PORT ANGELES — Clallam County’s volunteer stream monitoring program Streamkeepers will hold its annual volunteer orientation training at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday.
Participants will be trained on how to help collect stream health data, perform data entry and analysis, and conduct education and outreach.
The complete annual training consists of two introductory evening sessions and a full-day class including indoor and outdoor instruction.
Training is scheduled around the availability of the trainees.
No previous experience or special equipment is required.
Boots or waders are encouraged for the full-day training.
The training is free and open to the public.
For more information or to volunteer, phone 360-417-2281, email streamkeepers@co.clallam.wa.us or visit www.clallam.net/SK.
Library grants
PORT ANGELES — Franklin Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary and Port Angeles High schools each was awarded a $1,000 grant through the Washington State Library’s “Refreshing School Libraries to Engage Students” program to purchase nonfiction books early this month.
Each grant allows the schools to purchase an average of 50 books, with high school materials costing more and elementary less.
According to the secretary of state’s grant’s explanation: “Recent data showed the average copyright of many school collections is over 20 years old . . . Without access to current, accurate resources, research capabilities are limited. This affects schools’ ability to fulfill common core standards requiring fact-based research.”
The Washington State Library provided separate suggested book lists for elementary, middle and high schools based on the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the WSL teacher librarian advisory committee’s recommendations.
A total of 200 grants statewide are planned to be awarded.
Electronic and fiction books are not covered in the grant.
New project manager for First Federal
PORT ANGELES — First Federal recently hired Michele Deo as its new assistant vice president, project manager.
Deo will be responsible for managing major, highly complex project initiatives to include new products, conversions and integrations of new systems along with other projects, according to a news release.
She is also responsible for the development and execution of enterprise-level process re-engineering efforts crossing multiple business lines.
Sequim shop open
SEQUIM — Birds of a Feather, 825 W. Washington St., owned by Kristy and Elmer Grasser is now open after their grand opening July 13.
The store sells handcrafted soaps, gifts and soap making and apothecary supplies.
In addition, it offers “Let’s Make Something” craft classes at 6 p.m. Thursdays.
Preregistration is required.
Birds of a Feather is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays through Thursdays, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.
For more information, phone 360-477-4343, email contact@birdsofafeatherfarm.com or visit www.birdsofafeatherfarm.com.