PORT TOWNSEND — Arts to Elders, in conjunction with the Northwind Arts Center and sponsored by the Port Townsend Arts Commission, will present violinist Kristin Smith at Seaport Landing, 1201 Hancock St., from 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Smith is a music instructor and concertmaster for the Port Townsend Community Orchestra.
She plans to include some of her students and her husband, who plays both concertina and piano, at the free event.
For more information, phone Harvey Putterman, program director, at 360-379-2620.
Exploring college
PORT ANGELES — Eighth-grade students from across the North Olympic Peninsula gathered at Peninsula College on March 25 to learn about their post-high school education options at 8th Grade College Exploration Day.
The students spent a day rotating through a series of small group sessions on topics such as how to pay for college and interactive college trivia, which were designed to be both educational and interactive.
Keynote speaker Rashad Norris spoke about the importance of higher education, pursuing dreams and taking advantage of the opportunity to learn how to succeed in college.
The annual March event is sponsored by the Washington Council for High School and College Relations and was created to assist all Washington state students in accessing and engaging in post-secondary opportunities.
For more information, email Shelby Eggert, student recruitment coordinator, at seggert@pencol.edu.
EMT graduates
PORT HADLOCK — The Jefferson County EMS and Trauma Care Council’s 2016 basic EMT class graduated 21 students March 26.
The class “is a three-month, 200-hour course,” said senior EMS instructor Tim Manly, a career firefighter and paramedic for Port Ludlow Fire and Rescue.
Graduates of the March class included Kelsie MacDonald, Tristan Minnihan, Aimee Larson, John Bick, DeAndre Wesley, Emily Stewart, Matt Stewart, Lynne Cassella-Blackburn, Seth Peterson, Misha Cassella-Blackburn, Craig Laseur, Jacob Ellis, Crystal Manly, Deborah Vasenda, Holly Chute, Matthew McCrehin, Patrick Williams, Cassandra Lobato, Mason Foster, Maria MacDonald and Dain Olsen.
There are three levels of EMS training: basic, advanced and paramedic.
Manly is qualified to teach all three.
The class is offered at least once a year, usually beginning in January.
It’s offered to fire district volunteers and staff first, then opened to the general public.
An advanced EMT course will be taught in September.
A prerequisite for this class is a minimum of three years of field experience as a basic EMT.
For more information, contact Manly at tim.manly@plfr.org.
