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rnmrn -j eninsuita SaboF Couples E3 Comics E4 The News Tribune Wednesday July 11 1990 i 108 acres may Purdy said Steve Floyd parks commissioner The board will discuss the issue at 7:30 pm July IS at the Wollochet fire station 8217 Point Fosdick Drive NW The price of the 108 acres and the exact amount the district should ask voters to purchase remains unknown The district is awaiting a land appraisal to decide these issues Floyd said He said the parks board is interested in buying 68 acres of forested land across the street from the Swede Hill Fin Station of county Fire District 5 on Bujacich Road Northwest The parcel runs north of the prison and extends to Washington 16 Floyd said The land likely would be preserved as a forest he said The district also is interested in buying a 40-acre parcel located southwest of the fire station The state recently cleared that area The parks district is interested in using that land possibly for ballfields picnic areas riding trails and play areas Floyd said The 108 acres is part of a 320-acre state land tract The state Department of Natural Resources administers the land which includes the 60 acres on which the prison is located DNR foresters said Money from the sale of timber on state institutional By Doreen Mwchlennl The News Tribune The Peninsula Park District is looking at possible September bond issue to purchase as much as 108 acres of state trust land for parks and recreational uses -The Peninsula Parks and Recreation Board met June 85 to discuss ways to furnish the district with Its first parks and recreational areas to oversee The district has no funds because voters have rejected all of its proposed bond issues and special levies The park board is focusing on a tract of state institutional trust land near the Washington Corrections Center for Women near I i i I i i I I i i i i i i i I I I I People and events Julie Sullivan April Steinmetx Teresa Janes Nelson Wlngnrd Michnel Hagen and Bonnie Foxnave been awarded special Tacoma Community College tuition scholarships The scholarships are sponsored by the TCC board of trustees According to Tran Keegan TCC director of high school relations awards are given for leadership scholarship talent or service Prospective recipients are nominated by their high school counseling departments and chosen by a special committee of TOC faculty staff and students The scholarships authorized by the Legislature come in the form of tuition waivers for the 1990-91 school year The Key Peninsula Park District is offering Summer Fun 1990 a program of games crafts and physical activity for children ages 5 to 11 at the civic center in Vaughn Thepro- Esm is offered Mondays through Fri-ys through Aug 24 Cost is $5 per week for each three-hour session Additionally scholarships are available to Key Peninsula children through a donation from the Civic Center Association Pre-registration is 4-6 pm each Friday and parents are encouraged to volunteer during one or both sessions For information call 884-3456 The Key Center Dining Room Gallery 9013 Key Peninsula Highway KPN in Key Center will display works by the late Corwin Chase of Vaughn during the month of July Chase who died in 1988 began hiking Mount Rainier in 1913 He recoraed his impressions in sketches paintings wood nlock prints photographs tapestries and writings TTie works are being presented by the Chase Place a non-profit art and nature conservancy as part of an ongoing series of educational programs The restaurant opens at 5 pm Wednesdays through Sundays For information call 884-4403 Alexandra Lief recently presided as chief executive of the Evergreen State at State 1990 in Eniensburg Lief a senior at Eaton-viUe High School is the daughter of Charles and Danielle Brent of Eaton-ville Aaae Manzer of Tumwater and a senior at Olympia High School was chosen lieutenant governor Joline Staeheli of Tacoma and a senior at Bellarmine was chosen attorney general and Kirsten Luginbill of Gig Hs -bor and a senior at Peninsula High School was chosen superintendent of public instruction Entries for the 1990 art show at the Puyallup Fair will be accepted from 10 am to 4 pm Aug 8-9 and 2 pm to 8 pm Aug 10 at the Puyallup Fairgrounds Sides for sculptures must be received no later than Aug 9 The entry fee is 85 per piece and artists must be at least 18 years old For information call 845-1771 The Pendleton Woolen Mill in Washougal and the Mount St Helens Visiton Center in Woodland will be the destination of a day trip on July 25 sponsored by the Pierce County Parks and Recreation Department The van will depart at 7 am and return at 5 pm Cost is $14 Deadline for registration is Friday For information call 593-4176 Helicla (Mon has been appointed student associate ombudsman for the 1990-91 school year at Washington State University Orton a senior at the college is daughter of Mr and Mrs Jon Orton of Puyallup and a graduate of Rogers High School Beginning In August she will help the WSb Ombudsman's Office with student questions problems and complaints Author Jack Cady will read three excerpts describing Male at 7 pm July 18 at Pacific Lutheran University Tire reading is part of a PLU-sponsored summer series of readings by Northwest authors Cady is writer-in-residence at PLU He has had seven novels and short story anthologies published The reading is free For more information call 535-7143 trust land funds prisons and other state institutions Virtually all of the 320 acres minus the 60 acres the prison sits on is proposed for timber sales and cutting over the next 10 to 15 years The site is bounded by the Burnham Drive North west-Washington 16 interchange to the north the prison to the south just west of the Swede Hill station to the west and Washington 16 to the east Area environmentalists and other residents have been meeting with DNR foresters in hopes of Mocking the proposed timber sales or minimizing them For example DNR has proposed removing all trees from Please see Bond E2 care in Pullman and was scheduled to get a Main scan and a spinal tap July 3 Doroshenko said If Harley does have a Main tumor he might have to be treated by specialists in New York City Doroshenko said The expenses are mounting she said Because of her