NEWS BRIEFS: Y Family Nights set for Fridays in PA . . . and other items
Published 12:01 am Monday, February 1, 2016
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Peninsula YMCA, 302 S. Francis St., will have free Friday Family Nights the first Friday of each month, February through April.
Upcoming Family Nights are Friday, March 4 and April 1. They will be from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The community is invited to romp in the bounce house, play Wii sports, tumble in the mat room and more. For more information, phone youth development director Lee Routledge at 360-452-9244, email lee@olympicpeninsulaymca.org or visit www.olympicpeninsulaymca.org.
Change of meeting
PORT ANGELES — VFW Post 1024 and the auxiliary will change their monthly meeting date in February only to 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 12.
There will be no potluck that day. Meetings usually take place the first Friday of each month.
The VFW District 14 meeting will be at the Veterans Center, 216 S. Francis St., at noon Sunday, Feb. 21.
For more information, phone 716-880-6695 or 360-775-7110.
ESGR awards presented to employers
PORT ANGELES — Laura Kenney, a “double citizen” who is employed by the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) and a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserves, has nominated her DSHS supervisors Juli Murrain and Jim Hauff as Patriotic Employers.
Scott Buck, a Washington Committee member of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, presented the recognition plaques Jan. 22.
The reserve seeks to foster a culture in which all employers support and value the employment of military service members of the National Guard and Reserve in the United States, according to a news release.
The reserve facilitates and promotes a cooperative culture of employer support for National Guard and Reserve service by developing and advocating mutually beneficial initiatives, recognizing outstanding employer support and increasing awareness of applicable laws and policies, according to the release.
For more information about the reserve’s outreach programs or volunteer opportunities, phone 800-336-4590 or visit www.ESGR.mil.
Chain gang busy
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office Chain Gang removed 2,000 pounds of refuse during the week of Jan. 18-21 from 35 miles of county roadways, including Old Olympic Highway, Tumwater Truck Route and 18th Street, plus Mount Pleasant, Monroe, Blue Mountain and Little Loop roads.
Two television sets were found along the roadways.
Couch cushions were removed from illegal dump sites on Lees Creek Road.
Crews removed fallen storm debris on Little River and Lake Dawn roads.
They brushed and chipped the county right of way on Holly Hill Road.
They cleaned culverts on Freshwater Park, Freshwater Bay, Blue Mountain and Prawn roads.
Crews performed maintenance on the Olympic Discovery Trail that included brushing and clearing fallen trees and/or limbs across the trail, filling in holes and widening areas of the pathway.
WWU honor roll
BELLINGHAM — The following North Olympic Peninsula students were named to Western Washington University’s fall quarter honor roll:
■ Chandler Bow Wendeborn of Sequim, 4.0 GPA.
■ Alexander Tantai Barry of Sequim.
■ Nicole Antoinette Giordano of Sequim, 4.0 GPA.
■ Sydney Ann Hastings of Sequim.
■ Jasmine Lightning McMullin of Sequim, 4.0 GPA.
■ Sebastian A. Ostrovsky of Sequim, 4.0 GPA.
■ Roisin Dubh Cowan-Kuist of Port Angeles.
■ Kyle Palmer Guggisberg of Port Angeles.
■ Katherine Morley Haworth of Port Angeles.
■ Cailey Jeanne Snyder of Chimacum, 4.0 GPA.
■ Tristan Philippe De Rochefort of Port Townsend.
To qualify for the honor roll, students must complete at least 14 graded credit hours during a quarter and be in the top 10 percent of their class.
