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Schultz: Community, military support ‘amazing’ CONTINUED FROM A1 C a p t a i n J o s e p h “It comes in waves, and it H o u s e . comes in cards and phone Named for calls and emails and flowers. her son, it “The circle gets smaller will be a because people get back to v a c a t i o n for their lives and their activi- home families of J. Schultz ties. It’s not that they’ve fallen solforgotten; it’s just that life diers, under the auspices of goes on.� the Captain Joseph House Schultz said the commu- Foundation. nity support and military She hopes to have it runresponse in the past year ning by next year. has been “amazing.� A community volunteer, She is turning her per- businesswoman and past sonal tragedy into an oppor- president of the Port Angetunity for others suffering les Regional Chamber of the same loss she has had. Commerce, Schultz was one She is transforming The of seven women honored as Tudor Inn at 1108 S. Oak the Soroptimist of Port St. in Port Angeles into the Angeles-Jet Set organiza-
tion’s 2011-2012 Women of Distinction for making a difference in the community. She found out she was invited to the White House when she checked her email at 5 a.m. Wednesday. “I’m profoundly honored that I could be a part of this recognition of families who have lost their military person,� Schultz said. “It’s an opportunity to pay respects to other people, to other families, that have been down the same road. Their loss is every bit as great as mine,� she said. “If my being there can touch them in some way that is important in their lives because we’re sharing this time, then it’s a good
thing.� Before her arrival in D.C., Schultz was scheduled to spend two days in Fayetteville, N.C., for a special ceremony at the special operations forces headquarters at Fort Bragg to honor the four Green Berets who were killed in the past year.
Family joining her Joining her at the Green Beret memorial were her brother, Bob Stokes of Port Angeles; her sister, Mary Jo of Auburn; and her mother, Mary of Sonoma, Calif. The four were scheduled to drive to Washington on Saturday to visit Capt. Schultz’s grave at Arlington, where
Betsy Reed Schultz has mourned several times in the past year. Joseph William Schultz grew up in Sacramento, Calif., and Springfield, Ill., and graduated from the University of Oregon with bachelor’s degrees in political science and economics. He received three medals — the Purple Heart, the Meritorious Service Medal and the Bronze Star — after he died in a blast that killed two other soldiers. His Chi Psi fraternity brothers helped organize a “Let’s Run for Joe� fundraiser for the Captain Joseph House at the Big Sur International Marathon on the central Califor-
nia coast. Among the participants in the April 29 event were members of Capt. Schultz’s team in the Green Berets. “That was an emotional time,� Betsy Reed Schultz said. “The soldiers had not met a lot of Joe’s friends outside of the military. “It was a healing time for [the Army team], having lost three of their 12 members in one swoop.� Schultz fought back tears as she looked at a photograph of her son during a Wednesday interview. “I just really miss him,� Schultz said. “You can’t put it into words. Words just don’t match the loss.�
Service: Cremated remains interred at Worden CONTINUED FROM A1 Harris was the owner of an offspring of the famous trotter Dan Patch and every New Year’s rode around the neighborhood on Mo, Gibson said. Harris died at his Oakville home on March 11, 2009. He was 60. His remains were cremated, and a memorial service was held April 6, 2009, at Puget Sound Health Care in Olympia. Chaplain (Major) Robert Kinnune conducted the funeral service at Fort Worden, talking about Harris’ life and faith. Harris belonged to the Puyallup Church of the Nazarene, where he was a member of the choir and a gospel quartet. Chaplain (Capt.) Barry Malone read the 23rd Psalm. Duane’s brother, Coast Guard Lt. Cmdr. (Ret.) J.J. Harris, read a poem. Also attending the ser-
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vice was Diane Harris Rice, Duane and J.J.’s sister, who was born at the post hospital at Fort Worden. Their father, Clarence J. Harris, was a career Coast Guardsman who met his future wife, Mary Jean Cop-
per, at the USO in Port Townsend. Clarence Harris was stationed in Port Townsend from 1946-51, and on the Coast Guard cutter Winona out of the Port Angeles Coast Guard Air Station
Sgt. William Mejia presents the American flag to Lori Gibson in gratitude for her husband’s military service. Seated next to Gibson is Katie Lundstrom, the daughter of Diane Rice, the sister of the late Master Sgt. (Ret.) Duane Quenten Harris.
