NEWS BRIEFS: Family band to play at library events … and other items

The North Olympic Library System will host three performances of the band Ants Ants Ants at

different Peninsula locations.

The band will perform at the Boys and Girls

Club, 400 W. Fir St., in Sequim at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

They will perform at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St. at 6:30 p.m. Thursday.

They will also perform at the Forks Library, 171 S. Forks Ave. at 10:30 a.m. Friday.

Ants Ants Ants is an Oregon-based family band.

For more information, email youth@nols.org or visit www.nols.org.

Holiday meeting

PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County chapter of the Retired Public Employees Council will meet at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 13.

The meeting will be held at the North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center, 905 W. Ninth St.

Guest speaker Mike Marston will report on lobbying efforts to increase benefits for public employees.

Marston is a member of the state executive board of the Retired Public Employees Council.

Coffee will be provided and attendees are encouraged to bring Christmas

treats or finger food to share.

The meeting is free and open to current and retired state, county, city and other public employees and their guests.

Student commended as scholar

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles High School student Linus Waddell has been named a Commended Scholar in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Waddell was presented with a letter of commendation from PAHS and from the National Merit Scholarship Corp.

Approximately 34,000 students nationwide were recognized as Commended Scholars.

That number equals approximately 3 percent of the 1.6 million students who took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test.

Threshold Choir offers songs for dying, grieving

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Threshold Choir is offering a program for facilities and organizations in the area who are interested in learning more about what they do.

The choir aims to bring ease and comfort to those at the threshold between living and dying.

The singers make bedside visits in groups of two to four and provide a calm and focused presence with gentle voices and simple songs.

Visits are free and typically last about 20 minutes.

Families and caregivers are invited to join in the singing or to participate by listening.

Most of the songs are short and the music is not religiously oriented.

For more information, call Elizabeth Kelly at 360-452-5882.

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