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Accidental inmate back Man freed in jail error turns self in at courthouse BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — An inmate who was mistakenly released Tuesday from Clallam County jail showed up at the Clallam County Courthouse at 3:10 p.m. Thursday and turned himself in, Sheriff Bill Benedict said. Lavan A. Lukes, 35, of Port Angeles was inadvertently let out of jail after an appearance in county Superior Court in a paperwork mix-up with other inmates to be legally released. He had been arrested for investigation of two counts of fourthdegree assault, one of which
included domestic violence. Lukes, who Benedict said was never considered dangerous, was scheduled to be charged Thursday. Lukes He showed up at Clallam County Superior Court on his own volition, was taken back to jail, then appeared before Judge Brooke Taylor in rapid succession Thursday afternoon. Taylor reset Lukes’ bail at
$5,000 and his arraignment for 1:39 p.m. today, Benedict said. “One of our deputies had been discussing with his mother suggesting he return this morning,” the sheriff said Thursday. “He was supposed to come back to the jail, but he showed up at court.” Benedict did not know Thursday afternoon where Lukes had gone between the time he left the jail Tuesday and returned two days later, or what he said when he arrived Thursday at the courthouse. Lukes had been in jail on $5,000 bail, which meant that if he came up with $500, he proba-
bly could be released because most bail bond companies require 10 percent of the bail amount for the company to post the bond, Benedict said.
Not considered dangerous Lukes was not considered dangerous, said Benedict, adding that a new procedure has been put into place for release of jail inmates. Lukes mistakenly was processed out of the jail Tuesday after his booking papers were mixed in with the papers of inmates being released, Benedict said. TURN
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Goin’ downtown AS THE HISTORICAL retail center of the North Olympic Peninsula, downtown Port Angeles adds focus to the community’s 150 years of history and heritage. A special section inside this edition views some of that history — as well as downtown’s participation in next weekend’s Heritage Days celebration.
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OMC data system cost $7.6 million BY ROB OLLIKAINEN PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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Port Angeles quilters Karen Grimsley, left, and Pat Donelan examine a quilt depicting the former Lincoln School as the handicraft hangs on display at the Museum at the Carnegie in Port Angeles.
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Quilt full of the old school spirit Fundraiser designed to help restoration of beloved Lincoln site BY ARWYN RICE
fourth grade at Lincoln School. “We’ve been good friends ever since,” Donelan said. With 20 years of quilting experience each, the friends have been creating quilting projects together for years, sharing a love for the hobby and great memories of their school years.
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PORT ANGELES — Two Port Angeles friends who began their friendship at Lincoln School together created a quilt to help raise funds for the restoration of the site of their alma mater. Pat Donelan and Karen Grimsley, both 76 and of Port Angeles, met in the
‘A lot of memories’ “We have a lot of memories — some we need to forget,” Donelan said with a sparkle in her eye. To help restore the school where many of those memories were made, the pair created and donated the Lincoln Memo-
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ries quilt to the Clallam County Historical Society to be raffled off. The raffle will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 15, at Lincoln School, 926 W. Eighth St., during the Celebration of Clallam County Schools event, which will be from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. that day. Raffle tickets cost $2. They are available at the Clallam County Historical Society Garage Sale from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Tickets also can be purchased at the Museum at the Carnegie, 207 S. Lincoln St., from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. TURN
PORT ANGELES — It won’t come cheap, but Olympic Medical Center will launch a single-database electronic medical record system by July to qualify for $7 million in federal incentives while aiming to improve patient care. Hospital commissioners Wednesday voted 7-0 to approve a $7.6 million agreement with Providence Health and Services to provide Epic electronic records for the Port Angeles hospital and its satellite clinics. Software implementation will account for a maximum of $6 million, with another $1.6 million for licensing, interfaces, conversions and data storage. Annual support fees will begin next year at $730,248 and rise incrementally to $780,317 by 2017. The yearly fees are “about the same” as the support costs for the five computer systems and various interfaces that OMC is using now, Chief Financial Officer Julie Rukstad said.
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AGNEW — With Johnston Farms not far from her home, Julie Grattan-Jacobsen — a member of the North Olympic Land Trust’s Farmer of the Year Award committee — decided it would be best to tell owners Christie and Kelly Johnston they had won the 2012 award. “I rode my bike over and told them two weeks ago,” GrattanJacobsen said. TURN
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