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New sign to welcome Forks Visitors
WEBPA’s mascot Dewey the raindrop soon will join other community groups’ signs on a larger sign that will greet visitors to Forks. The plan is to have a sign on each end of town announcing the groups and clubs that are active in Forks.
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9/11 not forgotten
Last Thursday, on the anniversary of the 9/11 attack, Forks volunteer fireman John Witherspoon discovered, about halfway through the day, that the community had no official ceremony planned for the day. He rounded up fellow fire department volunteers Joey Wallace, Nick Ness and his granddaughter Jayden and after mounting an American flag to one of the department’s fire trucks, made four passes through town at about 4:30 p.m. Photo by Christi Baron
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the man and woman and discharged one round in their direction. Deputies and officers were unable to locate the suspect or potential victims. The witness was unable to provide detailed descriptions of the suspect or potential victims. The witness believed all subjects to be in their twenties. A 9mm shell casing was located in the roadway, consistent with the witness’ account of the incident. Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies are asking the public’s help in identifying the suspect and potential victims as they continue to investigate and follow up on leads. Anyone with information related to the investigation is asked to call Sgt. Brian King through sheriff’s dispatch at 360-417-2259.
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On Sept. 9 at approximately 6:19 p.m. Clallam County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 2500 block of Calawah Way in reference to the report of a male suspect who had pointed a handgun at another male and discharged it while the male victim was telling the suspect to just shoot him. Deputies, assisted by officers of the Forks Police and La Push Police Departments, responded to the area. A witness in the 2500 block of Calawah Way confirmed that a man had exited a dark-colored mid-size sport utility vehicle and began to argue with a man and woman who were walking on the shoulder of the roadway. During the argument, the unknown male suspect pointed a handgun at
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Sheriff’s Department seeks communities’ help