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The Daily News Online: wwwtdncom Tuesday January 18 2005 Section hosting spaghetti feed to raise funds for tsunami victims Page B4 MORE Obituaries Viewpoint B2 AS Rah Talent JUST Former deputy councilman tel dies ai 50 Question: How much money will be spent on President Bush's inauguration and how does that compare with the money spent on Clinton's inauguration? RW Ketso Answer A story posted Monday on the Philadelphia Inquirer Web site reports The inaugural celebration is expected to cost up to $40 million with the money all raised from pnvate donations That would tie the record set by Bush's 2001 inaugural Bill Clinton's 1993 inauguration cost $33 million the previous record Eight- year-olds Brittany Blodgett left Aaliyah Monroe center and Katie Nelson catch some air Monday By Amy ME Fischer THE DAILY NEWS A former Cowlitz County deputy who served on the Kalama City Council during the 1990s died Friday at St John' Medical Center when a blood vessel burst in his brain Douglas Reel 59 was forced to retire last November after 31 years in law enforcement because of ongoing medical problems Sheriff Bill Mahoney said Monday had no real interest in leaving the profession He enjoyed it He excelled at it If I could have 10 more just like him it would be great He was a good good said Mahoney choking up Reel whose obituary appears on Page B2 was a quiet courteous steady man who was calm during chaos Mahoney said cool head made him an asset on the Kalama Civil Service Commission during tumultuous times when the city was at odds with police chiefs Mike Pennington and Lonnie Meadows he said not the land of guy to jump out of the chair and get emotional about Mahoney said As a deputy Reel worked hard to help citizens understand how the criminal justice system worked and make them feel been treated well After serving as patrol deputy and later detective Reel headed the Field Training Officer program where he taught FTO instructors how to train new recruits He was well-liked by his peers and had many letters of appreciation and commendation in his personnel file Mahoney said Reel ran for Kalama City Council twice before he was elected in 1991 He lost his seat in 1999 when elections officials settled a 236-vote tie between him and his opponent Scott Wheeler by drawing lots Mahoney said Reel went out of his way to make other lives better out there bragging about it or drawing attention to Mahoney said would just quietly go about what needed to be Reel is survived by his wife Val Reel two sons Dennis Reel and Brian Reel a daughter Alecia Murphy a brother Dallas Reel and a sister Diane Mayo BRIEFS New lava dome instruments stop transmitting information VANCOUVER New instruments installed on the lava dome at Mount St Helens have stopped transmitting Scientists tell what happened until the weather clears but they think the instrument package installed Friday may have been wiped out by a rockfall or steam emission Before they stopped transmitting Sunday the video camera gas sensor GPS and seismometer indicated the lava dome was continuing to grow vigorously Magma pushed up into the volcano in October and started oozing into the crater where it is dramatically expanding the lava dome The Associated Press Oregon Democrats narrow search for State Sea Dukes' replacement Oregon Democrats nominated State Rep Betsy Johnson Bill Blank and Emil Nyberg to replace former State Sen Joan Dukes who left her seat to take a position with the Pacific Northwest Power Council Democratic precinct officers from State Senate District 16 chose the three out of four candidates at a meeting Sunday According to state law the seat will remain in the same party as Dukes a Democrat Johnson has represented Columbia County and parts of Clatsop County since 2000 Emil Nyberg of Astoria is a Democratic organizer and Bill Blank is a Scappoose planning commissioner A fourth candidate Andrew Kaza of Manzanita Ore did not make the cut Kaza last year challenged US Rep Darlene Hooley D-West Linn in the primary County commissioners from Columbia Clatsop Tillamook Washington and Multnomah counties will choose replacement at a meeting organized by the Columbia County Commissioners at 2 pm Wednesday at the Columbia County Courthouse The public is invited to attend Museum holding reception for former Daily News editor today Agnes Staggs retired features editor at The Daily News will be honored at a reception today at the Cowlitz County Historical Museum located at Fourth Avenue and Allen Street in Kelso The reception will be held from 2 to 4 pm in the meeting room at the museum Staggs wrote about her newspaper career in the December 2004 issue of Cowlitz Historical Quarterly She began writing for the of The Daily News in 1952 and retired in 1979 as editor of the lifestyles and features section During most of her career she wrote