PORT ANGELES — The Port Angeles School Board will hold an executive session to evaluate the qualifications of an applicant for appointment to elective office at 5 p.m. Thursday.
The board will convene at the district’s Central Services Building at 216 E. Fourth St.
Four half-hour interviews for its No. 5 position will also be conducted, as well as a roll call vote to approve a candidate.
Planning course
SEQUIM — A quorum of the City Council and Planning Commission might be in attendance at a workshop at 6:15 p.m. Feb. 6, the city of Sequim announced.
The workshop at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St., is sponsored by the state Department of Commerce and is titled “A Short Course on Local Planning.”
Preregistration is not required but those interested in attending are asked to register by Tuesday, Jan. 30. To register, email your name, organization and title (if applicable) to shourtcourse@commerce.wa.gov or call 360-725-3064 with the same information.
The short course is an opportunity for planning commissioners, local government staff, elected officials, and community members to learn about the state’s legal framework for planning, comprehensive planning and community development processes, and public involvement in the planning process, according to a news release.
To view the course’s agenda, visit wa-sequim.civicplus.com.
Dog park meeting
PORT ANGELES — The quarterly meeting for Port Angeles’ dog park will be Thursday at 6 p.m. in the Coffey Room in the Port Angeles Library, 2210 S. Peabody St.
This meeting is free and open to the public.
The group will discuss “11 Things Humans do that Dogs Hate,” and “15 Things Humans do Wrong at a Dog Park.”
For more information, call Marsha Robin at 206-650-5431.
Two vacancies
PORT ANGELES — The city has announced that it is accepting applications to fill two vacancies on its Planning Commission.
To apply, applications can be downloaded from the city’s website at www.cityofpa.us, or picked up from the City Manager’s Office in City Hall, 321 E. Fifth St. The positions are open until filled.
Commission members must be city residents and demonstrate an understanding of the benefits to the community of zoning and planning, the scope and purpose of the city’s Comprehensive Plan, and the rules of procedure and conduct applicable to commission members.
The members of the commission review long-range planning proposals, including amendments and updates to the city’s plan, and changes to land use controls and make recommendations to the City Council.
The commission is also authorized and empowered to act as a research and fact-finding agency of the city as generally directed or requested by the council.
Members are appointed to four-year terms, with a limit of two consecutive terms.
The commission meets the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month, at 6 p.m., in the City Council Chambers.
Commission members are not compensated.
Selected applicants must undergo an interview process by the council prior to appointment, according to a news release.
For more information, contact city clerk Jennifer Veneklasen at 360-417-4634 or jvenekla@cityofpa.us.
Military child semifinalist
SAN ANTONIO — Port Angeles resident Adam Light, 18, was named as a semifinalist in Operation Homefront’s 2018 Military Child of the Year award.
Light is one of 95 worldwide nominees selected for the award which reflects the positive impact that nominees have made on their military families, schools and communities.
Six award recipients will represent each branch of the armed forces — the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and National Guard — for their scholarship, volunteerism, leadership, extracurricular involvement and other criteria while facing the challenges of military family life, according to a news release.
Light is vying in the Coast Guard branch category.
The seventh award is the Military Child of the Year Award for Innovation presented by global technology and consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton.
The award goes to a military child who has designed a bold and creative solution to address a local, regional or global challenge, according to the release.
Thirty-five finalists will be selected at an unspecified date during February by a panel of judges chosen by Homefront’s senior leadership.
The final seven award recipients will travel to Washington, D.C., to be recognized at a Friday, April 19 gala, during which senior leaders of each branch of service will present the awards.
They also will each receive $10,000, a laptop computer and other donated gifts.
MSU honor roll
BOZEMAN — Two former North Olympic Peninsula students have been named to Montana State University’s dean’s honor roll for the fall 2017 semester.
To be eligible for the dean’s list a student must be enrolled in at least 12 degree-eligible credit hours and attain a minimum 3.5 grade-point average.
Spencer Aston of Port Townsend and Gavin Crain of Sequim were named to the university’s list.
