Longview Daily News du lieu suivant : Longview, Washington • 9

SECTION WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 1997 OBITUARIES LOTTERIES NORTHWEST B3 B2 B4 THE DAILY NEWS Mint Valley murder trial continues INSIDE Oouule Prosecuting Attorney Jim Stonier shows Dr. Larry Lewman, a 7 Portland-based forensic pathologist who testified Tuesday, the black-handled survival knife that to kill Jay Kennedy. The words 'The best defense' are Inscribed on the 6-Inch blade. ROGER WERTH THE DAILY NEWS Lawyer: Victim provoked fight that led to stabbing 'He got a big smile on his face, stepped; back once, then twice, then JODI QUINN JAY KENNEDY'S EX-GIRLFRIEND at each other. Kennedy's ex-girlfriend, Jodi Quinn, said Tuesday that Jensen was "popping off' remarks at Kennedy.

Kennedy, angered by Jensen's alleged taunts, took off his flannel overshirt and "was ready to fight" Quinn said. i She said Kennedy and Jensen came at each other simultaneously and she stepped between the two. Kennedy shoved his ex-girlfriend into a bush. Quinn said she rebounded between the two, her back to Kennedy, who reached over and put his hands on Jensen's shoulders and was "probably grabbing his clothing." Quinn said she felt something brush her left side as the three crushed together, then saw Jensen flee. As for Kennedy, "He got a big smile on his face, stepped back once, then twice, then fell," Quinn said.

Kennedy's friend Josh Bodine, who then tried to help two girls pick Kennedy up off the ground, testified that as he helped lift Kennedy under his arms from behind he felt something hard in his hand, looked down and saw he was holding a Lexington residents say taxes are up but flooding problems are continuing Don Jenkins the daily news Some Lexington residents say they have it bad two ways: A flood-control district increases their property taxes, but they still have flooding problems. They came Tuesday to Lexington Christian Fellowship on a soggy evening to vent their gripes much of it directed toward developments that they believe are adding to their drainage problems. A meeting organizer, Bob McDaniel, said later the gathering didn't solve anything, but at least it was a start in making residents examine the Lexington Flood Control Zone District. "I think people came here with the idea of solving the tax problem we have out here," McDaniel said. "You can't solve things overnight." About 100 people attended the meeting, including a six-member committee of Lexington residents who advise Cowlitz County commissioners on the operation of the district After the meeting, committee member Larry Cowan said he wasn't sure whether people were mostly concerned about high taxes or drainage problems which could take more taxes to eliminate.

The flood-control district needs to balance "how much you want to take out (of the budget) with how much you want to pay," he said. Currently, lowland Lexington residents pay $2.98 per $1,000 assessed valuation ($298 on a $100,000 home) to support the district. The flood-control levy makes Lexington property taxes higher than in any of the county's five cities. In the wake of projects prompted by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens and flooding in 1986, the levy reached $4.98 per $1,000 in 1991.

Although the levy rate has dropped, taxpayers haven't felt relief because of soaring assessments. In fact, the levy rate dropped 38 cents this year from last year's $3.36 per $1,000. But McDaniel maintained the levy should be dropping faster because of increased property values. Flood-district engineer Bob Vaught estimated the levy could be lowered to between $1.75 and $2 per $1,000 if the district wanted to just maintain and operate the current flood-control system. The district, however, plans several projects in the next few years, including a new $750,000 pump station on Sparks Drive.

Nobody objected to the district's capital improvement plan, though some people complained about water in their yards and under their houses. "We can come up with a scheme to solve that," Vaught said of drainage problems, "but I hope you recognize someone has to pay for that" Some people blamed recent subdivisions for the standing water. "A lot of the drainage problems never existed before the development," Lexington resident Margie Galivan said. Vaught said the county requires builders to design developments so they don't add new burdens to the district's flood-control facilities. However, new roofs and driveways can change the drainage of an area, he said.

He also pointed to high ground water caused by record-setting rains as a possible reason homeowners have more standing water on their property. Flood-control efforts in Lexington date back to 1940 as residents tried to keep out the Cowlitz River. "My assessment of the situation is you have to decide what is the purpose of the district," Vaught said. "If we want to expand the purpose, then we need to understand what the potential cost is." Some people called for requiring builders to shoulder a greater load in supporting the district Lexington resident Jesse Crayne even called for a halt on building. "Why not stop the development?" he asked.

