Serving the Village of Port Ludlow since 1998
by Barbara Berthiaume
The ninth annual Dove House Golf Benefit will be held on Friday, Aug. 27, at the Port Ludlow Golf Club. This event, sponsored by the Olympic Peninsula Bluebills, will kick off with a shotgun start at noon.
Continue reading “Dove House Golf Benefit, Aug. 27”Contact: Michael Dawson, Water Quality Manager, Jefferson County Public Health
(360) 385-9444 ext. 301
High levels of the toxin microcystin were detected in a water sample taken from Gibbs Lake on Monday, July 19. The toxin level is 46 micrograms per liter, which is more than five times above the Washington State recreational criteria of 8 micrograms per liter.
Continue reading “Gibbs Lake Closed Due To Toxin”New pumpout boat services expand this summer in South Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands.
It will now be easier for recreational boaters to safely pump out vessel sewage and keep Washington’s waters clean with an expansion of mobile pumpout services in South Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands. The State Parks Clean Vessel Act (CVA) Grant Program recently funded over $900,000 in new pumpout projects throughout the state, roughly $200,000 of which will help fund pumpout vessels in Pierce County and the Port of Lopez. Pierce County and the South Puget Sound Mobile Pumpout Program received about $90,000 to fund two years of seasonal pumpout boat operation and maintenance expenses. Jeff Barney, the watershed planner for Pierce County Surface Water Management, applied for the CVA grant to fund the mobile pumpout service for South Puget Sound, an area that is currently limited in pumpout services.
by Keppie Keplinger, Public Information Officer, Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue
Wildfire season typically runs from July through September and the National Weather Service shows this year’s season could last longer because of the warmer, dryer weather we have had. Now is the time to begin preparing for the possibility of wildfire smoke to invade Jefferson County in the coming weeks and months.
Continue reading “Ways to Prepare for Wildfire Smoke”by Jane Holmes, Guest Writer
Everyone is invited to come out and walk in Port Ludlow on Saturday, August 28. 10K and 5K routes are being set-up by a local “volksmarching” club. Both routes will be marked with ribbons and arrows. The 5K (3.1 mile) route traverses the beach and heads around the bay to Picnic Point, Ludlow Cove Cottages, and back. You can add on a visit to the Interpretive Trail and Ludlow Falls if desired. The 10K (6.2 mile) route starts out with the 5K route but then heads up the Osprey Trail to do a loop on shady, wooded trails in the “highlands.”
Continue reading “Come Out and Walk Port Ludlow– August 28”Now With Expanded Hours
The Jefferson County Library is now open Tuesday to Thursday, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The library continues to offer curbside pickup.
Bookmobile hours have also been expanded in Port Ludlow, providing an additional 30 minutes of browsing time. New hours are 1:30 p.m. — 4:30 p.m. every Wednesday. You can find the bookmobile near the Village store.
Continue reading “The Library: Easy, Modern, Convenient, and Fun”Effective life care planning can help you protect your assets and remain independent. Richard Tizzano and Tony Hinson will present the practical and legal issues on Tuesdays, August 3, 17, and 31, at 11:30 a.m. Topics will include health care, Medicare and Medicaid, long-term care insurance, maintaining quality of life, aging in place, and supplemental-needs trusts.
Continue reading “Virtual Seminars Offer Free Legal Advice”by Barbara Berthiaume, Contributing Writer
The Peninsula Support Organization (PSO) Bluebills is again sponsoring the Cash for Platinum and Gold event on Saturday, September 11, at the Beach Club Gallery Room from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Start sorting out all of your old, broken, or unwanted gold, sterling, and platinum items and exchange them for cash. Pandemic protocols will be in place.
Continue reading “Cash for Platinum and Gold, September 11”By Marily Chadwell, Board Member
At the end of a very challenging school year, we want the community to know that we persevered and made sure that bags of nutritious, kid-friendly food were delivered each and every week to the students in need in the Chimacum public schools.
Continue reading “Chimacum Backpacks for Kids – 2020-21 School Year”Mark your calendars for Sunday, September 5, so you don’t miss the biggest event of the year in Port Ludlow – the Art Fair at the Port Ludlow Inn from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., and the free outdoor concert near the Grace Christian Center from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Continue reading “Port Ludlow Labor Day Weekend Festivities – Art Fair & Outdoor Concert”