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(C) — SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 2012
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Robert Downing illustrates the spirit of steampunk with a combination of fire eating and fiddle playing.
Steampunk festival off to roaring start BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — If the Victorian Festival and the Kinetic Skulpture Race got married and had a child, it would look a lot like this weekend’s Brass Screw Confederacy. “I’ve heard a lot of people describe it that way, that it is a blend of the two events,� said Nathan Barnett, who is one of the event’s guiding forces. The first Port Townsend steampunk event included a craft fair, a vaudeville show and whimsical demonstrations that blended the past and the future — or, in many cases, celebrated a view of the future that existed in the past. The three-day festival concludes today with a Zombie Triathlon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fort Worden State Park. Admission is $10. Parking requires a Discover Pass. During the first event, the Zombie Hunt, participants find “zombies� wandering around the park and must convince them to give up their brains. In Zombie Skeet, people dressed as zombies can be shot with Nerf weapons in a shooting gallery, and in Zombies’ Revenge, catacombs can be explored. The festival, at “year zero� this year, was immediately successful enough to guarantee a second year, organizers said, ensuring its place in the town’s series of summer festivals. Barnett said he was enthusiastic about the festival’s success and already is planning for next year.
Variety of themes Many of the participants used a variety of themes for their costumes, including aviators, explorers and animal trainers. One participant walked around with a 3-foot-long iguana on his head. They would mix and match, creating what many participants referred to as “the steampunk aesthetic.� The Victorian era, which is the basis for steampunk, is thought to be a prudish time, but several women were dressed in low-cut, revealing dresses that they could not wear outside of the steampunk environment — or their own bedroom. “It gives grown-ups a chance to dress up,� said Kyra Stewart, who brought a selection of steampunk attire from her Bel-
levue costume shop. “And it gives you the opportunity to build characters of their own.� The crafts fair included demonstrations of textiles, blacksmithing and tintyping, which reproduces how photographs were created around the time of the Civil War.
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Dinah DiNova of Chimacum set up her “lab� the same way it was done in the 19th century, creating a negative image on a piece of light-sensitive glass and reversing it with chemicals. The results resemble that from a Polaroid camera, as there is only one copy. “You take only one, and that’s it,� DiNova said. “I tell people that I photograph that they should think of this as the only picture that will ever be taken of you, and you need to decide exactly how you want to present yourself.� The exposures take several seconds, depending on available light, during which time the subject needs to stay very still. DiNova, who charged $20 for each photograph, developed the pictures on the spot, kneeling down under a black cloth that stretched across a suitcase. She also displayed several authentic 19th-century portraits as well as her own work, which included tintypes of modern gays and lesbians. “This is my own community and I feel extremely fortunate to have the opportunity to photograph them in this way,� she said. As of Saturday afternoon, more than 200 tickets had been sold for that night’s Port Angeles city vaudeville show, Barnett said. The Port Angeles City ‘Fantastic response’ Council and the Utility “The response has been fantastic,� he Advisory Committee will discuss the results of a solid said. “We made our nut with advance sales, waste collection survey and discuss potential changes in and all systems are go for next year. garbage and solid-waste “It’s brought together a lot of people. “It’s a form of expression that people collection services when they meet Tuesday. haven’t been able to do before.� The special meeting will Said Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Teresa Verraes: be at 2 p.m. in City Council chambers at City Hall, 321 “This is real economic development. “And it shows that economic develop- E. Fifth St. Committee members ment can be fun.� For more information, visit www.brass- also will discuss a landfill screw.org. bluff stabilization project to
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The Port Angeles School Board will consider giving final approval of a proposed rules change on classroom pets when it meets Monday. The meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the Central Services Building, 216 E. Fourth St. In May, the board voted 4-1 to approve changes to the district’s policy on animals in the classroom, which may result in the banning of classroom pets such as gerbils and turtles. The change was being made to meet state and insurance company guidelines for student safety, according to board member Lonnie Linn, a member of the committee that created the wording on the new rules. Agenda items also include social studies curriculum integration, discussion of the district’s summer school plan, approval of the 2012-2013 school calendar, discussion of a possible change in school hours at Port Angeles High School and a year-end enrollment report.
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EVERETT — A fire marshal said an iron that ignited nearby drapes is to blame for a fire that damaged an Everett apartment building. No one was injured in the Friday afternoon blaze. Everett Fire Marshal Rick Robinson told The Daily Herald that the fire heavily damaged at least three units at the Candlewood Apartments, with lighter damage to several others. He said early estimates
The three Clallam County commissioners will discuss the Carlsborg sewer project and related issues in a special work session Tuesday. Discussion on the Carlsborg urban growth area, which recently was lifted from a Growth Management Act hearings board’s finding of noncompliance and invalidity, will begin at 10:30 a.m. in the commissioners’ boardroom (160) at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. Commissioners will hold their regular business meeting at 10 a.m. The Monday work session was bumped to 9 a.m. Tuesday because of a county furlough day. Most courthouse offices will be closed Monday. Agenda items include: ■An update on Friendship Diversion activities. ■An agreement with the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe for detention bed days and services at the Juvenile Corrections Facilities. ■A contract amendment with the state Department of Health increasing funding and altering statements of work for programs. ■A right-of-way donation for the Olympic Discovery Trail west of Port Angeles. ■An agreement with the Lower Elwha Klallam tribe for plan review and inspection services. ■A contract amendment with the state Recreation and Conservation Office increasing administration funding for the Lower Dungeness River floodplain acquisition grant. ■Notice of bids due July 17 for the historic courthouse re-roof project. ■Notice of bids due July 3 for the Fuhrman and Marsden Road culvert replacement project. ■A bid award for the Undi Road repair project. ■A resolution adopting amendments to the county Comprehensive Parks and Recreation Master Plan. ■A surplus property concurrence with the state Department of Transportation for land adjacent to U.S. Highway 101.
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