NEWS BRIEFS — Ancestry Club to celebrate Irish heritage . . . and other items

CLALLAM BAY — The Clallam Bay Ancestry Club will meet at the Clallam Bay Library, 16990 Highway 112, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday, June 2 to celebrate Irish ancestry.

Participants are urged to bring Irish artifacts and wear green. This event is free and open to the public.

For information, phone Barbara Williams at 803-374-6394 or email gsmdhistoricsites@gmail.com.

Ludlow welcomes newcomers

PORT LUDLOW — A Port Ludlow Neighborhood Welcome Event will be held at the Bay Club, 120 Spinnaker Place, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. this Friday.

The free event is for residents who are new to the community or those who still feel new. More than 20 organizations will be represented to describe their programs activities.

For more information, phone Barbara Berthiaume at 360-437-0423 or email barbara.berthiaume@gmail.com.

Bunco party slated

SEQUIM — A bunco fundraiser will be held at Luke’s Episcopal Church, 525 N. Fifth Ave., from 11:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. this Friday.

The cost is a $12 donation, which will go toward uncompensated care at Seattle Children’s Hospital.

There will be a buffet luncheon, a silent auction and door prizes.

For more information phone 360-797-7105 or visit www.seqimguild.org.

Peninsula College students inducted into honor society

PORT ANGELES — Eighty-three Peninsula College students have been inducted into the Beta Delta Nu Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society, the official honor society for two-year colleges.

Special ceremonies were held recently in the Peninsula College Longhouse to honor the new inductees.

To become a member of Phi Theta Kappa, students must have completed at least 12 hours of coursework that may be applied to an associate degree and have a grade-point average of 3.7.

The students who were newly inducted into the local chapter of Beta Delta Nu are:

Niki Allinson, Eddy Bartley, Rosann Beauvais, Jennifer Beckett, Jason Bennett, Leslie Bergman, Alyssa Bertuleit, Michal Breitbach, Daniel Brooks, Rachel Brown, Amelia Brummel, Gabriel Carey, Daniel Cleveland, Nicole Criel.

Mariah Doty, Allison Elam, Briana Estrellado, Jessica Ferguson, Kelly Flanagan, John Galm, Tila Gannon, Jeffrey Garbacz, Shannon Gordon, Misti Hardy, Kendra Harvey, Nikiphoros Hjichristodoulou, Joe Ingram, Tristan Isett, Mary King, Rachel Koch.

Hiu Tung Gloria Lam, Krisitn Lamoure, Hiu Kun Vivian Liu, Cheryl Loran, Long Sha Ronsa Mak, Christopher Manley, Jennah Matheny, Halbert Meeker, Isaac Miles, Mary Mollinet, Jennifer Morelos, Sarah Moss, David Myers and Garrett Mueller.

Shelby Lynn Napiontek, Nancy Nation, Emilia Navazio, Linh Nguyen, Sebastian Ostrovsky, Jeanette Painter, Ruiquan Pan, Nicole Perez, Jane Perkins, Salina Pettibone, Karen Phillips, Susan Pichotta, Peter Placos, Geraldo Pradipta, Tara Price.

Rachel Ramsey, Jordan Reabold, Rose Ridder, Paxton Rodocker, Cassandra Roland, Juan Servin, Judith Sinclair, Mark Anthony Skerbeck, Kathrin Sumpter, Joshua Sund, Jennifer Thompson, Chanti Thrash, Pok ManTong, Wai Yan Tse.

Nessa Urban, Norma Van Orman, Justin Vanbuskirk, Catherine Villella, Geran Voss, Crystal Wayman, Sheena White, Nora Williams, Zachary Wood, Jasmine Zavakza and Aaron Zavolokin.

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