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-v -r-E The Daily News Online: wwwtdncom Friday January 14 2005 Section Feds seek to overturn initiative banning nuclear waste to Hanford Page B4 MORE Obituaries Viewpoint B2 A7 Citizen's call leads to arrest in recent string of break-ins By Leslie Slape THE DAILY NEWS Longview police nabbed a suspect in several local crimes after a man in the 500 block of 15th Avenue called 911 early Thursday morning saying that he caught a man breaking into his garage The victim described the white Mercury the suspect escaped in and shortly thereafter Officer Jason Ferriss spotted such a vehicle pulling into the parking lot at the Store Deli Officers quickly had it surrounded and ordered the driver later identified as Mark Edward Entler to put his hands up The suspect tried to run and was caught in die alley police said Police said the victim of the garage burglary positively identified Ender and Kelso police came to check out the car because it matched the description of a suspect vehicle in an earlier vehicle prowL The vehicle prowl victim looked in the window and identified some of the prop- erty as his police said Longview police obtained a search warrant for the vehicle and searched it Thursday afternoon Police said it was jammed with property except for a small space for the driver A judge found probable cause Thursday to charge Entler 33 of Kelso with residential burglary second-degree vehicle prowling and third-degree possession of stolen property He set bail at $50000 Other charges against Entler are forthcoming The Cowlitz County Office has been seeking him since Jan 6 after the victim of a burglary on Alpha Drive positively identified him from a photo lineup She told deputies she had been asleep in her home that afternoon when a noise awakened her and she walked upstairs where she was confronted by a strange man with his arms full of her possessions She said the man threatened to shoot her unless she left the room She got the license number of the car he left in which deputies traced to En girlfriend BOB SORGENFREI I -ito Ut Genece Cooper from Bob's Merchandise bicyde department helps Bob Sorgenfrei order a new three-wheeled bike earlier this week after his was stolen Question: I was told there were It left-handed US Presidents Could you name them for me please? LH Castle Rode Answer The Ask Yahoo Web site lists seven presidential southpaws: James A Garfield Herbert Hoover Harry Truman Gerald Ford Ronald Reagan George Bush and Bill Ointoa BRIEFS Sheriff seeks help finding missing Toledo man The Lewis County sheriffs office is seeking the help in locating a missing elderly man from Toledo Henry Jacob McKnight 84 was last seen at 11 pm Tuesday at his residence in the 200 block of Lone Yew Road According to the office McKnight is believed to have left his residence on foot at about 5 am Wednesday McKnight is 5-foot-7 inches tall and has gray hair and brown eyes He may be wearing a coat tan cap dark jeans and bam boots Anyone with information about McKnight should call the Lewis Office at 360-748-9286 Crisis over flu shots available to aH With the flu shot crisis over the Cowlitz County Health Department has started offering flu shots for people who drop in at the clinic As of Dec 20 Cowlitz County lifted all restrictions on who can get vaccinated Now health agencies are encouraging more people to get vaccinated as the peak of the flu season arrives The county health department PeaceHealth clinics and Workplace Wellness Kaiser Permanente Child and Adolescent Clinic and the Pediatric Clinic all have vaccine The health department will provide shots through January or until their supply runs out during regular business hours The shots are free for Medicare or Medicaid members and $15 for other patients For details call 414-5595 Weather Service issues storm warning through weekend The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch Thursday afternoon for late Friday night through Saturday and Sunday The watch covers the inland portions of Southwest Washington and from the Coast Range eastward in Northwest Oregon from the Central Willamette Valley north and the western Columbia Gorge Cold dry air is forecast to spread through the Columbia River Gorge into Southwest Washington and Northwest Oregon on Friday Then moisture from an approaching warmer moist Pacific weather system will spread precipitation into the area The precipitation may start as snow Friday night and early Saturday with an inch or two possible in the lower elevations The precipitation is expected to change into freezing rain over much of the lower elevations west of the Cascades on Saturday as warmer air spreads over the low-level cold air The freezing rain likely will change to rain Sunday A winter storm watch means hazardous weather conditions are favorable in and close to the watch area in the next 48 hours Curtis earns House leadership roles Less than a week after he took statewide office new Rep Richard Curtis R-La Center has been given two House leadership roles This week Curtis was named Assistant Republican Whip a title he will share with two other representatives He also was appointed to serve as assistant ranking Republican on the House Health Care Committee Although newly inaugurated Curtis said he has been working with House Republicans since before he was elected and has been involved in politics in La Center for a number of years brings a lot of valuable skills to our caucus and to the Legislature and play an important role in our work this said Deputy Republican Leader Mike Armstrong R-Wenatchee As assistant whip Curtis said he will be charged with