PA Kiwanis scholarships awarded
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Kiwanis Noon Club awarded a total of $11,000 in scholarships to Port Angeles High School seniors.
The 11 scholarship awardees and their parents were treated to lunch at the club’s May 25 luncheon and congratulated by the membership.
Each student received a $1,000 scholarship.
The recipients are:
• Senator Milo Atwater: Rose J. Owens Scholarship.
• Shannon Cosgrove: George Charno Scholarship.
• Taylor Beebe: Willard C. Muller Memorial Scholarship.
• Bonnie Sires and Tana Hiigel: Norris Academic Scholarship.
• Alison Balser: Palmquist Academic Scholarship.
• Madison Casad: Graham Ralston Vocational Scholarship.
• Aiden Franich and Sharon Jacobson: Kiwanis Club of Port Angeles Scholarship.
• Emily Menshew and Mason Coppage: Kiwanis Club of Port Angeles Services Scholarship.
President’s list
PULLMAN — Several former North Olympic Peninsula students were named to Washington State University’s spring 2018 president’s honor roll.
To qualify, a student must be enrolled in at least nine graded hours and achieve a minimum grade-point average of 3.75, or be enrolled in at least 15 graded hours and achieve a minimum grade-point average of 3.5.
The students are:
• Chimacum: Tyler Nicholas Lloyd.
• Forks: Jessica Kay Henry, Bailey Mae Powers and Vern Rondeau.
• Port Angeles: Anthony Paul Andrew, Marie Criss, Baylie Jayde Devlin, Jessica Ann Foley, Jeani Gayle Hill, Bailee Cheyenne Jones, Hana Marie Kildall, Tamar Tessa Little Youngman, Tyler James Nickerson, Bailey Elizabeth Reader, Dana Roach, Austin Joel Roberson, Christine Rose Size and Sandra Lynn Sotomayor.
• Port Hadlock: Carlos Clay Burleson.
• Port Townsend: Colin Llwyd Coker, Camilla Brisa Costa Goetz, Michael Christopher Flynn DeManti, Greta Ann Gamble, Jack R. Pickard and Mark Anthony Streett.
• Quilcene: Allison Velouria Jones.
• Sequim: Kelly Marie Anders, Kyle Michael Bryant, Cameron J Chase, Riley Joseph Chase, Melanie C Funston, Brittany LeAnne Garvey, Alexander Lee Hand, Katherine Elizabeth Harker, Zhen Kettel, Bill Scott Koenig, Thomas J. McCulloch, Konnor James Parrish and Matthew Schock.
PA welcoming sign unveiled
PORT ANGELES — A new welcoming sign was unveiled at its permanent location on Lincoln Street by Jefferson Elementary School’s playing fields May 25.
The sign, more than 12 feet long and made of cedar, is the work of Port Angeles High School students Sawyer Larsen, Glenn Deckard and Mariah Fortman.
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe members, including tribal chairwoman Francis Charles, added song and well-wishes as the sign was revealed.
In addition, the project included reposting and improving the flower bed around the sign.
City Park & Recreation Department director Corey Delikat thanked everyone assembled at the unveiling. Delikat served as the city’s point of contact for the students during the project.
The three students also thanked local painter Jackson Smart for his finishing touches and Hartnagel’s Building Supply Inc. for their material donations.
Applications for pageant due July 14
SEQUIM — Fort Discovery Inc. has announced Saturday, July 14 as the application deadline for its annual Miss Fort Discovery contest.
Applications can be accessed and downloaded online by visiting www.fortdiscoveryusa/missfortdiscoverycompetition.
Completed forms are to be postmarked to Fort Discovery, Miss Fort Discovery Competition, 250 Center Park Way, Sequim, WA 98382; or emailed to justine@ssnwhq.com.
Applicants must be female, at least age 18, in good physical condition and health, pass a criminal background check and be willing to travel to represent the company.
Applicants may be single or married.
Qualified applicants will be invited to participate in the Miss Fort Discovery Challenge set for Saturday, July 28.
The challenge will include product knowledge, firearms qualification and basic survival skills knowledge. Product information and firearms/survival skills instruction will be provided to applicants before the test.
The winner will represent the Clallam County-based company at events during the coming year, including trade shows and product promotions.
