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Scientists closing in on mystery of auklets’ deaths About 400 of the birds have washed ashore since May BY JESSE MAJOR
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PORT TOWNSEND — Scientists are getting closer to understanding why hundreds of rhinoceros auklets, a seabird closely related to puffins, have been found dead in the eastern part of the Strait of Juan de Fuca. They may have starved. About 400 emaciated birds have washed ashore on beaches west of Port Angeles, near Victoria, and as far east as Whidbey Island since May, said conservation biologist Peter Hodum, an associate professor at the University of Puget Sound.
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Former teacher pleads guilty BY MATTHEW NASH
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SEQUIM — Douglas John Allison, former principal and teacher at Mountain View Christian School in Sequim, faces 24 years in prison after pleading guilty to molesting and raping two of his students. Allison, 55, accepted a plea offer in Clallam County Superior Court on Thursday. He pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree child molestation and two counts of first-degree rape of a child against two students. Michele Devlin, Clallam County chief criminal deputy prosecuting attorney, Allison recommended 288 months in prison — or 24 years — along with Allison losing the right to own a firearm and vote unless allowed by the court upon release.
Necropsies of some of the birds performed by the U.S. Geological Survey National Wildlife Health Center showed the birds may have died from bacterial pneumonia. What isn’t clear is whether they first caught pneumonia then starved, or if the birds couldn’t find food and then became more susceptible to pneumonia, Hodum said. TO
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An adult rhinoceros auklet returns to Protection Island, left, with a bill full of sandlance to feed its chick. Since May, scientists have been trying to figure out why hundreds of the birds are washing ashore in the eastern part of the Strait. The auklets make their burrows in scrub brush, right.
Sentencing is set for 9 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 14, in Superior Court at the Clallam County Courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port Angeles. If he is sentenced to 24 years and serves the full term, he would be 79 upon his release. Devlin said victims and family members will read testimony at the sentencing hearing. TURN
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Woman, 33, charged with robbery, attempt Bail set at $35,000 on two counts BY PAUL GOTTLIEB
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FORKS — A woman who allegedly threatened to infect a store clerk with AIDS while attempting to rob the Forks 76 gas station pleaded not guilty Thursday to separate counts of robbery and attempted robbery. Bail of $35,000 on the charges was set in Clallam County Superior Court for Jennifer Sue Holmes, 33, of Forks, whose next court appearance is set on Aug. 26 for a status hearing. Holmes was arrested without incident at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at a Forks residence.
Police said she also robbed the La Michoacana grocery store Tuesday at gunpoint and took $300. The owner of the grocery store described the robber to a neighboring business owner who said the description matched that of a woman who was in her own store and provided the police with video surveillance footage. Police traced Holmes to the residence after receiving information that her boyfriend was seen walking to it. The charges stem from incidents early Sunday morning and early Tuesday evening that are described in a Forks Police
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without giving her anything, according to the report. Holmes told police that she robbed the La Michoacana grocery store, 21 S. Spartan Ave., at about 7:10 p.m. Tuesday “to get money for drugs,” according to the report. She entered the store and “held what was described as a black pistol to the store employee,” threatening to shoot the employee if she did not give Holmes money
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Department report authored by Officer Michael Gentry. Holmes matched the descriptions that police were given of the perpetrator in each of the incidents and admitted to committing the crimes, according to the report. In the first incident, police were dispatched to the Evergreen 76 gas station at 490 N. Forks Ave. at 4 a.m. Sunday after a woman walked into the convenience store holding a hypodermic needle. “She threatened to stick the employee with a hypodermic needle infected with AIDS,” and demanded money from the till, Gentry said in the report. Holmes told police the male clerk told her to “get out and get,”
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from the cash register, according to the police report. Holmes left with about $300, telling police later that the gun “wasn’t a real gun and stated she hid it in the woods.” Holmes led police to a trail in Forks where she identified a bag she said contained clothing she wore in the robbery and a pellet or BB gun that Gentry said looked like a Beretta-style semi-automatic pistol and included a removable magazine. It would have seemed functional to anyone threatened with it, he said. Holmes told police she decided to rob the La Michoacana because “a lady was easier to rob,” according to Gentry’s report.
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