a popular column called a lively grab-bag of short stories about local people and events Dave Freece museum director said the reception will be an opportunity for acquaintances and readers to meet her and reflect on many years of work as a journalist The Daily News Cops: Russian roulette cost Kelso man his life Saturday went to a residence in the 1000 block of Yew Strpet and walked into a bedroom with three other young people police said brought the gun with him concealed somewhere on his person police said He removed some of the bullets from the gun which holds five bullets and then he and his friends debated the odds the gun would fire a live bullet police said then pulled the trigger killing himself police said Investigators have interviewed family and two of the three people who were in the room and so far have found no indication intended to commit suicide police said His mother told police her son enjoyed life moved to Kelso 2 years ago from Chinook and worked in Portland as a helper He is survived by his parents Neil and Esther of Kelso a brother and four sisters Police find no indication he meant to kill himself By Leslie Slape THE DAILY NEWS The Cowlitz County Office has ruled the shooting death of Patrick Marvin an accident who was known by his middle name died Saturday night of a gunshot wound to the the office determined Kelso police said 19 of Kelso apparently was playing Russian roulette a deadly game of chance wherein a person fires a partially loaded gun at himself Police said that according to witnesses had played the same game two days earlier but the gun go off The gun a Smith Wesson 38 revolver was reported stolen in a burglary in December police said Police know how or when got the gun Shortly after 6:30 pm Six-year-old Kailey Beckwith aims for the sky Monday during a cheerleading clinic at Mark Morris High School Isabel Doran 6 is at far left and coach Danielle Lauzis is at right More than 100 children from five Longview elementary schools showed off their nev skills for parents The youngsters will join the Monarch cheerleaders at halftime tonight to root for the boys' basketball team which is playing Columbia River At right Gabby Bennett 5 shows her spirit with a little assistance from MM cheerleaders Emily OHollaren left Melissa Robbins right and Jaelyn Buchanan Photos by Greg Ebersole The Daily News Soggy weather melting snow could trigger flooding £lu Dam was releasing about 12000 cubic feet per second creating extra space in the reservoir According to Web site updated at 4:30 pm Monday Lake current pool level was at 238 feet with full pool at 240 Yale current level was at 482 with full pool at 490 and Swift current level was at 969 with full pool at 1000 feet The Web site said the remaining storage beyond was 40 feet total for all three reservoirs keeping a close eye on the Kwamme said During the 1996 floods the peak flow out of Merwin Dam was about 83500 cfs THE DAILY NEWS AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Weather-watchers are keeping an eye on the Cowlitz River and other local waterways to be on the alert for possible flooding looking at that Mark meteorologist with the National Weather Service said Monday afternoon somewhat concerned about the Cowlitz River We have not issued a (flood) watch yet but watching After last freezing temperatures and precipitation especially heavy snow in the mountains the snow level has now zoomed up to above 8000 feet and is expected to hover between that mark and 6000 feet for the next several days That snow melting combined with rains predicted throughout much of the week is a recipe for rising rivers rain getting now will essentially wash the snow said would trigger a (flood) watch would be if we get a lot more rainfall than anticipated and we saw that the runoff is higher than Because of the federal holiday Monday officials for Tacoma Public Utilities which operates dams on the upper Cowlitz River were not available for comment Dave Kwamme spokesman for PadficCoip which operates dams on the North Fork of die Lewis River said Monday afternoon that Merwin The National Weather Service issued flood warnings for several Western Washington rivers including the Nooksack Satsop Skagit Skyko-mish Snoqualmie Stillaguamish Tolt Bogachiel and Skokomish rivers Heavy rains were forecast to continue through Wednesday with up to 10 inches total for the storm in some areas Dramatic 24-hour rainfall totals as of Monday afternoon included 451 inches at Forks 328 inches at Shelton and 284 inches at Bremerton The local forecast calls for fairly heavy rain through tonight with Wednesday Thursday and Friday Low and high tempera- tures will range in the 40s to mid-50s ivil Previews Stats Results The Miil-RAL rivalry? got it covered andretdncom REGION EDITOR: Cheryll A Borgaard CITY EDITOR: Andre Stepankowsky (360) 577-2586 cborgaardtdncom (360) 577-2520 i.