Port Angeles police volunteers Pam Ogier, left, and Darrel Reetz, right, along with Clallam County Fire District No. 2 Lt. Al Oman, center, place a bouquet of eight roses on suicide barriers on the Eighth Street bridge over Valley Creek in honor of the eight people who leapt to their deaths since 2009. The completion of fencing installation was celebrated during a community gathering and concert Wednesday evening in Port Angeles. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

PHOTO GALLERY: Victims remembered at event marking completion of bridge barriers

by Keith Thorpe
Friday, September 21, 2018 10:00am
News Clallam County

PORT ANGELES — Port Angeles city officials hosted a community gathering and a concert on the Eighth Street bridge over Valley Creek to celebrate the installation of suicide barriers.

Clair and Bill Kirkman of Port Angeles dance to the music of The Weavils on the Eighth Street bridge over Valley Creek on Wednesday evening, closing out the 2018 Concerts on the Pier summer music series. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)

The Rev. Tom Steffen of the First United Methodist Church in Port Angeles reads a prayer during a dedication ceremony on Wednesday evening for suicide-proof fencing on the two Eighth Street bridges. Accompanying him was City Council Member Cherie Kidd. (Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News)