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V) C6 The Daily News, Longview. Wash Tuesday, Maich 13, 1990 Northwest Gardner demands action to save wetlands OLYMPIA (AP) A crowd of The state's 42.000 rank-and-file workers received a 2.5 percent pay raise on Jan. 1, and will receive a 6 percent raise in January, at a cost for the bien-nium of $54 million, budget officials said. Workers also receive annual "step" increases of 5 percent until they reach the top rung of their professions. State workers also get full medical and dental insurance benefits.

The WPEA, one of two unions representing state workers, wants Gardner to heed a hearing examiner's finding in February that budget officials have not bargained in good faith over salary demands this budget bien-nium. The ruling is under appeal and Gardner officials have declined comment on the issue. state employees sang "All we are saying, is give us a raise" as they invaded Gov. Booth Gardner's office in force Monday only to learn the governor was in Seattle. They told Chief of Staff Denny Heck that Gardner has promised for years that he would significantly boost salaries, only to put it off again.

Heck, who mostly listened, repeated Gardner's promise that state employee pay raises would be a top priority next year, revenue permitting. "Why should we believe him?" countered Eugene St. John, executive director of the Washington Public Employees Association, which staged the event complete with chants and placards blasting the governor. OLYMPIA (AP) Gov. Booth Gardner and his Cabinet have taken a doomsday message to the Legislature, saying immediate action is needed to preserve the state's marshes, swamps, bogs and other wetlands.

"I'm here this morning to ask you to keep the pressure on for wetlands legislation," Gardner said Monday. "Time is of critical importance on this issue," said Ecology Director Chris Gregoire. "We've lost from 2,000 to 6,000 acres of wetlands since a protection move failed last year." time we lose an acre of wetlands, we lose wildlife," Wildlife Director Curt Sm itch said. "You could give me the whole budget surplus to increase salmon runs, but without wetlands I couldn't do a thing," Fisheries Director Joe Blum said. Their forum was a meeting of the House Natural Resources and Parks Committee.

Chairwoman Jennifer Belcher, D-Olympia, readily conceded that the hearing was designed to accomplish exactly what Gardner asked for pressure to shake loose the stalled wetlands bill. She emphasized that the hearing was not on a single bill. "We just want to understand the disputes over sections of the bill," Belcher said. Gregoire said all sides are very close on a compromise measure. "But," she said, "it might not satisfy a couple of senators." She was referring to objections by some members of the agricultural community who see the bill as a threat to private property rights.

"That's not right," snapped Sen. Scott Barr, R-Colville. "Chris Gregoire is overplaying the issue. "She's building a case to blame agriculture if we don't get a bill," Barr said. He said most agricultural interests have agreed to language in the bill that would bar farmers from draining any wetlands.

That section also would allow farmers to continue existing and ongoing practices on wetlands. Belcher said the House had taken consideration of the bill from the Senate in an effort to speed up the process. "The House feels very strongly that we need to get the wetlands bill on the move," Belcher said. House consideration would grant the Senate respite from the intense lobbying in recent weeks, Belcher said. The measure has been considered on the Senate floor several times in recent weeks, but a final vote was delayed because of disagreement on several sticking points.

They included whether counties should be allowed to adopt wetlands protections that are stricter than state standards and whether there should be buffer zones around wetland areas. The measure would require local governments to inventory and rank wetlands according to their environmental sensitivity. Development in areas surrounding the wetlands would be limited to varying degrees. SPRING. CLEANTKQ SALE -l I I.I I I IL 'IUI IAHH-ni, 71 rVrfvl I Hi.

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Not only have they had free admission to an all-you-can-eat feast of steelhead trout this winter, but now state and federal officials are saving the mammals thousands of miles of swimming by trucking them to summer spawning grounds near Santa Barbara, Calif. For five years Washington wildlife officials have struggled to scare the sea lions away and save a distinct run of migratory fish Lake Washington Steelhead, a seagoing rainbow trout. The effort has cost more than (400,000, but failed to stop the gorging. Last year 37 sea lions were shipped to Long Beach on the Washington coast, but 29 of those swam back to their Puget Sound bounty, said Bob Byrne, spokesman for the state wildlife department. Officials from wildlife and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are hoping the animals won't return from California with the time being so near to their yearly migration south.

