Peninsula Daily News and The Associated Press
PT police search for missing man
PORT TOWNSEND — Police are looking for Benjamin Holdeman, 24, of Port Townsend, who was last seen June 2 and who was reported missing June 24.
Holdeman is described as 6-feet-1-inch tall, weighing about 230 pounds. He has black hair and wears glasses. He was last seen with a full beard, wearing a T-shirt and Carhartt pants.
Holdeman was reported missing June 24 by family members who live in Illinois.
Port Townsend Police Sgt. Ed Green said Holdeman was last seen in Port Townsend on June 2.
“He has been known to go off into the woods by himself from time to time,” Green said.
“At the time, we do not suspect foul play, we just want to find him and get him in touch with his family members.”
Green asked anyone with information to phone him at 360-379-4667.
Community photo
PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce hopes to picture a broad cross-section of the town in the annual community photograph to be taken on Independence Day.
The photograph will be shot immediately after the Fourth of July parade Saturday.
“The more people we have involved the better, and even if they do not want to purchase a photo, we would love to have a bunch of people so the shot shows a terrific cross-section of the community, said Russ Veenema, chamber executive director, in an e-mail.
Participants are asked to gather in front of the stage at City Pier at about 7:30 p.m., when the parade has ended, for the group shot.
Ernst-Ulrich Schafer of Ernst Fine Art Photography, 120 N. Laurel St., of Port Angeles will shoot the photograph from a bucket provided by ASM Signs, also of Port Angeles.
A 11-by-17-inch color photo can be ordered for $20. Payment can be made either by check or credit card or with cash. Checks should be payable to the Port Angeles Regional Chamber of Commerce.
To reserve a photo, send a request to russ@port angeles.org and provide contact information, or stop by the chamber’s visitor center on Railroad Avenue or at Ernst Fine Art Photography.
Proceeds will support the Arthur D. Feiro Marine Life Center and the chamber.
Photos can be mailed with a $2 fee.
The community photo is part of the Port Angeles celebration, which will begin at 3 p.m. at City Pier with the Sunset Do It Best Hardware Entertainment Stage, continue through the Kitsap Bank Parade from the Clallam County Courthouse to First Street, then down Valley Street from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. and end with the Wave Broadband fireworks show.
Border Patrol interns
BLAINE — The first Border Patrol agent interns assigned to Blaine Sector under a new hiring plan were sworn-in Monday.
It has been more than 50 years since Border Patrol agents have been directly assigned to Blaine Sector upon graduation from the Border Patrol Academy, said Jaime X. Castillo, supervisory border patrol agent, in a prepared statement.
He did not identify the four interns.
Under the hiring initiative, interns are assigned to stations along the southwest border briefly after graduating from the Border Patrol Academy.
They then return to their official duty station along the northern border, Castillo said.
The hiring program is aimed at increasing the number of U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the northern border, he said.
During a two-day orientation program, Blaine Sector Border Patrol Chief John Bates administered the oath of office to four newly hired agents prior to their departure for Artesia, N.M., for 19 weeks of training in immigration law, physical and driving techniques, Spanish language and use of firearms.
Upon graduating from the academy, the interns will be assigned to San Diego Sector, where they will continue their training prior to returning to Blaine Sector.
