PORT ANGELES — One-way alternating traffic is expected between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Elwha River bridge on U.S. Highway 101 west of Port Angeles.
Crews will conduct a regularly scheduled inspection, said Doug Adamson, state Department of Transportation spokesman.
“We’re doing regular bridge inspections because of the problems, so this is part of the ongoing monitoring process,” Adamson said.
Transportation plans to replace the 90-year-old bridge in a project costing between $20 million and $30 million after finding that two bridge piers sat atop gravel and not bedrock and that the now-wild river is eating away at the riverbed under the bridge.
Transportation crews reinforced the piers with riprap.
In the event of severe weather conditions, the inspection could be rescheduled, the department stated.
For more information, visit www.ElwhaRiverBridge.com.
Officers promoted
PORT ANGELES — Two Port Angeles Police Department officers were recently promoted to corporal.
Officers Sky Sexton and Bruce Fernie will now be able to lead a squad of patrol officers when there is no sergeant present.
When a sergeant is present, the corporals will provide policing services to the city in addition to the other projects they continue to work on.
Prior to being hired by the Port Angeles Police Department, Sexton was a corrections deputy at the Clallam County jail.
He earned an associate degree in criminal justice from Ashworth University in 2012.
Sexton has been an officer with the department since 2008 and will complete his second year of serving as the department’s school resource officer before returning to the patrol division in June.
He also helped create the department’s naloxone program, which has resulted in 20 saved lives, according to a news release.
Fernie graduated from Washington State University with a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice.
While at the university, he participated in the law enforcement intern program.
Fernie has also actively participated in the department’s partnership with Serenity House by patrolling downtown and the waterfront and encouraging people to access Serenity’s services.
Unity speaker ‘Keeping It Real’
PORT ANGELES — Unity in the Olympics’ 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship service guest speaker will be Connie Munro.
Her lesson is titled “Keeping It Real: Finding Tools to Make Practical Use of Your Awakened Consciousness.”
Munro is a licensed unity teacher and has an inner-faith master’s degree in applied theology from Marylhurst University.
A time for silent meditation will be held from 10 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.
Child care is available during the service.
Messy church
PORT ANGELES — Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will host a messy church event from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Monday.
The event will feature intergenerational interactions and food in the church’s Fellowship Hall, located at 301 E. Lopez Ave.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, phone 360-452-2323 or visit www.go2trinity.org.
Prayer breakfast
PORT ANGELES — The 19th annual Community Prayer Breakfast will be held in the St. Anne room at Queen of Angels Catholic Church, 209 W. 11th St., from 8 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
The Rev. Gail Wheatley of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church will be the guest speaker.
This event is open to the public.
Music will be provided by Shawn Dawson.
Tickets for the breakfast cost $9 and are available for purchase at KONP, 721 E. First St.; any Kiwanis member; or at the event.
The breakfast is sponsored by the Kiwanis Noon Club of Port Angeles and prepared by members of the Knights of Columbus.
For more information, phone Cal Mogck at 360-683-4934.
Port Angeles High School students attend symposium
TACOMA — Five Port Angeles High School (PAHS) Career and Technical Education accounting students recently attended an accounting symposium sponsored by the Washington Society of Certified
Public Accountants and Pacific Lutheran University.
The symposium was held at the university.
“The students were exposed to a variety of speakers and activities designed to foster interest in careers in accounting,” said Bernie Brabant, PAHS accounting instructor.
Students honored
OLYMPIA — Two Peninsula College students were recently honored as members of the 2017 All-Washington Academic Team at South Puget Sound Community College.
Alicia Beck and Tu Lisa Hoang were recognized by the governor, state legislators, college presidents and college trustees at the ceremony, which honors top scholars from community and technical colleges from all over the state.
Beck and Hoang each received a $250 scholarship at the event.
Beck is pursuing an associate degree, with plans to obtain a bachelor’s in psychology with an emphasis in behavioral neuroscience. She is the director of marketing for the Associated Student Council.
She has an interest in creating a program that will help young people cope with traumatic experiences and to help improve the educational system.
Hoang is pursuing her associate honors degree with plans to obtain a master’s degree in international relations and is considering law school.
Her goal is to have a career in diplomatic affairs and to empower women and children in developing countries. She is a student ambassador at the college.
Both students are active in Phi Theta Kappa as well as other student and community activities.
“We are very proud of Alicia and Lisa for their outstanding achievements at Peninsula College,” said Luke Robins, college president.
For more information, contact Trisha Haggerty at thaggerty@pencol.edu or 360-417- 6231.
Students of the Month
PORT ANGELES — Two Lincoln High School students were honored by Lincoln High staff and School Board President Joshua Jones at a recent board meeting as Port Angeles School District Students of the Month.
Lilly Eyl and Bailey Taitano — both seniors — were selected as part of a district-wide program honoring exemplary students during the 2016-17 school year.
“Lilly has been Student of the Month three years in a row, Soroptimist Jet Set’s Fall Student of the Month in November, school board representative and one of our most active leadership students,” Lincoln Principal Cindy Crumb said.
“Bailey has been voted Student of the Month three years in a row, has been active in leadership, works part time and lives on his own,” Crumb said.
Students of the Month
Kalli Wiker was named Sequim Sunrise Rotary’s February Middle School Student of the Month, while Vita Olsen, a freshman at Sequim High School, was recognized as the club’s March Student of the Month.
Kalli is the daughter of Sven and Karla Wiker.
Her favorite subjects are math and choir.
She is on a select volleyball and basketball team and enjoys playing the piano.
Kalli loves animals and plans to attend college to pursue a veterinarian degree.
Vita has lived in Sequim most of her life and is the daughter of Jodi and Taylor Olson.
She was joined by her mother and her teacher Mark Knudson, who nominated her.
“Vita is a 4.0-average student that has a busy schedule and always has a positive attitude and smile on her face,” Knudson said in a news release.
Vita’s favorite classes include science, technology, engineering and math. She is active in the Washington State Science and Engineering Fair.
Her plans for the future include attending a four-year college and entering into a career in environmental engineering.
National accreditation
PORT ANGELES — Peninsula College’s Medical Assisting Program recently received a national programmatic accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
The recognition is due in part from a recommendation of the Medical Assisting Education Review Board and will benefit current and former students, according to a news release.
Students seeking an associate degree in Applied Science will also be eligible for their Certified Medical Assistant exam (CMA) through the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA), and current and former students will now be eligible to join the AAMA and their state and local medical assisting organizations.
“We’re very proud of our program and are happy to see it receive recognition that it meets or exceeds national standards for the medical assisting profession,” MA Program Director Rachel Pairsh said.
For more information, contact Pairsh at rpairsh@pencol.edu or 360-417-6414.
‘Principal for Day’
PORT ANGELES — Jefferson Elementary School student Paige Biss, a second-grader in Laura Knowles’ classroom, recently won the honor of “Principal for a Day.”
She said her favorite part of being principal was “visiting all the classrooms.”
Paige was the No. 1 fundraiser in the school’s Glow Run, raising about $1,000 for the Jefferson track project.
Jacob Halicourt placed second in raising funds and Isabella Spencer was third.
Top runners in the Glow Run, which was four laps around the perimeter of the school, were Madisyn Heistand, Jacks Slaczka and Daniel Martinez.
Christine Chang’s first-grade class raised the most funds, totaling $1,334.
In all, the school raised $6,225 for the project.
