BUSINESS BRIEFS: Port Angeles chamber to host morning meeting series starting Wednesday . . . and other items

Published 12:01 am Sunday, January 25, 2015

PORT ANGELES — Business consultant Bill Rinehart will address a morning membership meeting of the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce this Wednesday.

Rinehart, a Port Angeles native, will discuss how businesses can keep their finances in order for the 2015 tax season.

The hourlong chamber morning meetings on the last Wednesday of each month start at 7:30 a.m. at the Port Angeles Senior Community Center, 328 E. Seventh St.

Accident prevention

PORT ANGELES — The state Department of Labor & Industries will hold a workshop to inform employers about how to prevent accidents in the workplace.

The workshop, called “Accident Prevention Program,” is scheduled Feb. 12 from 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Labor & Industries office, 1605 E. Front St., Suite C.

Advanced registration is requested for planning purposes via 800-574-2829 or www.lni.wa.gov (reference course No. 3-37-0003).

State law requires that employers develop and implement a written safety program tailored to their work-site hazards and needs.

The workshop is designed for all employers who need help writing or revising their safety program.

New to realty firm

SEQUIM — Realtor Jake Tjernell has joined the real estate brokerage of Town & Country, 305 S. Sequim Ave.

Tjernell has grown up on the Olympic Peninsula, living on it for more than 29 years.

For more information, visit www.jake.sequimrealestate.com or phone 360-460-6250.

Free painting class

SEQUIM — Colors of Sequim, 139 W. Washington St., will sponsor a free “Painting Pastel Over Water Demonstration” with artist Catherine Mix from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday.

For more information, phone 360-797-1772.

KONP talk guests

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1:05 p.m. to 2 p.m. local talk show segment on KONP radio, at 1450 AM, 101.7 FM and www.konp.com on the Internet outside the Port Angeles area.

Station General Manager Todd Ortloff hosts the Monday through Thursday segments.

This week’s scheduled lineup:

■ Monday: Master Gardeners Judy English, Bill Wrobel and Jeanette Stehr-Green.

■ Tuesday: Dan Williams and Shelly Simpson discuss the Port Angeles aerial tram project.

■ Wednesday: Martha Ireland, Jacki Marquart and A.J. Schnaithman discuss homelessness, volunteering at the Homeless Connect event and the Point In Time homeless count.

■ Thursday: To be announced.