Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press
PORT ANGELES — Jan Yount will speak on mental health in the summer in Linkletter Hall in the basement of Olympic Medical Center, 939 Carolina St., at 7 p.m. today.
NAMI of Clallam County is sponsoring this free public forum, which is followed by a question-and-answer period.
Yount is a mental health therapist at New Growth Behavioral Health Services in Port Angeles.
She received her Master of Education in counseling from the College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho, in 1991, according to a news release.
Yount has worked in clinical settings with adolescents in residential treatment, crisis intervention and outpatient counseling.
She also has worked with adults in vocational, individual, group and couples therapy, as well as crisis intervention and trauma resolution work.
First anniversary
PORT ANGELES — Silver Spruce Coffee Co., 110 N. Lilac Ave., will celebrate its first anniversary Saturday with live music on its patio from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
There will be drink specials and giveaways, according to a news release.
The business also has extended its hours. It is now open Mondays through Fridays from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays. from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Its menu of homemade goods has expanded along with its beverages, including fresh lemonade and imported teas.
State unemployment drops
OLYMPIA — The state’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.4 percent last month, the first time it’s fallen below the national average since May 2014.
The latest report from the state’s Employment Security Department shows that the Washington jobless rate dropped from April’s 5.5 percent to 5.4 percent in May.
The national unemployment rate for last month was 5.5 percent.
Unemployment figures for Clallam and Jefferson counties are expected to be announced Tuesday.
The state gained 7,700 jobs from April to May — all in the private sector.
The latest report from Washington estimates the state gained 111,500 jobs in the past year on a not- seasonally adjusted basis.
About 100,000 of those jobs were in the private sector.