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UPCOMING COMMUNITY EVENTS

Community CALENDAR

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E V E N T S

July 4 - Independence Day

Electric Ambassadors

Maritime Gig Festival

National Night Out

PenLight Fun Run

Food Backpacks 4 Kids

Disaster Preparedness Fair

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OUTAGES BY CAUSE

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Peninsula Light Co. has partnered with several community non-profit organizations

to install a 4.86-kilowatt solar system at the Key Peninsula Civic Center in Vaughn. Community members and PenLight representatives cut a ribbon to highlight the project during the Key Peninsula Livable Community Fair on Saturday, May 10.

The project, built on a shelter that a handful of groups constructed, began to generate electricity on March 7. It helps to offset energy costs that are involved with operating the civic center, and it also provides real-time data, which will be used in cooperation with Peninsula School District classrooms. The solar system produced nearly 700 kilowatt-hours of energy during the month of May.

Teachers and students will have access to the system through a web-based monitoring system. They will follow a curriculum that details renewable-energy science, and they will be able to tour the project site.

The shelter was constructed through the support of the Key Peninsula Civic Center Association, the Key Peninsula Metropolitan Parks District, the Key Peninsula Parks and Recreation Foundation, the Key Peninsula Land Use Advisory Commission and the Angel Guild.

The solar installation was under the direction and funding from Peninsula Light Co. and the Bonneville Environmental Foundation. Artisan Electric, Inc., a Seattle-based union electrical contractor, installed the solar system and monitoring station. Energy produced will benefit civic center tenants, which include the Key Peninsula Family Resource Center, Children’s Home Society, Key Peninsula Historical Society, Two Waters Arts Alliance and the Key Peninsula News.

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FrEE uPTOWN SummEr CONCErT SErIES — THurSday NIGHTS, 6–8:00Pm

July 15: Ranger and the Re-‘Arrangers,’ Gypsy jazz; July 17: Blues Redemption, blues; July 24: The Malo Band, Latin jazz; July 31: Michael Anthony Pratt, country; Aug. 7: The Shy Boys, classic rock; Aug. 14: Hook Me Up, jazz; Aug. 21: Common Ground, rock.

FrEE SummEr SOuNdS aT SkaNSIE Park CONCErTS — TuESday NIGHTS, 6:30–8:00Pm

July 22: Beatniks, rock and dance; July 29: Chris Anderson, jazz, Motown and traditional pop; Aug. 5: Blue Rocket Music, up-tempo blues, country and rockabilly; Aug. 12: Stick Shift Annie with Kimball and the Fugitives, red-hot blues, jazz, swing and rock; Aug. 19: Funaddicts, fun dance tunes.

FrEE CINEmaGIG OuTdOOrS CINEma SErIES — duSk (abOuT 9:15Pm)

Donkey Creek Park, 8714 N. Harborview Drive. July 25: “Remember the Titans.” July 12: “Little Giants.” Aug. 8: “March of the Penguins.” Aug. 9: “Big Miracle.” Aug. 22: “Jaws.” Aug. 23: “The Jungle Book.”

CHaLk THE HarbOr — JuLy 19

Children, families and groups are invited to decorate the sidewalks of downtown Gig Harbor with chalk art. While downtown, enjoy the Peninsula Art League’s Summer Arts Festival.

GIG HarbOr SummEr arTS FESTIvaL — JuLy 19-20, 1-3:30Pm

More than 120 artists and craft workers have been selected to show and sell their work on Judson Street in downtown Gig Harbor. There will be music and food vendors, and, for kids, face painting, art projects and a saltwater touch-tank with local sea life from Harbor WildWatch.

GIG HarbOr WINE & FOOd FESTIvaL — JuLy 26

Harbor History Museum, 4121 Harborview Drive. More than 50 vendors will provide wine, beer and food tastings from many regional wineries and restaurants for attendees 21 and older. Classes and demonstrations also will be held. Advance tickets are available at www.harborwineandfoodfest.com/tickets.

FrEE CINEma uNdEr THE STarS SErIES — duSk (abOuT 9:15Pm)

Volunteer Park Outdoor Amphitheater, 5514 Key Peninsula Highway N., Lakebay. At 6:30pm: pre-movie activities (crafts, games, scavenger hunts). Aug. 1: “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” Aug. 8: “Despicable Me 2.” Aug. 15: “The Lego Movie.” Aug. 22: “Wall-E.” Aug. 29: “Frozen.”

CruISE THE NarrOWS CLaSSIC Car SHOW — auGuST 3, 9:00am-3:00Pm

Uptown Gig Harbor Shopping Center, 4735 Point Fosdick Drive NW. Tickets are $15, which includes the car show, poker walk, music entrant door prizes, raffle prizes. All proceeds to benefit Educational Scholarship awards for local high school seniors.

