NEWS BRIEFS: Advisory for Port Ludlow Bay’s waters lifted . . . and other items

PORT LUDLOW — The no contact health advisory that was issued for Port Ludlow Bay after a release of sewage at the Port Ludlow Wastewater Treatment Plant last Wednesday has been lifted.

Jefferson County Public Health staff collected water quality samples in the area, and lab results indicate the water is safe for swimming, kayaking and fishing after stormwater flowing into the treatment plant Wednesday caused the sewage release, according to a Monday news release.

Harvesting shellfish is always closed in Port Ludlow due to the proximity of the sewage treatment plant outfall and the marina.

For more information, contact Jefferson County Public Health’s Water Quality Program at 360-385-9444 or visit www.

jeffersoncountypublichealth.org.

NatureBridge

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK — Registration is now open for a two-week field research course for teens at NatureBridge.

Two sessions of the Summer Field Research Course will be offered: July 10-22 and Aug. 7-19.

NatureBridge offers need-based financial aid to qualified participants.

The course offers students the opportunity to work with NatureBridge educators to develop and conduct their own field-based research project.

Students interested in the program are encouraged to contact NatureBridge’s summer programs manager at 415-758-1650 or summerprograms@naturebridge.org.

For more information, see www.naturebridge.org/summerfieldresearch.

Program on finding female ancestors set

SEQUIM — Genealogical historian Donna Potter Phillips will present ways to learn about female ancestors this Saturday.

The two-part series will be at the Dungeness Valley Lutheran Church, 925 N. Sequim Ave. It will begin after a short general meeting that starts at 10 a.m.

Phillips’ morning class, “Finding Lost Ladies & Missing Mothers,” is free and open to the public.

After a lunch break from noon to 1 p.m., Phillips will present “Our Lady Ancestors Were Joiners: Clubs, Societies & Organizations,” from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

The afternoon class requires advance registration of $20.

To register, go to the Clallam County Genealogical Society’s website at clallamcogs.org, the group’s Facebook page or send it by mail or in person to the Genealogical Research Library, 402 East Lauridsen Blvd., Port Angeles, WA 98362.

Checks should be made payable to CCGS.

Phillips has more than 25 years of genealogical research experience. She has published articles in genealogical magazines and wrote a weekly newspaper column for 15 years. She now writes a blog.

For more information, call the Research Library at 360-417-5000 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. today through Friday.

Testing offered

PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College will offer extended hours for testing, advising, registration, campus tours, tuition payments and financial aid information next Saturday.

Pirate Central, located in the Clocktower Building on the Port Angeles campus, 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd., will be open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. that day.

A variety of tests will be offered. Testing must be started by 10 a.m.

Campus tours, career interest assessments, information on educational and career pathways, help in choosing a program and applying to the college, and scholarship and financial aid information will be offered.

For more information, call 360-417-6340 or email studentservices@pencol.edu.

Driver appreciation

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam Transit board proclaimed this Friday as Transit Driver Appreciation Day.

Transit Driver Appreciation Day was conceived in 2009 by some riders in Seattle, Clallam Transit said, as it urged riders to thank drivers.

Transit drivers operate fixed-route and para-transit modes of transportation.

March 18 is the day that bus service is believed to have debuted in Paris in 1662, Clallam Transit said.

Realtor joins Port Angeles brokerage

PORT ANGELES — Realtor Jim McLaughlin has joined the real estate brokerage of Town & Country.

He recently retired from the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office after 17 years of service as a detective.

Before that, he served in the Coast Guard.

For more information, visit www.jim.sequimrealestate.com or phone 360-477-2134.

Town & Country, located at 1205 E. Front St., is a real estate brokerage specializing in video production and promotion.

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