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This Week... • Enumclaw’s Special Education Parent Advisory Council is meet-
ing Thursday, Oct. 1, to discuss housing for developmentally delated adults. The meeting will be held at 8:30 p.m. at the Enumclaw Middle School.
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Man shot in leg during possible home invasion By Ray Still Reporter
The silence of the quiet Monday morning was broken by gunfire a stones throw away from the Bonney Lake Senior Center on 193rd Avenue East. Bonney Lake police were called to the scene around 8:20 a.m. and closed the 7200 block of the street to traffic. According to Officer
Todd Green, the intruder was attempting to gain entry into the house when he was confronted by the male resident. The intruder pulled his weapon on the male resident, who drew his own weapon and shot the intruder in the leg. The intruder was transported from the scene to a local trauma center, and the male resident and his girlfriend were taken to the police department for questioning.
The investigation was stalled briefly as officers waited for animal control to secure and remove a pit bull that was locked in one of the rooms in the house. The pit bull was put into an outdoor kennel. Green confirmed the resident and intruder know each other, although the motive of the intrusion was unknown at time of press. Follow this story online at www.blscourierherald.com.
Collapsed Enumclaw building to be demolished
• The Sumner Future Farmers of America is
hosting an auction at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 2 in the Sumner High School gym to help send 13 students to the National Agriscience Fair. Tickets are $5 and includes a spaghetti dinner.
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Weather The forecast for today, Wednesday, calls for sun and a south wind with highs near 72. Lows at night drop to 50. Thursday also expects sun with highs near 70 and lows at night near 48. Friday, Saturday and Sunday each have a chance of showers with highs near the high 60s and lows close to the high 40s.
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Bonney Lake police officers quickly closed the 7200 block of 193 East Avenue to all traffic. Photo by Ray Still
Hornets stung on home turf
The Bonney Lake Panthers and Enumclaw Hornets clashed Friday in a neck-and-neck game that ended with Bonney Lake pulling out the victory 15-14. The teams played at the Expo Center. Photo by Dennis Box
SR 410 construction, lanes diverted in Bonney Lake through October By Ray Still Reporter
One of the busiest intersections in Bonney Lake, state Route 410 and Veterans Memorial Drive, will be tied up with construction work through the
month of October. According to City Engineer John Woodcock crews plan to limit lane closures, which will limit extra traffic congestion. “If a lane has to be taken out, that’s a nighttime closure,” Woodcock said. “The
(traffic) impact will be when we are shifting lanes.” Traffic in both west and eastbound lanes were shifted Sept. 25 to accommodate for construction. The improvement project
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hings have moved slower than the city would have liked, but it appears something will soon be done to the bulging building at the corner of Cole Street and Stevenson Avenue. Now encircled by tall fencing – aimed at keeping pedestrians a safe distance away – and with steel poles guarding against the collapse of an outside wall, the structure appears headed for demolition. City Administrator Chris Searcy offered a brief update during the Sept. 14 gathering of the Enumclaw City Council. Searcy reported that application has been made for a demolition permit, though it had not been granted as of last week. The wheels of progress
turn a bit slowly, Searcy told the council. The first step was a seven-day waiting period while the Puget Sound Clean Air Agency considered giving its blessing to the demolition project. That agency guards against any potential hazards being released into the air. The city won’t finalize the demolition permit until the environmental review is completed. Once demolition begins, the process could take about seven days, Searcy added. It was the evening of July 6 when the roof of the vacant building at 1414 Cole St. crashed to the ground. As part of the collapse, exterior walls bulged slightly outward. The city quickly rounded up contractors to erect the fence around the lot and tackle the emergency measure of bracing the wall facing Cole.
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