NEWS BRIEFS: Port Angeles Parks, Recreation & Beautification Commission in need of 2 new members . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — The city is accepting applications to fill two vacancies on the Parks, Recreation & Beautification Commission.

Members of the commission give recommendations to the City Council on all matters relating to parks, recreation and beautification, according to a news release.

Members cooperate with and advise the Parks & Recreation director in the development and implementation of a comprehensive recreation program, a comprehensive park development program, beautification programs and the general appearance of the city.

The commission also works with the director in resolving any problems arising from departmental programs or facilities.

The deadline to apply is Friday.

Those interested can get an application at www.cityofpa.us or the city manager’s office in City Hall.

Commission members are appointed to four-year terms with a limit of two consecutive terms.

The commission meets the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m. in the Vern Burton Community Center meeting rooms.

For more information, contact City Clerk Jennifer Veneklasen at 360-417-4634 or at jvenekla@cityofpa.us.

Lions meetings

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Lions Club, chartered in 1942, will move from a noon meeting to an evening meeting for the first time in its history starting Wednesday.

The club is also changing from four meetings a month to a pair of meetings a month — on the first and third Wednesdays, according to a news release.

Meetings will begin with dinner between 5:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. at the Fairmount Restaurant, 1127 W. U.S. Highway 101.

For more information, phone 360-457-6397.

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