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I 26 Spokane Chronicle, June 7, 1983 1, Redistricting: Lawmakers lob the Ipa 11 into the voters' court the boundaries within 90 days. Rather than attempt to do the work themselves and bog 1101 ather than attempt to do the work themselves and bog down the session, lawmakers made history by creating a temporary commission. and the chairman they appointed, University of Washington law professor Luvern Rieke. The group was under an 18-day deadline and made it, solving all the problems they'd been handed. The plan zipped through both houses and was signed by the governor.

It was the third straight year lawmakers had faced redistricting. In 1981, the Republican-controlled Legislature approved both legislative and redistricting plans reflecting population growth and shifts. GOP Gov. John Spellman approved the legislative redistricting, but threw out the congressional lines at the behest of the entire congressional delegation. That plan would have split Spokane into two districts, and ditto the Tr-Cities.

many say the process already has been proved, referring to this year's successful experiment with a citizen panel. A group of five laymen did the court-ordered redrawing of Washington's eight U.S. House districts in just 18 days, at a tiny fraction of the time and cost the Legislature usually invests, and with results much more acceptable to the courts. As a result, Everett has rejoined its traditional 2nd Congressional District, Aberdeen and Hoquiam have been reunited in the 3rd, and Kitsap County is divided into two districts instead of three. The populations of the eight districts are about as perfectly balanced as you can get, thanks to a computer-assisted map drawing by the bipartisan commission.

Coming into the session, the Legislature was under federal court order to redraw Last year, another bill was passed and this time the governor signed it. But Everett residents, angered at being placed in the Seattle-dominated 1st District, went to court. The three-judge panel didn't rule on the Everett question, but did strike down the entire plan, saying it allowed unconstitutionally wide population variance from district to district. The Democratic-controlled 1983 Legislature responded by creating the redistricting commission to draw a plan to satisfy the courts. At the same time, lawmakers decided that set-up should be made permanent, retaining only the right to make minor changes in the commission plans.

That system won't be ratified unless you and fellow voters approve the constitutional amendment this fall. By DAVID AMMONS Associated Press OLYMPIA Washington lawmakers discovered what could be the cure for a nagging legislative pain in the neck, and you'll get the final say on whether to buy this elixir. The pain: the politically sensitive job of redrawing the state's legislative and congressional boundaries. This was the third year in a row that redistricting confronted lawmakers. The proposed solution: turn the chore over to a citizen redistricting commission.

You'll get to vote on it this fall. Legislators approved a constitutional amendment to create a permanent commission process, for use after the 1990 census. Supporters of the plan and they are down the session, lawmakers made history by creating a temporary commission. That panel was composed of Republicans Don Eldridge of Olympia and Ron Dunlap of Bellevue, Democrats Pete Francis of Seattle and James Gillespie of Spokane, Six face charges in protest I 1 THE VAS OF CUES ELMA, Wash. (AP) Six people arrested during a nuclear protest here have been ordered to appear in court June 22 to be charged with attempting to block railroad tracks.

The six were arrested Monday morning when they tried to block Burlington Northern railroad tracks to stop what they said was a shipment of nuclear missile motors to the Trident submarine base at Bangor. The Rev. Lyda Pierce, a Methodist minister who was arrested, said Monday the protesters were at the Grays Harbor County jail in nearby Montesanto for about an hour before being released on their own recognizance. Sheriff Dennis Morrisette said they were booked on a misdemeanor charge of attempting to block railroad tracks. The six raced through tall grass bordering the tracks and jumped on the railroad bed, where they sat briefly as the train slowly approached.

They were quickly arrested, as about 40 other protesters watched silently. The protesters had said they wanted to make a "citizens' arrest" to stop the train from carrying its cargo to the base. Navy officials have refused to discuss the cargo. Morrisette said the arrest warrant prepared by the protesters would be passed to the county prosecutor's office. Arrested were Pierce, 30, of Elma; Lenora Neff, 25, of Hoquiam; Don Rappe, 31, an Elma physician, and Nanci LaMusga, 24, William Murray, 21, and Wayne Zebelman, 20, all of Olympia.

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