PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Trust Lands Advisory Committee will hear a review of state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) presentations when it meets today.
The meeting will begin at noon in Room 160 at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles.
Other agenda items include a synthesis of trust lands information and an update on a data request from DNR.
The 20-member committee will make a recommendation to county commissioners by Dec. 31 on whether the county should take back the management of about 92,000 acres of DNR-managed forest trust lands.
Tidepools release
PORT ANGELES — The 2016 edition of Tidepools magazine will be released today at an awards ceremony.
Peninsula College’s art, literature and music magazine will be released at 7 p.m. in the Raymond Carver Room at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St. Admission is free.
The release is co-sponsored by the Port Book and News Reading Series. Artists, musicians and writers who contributed to the issue have been invited to present their work.
For more information, see Tidepoolsmagazine.com or its Facebook page, or contact Michael Calvin Mills at mmills@pencol.edu.
OMC makes management changes in PA
PORT ANGELES — Five Olympic Medical Center employees are included in management changes that occurred in the first five months of 2016.
Linda Bryant, Robin Burse, Leonard Anderson and Rhonda Bowen each earned promotions in their respective areas.
Deby King completed her project management role of the Epic system and was transitioned to direct another clinical service area.
“We are very fortunate to have such qualified and skilled employees to step into these existing and new leadership positions,” says Eric Lewis, chief executive officer.
Bryant is now the director of surgical services; Burse the director of medical, surgical and pediatrics; Anderson the heart center manager; Bowen the director of safety program; and King the director of laboratory.
Unity in the Olympics talk set Sunday
PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics, 2917 E. Myrtle St., will host guest speaker Niobe Weaver at the 10:30 a.m. Sunday service.
Her lesson will be “The Three Faces of God: Divine Masculine, Divine Feminine, Divine Spirit.”
Weaver is a “sound healer” and singer. She loves sharing her language of light, sacred songs and messages from her guides, according to a news release.
A time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Child care is available during the service.
Native American Day
PORT ANGELES — Dry Creek Elementary School students participated in Native American Day at Dry Creek Elementary School on Friday.
Students rotated to different stations to learn about Lower Elwha Klallam lifestyle and culture.
Educational stations focused on Klallam stories and beading projects, Klallam songs and dances, outdoor and interactive games, and cedar’s importance in carving and weaving.
The event culminated with a closing assembly at which a plaque titled “The Klallam Pledge” was unveiled and now will hang on the wall near the school’s entry.
The tribe and Elwha River Casino sponsored the school event.