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The News Tribune from Tacoma, Washington • 10

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The News Tribunei
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Tacoma, Washington
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10
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B2 The Morning News Tribune Thursday August 2 1990 SKC Man jailed in stun gun attack on wife Local In brie man wm quoted Hying before grabbing the woman by the throat choking her and shocking her In the stomach with the stun gun according to a police report He then pulled a plastic garbage bag over iter face held it tight against her throat and shocked her some more with the gun police Hid She eventually wm able to escape and run out of her house The man promptly drove away A report Hid the woman wm treated for unspecified injuries In other police news from South King County: A 28-year-old transient hM been jailed for investigation of child rape after an incident involving a 14-year-old Richland girl at a Fed By Erik Qodchaint The News Tribune A 41-year-old Sumner man hn been jailed for Investigation of first-degree as-uult after reportedly choking his estranged wife and repeatedly shocking her with a stun gun King County police said Wednesday The man suddenly became angry after arriving at the woman's Kent bouse to pick up some personal items and discuss child custody issues police Mid have something for the eral Way-area park this week police said The mother told police the rape occurred while her daughter wm walking her dog Police did not reveal the park where the incident took place An Auburn man said he went to a apartment Saturday for a friendly beer-drinking session but ended up in a fist fight over the co-worker's former girlfriend police said The fight erupted after the man wm asked whether he wm sexually Involved with the co-worker's former girlfriend The man Hid he replied that he but added that his sexual status wm none of the sir i 1 fi-' i-r- Death of seizure-alert dog hard for Tacoman By Kim Severson The News Tribune As the man tried to leave the apartment the 19-year-old co-worker grabbed and shoved him before fighting broke out Although the victim Initially said he want to press charges he said Tuesday that decided a formal complaint wm in order The victim said be believes his coworker had been planning to asuult him all along and that the planned attack wm the only reason he wm invited to drink the beers The victim also Mid his co-work-' er called him after the fight and apologized for his behavior Police reported Wednesday they planned to send the co-worker a citation for misdemeanor assault and battery Memorial set for professor Nigel Adams A memorial service for Green River Community College professor Nigel Adams is scheduled at 2 pm today in building SS-S at the college Former student Chuck Lawrence Hid that the service wm open to the public and especially to former students who would be given an opportunity to share memories of foe controversial history professor Faculty member Gerald Hedlund a friend of Adams is spearheading the event Lawrence Hid He said that the administration had agreed to let the service take place In the classroom where Adams taught and where the students recently put up posters that had been removed by administrative Oder last year expecting a large Lawrence Mid spill over onto the outside stage if we have Lawrence added that people can bring living flowers or plants to put in the memorial garden outside of the classroom where Adams taught Adams died July 28 after a struggle with cancer put to Bleep Wednesday Harley failed to alert her to two Doroshenko took the dog to veterinary at Washington State University pinpoint the nature of his 111- Harley the gentle golden retriever with an innate ability to seme oncoming epileptic seizures in humans is dead owner Tacoma resident Vicky Doroshenko agreed to have her dog put to sleep Wednoday after he began acting strangely and breathing irregularly Harley wm 7 years old Without Harley and his unexplained ability to warn her when she wm about to have a seizure Doroshenko said she is without both a friend and a UfeMver "Everybody he touched he left a mark Mid the 25-year-old Doroshenko "He kept me alive I feel so lost because there is nothing I could do for him in the Harley is part of a rare group of dogs who have a natural ability to sense when a human is about to experience a seizure Properly trained to bark pace and nudge humans when a seizure is imminent the dogs allow their owners to eat shower or perform other daily taika without fear Harley learned to use his unique skill through the Pet Partnership Program at the Washington Women's Corrections Center near Purdy Harley and Doroshenko met when he wm a puppy Doroshenko began to suspect the famous seizure-alert dog wm ill a few months ago when the dog became lethargic disoriented and suffered from Vs1 I -A 9 Vv Bremerton motorcyclist killed in crash with car A Bremerton motorcyclist was killed Wednesday morning on Washington 3 in Gorst when his Honda collided with a car driven by a Tacoma man the State Patrol reported Michael Muter 45 died of massive trauma at the scene of the 8:45 am accident His passenger Frank Smith 15 also of Bremerton was taken to Harrison Memorial Hospital in Bremerton with sible neck and back injuries the te Patrol said Smith was in stable condition Wednesday afternoon a nursing supervisor said Muter wm heading north when his motorcycle collided with a southbound subcompact car in the southbound lanes of Washington 3 the patrol Mid The driver of the car Reginald Davis 29 of Tacoma wm unhurt the patrol Hid Nmn Tribune Haft Blaze at FWay home causes $50000 damage No one was injured Wednesday when an unoccupied single-family home burned to the ground on Federal East Side fire officials Hid The home at 35940 West Valley Highway was reported ablaze at 9:50 am and wm fully engulfed by the time firefighters arrived three minutes later officials said The blaze also triggered several small brush fires that were quickly