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Port Townsend-Jefferson County’s Daily Newspaper
Trial for laser charge delayed
A welcome home
Officials: Device pointed at craft BY PAUL GOTTLIEB
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Elaine Grinnell blesses the new totem pole at the Northwest Maritime Center in Port Townsend as part of an opening ceremony for the Chetzemoka Trail.
Chetzemoka Trail opens in Port Townsend
Crowd gathers at Memorial Field to celebrate route BY JAMES COOK FOR
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PORT TOWNSEND — When Jo Blair, Kate Storey and others approached Celeste Dybeck, a fellow member of Quimper Unitarian Universal Fellowship and elder of the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, about their desire to connect the local native cultures with the Port Townsend community, they
never envisioned that the project Dybeck decided to champion would in two years be so warmly celebrated by so many at Memorial Field. But at Saturday’s opening ceremony for the Chetzemoka Trail in Port Townsend, thousands of local residents and members of the Port Gamble S’Klallam, Lower Elwha Klallam and Jamestown S’Klallam tribes turned out to hail the interpretative trail that tells the story of Chief Chetzemoka’s life and the S’Klallam people. Memorial Field was part of the ancestral S’Klallam village of qatáy, which was burned down in 1871 on federal orders. The displaced S’Klallam villagers joined the other tribes in the area, so when many of their descen-
dants sat in honor of the trail Saturday, they were returning home in a way. Marlin Holden, the great-great grandson of Cicmehan, in his invocation said, “As the Chetzemoka Trail opens up, we pray that those who walk that trail will go back in history … and they will know why the S’Klallam people are successful because we learn from our ancestors the right things to do and we pass them on to our children.” Dybeck urged donors and volunteers to stand and be honored, and in noting how many dozens of attendees were standing, announced, “Everyone look around. It took a village.” TURN
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PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man accused of aiming a laser pointer into the flight path of a Coast Guard helicopter more that two years ago has had his July 15 trial continued to Oct. 7 after his attorney said the case is complex and unusual. At least four cases of aircraft being hit by laser strikes in the Pacific Northwest have gone unsolved between 2015 and 2018, while 15 cases resulted in convictions across the U.S. between 2014 and 2018. Ronald B. Leighton, a Western Federal District Court judge in Tacoma, issued the continuance ruling Tuesday in favor of Randall Muck. Leighton granted the unopposed motion filed by Muck’s attorney, Miriam Schwartz, a first assistant federal public defender in the public defender’s office in Tacoma. Leighton ruled the case “is sufficiently complex that it is unreasonable to expect adequate preparation for pre-trial proceedings or the trial itself within the current trial schedule.” A federal grand jury indicted Muck on May 16 on charges of aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft and its flight path and making false statements to government agents investigating the case. Muck was 33 when he was indicted. He is a drywall installer in Port Angeles, where he still lives, Schwartz said last week. The Eurocopter Dauphin-Dolphin helicopter is based on Ediz Hook, at Coast Guard Air Station-Sector Field Office Port Angeles. It was targeted by a laser at about 8:15 p.m. Sept. 26, 2016, according a Port Angeles Police Department report. The beam originated from the bluff near Crown Park in west Port Angeles, about 3 miles from the Hook, according to the report. TURN
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Hospital launches nurse examiner program Focus on aiding sex assault victims PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — Jefferson Healthcare has launched a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner program. The program, known as SANE, “will offer services to a very important and vulnerable patient population within our community and has been an unfulfilled need until now,” said Amy Yaley, director of marketing and communications at the hospital. SANE will provide services to patients who are 13 and older. Current Jefferson County data says that four to 10 sexual assault exams
are requested within this age group per year, Yaley said, and prior to the development of program, survivors seeking forensic services were required to travel at least one hour by car to another facility. SANE Coordinator Katie-Rose Fischer-Price will present information about the new program at the next meeting of the Community Coordinated Response from noon to 1 p.m. July 26 in the basement of the Jefferson County Courthouse at 1820 Jefferson St., Port Townsend. Work on the program launched Tuesday began more than a year ago, Yaley said a press release.
“I am so grateful for the level of commitment that Jefferson Healthcare has shown throughout this process,” Katie-Rose FischerPrice, SANE program coordinator, is quoted as saying in the release. “Not only the hospital, but the Dove House, the local law enforcement agencies and the prosecutor’s office have all devoted time and expertise to the development and success of this program. Community-wide dedication like this is rare and humbling.” Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners have specialized training in forensic, psycho-social and medical care of sexual assault patients. “SANEs treat patients holistically with compassionate and comprehensive care that takes
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ANE Coordinator Katie-Rose Fischer-Price will present information about the new program at the next meeting of the Community Coordinated Response from noon to 1 p.m. July 26 in the basement of the Jefferson County Courthouse.
into account the survivors acute care needs as well as the possible long-term effects of a sexual assault,” Yaley said. “They have been shown to provide enhanced physical and mental health care, deliver better evidence collection and support higher prosecution rates.” Jefferson Healthcare officials plan to maintain quality through a preceptor program, case review
and a close partnership with community stakeholders for feedback and continued improvement, according to Yaley. To ensure that the work of the sexual assault nurses stands up in court, Jefferson Healthcare has developed practice policies and procedures in accordance with Washington state and national guidelines, she said. TURN
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INSIDE TODAY’S Peninsula Daily News 103rd year, 156th issue — 2 sections, 14 pages
CLASSIFIED COMICS COMMENTARY DEAR ABBY EYE ON CONGRESS HOROSCOPE LETTERS NATION PENINSULA POLL
B5 B4 A5 B4 A4 B4 A5 A3 A2
PUZZLES/GAMES SPORTS WEATHER WORLD
B6 B1 A6 A3