INSIDE: Britt Nelson named POM Executive Director, page 2 . . . . Buckley hosts beer, wine walk Saturday, page 3 . . . . Wyldlife participants aim for banana split record, page 13. . . . White River Rachel’s Challenge program successful for four years, page 20 . . . White River volleyball sizzling with perfect record, page 17 . . . .
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Wednesday, September 21, 2011
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Rape charge is filed
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Getting to the root of watering trees.
Buckley councilman denies improper activity with child
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Mary Weymiller, a student at Elk Ridge Elementary School, and her service dog Sable are fast friends. Photo courtesy Andrea Weymiller.
Fundraiser a doggone good cause By Kevin Hanson The Courier-Herald
Mary Weymiller is an active 5-year-old, a kindergarten student at Elk Ridge Elementary in Buckley. She also has Down Syndrome, a condition that has the potential for putting her in harm’s way. Mary is vocal, but rather quiet, and her parents fear she can slip away unno-
ticed. It’s likely she would wander off with a stranger. Looking for a way to calm their fears, her parents found an answer in Sable, a service dog who is being trained to not only watch out for Mary, but to alert her parents if the youngster starts heading off on her own. The short-haired collie, being trained at Brigadoon Dog
SEE DOG, PAGE 3
Longtime Buckley City Councilman Randy Reed is staring at two charges stemming from allegations of inappropriate sexual contact with a young girl. The Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office has charged Reed, 54, with firstdegree child rape and firstdegree child molestation. Charging papers allege Reed inappropriately touched a 7-year-old; it is stated there were numerous incidents spanning a period of many months earlier this year. He was charged Thursday and an arraignment has been scheduled for Sept. 29 in Pierce County Superior
SEE RAPE, PAGE 4
Black Diamond battle continues By Dennis Box For The Courier-Herald
Black Diamond’s hearing examiner released his recommendation of approval Sept. 13 for a pair of YarrowBay development agreements, with many pages outlining revisions, potential conditions and
legal strategies for the City Council to consider. The 113-page document begins with the statement, “For those who want to go straight to the point, the Examiner recommends approval of the development agreements if the revisions recommended in Section IX of this recommendation are
incorporated into the development agreement.” Section IX outlines 24 revisions or “implementing conditions” to the development agreement for the two projects, known as The Villages and Lawson Hills. Hearing Examiner Phil Olbrechts’ recommendations include the staff
providing more explanation concerning fish and wildlife buffers, language concerning mine hazard areas, levels of service for parks, police and fire and stormwater monitoring. The opening pages of the docu-
SEE BATTLE, PAGE 2
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