<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">Dear Chamber members:<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Here's the week ahead:</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Saturday, May 5, 7:30AM-1PM, Port Townsend High School. SAT proctoring. Honoraria donated to the Jefferson County Technical Trades Scholarship Fund. Our thanks to David Brader, Angela Herr, Ron Ramage, Marilyn Staples, and Phil Noelke for offering to volunteer.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Saturday, May 5, 9:30AM, Uptown. Port Townsend Farmers' Market.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Saturday, May 5, 5:30-8PM, Downtown, Uptown, and the Inn at Port Hadlock. Port Townsend's Gallery Walk.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Saturday, May 5, 4-8PM, Port Townsend Elks Lodge. The 8th Annual Wine Tasting for Scholarships Benefit.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Sunday, May 6, 3PM, Chimacum High School Auditorium. The Community Chorus of Port Townsend and East Jefferson County.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Monday, May 7, Noon-1PM, Fort Worden Commons. Port Townsend Chamber weekly luncheon. Our guest speaker is Sam Gibboney, consultant to the Washington State Department of Ecology. <FONT class="Apple-style-span" color="#1C00DD" face="Times New Roman" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Water is a scarce resource in east Jefferson County whose management affects all of us living here, as well as our ability to do business. As a consultant to the state Department of Ecology, Sam’s presentation will outline the public process ongoing now to set water management rules for our watershed, the Quilcene-Snow basin (public meetings are scheduled for May 15 & 16). A locally produced video identifying critical water management issues will be screened, followed by a Q&A session.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Our thanks to our meeting co-sponsors for the month of May, The Green Eyeshade, and Port Townsend Computers.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Wednesday, May 9, 9AM-3:30PM, Jamestown Tribe Community Center (Blyn). The Olympic Peninsula Regional Tourism Summit. Keynote speaker is Marsha Massey, interim Director for Washington State's Tourism Division. Tourism related businesses are invited to attend and share information about their business, exchange brochures, and receive updates on the travel industry. For reservations, please contact the North Olympic VCB at (360) 452-8552, or email <A href="mailto:info@olympicpeninsula.org">info@olympicpeninsula.org</A>.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thursday, May 10, 11:30AM-1PM, Seaport Landing. Port Townsend Chamber Board meeting. Executive board meeting begins at 11AM. </DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>SAVE THIS DATE!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Thursday, June 14, Fort Worden Commons. The Port Townsend Chamber, in cooperation with the Leader, and Fort Worden State Park, is sponsoring the second in its four-part business education series for local business owners and non-profit organizations. Our guest speaker will be Maria Marsala, nationally known speaker, author, and business and marketing strategist. Watch for further details!</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV></BODY></HTML>