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S. Pierce Cowboy Breakfast at rodeo Q South Pierce Fire and Rescue is holding its semi-annual Cowboy Breakfast in conjunction with the Roy Pioneer Rodeo. Breakfast is 7-11 a.m. Sunday and Monday at the Roy Fire Station on McNaught Street. Menu includes biscuits and gravy, pancakes, ham and eggs with hashbrowns, coffee, orange juice and milk. Proceeds benefit department volunteers.
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Golf fundraiser drives $4,000 toward Norton scholarship
Entertainment books benefit Yelm Lions Q Yelm Lions Club is selling Entertainment Books for $25. Up to 50 percent of the purchase supports the Lions and, in turn, the community. Books are available at the Nisqually Valley News office located at 106 Plaza Dr. N.E., behind Dairy Queen.
Rocks thrown at vehicles in Pines Q Thurston County Sheriff’s Office received two reports of rocks being thrown at cars Sunday in the Nisqually Pines. Both drivers said juveniles were hiding in bushes at about 3 p.m. near Port Orford Boulevard and Briar Street. A 2006 Kia Spectra and 2008 Dodge Ram were hit. The Spectra’s driver’s side door and Ram’s passenger door were damaged.
Road signs knocked down over weekend Q Multiple street signs were knocked down on State Highway 507 between Yelm and Rainier. Thurston County Sheriff spokesman Chris Mealy said his office received at least three reports of signs knocked down. State Department of Transportation was contacted and the signs were fixed by Tuesday morning. Subscriber mailing label below this line
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Back in school Duncan Brown, left, Adrian Kill, Christina Wilson and Alex Leal listen intently to their fourthgrade teacher, Rita Meldrum, during the first few minutes of class on the first day of school at Rainier Elementary. School started Sept. 1 for Rainier students. Classes at Yelm Community Schools begin Tuesday, Sept. 7 following the Labor Day holiday.
By Melanie Lockhart Nisqually Valley News Some drives were worthy of applause while others showed off the distinct sound of balls hitting trees throughout the golf course. Regardless of the talent displayed, the second annual Cuffs and Trucks golf tournament at Tahoma Valley Golf Course was a fundraising success. About $4,000 will benefit the Justin Norton Memorial Scholarship following Sunday’s tournament. Scholarships are awarded each spring to graduating seniors at Rainier, Yelm and Tenino high schools. “We give it all to the Yelm Chamber of Commerce,” Yelm See CUFFS, page A9
Lengthy request seeks police info By Megan Hansen Nisqually Valley News The City of Yelm had its hands full when it received a five-page records request from a man who was tased and arrested in late June. Raymond Leo Jarlik-Bell, 67, of Yelm, was arrested for obstructing a public servant after being pulled over for not having a back license plate. Jarlik-Bell, who is a member of a Constitutionalist movement called the Assembly of Delegates of the United States of American AD 1791, presented a copy of his “political will” rather than provide license and registration. He claims he has diplomatic immunity from the federal
government. Jarlik-Bell allegedly refused to get out of his vehicle and was combative with police, resulting in a Yelm officer tasing the man. He filed a public records request with the Yelm Police Department on July Jarlik-Bell 30 listing five pages worth of requests. However, any information he asked for pertaining to his case must be handled through See REQUEST, page A9
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Yelm Police Chief Todd Stancil shows the thickness of the packet of documents requested.
Bar hassles wearing on chief’s nerves White horse owner hires off-duty officer
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By Megan Hansen Nisqually Valley News Fed up with incidents at downtown bars, Yelm police are bringing in the big guns. After another fight broke out in front of the bars early Saturday morning, Yelm Police Chief Todd Stancil said he is calling the agency that oversees liquor sales in Washington state. “We’re going to call the Liquor Control Board and ask them to increase its pres-
ence to see if issues can be reduced,” he said. Last week, police had to tase a man inside the White Horse Tavern after he picked a fight with the bartender and refused to cooperate with police. To get the man out of the bar, he was tased and removed. At about 1 a.m. this past Saturday a fight broke out in front of Willoughby’s. Police received reports of 10-15 people fighting in the street and a man down.
