NEWS BRIEFS: Bentinck Island range to be used for several days; OMC gets new HR manager

ESQUIMALT, B.C. — The land-based demolition range at Bentinck Island will be in use Monday, March 26 through Wednesday, March 28, the Royal Canadian Navy announced.

The range will be in use from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily during that time.

Bentinck Island is located near Race Rocks in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and is used as a terrestrial demolition range by the Canadian Armed Forces.

Local residents will likely be unaware of the activities except on days when environmental conditions such as temperature, humidity and wind direction affect how far the sound will travel.

Studies conducted on the potential environmental effects of Bentinck Island demolitions have found that blast noise in the marine environment during land-based demolitions is almost undetectable by acoustic equipment above that of other underwater background sounds such as waves and marine life, the Royal Canadian Navy said in a news release.

Delplain named OMC HR manager

PORT ANGELES — Olympic Medical Center recently promoted 15-year employee Heather Delplain to human resources manager.

Reporting directly to the chief human resources officer, Delplain will oversee employee and labor relations, benefits, leaves of absence and general human resources functions, as well as manage a number of HR personnel.

Delplain initially joined the hospital in 2003 coordinating employee benefits and leaves.

In becoming a senior HR business partner several years ago, she began working in employee relations.

She proved herself as a critical staff person in major implementations including business enterprise software, Lawson, in 2012, and most recently an HR talent management software called Cornerstone, according to a news release.

Delplain has also been a trainer for Lean Process Improvement at OMC, as well as a long-time presenter for the hospital’s Service Excellence training.

She was added to the New Employee Orientation slate of presenters in 2017.

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