NEWS BRIEFS: Port Townsend School District Technology Committee meeting … and other items

PORT TOWNSEND — The Port Townsend School District Technology Committee will meet today at 3:30 p.m.

The special meeting will be in the Gael Stuart Building (Room S-5) at 1610 Blaine St.

Topics covered during the meeting include the Grant Street Refresh as well as current projects.

The full agenda can be viewed online at www.ptschools.org.

Caregiver core training

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Department of Social & Health Services Office will offer a foster parent CaregiverCore Training classes and an orientation in May.

The classes and orientation will occur at the department’s office, 201 W. First St.

The orientation will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 3.

The orientation is designed to help guide participants through the licensing process and provide a brief overview onwhat foster parenting is all about and is required to be completed to enroll in the core training classes series.

The class will be held Thursday, May 10-12 and Thursday, May 24-26. Registration is required for the course.

To register visit, www.allianceforchildwelfare.org, select “our courses,” and type in the search bar “Core CaregiverClass.”

Classes are held from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays and Fridays; and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays.

During the course, attendees can meet other prospective foster parents and a licensor will be available to answerquestions.

The licensor will discuss the minimum licensing requirements and help with required paperwork.

Licensing application packets will be provided.

For more information, contact Robert Judd at 360-643-0999 or juddre@uw.edu.

Demolition practice

ESQUIMALT, B.C. — The land-based demolition range at Bentinck Island will be in use Monday through Friday, April 27, the Royal Canadian Navy announced.

The range will be in use from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily during that time.

Bentinck Island is located near Race Rocks in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and is used as a terrestrial demolition range bythe Canadian Armed Forces.

Local residents will likely be unaware of the activities except on days when environmental conditions such astemperature, humidity and wind direction affect how far the sound will travel.

Studies conducted on the potential environmental effects of Bentinck Island demolitions have found that blast noise inthe marine environment during land-based demolitions is almost undetectable by acoustic equipment above that ofother underwater background sounds such as waves and marine life, the Royal Canadian Navy said in a news release.

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