NEWS BRIEFS: No landing practice this week at outlying field in Coupeville . . . and other items

COUPEVILLE — There will be no field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island at the outlying field in Coupeville today through Saturday.

The schedule is subject to change to meet mission requirements.

Comments, including noise complaints, can be directed to station’s comment line at 360-257-6665 or via email at comments.NASWI@navy.mil.

All other questions can be directed to the public affairs office at 360-257-2286.

Tradeshow

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles High School students recently presented the 2015 Marketing Tradeshow in the school’s student center and courtyard.

Students represented Port Angeles businesses and showcased skills learned in their marketing class.

They were judged on their presentation materials by staff, community members, local businesses and organizational representatives.

The businesses and organizations represented were Olympic Peninsula Humane Society, Frugals, Swain’s, Strait Music, Port Angeles Baby Store, Fresh Wok, Bada Bean, My Choices, The Answer for Youth, Dairy Queen, Evergreen Collision, Moxie Boutique, Harold’s Take Out, Port Angeles Food Bank, Peninsula Behavioral Health, Wilder Automotive, Windermere Real Estate, Fanaticus Sports Grill, Irwin Dental, Weider Chiropractic, Higher Grounds and the DECA Student Store.

Participating marketing students were Shawna Alderson, Abigail Barnett, Sami Benoff, Cheyenne Boyd, Tasha Carney, Logan Ciaciuch, Jacob Dugan, Justice Gallauher, Sierra George, Ane Haaland, Robert Harris, Zaundria Irwin-Patterson, Darian Kyniston, Ryan Rodocker, Dexter Thumm and Bryan Walde.

Pollanz Promise

PORT ANGELES — Isabelle Cottam and Tristian Turner, Stevens Middle School eighth-grade students, were awarded the promise of a $32,000 college scholarship — $8,000 per year for four years — by the family of Gladys Christopher Pollanz.

Cottam is the daughter of Amber Mozingo.

Turner is the son of Racheal and Sonny Turner.

The scholarships, known as Pollanz Promise Scholarships, are given providing the students meet scholarship criteria and graduate from Port Angeles High School or Lincoln High School on time. For these two recipients, this means a June 2019 graduation date.

Finalists for the scholarships for 2015, all from Stevens, were Jasmine Cottam, Carly Moe, Bonnie Peters and Madison Saiz.

The scholarship was started in 2005 by Pollanz’s family and is awarded annually by the family and the Port Angeles Education Foundation.

“Students are nominated by their teachers and staff, submit an application and then go through an interview process,” said Tina Smith-O’Hara, Port Angeles School District communications and community relations coordinator.

“The interview committee was very impressed by all six of this year’s applicants. These students participate in a process that many of their peers won’t take part in for many years. It was very difficult to choose just two. All finalists were very deserving.”

Pollanz graduated from Port Angeles’ Roosevelt High School in 1923 as salutatorian of her class.

The death of her father necessitated her work as a legal secretary to help support the family rather than attend college. She worked hard through the years, investing in the stock market.

When she died in 2003, Pollanz left $1 million to establish a scholarship fund for high school graduates to attend a four-year college.

Chain gang busy

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office Chain Gang performed guardrail maintenance on Hoko-Ozette Road during the week of May 25-29.

They weed-eated 3,069 feet.

The group mowed the Port Angeles County Shop’s property.

They weed-eated all of the East Bay Street ditches.

They removed about 1,260 scotch broom plants on Edgewood Drive, adding to the 2015 annual removal total of 13,877 plants.

The gang removed a wrecked and burnt travel trailer from the county right of way on Blue Mountain Road.

A total of 680 pounds of trash was removed from two illegal dump sites on Old Olympic Highway and Little River Road.

Two hazard trees were removed from campsite 1 at the Klahowya Campground.

Firewood was cut, split and transported to the Snider work camp.

Tirzah Club

PORT ANGELES — The Hatasu Temple Queen’s official visit was held recently at the Cafe Garden Restaurant.

The meeting was opened by club President Lynn Chase, introducing and welcoming Queen Beth Rachel Eng.

A prayer and flag salute followed, with introduction of all attending members.

The queen’s presentation included her projects of making quilts for the Shriner Hospital and selling quilting materials.

Favors were quilted placemats with matching napkins made by Lynn Chase and Judy Shanks.

Member Andre Bower made a hanging basket of fuchsias to give to the speaker.

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