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Donor gives $9 million for facility Funds to be used for performing arts venue BY ROB OLLIKAINEN PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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Toma Villa of Suquamish, along with his daughter, Ana, 9, make the initial outlines on a mural being created on an open wall inside the pavilion at The Gateway transit center in downtown Port Angeles on Saturday.
New PA mural depicts Strong People tale Students paint outlines drawn by tribal artist BY LEAH LEACH PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — A mural depicting a fundamental story of the Klallam people has been started on a wall at The Gateway transit center. Artist Toma Villa, a registered member of the Yakima Nation living in Suquamish, has
out how to use water to float a huge log into their shoulders, allowing Fill in colors them to carry a heavy load. During the next two weeks, Forever students from throughout the after, the Port Angeles School District will Klallam were Villa fill in the colors on the mural, known as the which will serve as a backdrop to Strong People. the weekly farmers market and “What I like about this idea is other events held in the pavilion. that it’s more than lifting a log; The story of the Strong Peoit’s a community getting together ple tells of a contest of strength to solve a problem,” Villa said. at a Klallam gathering. The Elwha Klallam figured TURN TO MURAL/A4 outlined the mural that tells the story of the origin of the name for the Klallam, the Strong People, on a 13½-foot-tall, 30-footwide wall at the transit center.
PORT ANGELES — Performing artists one day will have a new venue to showcase their talents thanks to a $9 million gift from a late Port Angeles resident. Donna M. Morris, who died in 2014 at the age of 67, gave the money to the Peninsula College Foundation, which is serving as a conduit for the funds, officials announced Friday. The money is to be used “specifically for the design, construction and maintenance” of a performing arts center in Port Angeles. The gift is likely to be the largest
seen in Clallam County. The Albert Haller Foundation began with a gift of some $8.5 million, according to Alan Millet, attorney for the foundation Morris board. Morris directed that her executor appoint a committee of local citizens to ensure that the facility meets the needs of the performing and fine arts community. TURN
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Executor: Morris would be thrilled BY CHRIS MCDANIEL PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — The late Donna Morris would have been thrilled to see the construction of a performing arts center in Port Angeles, according to the executor of her will. Morris, who died in 2014 at the age of 67, bequeathed
$9 million to the Peninsula College Foundation solely for the construction of a performing arts center. The foundation is serving as a conduit for the funds. Morris died from complications of Alzheimer’s disease and did not have a husband or TURN
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Storms end PA kayaker’s Atlantic odyssey Icelandic coast guard summoned BY CHRIS MCDANIEL PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
NORTH ATLANTIC — Chris Duff, an adventurer from Port Angeles attempting to row from Iceland to Greenland, was forced to abandon his efforts Saturday because of rough seas, said his wife, Lisa Markli. He was not injured, although he was seasick, she said. Markli said she spoke to Duff via satellite phone at about 4 a.m. Saturday morning Pacific Standard Time, and learned he had contacted Icelandic Search and Rescue to request a rendezvous and pick-up.
The rescue ship had not reached him as of about 5 p.m. PST, Markli said. The last time Markli had spoken to Duff, “he was doing very well,” she said. “He was really focused [and] got all his gear organized for the pickup.
Dramatic conditions “He described the conditions as quite dramatic,” Markli added. “There is a lot of big wave action and the wind is coming from the north and pushing him out of his planned trajectory.” The storm was projected to
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land,” she said. “That is why he decided to call for the rescue” at about 3 a.m. PST, she said. Duff embarked on his journey on Thursday, and expected to make landfill in Greenland in about two to three weeks, Markli said.
Modified boat Duff is traveling on Northern Reach, a modified 19-foot Wayland Marine Merry Wherry vessel. The boat was chosen for its speed, minimum weight, dryness in rough water and adaptability for modifications, Duff said on his website. Chris Duff TURN TO DUFF/A6 Solo kayaker
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increase in strength throughout the day, she said. “He knew that the conditions were worsening, because of a weather report,” she said. “He had called for the weather report, and the conditions he was in . . . were such that he could not run across the wind, meaning he couldn’t run perpendicular to the waves because the waves were to big and would have knocked him over and capsized the boat.” All Duff could do was “put out a sea anchor, which is a device that holds him relatively in one place, instead of letting the wind just push” the boat. “But still, even with that out, he was getting pushed to far south and would have missed Green-
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