The Olympian from Olympia, Washington • 13

Souittlhi- Sonjumd Monday December 10 1990 The Olympian City Editor Mike Burgess 754-5423 Section ObituariesC2 Police ReportsC2 ClassifiedC2-C6 Northwest METROWATCH Dream realized is death of young man Mary Kimbrel said of her son who piloted aircraft for eight of his 21 National Transportation Safety Board determines the cause of the crash officials add Mary Kimbrel said no one in her had ever been involved in a serious accident She said she has never worried too much about safety pretty comfortable with them she said adding that she also flies very cautious and they know how to take care of things performing stunts when the accident occurred his father said only see iL I just doit know" He said he is not sure if his son had performed stunts in the aircraft The Kimbrels own several airplanes at the tonify tom which is seven miles southwest of Oakville just over the Lewis County line The Garrard Creek Road form has an airstrip Michael Kimbrel has been a commercial pilot for Delta airlines to- 28 years She said her husband's love of flying was Ion the sun was shining or if he had a spare minute he was gone he was flying" Mary Kimbrel said of her son By Joel Coffidls The Olympian As a small boy Matthew Kimbrel wanted to be a pilot and aa a young man he realized that dream And then he died Matthew the sly" whenever he could said the mother of the pilot killed in a crash Friday south of the Olympia Airport the sun was shining or if he had a i minute he was gone he was fly- The of 13 children including one adopted child said her son was in his fourth year of studying engneering at Centralia College Matthew was working on becoming a commercial airline pilot -like his dad was working on all his ra1 he had to have so many hours on types of she said Matthew died when the aircraft crashed into a dense swampy area south of tbs airport Friday afternoon It will be at least six months before the dad flies his older brother she -said seven us flying and there's others in the family working on Asked Sunday night about a comment that Matthew may have been Cast-off tires landfill share irony opponent Yield Mercer credits her start in the environmental movement to her work with Thurston Mima Prarie Coalition in the mid-1980s But when she returned to South Sound last year after several years in the sunny South Pacific islands of Fiji newty interested in the solid-waste disposal problems she had seen first-hand thaw a grim irony or two awaited her Since she had been gone a giant regional landfill had been proposed south of Bucoda exactly the sort of solid-waste Mercer now believes will backfire Meanwhile a Western Washington business group is busily putting together a proposal to ship this area's waste tires to Tonga which lies just east of Fiji That will be another environmental disaster she says and maybe an even worse one because an unconscionable attempt to saddle someone else with our own waste she adds loved to she said of Matthew See PilotC2 S' i 1 ft cQeairy man heDd CdDDimig The estranged wife of the accused was with the victim when he was shot sheriff says O'uvfcyAv i jL 4- -I fi -t-s -a CD By Joel Coffidls The Olympian A McCleaiy area man faces charges today in Grqys Harbor Superior Court in is the tragedy selling it on the basis of this is good for Mercer 35 is working with the Black Hills Audubon Society to oppose both projects and she's scheduled two meetings this week on the landfilL According to the Green Pages newsletter Stop-WIDCO-From-Opening-a-Mega-Dump Action meets at 6:30 pm tonight at the Audubon Society 209 Fifth Ave in Olympia On Saturday mailing Stop-WlDCO-imlts-Tracks will meet in south county at a site to be announced Mercer chuckles when she hears how the meeting notices are listed "I think someone's trying to be she said organizational Maybe the hype is justified though she adds very apparent to us that WIDCO is getting very slick in their promotion WIDCO officials contest daims that the landfill would be an environmental threat But Mercer is not convinced and she plans to keep up her volunteer opposition fight these fires after 5 You have to wok it into your Who you goma can? On a more positive note Mercer and her Black Hills Audubon coworkers are negotiating with the Department of Ecology for a grant to underwrite a year-long study of recycling and waste reduction and management at restaurants grocery stores and government offices She calls it the program A seminar at the end of the year will recap the study assess the changes and report on the experience of the stores and offices that participated in the project But the grocery stores that she's most excited about They have an awesome influence on solid waste problems because of the choices they offer to the rest of us won't be she says it should be fun if we can keep our sense of humor over the course of the A recycling request recycling because the Patrick Naary The Otymptan JD Ross Leahy 9 Chad Leahy 7 Joan Velikanje and Filemon Bohmer-Tapia 6 (from left) survey an area of Fifth Avenue on Olympia's west aide where residents will plant trees Neighbors join in replacing trees a lack of trees The city of Olympia is acres of trees annually estimates about 44 to city grant from the American Forestry Association for community tree planting as part of the association's effort to plant 100 million trees in urban areas by 1992 Planting trees throughout the community not only has aesthetic value but replenishes the environment By Cindy Brown The Olympian Every time Bethany Weidner looks out ho living room window at her west side Olympia neighborhood she sees a growing problem of urban development is a city In Olympia the tree dwindling said Steve But members of the Westside Neighborhood Association and Weidner its president are planning to do something about that The association was recently awarded $2000 idential i the first i association waa recenuy awaruea i to plant about 100 trees along res-al streets in the neighborhood It is rst group in Washington to win a planner A recent study by the city shows the area has lost 440 acres of trees during the past 10 years mostly to See TreesC2 able was being held Sui bail at Greys Harbor County Jail in Mon-tesano hi investigation of murder officials said Russell Lake of 551 Elma Ilicklin Road died of a shotgun blast at his home before 5 am Saturday said John Greys Harbor County coroner Bcbich said an autopsy will be performed early this week Sheriffs deputies arrested