BUSINESS BRIEFS — Port Angeles land surveyor appointed to board by governor . . . and other local business items
Published 12:01 am Sunday, September 21, 2014
PORT ANGELES — James Wengler, professional land surveyor and certified federal surveyor, has been appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee to the Board of Licensing for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.
This appointment is an unpaid five-year commitment with a possible second term.
Until this time, Wengler was the board liaison for the Land Surveyors Association of Washington as well as a governor and member of the board of directors for the National Society for Professional Surveyors.
Wengler, owner of Wengler Surveying & Mapping, 703 E. Eighth St., since 1996, has been surveying on the Olympic Peninsula for more than 35 years.
He has served as president of the state Land Surveyors Association and was its Surveyor of the Year in 2006.
Symphony donation
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Symphony’s Adventures in Music school project has been given $1,000 by First Federal as part of the financial institution’s donations program.
First Federal partnered with the Port Angeles Symphony to provide an opportunity for Clallam County in kindergarten through fifth grade to experience quality live performing arts programs during the school year.
Supporting curriculum materials provided to teachers offer lesson plans and suggestions for integrating the arts into other curriculum areas.
PT tourism summit
PORT TOWNSEND — Registration is underway for the annual Olympic Peninsula Tourism Summit, scheduled at Fort Worden State Park on Wednesday, Oct. 22, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The conference is open to all businesses across the region. The deadline for early registration is Oct. 8.
To register online for the summit as an attendee, vendor or sponsor, visit www.tinyurl.com/parnxba.
Early registration, which includes lunch, for the first attendee from a business is $75. Additional attendees from the same organization are $65.
On Oct. 8, the registration cost goes up to $95 for the first registration and $85 for additional peoples.
A vendor marketplace will run concurrently with the conference.
This year’s program, “Orchestrating Tourism Together,” speaks to the cooperative spirit of the Olympic Peninsula’s tourism industry and to the economic impact of shared branding, according to a news release.
For more information, phone Anna Manildi at the Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau at 360-452-8552.
Bus driver sought
SEQUIM — The Shipley Center, a nonprofit senior activity center, is seeking volunteers who can drive a 26-passenger bus to help seniors take trips to various attractions, shows, parks and events around Western Washington.
The driver and a companion each receives free admission to the event or show and a free lunch.
Volunteers need to have a current commercial driver’s license, class A, B or C, with passenger endorsement.
The Shipley Center pays for the driver’s medical certification and license renewal.
For more information, phone Michelle Rhodes, trips and program director, at 360-683-5883.
Pet Posse forms
PORT ANGELES — Tiny Bubbles Pet Store has formed a group of 23 volunteers and a tracking dog on call to help find lost pets.
Pet Posse can be activated with a phone call to 360-775-5154 or, during business hours, 360-452-6011.
Further details are available by calling the latter phone number.
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: To be announced.
■ Tuesday: In the first segment, Cynthia Warne discusses October do-it-yourself classes for women at the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center in Port Angeles through Peninsula College continuing education classes.
In the second segment, Clallam leadership prayer breakfast speaker Robert Stewart, retired brigadier general and former NASA astronaut.
■ Wednesday: To be announced.
■ Thursday: Pre-empted by Seattle Mariners game.