Workers started trapping the animals Monday as they climbed on to large, flat buoys floating on the locks, Byrne said. NOAA's Hal Alabaster said sea lions would be trucked to Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, and 10 at a time would be driven to San Miguel in the California Channel Islands, i If relocation doesn't work, Alabaster isn't sure what can be done. "We're running out of options," he said. "We've tried just about everything imaginable HAVE YOUR BLADES EXPERTLY SHARPENED All Maior Brands Hrimrijto" Norelco Braun $Q00 ONLY S3. i' 1 Tharsdayl Associated Press photo Skeleton of death suspect discovered SEATTLE (AP) The skeleton of an elderly Seattle man who was investigated for murdering his wife last September and leaving her body under a compost pile at their home has been found on Mount Si near North Bend, Wash.

Joe Frisino of the King County medical examiner's office identified the man as Joe Lynn Owens, 70. An autopsy was planned Tuesday to determine the cause of death. Owens disappeared last Sept. 7, the day after Seattle police questioned him about the disappearance of his 78-year-old wife, Gladys. Police Maj.

Jackson Beard said investigators were called to the scene on the old Mount Si trail after two local residents hiking in the area Sunday discovered what appeared to be a human back bone. Police cordoned off the area overnight and combed the area Monday morning. Clothing and more bones were found, along with Owens' hearing aid and glasses, and a gun. Owens had been sought by Seattle police for the shooting death of his wife. Her body was found under a false floor below a compost pile at the couple's West Seattle home, after police acted on a tip from Gladys Owens' nephew in Kansas.

She had died of a gunshot wound to the back of the head. When questioned about her disappearance by family and friends, Owens told family members his wife was going to school in Canada and told neighbors she'd gone to Kansas to visit relatives. He was questioned Sept. 6 on the tip of a neighbor who noticed his conflicting accounts. Detectives then learned Owens had told his wife's nephew that Gladys Owens had overdosed on pills and he had buried her on family property near Mount Si.

Owens was gone, however, when detectives returned to question him Sept. 7. Police got a search warrant, and found Gladys Owens' body Sept. 14 under the compost They then were told by King County Police that Owens was last seen Sept. 7 in a North Bend masonry yard, where he bought a shovel and returned a few hours later, very sweaty.

The case was dramatized last month on the nationwide television program Unsolved Mysteries. Sea lion trapped Monday takes last look at Ballard Locks meal area Longview, on 15th: 423-3360 bad-tasting fish, sound, seal bombs, trying to catch them, put up a barrier." State workers have been firing rubber-tipped arrows at the animals, and Alabaster said that seems to drive them away for a short time. Byrne said NOAA will start working through the federal government this spring to determine whether the sea lions can be killed. He said the question would be placed on the federal register and opened to public comment. Safeguards exist for California sea lions under the federal Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Byrne said time may be running out for the Lake Washington steelhead. He said the yearly run has numbered as many as 3,800 in the past ten years, but last year workers counted only 686 fish. By sending the sea lions back home, Byrne said wildlife is hoping 900 fish will survive to spawn this year. Save $180. or more now at Vista Optical Remnants of Doolittle Tokyo Raiders to return to N.E.

Oregon training base 16 B-25's and, on the 18th, headed out to bomb Tokyo. According to Chamber of Commerce Director Harry Drew, 15 of the aircraft ended up over China; 11 bailed out and four ditched or crash landed. Three lost their lives the day of the raid and eight were captured by the Japanese. Of those captured, three died before a firing squad and one of a nutritional deficiency called beriberi. But most survived and some get together annually to recall their victory.

Among those coming to Pendleton will be Gen. Doolittle's son, John Doolittle, a retired Air Force colonel. Also present will be Robert Emmerns, who landed in Russia and was a prisoner for 13 months before escaping to Iran, and David Thacher, who was part of the "Ruptured Duck crew" featured in the movie Thirty Seconds over Tokyo. Doolittle will not be here. Though he is still alive, Drew said, he's now in his 90s and no longer travels.

iPENDLETON. Ore. (AP) Almost 50 years ago, 79 men were at the Pendleton Airport, training for a bombing raid on Tokyo that was to become famous. April 23, nine of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders will return to their training grounds. 1 Airport Manager Mike Hatt said this will be the first time the raiders have returned to Pendleton.

"It's certainly the airport's greatest claim to fame," Hatt said. "These guys are bona fide monster famous." The Doolittle Raiders named for their leader, Jjmray Doolittle, who at the time was a lieutenant colonel trained in Pendleton in 1941 and during February and March of 1942, not long after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. United States then was not having a good go of it in the Pacific," Hatt said. United States wanted to teach the Japanese a lesson and strike a psychological blow." Enter the Doolittle Raiders. 'In April 1942, the raiders left their Pendleton training grounds, went to California, got on board Reduced CaloM 1000 Diet Plan Funeral Notices Cards Of Thanks At Vista Optical.

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