Key Peninsula Solar Project Offsets Costs for Non-Profits

What will you do when you’re faced with a disaster? Many aren’t sure. Now you’ll have a chance to make a plan.

Numerous community entities have banded together to present the Peninsula Emergency Preparedness and Recovery Fair from 9:00am–3:00pm Saturday, Aug. 23, at 12002 Peacock Hill Ave. NW in Gig Harbor. There will be displays, classes and demonstrations, plus multiple handouts, all geared to give vital information aimed to help your preparedness efforts.

Some topics include water storage, or how to feed and shelter your family in a disaster scenario. Others include information on Community Emergency Response Teams, the American Red Cross and ham radio groups. Attendees also will learn what churches, government agencies and community organizations will do to help during and after a disaster.

Gig Harbor is near the Cascadia Subduction zone. Additional faults run east to west under our communities. We have Mount Rainier, an active volcano, in our backyard. They all provide reasons to have an adequate plan for survival in a disaster.

For more information, visit www.goldenmailbox.com/epfair.

For real-time information about the amount of electricity generated at the Key Peninsula Civic Center solar project, visit www.solar4rschools.org/kiosk-key-peninsula-civic-center/node/1323/home.

SolAr ProductioN

The project also provides real-time data to be used in school district classrooms.

PenLight CEO Jafar Taghavi, 2nd from right, helps cut the ribbon at the Key Peninsula Civic Center picnic shelter.

Disaster prepareDness fair to be held Aug. 23

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Electric Ambassadors

P e n i n s u l a L i g h t C o m p a n y N e w s l e t t e r JULY / AUG 2014

The Electric Ambassadors Program is aiming for the same goal after 15 years–to keep power reliable and affordable. Peninsula Light Company founded the grassroots program to give a voice to our members as state and federal officials work on policies that can affect our utility.

Elected officials want to hear from the people they represent, because that’s who they work for. We’d like you to join our Electric Ambassadors program, because it will give you an opportunity to learn about legislation in the works, and provide you access to contact lawmakers to let them know when their actions could result in increased rates.

Members of the Electric Ambassadors program receive communications several times a year that are meant to provide education on issues of importance in the utility industry. When an issue comes up that could affect PenLight, you will have all the information you need so you can write a letter, call or email your legislators. Participation is always voluntary.

It’s easy to join the Electric Ambassadors. Sign up at www.penlight.org/ambassador-program or call

us at 253.857.1351.

More than 100 kids participated in a variety of dashes on June 14 during KeyPen Parks’ third annual PenLight Fun Run. About $200 was raised for

Parent-Teacher Associations on the Key Peninsula. The contributions help fund programs at Vaughn, Minter Creek and Evergreen elementary schools as well as Key Peninsula Middle School.

Day-of-race registrations bumped up the number participants in the featured 5-kilometer race to more than 50, KeyPen Parks Recreation Coordinator Jessica Smeall said. The event started at Gateway Park and finished at 360 Park. The newest event was a mile-long kids’ race. Smeall said she was impressed that first- and second-graders tackled the hilly course.

Overall, Evergreen won the event with 8.9 percent of the student body participating. There also were volunteers from each school, and Minter Creek led the way with 11.

Full race results are at www.keypenparks.com.

SuMMEr Food ProGrAM – Food BAckPAckS 4 kidS

This summer the Peninsula community Foundation, through Backpacks 4 kids, will offer its Simplified Summer Food Program for children and youth. Meals will be available for free to children ages 1-18 at the Key Peninsula Civic Center, 17010 S. Vaughn Road KPN in Vaughn.

the program, in its fourth year, will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from June 23 through Aug. 20. This year, the program also will provide transportation for children to get to lunch. All meals will be available without regard to race, sex, age or disability. Volunteers are welcome.

For more information, call 253.720.4453 or visit www.peninsulacommunityfoundation.com.

The Peninsula Community Foundation is a not-for-profit, service-based corporation that serves the humanitarian needs of neighbors and creates positive change in the Gig Harbor and Key Peninsula communities.

Community Events

PenLight employees and their families enjoyed walking through the downtown

route during the Maritime Gig Festival parade on June 7. The sunny skies and mild temperatures provided a perfect complement to the city and the Gig Harbor Chamber of Commerce’s signature event.

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Free barbecue and live music will highlight a community-wide block party meant to heighten crime

prevention awareness, to promote neighborhood spirit and build police-community partnerships. Includes free wellness screening, a classic car display, games and activities for children. Vendors include the Gig Harbor Police Department, Pierce County Sheriff’s Office, Washington State Patrol, Gig Harbor Fire Department, U.S. military, Neighborhood Watch and more. Located at the Gig Harbor Civic Center, 3510 Grandview St.

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