Community News Briefs — Jan. 4, 2023

January 4, 2023 1:30 am
Photo courtesy of Dave Neupert / Dave Neupert is administered the oath of office as Judge of Clallam County District Court I by court clerk Stacey Romero Dec. 28. Neupert was recently elected to his second term of office and will through December 2026. District Court I serves the eastern portion of Clallam County from Lake Crescent to the Jefferson county line. Neupert presides over misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor criminal cases as well as traffic matters, small claims actions, anti-harassment protection orders and other civil litigation cases.
Photo courtesy of Dave Neupert / Dave Neupert is administered the oath of office as Judge of Clallam County District Court I by court clerk Stacey Romero Dec. 28. Neupert was recently elected to his second term of office and will through December 2026. District Court I serves the eastern portion of Clallam County from Lake Crescent to the Jefferson county line. Neupert presides over misdemeanor and gross misdemeanor criminal cases as well as traffic matters, small claims actions, anti-harassment protection orders and other civil litigation cases.

Sequim Bay Yacht Club to host marina manager

Jon Picker, the Port of Port Angeles’s new marina and airport manager, will speak at the Sequim Bay Yacht Club’s general meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 11, starting at 6:30 p.m. in the Hendricks Room at John Wayne Marina, 2577 W. Sequim Bay.

Besides describing his military experience, Picker has been asked to discuss how the club and Port can work together for the benefit of the marina’s users and the community as a whole.

He is also expected to describe the improvements he’d like to see at John Wayne Marina and what changes are planned to keep the marina a financially viable operation.

The public is invited to the presentation; there is no admission charge.

Picker, who joined the Port of Port Angeles in July 2022, moved to Port Angeles in 2013 after retiring as a captain after a 30-year career in the U.S. Navy. He became the NJROTC senior naval science Instructor at Port Angeles High School. During his tenure, the Roughriders won multiple state championships and were recognized as one of the top programs in the nation.

A University of Washington graduate, Picker was commissioned in 1983, and completed flight school in Pensacola FL in 1985. He was assigned to multiple different air wings, ranging from Guam to North Island CA and Norfolk VA. His last seagoing assignment was aboard the USS Tarawa for an Arabian Gulf deployment. His shore duty assignments covered a variety of staff positions. His final assignment in the Navy was with Joint Force Command Lisbon.

Soul Care series continues Jan. 11

Dr. Daniel Foor will present “Honoring the Ancestors in the Grieving and Dying Process” in the first installment of the Soul Care speaker series in 2023, set for noon-1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 11, on Zoom.

The program, hosted by Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County (VHOCC), is free of charge, but registration is required. To register or for more information, call 360-452-1511 or email to astrid.r@vhocc.org.

Foor, author of “Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing,” specializes in ancestral and family healing and helping people learn to relate well with the rest of their lives. He is a Doctor of Psychology, a family and marriage therapist, and founder and director of ancestral medicine.

To learn more about Foor and ancestral medicine, visit ancestralmedicine.org. For more about VHOCC, visit volunteerhospice.org.

Death Café events set in January

Death Café “Tea to Die For,” sponsored by Volunteer Hospice of Clallam County (VHOCC), is set for 4-5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 9, in Sequim and Wednesday, Jan. 25, in Port Angeles.

The Sequim discussion will be held in the KSQM-FM Community Room, 609 W. Washington St., No. 17, while the Port Angeles talk will be held in the craft room upstairs at the Port Angeles Senior Center, 328 E. Seventh St.

Tea, coffee and snacks will be served. The groups are free and open to all.

Conversations are held every second Monday in Sequim and every fourth Wednesday in Port Angeles. They are meant to foster relaxed and informal discussions surrounding death and dying and open to anyone curious or apprehensive about death.

For more information, call VHOCC at 360-452-1511.