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Recurring events
Entertainment
• Open pool table every Tuesday at the Elma Senior Center, 3 p.m.-6 p.m.
Events
• Elma Senior Center hosts pinochle every Friday at 10:30 a.m. and Saturday at 7 p.m.
Meetings
• Al-Anon meets every Tuesday at 9:30 a.m. at Faith Lutheran Church (1296 Monte Elma Road, Elma). For more information, call (360) 482-8005.
• “The Most Excellent Way,” a faith-based recovery support meeting sponsored by Calvary Chapel of Montesano, meets every Monday, 6 p.m.-7 p.m., at The Center, (303 W. Pioneer Ave. in Montesano). For more information call (360) 249-2012 or email ged@ccmonte.com.
• GriefShare Meeting, at 7 p.m. on Thursdays at Montesano Church of God, 317 E. Spruce St. in Montesano.
• Alzheimer’s Association caregiver support group meetings held every third Tuesday, 1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Aberdeen (420 N. Broadway St.). For information call Helen Morning Star, (360) 533-2277.
• The Grays Harbor ACLU meets the third Wednesday of every month for a potluck at 6 p.m. at Events on Emerson (212 4th St. in Hoquiam).
• Olympic Area Agency on Aging presents every third Thursday of the month Family Caregivers Support Group. 1:30 p.m.-3 p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church (1296 Monte Elma Rd. in Elma). For more information call (360) 538-2458.
• Elma-McCleary Youth Soccer Association presents sign ups for Fall Youth Recreation Soccer. Register at emysc.org or contact Registrar@emysc.org.
• Schafer Meadows Fiber Arts Guild holds a monthly meeting the second Wednesday of each month, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Elma., Discuss fiber arts of all kinds – crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery, spinning and more. Bring a dish to pass. A potluck lunch will be held at noon. Open to the public.
• TOPS Club, Inc. WA 1522 has private weigh-in from 6 p.m.-6:30 p.m. every Thursday in the forestry meeting room at 310 W. Spruce Ave. (on the second floor). Meeints follow at 6:30 p.m. Everyone is invited. For more information call (360) 581-3835.
Thursday, Sept. 14
At the libraries
• All Timberland Regional Libraries will be closed for staff training. Libraries will resume regular hours Friday, Sept. 15.
Meetings
• BHP, a Port of Grays Harbor tenant, will hold a public open house about a potential potash export facility at the Port. The open house will be 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at the Hoquiam High School commons.
Friday, Sept. 15
Events
• Summit Pacific Medical Center of Elma will holds a groundbreaking ceremony for the wellness center from 4 p.m.-6:30 p.m. at the site of the new building (on Oakhurst Drive behind the Summit Pacific parking lot).
Entertainment
• Aberdeen Driftwood Players will put on a production of “Tick, Tick…Boom!” an autobiographical musical by Jonathan Larson. Performances are on Sept. 15, 16, 22, 23,24,29, 30 and Oct. 1. Friday and Saturday showtimes are 7:30 p.m. and Sunday maintee curtain times are 1:30 p.m. Tickets are $15, availalbe at aberdeendriftwood.com.
Saturday, Sept. 16
Entertainment
• Dance Club of Grays Harbor presents a dance to be held at the Hoquiam Elks, 624 K St. A free Salsa lesson will be offered from 7-8 p.m. and Casanova will be playing 8 p.m.- 10:30 p.m. $9 per person for members, $12 per person for non-members.
Events
• The eighth annual Lake Sylvia Fall Festival will take place at Lake Sylvia State Park in Montesano, 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Camp pancake breakfast, Music in the Park, Kid’s games and races, artists’ market, food vendors, history talks, kid’s nature art and a group paddle with kayaks at 2 p.m. For more information go to FOSLS.org.
• McCleary Methodist Church presents City Wide Garage Sale, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at McCleary Methodist Church, 426 3rd St. $5 biscuits and gravy will be available from 7:30-10 a.m.
At the libraries
• McCleary Timberland Library presents Saturday Matinees, 1-3 p.m. for all ages.
Meetings
• The Grays Harbor Genealogical Society will meet at 10 a.m. at Hoquiam Timberland Library. The program will be “How to clean headstones and bronze markers.”
Tuesday, Sept. 19
At the libraries
• McCleary Timberland Library presents Bilingual Storytime: Spanish, 11-11:30 a.m. for children ages 3-6. Enjoy stories, rhymes and songs in both Spanish and English.
