PORT ANGELES — Drivers will meet with detours from Marine Drive while city street crews repair pavement from 7 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
“Working on Sunday lessens the impact on area businesses and the traveling public in general,” the city said on its website at www.cityofpa.us.
A detour is planned for westbound traffic on Marine Drive at Valley Street.
Residential traffic will be detoured south onto Valley Street, then west on Second Street before being redirected to Marine Drive.
Commercial traffic is encouraged to use Lincoln Street to access U.S. Highway 101 because the detour intersection is restrictive for large trucks.
Eastbound traffic on Marine Drive will not be affected.
Board retreat
PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend School Board will hold a board retreat at 4 p.m. today in Room S-11 of the Gael Stuart Building, 1610 Blaine St.
The board will cover expectations, member roles and responsibilities, and board operating principles.
For a detailed agenda, see www.boarddocs.com/wa/ptsd/Board.nsf/public.
Free park days
State and national parks will offer free entry Friday in honor of the 101st anniversary of the National Park Service.
Day-use visitors will not need a Discover Pass to visit state parks by vehicle.
State parks on the North Olympic Peninsula are Bogachiel near Forks, Dosewallips near Brinnon, Fort Flagler on Marrowstone Island, Fort Townsend and Fort Worden in Port Townsend, Anderson Lake State Park near Chimacum and Sequim Bay near Sequim.
With other national park areas across the country, Olympic National Park will offer free admission Friday.
Olympic National Park’s regular entrance fee is $25 per car. On fee-free days, other park fees, including wilderness camping and campground fees, remain in effect. The Olympic National Park annual pass costs $50.
Three more State Parks free days this year will be Sept. 30, Nov. 11 and Nov. 24.
Other national park free days this year are Sept. 30 and Nov. 11-12.
For more information about the National Park Service, visit www.nps.gov.
For more on state parks, visit parks.state.wa.us/281/Parks.
For information about the Discover Pass, visit www.DiscoverPass.wa.gov.
Jefferson PUD hires new engineer
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Public Utility District recently hired Russ Miller is its new staking engineer.
In this position, Miller will provide engineering duties related to service requests, line extensions and system improvements, as well as prepare drawings, cost estimates and material lists for use by others at the PUD prior to employment.
Miller has a bachelor’s degree in renewable energy engineering from the Oregon Institute of Technology.
Prior to accepting the PUD position, he worked for a solar contractor in the Portland, Ore., area for three years.
