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The City of Port Angeles Recreation Division and the Port Angeles Boys and Girls Basketball Clubs are gearing up for the Martin Luther King Jr. basketball tournament this weekend. The 39 teams participating will make this the one of the biggest January tournaments in the 17-year history of the event.

Thirty-one boys' teams and eight girls' teams will be playing in 5th through 8th grade divisions. Port Angeles has a representative in the 5^th, 6th & 7^th grade boys' divisions, and the 6th and 8th grade girls' divisions.

The 25 teams from off the Peninsula will bring over 500 visitors to the area, each spending one or two nights in Port Angeles. Gig Harbor alone accounts for six of the teams coming to play.

Other cities represented among the teams from off the Peninsula will be  Arlington, Auburn, Bellingham, Bremerton,  Edmonds, Everett, Kent, Lake Stevens, Lynnwood, Maple Valley, Meadowdale, Peninsula, Poulsbo, Port Orchard, Seattle, Silverdale, Seattle, Tumwater, and Vashon. 

Games get under way at noon on Saturday at Port Angeles High School, Stevens Middle School, Roosevelt Elementary School, and the Vern Burton Memorial Community Center, with final games scheduled for late Sunday afternoon.

A total of 78 games will played over the two days on seven different courts. T-shirts go to the winners and most runners up in each division along with team plaques.  The games are open to the public for a slight admission charge.

For more information, contact Dan Estes, Special Events Coordinator at 360-417-4557 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Join stargazing party in Port Angeles Tour the night sky at a star party with astronomer John Gallagher and the Port Angeles High School astronomy class at 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 15, at the Port Angles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., Port Angeles. Learn how to find the constellations, view the moon and Jupiter through a telescope and listen to stories of the stars. The program is entirely outdoors: If it is cloudy or raining, the program will be canceled. The Star Party coincides with the Visions of the Universe exhibition on display at the Port Angeles Library until Dec. 2, part of a multi-year global celebration of astronomy and its contributions to society and culture. Visions of the Universe is made possible by the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.; the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Mass.; and the American Library Association, Chicago, Ill., through funding from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. For more information, visit www.nols.org, call 417-8500 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

It’s that time of year again to start planning your holiday parties, and this year you can surprise your gest/employees with a fun and unique entertainment. The Port Angeles High School choir is for hire! Community groups, organizations, businesses or individuals may hire any combination of the choir to sing winter music, they have Christmas music, Hanukkah tunes and songs that are basic wintertime things. The choir is doing this fundraiser to raising money to go to New York City during spring break, where they will perform at St. Patrick's Cathedral, the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine and the Heritage Festival International Competition. In addition to the performances, the group will also attend two Broadway shows and sing for the firefighters at Station 10 -- the first responders to the World Trade Center on 9/11. The trip will be both a fun and educational experience for the students. They will be doing lots of different fundraisers like selling doughnuts next Saturday but they are trying to have as much of the fundraising involve them singing. In February, the choir will be selling Singing Valentines for $25. They will be delivered in town by a small ensemble of singers. The aim is to raise between $75,000 and $100,000, and so far, the group has raised about $20,000. The choir can be hired by contacting Gailey at 360-565-1535 or by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .