COMMUNITY BRIEFS

Register for Love INC fundraising golf tournament

Golf team registration forms are available for the 12th annual Love INC Golf Tournament & Golf Ball Drop, which is hosted Monday at the Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club in Union.

Tickets are also available for the cash-winning golf ball drop staged in conjunction with the golf tournament.

The charity event is the primary source of financial support for Love INC (Love in the Name of Christ) Mason County and its 25 partner churches. The nonprofit organization connects people in need to Jesus Christ, while providing them with goods and services such as furniture, clothing, blankets, backpacks for kids, diapers, medical equipment and financial help. The organization states it benefits more than 1,500 families each year.

Registration fees for teams up to four golfers are $150 per player. The registration fee pays for each golfer's green fees and gives each player a tee pack that includes a sleeve of three balls. Coffee and doughnuts are provided before the 10 a.m. shotgun start of the tournament, and players will get meal tickets for the awards assembly at the end of the day. The teams of four are eligible for hundreds of dollars in prize money depending on how they finish.

To participate in the Golf Balls from Heaven Ball Drop after the golf tournament, buy a ticket prior to the tournament for the suggested donation of $10 that gets your number on a golf ball that is dropped from a helicopter over the 18th hole. Win $150 to $2,000 depending on how close your ball falls near the hole.

To register your golf team or buy tickets to the golf ball drop, go to Love INC's site at http://www.loveincofmasoncounty.org or call 360-462-5683.

Create botanical print at library workshop

Textile artist April Sproule offers a talk and a hands-on botanical printing workshop from 10 a.m. to noon July 29 at the Shelton Timberland Library.

Sproule, who lived in Fortuna, Calif., is an artist in residence with Hypatia-in-the-Woods. Her project is a mixed-media textile art piece, "The Olympic Peninsula: A Sense of Place." She will present her process and progress at the beginning of the library event.

Sproule will then present a demonstration and mini workshop on botanical printing. All participants will create botanical prints on fabric. All supplies will be provided for a 9-by-12-inch print for framing or use in other projects.

Overdose awareness on Aug. 31, Sept. 1

The seventh annual Mason County Overdose Awareness Walk and Resource Fair is hosted Aug. 31 at the Timberland Regional Library in Belfair, and Sept. 1 at Kneeland Park in Shelton.

Everyone is welcome. The events honor the lives lost to overdoses and provide hope to those still struggling.

At the Belfair event at 23081 NE state Route 3, the Resource Fair begins at 3 p.m., the gathering for the walk begins at 5:45 p.m., and the walk begins at 6:05 p.m. The same times apply at the Shelton event at 100 Turner Ave.

Resource and job fair at Belfair church

The Mason County Resource and Job Fair is hosted from 1 to 3 p.m. Aug. 15 at The Bridge Church, 23001 state Route 3 in Belfair.

Attendees can find out which local businesses are hiring, and what resources are available. Participants include Olympic College, WorkSource, Sound Learning, the Coastal Community Action Program, Crossroads Housing, Mason Transit Authority and KMAS. For more information, call the state Department of Social and Health Services at 360-432-2001.

Shelton Rotary club concert tonight in Kneeland Park

The band The Lady Drinks Whiskey performs at the Shelton Skookum Rotary Club's annual Music in the Park series from 7 to 8:30 tonight in Kneeland Park in Shelton.

The free, family-friendly concerts continue at the same time Tuesday evenings with Hurts Like Hell July 27, Hilary Scott Aug. 3 and Pop Up Choir Aug. 10.

Hot Rodder's Car Show on Aug. 26

The Test of Time Car Club hosts the third annual Hot Rodder's Car Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Aug. 26 at Old Iron Park, 11 E. Johns Creek Road, Shelton.

Registration is $15, or $20 the day of the show. The event features goody bags for the first 150 cars, dash plaques, door prizes, raffles, vendors, exhibitors and sawmill demonstrations.