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Student ID’d in measles death THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles woman whose 2015 death from measles was the first in the nation since 2003 has been identified as a 28-year-old woman who was studying to become a Border Patrol agent. Death records say Catherine J. Montantes died of pneumonia caused by the measles, The Seattle Times reported. Montantes, who had a rare inflammatory muscle disease called dermatomyositis, was a former dental hygienist and a college student studying criminal justice in hopes of becoming a Border Patrol officer, her family said.
People with underlying health conditions are more susceptible to lethal pneumonia, a common side effect of measles, said Dr. Manisha Patel, a medical epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of Atlanta. “Immunocompromised hosts are complicated,” Patel said. “Even if they’re vaccinated, they may be susceptible.” Montantes’ infection wasn’t found until after an autopsy, according to Clallam County health officials. She may have been exposed to the measles virus along with almost three dozen people at the Lower Elwha Health Clinic in late January 2015.
A 52-year-old man who visited the clinic was later confirmed as Clallam County’s first measles case in 20 years. Montantes was at the clinic during the time period the man was there, but it is not known if that is where she was exposed to the virus, Chas DeBolt, senior epidemiologist with the state Department of Health, said in March. Montantes did not have symptoms typical of measles such as a rash, but the virus was in a blood sample collected in February, county public health officials said. On March 19, she got sick and went to Olympic Medical Center in Port Angeles. She was then sent to the Uni-
versity of Wa s h i n g t o n Medical Center on March 26, where she died April 8. Montantes was born in J u n e a u , Alaska, and was funny, Montantes strong and fiercely protective of her three siblings, according to family members. Her mother, Ralphenia Knudson, said Montantes was “just a real go-getter.” “Whatever Cathy sought to achieve, she would find ways to achieve it,” said Knudson, 53, who
lives in Juneau. Montantes was studying criminal justice and hoped to become a Border Patrol officer, her family said. She was also a dental hygienist and last practiced in Arkansas. “I am in awe and amazed by everything that young lady survived and went through,” Knudson said. “Her strength that I saw was amazing.” Of the 189 people infected with measles in the U.S. last year, 11 were in Washington state. In 2014, 667 measles cases were reported nationally. Four people have reported measles infections in the nation this year.
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Official: Gear used incorrectly BY MARK SWANSON PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
SEQUIM — A Port Angeles arborist left three children after falling more than 30 feet with a portion of a tree he was topping on Peterson Street in Sequim, a friend said. Lyle Lyster, who was the owner of West Coast Tree Service of Port Angeles, was pronounced dead at the scene after Clallam County sheriff’s deputies and firefighters with Clallam Fire District No. 3 arrived at 10:45 a.m. Thursday. Lyster, 41, was a 1993 graduate of Port Angeles High School, said friend Jessica Edwards. Members of the Lyster family could not be reached for comment. Edwards said Lyster loved working outdoors and was not the kind of person to sit indoors when weather
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Stacey Price of Port Angeles shows off some of the items she purchased as one of the last customers of the now-shuttered Haggen Northwest Fresh grocery store.
Customer’s purchases register at PA Haggen Employees left early as woman bought last goods BY CHRIS MCDANIEL PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — An act of kindness during the final day of operations at the now-shuttered Haggen grocery store lifted the spirits of former employees on the last shift. The store, located at 114 E. Lauridsen Blvd., was
closed Thursday. It had been slated to stay open until the end of business hours at 6 p.m. or until the entire store was empty, Haggen company spokeswoman Deborah Pleva said Wednesday. Closure came early — about 2 p.m. — thanks to Stacey Jo Price, a real estate broker at Peninsula Realty Group. Price said she was shopping that afternoon when she realized that if she bought all the remaining merchandise, the employees could go home early. “There was very little left, and they had just put 95 percent off of
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