Palmer shortly after the shooting about three miles from home said Dennis Morrisette Grays Harbor Cotuity sheriff The home is about three miles west of McClcary Morrisette said estranged wife Robin was with Lake at the time of the shooting She called authorities to report the incident Palmer allegedly fired the 12-gauge shotgun through a window of Lake's home The alleged weapon was recovered between Lake's home and where Palmer was apprehended Morrisctte said Bradley and Robin Palmer reportedly had been arguing prior to the shooting and recently became estranged Morrisette said Morrisette refused to elaborate on a possible motive saying only were obviously disagreements among the three Morrisette did not discuss what occurred prior to the shooting pending the "court hearing today lie added that the prosecutor would outline the case at hearing Santa to arrive on Amtrak train at new station By Cindy Brown This Olympian When Santa Claus comes to town this year it will be fly train To kick off a dedication of Thurston new Centennial Railroad Station off Yelm Highway Santa will leave his single-occupancy sleigh at the North Pole and arrive at the station Dec 15 at 12:22 pm aboard an Amtrak train Handing out candy canes to kids as he disembarks Santa will be joining festivities marking the completion of the first part of a several-phase $800000 project to build the new train station The station at 6600 Yelm Highway replaces the former East Olympia depot about three miles off Yelm Highway on an isolated site with no telephones lights or bus service and only a wooden shack for a shelter The new station has an 800-foot platform a 36-space park-and-ride lot lights a telephone booth portable toilets ana a bus See SantaC2 nr fn T' i iWirngyi 'M 11 Wtf MW City county join with developer to solve runoff By Mike Oakland The Olympian Thurston County engineers say they believe they have found a temporary solution to a Boulevard Road flooding problem left over from record rainfall When 6 inches of rain fell on the county in a 24-hour period water rushed along Boulevard Road from the Wilderness ana Newcastle housing developments and quickly filled a stormwater retention paid adjacent to the road When the pond filled with silt and rain water flooded the road and flowed onto One home was par- for profit And then I like two South Sound Lions Clubs do it The Olympia Host Lions Club keeps a boxcar parked down on Washington Street near the Yardbirds stores for people to donate waste news The Lacey Sunrise Lions Club also lects paper in three locations: Behind the Food Giant (Pacific and College) at the Yelm Highway Safeway and near the Texaco at South Sound Center The Host Lions try to ship which means you do them a favor (and save them some work) if you dump your newspaper without paper bags or twine wrapped around them But either club will be grateful for your donation The money your paper helps raise goes into community drug awareness and some longtime Lions programs dealing with eyesight Paper donations have slipped some in recent months perhaps because the Mm Bloom The Olympian Sandbags secured runoff last weekend near the comer of Boulevard Road and Wilderness Drive Some residents say development contributed to flooding il Neighbors pointed the finger at Newcastle a 124-unit housing development that already has 30 and 40 homes either completed or under construction Newcastle is inside the Olympia city limits but Wilderness is under county jurisdiction Newcastle developer Dennis Adams said his development is not the only source of runoff in the area the most visible because we are he said the housing development called Sweetbrier truth is there are a lot of new sources of Adams said to Jim Pitchford of the Host Lions board But the good works are no fad they still depend on community support Jsflies HL Sfwwnson runoff into that natural drainage Among those sources are a new elementary school and a second Adams During the past few days neighborhood See RunoffC2 Around South Sound March of Dimes leaders announced The March of Dimes has named two Shelton residents to chair the first annual walk scheduled to April 27 1991 in Shelton Lu Wood as chair of the 1991 walk will oversee the recruitment and organization activities for the event Rosalee Anderson was named TeamWalk chair and will be responsible to recruiting teams from corporations chibs and other organizations The March of Dimes raises fluids to support research education and medical services to help prevent birth defects Meeting today Olympia Hairing Examiner: Meets 10 am City Had coundi chambers 900 Plum St Information 786-5745 Stwtton CRy Commisalon: Meet 3 pm City Hall Third Avenue and Cota Street Information 426-9731 North Thurston School District board of directors: Meets 7:30 pm school district administration office 305 College St Lacey Information 491-4300 The free workshop is scheduled for Wednesday Dec 19 from 4 pm to 8 pm in the Elma City Council chambers All materials will be supplied but the class is limited to 20 people so register now fly calling the library 482-3737 Grays Harbor group has trade show The Grays Harbor Chamber of Commerce has opened registration to exhibitors for its first annual trade show scheduled Feb 9 1991 in the Aberdeen South Shore Mall The chamber has also planned a free workshop to exhibitors to learn special presentation techniques for their exhibits The seminar is scheduled to Jan 8 1991 in the malL The show has a limit of 113 exhibit spaces and it expected to attract over 5000 people For information and reservations for the show or seminar contact the Grays Harbor Chamber of Commerce 506 Dufty Street Aberdeen Wash 98520 or call 532-1924 Summit Lake board presents draft of drinking water study A meeting of the Summit Lake advisory board has been scheduled next week to discuss a draft id the drinking water study Representatives from the consulting firm of Gray and Osborne Inc win present the outline and then be available to take comments and hear questions bum the board and the community The meeting is scheduled for 6:30 pm Wednesday in the Summit Lake Community Club HalL Learn art of origami at Elma library ELMA Learn how to make holiday ornaments using the Japanese art of paper folding at the origami ornament workshop offered fly the Elma Timberland Library 'UMtsCeusiy £34 10 miles Around South Sound is a compilation of news Hems from Thurston Mason Grays Harbor Pierce and Lewis counties It appears daily in the South Sound section.