PORT ANGELES — Six people have been selected as recipients of the 2020 Clallam County Community Service Award.
All six — one of which is a high school student — were chosen from community nominations made in 2020. The judging and ceremony were delayed until this year because of the measures needed after the COVID-19 pandemic began.
The ceremony will be conducted virtually this year at 7 p.m. Thursday. To register in advance — ideally by Wednesday — go to https://tinyurl.com/PDN-communityservice awards. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
This annual award was created to recognize the dedication, sacrifices, and accomplishments of Clallam County people who do extraordinary things for their neighbors, their community, or the environment.
Nominations are made by members of the community to the Peninsula Daily News. The recipients are then selected from those nominations by a blue-ribbon judging committee that includes at least one former Community Service Award honoree.
The 2020 awards are the 40th annual, begun by the PDN and now co-sponsored by Soroptimist International of Port Angeles-Noon Club.
Terry Ward, PDN publisher, offered his personal congratulations to all the honorees “for your outstanding work, which has made a difference — and which has made Clallam County a better place.”
The recipients are:
Jayson Grice — A longtime…