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FRIDAY, JUNE 15, 2012
PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Rower on verge of adventure’s second leg BY CHRIS TUCKER PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
A possible 10-day window of good weather may give Port Angeles adventurer and author Chris Duff an opportunity to move off the Faroe Islands and toward Iceland, his wife, Lisa Markli, said this week. “He’s just at the tip of the Faroes waiting for the right weather window,� Markli said Wednesday. Duff, 54, is rowing a 19-foot orange-colored craft, the Northern Reach, on a 487-mile journey from northeast Scotland to Ice-
land via the O r k n e y, Shetland and Faroe Islands. In addition to rowing, he also uses a small Duff sail for an extra knot of propulsion. He reached the Faroe Islands on May 28. Duff wrote on his website, www.olypen.com/ cduff, that winds from the northeast have prevented him from sailing away from the Faroes.
“The waiting game continues,� Duff wrote. “It is so important for me to stay positive . . . this is the big step that I’ve been focused on for three years. Another week of waiting. “I play the mental game of ‘It’s just a week out of a three-year plan. It’ll pass. Patience, patience.’�
250-mile crossing Markli said Duff would be unable to row as many miles as he would need to row if the wind were pushing against him during the 250-mile crossing from the
Faroes to Iceland. Markli said Duff carried a limited supply of 15 days’ worth of food that he could live on in emergency conditions. But she said that ideally, Duff would like to spend just seven days rowing from the Faroes to Iceland. “He sounded very happy and excited and looking forward to the next crossing,� she said of a recent telephone conversation she had with her husband. “His energy is very good.� This is Duff’s second attempt to make the trip.
Last year, Duff was forced to abandoned his bid to row the Northern Reach from Scotland to Iceland because of high winds and heavy swells he encountered about 40 miles offshore. This year, he started the journey earlier in the season in hopes of finding an elusive weather window.
Updates forwarded
same updates to Duff’s blog. Whether Duff makes it to Iceland or not, he intends to write a third book about his adventures aboard the Northern Reach. He has published two books — On Celtic Tides and Southern Exposure — about his circumnavigations of Ireland and New Zealand’s South Island.
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His friend Karen Hanan Reporter Chris Tucker can be of Arts Northwest is forwarding updates from Duff reached at 360-452-2345, ext. to an email distribution list. 5074, or at chris.tucker@peninsula Al Zob is posting the dailynews.com.
PA graduation slated tonight at gymnasium 2 high schools’, college’s Saturday PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Port Angeles High School will present diplomas to more than 250 graduates today. The ceremony will be at 8 p.m. at the Port Angeles High School gymnasium. Tickets, issued four per student, are required for entry to the ceremony due to limited seating. On Saturday, Peninsula College, Quilcene High School and Crescent High School will conduct commencement ceremonies. Professor Emeritus Phil Churchley, one of the original dozen full-time faculty members at Peninsula College, will speak to 2012 graduates during the college’s 50th commencement ceremony, which will begin at 2 p.m. in the gym at the Port Angeles campus at 1502 E. Lauridsen Blvd. At least 425 graduates earning at least 517 degrees are expected. The student speaker will be Carol Reamer of Neah Bay, who will graduate with two degrees in administrative office systems. Churchley, who retired
from the college in 1996 after a long career as a chemistry professor, began teaching at Peninsula College when the doors opened in 1961 at the present site of Port Angeles High School. Also Saturday, Quilcene High School will present 20 graduates with their diplomas at 2 p.m. at the Quilcene High School gymnasium, 294715 U.S. Highway 101.
Crescent graduates
Peninsula College students, from left, David Myers, Grace Tulsi Marshall and Huy Quoc Huynh are the winners of the school’s Outstanding English Essay Award.
Crescent High School will present 16 graduates and two foreign-exchange students with diplomas and certificates at 3 p.m. that day at the Crescent High School gymnasium, 50350 state Highway 112 in Joyce. On Thursday, Quileute Tribal School presented diplomas to two graduates, while 16 graduates of Lincoln High School in Port Angeles received diplomas. Neah Bay, Clallam Bay, Forks Alternative School, Forks High School and Sequim, Port Townsend and Chimacum high schools also have conducted ceremonies.
