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Jan. 18 deadline set for Courthouse list
North Olympic Land Trust donated Elwha Return to Clallam County citizens after artists Clark Mundy, Darrell Charles Jr. and Al Charles Jr. gave it to the organization to help it raise funds as well as public awareness about the importance of working together to protect special lands. A plaque in a nearby corridor lists names of supporters and others they are honoring or memorializing. Deadline for listings on a new plaque is Jan. 18. Donations of $100 per line provide operating funds for the Land Trust.
The deadline is Friday, Jan. 18, for donors wanting to reserve listings on North Olympic Land Trust’s next Clallam County Courthouse plaque supporting protection of the area’s special qualities.
Donations support the work of the Land Trust, a local nonprofit organization, which protects habitat for salmon and other wildlife, farmland, sustainable commercial timberland, clean water and air, scenic vistas, open space and cultural heritage. All donations are tax deductible.
Each $100 contribution qualifies its donors for one line on the plaque. They may list themselves to show support for the Land Trust’s work or list others they want to honor or memorialize.
The first plaque was installed last February when the Land Trust gave its Elwha Return artwork to the citizens of Clallam County, and County officials arranged for its display in the Courthouse’s entry area facing Fourth Street, in Port Angeles. Plaques with donor listings are on the wall of the corridor west of the artwork. A plaque describing the artwork hangs below it, just east of the elevator.
Three local artists, Clark Mundy, Darrell Charles Jr. and Al Charles Jr., donated the artwork to the Land Trust to help the organization raise funds for its work and to celebrate partnerships among individuals and groups, including local governments and tribes, nonprofit organizations like the Land Trust and businesses in helping protect the area’s special qualities.
In donating the artwork, Mundy said:
“We are all partners in the future of this great place, and that’s what our piece “Elwha Return” represents - working together for the future. We wanted to support the work of the Land Trust because it is a beacon of this kind of collaboration.”
Donations can be made through this website or the Land Trust’s office, 104 N. Laurel St., Suite 114, Port Angeles, WA 98362.
The local Land Trust has protected more than 1,500 acres in Clallam County, mostly through individualized legal agreements with property owners, who continue to own the land until they sell it or bequeath it to heirs. The Land Trust takes responsibility for upholding the agreements in perpetuity. More information about the organization’s services is available from 360-417-1815.
This entry was posted on Thursday, December 27th, 2007 at 1:53 pm and is filed under Latest News.