PORT ANGELES — KONP’s Todd Ortloff and Kyle Needham of Umpqua Bank in Port Angeles surprised Stevens Middle School teacher Brooke Hendry during a recent staff meeting to announce she is the November Educator of the Month in the KONP Radio-Umpqua Bank recognition program.
Umpqua Bank joined the six-year-old recognition program, begun by KONP and the Port Angeles School District, as a sponsor in 2014 and awards each recipient with a gift card.
KONP features the awardee’s nomination and her award in announcements throughout the month on 1450 AM.
Hendry instructs the eighth-grade choir, teaches two sections of eighth-grade math and is the leadership teacher who oversees the leadership class and the majority of the large events that take place at school.
The Educator of the Month program is organized with the help of local students, staff and community members.
Nominations for featured teachers in the Port Angeles, Sequim and Crescent school districts, plus Queen of Angels and Olympic Christian schools, are solicited, then announced monthly by Ortloff and Needham throughout the school year.
CVAR open house
QUILCENE — Center Valley Animal Rescue’s (CVAR) Holiday Open House will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.
The open house features chair massages with Catherine Herrick, LMT, Henna tattoos from Sophia of Limitless Henna and many baskets for raffle.
Come tour the ranch, located at 11900 Center Road, and enjoy savory and sweet treats, coffee and cider.
Special guest Braden Duncan of Clockwork Art will be there with original paintings and holiday greeting cards.
Fundraising show
PORT TOWNSEND — “Murder Dot Com” by writer and director Ramon Dailey will be presented by the Port Townsend Mystery Players in the Oscar Erickson Building, Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St., from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. both Friday and Saturday.
This “Dinner and a Murder” fundraising show is catered by Rick Unrue and his staff from the Belmont Restaurant, sponsored by the PT Kiwanis Club.
The evening includes drinks, socializing, puzzle solving, good food and a show for $55 per person. Tickets are advance sale only.
All proceeds benefit the children’s programs of the PT Kiwanis Club and Olympic Community Action Programs (OlyCAP).
Tickets are available from Kiwanis members, at brownpapertickets.com or by contacting Mary Crozier at 360-531-0200 or email maryc@ptpc.com.
Dinner and a Murder was started in 2006 by Bob and Kathleen Logue as a fundraiser for OlyCAP.
After Bob’s retirement, the PT Kiwanis Club assumed sponsorship.
Anglers to meet
PORT TOWNSEND — The East Jefferson Chapter of Puget Sound Anglers will hold its monthly meeting in the Port Commissioners Building, 333 Benedict St., at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 8.
Speaker Ryan Lothrop, Puget Sound Recreational Salmon Fishery manager, will discuss winter salmon fishery and salmon fishery prospects in 2016 for Marine Area 9.
The public is invited, and refreshments will be served.