College students recognized for their outstanding essays PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
Applications for summer Camp Wolochee available PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — Resident Camp Wolochee, a youth camp for children entering grades 3-8, will be held at Camp David Jr. on Lake Crescent from July 29 to Aug. 3. The camp is put on by the Camp Fire USA Juan
de Fuca Council. Cost is $250, and some scholarships may be available. Applications are due July 15. For an application, phone 360-457-8442 or email campfire@olypen. com.
PORT ANGELES — Grace Tulsi Marshall, Huy Quoc Huynh and David Myers are the winners of this year’s Peninsula College’s Outstanding English Essay Award. The award is given annually as recognition for excellent academic writing by Peninsula College students. The three students were presented with their awards at a recent Studium Generale program that celebrated student accomplishments and were introduced to the Peninsula College Board of Trustees at a recent board meeting. Marshall was awarded first place in the competition and received $150 for her essay “Gasping for Oxygen: The American Health
Care System.� The piece was written for a class taught by English professor Helen Lovejoy. Marshall is completing her first year at Peninsula College and is working toward an Associate of Arts while she completes the prerequisites for the nursing program. She plans to earn her Bachelor of Science in nursing from the University of Washington.
Vietnamese student Huynh was awarded second place in the essay competition and received $50 for his essay, “The Breakup of the Dolls,� which was written for a class taught by English instructor Kate Goschen. Huynh, 17, is from Viet-
nam and is working on his associate degree and high school completion program at Peninsula College. He plans to transfer to a university to continue his education. He says he likes “the ability to express my thoughts in English fluently and concisely� and also loves “to write short stories that are easy to understand for all kinds of audiences, from children to elders, from uneducated people to well-educated people.� He likes to write about social evils in his works and wants to contribute to a better society. Myers received third place and was awarded $25 for his essay, “Natural Frost,� written for a class taught by English instructor Michael Mills.
“Early in life, I realized that we need to live life with an understanding that each day may be the last but with the hope we will live to watch our grandchildren grow into adults,� Myers said.
Family inspiration “My family helped me see the merits of hard work and dedication. . . . I stand looking forward, towards the pursuit of my goals of writing and relating my experiences through poetry and prose, and hope to one day share my passion with students of my own.� The Outstanding English Essay Award is made possible through a gift to the Peninsula College Foundation by Julie Teorey of Ann Arbor, Mich.
FAA releases revised marine sanctuary overflight charts PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
The Federal Aviation Administration has released revised aeronautical charts that include information on overflight regulations for Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary off the Washington state coast. The charts depict existing overflight zones that have been in place for many years, according to Robert
Steelquist, spokesman for the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, in a statement. Flights below 2,000 feet over the sanctuary are restricted within 1 nautical mile of islands within Flattery Rocks, Quillayute Needles and Copalis National Wildlife refuges, or within 1 nautical mile seaward of the sanctuary’s coastal boundary. Takeoffs and landings
from the Copalis Beach mation to pilots will result State Airport are not in improved compliance affected. and better protection for wildlife living in this special Protection of wildlife place.� The National Oceanic “The purpose of this regand Atmospheric Adminisulation is to protect sensitration, or NOAA, which tive seabird and marine mammal populations from oversees the sanctuary, has unintended disturbance worked with the FAA to from low-flying aircraft,� ensure clear notation of said Carol Bernthal, sanc- sanctuary regulations on aeronautical charts, which tuary superintendent. “Providing better infor- provides appropriate notice
to pilots and ensures the protection of resources under NOAA’s stewardship, Steelquist said. Along the West Coast, regulations for Monterey Bay, Channel Islands, Gulf of the Farallones and Olympic Coast National Marine sanctuaries all restrict lowaltitude overflights within specified zones in each sanctuary — subject to certain exceptions — to protect marine mammals and sea-
birds from disturbance by aircraft. NOAA is working with the state Department of Transportation’s aviation division to educate pilots on existing regulations. More information on the FAA charts and Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary overflight regulations may be found at http://sanctuaries.noaa. gov/flight.
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