battle zone. Gibson said the decision for interment at Fort Worden derived from her and Duane’s childhoods as military dependents. Gibson was born on an Army base in Anchorage, Alaska. Her father, Chief Warrant Officer Cecil Curtis Gibson, is buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
from 1958-60, J.J. Harris said. His father was transferred to Juneau, Alaska, where the children spent most of their school years. Duane Harris graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School and was in the National Guard when he volunteered for active service, his brother said. According to Gibson, Duane’s motivation for volunteering for combat duty in Vietnam was to prevent his brother, a junior officer, from being sent into a
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vices,� Wells said. “They never fail to strike a chord in the heart that will leave a lasting mark. “I am honored to be able to give the deceased one final military honor and show the family how grateful we are for their loved one’s service to our great country.� Gibson said when the time comes, she will be buried at Fort Worden Military Cemetery next to her husband. “Returning to post for both Duane and I gave us a comfortable feeling of being able to go back to where we both felt secure growing up,� Gibson said. “Safe on base — safe on post.�
Cpl. Wells said his honors team, a term he prefers to funeral detail, has conducted 17 services this month. His job: to instill a passion for the work in his young team, all of whom volunteer for the duty, and ________ to help them stay focused in the face of the family’s grief. Jennifer Jackson is a freelance “I have been in the mili- writer and photographer living in tary for nine years and been Port Townsend. To contact her, a part of many of these ser- email jjackson@olypen.com.
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Salmon: Tests returned positive it safely back CONTINUED FROM A1 supervisor for the Washington Department of Fish and Tests on the Bainbridge Wildlife, said the virus is a fish came back positive for big concern. “Any first time it occurs, the virus this month, after fish farm employees noticed you don’t fully understand a higher than usual die-off the impact to wild fish,� Kerwin said. in April. American Gold Seafoods, “We know it can impact affiliated with Icicle Sea- (farm) fish. If we move fast, foods of Seattle, operates we can try to minimize the two hatcheries near Roch- amplification.� ester, and has 120 pens off American Gold Seafoods Port Angeles, Bainbridge plans to remove more than Island, Cypress Island and a million pounds of Atlantic Hope Island in Puget salmon from infected net Sound. pens in Rich Passage off the The company’s Port southern tip of Bainbridge Angeles pens are on Ediz Island. Hook, near the Coast Guard Air Station/Sector Field ‘Very, very big loss’ Office Port Angeles. “It’s a very, very big loss No company representatives answered phones at for us,� Alan Cook, Icicle’s the Port Angeles hatchery vice president of aquaculSunday, but the company ture said. “We’ll clean up website www.american and start again.� The company plans to goldseafoods.com lists the pens at Port Angeles as remove all dead or dying fish by the end of June. being “juvenile pens.� John Kerwin, fish health Nets from 2 acres’ worth of
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pens will be removed and disinfected. The fish farm could be running again in four months. Cook said the company has increased monitoring of net pens in Clam Bay near Manchester in Puget Sound, which is about a half-mile from the infected pens. The recent outbreaks have prompted Washington-based Wild Fish Conservancy to call for tougher testing rules and limits on net pen salmon aquaculture. Even though the virus occurs naturally in Northwest salmon, the group worries that densely packed fish farms can amplify the virus’ spread, foster its mutation and infect wild fish that pass in or near the pens. Cook said his company is taking the virus seriously. Its plan to remove all the farm’s fish is not required by law, he said. “It’s good husbandry to
limit the risk to other fish,� he said. “We’re not letting the situation sit and fester and then explode.� Adding another disease outbreak to the list of threats to wild salmon concerns local fishermen. “They have enough problems right now,� said Curtis Reed, manager of the Waters West Fly Fishing Outfitters in Port Angeles. Local fishermen are more concerned with the sea lice problem in salmon, which is concentrated by the salmon in pens and then can infect young wild salmon as they pass by the pens on their way out to sea, Reed said. “Wild fish are unique and pretty special,� he said.
________ Reporter Arwyn Rice can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5070, or at arwyn.rice@peninsula dailynews.com. The Associated Press and the Kitsap Sun contributed to this report.
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to base camp CONTINUED FROM A1 tains left for Leif to match his father’s feat of being the Mallory died in 1924 on first American to climb, but there are other firsts. Mount Everest. “Every time someone The group made it back climbs a mountain they to base camp safely, with haven’t climbed before, it’s a Anker, but Leif was unable first for them,� Jim believes. to contact his family It is uncertain when the because of a malfunctioning younger Whittaker will satellite phone. return to Washington, but Leif and his team Leif told his father he hopes delayed their ascent after to be back before a June 3 more than 200 climbers memorial service for a attempted the feat in a mountain-climbing friend week, resulting in four at Mount Rainier. deaths May 19, apparently When he does return, he from altitude sickness and will be welcomed in grand exhaustion. style by his family. The younger Whittaker “We told him we have a spent his teenage years couple of New York steaks climbing Mount Rainier waiting for him in the freezer,� Jim said. and other mountains. Leif was introduced to ________ Everest in 2003, when his Reporter Arwyn Rice can be parents took him to the reached at 360-452-2345, ext. base of the mountain. 5070, or at arwyn.rice@peninsula There are few moun- dailynews.com.
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