NEWS BRIEFS: Clallam Charter Review Commission plans first meeting Tuesday in Port Angeles . . . and other items

Published 12:01 am Monday, December 22, 2014

PORT ANGELES — The inaugural meeting of the Clallam County Charter Review Commission will be at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday.

The meeting will be in the commissioners’ meeting room (160) at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St. in Port Angeles.

Commission members will take oaths of office, elect officers and discuss rules of procedures and meeting schedules.

The panel will review the charter, Clallam County’s “constitution” for government, and recommend amendments that will go before voters in November.

Fifteen members were elected to the commission during the Nov. 4 general election, five from each of the three county commissioner districts.

District 1 is represented by Sue Forde, Ken Hays, Ronald Bell, Nola Judd and Ted Miller.

From District 2 are Glenn Wiggins, Norma Turner, Maggie Roth, Steven Burke and Selinda Barkhuis.

District 3 is represented by Mike Doherty, Barbara Christensen, Connie Beauvais, Cheryl Williams and Rod Fleck.

Clallam County is one of seven of 39 counties in the state that operate under a home-rule charter, unlike most where procedures are dictated by the Legislature.

A Charter Review Commission is elected every eight years.

Spinathon set Jan. 16 in Sequim

SEQUIM — A Spinathon for the Sequim Boys & Girls Club will take place at Fit4Life Studio, 1245 W. Washington St., from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16.

The cost of this benefit is $25 for one one-hour indoor cycle ride.

Riders can ride for an hour or 15 hours.

Individuals can sign up online or at the studio for slots.

People must warm up before getting on the bike and cool down off the bike.

For more information or to reserve a bike, phone 360-928-7107 or visit www.fit4lifesequim.com.

Family Flicks set

SEQUIM — Family Flicks resume at the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave., at 2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, with a free screening of the classic “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.”

At 2 p.m. Feb. 7, Family Flicks continue with a showing of the 1963 G-rated film “The Incredible Journey.”

This live-action Walt Disney production is based on the eponymous novel by Sheila Burnford.

The film follows the adventure of three pets — Luath the Labrador retriever, Bodger the bull terrier and Tao the Siamese cat — as they journey 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their way home.

Family Flicks will then bring “Toy Story 3” to the screen at 2 p.m. March 7.

Offered the first Saturday of each month through May, Family Flicks provide family entertainment, popcorn and movie trivia for free.

For more information, phone the library at 360-683-1161, visit www.nols.org or email youth@nols.org.

Chain gang busy

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office Chain Gang removed 2,120 pounds of refuse from illegal dump sites during the week of Dec. 8-12 at Lees Creek and Little River Road.

In addition, crews brushed and chipped the county right of way on Black Diamond Road; removed downed trees and other storm debris from Mary Clark, Wilson and Quillayute roads; and cleared flooded ditches and culverts on Black Diamond Road, Little River Road and Edgewood Drive.

They returned to remove more debris so no further flooding would occur on Edgewood Drive and Little River, South Shore and Joyce-Piedmont roads.

To date, a total of 99 miles of roadway has been cleared by the chain gang, 7,330 pounds of litter picked up, 47,305 pounds of dump site litter cleared, 39,300 scotch broom plants removed/sprayed and 12.6 miles of county right of way brushed.