helping to coordinate some of the day-to-day activities of the 43 Republicans in the House The Daily News Baird says to brace for change Federal cuts will be felt here congressman warns at town hall meeting By Courtney Sherwood THE DAILY NEWS Cuts to federal programs in the coming year will have wide-sweeping implications for Cowlitz County the state and the country Southwest Washington Congressman Brian Baird told 100 people Thursday night As Baird fielded questions from people concerned George proposal to create private Social Security accounts the congressman called the recent prominence a diversion from the fiscal problems can see right now a crisis on the Baird D-Vancouver said at his first Longview town hall meeting since his November re-election He predicted there be enough money to help thousands of troops returning to the region in 2005 Bush this week proposed freezes and cuts to domestic spending to balance a budget strained by tax cuts and the cost of keeping troops in Iraq and Afghanistan Funding to fight methamphet-amine deepen the Columbia River ship channel and sustain Medicaid coverage is at risk Baird told the mostly Democratic audience at the Cowlitz PUD building Meanwhile the budget-strapped nation would have to borrow $2 trillion to kick-start Social Security proposal Baird said Private Social Security investment accounts could hurt people who want to retire during a recession Baird said He said there are better ways to reform the program such as changing how cost-of-living increases are calculated limiting payments to the wealthiest retirees and taxing now-exempt salaries above $84000 However Medicaid and the rising cost of health care pose more immediate problems than See Baird Page B2 ber of the Lower Columbia Watershed Council The other two are Don Atwood chairman of the Clatsop County Democratic Party and Jim Servino a vice-president for several Astoria radio stations Dukes has served in the Senate since 1987 She will be one of two Oregon representatives on the four-state power council which helps shape policy on how to manage Columbia River dams and mitigate the loss of fish and wildlife The position pays $92000 a year 2586 cborgaard tdncom restore ride to man from the 15th Avenue Safeway where the Longview man had stopped to buy food Longview police are working on the case but friends want him to have to wait In short order he received three offers of a new bicycle which costs about $500 including accessories He accepted the offer from fellow members of his church Wednesday Genece Cooper at Merchandise helped Sorgenfrei select his new bike Sorgenfrei who has been riding this type of bike for nearly 30 years knew exactiy what he wanted care for this type of he told Cooper with a teasing grin not that He also made sure the fenders tires handlebar grips lights Roger Werth The Daily News bilked of his bike even the size of the basket were to his liking think gonna do he said then grinned at his wife you like my choice of she replied with a smile I get the old white one back will you go bike-riding with he asked She laughed and recalled that he used to carry her in his basket Sorgenfrei on his bike has been a familiar sight around the local area since he and Donna moved here from California in 1977 Three times a week he pedals from his apartment on Hemlock Street to St John Medical Center where he has logged nearly 1200 hours of volunteer time in two years See Bice Page B2 Dukes Wednesday county commissioners from all five counties in the 16th Districts will choose successor The meeting will be hosted by the Columbia County Commissioners at 2 pm at the courthouse in St Helens Ore Five people already have expressed an interest in replacing Rep Johnson if she moves into seat They include three from Clatskanie: former school superintendent Earl Fisher state AFL-CIO secretary-treasurer Brad Witt and farmer Margaret Magruder a mem- (360) 577 Folks clamor to Giving is second nature to honored volunteer Bob Sorgenfrei So when someone stole his transportation friends and admirers followed his example and gave Thanks to donations from members of the Longview-Kelso Seventh-day Adventist Church Sorgenfrei has a newTorker Tristar three-wheeled bicycle to replace the bike a thief took on Jan 4 Sorgenfrei 71 who was born with cerebral palsy also lost his walker in the theft because he had left it in the bicycle basket It should have been obvious to anyone that a disabled person owned the bike Donna his wife of 44 years said with disgust The thief stole three-wheeled Miami Sun bicycle Area pols Four willing to serve Oregon as Astoria senator prepares to leave for power council By Venice Buhain THE DAILY NEWS Locals are lining up for potential seats in the Oregon Legislature awaiting the expected approval of Oregon State Sen Joan Dukes D-Astoria to the Pacific Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council The state Senate has scheduled the vote on appointment for today Four Democrats have expressed interest in seat which repre eager to step into Dukes' shoes sents Columbia and Clatsop counties the Multnomah County portion of Sauvie Island and parts of Tillamook and Washington counties Scappoose Ore-based State Rep Betsy Johnson has the highest profile of the four The other three are Emil Nyberg of Astoria a Democratic organizer Bill Blank a Scappoose planning commissioner and Andrew Kaza of Manzanita who last year challenged US Rep Darlene Hooley D-West Linn in the primary The Columbia County Democratic Committee will nominate at least three candidates to replace CITY EDITOR: Andre Stepankowsky (360) 577-2520 andretdncom REGION EDITOR: Cheryll A Borgaard.