There are three bars located between First and Second streets in downtown Yelm. Stancil said there is an ongoing problem because patrons go from bar to bar, drinking as much as they can. Police are responding to incidents more regularly, he said. “All the issues we’ve dealt with recently have centered around Willoughby’s and White Horse,” Stancil said. “It’s just not a situation we’re going to deal with.” “We got to do what we can to keep the See BARS, page A9
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Boy in historic pic pays paper a visit By Melanie Lockhart Nisqually Valley News For years, the identity of a young boy pictured standing outside the original Nisqually Valley News building was a mystery. The photo, which dates to the mid-1930s, was recently seen by Charlotte Miller at the NVN’s open house at its new facility. See FRISTOE, page A9
By Megan Hansen Nisqually Valley News Yelm School Board president Ed Sorger resigned last week citing personal reasons. Sorger announced his resignation verbally at the end of the Aug. 26 school board meeting. Lorraine Stensager, executive assistant for the superintendent’s office said the board knew Sorger would be resigning because he is moving out of school district boundaries. Sorger could not be reached for comment. “Because of it he has to resign,” Sten-
sager said. The resignation is effective Sept.1. The district will be receiving a written resignation as well, she said. According to the boards draft minutes from the Aug. 26 meeting, Sorger said it was an honor to serve the last 15 years and he has Sorger g confidence in the future of the district and the support from the See YCS, page A9
Police bust suspected drug house Two people were arrested after Yelm police busted an alleged a drug house. The bust occurred 11 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14 in the 200 block of Van Trump Avenue. After conducting surveillance and
confirming the sale of narcotics, police were able to obtain a search warrant, said Yelm Police Chief Todd Stancil. Inside the house police seized 15 marijuana plants, 240 grams of dried See BUST, page A10
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CUFFS: Police, fire tee off for scholarship donation Continued from page A1 Police Chief Todd Stancil said. “They are in charge of that scholarship.” “So we basically write them a check and they distribute the scholarships.” Norton graduated from Rainier High School in 2003 and immediately joined the military. He was deployed to Iraq in November 2005 and in June 2006 was killed by an improvised explosive device while on patrol in Baghdad. The scholarship fund was established following Norton’s death, which he requested his parents do if he didn’t return from war. For Norton’s mother, Chris Warnock, fundraising events are bittersweet even four years after the fact.
“It’s an honor to have an event in Justin’s name,” Warnock said as she began to fight back tears. “But the reality is that it’s because he died.” Twenty-two four-person teams teed off at 9 a.m. on a morning that proved summer is quickly coming to an end. But that didn’t stop participants from turning out for the 18-hole tournament to show off their skills — or lack thereof. “A lot of people are aiming for that big oak,” Norton’s father, Jeff Norton, told one fourman team as they all laughed together. “It makes a very distinct sound.” Two drives later, a familiar “clunk” echoed off the tree. “Yep, that’s the one,” Jeff Norton said. Norton did his best to personally thank each team that
came out to support the scholarship efforts. “It’s neat to see all the new faces that come out, as well as the constant supporters,” Norton said. “We have high school kids who also get involved and volunteer. It’s just a testament to the Yelm community and Rainier.” The winning team consisted of Toby Stevens, Cole Redfield, Cory Archibald and Craig Bailey after they golfed 12 under par. Each team member went home with a $50 gift card to a restaurant. Additionally, 13 of the 18 holes were sponsored by local businesses at $100 apiece. Yelm Police Officer Bill DeVore said businesses are already lining up to sponsor holes for next year’s event.
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John Bowman carefully positions himself before putting toward the hole.
Stancil said the turnout was great and wanted to thank all the participants. “Obviously the weather
could have been nicer,” Stancil said. “But it didn’t rain. Golfers aren’t too picky as long as it isn’t raining.
