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Cold water ends swim attempt Swimmer fought currents, cramps in cross-Strait effort BY JESSE MAJOR PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — The chill of cold water ended a San Francisco man’s attempt Thursday to become the eighth person to swim across the Strait of Juan de Fuca without a wetsuit. It was the first swim marathon swimmer Steve Walker, 48, was unable to complete, he said after docking in Port Angeles. He began the swim at
8:38 a.m. from Beechey Head, west of Victoria on Vancouver Island, and headed for an area around Crescent Bay west of Port Angeles. But, cramping with cold and miles off course, he called off the swim shortly after 1 p.m. Following in the spirit of marathon swimming, Walker attempted the swim with no more than a bathing suit, single swim cap, goggles and safety support boat.
“I was really bummed when I got out of the water,” he said. “I was thinking, ‘wow, 48, 49 degrees and I didn’t finish?’
Colder than expected It turned out the water was closer to 46 degrees. “When I found out the temperature and realized it’s not what I signed up for, it made me feel a lot better,” he said. Temperature was the first thing he thought about when he jumped into the water. Every degree colder the water is, the KEITH THORPE/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS harder the swim becomes, he Steve Walker describes the difficulties he encountered in said. his attempt to swim across the Strait of Juan de Fuca TURN
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Brass Screw Confederacy participants, from left, JoEmily Nieuwsma, Kimberly Torres, Cindy Madsen and Nathan Barnett, prepare for this weekend’s event with a quick game of Shut the Box.
Eclectic Port Townsend fest moving full steam ahead Steampunk evokes unique notions of the 19th century BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — Now in its fifth year, the Brass Screw Confederacy has hit its stride. “We are at the point where we have actually arrived and are doing the kinds of things we were thinking of five years
ago,” said Nathan Barnett, a founder, along with his wife, Cindy Madsen, of the three-day celebration that begins today. The event celebrates Steampunk, a growing trend that evokes the late 19th century with elements of fashion, eccentric behavior and science fiction. “We’ve been through some interesting and even rough times, but we feel really good about this year’s numbers,” Barnett said. Barnett said that online ticket sales for the Brass Screw Confederacy were at 150 as of Thursday, double what they were at the same time in 2015. A total of 300 tickets were sold last year. Barnett predicts selling 400 or 450
tickets, with at least another 500 people stopping by to look and learn. Activities are planned from about 1 p.m. today to 4 p.m. Sunday in various locations around Port Townsend. The festival is centered on the downtown area that includes the American Legion Hall, the Northwest Maritime Center and Pope Marine Park. Tickets are $45 for all events aside from the Steampunk Hootenanny, $60 including the hootenanny and $150 for a VIP pass. Madsen said that people are calling from all over, saying they want to take part. TURN
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PORT ANGELES — Police have impounded a vehicle officers believe was involved in Monday’s hit-and-run that killed Robert Simmons, 50, of Port Angeles. Port Angeles police impounded a white 1995 Geo Prism on Wednesday and talked to a suspect, they said in a news release. The person was cooperative and was not taken into custody, they said. The suspect was not identified. Asked if the suspect was thought to have Simmons been the driver, Port Angeles in a family Police Detective Jason Viada photo from the said the case remained 1980s or ‘90s. under investigation. Viada also said he could not elaborate on what led police to the vehicle, where it was found or why the suspect was not taken into custody. “The case is still open and active,” he said. “We appreciate all the citizens that did provide information in this case.” He said people no longer need to be looking for a damaged white car. Police found Simmons unconscious and barely breathing, with a faint pulse, after investigating a report of a hit-and-run at 10:47 p.m. Monday in the 2000 block of West 18th Street near a Clallam County Public Utility District building. He stopped breathing and police performed CPR before Port Angeles Fire Department paramedics arrived, Smith said. TURN
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