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Buckley council votes to end jail and dispatch operations
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Daniel Nash Staff Writer
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Buckley City Council voted Aug. 14 evening to suspend operations on the city jail and dispatch center. The jail’s operations will cease as of Dec. 1. In the interim, Buckley Police C h i e f Jim Arsanto and his staff will be responsible for terminating all outside city of jail service contracts, as well as terminating the employment of corrections staff. Buckley’s dispatch center will have up to 12 months to close up shop, beginning Sept. 1. Council members noted the dispatch office, which operates out of the jail building, would have faced closure in a matter of years once Pierce County’s South Sound 911 service launched. The closure of the two city services go hand-in-hand. Dispatch staff provide necessary coverage
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Cassidy Furlong, a 14-year-old from British Columbia, tends to Alice, her Dandie Dinmont terrier, Sunday afternoon during the Olympic Kennel Club show at the Enumclaw Expo Center. The annual show, one of the largest such events in the region, brings thousands of dogs to the Expo Center annually. Kevin Hanson, The Courier-Herald
Woof, Woof Fun with Dogs
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Lucarelli horse runs within a head of a Mile win Enumclaw begins By Dennis Box
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rank Lucarelli came within a scant horse head of the capturing the Longacres Mile, grade 3, the top race of the season at Emerald Downs. Lucarelli, who lives in Enumclaw, saw his 6-year-old bay gelding Winning Machine lead for most of the race before running second to Mike Puhich-trained Taylor Said. It was the first Mile victory for Renton-native Puhich and the best finish for a Lucarelli-trained horse in the Mile.
Jockey Mario Gutierrez was in the irons on Taylor Said at 122 pounds. Winning Machine was ridden by Javier Matias at 119 pounds, running from the third post. Taylor Said ran from the ninth post. In the stretch Taylor Said challenged Winning Machine, taking the lead. Winning Machine dug back in and it looked like he might grab the lead back as the two battled down the lane to a photo finish. Lucarelli is currently the leading trainer at Emerald Downs with 39 wins. He took the leading trainer title last year with 53 wins.
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budget journey By Kevin Hanson Senior Writer
Adoption of a 2013 municipal budget might be nearly four months away, but members of the Enumclaw City Council took steps last week to avoid a sticky dollars-and-cents situation. Financial talk during the Aug. 13 council session began on a rather innocuous note, as City Administrator Mike Thomas
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