NEWS BRIEFS: ‘Vigil for Black Lives’ planned Monday in Port Angeles . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — A “Vigil for Black Lives” will be held at the Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain, Front and Laurel streets, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday.

The event is sponsored by the Port Angeles Racial Justice Collective.

Participants are encouraged to bring candles and signs reading: “Their lives matter. All Black Lives Matter.”

The event will honor Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, two black men shot and killed by police officers last week in Baton Rouge, La., and Minneapolis, respectively.

The vigil will be held to pay respects to their lives, their families and their communities.

For more information, email opracialjustice@gmail.com.

KONP talk guests lined up this week

PORT ANGELES — Here is this week’s schedule for the 1:05 p.m. to 2 p.m. local talk show segment on KONP radio, at 1450 AM, 101.7 FM and www.konp.com on the Internet outside the Port Angeles area.

Station General Manager Todd Ortloff hosts the Monday through Thursday segments.

This week’s scheduled lineup:

■ Monday: Clallam County Juvenile & Family Services Director Pete Peterson and Patty Bell discuss a variety of treatment programs they have available for youths and families.

Second segment: Joe Floyd, president of the Peninsula College Foundation, and Brooke Taylor, foundation board member and chairman of the new Performing Arts Advisory Committee, discuss Donna Morris’ and Dorothy Field’s financial gifts to fund a performing arts center in Port Angeles.

■ Tuesday: Tutti Peetz discusses the Olympic Driftwood Sculptors’ upcoming art show.

Second segment: Kraig Kyllo discusses a new event the Great Northwest Duathlon, coming up in August.

Third segment: Clallam County Fire District No. 2 Assistant Fire Chief Mike DeRousie and Margie Bowlby discuss water safety and drowning prevention

■ Wednesday: Harry Gasnick, director of Clallam Public Defender, discusses recently adopted standards for qualifications and case­load standards of public defenders, types of public defense delivery systems used in Washington, issues relative to imposition or collection of legal financial obligations in criminal law, and the background/history of Clallam Public Defender.

■ Thursday: Alicia Demetroplis of Sequim Gym discusses “Rock Steady Boxing,” an exercise program for those with Parkinson’s disease.

Second segment: Clallam County Public Utility District.

Flight practice

COUPEVILLE — There will be field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island at the outlying field Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Operations are scheduled for the late afternoon to early evening.

The schedule is subject to change to meet mission requirements.

Comments, including noise complaints, can be directed to the station’s comment line at 360-257-6665 or via email at comments.NASWI@navy.mil.

All other questions can be directed to the public affairs office at 360-257-2286.

Women’s luncheon

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Christian Women’s Connection will host a women’s country-themed luncheon at the Port Angeles CrabHouse Restaurant, 221 N. Lincoln St., from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday.

Pam Pingle of Medford, Ore., will give a presentation, “Meeting Challenges Head On!,” on her personal life story.

There will also be live country music by The Sound Dogs, Chuck Grall and Pete Cross.

The cost is $16. Country and Western attire is encouraged.

To make reservations, phone Billy at 360-452-4343 or Mary at 360-457-5864.

Sail-in slated

PORT HADLOCK — The Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding, 42 N. Water St., will host a “Sail-In” event from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.

Activities include boat rides, boat school shop tours, rowing races, music, food and kid’s activities.

The event is free and open to the public.

For boat registration or to volunteer, email Bob Miller at bob@nwswb.edu.

For more information, visit www.nwswb.edu/events.

Play tryouts

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Community Players will hold tryouts for the first play of their 64th season, “I Hate Hamlet” by Paul Rudnick, at the Port Angeles Community Playhouse, 1235 E. Lauridsen Blvd., at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Three adult men and three adult women are needed for the play.

Tryouts will consist of reading selected passages from the script.

Copies are available for reading at the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., and the Sequim Library, 630 N. Sequim Ave.

“I Hate Hamlet” is about an actor whose television show has been canceled and moves to New York to play a role he hates: Hamlet.

The play will be staged from Friday, Sept. 23, to Sunday, Oct. 9.

For more information, phone the play’s director, Barbara Frederick, at 360-477-5044.

Library yoga

PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St., will hold a yoga-themed storytime with Jenny Houston of Poser Yoga at 10:30 a.m. Thursday.

The event for those ages 3 to 5 is free.

Houston comes from a professional dance background and is a certified yoga instructor.

The storytime is part of the annual summer reading program at the North Olympic Library System and part of a series of sports and fitness-related storytimes that take place Thursdays in July at the library.

Officer of the Year

PORT ANGELES — Elwha Police Officer Steffen Estep has received the 2016 Elwha Police Department Officer of the Year.

He was awarded by recently hired Police Chief Jeffrey Gilbert at a Chapter 74 Footprinters meeting.

Chapter President Maura Mattson then presented Estep with a plaque honoring his new employment.

Estep was selected for “his exceptional service to the Elwha community with his actions of decisiveness and professionalism in keeping to the highest standards of law enforcement,” according to a news release.

The Footprinters is a nonprofit that seeks “to promote support for law enforcement within their community” and “recognize the achievements of individuals within law enforcement,” among other goals.

Deputy graduates

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County Sheriff’s Deputy Mark Titterness recently graduated from the Basic Law Enforcement Academy, Class 732.

He successfully completed 720 hours of intense academic and physical training, earning state peace officer certification.

Titterness started as a corrections deputy in December 2011.

Prior to his employment with the Sheriff’s Office, Titterness was a corrections officer for the Kansas State Department of Corrections.

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