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November incident left one woman dead after she fired a gun at police
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Bonney Lake High Princess Angela Crone and White River High Princess Megan McBarron read “The Wheels on the Bus” to a rapt audience of children at the Buckley Library Saturday as part of the “Read With a Princess” program. The 79th Annual Daffodil parade is scheduled for April 14. Photo by Daniel Nash/To view or buy photos go to www.blscourierherald.com.
Pierce County prosecutors have ruled that the use of deadly force by Bonney Lake Officer Kyle Torgerson and Pierce County Sheriff’s Deputy Tristin Marrs during a Nov. 2011 incident that left one woman dead to be justifiable under the law. Holly M. Crahay, 38, was killed during a traffic standoff with police Nov. 13 in which she fired two shots from a handgun at police, who returned fire, killing the woman. “After the deceased shot at one of the officers, missing by
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From the hospital to the White House Local heart attack survivor meets with administration to discuss heart health By Brian Beckley
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ance Lobe never expected to travel all the way to the White House to talk about cardiac health issues. But then again, Lobe didn’t
expect to make it out of Kent. “I’m a miracle to even be here,” he said this past week in his Lake Tapps home, recalling the massive heart attack that almost ended his life three years ago. “They call that one ‘The Widowmaker,’” Lobe said, adding that doctors told him he had a 100 percent blockage in an artery and that his heart stopped three different times on the way to the hospital. Lobe, quite obviously, has
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Vance Lobe of Lake Tapps survived two heart attacks and now advocates for heart-healthy living on behalf of the American Heart Association. Photo by Brian Beckley