The contestant with the highest overall score from the challenge is to be crowned Miss Fort Discovery during the annual Unity of Effort celebration set Saturday, Aug. 11, at SSNW headquarters. Two runner-ups will also be named.
The contest was started in 2014 by Fort Discovery Inc. to find a spokesperson to help represent the company’s new “Expedition Rifle” and other firearms-related products.
Hood Canal Bridge closures
SHINE – The Hood Canal Bridge will be closed to drivers intermittently tonight and Monday night.
The closures allow continued efforts to replace worn mechanical components that operate the bridge’s drawspan.
Intermittent bridge closures to traffic will occur between 10 tonight and 4 a.m. Monday, and 10 p.m. Monday and 4 a.m. Tuesday.
Crews during those hours will open the bridge to traffic during unscheduled times. The openings to traffic will occur as workloads allow.
Drivers may not see the drawspan open even though the bridge is closed to traffic. Tests on the mechanical components still will be occurring during those times, the state Department of Transportation said.
To facilitate holiday traffic, no overnight closures of the bridge will occur for construction during the nights of Tuesday and Wednesday, Transportation said. Normal drawspan openings for marine vessels still will occur on demand.
The closure could mean that delivery of the Peninsula Daily News will be delayed.
The newspaper is printed in Everett and brought over the bridge in the early morning hours.
Transportation awarded the $5.2 million project to Northbank Civil and Marine Inc. Work began last summer and is expected to be finished this year.
Drivers can get information at www.wsdot.com/traffic/hoodcanal.
Elections test
PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Elections Office will conduct a logic and accuracy test at 9 a.m. July 10 on its ballot tabulation equipment for the Aug. 7 primary election.
The purpose of the test is to ensure every vote is counted accurately.
The test will be conducted in Room 72 in the Elections Center in the basement of the Clallam County Courthouse at 223 E. Fourth St.
Members of the news media, candidates, and the public are invited to observe this test.
For more information, contact Clallam County Elections at 360-417-2222 or sriggs@co.clallam.wa.us.
Soroptimist scholarship applications
SEQUIM —Soroptimist International of Sequim is accepting applications for three of its $2,000 Continuing Education Scholarships.
Applications are to be completed and postmarked by Thursday, Aug. 15. To obtain an application, visit www.sisequim.org, and click “What We Do.”
Applicants must be female graduates of Sequim High School or have a legal address within the Sequim School District, need to have completed one year of post-secondary education and will continue their education in the fall.
For more information, call Kathleen DeJong at 360-681-8093.
NOAA council
The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration’s Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary seeks applicants for two alternate seats on its advisory council.
Applications are due by Monday, July 23. To receive an application kit, contact sanctuary advisor coordinator Chris Butler-Minor at 360-406-2092 or Chris.ButlerMinor@noaa.gov; postmark 115 E. Railroad Ave., Suite 301, Port Angeles, WA 98362; or download one at www.tinyurl.com/NOAA-app.
Open positions on the council are a marine industry alternate and tourism and recreation alternate.
Candidates are selected based on their expertise and experience in relation to the seat for which they are applying, community and professional affiliations, and views regarding the protection and management of marine resources.
Applicants who are chosen as members should expect to serve three-year terms, according to a news release.
The positions ensure public participation in sanctuary management and provides advice to the sanctuary superintendent, according to a news release.
The advisory council consists of 15 voting seats (each with a primary and alternate member) representing a variety of public interest groups, local, state and tribal governments.
In addition, the council includes five federal agencies and one state-funded program that serve as non-voting, ex officio members.
For more information, contact Bulter-Minor, or visit the advisory council’s website at www.olympiccoast.noaa.gov.
Boston U. grad
BOSTON — Sequim native Nels Challinor graduated suma cum laude from Boston University.
Challinor received his Bachelor’s of Arts in sociology.
SMSU grad
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — Port Angeles native Sarah McDougald graduated summa cum laude from Southeast Missouri State University.
She earned a Bachelor’s of Science with a major in biology: organismal, ecological and evolutionary biology option.
UND dean’s list
GRAND FORKS, N.D. — Port Angeles native Jeffrey Glatz has been named to the University of North Dakota John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences’ spring 2018 dean’s list.
Glatz received a 4.0 grade-point average during the semester, according to a news release.