"I've seen a moratorium elsewhere." Michael Drummond the daily news Beer and bravado are key ingredients for the defense of Jason Lee Jensen, the 16-year-old Lexington boy on trial for second-degree murder. Defense attorney Doug Boole continued to argue that his client acted in self-defense in an early-morning confrontation with Jay Michael Kennedy, 18. Boole says Kennedy was inebriated and provoked a fight with the younger, much smaller Jensen in a parking lot at the Mint Valley Apartment complex Nov. 17. Meanwhile, Jensen's best friend, Jason Barr, told the court Jensen also had been drinking beer.

Kennedy bled to death after being stabbed with a black-handled survival knife the words "The best defense" inscribed on the 6-inch blade. Barr said the survival knife was his and that he didn't know Jensen had it. Testimony continued today in Cowlitz County Superior Court. Tuesday's testimony revealed a night of drinking and socializing, when friends of both the victim and defendant were slipping in and out of apartments. Kennedy and Jensen had never met according to witnesses.

As many as 40 people were outside apartments 64 and 67, when Kennedy yelled at someone to shut up. Shellie Turnbull, 26, testified Tuesday that she was drunk and confronted Kennedy. "He was yelling something to someone and I thought it was toward me," she said. Turnbull had hosted Jensen and his friends at her Mint Valley apartment earlier that evening. Jensen was standing nearby.

The two young men then began hurling threats if. if j. 1 -A 'Alcohol could have precipitated the incident. If (Kennedy) was drunk, there might be the possibility of him being overly aggressive. Reasonable doubt.

reasonable DOUG BOOLE DEFENSE ATTORNEY MferHe dropped Sundi Anonby, a resident of Apartment 64 where the wounded youth was brought while awaiting an ambulance, told jurors the last thing she heard Kennedy say was, "It hurts." He died en route to St. John Medical Center. During much of Quinn's testimony, Kennedy's mother, Rebecca Kennedy, daubed her eyes with a white washcloth and clutched a photo of her son taken just days before his death. Kennedy's blood-alcohol level was .18, Boole told the court Monday. Although Quinn acknowledged Kennedy had been drinking, he was not "staggering around." Several Longview police officers said they saw no signs that anyone at the scene was obviously intoxicated.

Nonetheless, for defense attorney Boole, the presence of alcohol is pivotal. "Alcohol could have precipitated the incident" Boole said in an interview after court "If (Kennedy) was drunk, there might be the possibility of him being overly aggressive. "Reasonable doubt," Boole added. "That's reasonable doubt." Defendant Jason Lee Jensen, 16, listens to testimony during his second-degree murder trial Tuesday at the Hall of Justice. Dan Sprague ousted from Columbia 5 school board Port of St Helens Pos.

5 Jan Brown Eric S. Dahlgren Port of St Helens Pos. 2 Phillip Barlow 1,140....16 Steve Salvey Agnes Petersen 3,620....50" A'" Clatskanie Fire District Max R. Lovegren .621 ....48" Lester Pugh SJ School Board Zone 5 1 David True Andrea B.Hughes 5J School Board Zone 9 John P. Salisbury ......637....61" Dan Clatskanie Library District Reta A Thompson .486....38" Randy Lund posed for Position I and Paul Kellam ran unopposed for Position 3.

Clatskanie Parks and Recreation Board: Each seat drew only one candidate. Winners are Kris Lillich, Position Neil F. Carleton, Position and Doug Reinhart, Position 5. Rainier Rural Fire Protection District: Mike Derby ran unopposed for Position 2, and two other positions drew no formal candidates but gathered write-in candidates, but those tallies weren't available this morning. Rainier Cemetery Board: All of the winning candidates were incumbents: Dorothy Massey for a two-year term in Position 1, Janice Carstensen for a four-year term in Position 2 and Paul C.

Giepel for a four-year term in Position 3. Barton-Ross, Zone Dale Taylor, Zone and Tim Kirkpatrick, Zone 7. Port of St Helens: Agnes Marie Petersen ran for Position 2 and won 50 percent in a three-way race with Phillip Barlow and Steve Salvey for Position 2. Eric Dahlgren won 46 percent of the vote and defeated Jan Brown, who had 41 percent. Elizabeth (Betsy) Johnson ran unopposed for Position 4.

