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Disaster use OK for Red Cross BY JEANNIE MCMACKEN PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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Shayla Tremblay and her son Atlas Vines, 2, both of Port Hadlock, welcome the month of July on Monday afternoon as Atlas climbs the tidal clock sculpture near John Pope Marine Park in downtown Port Townsend. The sculpture was designed for a bequest property adjacent to John Pope Marine Park in 1987. Possible rain showers are in the forecast today, but Jefferson County should see partly sunny skies and temperatures in the high 60s for the rest of the week.
Man charged with first-degree assault with deadly weapon Mother sustains bruised shoulder in PT shooting BY BRIAN MCLEAN
PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT TOWNSEND — A Port Townsend man has been charged with first-degree domestic violence assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly shot at his mother. Casey Scott Carter, 24, is being held at the Jefferson County jail on $250,000
bail. He made his initial Superior Court appearance Monday through video conference in front of Judge Keith Harper, and he is scheduled to be arraigned at 8:30 a.m. Friday. The Class A felony charges are punishable by up to life in prison and fines up to $50,000. Carter’s mother sustained a bruised shoulder from the bullet but it did not penetrate her skin, according to court documents. Carter was arrested at gunpoint by a Port Townsend police officer and a Jefferson County Sheriff’s deputy about 2:50 a.m. Friday as he was walking west on Discovery Road. Police said Carter’s mother had been
giving him a ride in her van when Carter pulled out a .38 caliber revolver and held it to his head. The woman was driving near 14th Street and Discovery Road when she stopped the van and ordered Carter to get out of the vehicle. When Carter got out, he allegedly shot through the back window of the van. The bullet traveled through the window and the middle row of seats as well as the driver’s seat before it struck his mother, according to court documents. But because the bullet had lost so much velocity, it didn’t penetrate the woman’s shoulder, police said. TURN
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PORT TOWNSEND — During and after disasters such as an earthquake, wildfire or severe storm, the American Red Cross will open Jefferson County’s community centers to provide relief services to residents. The Jefferson County commissioners unanimously agreed Monday to enter into a facilitiesuse agreement with the Red Cross to use the Brinnon, Chimacum Tri-Area, Gardiner, Port Townsend and Quilcene community centers in an emergency as disaster shelters. The use will be free of charge although the agreement calls for the Red Cross to reimburse the county for certain reasonable expenses if incurred. This applies to costs that normally would not have been incurred but for the use by the Red Cross, including water, gas, electricity and waste disposal. Before a facility is turned over to the Red Cross, it will undergo an inspection to document any damage that might have occurred due to a disaster to make sure it is safe to occupy. The centers are in Brinnon at 306144 U.S. Highway 101, in Chimacum at 10 West Valley Road, in Gardiner at 980 Old Gardiner Road, in Port Townsend at 620 Tyler St. and in Quilcene at 294952 Highway 101. Kitsap/Olympic Peninsula Red Cross Disaster Program Manager Stephen Finley said local agreements help build a national shelter system. Finley said he works with Kitsap, Jefferson and Clallam counties to create opportunities that also include churches and schools. He said all must be Americans with Disabilities Actcompliant and include a kitchen facility and showers. Finley said that if there is a disaster, the most important thing to do is be prepared. “If there is an emergency, the first thing to do is shelter in place,” he said.
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Judge unchanged on his order in lawsuit Game farm had sought dismissal BY JESSE MAJOR
PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
TACOMA — A federal judge will not reverse his order denying Olympic Game Farm’s motion to dismiss portions of the Animal Legal Defense Fund lawsuit against the Sequim attraction. In part of the game farm’s motion to reconsider, the game farm argued that the judge and the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) have erroneously said that the game farm admitted to unlawfully possessing Roosevelt elk. The game farm had sought to
In May, Leighton denied the game farm’s motion to dismiss certain elements of the lawsuit, calling the game farm’s motion “an attempt to prune this ‘Bonsai tree’ with tweezers and fingernail clippers.” The game farm filed a motion in March to dismiss the state public nuisance and animal cruelty claims, saying state law does not recognize private cause of action to enforce cruelty laws. A five-day non-jury trial is currently scheduled for May 4, 2020.
remove public nuisance elements from the lawsuit, but U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton has ruled the lawsuit can move forward in whole. “The public nuisance claim is plausibly pled at this stage, whether or not it will ultimately succeed,” Leighton wrote in an order June 24. The ALDF sued Olympic Game Farm in December, alleging that the Sequim-area business is in violation of the EndanJESSE MAJOR/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS ________ gered Species Act and asking the A vehicle makes its way through the Olympic Game Farm court to require the game farm to Reporter Jesse Major can be reached give up its endangered or threat- at 360-452-2345, ext. 56250, or at in Sequim. The Game Farm is the subject of a lawsuit that alleges it does not properly care for its animals. jmajor@peninsuladailynews.com. ened species to a sanctuary.
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