The Olympian from Olympia, Washington • 21

REGIONALNEWSWATCH SECTION FRIDAY JANUARY 19 1996 OUND EDITOR: UNDA GREEN 754-5423 INSIDE: CLASSIFIED AMREPORT LACEY Dog-attack victim nome irom nospitai A 2-year-old Lacey girt who was attacked by a dog was released from a Tacoma hospital last week was re fern KM around the neck and dragged her out of sight of passers-by The man then knocked her to the put a knife to her neck and Rape attempt: Police say they think the rapist will try again after his violent attack on a west Olympia woman injuries and the force he used are extremely said Olympia Police Victim Assistance Coordinator Deanna Bouigault who has been working with the victim The woman suffered abrasions on her neck and severe bruising on her thighs and chest She also suffered a small knife wound in her neck Gies said The woman who was humiliated and in shock after the assault until the following report it to police in the 9:30 pm attack but Gies believes he will strike again Police say they withheld information about the attack until Thursday because the victim was concerned for her safety Gies said He gave the following account of the attempted rape: The man whom the victim did not recognize followed her into the apartment clubhouse where he said he wanted to purchase an item He grabbed her leased Jaa 12 Army Medical Center a hospital spokesman said Kayla was attacked and bitten in the (ace by a Labrador retriever Jan 10 in a Lacey apartment i- Baumgardner suffered cuts to her eyes nose lip and chin and received 200 stitches I A neighbor was I the child when the incident occurred Lacey police said the attack was not provoked The By ear-old dog was put to sleep the following day OLYMPIA Activist Harbury to speak twice today Jennifer Harbuiy author and activist for Central American solidarity will speak twice in Olympia today i Harbuiy was researching a book on Guatemala in 1990 when she met and later married a Guatemalan guerrilla In 1992 her husband disappeared during combat with the Guatemalan army The army said he committed suicide to avoid capture but Harbuiy said she has evidence her husband was tortured until he died By Haidl Uabetrau Tha Olympian An Olympia police detective believes a man who tried to rape an Olympia woman on the west side late last month will try again But so far no similar incidents have been reported in the Thurston County area Detective Russ Gies said the Dec 30 attack at an apartment complex on Black Lake Boulevard near Capital Mall was a violent one The woman was able to fight the man off TRANSPORTATION Steve Meam The Olympian ALL ABOARD: Passengers board the Coast Starlight at Centennial station oft Yelm Highway A community workshop Thursday at the station focused on the future of passenger rail sendee in the state State may bypass Centennial station AT A GLANCE What victims should do Olympia Police Victim Assistance Coordinator Deanna Bourgault said there are four points that rape victims should remember that can aid police in their investigation: Report the rap Immediately Bourgault said making the report is often difficult because of the emotional and physical stress caused by the assault But any delays In reporting the incident could result in critical setbacks in an Investigation she said Sava your clothing a Leave tha scene as It is a Be a good witness Remember details including a precise description of the suspect Shellfish ruling is appealed Shellfish harvest: Waterfront property owners say Juage Edward ruling tramples property rights By John Dodge The Olympian A group representing Puget Sound waterfront property owners is appealing a federal ruling allows treaty tribal members to harvest shellfish on private beaches The appeal by United Property Owners of Washington centers on a ruling by US District Judge Edward Rafeedie that granted 15 treaty tribes harvest rights to half of the naturally-occurring shellfish in Puget Sound If ruling stands tribal diggers could harvest on private beaches and cross private property to reach the beaches in cases where the harvest area is not accessible by boat public roads or rights-of-way decision is unconscionable because it totally tramples the constitutional rights of property said Nancy Marzulla a Washington DC-based groperty rights attorney hired by WSa was the first to appeal the case also claiming private tide-lands and public parks should be off limits to tnbal digging In decisions since ms original ruling Rafeedie has said only commercial shellfish beds will not be open to tribal digging US Supreme Court Meanwhile the