Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press
PORT ANGELES — Clallam County officeholders who were elected in the Nov. 4 general election were sworn in Tuesday in Superior Court.
Each will serve a four-year term.
Newly elected county officials are District 3 Commissioner Bill Peach, Auditor Shoona Riggs, Community Development Director Mary Ellen Winborn and Prosecuting Attorney Mark Nichols.
Nichols was sworn in Nov. 25 to fill the remainder of a term that ends today. He was sworn in for the 2015-2018 term with his fellow officeholders Tuesday.
Returning Clallam County elected officials are Assessor Pamela Rushton, Sheriff Bill Benedict, Treasurer Selinda Barkhuis, Superior Court Judge Christopher Melly, District Court 1 Judge Rick Porter, District Court 2 Judge John H. Doherty and Clallam County Public Utility District Commissioner Hugh Haffner.
Jeffeson County’s newly elected officials will be sworn in Friday.
Hempapalooza slated
BRINNON — Hempapalooza, a medical marijuana farmers market focusing on education, awareness and responsibility, will be held at Brinnon Herbal Collective, 91 Corey Lane, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10.
The public is welcome, and there is no admission. Donations are accepted but not required.
Attendees must have valid medical authorization and ID for all medical cannabis transactions.
Children younger than 18 are not permitted without a parent or legal guardian.
Local vendors with non-marijuana products are welcome and encouraged.
For more information, visit www.potstop.net, phone Nicole Black at 360-301-0844 or email coleyblack@gmail.com.
Workshop in poetry set at PA Library
PORT ANGELES — A poetry workshop with Alice Derry and Kate Reavey will take place at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 7.
All are welcome to the free event.
This workshop aims to help students write poems for the Rainshadow Poetry Contest 2015.
Reavey and Derry will offer a poem by a well-known poet for reading and analysis of how a poem works.
Writing prompts will follow, based on ideas and techniques presented by the model poems.
Students may share their results with the group if they wish.
Beginners and more advanced writers are welcome.
Space is limited to 15.
Contact Reavey at kreavey@pencol.edu or 360-775-4878 for more information.
‘Family Art’ slated
PORT HADLOCK — Marc Chagall, widely regarded as one of the most successful artists of the 20th century, expressed his inner emotions through painting in a fairytale-like way.
The public will get a chance to do the same during a free workshop at the Jefferson County Library, 620 Cedar Ave., from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 10.
All age are welcome to paint their inner stories and visions in the likeness of Chagall.
Materials are provided.
Taught by Sidonie Wilson, this “Family Art” event is designed for adults and children to create and explore a variety of art mediums together.
The workshop starts with a demonstration and art conversation followed by creative work time.
Space is limited.
To register, sign up at the library or phone 360-385-6544.
Stop Checkpoints
PORT ANGELES — There will be no Stop The Checkpoints meeting Saturday, Jan. 3. The Museum at the Carnegie is closed for the winter.
For the next three months, meetings will be on the third Thursday evening of each month from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
Those dates are Jan. 15, Feb. 19 and March 19.
The Jan. 15 meeting will gather in the library’s Raymond Carver Room.
The meeting’s topic is “Racial Disproportionality in the Criminal Justice System and the Smart Justice Project.”
Attorney Breean Beggs of Spokane will speak by video conference on the topic which is an approach to reducing mass incarceration.
Beggs has been recognized as greater Spokane’s “Top Civil Rights Lawyer” by Spokane Coeur d’Alene Magazine, an “Uncommon Contributor to the Community” by the Spokesman Review and a “Local Hero” by the Washington State Bar Association.
Following his talk, there will be time for questions and discussion on community policing and racial justice issues.
The public is welcome.
For information, phone Lois Danks at 360-452-7534 or visit www.stopthecheckpoints.com.
Marine Resources
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Marine Resources Committee will meet at the Port of Port Townsend Commissioner’s Building, 333 Benedict St., from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6.
The public is welcome.
For a detailed meeting agenda, visit www.jeffersonmrc.org.
High pressure Seattle
SEATTLE — An intense high pressure system centered over British Columbia spilled into Western Washington on Tuesday morning, making for the highest atmospheric pressure readings on record, according to Scott Sistek, meteorologist for KOMO News.
Seattle’s pressure reached a high of 1045.4 milibars at 11 a.m., breaking the old record of 1043.4 set Dec. 1, 2011, Sistek said.
Converted to inches of mercury — the reading most commonly seen on television and on phone apps — that comes out to 30.84 inches, he said in his blog on the KOMO website at www.komonews.com.
Normal pressure is 1013 mb, or 29.92 inches, he said.
It doesn’t mean much, Sistek said, explaining that the added “weight” of the air from the increased pressure is about a half-pound per square inch.
