Worms stars of skills center’s new composting system

In a way, worms are the wave of the future.

The North Olympic Peninsula Skills Center’s Culinary Arts program, where students train for hospitality industry careers, is installing a composting system that employs worms — hardworking red ones from the Kingston Worm Farm.

“I believe we’re going to get 20 pounds of them,” said Meggan Uecker, the Western Washington University intern orchestrating the composting system.

The new system will be part of the curriculum in the Culinary Arts summer school course starting June 27 at the Skills Center; for details about summer school, phone 360-565-1533.