NEWS BRIEFS: Chain gang work done in Port Angeles, Clallam County . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office chain gang removed 1,700 pounds of refuse during the week of Dec. 7-11 from illegal dump sites on Little River Road and other West End dump sites.

Crews removed and chipped storm debris on Lake Dawn, Little River, O’Brien, Old Mill and East Beach roads.

Ditch maintenance and culvert cleaning was performed on Edgewood Drive and Harrington, Monroe, Baker Farm, Short, Mount Pleasant, Dietz, Glass, Draper and Reddick roads.

The crew cleared a small mudslide on Elwha River Road.

They constructed sandbags and placed them on a flooded area of Fish Hatchery Road.

During the week of Dec. 14-18, the chain gang moved approximately 175 file boxes from the sheriff’s office’s human resources department to old jail storage and rearranged the human resources storage container.

Crews removed sandbags and replaced them on the pond retaining wall for future flood control on Fish Hatchery Road.

They cleaned the culvert and ditch line along Lake Aldwell Road.

Crews removed a large tree from the ditch and the side of a hill on East Beach Road, cleared fallen tree debris to the north of Indian Creek Bridge and cleared culverts along Deer Park Road.

They constructed a curtain drain along the property driveway down to the roadway at 252 Glass Road and filled it with drain rock.

Crews brushed and chipped the county right of way along East Scrivner and Key roads.

Fallen trees were removed from Klahowya and Klahanie campgrounds.

During the week of Dec. 21-25, the chain gang removed 1,560 pounds of refuse from a dump site on Karpen Road.

Also during the week, crews removed fallen trees, weed-eated and brushed the road in Clallam Bay off Salmon Street for the U.S. Coast Guard to gain access to the radar tower.

Crews brushed and dug a new ditch on Colville Road to fix a flooding problem.

They cleared a ditch and performed culvert maintenance on Reservoir Road, off Black Diamond Road, to stop flooding.

The chain gang removed downed trees and opened the roadway to traffic on Deer Park and O’Brien roads.

They brushed and chipped Key and Scribner roads.

Fallen trees were removed from Klahowya Campground.

Crews inspected damage to a waterline from a fallen tree on the north side of the Sol Duc River.

During the week of Dec. 28-31, the crew removed 740 pounds of trash from illegal dump sites on Cedar Drive and Little River Road.

In addition, crews cleaned out a truck and an office in preparation for the new chain gang deputy.

They also brushed and chipped on Key, Doss and Scribner roads.

During the week of Jan. 4-8, crews brushed and chipped the county right of way on Freshwater Bay and East Scrivener roads.

Sheriff’s Office activities included giving the new chain gang deputy a tour of the county.

This included all fuel stations; East, Central and West End county shops; detachments 51, 52, 53 and 54; and the forest service office and Snyder Work Camp.

They viewed all of the county gravel pits where potential debris could be disposed of from the east county line to the west county line.

Dean’s list

CHENEY — Eastern Washington University released the names of students who were on the fall 2015 quarter dean’s list.

From Chimacum: Brittany Conn, Hannah Jahnke, Morgan Music and Lili Story.

From Port Ludlow: Siobhan Ebel.

From Port Angeles: Graham Baiz, Rio Mowbray, Abigail Schmid and Anh Tran.

From Port Townsend: Alexander Krauch, Chace Larsen, Megan Lee and Grayson Pennell.

From Sequim: Halle Beck, Joshua Graham, Mitchell Koonz, Zachary Langan and Jamie Miller.

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