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THURSDAY EDITION JUNE 27, 2019
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HPD gets city approval for a narcotics-detecting canine. By Dan Hammock Grays Harbor News Group
The Hoquiam Police Department wants to add a narcoticsdetecting dog to the force and got the approval of the Hoquiam City Council on Monday. Hoquiam Police Chief Jeff Myers told the council the department would cover the cost of the program — a little more than $85,000 — using drug forfeiture funds. “The majority of the actual expense would be for the canine patrol vehicle and related equipment,” read Myers’ report to the Council. “Given the unique assignment of the vehicle specific to the narcotic canine program, this allows the department to use drug forfeiture funds to make this purchase.” A canine vehicle has specific requirements, including a special prisoner screen, dog compartment and air conditioning, Myers told the Council. The cost of a 2020 Ford Interceptor SUV with the necessary equipment would make up the bulk of the total cost of the program at $66,860. “I believe we have more than sufficient funds from Operation Green Jade to support all these expenses and it would be a positive use of the forfeited assets seized from these international
drug cartels,” read Myers’ report to the Council. Operation Green Jade was the large-scale illegal marijuana growing operations bust conducted by the Drug Task Force starting in late 2017. The operation seized about $400,000 in cash and gold, along with homes, vehicles, jewelry and guns, along with $80 million in marijuana plants from the Chinese nationals participating in the grow operations. Other one-time costs include the Department of Corrections Narcotic Dog Academy, which includes the dog, $1,500; and 240 hours of patrol coverage while the officer attends the academy, $7,500. Ongoing costs amounting to a little less than $10,000 go toward monthly training coverage, food and veterinary expenses, and dog-related gear, toys and training aids. The program requires a significant commitment from the officer assigned to the dog. That officer will essentially be the dog’s owner, taking the dog home, on vacations and doing everything any other pet owner would be responsible for on a daily basis. Myers said Officer Jared Spaur has stepped up to take on the responsibility. Officers attend the training and are matched up with a dog. It can be just about any breed, said Myers. Myers told the Council the dog could be used at the jail to stem the flow of illegal drugs into the See DOG, Page A5
Portion of beach closed to motorized vehicles July 3-5 A 4-mile stretch of beach — from Warrenton Cannery Road to Cranberry Beach Road — in Grayland will be closed to motorized vehicles between midnight July 3 and midnight July 5, according to the State Parks and Recreation Commission. The temporary closure includes the beach at Grayland Beach State Park, though the beach will still be accessible to park visitors via footpaths from
the campground and day-use area, according to a statement from Meryl Delena Lassen with the state Parks and Recreation Commission. “Much of the area is currently closed for personal use to protect the nesting areas of the snowy plover,” said Lassen. “The closure to motorized vehicles during the Fourth of July fireworks will provide additional protection for this already endangered species.”
Delma Gilroy, left and John Gilroy, right, walk toward the front of the chapel to take a family photo with all their blood relatives in attendance at the couple’s 70-year anniversary at Quinault Valley Chapel on Saturday.
Celebrating 70 years
John and Delma Gilroy observed their anniversary Saturday ... and they had plenty of help from the Lake Quinault community By Hasani Grayson Grays Harbor News Group
A couple considered parental figures to many in the Lake Quinault area got to celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary with a lot of people who view them as family. John and Delma Gilroy celebrated their anniversary on Saturday at Quinault Valley Chapel, the church where the couple has pastored since its construction in 1986. The Gilroys both went to Bible college and graduated in 1956 before moving to the Lake Quinault area in 1964, where he worked in the logging industry. The shake mills he once owned and operated are gone now, but those who worked and worshiped with John made their presence felt last Saturday at the chapel, filling the rows of the church as if it were a Sunday service. John and Delma’s daughter, Toni Steinhauer, said John wasn’t even sure people would want to attend his anniversary celebration. “Earlier this week my dad was like, ‘Nobody’s is going to come. I don’t know why you girls are doing this,’” she said. “I told him that a lot of people are going to come because he has touched so many lives. Back in the ’70s the hippies were coming through and he gave them jobs. There have been five or six of them that have come back and thanked him. He doesn’t realize how many lives he touched, but today I think he kind of got an idea.” Delma Gilroy said she can’t take credit for all the positive things she and her husband are credited for, but she felt blessed to have an outpouring of support from the community on the anniversary of her nuptials. “It feels great but undeserving. Really, you think, ‘I didn’t have anything to do with that. It just
John Gilroy thanks the people who came out to his and Delma Gilroy’s 70-year anniversary.
happened,’” she said. “We love people and the Lord has taken care of us and led us. We would never have been where we are unless we served the Lord.” The centerpiece of the celebration was the collection of old family photos that were arranged in a slide show and projected on a screen in the back of the church. Delma Gilroy The photos came from a collection of old pictures stored away in the Gilroy house and ranged from the late 1940s, when the couple first got married, to more recent photos of the extended family they built after See GILROYS, Page A5
Mueller to testify publicly before Congress on July 17 By Chris Megerian and Jennifer Haberkorn Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, who spent nearly two years leading the Russia investigation, has agreed to testify publicly before Congress on July 17, setting the stage for what will probably be the most anticipated day on Capitol Hill in recent memory. The announcement was made Tuesday evening by Rep. Jerrold
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Nadler, D-N.Y., chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep. Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif., chair of the House Intelligence Committee. They said the agreement was reached after they issued Mueller a subpoena. “Americans have demanded to hear directly from the special counsel so they can understand what he and his team examined, uncovered and determined about Russia’s attack on our democracy, the Trump campaign’s acceptance and use of that help, and
INSIDE ■ Trump on Mueller testifying before House committees: “It never ends.” Page A5 President Trump and his associates’ obstruction of the investigation into that attack,” they said in a statement. Mueller had been reluctant to appear on Capitol Hill. During his only public statement before stepping down as special counsel last month, he said he hoped it would
not be necessary. “The report is my testimony,” Mueller said. “I would not provide information beyond that which is already public in any appearance before Congress.” But Democrats were adamant that the former special counsel publicly describe his findings and answer questions after leading an investigation that was the subject of intense scrutiny. They hope his testimony will refocus attention on what his team’s investigation uncovered.
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In the report, Mueller said there was not enough evidence to establish a criminal conspiracy between Donald Trump’s campaign and Moscow. He found that Russian operatives tried to boost the president’s candidacy by spreading divisive disinformation on social media and releasing hacked Democratic Party emails at key moments. But the report did show that Trump’s team welcomed Russia’s
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