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ACLU raps judge over pay-or-appear Unfair to poor, rights group says BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — Rick Porter, Clallam County District Court 1 judge, is making strides in resolving issues included in an American Civil Liberties Union
investigation that says Porter’s signature pay-or-appear program has an unfair impact on the poor, an ACLU lawyer said. “The court is definitely taking steps to address those concerns, and we will continue to be involved in discussions going forward to see that it happens,” said ACLU staff attorney Vanessa Hernandez, who met for 90 minutes Wednesday with Porter to discuss the report.
“What we found there was very encouraging.” Jail costs related to the program remain a concern for officials of the cities of Sequim and Port Angeles. Port Angeles City Manager Dan McKeen was scheduled to meet with Porter to discuss the city’s costs related to Porter’s District Court. Craig Ritchie, Sequim city attorney, said jail costs paid by
the city of Sequim for an individual often exceed the amount of the person’s fines. However, the ACLU said it is more interested in the program’s fairness.
Debtors’ prisons In February, the organization issued a report, “Modern Day Debtors’ Prisons: The Ways Court-Imposed Debts Punish
People For Being Poor.” It examined court-debt collection programs such as pay-orappear, which allows individuals to pay their fines or appear in court on the pay-or-appear calendar to explain why they have not made a payment. Courtimposed debt programs in Clallam, Benton, Clark and Thurston counties were examined. TURN
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Oops: TV’s ‘Idol’ votes go to PA pizzeria
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Richard Daugherty examines a killer-whale saddle carved of cedar and inlaid with 700 sea otter teeth unearthed at Ozette in the 1970s.
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Randy Sexton, owner of Gordy’s Pizza & Pasta in Port Angeles, wants to know why his business was bombarded with telephone calls misdirected from the television program “American Idol.”
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PULLMAN — Richard ALSO . . . Daugherty expected to ■ A Makah spend a few months excapersonal vating Makah artifacts tribute to a uncovered by a storm on man known the North Olympic Peninas ‘Doc’/A13 sula coast in 1970. Instead, he spent 11 years helping the Makah uncover their tribal history from a buried village at Ozette, “the Pompeii of America,” one of the most well-known and nationally significant archaeological discoveries of the past century . “Doc” Daugherty, as the Washington State University archaeologist was known by many Makah, died of bone cancer Feb. 22 at his home near the WSU campus. He was 91. TURN
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No reason given for colossal snafu BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — Gordy’s Pizza & Pasta was flooded with callers one night earlier this week, but they weren’t hungry for the deluxe cheese pie or signature fettuccine. They were the voracious fans of “American Idol.” For two hours Wednesday, an annoying portion of more than 71 million phone votes cast for contestants on the hit Fox TV show were mistakenly
received by the Italian-style eatery at 1123 E. First St. But as of Friday, Gordy’s still lacked any guarantee that the same deluge would not again be unleashed this Wednesday upon the same phone number the restaurant has had for 50 years, owner Randy Sexton said. The show has 12 episodes remaining after contestant Kristen O’Connor was eliminated Wednesday. During the telephonic onslaught, employees were answering the phones
and only sometimes getting a customer. “Our phones were off the hook,” Sexton said. “They were dealing with a frenzy of ring, ring, ring, ring, ring. “The staff was answering every phone call as if it was a customer.” A spokeswoman for the iconic show, in its 13th season, was unable by early Friday to elaborate on the cause of the confusion or the cure. TURN
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Assessor ‘shocked’ by sudden death of aide BY JEREMY SCHWARTZ PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — Michael Hopf, Clallam County’s deputy assessor, was remembered as a helpful, humble person and an avid bicyclist after his sudden death Thursday evening doing what he loved on a stretch of the Olympic Discovery Trail west of Port Angeles. “It was an absolute shock,” County Assessor Pam Rushton
said Friday as she fought back tears. “I’m still in shock.” Hopf, 61, collapsed while riding his bicycle with a group of friends on Hopf the Olympic Discovery Trail near Place Road west of Port Angeles, Sheriff Bill
Benedict said Friday. “His death was natural causes,” Benedict said, adding that he didn’t want to speculate on what happened. “He just collapsed while bicycling and died at the scene.” Rushton said Hopf’s wife, Maxine, called her at about 11 p.m. Thursday to tell her Hopf had died. “Our love and compassion go out to his family,” Rushton said. Said Hopf’s grown daughter, Brianne, who was shocked and
“Physically, he was probably in the best shape of anyone in our office,” Rushton said. Hopf was a 29-year veteran of the county Assessor’s Office, a job he came into after a brief stint as a Clallam County sheriff’s deputy. Bicycle aficionado Rushton, who was elected assessor in 2005, said Hopf hired Hopf loved bicycling and could her in 1999 as an appraisal trainee be seen on local trails most eveand took her out into the field nings, Rushton said, which made himself to show her the ropes. the news of how he died all the more surprising. TURN TO DEATH/A4
grieving Friday: “He was a very great man.” Hopf also leaves behind a grown son, stepchildren and a grandson who lived with Hopf and his wife.
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