seizure disorder Doroshenko is unable to work at most jobs and must survive on monthly checks of about 6400 from the government she said Doroshenko 25 developed the seizure-disorder after suffering massive head injuries in a 1983'car accident she said A local golden retriever club paid Harley and travel costs to Pullman The club also donated 8400 to help pay for medical expenses The university Please see Harley E2 Baderdeen fled the scene shortly before state troopers arrived the documents say Police were called to Tacoma General Hospital the next morning when Baderdeen sought treatment for accident-related injuries including body lacerations reported State Patrol LL Tom Robbins The Gig Harbor man was questioned and booked into Pierce County Jail on suspicion of hit-and-run On May 3 Baderdeen went before Gig Harbor District Judge John Paglia on the 1988 charges Paglia sentenced Baderdeen to lVh years in jail on those charges The sentence took effect immediately and Baderdeen remains in Pierce County Jail join Fircrest Place activists who are eager for a quick route to local control and dismayed by the lengthy expensive prospect of incorporation The idea for a petition got its start May 24 when an influential University Place community group voted to begin two simultaneous petition drives: one for annexation to Fircrest the other for Incorporation The same group resoundingly rejected the idea Please see Annex E2 The summer weather brought out the young saleswomen in Gig Harbor last week Shelly Baker 12 appeals to passing motorists with her sign while friends Amber Ehly 12 center and Christie Brooks 1 1 take the more vocal approach The youths planned to do business for several weeks Seizure ailment puzzles specialists main symptoms diarrhea lethargy and disorientation indicated he also might have Addison's disease Doroshenko said The disease isn't life-threatening and is marked by a deficient secretion of a hormone But when Harley was tested for the disease the results turned out negative Doroshenko said She said she was disappointed when she learned Harley have disease because she fears whatever is plaguing Harley in addition to a possible Main tumor could be terminal and not treatable just up in arms looking at a lot of people (with seizure disorders) giving up Doroshenko said Harley Dog noses through the screen Doroshenko returned to her Tacoma door home July 1 but Harley remained under By Doreen Marchlonni The Nawa Tribune Veterinarian! are atumped by the illness pthguing Harley the famous selxure-alert I pooch trained at Purdy prison 1 Vicky Doroshenko owner rushed the dog to veterinary specialists at Washington State University in Pullman on June 28 after Harley failed to alert Doroshenko to two grand mal seizures she said Harley normally has the unexplained in-i nate ability to sense seizures coming on for his mistress and alert her by pacing barking and nudging The golden retriever is suspected of having a- brain tumor But veterinarians at WSU'i School of Veterinary Medicine said called in hit-and-run case Specialists Murphy said attorney John Cain asked for the delay so he could get help from an accident-reconstruction specialist who work on case until September Cain also is seeking help from another specialist who will analyze blood tests which were taken after the crash that killed Deborah Johnson of the Gig Harbor area Murphy said Cain available for comment Baderdeen a Gig Harbor resident faces charges of felony hit-and-run vehicular homicide and driving with a suspended license Prosecutors said the felony hit-and- Trial delay: By Doreen Marchlonni The News Tribuns The hit-and-run trial of a Gig Harbor man that was set to begin June 27 has been postponed The attorney of Samuel Baderdeen obtained a continuance in the trial which now is planned for Sept 5 said Ed Murphy the Pierce County prosecutor handling case The trial which will take place in Pierce County Superior Court at County-City Building is expected to last between four and five days The time of the trial be set until a judge is assigned to the case Washington State Patrol reported Baderdeen crossed the highway's center line and smashed into Johnson's vehicle according to the State Patrol Paramedics run charge was based on suspicion that who arrived at the scene spoke with John-Baderdeen was intoxicated at the time of son and Baderdeen according to documents the accident filed in Pierce County Superior Court But Baderdeen pleaded innocent to all three charges at his arraignment April 30 He was convicted in May on previous charges of reckless driving and driving while intoxicated Those charges stemmed from two separate Incidents in 1988 Johnson 36 died at Tacoma General Hospital 214 hours after the 9:50 pm head-on collision April 27 on Washington 302 about a mile west of Purdy in Wauna the confident his group will find enough willing signers from the 24000 University Place residents who live in the proposed annexation area The law requires the petitioners to get 929 signatures a figure equal to 10 percent of voters in the last election but Zelazny said the group plans to get about 1500 just to be sure University Place has been headed toward a change in status for a long time but the option of annexation to Fircrest has only recently gained favor among University University Place starts signature drive By JMLoovy The News Tribune' University Place activists have prepared an annexation petition asking Fircrest to absorb their huge unincorporated suburb They aim to start collecting signatures Aug City Council members in Fircrest population 5700 have done little to prepare themselves for the arrival of the annexation petition from bordering University Place an unincorporated Pierce County suburb more than four times the size of the city But a citizens group has been formed recently to study annexation questions according to Fircrest Mayor Armand YapacMno who added that the council probably wont formally discuss the issue until the petition becomes a reality Petition organizer Joe Zelazny seemoyi 1 and say they will present a complete petition to the Fircrest City Council by Sept 1 If they succeed in turning in a valid petition It may be the biggest issue ever faced by Fircrest said Fircrest City Manager Don bJ Morrison i.