The popular hour and a half marine terminals tour will begin with a brief overview presentation of Port history and current happenings, followed by a bus tour, courtesy of Channel Point Village, of the surrounding industrial properties and marine terminals.
Reservations are required for both tours, as space is limited. To reserve your spot, or for more information, call 360-533-9528.
Explore the ways your five senses work both separately and together with games, activities and experiments that thrill the senses. Take-home crafts and activities keep the fun and learning going. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program.
Before there were blogs, people wrote in journals! Be inspired to begin writing a journal of your own. Blank notebooks are provided, or you can bring your own. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program.
The Port of Grays Harbor is once again pleased to announce that it will be offering public tours of its industrial properties and marine terminals, as well as walking tours of the Satsop Business Park.
The guided walking tours at Satsop Business Park offer an excellent way to explore the unique assets the Park has to offer including the cooling towers, tunnel training facility, warehouses, and office buildings. Comfortable, closed-toed shoes are required for this tour.
Reservations are required for both tours, as space is limited. To reserve your spot, or for more information, call 360-533-9528.
Join library staff for sing along stories then make your own musical instruments at an interactive story time. This event is part of Summer Reading, a Timberland Regional Library districtwide program.

Lewis County native Beth Peterson will talk about her new book,“Life After Lightning,” at the McCleary, Elma and Aberdeen Timberland Libraries this August.
The book chronicles Peterson’s near-death experiences, having been twice struck by lightning. The result has been extensive physical and emotional damage, multiple surgeries and a lengthy recovery.
In her book and her public talks, Peterson reveals how she persevered through the pain, grief and loss. She encourages people to live in balance with others and offers insights on topics such as family, spiritual recovery and discovering one’s true direction in life.

Douglas Rhoades, author of “Labels, Leadville and Lore” will speak on reading food labels and how labels have changed our history. The first 20 people will receive a copy of his book. Register online here or by calling the library at 360-273-5305.

Lewis County native Beth Peterson will talk about her new book,“Life After Lightning,” at the McCleary, Elma and Aberdeen Timberland Libraries this August.
The book chronicles Peterson’s near-death experiences, having been twice struck by lightning. The result has been extensive physical and emotional damage, multiple surgeries and a lengthy recovery.
In her book and her public talks, Peterson reveals how she persevered through the pain, grief and loss. She encourages people to live in balance with others and offers insights on topics such as family, spiritual recovery and discovering one’s true direction in life.