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This Week... • Music on Main in Sum-
ner kicks off with The Puyallup Valley Band at 6:30 p.m. on July 3 at Rainier View Park. Fulsom Prism will play next at 6:30 p.m. on July 10 on Main Street. • The Mason Jar Farm in Enumclaw will be opening its doors to the public from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday, July 3 as a part of Open Farm Fridays. Kids can visit the hens, root around for farm worms and learn about compost while adults can learn about DIY wine parties and upcoming Mason Jar Meal Classes.
Weather The forecast for Wednesday calls for sun with highs near 87. The night will have clear skies with a low near 62. On Thursday highs jump to 89 with a clear night and lows near 62. Friday, Saturday and Sunday all call for more sun with highs in the upper 80s and clear nights with lows in the low 60s.
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Orting man is charged with murder of missing woman
All-day Fourth of July festivities in Enumclaw
By Dennis Box
By Kevin Hanson
Jonathan Daniel Harris, 29, was charged with the murder of 28-year-old Enumclaw resident Nicole Elizabeth White. The Pierce County Prosecutor filed second degree murder charges against Harris June 23. His bail was set at $2 million during an arraignment hearing June 24. Harris’ trial is scheduled to begin August 17. White was last seen about 10 p.m. June 6 outside Jeepers Country Bar
Enumclaw will be celebrating Independence Day with the 15th annual Stars and Stripes celebration. Presented by the local Chamber of Commerce, Saturday begins with breakfast, continues with a midday parade and concludes with fireworks. The Fourth of July gets rolling with a free breakfast for the Enumclaw community, served from 8 to 11 a.m. at the Senior Center on Cole Street. The Enumclaw Rotary Club is again sponsoring the meal.
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Timbrrr, the Buckley Log Show Clown, races across the pond on the Log Show grounds. The annual festival began Saturday with the parade and continued through Sunday with the competitive events. Results and more photos on page 3. Photo by Ashley Britschgi
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Senate, House closing in on state budget By Dennis Box Editor
The state Legislature appears to have reached an agreement on the twoyear operating budget, according to majority f loor leader Sen. Joe Fain, 47th District. The race to the budget finish line has taken two special session and the beginning of a third. Gov. Jay Inslee had to sign the bill by midnight Tuesday for the government to continue operating, which is past the
press deadline. Check online, www.courierherald.com, for an update. Fain said there was a backup plan to pass a continuing resolution to fund government operations for a month if negotiations fall apart. S enate memb er s announced a tentative agreement was reached Saturday, the 163rd day of the session. The budget must first pass out of the Senate. Fain said Sunday evening he and others were working on getting the vote
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done by Monday. “We’ve had a good response so far,” Fain said. “I’m optimistic.” If the bill clears the Senate it moves to the House. If there are no changes to the bill in the House it moves to the governor’s desk for his signature. If the House makes changes, the bill moves back to the Senate for reconsideration. Accord i ng to t he Senate members funding for schools and teacher salaries have been 1328014
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increased and there is a college tuition reduction. The Senate majority members said the budget comes without any new taxes. Sen. Pam Roach, R-Auburn, said by email Monday, “My caucus and I demanded and got a nonew-taxes budget. With a total of $3.2 billion in extra revenue because of a healthy economy, there is no need to raise taxes. Winning that argument took two extra sessions but I believe protecting taxpayers against unnec-
essary tax increases is part of my job.” School funding has become the Sword of Damocles hanging over the 2015 Legislature. The state Supreme Court found the state of Washington in contempt for not complying with the Court’s Jan. 5 2012 McCleary v. Washington order, which directed the Legislature to fulfill its funding obligation as stated in Article IX of the state Constitution.
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