tribes will have a written response next week to a state offer to settle the case out of court said Ibqy Fbrsman executive director of the Suquamish Indian Tribe- He declined to offer details of the counter proposal The state I $85 million to boost Puget Soi shellfish production for tribal and public harvest those two structures so we won't put the firefighters in harm's way anymore by having to go into the structure to fight the fire He said the structures could be fitted with sprinklers a deluge system that floods an area with water a dry chemical system or whatever System fits the operations IN THIS SECTION SOUTH SOUND Obituaries C2 Police reports C2 Lottery numbers C2 OUR COMMUNfTIES Gun club appeal! Thurston County commissioners will hear a gun club's appeal after a hearing examiner refuses to reconsider Its request C3 TOMORROW New owners! Residents of Candlewood Manor Mobile Home Park talk about the future now that they are the new owners tireatened her The woman fought as he tried to take her clothes off When he put the knife in his mouth to try to get better control of her she kicked him possibly in the groin because she said he began to wok sick As he got up she grabbed the phone and pretended to call 9-1-1 with the description He threatened to kill her but walked away Gies I i believes the man is local because he walked away from the assault The man also must have visited the clubhouse before because he knew he could buy an item there the detective said $210 million and save about 20 minutes of travel time The Lakeview Branch would cost about $150 million and shave about 16 minutes off the travel time have to consider all the said Stan Suchan spokesman fbr the state Department of Transportation The department is holding 22 such community forums around the state to take public comment about the future of raiL be a shame to bypass the station after all the work the people the little people did to build said GeneDziedzic of Olympia who waa filling out a questionnaire Those who touted rail travel said it offers two advantages: It is a pleasant way to travel and it would ease the burden on other wood ftirniture panel factory on Port of Shelton property at Sanderson Field on Highway 101 The fire ignited a cloud of fine sawdust which then exploded into a fireball long as a railroad said Mason County Fire Marshal Dave Salzer Though central build- COMMUNITY CORNER The Thurston County Health Department Family Planning Program has a teen clinic from 3 to 7 pm Thursdays Teens who need confidential low-cost reproductive health services can set up an appointment Services include pregnancy tests birth control Pip smears and testing fbr sexually transmitted diseases For an appointment or more information call 786-5583 from 3 to 5 pm Monday Wednesday or Friday Community Comer a look at the activities of dubs individuals and charitable organizations in South Sound appears periodically Address items to Community Comer The Olympian RO Box 407 Olympia Wash 98507 day Gies said A sketch artis artist met with the woman to create a drawing of the man The victim said it is an exact match of the suspect Anyone with information on the suspect or the assault is urged to calf Olympia police at 753-8300 or Crimes toppers at 493-2222 -'O forms of transportation far as concerned the away to go for transportation ad of paving over the United said Anne Brooks of Ofympia another volunteer at the station Angus Crocker commutes twice a week from Corvallis Ore to his job as an interim minister in Tenino and loves the pleasant alternative to 1-5 But he said reliability of service is the key to the future of trains Olympia City Councilman Mark Foutch said the only thing wrong with the train plan Is that it happen soon enough to suit him He would like trains to take some of the pressure off Sea-Thc International Airport which is nearing capacity A huge fight is under way over building a third runway at Sea-Tbc ing has dust collection and sprinkler systems to suppress fires the small sawdust and filters next to the building do not job is to go back to (Techwood) and look at how to prevent this from happening Salzer said needs to be some kind of automatic suppression system in MEETING TODAY Tumwater Public Works Comrntt-tee 11 am TUmwater City Hall 555 Israel Road SW 754-5855 Olympia Branch-lhcoma Urban League Inc 5:30 pm Olympia City Hall council chambers 900 Plum St The Olympian publishes meeting notices Monday through Friday Notices on government agencies and other public bodies are accepted Changes In meetings scheduled should be