NEWS BRIEFS: Clallam commissioners to discuss pending case today . . . and other items

PORT ANGELES — Clallam County commissioners will meet in executive session today to discuss pending litigation.

The meeting requested by the prosecuting attorney’s office will be from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the commissioners’ meeting room at the county courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St.

The case is Lange et al. v. Clallam County et al.

Following the conclusion of the executive session, commissioners will reconvene in open session and might take action.

Port of PT to meet

PORT TOWNSEND — Port of Port Townsend commissioners will consider litigation regarding a lease during a special meeting today.

Commissioners will meet in executive session at 5:30 p.m. in the port commission building at 333 Benedict St.

Following the closed meeting, they will reconvene in open session and may take action.

Thrive after cancer

PORT ANGELES — “Exercise and Thrive,” a free 12-week program, will be available to all adult cancer survivors beginning Monday.

The sessions will be held Mondays and Wednesdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Participants in the program will strengthen muscles, increase flexibility and improve endurance while receiving health-and-wellness coaching from Olympic Peninsula YMCA personal trainers during biweekly sessions.

They’ll also be introduced to mind/body activities such as yoga and have the opportunity to learn about healthy eating.

The ultimate goal is to help survivors develop their own physical fitness regimen that they can continue after the program ends.

Contact Karen Rushby, a physical therapist at Olympic Medical Center who specializes in cancer rehabilitation, at 360-417-7116 for a consultation and to receive a medical screening/permission form.

Participants must be 21 years of age or older, 90 days out of treatment and have medical clearance to participate.

“Exercise and Thrive” is funded in part by the Y’s annual Power of Community Campaign and is a partnership between the YMCA and OMC.

Contact Mikki Reidel, health and well-being coordinator at the YMCA, at 360-452-9244 or mikkireidelymca@gmail.com.

Boys in the Boat

PORT ANGELES — A Boys in the Boat event will take place at the Port Angeles Senior & Community Center, 328 E. Seventh St., at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

Judy Rantz-Willman, daughter of Joe Rantz, about whom the book is written, will be on hand with her husband, Ray Willman, to give a presentation on her father’s life and the events leading up to the Olympic races.

This event us free and open to the public; however, the space holds fewer than 200 people, so plan to get there by 6:30 p.m.

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