REQUEST: Constitutionalist seeks public records Continued from page A1 Municipal Court, said Yelm Police Chief Todd Stancil. In his request, Jarlik-Bell seeks information about the officers involved in his incident, including their “marital status, weight, height, age, date of birth, race, badge number, full name and address.” Jarlik-Bell also requests various documents verifying the officers’ training, experience and
oaths, Stancil said. Number four on the list asks “a copy of any City of Yelm issued I.D. of the individual responsible to educate the officers on scene as to constitutional rights, racial profiling, national profiling, financial profiling of the poor, excessive force, due care and caution when using physical force against the disabled and the elderly and disabled elderly.” He also asks for names of
witnesses, copies of any telephone calls relating to the incident Before issuing a response, Yelm’s city attorney reviewed the requests to verify what constitutes public record and what does not. Personal information, including officers’ home addresses, is not considered public information. Stancil said he estimates he spent 10-12 hours of his time re-
sponding to the request. That estimate does not include the city attorney’s time nor the time spent by other departments on filling part of the requests. Stancil said the records request “really just proves the officers involved are fully trained, commissioned officers in the state of Washington.” When Jarlik-Bell was arraigned in Yelm Municipal Court, extra security was put in
place because he allegedly made threats against police officers. While in jail, Jarlik-Bell was reportedly heard by police saying, “I really didn’t appreciate being tased … and they are lucky I didn’t have my shotgun with me or there would have been a bunch of dead cops.” “Not that I’m hunting cops, but like hunting pheasant, when you see one, you shoot one.” Trial for Jarlik-Bell is scheduled in September.
FRISTOE: Photo at BARS: Chief tired of bar brawls NVN sparks memories Continued from page A1 Miller identified the boy as her brother, Bob Fristoe. Fristoe is 12 or 13 years old in the photo. Now at age 86, he doesn’t remember the photo itself being taken, but does remember seeing prints of it over the years. The building, however, was also the Fristoe family’s home while they owned and operated the newspaper. It holds many memories as well as a piece of Yelm’s history. In the 1970s, the Fristoe family sold the home to the City of Yelm, Miller said. “We sold it to them and about the next day, they started tearing it down,” Miller said. Now the site holds Yelm City Hall at 105 W. Yelm Ave. The original building was built by Fristoe and Miller’s grandfather, Miller said. Their father, Elmer Fristoe, founded the NVN N in 1922. Miller herself was born in a back bedroom in the home.
Fristoe was born across the street where Gorder’s Auto Rebuild is located. Their sister Dorothy was born where Yelm Floral currently operates. “We were all born in a triangle,” Miller said. Fristoe and Miller remember phone calls to the home at all hours of the night regarding newspaper business. Circulation was around 1,200, Fristoe said. The family didn’t have to hand deliver each newspaper, but instead took all the newspapers to the post office for mail outs. “But we all had to fold 1,200 newspapers,” Miller remembers vividly. They did take some newspaper stacks to the local stores, but groceries in Yelm were limited at the time. “There’s sure a lot of memories in that house,” Miller said. The photo can be viewed at the NVN’s new facility at 106 Plaza Drive N.E. on the wall in the main office.
YCS: Board president announces resignation Continued from page A1 community. A farewell reception is planned for 6:15 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23 in the district’s board room. The reception is open to the public. The board will have to elect a new president.
In the meantime, vice president Denise Hendrickson will act as president. During the school board meeting Thursday, Sept. 9, the board will discuss the process of filling Sorger’s vacant position. The process includes accepting applications for the position and voting on the applicants, Stensager said.
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people and anticipate problems, Phillips said. “It’d be good thing to do a few more walk throughs,” Phillips said. “(But) I need someone who can cut it off before it happens.” “I just want people to have a good time. Hopefully people will see we are trying to clean things up.” Willoughby’s owner Diana Willoughby couldn’t be reached for comment, but in the past has said that she tries to curb incidents by opening the restaurant portion of her business as a place for customers to sober up. Meanwhile, if problems per-
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