In The Olympian office three business days before the scheduled meeting date Please end notices or changes to: The Olympian Meeting Notices RO Box 407 Olympia 96507 death Guatemalans on the CIA payroll at the time She -has gained international attention I Harbuiy will speak from noon to 1:30 pm in The Evergreen -State College library lobby about her death and the lawsuit and from 7:30 to 9:30 in First United Methodist iurch about the effects of US policy in Guatemala and the politics of solidarity The talks are free Donations will be accepted TUMWATER Ubrary ctoses today in honor of Nichols The Tumwater Timberiand Library will close today in honor of Joyce Nichols who died Saturday of cancer Nichols began her service at the library in 1968 and became head librarian in 1972 She was a guiding force behind the construction of the new Ttimwater library which opened in March of last year The closure' will allow library staff to attend memorial service at 11 am today in the First United Methodist Church The library will reopen Saturday with normal hours OLYMPIA Language expert to speak at Evergreen paVinnunmlwin speak from 9 am to noon Saturday at The Evergreen State College Longhouse Center talk will be called Teachers can Choose Their Language to Promote Cooperation Initiative and Drummund is a professor at Noth Seattle Community College and teaches a class called Verbal Expression in Children? He has been a I teacher and has a ''s of arts degree in special education The talk is free and there are still 40 openings Fbr more information call 866-6000 Ext 6062 OLYMPIA Wyoming blizzard delays Pfetsy Cline The Patsy production scheduled for 7-J0 IM- Nl i Plans revealed: The state is considering rerouting the train route through Roy to save money and time By Bob Parti ow Tha Olympian No one had to convince the people who showed up Thursday at the Centennial train station off Yelm Highway that trains are the best vehicles to start solving the A crowd of Thurston County residents gathered to collect information talk to state officials and see drawings and (dans pointing to a $23 billion 20-year plan for passenger rail service between Vancouver British Columbia Canada and Portland Ore train is the way to go" said Shelton men still recovering from bums in Techwood blaze Harriet Coleman of Olympia who worked on the committee that pushed the new station to completion in May 1993 Like other local train supporters however she hopek state plans do not include a bypass of the new station The state is considering routing future train traffic near Yelm ana through Roy to avoid a time-consuming bottleneck near Point Defiance If that Line" plan were adopted it would bypass the station But another less costly option would create a passenger line starting near the Nisqually Wildlife Refuge traveling along the Interstate 5 corridor The option would continue to use the Centennial station The Prairie Line would cost Swartos volunteer firefighter John Stanley and Techwood worker Joe Reineke were all recovering from burns on their hands faces and necks said hospital officials who could not say when the men would be released Hie men were burned while battling a small sawdust fire at Tech- By Lonine Thompson Tha Olympian Two Mason County firefighters and a factory worker remain in satisfactory condition at Harborview edical Center after being burned Wednesday by a huge fireball at a Shelton furniture factory District 11 Fire Chief Jerry WE WANT TO KNOW Nontraditional families Are you a member of a nontraditional family? Who do you consider a member of your family? How have you dealt with people who don't accept your unusual family structure? for the Performing Arts has been rescheduled The production company per forming the show has been delayed by a blizzard in Wyoming The show will run at 8 pm on Sunday in the center 1 Exchanges or refunds for other events will be issued until ffeb 17 Ticket holders need to bring their tickets to the box office or mail them to The Washington Center for the Perform-ing Arts 512 Washington St Olympia Wash 98501 Tickets for canceled show will be honored fbr the Sunday performance I CORRECTION A feature on Montana ranch vacations which was promoted on the cover of today's ETO will run in next edition of the magazine Olympian staff Nsmai Cltv: -PhgffL Please leal free to submit your reply on another sheet of paper Send your response by Friday to Nontraditional families co The Olympian PO Box 407 Olympia Wash 98507 or fax them to 357-0202 Ybur an-ba published In a aware may future edition of The Olympian.