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By Kevin Hanson
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The 31st Legislative District’s soon-to-bevacant seat in the House of Representatives now has three candidates lined up at the door. Announcing their intention to run are Auburn Republican Drew Stokesbary, Lake Tapps Democrat Jonathon Dunn and Enumclaw Democrat Mike Sando. The 31st District represents east Pierce and King counties, including Enumclaw, Buckley, Bonney Lake, Sumner and part of Auburn. The position is up for grabs because Enumclaw’s Cathy Dahlquist – a Republican who has held the seat for a pair of two-year terms – is challenging incumbent Pam Roach (R-rural Auburn) for the 31st District post in the state Senate.
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Stokesbary
Slamfest
Kyle Dean Elliott, of Bonney Lake, competed in the Slamfest Demolition Derby at the Washington State Spring Fair in Puyallup on Sunday. He drove the Stinger 8 class and was knocked out after multiple collisions in the center of the track. Photo by Vince Miller
Stokesbary, a lawyer and conservative activist, has a state lawmaker as part of his
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State measles count continues to climb, hits 12 Childhood vaccines help prevent serious illness By Theresa De Lay Staff Writer
Washington has seen 12 confirmed cases of measles this year, including possible exposures in Pierce County, accord-
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ing to state and county health departments. This represents more than a 50 percent increase to date, when compared to average years. Contracting measles is uncommon due to vaccinations against it, but the virus is highly contagious and dangerous to those who are infected by it. The highest risk groups for contracting measles
include infants, pregnant women, people with compromised immune systems and anyone unvaccinated. Those who are vaccinated have less than one percent chance of contracting it and people who have had it once before, develop immunities which prevent them from catching it a second time. The virus is airborne and can be caught
Deadline: May 13, Published: May 28
by being in the same area infected by measles are as someone who is conta- contagious about four gious. days before the rash Symptoms evolve appears and remain seven to 21 days so until four days from exposure after. Public a nd include Approximately Health fever, cough and 30 percent of a runny nose. A measles patients red, spotted rash worldwide experiappears on the face ence complications, approximately three days according to the Centers after onset and spreads for Disease Control. The down the body. Those See measles, Page 9
Deadline: June 3, Published: June 25
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