Clatskanie Library Board: Randy Lund won Position 1 after receiving almost 54 percent of the votes against Reta A. Thompson. Incumbent Janice Gillespie won the Position 2 seat Clatskanie Rural Fire Protection District It was a close race for Position 2. Max R. Lovegren walked away with 48 percent of the votes while Pugh had 42 percent Incumbent Dave Klien ran unop Most of the special district races on the ballot Tuesday resulted in few surprises.

In the majority of cases, new board members will take office July 1, which marks the beginning of the new fiscal year, and they'll serve for four years. Here's a rundown on who won: Columbia 5J School Board: In Clatskanie's Zone 5, David True won 62 percent of the vote, defeating Andrea Hughes. Running unopposed for re-election were incumbents Harold Weaver in Knappa's Zone 2, Carol Langston in Knappa's Zone 3 and Kathryn R. Taylor in Quincy-Mayger's Zone 8. Rainier School Board: Despite last-minute write-in campaigns in two races, all of the incumbents on the ballot won re-election.

They are Dale I. Archibald, Zone Margaret Robin Ely the daily news With the blessing of voters, a Clatskanie attorney booted incumbent Dan Sprague off the Columbia District 5J School Board during a mail-in election Tuesday. "Actually it was a bit of a relief," Sprague admitted in a telephone interview this morning. "Obviously the voters didn't care for what I was saying, but the district is still broke. Having someone else in the position won't change anything.

"As far as it being a personal disappointment, I have no political aspirations but am still concerned about the problems the district faces." Winner of the Zone 9 seat held by Sprague is John P. Salisbury, who was unavailable for comment this morning. Two teens arrested after 'large fight' erupts at mall food court fanities at the officer. described as a "large fight" at the mall Port commissioners support increase in state gas tax The Port of Longview's three commissioners passed a resolution Tuesday declaring their support for a state gas tax increase. They didn't specify an amount "Our transportation system hasn't kept pace with the growing population and the demands of increased trade," said port spokeswoman Mary Ann Barritt The port might benefit from a richer transportation fund.

Port officials are seeking $6.5 million for a traffic overpass above a proposed "alternate rail corridor" at Fibre Way. The rail spur would serve a proposed Archer-Daniels-Midland Corp. grain export terminal and reduce traffic tie-ups on surface streets. However, commissioners didn't link gas taxes with te rail spur in their comments Tuesday, said Barritt ing arrest misdemeanor malicious chief and being a minor consuming alco-' -hoi. Bail was set at $25,000.

A 16-year-old Kelso boy was taken to the county's juvenile detention center and is1' facing charges of second-degree assault, resisting arrest and being a minor possess- ing alcohol. The report said Canales allegedly start-! ed the fight at the mall and was the one who hit Adriatico with a table. He allegedly struggled after being forced to the pavement spit and licked a protective screen in a patrol car and once broke free of his restraints. The report noted Canales reeked of alcohol and allegedly "threatened to kill officers by slicing their throats. He made threats to kill a dispatcher who was riding as an observer." Canales, a Longview resident, was Kelso police arrested two local teenagers on felony assault charges after a fight Tuesday night at the Three Rivers Mall food court A mall employee, 18-year-old Patrick Thomas Adriatico of Longview, was released from St John Medical Center after being treated for unspecified injuries.

A Kelso police report said one of the suspects hit Adriatico over the head with a table, and the other repeatedly punched him. According to the report, officers were dispatched shortly after 8 p.m. to what was food court Mall workers had tried to break up the brawl, and a group of at least five young people had fled. An officer spotted the suspects sitting on a bus bench at South Eighth Avenue and Vine Street but they all took offin various directions. The report said the patrolman chased two of them to the state office building in the 700 block of Vine Street where they were trying to hide in a bush.

Jonathan Jarred Canales 17, ignored repeated commands to drop to the grdlmd, the report said, and he kept yelling pro The 16-year-old repeatedly hit the victinv booked at the Cowlitz County Jail on sus- picion of second-degree assault felony I with his fists and helped to throw a ckairt 1 i. v. 1 narassment, ODStrucung an omcer, resist- or a rauie or uum mm, uie rcuun saia..