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The Peninsula Support Organization (PSO) Bluebills and the Port Ludlow community will again be giving Christmas gifts to the children of homeless families in transition. Olympic Community Action Program (OlyCAP) is sponsoring the families and facilitating the gift distribution.

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The worldwide Chinese practice of tai chi is now being offered at the Bay Club. The instructor, Steve Doob, has been doing tai chi since 1968, has had many high-level teachers in the U.S., and has traveled to China several times to study the art.

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In addition to its ongoing calendar of activities, Jefferson County Library will sponsor these events:

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Attorney Tony Hinson will host a discussion of estate and life care planning on Tuesdays, November 1, 15, and 29, at 11:30 a.m. The online programs will focus on solutions that can preserve wealth, minimize taxes, and ensure legacy.

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by Scott Mauk, Superintendent of Chimacum Schools

What happens when you add all the salt that was meant for the pasta water into the sauce? Aspiring cooks find out in the foods class at Chimacum Junior/Senior High School.

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Port Ludlow Digital Life (née Computer Club), a long- time educational group run by volunteers, was dissolved in September. But two special interest groups survived. One is focused on computers and their associated devices and software. The other focuses on digital photography, photo editing, and other things related to photography.

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With the onset of cooler temperatures, many residents have begun to use their propane stoves or fireplaces to ward off the morning chill. This a good time to check your smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors.

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The Osage tribe, when forced to sell their reservation lands in Kansas at the close of the 19th century, purchased new reservation land in Oklahoma. They negotiated to retain mineral and subsurface rights to their new land. When oil was discovered on their reservation in the 1920s, they became instant millionaires.

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At its Wednesday, November 9 meeting, the Port Ludlow Garden Club will feature an expert in growing garlic. Dana Doss will discuss the planting and harvesting of different varieties of garlic, and she will reveal some surprising ways to utilize garlic in landscape designs. Dana will also provide information, and real-time tasting opportunities, on the topic of cooking with garlic, while sharing some of her favorite recipes.

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by Ron Dawson, Guest Writer

Meet Neil Secondez, firefighter and EMT at Port Ludlow Fire & Rescue. He began his career in the fire service in 2011, where he started as a resident. He went to the Fire Academy in 2012. In 2018 he became a member of the Brinnon Fire Department and then shifted to Port Ludlow, where he has been for three years. Neil is originally from the Philippines and came to the United States when he was four years old. His family moved to the Port Angeles area. He was encouraged to consider becoming a firefighter by friends in Port Angeles who were in the fire service and who thought he would be well matched to the job.

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