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U.S. Forest Service unable to commit funds to cover its part of project
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Weather The forecast for today, Wednesday, calls for mostly cloudy skies and highs to 72 with overnight lows to 56. Thursday’s forecast calls for a chance of showers with highs to 71
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High football coach Mark Gunderson worked with the team Thursday as the HorGridiron Glory Enumclaw nets prepare for the 2013 season.
Efforts to build an Enumclaw Welcome Center have followed a twisted and sometimes tortuous path, so it was perhaps no surprise that another roadblock popped up last week. After waiting nine weeks for a definitive answer from the United States Forest Service, city officials were told Aug. 26 that the agency had a maximum of $750,000 to contribute to the project. That’s not enough to cover what had been considered the USFS share of the total cost, putting the entire project at risk of landing on the scrap heap.
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Suspect in teen stabbing arrested by detectives James “Jimmy” Sweet turns himself in after family saw news report By Dennis Box Editor
The suspect in the Aug. 24 stabbing of a 14-year-old boy near Enumclaw was arrested Aug. 28 by King County Sheriff’s detectives. James Allen Sweet, 21, turned
himself in to detectives after his family saw he was at large following the crime. Family members told Sweet to surrender to detectives, according to Sgt. Cindi West, spokeswomen for the King County Sheriff’s Office. Sweet was arrested under the charge of first-degree assault and bail was set at $250,000 by King County Superior Court. The stabbing incident occurred about 9:30 p.m. Aug. 24 at the victim’s residence. According to the sheriff’s office
charging form, the boy was at his house celebrating the birthday of an 18-year-old cousin. Sweet is a friend of the cousin and arrived at the residence at about 9 p.m. The group was sitting around a campfire. According to the sheriff’s document, about 15 minutes after Sweet arrived the boy “was joking with his other cousin when Sweet became angry over a comment about the fire.” Sweet came after the boy, “flipped off his hat and grabbed his arm.” According to the document the incident calmed down and Sweet told the boy he “should not mess with a Juggalo, suggesting he himself was a Juggalo gang member.”
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Sweet got up and went to his backpack, then confronted the boy again. The boy, “thought Sweet punched him in the side, but quickly realized that he had been stabbed.” The boy went to his house and his mother called 911. The cousin reported to deputies he saw Sweet stab the boy in the side. The document reported Sweet “attempted to apologize, put the knife back in his backpack and fled the scene on foot.” The victim was transported to Harborview Medical Center where he was treated for a stab wound and lacerated liver. He was reported to be in stable condition following surgery.
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