PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Sheriff’s Office is warning that people have been using fake $20 bills at garage sales.
In two incidents May 27, it was reported that someone bought a $1 item at a garage sale and received real change, according to a statement from the sheriff’s office.
They say they are buying their mother a late Mother’s Day present, the sheriff’s office said.
The people were described as two white males in their mid-20s. One was about 5-foot-7 and slender, while the other had a slightly darker complexion and was about 5-foot-8 with a stocky build.
Assault investigation
PORT ANGELES — City police on Thursday were investigating the apparent assault of a 35-year-old transient woman, Officer Zachery Moore said.
The assault was reported at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday at Veterans Memorial Park, 217 S. Lincoln St.
The unnamed woman, who was bleeding from the head, was treated by paramedics and taken to Olympic Medical Center.
“Her current condition is unknown, but the injuries were significant enough for ongoing hospitalization,” Moore said in a Thursday news release.
“Officers could not obtain a statement from her that night, and people interviewed from the veterans park area had not seen what happened.”
Police named Charles Yaun, 43, as a person of interest.
Anyone with information on the assault or Yaun’s whereabouts is asked to phone Port Angeles police at 360-452-4545 or email Moore at zmoore@cityofpa.us.
Board meets
PORT TOWNSEND — The Jefferson County Veteran Service Officer’s Association/Veteran’s Advisory Board will hold a special meeting at 11 a.m. today.
The meeting will be in county commissioners’ chambers at the Jefferson County Courthouse, 1820 Jefferson St., Port Townsend.
The board will discuss and take possible action on a letter regarding the appointment of service officers from Jefferson County nationally chartered veterans organizations to serve on the advisory board.
Climate vigil
PORT ANGELES — The Olympic Climate Action Network will hold a vigil after President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate accord from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. today in front of the Richard B. Anderson Federal Building, 138 W. First St.
Democracy awards
SEATTLE — Fix Democracy First will honor Linda Brewster of Port Townsend and U.S. Rep. Derek Kilmer at its inagural awards dinner Sunday.
The dinner will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Centilia Cultural Center, 1660 S. Roberto Maestas Festival St. in Seattle.
Tickets are $75 in advance through Brown Paper Tickets and $85 at the door.
Brewster, past chair of the Washington Coalition to Amend the Constitution (WAmend), will receive the Democracy Volunteer of the Year award for her work during the Initiative 735 campaign — the passage of which meant Washington became the 18th state calling for an amendment ending the effects of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision — and ongoing work for a proposed 28th Amendment saying corporations do not have constitutional rights.
Kilmer will be honored as the Democracy Elected Official of the Year for supporting I-735. He represents the 6th Congressional District, which includes the North Olympic Peninsula.
The Washington Voting Justice Coalition will be recognized as the Democracy Organization of the Year.
The keynote address by David Korten, co-founder of Yes! magazine, will be “Deep Democracy and the Path to Ecological Civilization.”
For more about the group, see fixdemocracyfirst.org/fdf.
Ex-soldier sentenced
SEATTLE — A former soldier who lied his way to a Purple Heart and hundreds of thousands of dollars in government benefits has been sentenced to three years in prison.
U.S. District Judge Benjamin Settle issued the sentence Thursday in Tacoma to Darryl Wright.
Authorities said Wright, a former National Guardsman, feigned injuries from an explosion in Iraq in 2006 and doctored statements from fellow soldiers to obtain two awards, a Combat Action Badge and a Purple Heart, which is reserved for those wounded in action.
The Army has since revoked those awards, though Wright still has the medals.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of fraud. Prosecutors were seeking a prison term of five years, and they wanted the judge to order Wright to return the medals and a Purple Heart license plate.
Settle declined to go that far, but he did order Wright to repay nearly $650,000 in benefits.
Unity speaker
PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics’ 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service guest speaker will be Timothy West.
The lesson is titled “Stepping Stones to Imagination.”
According to a news release, “As we discover through our lessons in Unity, you have the power to change your life and co-create your highest good.”
West started at Unity as a student of truth in 2006 and now serves as a Unity prayer chaplain in addition to being a youth and family ministry director.
A time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Child care is available during the service.
Schedule change
PORT ANGELES — The Peninsula Evangelical Friends Church, 1291 N. Barr Road, will move its Sunday morning service to 9 a.m. effective this Sunday, June 4.
Additionally, Sunday school classes will not be available during the summer months.
For more information, email pefchurch@gmail.com or visit www.sermonaudio.com/pefc.
