Community Briefs

Poetry reading June 22 at library

Poet Pamela Mitchell will read from her book of poetry, “Finding Lost Pond,” at 5 p.m. June 22 at the Shelton Timberland Library, 710 W. Alder St.

Mitchell is a retired nurse, and “Finding Lost Pond,” published in 2021 by Finishing Line Press, is the story of a nurse’s life as she is bearing witness to and holding the suffering of her patients, her parents and her own life. Her current work is a memoir “Bequeathed,” a book of essays about her work for Kitsap County Health Department in founding the AIDS program and winning an award from the local chapter of Na...