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Tate charged with four felony counts by prosecutor
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Buckley resident Lonnie Leroy Tate has been charged with four felonies for allegedly setting a neighbor’s van and garage on fire, assaulting the neighbor and hindering the efforts of county deputies. The Pierce County Prosecutor’s Office filed papers in Pierce County Superior Court charging Tate with two counts of second degree arson, one count of second degree assault and one count of obstructing a law enforcement officer. Tate is scheduled to be arraigned today. According to a police report, Pierce County deputies were dispatched Aug. 25 to the 6800 block of 245th Avenue East near Buckley on the report of a suspect on a rampage. Deputies were told the suspect was chasing a woman who was his neighbor with a baseball bat and yelling obscenities at her. The deputies also were told a
Some late-game dramatics resulted in a 22-13, Friday-night victory for the Enumclaw High Hornets over their adversaries from White River. The two resumed a longstanding rivalry on a perfect evening for football at the Pete’s Pool stadium. After students rushed the field, junior running back Cameron Strecker carried the trophy in the locker room. The neighboring Hornets did not play the past two seasons. KEVIN HANSON, Courier-Herald
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Bringing home a championship By Dennis Box Editor
Championships are the stuff of great memories and 14-year-old Kaylee Markonich and her horse Journey brought a championship memory home from Canada. Kaylee and 8-year-old Journey, an Arabian gelding, participated in the 55th
annual Canadian National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show Aug. 13-18 at Keystone Centre in Brandon, Manitoba. Kaylee won the Junior to Ride grand championship and was reserve champion in the Junior Owner to Ride. Journey also took top 10 in the Open Hunter-Pleasure Class and Top 10 in showmanship-equitation. It was Kaylee’s first trip to the national championship show. She said there were about 700 horses and 1,700 exhibitors. She and Journey qualified in local and regional shows for the championship show.
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Kaylee Markonich and her horse Journey took a grand championship at the Canadian National Arab and Half Arab horse show. Courtesy photo
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