extinguished officials said The cause of the fire was undetermined by late Wednesday afternoon a Federal Way Fire District spokeswoman Mid Damage wm put at 850000 Firefighters closed a stretch of West Valley Highway near the home for nearly two hours because water hoses used to quell the blase had to be stretched across the road The only available water mains were on the east side of the road officials said Nmn Tribune itaff Sisters Continued from B1 General who asked not to be named said Boatwright told him she sold the Pomeranians for $250 apiece She showed him AKC registration papers for the dogs and talked lovingly about them he Hid When three Humane Society trucks arrived to collect the animals Mortensen became violent and one of the visitors until Boatwright stopped her the investigator said The two sisters later persuaded the Humane Society to give all the animals back to them after they paid 280 in fees and fines and made arrangements to board most of them at a Tacoma kennel foe federal investigator Hid And worsened and on Tuesday Harley ankle He had been vomiting and for sane time recommended ending the cremated and Doroshenko will pick week she Mid been testing one dog a replacement with little luck She believes she many 30 more dogs before the ability to sense seizures she must learn to live without a hole and I get out He wm i daily newspaper route between 3:30 am and 5:30 am As Manley worked his route he Hid he continually encountered the sisters in a little pickup truck at slow speeds through the neighborhood see them aU during my routes driving up and down the streets could never understand what those two nice old ladies were doing out that time of the he Hid the mice is right -the Harley had to be In June after grand mal seizures specialists Experts there The condition bit his acting aggressive A local veterinarian life Harley will be up his ashes next Doroshenko hM for Harley may have to test finding one who hM In the meantime gift like in my AUCTION! 11 am Sat August Preview 10 aml Chuck Caih or Sonkcardil 1001 all tlut kltchon a both cablnats mostly oak uppar a bata units Largo hat tubs soma with cadar a most with "loungal" Small whirlpool tubs a gardan tubsl plctura windows a slidarsl White a bronsa grid vinyl and aluminum "all slias noar NO totall" 141 Sanford A Sob 272-0334 744 ConftTt Tscgaw Teen to serve four years in slaying of 14-year-old A 15-year-old youth who ihot to death a 14-yearold Spanaway boy was recently sentenced to serve more than four yean In a juvenile institution The youth had pleaded guilty earlier to second-degree murder for shooting Tim Skimhorn a seventh-grade student at Spanaway Junior High School Authorities Mid the youth was showing off a stolen 22-caliber revolver when the shooting happened April 14 Pierce County Superior Court Commissioner Paul Boyle ordered the youth to serve a sentence of up to four yean and four months for his offense Boyle had earlier decided the boy should be tried as a juvenile He has been in custody since the shooting Nawi YrlfeuM daft Marshal calls mill blast an An explosion of dust inside a wood-fuel dryer about midnight Tuesday at the Boise Cascade Corp newsprint mill in Steilacoom sent a large piece of metal flying 30 to 40 feet before it crashed to the pavement nearby Mid Vera Maneno Steilacoom fire marshal satisfied it was an industrial accident probably caused by an equipment malfunction I can't get more specific than the fire marshal Mid No one was injured when the 20-by-15 foot metal top blew off the dryer slammed into a nearby warehouse tumbled off the roof and hit a freight container before landing on the ground he Mid The explosion did not result in a fire The newsprint mill which runs 34 hours a day is continuing to operate Jimmie Ewing human resources manager and spokeswoman for the plant said the company is still trying to determine what caused the explosion and may call in a team of independent investigators She had no estimate of the damage Ntws Tribuaa Itaff Packaging Continued from B1 products they sell Consumers could return empty cartons and other waste to the store where they bought the products he Mid "If companies bad to retain their wastes they would have a heck of an incentive to find a way to deal with Fox Hid Governments could make that incentive even stronger by dramatically boosting fees for incineration or landfills essentially forcing the companies to recycle and reduce packaging he added Though such a plan may be adopted soon in Germany Sprenkle Hid he doesn't believe American consumers would be willing to ferry garbage back to the store think that really stretches human he said But governments could recoup some of the expense of waste disposal and encourage recycling by taxing packaging and increasing taxes on landfilling and garbage collection Sprenkle added For our readers in King County To better serve South King County The Morning News Tribune has an office at 32050 23rd Ave Federal Way 98003 Specific inquiries should be made to: News 941-9633 Circulation 941-6181 Classified or retail advertising 941-9933 When the Federal Way office is closed The Morning News Tribune can be reached by 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New Oak Flooringl quau But the animals never arrived at the kennel he Hid the sisters left town three days later after cashing another of O'Neill's checks Werner could not confirm that account Wednesday Mortensen and Boatwright were virtually unknown among Pomeranian breeders Hid Mycki Fulda a director of Responsible Dog Owners of Washington but they did enter one Gig Harbor show in July 1988 Their Iowa-born show bitch Pan Puff Tiny Touch of Gilda do wellatalL wm not in show condition put it that Fulda uid Neighbors remain mystified by the sisters who kept to themselves and seen much in daylight hours have a different dog in their yard each said Jerry Manley a neighbor who worked a r- still w- SAVE 50 BMX BIKE BMX M-riae-MX BMX coaster wl speeds IRA blue color (14 only) Su No 47420 Was (14999 99 99 NOW BACK-TO-SCHOOL SAVINGS! 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