NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles church to host Jazz Mass this morning … and other items

PORT ANGELES — St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church will hold its eighth annual Jazz Mass service at 10 a.m. today.

The musical service will be under the direction of Craig Buhler and Jim Couture at the church, 510 E. Park Ave.

Following the service, a taco feed will be held to benefit the church’s youth group.

Offerings collected will benefit the scholarship fund for the Dungeness Christian Music Workshop.

For more information, phone 360-457-4862 or visit www.standrewpa.org.

Unity speaker

PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics’ 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service guest speaker will be Nancy Byrne.

The lesson is titled “The Miracle That is You!”

Byrne is the author of “Choices” and majored in psychology at the University of Colorado, Denver, for her graduate and undergraduate coursework.

A time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.

Child care is available during the service.

KONP talk guests

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1:05 p.m. to 2 p.m. local talk show segment on KONP radio, at 1450 AM, 101.7 FM and www.konp.com on the internet outside the Port Angeles area.

Station General Manager Todd Ortloff hosts the Monday through Thursday segments.

This week’s scheduled lineup:

Monday: Pre-empted by Seattle Mariners game.

Tuesday: Ingrid Nixon discusses the Liars Contest hosted by the Story People of Clallam County.

Second segment: Richard Schwartz discusses addiction issues, types, behaviors and treatment options.

Wednesday: Master Gardeners Judy English, Bill Wrobel and Jeanette Stehr-Green take phone calls from listeners.

Thursday: Pre-empted by Seattle Mariners game.

Landing practice

COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island at the outlying field Tuesday through Friday.

Operations are scheduled for late morning and late evening to night Tuesday.

Training has been scheduled evening to late night Wednesday and Thursday.

Operations will continue early to midafternoon Friday.

The schedule is subject to change to meet mission requirements.

Comments, including noise complaints, can be directed to the 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.

Fifth anniversary

PORT ANGELES — The Dream Hatchery will celebrate five years of service on the Olympic Peninsula with an open house Monday, June 5, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

The event will be held at owner Kristin Halberg’s home office, 1308 Eden Valley Road west of Port Angeles.

Halberg will be available to answer questions about upcoming backpacking pilgrimages and mini-pilgrimages, as well as one-on-one coaching services. She also will give a one-hour presentation, “Discovering Your Joy,” beginning at 6 p.m.

Halberg opened her life coaching business as KIC Coaching in June 2012.

She has an executive master’s degree in leadership, social responsibility and business administration from Seattle University, and a Bachelor of Arts in English and creative writing from the University of Washington. She is a licensed HeartMath coach “with additional endorsements in stopping emotional eating and cutting through anxiety, and studies physiology, neuroscience, psychology and spirituality through organizations such as the Harvard Institute of Coaching, the Greater Good Science Institute and more,” according to a news release.

For more information, visit www.thedreamhatchery.com or the business’ Facebook page at www.facebook.com/DreamHatchery.

Pinning ceremony

PORT ANGELES — The public is invited to attend Peninsula College’s Medical Assisting Program annual pinning ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 17.

Graduates from prior years that have passed the National Contract Management Association exam are encouraged to participate in the event held in the college’s Little Theatre, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd.

Candidates who would like to participate in the event must register by 5 p.m. Friday, June 9, and should arrive at least a half-hour prior to the start of the ceremony.

Those interested should include a — maximum 250 word — one-paragraph biography about themselves upon registration.

To register, Rachel Pairsh at rpairsh@pencol.edu; or ­­Elsey Eaton at elseyeaton@gmail.com or 360-808-6631.

For more information, email Pairsh at rpairsh@pencol.edu.

Scholarship available

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College is accepting applications for the $1,000 Bright Haygood Copsey scholarship.

Applicants must be single mothers who are part-time or full-time students planning to attend the entire 2017-18 year.

Applications are due Monday, July 17.

To view the scholarship or apply, visit www.pencol.edu/scholarships.

Essay awards

PORT ANGELES — Three Peninsula College students were recently named winners of the college’s English department essay awards.

Rose Elaine Alexander, Kristopher Gonyo and Eric Ernst will receive their awards and $200 each during a board of trustees meeting Tuesday, June 13.

Alexander’s narrative essay, titled “Motivation and Manipulation: Iago as the Central Character in Shakespeare’s Othello,” won “Best Literary Analysis.”

She is currently working toward her high school diploma and associate degree at Port Angeles High School and the college.

Kristopher Gonyo won “Best Narrative Essay” for “Musings on Literacy and Homelessness: Reading One’s Way Back into Self-Esteem.”

Gonyo is a student in the computer security program at the college.

Eric N. Ernst won “Best Traditional Research Essay” for “America’s Healthcare Debate and Universal Healthcare.”

Ernst is pursuing an associate degree, with plans to pursue a career in art or writing, or both.

The annual prize is made possible by a private gift to the college’s foundation designed to support student writers.

For more information, email Michael Mills at mmills@pencol.edu.

Therapeutic riding offered

PORT TOWNSEND — Salish Spirit Equine Assisted Therapy is offering free therapeutic riding this summer at the Jefferson County Fairgrounds, 4907 Landes St.

The classes will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesdays, June 20, June 27, July 11, July 18, July 25, Aug. 1, Aug. 15 and Aug. 22.

For each class, there will be a maximum of four riders.

Riders ages 8 and older, as well as adults with special needs are welcome to apply by visiting, www.salishspirit.org and selecting “participate.”

Riders are accepted on a first-come-first-served basis.

Salish’s instructors are Professional Association of Therapeutic Horsemanship certified, insured and have current cardiopulmonary resuscitation training, according to a news release.

A physician’s statement must clear the rider to participate in the program.

For more information, visit www.salishspirit.org.

Class registration

PORT ANGELES — The North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center at 905 W. Ninth St. is currently accepting enrollment for its 2017 summer courses.

Classes are offered Monday, June 26, through Wednesday, July 19.

Classes will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Fridays.

There will no classes July 3-5 in observance of Independence Day.

Students must attend all 90 hours to earn 0.5 elective credits.

Summer courses offered include automotive collision repair, cinema TV and production, comic creation camp, construction trades, culinary arts, marine voyaging, small-engine repair and video game design.

Welding will not be offered this summer, and the health and wellness class has reached full capacity.

For the cosmetology course, registrants must be 16 years old and existing students.

Those interested must register by June 26.

For more information, phone 360-565-1533 or visit www.nopsc.org/programs.

Scholarship recipients

PORT ANGELES The American Association of University Women-Clallam County awarded two high school students academic scholarships at a recent breakfast ceremony.

The recipients are Madison Critchfield of Port Angeles High School and Katelyn Carter of Sequim High School — both graduating seniors.

The two were selected due to their academic records, services to their schools and communities, recommendations from teachers and their future education goals, according to a news release.

Critchfield and Carter plan to attend Peninsula College for two years before completing their studies at a four-year college.

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