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Check out Pets of the Week Page B3 MORE Obituaries Viewpoint B2 A7 LONGVIEW ALUMINUM LONGVIEW The Daily News Online: wwwtdncom Photo helps nab man suspected in bank robbery a Photos by Greg Ebersote The Daily News A large crowd gathers in a Red Lion Inn meeting room in Kelso on Tuesday morning to bid on equipment from the defunct Longview Aluminum smelter implied the robber had a weapon and ended with be according to a police report have a set reason why he picked that amount other than to say he want to be Deisher said after interviewing Ringgenberg back made front-page news Tuesday because a Daily News photographer was at the bank on another assignment and snapped picture as he passed by on his way into the bank called and gave info based on the photo in the Deisher said The photograph showed a man wearing a jacket with the logo Net which was the attire as described by witnesses Deisher said Ringgenberg wearing the jacket in the tavern was smart enough not to wear that he said would have made it even didn't set why picked amount other say he want to greedy" Deisher DETECTIVE By Leslie Slape THE DAILY NEWS The suspect in bank robbery was in custody by early Tuesday afternoon after Longview police detectives received a tip from someone who recognized him from a newspaper photo got info on who he Detective Tim Deisher said Tbesday (Stafford) and I started checking and found him in the Oregon Way Tavern drinking a Deisher said Roger Jay Ringgenberg 41 of Longview will be charged with first-degree robbery Initial bail was set at $100000 Ringgenberg came quietly Deisher said criminal history includes convictions for assault and malicious mischief but no robberies Ringgenberg is suspected of going up to a window at Columbia Bank in Longview around 4:40 pm Monday and handing the teller a note that demanded $480 with $50 bills preferred The note "He have reason he that ($480) than to didn't be Tun By Patrick Forgey THE DAILY NEWS wanted Audience members muttered when a big pipe wrench went for $200 but for Longview Aluminum trustee Bill Brandt good news doing very very he said Jerry Coleman of Salem came to buy electrical equipment for Transformer Technologies He said there can be good deals at auctions you get them and sometimes you bid too much I try not to do that too he said hoping to see big bids to raise money to pay Longview creditors He said it now appears the estate will COWLITZ COUNTY Murder victims' families gather continues Longview Aluminum auction continue Kelso Lion and 9 am pm minerals across the wharf If Brandt can make that deal happen within the 30-day reserve period the as-yet-unnamed buyer would get the unloading system instead of the top auction bidder Dovebid Inc the company handling the auction is based in San Francisco but has offices around the world It recently handled part of the Enron Corp estate selling off the bankrupt crooked sign from its corporate headquarters for $44000 according to the Houston Chronicle Auctioneers including Ross Dove worked hard to cajole the best possible bids out of the buyers while moving the auction along Tuesday Bidders in a packed Red lion ballroom were occasionally outbid by in or in who were following the process over the Internet and bidding by phone Dove used that to his advantage want this stuff to go to California he told the local bidders want to keep this stuff in Washington your patriotic he quipped Work rigs from around the Northwest filled the parking lot of the Kelso Red Lion Inn on Tuesday morning as hundreds of bidders hoped to scrounge up good deals from the tragedy that was Longview Aluminum Dovebid Inc auctioneers began disposing of the equipment to raise money the bankruptcy trustee will use to pay off creditors About 350 bidders registered to attend in person and 100 more were ready to place bids over the Internet On a big screen in the ballroom pictures of the nearly 4000 auction items were shown as bidders shouted out dollar amounts Audience members their attire leaning toward jeans and ball caps appeared to know ahead of time what items they wanted to bid on At one point Dovebid CEO Ross Dove instructed a well-dressed young assistant to lose his tie you have an audience with more guys in ball caps than without them take off your Dove told him Bidders appeared willing to pay top dollar for what they Bidding The will at the Red today Thursday from to 5 Bob Bolger a spotter with the professional auction firm Dovebid Inc recognizes a bidder in the crowded meeting room at the Red Lion Inn on Tuesday morning In the background is a picture of the item then up for bid have enough money available to pay some tax and wage claims While the first day of the three-day auction appeared to go well Brandt said it was difficult to predict the total amount of money it would bring Some key items including a shipunloading system will be sold with a That means a prospective buyer would enter a bid but Brandt could later sell it to someone else instead important to Brandt who is trying to sell Longview ship-unloading equipment and storage silos to a company that wants to import information to rights 425-8658 on