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HOQUIAM SENDS EMS LEVY OUT FOR SECOND TRY
The City of Hoquiam is hoping for better results the second time. The city will run it's Emergency Medical Services levy during a special election scheduled for April 27th. Public Safety Committee Chair Paul McMillan says the only difference between the new levy and one that failed by one vote last month is language identifying the measure as a replacement levy and not a new tax. The measure would raise $200-thousand per year over the next six years or the equivalent of the salaries and benefits of three firefighters.
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CALLS FOR POLICE SERVICE RISE IN HOQUIAM
Crime numbers in the City of Hoquiam were on the rise in 2009. In the annual police report released this week, Chief Jeff Myers says the calls for service in Hoquiam were up from 415 in 2008 to 500 in 2009. Specifically, Myers pointed to burglaries increased from 71 to 111 while robberies jumped from three to 11 along with one homicide. Myers says the robberies and homicide were often linked to drug buys gone bad. However, the crime totals were still well below the 677 that occurred in 2005 and the 517 in 2006.
ABERDEEN SCHOOLS BEGIN TO GATHER SUPERINTENDENT CANDIDATES
The search for the replacement for the retiring Marty Kay continues in Aberdeen. The Aberdeen School Board will conduct a special meeting in executive session at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 10, and again at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, March 13, for the purpose of evaluating and discussing the qualifications of applicants for the position of superintendent. From that, they expect to form the final list of possible replacements.
INJURED GIRL IMPROVES TO SATISFACTORY CONDITION
A two year old Aberdeen girl has improved to satisfactory condition at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The girl was injured when a minivan plowed into the Boone Street 7-11 in South Aberdeen on Friday afternoon. The girl was airlifted to Seattle in critical condition on Friday but was upgraded to serious condition on Saturday and today, spokeswoman Susan Gregg-Hanson says her condition improved to satisfactory. Investigators are still looking into what caused the driver of the minivan (a 57 year old Hoquiam man) to plunge through the convenience store before coming to rest against the back wall. Also injured was the girls 30 year old mother, who was treated and released from Community Hospital on Friday.
SCHOUWEILER INTERSECTION PLANNERS SELECTED BY COMMISSIONERS
Improvements to the Schouweiler Road-SR 12 intersection at the East County Industrial Park will be designed by the firm of Shea, Carr and Jewel in Olympia. Commissioner Terry Willis says the main feature of the design will be to install new exit and entrance lanes to allow trucks to more easily enter and exit the park without being a hazard to local traffic. The final cost of the construction has yet to be determined but the county will pay $25,000 to the firm for the design project.
LEGISLATURE APPROVES TOLL USED PLAN FOR 520 REPLACEMENT
The state Legislature has approved a plan to expand the way tolls can be spent on the State Route 520 replacement project. On a 37-10 vote Monday, the Senate concurred with changes made in the House. The measure now goes to Gov. Chris Gregoire. Originally, tolls collected for the 520 project were only supposed to be spent on the main bridge itself. But the bill was modified in the House to allow tolls to pay for additional projects that are considered part of the overall 520 replacement.
ON TO STATE!!! ELMA LADY'S GAMES ON KXRO NEWSRADIO
The Elma Eagle ladies basketball team will play in the 2A State Tournament in Yakima this week starting on Wednesday afternoon at 4PM against Squailicom. Catch all the action on KXRO Newsradio 1320 AM and 107.5 FM.
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