MARYSVILLE — The Port Angeles High School Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) placed in the NW Drill & Rifle Championship at Marysville High School on March 17.

“Their performance was stellar. Competing against 30 high schools from across Washington and Oregon, Port Angeles showed that they can compete against other schools throughout the region,” Capt. Jonathan Picker, senior naval science instructor for PAHS, said in a press release.

Here are the results:

• Color Guard Team 1: First place

• Color Guard Team 2: First place

• Physical Strength Team 1: First place

• Physical Strength Team 2: Fifth place

• Armed Drill Team: Second place

• Air Rifle: Eighth place

• Drill Team Commander: Erin Edwards (second place)

• Iron Women: Port Angeles took four of the top six spots with Tana Hiigel (first), Ellie Hiigel (second), Kathryn Guttormsen (third) and Erin Edwards (Sixth).

Tana had the top score for both boys and girls. Tana completed 132 sit-ups in two minutes, 101 push-ups (3-second cadence) and a 6-minute, 27-second mile. Each event has a 2-minute rest period before moving on to the next event.

• Iron Man: Dakota Manley (fourth)

• Overall Team Result: Third

History Day wins

BREMERTON — Sixty-five eighth-grade students from Stevens Middle School participated in the Regional History Day competition at Olympic College in Bremerton on March 19.

There were historical performances, websites, documentaries and exhibits.

The students created a variety of topics all surrounding this year’s National History Day theme, “Conflict and Compromise,” according to a press release. Some students from Port Angeles High School returned to compete at the senior level of the competition as well.

Placing first at the competition was Adam Boyd’s individual exhibit on Reconstruction.

A team of students, including Caitlyn Floerchinger-Noe, Daya Woodyard, Joelle Gahimer, Meili Snedeger and Vail Mead, took second place for a website they created on the Salem witch trials.

Taking first place was the team of Anne Edwards, Gillian Wolfe and Olivia Carroll for their documentary titled “G.I. Jane.”

Earning second place, Addie Lomax and Destiny Smith teamed up to create a documentary on the Stonewall Riots.

These students will represent Stevens Middle School and the region at the Washington State History Day Contest on April 21 at Green River College in Auburn.

“We are very proud of our Stevens Middle School students,” said Laurie Day, eighth grade language arts teacher.

Day is the History Day advisor, with help from the two other eighth grade language arts teachers, Darren Mills and Angie Gooding.

“It takes the partnership of all three of us to make this event happen for our students,” she said.

History Day participants are required to research a historical topic that fits the annual theme of the competition. They had to include a written paper with a thesis and an annotated bibliography with their project.

Aircraft set to practice landing today

COUPEVILLE — Field carrier landing practice operations for aircraft will commence at Ault Field late evening to late night tonight.

Operations will continue Tuesday evening to late night.

Practice is slated for late morning to early afternoon Wednesday.

Aircraft carrier-based flight training also will occur at the Outlying Field Wednesday evening.

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.

Appreciation event

PORT TOWNSEND — The North Olympic Salmon Coalition has set April 14 as its volunteer appreciation event.

Registration is required for the celebration at Alpenfire Cidery at 220 Pocket Lane.

To RSVP, contact Kory Kirby at 360-504-5611 or outreach@nols.org.

The free event is open to members, donors, friends, families, and kids of all ages.

Featured during the event will be cider, lawn games and socializing.

During the past six months coalition volunteers reached more than 300 students, assisted with 2,000 tree plantings, 12 school field trips, 11 classroom visits and collected new salmon spawning data from more than 4 miles of streams, according to a news release.

For more information, contact Kirby.