drugs After he got into drugs he was a Criminals have more rights than victims and that needs to change said Delores Cook who leads the Survivors of Murder and Homicide Victims group She created it after her granddaughter Krystle Cook was murdered four years ago Handouts on tables provided information on a proposed Constitutional amendment to give crime victims more protection and rights is getting worse and real families and communities are being Longview Police Detective Dean Stafford said order for crime to go down in society our country must become more moral and a safe place to Stafford who has been a police officer for 26 years said court-imposed restitution is higher than ever even with that progress courts have not performed duties that citizens have voted for them to he said not He said a man who was found guilty of homicide in Massachusetts was free after Tii years in prison while a robber in Texas was given 50 years without parole fingers of crime go out a long Cowlitz County Chaplain Steve White said give hope and value to you as info find about Delores By Lisa Curdy THE DAILY NEWS A public spaghetti dinner Tbesday night looked much like any other community gathering as groups of people hugged in greeting and chatted through the meal But behind them an easel held dozens of black-and-white pictures of men women and children all murder victims As a kickoff to the National Crime Rights Week the dinner brought together about 70 people mostly family and friends or members of the Survivors of Murder and Homicide Victims support group in Cowlitz County which sponsored the event As plates were cleared two young girls approached the podium at Northlake Baptist Church where the event was held name is Cassandra Powell and on March 7 of last year my mom was murdered by my the 12-year-old said Her stepdad committed suicide after the murder she said A crowd of mostly adults shook their heads in sadness and amazement while others nodded because they had been in a similar situation moved out and been living with a friend for two or three months and she went back to help him and that night was the worst night of my Cassandra said have to tell people because my mom had too much faith in people Contact For on how out more victim contact Cook at Question: Are white bunny rabbits with pink eyes albmos or just white bunny rabbits with pcik eyes? BW Longview Answer White rabbits with pink or red eyes and without any other color pigmentation are albinos Albinos occur among all races of people almost all species of domestic animals and also in a wide variety of wild species There also is an opposite an intense pigmentation called "melanism" such as in black squirrels black pheasants and other species with black or nearly black plumage pelt or skin BRIEFS Kelso City Council parcels out $150000 in federal funds The Kelso City Council on Tuesday approved more than $145444 in federal funds for low-income housing projects throughout the city The money comes from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development through its program and is distributed by local jurisdictions The council approved the following: Nearly $6000 for a Lower Columbia Community Action Council and Residential Resources project to remodel two bedrooms and a bathroom in a home for developmentally disabled and handicapped residents Nearly $23000 for rental assistance to at least three families enrolled in the Cowlitz Drug Court rehabilitation program More than $76000 to help domestic violence victims pay for rent The money is expected to aid at least 10 families who will be referred through the Emergency Support Shelter About $40000 for the construction of two new three-bedroom homes by the Lower Columbia Community Action Council The project is expected to total more than $92000 School board OKs Monticello upgrade The Longview School Board approved Monday a contract for modernizing Monticello Middle School The contract includes improving the resistance to earthquakes replacing the parking lot and upgrading the bleachers Triplett Wellman Inc of Wood-bum Ore won the bid for $84 million and is expected to begin work this summer The project is part of the $40 million bond voters approved in 2001 Rainier schools mull 'In God We Trust' The Rainier School Board will discuss a proposal to place the national motto God We in all district buildings as one of the items at its meeting at 7 tonight at the District Office Board Room Fifth and Street East in Rainier Clatskanie resident Bob Tosh proposed the idea which is similar to a proposal he made to the Clatskanie School District last year Clatskanie board members approved posting the motto as part of a display of US history The Doily News CORRECTIONS Wrong street Because of a headline error the street on which House of Travel is located was incorrect in Talking Business on Monday It has moved to a building at 1408 12th Ave Longview Toyocom staffing An article in Daily News overstated by one the number of people who work at the Toyocom plant in Mint Farm Industrial Park The plant has six employees CITY EDITOR: Andre Stepankowsky (60) 577-2520 andretdncom REGION EDITOR: Cheryll A Borgaard (360) 577-2586 cborgaardtdncom.