PORT ANGELES — A ceremonial ribbon-cutting is planned for the Winter Ice Village at 5:45 p.m. Friday.
The seasonal ice skating rink at 121 W. Front St., in downtown Port Angeles, was opened last Friday and will be open though Jan. 6.
Hours are from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday, with approximately 30-minute closures about every 90 minutes to resurface the ice.
Tickets for the 3,200-square-foot rink are $15 for adults. A $10 daylong ice skating pass will be available to veterans, skaters 4 to 12 years old and seniors 62 and older.
The Ice Village includes a Santa Claus cabin and a warming cabin for skaters.
School takeover
PORT ANGELES — Jefferson Elementary School will have a school takeover from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at Port Book and News.
During the takeover at the business at 104 E. First St., a portion of the proceeds from all purchases will go to programs at the school.
Refreshments will be available.
Awards deadline
PORT ANGELES — The deadline for nominations for the Second Annual Port Angeles Community Awards, sponsored by the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce, is Friday.
The awards gala will be at 6 p.m. Jan. 26 at the Vern Burton Community Center, 308 E. Fourth St.
Nominations are being taken in six categories. They are: Citizen of the Year, Business of the Year, Teacher of the Year, Organization of the Year, Young Leader of the Year, and Emerging Business of the Year.
To nominate, go to the chamber website at www.portangeles.org, and click the button that says: Nominate here.
Plastic bags
SEATTLE — Washington state leaders are calling for a new way to limit the use of plastic bags.
KIRO-TV reported that a new bill being announced Wednesday morning would put a 2 cent tax on each single-use plastic bag used across the state.
Currently, 19 cities in Washington have plastic bag bans in place, including Port Townsend — which enacted the first such ban on the North Olympic Peninsula — Port Angeles, Seattle, Tacoma and Edmonds. Kenmore most recently approved a ban that takes effect Jan. 1.
Whether those cities would be affected by the Legislation and the details of which bags would be taxed are not yet known.
Lawmakers tried to pass a tax on plastic bags in the last legislative session, but it failed.
The new bill will be introduced in the 2019 session.
