The Columbian from Vancouver, Washington • 17

The Columbian Clark Comity and the region -T A A1 ARCH 8 00 5 dess tat home aiM mew Body by tracks was that of woman who felt a warm kindness By JOHN BRANTON Columbian staff writer and needed a sleeping bag or tent will help" the sign read Kelly Gorby driving from Interstate 5 on her way to Clark College figured Taalid was cold Gorby stopped her car and went back Taking off a blue jacket that was only a week old Gorby walked toward Taalid Taalid shrugged off die red blanket been wearing and accepted the gift Then she raised her sign again The act of random kindness was caught by Columbian photographer Janet Mathews After taking several photos Mathews talked to Thalid Police say investigating her death as a homicide They have not revealed how she died Taalid whose maiden name was Mjor was born and raised in Frazee Minn about 50 miles east of Fargo ND said her cousin A1 Schrock a Fargo trucking company manager Schrock said he know Taalid was homeless He said she came to Vancouver with her husband but he heard they separated Gorby after giving away her jacket on that cold winter day said she had plenty of others at home would choose the circumstances that put her Gorby said then think for a moment she felt like someone Taalid said been homeless in Vancouver about a year and said it takes several sleeping bags to keep warm and a tarp to keep dry She was getting her mail at Share House and motorists gave her food She got a disability check she said but it didn't cover first and last rent rough fife came to an end recently Thursday morning a homeless man found her body beneath a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Kailway overpass near West Third and Washington streets She carried no identification It was Monday before Vancouver police said they identified her by her fingerprints and tattoos She was 43 As Lori Taalid stood holding her cardboard sign along a Vancouver freeway offramp on a frigid December afternoon her face was lined and weathered but it showed dignity and determination Life was about to deal Thalid a hopeful card though her luck soon would run out On Dec 2 a Battle Ground woman drove by and saw sign saying she was and Lori ATaafid Found dead Thursday JANET MATHEWWCotunMan Net Keffy Gorby gave Lori Taafid her coat on a coM December afternoon Mount St Helens did I do to deserve Early morning raid Ms to uncover suspected meth lab By JEFFREY MIZE Columbian staff writer Riggins said police smashed most of the windows when they entered the residence Police ordered him onto the floor even though it was Uttered with broken glass and he didn't have any clothes on he said Police pulled pants onto his body and placed him and his wife in handcuffs into the back of police cars he said tore my house apart" he said "Then they got me out of the car released me and drove away And this is all over someone saying there was a big meth lab" Kilian declined to discuss if an informant gave police faulty information or even if police depended on an informant to obtain a search warrant not going to get into that" he said case is still under investigation" Kilian said about 40 officers participated in the search Both the Southwest Washington Regional and Washington State Patrol SWAT teams assisted in the search revealing some of our intelligence information there was information regarding possible weapons in the house" Kilian said There was information that the residence was possibly The home is attached to the Street Laundromat Riggins said the home had been used to manufacture meth when he bought the property a year and a half ago He said police might have found a small bag with drug residue Monday that could have been left over from the nefarious past "They killed my business with he said about search which resulted in coverage on morning TV news took all this time for STEVE SCMLUNGUS Geological Surwy This aerial photograph taken Feb 22 shows the severely cracked east arm of the glacier at Mount St Helens with the whaleback-shaped extrusion of lava towering above It The glacier has been named Tulutsoii Chris Riggins said he was asleep Monday morning when his slumber was interrupted by the sounds of glass shattering and police officers shouting woke up to guns in my face cops coming through the windows" he said flying all over the place and them screaming at me to get down on the floor or I will be Officers from the Clark-Ska-mania Drug Task Force assisted by two SWAT teams stormed Vancouver home 3813 St at about 6:20 am Monday Keith Kilian the task commander said police seized a small amount of suspected methamphetamine and syringes but they did not uncover a meth lab had some information that led us to believe that we would find that but that the case" Kilian said Riggins 45 said police find a meth lab because he manufacture sell or use meth There anything going on here at he said hours later as he looked over his possessions strewn across the floor did I do to deserve Riggins said he was arrested for manufacturing meth in Colorado in 1979 but police didn't seem to know that during search only thing they told me is that an informant told them it was a big meth lab and he said my The Crater Glacier: tulutson By ERIK ROBINSON Columbia staff writer its official name a Cowlitz Indian word for ice happens to be a Cowlitz tribal elder acknowledged the glacier may not survive the ongoing extrusion of lava onto the floor The east arm of the glacier in particular already is severely warped by the steady mag-madriven uplift that began lak fall But public interest in the volcano is spiking this year due to the renewed rumblings and the 25th anniversary Tulutson Glacier will be the official name of the new glacier nestled in the crater of Mount St Helens at least so long as the formation continues to exist The Washington State Board on Geographic Names last week selected Tulutson the Cowlitz Indian word for ice among a list of four finalists The board unanimously se- lected Tulutson over the names Crater Spirit and Tamanawas a loose tribal translation meaning Board member Roy Wilson who POLICE back page TULUTSON back page Battle Ground bond measures go to voters By AMY MCFALL PRINCE Columbia staff writer VOTING DETAILS Foing place are open 7 am to 8 pm today Absentee ballots being mailed must be postmarked no later than today In order to be counted Ballots can also be dropped off at the Clark County elections office 1406 Franklin St Vancouver Also construction of a new high school was not on last ballot About 23 percent of the 12000 students attend classes in portable buildings Enrollment is expected to top 14000 students within five years Proposition A would cost property owners $126 per $1000 of assessed value Proposition would cost property owners 12 cents per $1000 of assessed value school in the Amboy or Yacolt area That would cost voters $195 million Approval of the second proposition is contingent on the first one passing Bond measures which typically pay for construction require 60 percent approval to pass This is the second try at relieving its cramped facilities since a housing construction boom has brought hundreds of new families to the area In May 58 percent of voters approved a $549 million bond issue leaving it just BATTLE GROUND Battle Ground School District voters will decide today on two bond measures to remodel replace and build new schools On thus election day voters are asked two spending questions The first Proposition A would cost taxpayers $63 million and would build four new schools replace three others and upgrade manymore buddings Proposition would fund the construction of a new high DAVE OLSONAha Columbian two percentage points shy of passing The cost difference in this bond package is attributed to rising construction prices Chris Regius looks over his possessions which were strewn over the floor Monday after the Clark-Skamania Drug Task Force raided his Rosemere home earfier in the day VOTING back page your Guide: Coming Wednesday: Crackdown on license cheats advances in Legislature C3 Opinion Thomas Sowefl: Political correctness running rampant in media and schools C7 The Northwest: Washington Supreme Court hears gay marriage arguments today C2 C-Tran ponders bus route cuts Cl Cowlitz Tribe affirms interest in attracting NASCAR track C5 -H -VVJIf rife 'i st oyh JS.