The Spokesman-Review from Spokane, Washington • 9

Page B6 Thursday August 9 2007 The Spokesman-Review NORTHWEST Two charged with murder in shooting methamphetamine marijuana and psychedelic mushrooms Also arrested was Taylor Nielsen 18 who is charged with possessing methamphetamine psilocybin mushrooms drug paraphernalia and less than 40 grams of marijuana Taylor Nielsen whose bail was set at $2500 will also be arraigned Tuesday Washington State Patrol detectives assisted in the case Buchanan died of multiple gunshot wounds He had been holding at least one vehicle owned by Desiree Nielsen know the confrontation was over some property being retained by Mr Rasmussen said not sure that was the motive for the BY THOMAS CLOUSE Staff writer Two people have been charged with first-degree murder in connection with a shooting Saturday near Addy in Stevens County Nicholas Scearcy 25 and 48-year-old Desiree Nielsen both appeared Wednesday before Superior Court Judge Rebecca Baker Stevens County Prosecutor Tim Rasmussen said Baker ordered both suspects held on a $1 million bond and set an arraignment for Tuesday Scearcy and Nielsen were charged with killing David Buchanan 64 at his home on Marble Valley Basin Road was a confrontation and Mr Scearcy shot Mr Buchanan Nielsen was Rasmussen said confrontation was over some property that belonged to Ms Nielsen and was being held by Mr Nielsen and Buchanan apparently had a previous relationship Rasmussen said is physical evidence that connects Mr Scearcy to the crime said Rasmussen who would not identify the evidence Scearcy and Nielsen were arrested Tuesday by Stevens County deputies on multiple drug charges including possession of Two law enforcement officers talk Wednesday outside the Park Place Apartments in Coeur d'Alene where a shooting closed parts of the complex and Ramsey Road for about three hours tures of 100 degrees or hotter last month including 108 on July 5 The average for the month in Lewiston was 805 degrees The heat in Spokane peaked at 101 degrees on July 5 and again July 11 Spokane also saw 16 days at 90 degrees or hotter and 22 days where the low stayed at 60 or above overnight Whether the hot July is an indication of climate change is uncertain Scientists have said that the best indication of global warming is found over longterm averages not in a hot month or single heat wave really hard to give a direct answer that this relates to ferent The 911 dispatcher instructed him to move Fears from the bushes Outside he asked people passing by for help but medics and police were soon on the scene He heard gunshots and was told to take cover by police he said Wood said Botto used a 38-caliber handgun Tenants at Park Place a complex with about 150 units in 30 buildings described Fears as generous and loving very much liked by everyone said Lydia Miller invited everyone into her Fears and her husband are excellent apartment managers who pay attention to details said Amalia Kocsis Fears and her as sistants would tour the grounds in a golf cart throughout the day to make sure nothing was out of the ordinary Kocsis said feel safe she said Tomlinson Black Management Inc owns the apartments A representative did not return phone calls Wednesday Sharon Ford said she moved to the apartments about six weeks ago and immediately found a friend in Fears done a lot of great things for me Ford said the best place ever Reporter Meghann Cuniff can be reached at (208) 765-7129 or by e-mail at meghanncspokesmancom HEAT Continued from B1 breaking the 1998 record of 71 In Kellogg the average of 739 broke the 1985 record of 735 The average temperatures are reached by adding the highs and lows and dividing the total by the number of readings A strong and persistent high pressure ridge over the Rockies allowed heat to build and prevented stprms or cooler Pacific marine air from penetrating inland the weather service said pattern that developed was more persistent than meteorologist Steve Bodnar said July average was 756 degrees The other cities in the region with records had averages in the mid-70s Lewiston which had its second-warmest July on record reported 10 days with tempera- Donnie Dawson is turning JO! 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I Vf 3:00 on Saturday Sept 12007 Donnie and Bey Dawson's house in Clark Fork no gifts pleaseJf given by Sandy 1 Connie and Amy Dawson i JL SHOOTING Continued from B1 breaking point is out of the Wood said Corey Shover who lives at the apartments made the first 911 call He said he saw ears lying in the bushes outside the apartment office and thought she had suffered a stroke He followed a trail of blood into the office and tried opening a back-room door bravery -1 just know what was going Shover said The door was locked He later learned Botto was behind it God I get in because she probably would have shot he said I was there like a minute earlier be a dif GUNS Continued from B1 Tania Thompson director of media relations at the university said on Wednesday that school officials declined to comment about push for more concealed weapons on campus Chaney did not immediately return a call seeking comment Sgt Brannon Jordan who is still recovering from being shot by Hamilton that night said he agrees with Rausch when it comes to having more concealed weapons but added I make contact with a person I like to be the only one with a jigsaw contemporary apparel cealed weapons permits to individuals of those are good he said Rausch said that if Moscow officials ban guns in public buildings and parks they will have to pay to enforce the ban have any system in the courthouse to back up the ban on Rausch said bad guy is going to go right through the He said a metal detector screens people entering the federal building in Moscow but that the county courthouse City Hall and other public buildings in the county have no such systems Rausch said people who apply for concealed weapons permits are screened and are typically not a problem He said some 540 people in the county now carry concealed weapons One of them showed up at City Council meeting and said he was carrying a handgun seconds count the cops are only minutes David Klingenberg 36 told the meeting carry a gun because a cop is too Rausch is the only law enforcement officer in the county with the authority to issue con Downtown Spokane 601 West Main 835-3517 Now Open Sundays global Bodnar said However a recent analysis showed that the average temperature in Spokane has increased by about 2 degrees since 1948 the year the weather service moved its official reporting station to now known as Spokane International Airport Even larger increases in average temperatures over the past decades are showing up throughout the Pacific Northwest Warm weather is expected to resume this weekend with highs in the upper 80s in both Coeur and Spokane The normal Spokane high for this time of year is 84 degrees l-M vVkkei Review Vdltup andRead Coming Saturday see what we've got under the hood The Spokesman-Review's Saturday Automotive section becomes spokesmanautocom Fresh new design new features test drives dealer ads and for sale by owner classifieds Gearheads and Sunday drivers alike will get their motors running Just turn the key and go to spokesmanautocom in print and online The Spokesman.