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DOT worker presumed dead notifications occur,” Millar said. “We all know our jobs involve potential danger,” he wrote. “It’s heartbreaking when that danger becomes a reality and, in Transportation employee. Acting Secretary of Transpor- an instant, changes lives forever.” tation Roger Millar said in an email to Department of Transpor- Recovery operation tation employees that there were Winger has referred to the indications that a Department of search as a recovery rather than a Transportation bridge mainte- rescue operation. nance technician’s personal vehi“We have found a few possible cle had breached a pedestrian targets using sonar and an cable railing on the lower deck of unmanned submersible, but we the Hood Canal Bridge while haven’t gotten a target location,” leaving his work shift Monday Winger said. evening. As of late Tuesday, no sign of The person is not being identi- the vehicle had been reported. fied “out of respect for our colThe search began at about league’s family . . . until proper 7:30 a.m. Tuesday after reports of
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SHINE — A search for a state worker presumed dead after a vehicle plunged off the Hood Canal Bridge on state Highway 104 is expected to continue today after an unsuccessful search Tuesday. Cranes and other heavy equipment were expected to arrive onsite late that night, Trooper Russ Winger, State Patrol spokesman, said Tuesday. The person is thought to be a missing state Department of
a car going off the side of the floating bridge. The water in that area is 350 to 400 feet deep, he said. The missing employee was the last person on the bridge crew to depart on Monday evening, and a welfare check at his home showed he did not return home that night, according to Petty Officer George Degner, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman in Seattle.
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Susan Whitmire, left, of Port Townsend Rotary, gives a $29,578 check to Dee Dee Spann, the director of programs and services at Dove House. The money is earmarked to renovate the women’s shelter.
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Dove House plans shelter renovation with grant Dee Spann, the director of programs and services at Dove House. The money was raised by the Rotary Club during its annual “Fund a Cause” campaign, according to Susan Whitmire, the club’s incoming president. Whitmire presented the check to Spann at the club meeting Tuesday. BY CHARLIE BERMANT The money will be put into use PENINSULA DAILY NEWS immediately, Spann said. “We need to refurbish the shelter PORT TOWNSEND — A $29,578 donation from Port Townsend Rotary to because it’s getting a little old and tired,” Spann said. Dove House Advocacy Services will be “We need new counters and floors used to rehabilitate the shelter for and [to] address some safety issues, domestic violence survivors. “This is a very generous community, such as the windows that aren’t strong enough to keep people out.” but I don’t think we’ve ever received anything this generous before,” said Dee Dove House is a registered provider
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of emergency shelter, advocacy and therapy services for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. It also is a crime victim service center. Offices are at 1045 10th St. The shelter’s location is confidential. The shelter can hold up to 16 people at a time, including children, Spann said. Once domestic violence survivors leave the shelter and begin to put their lives together, they participate in a 10-week class about financial responsibility taught by Whitmire. “Some of these ladies have never learned how to balance a checkbook, plan a budget or even go on a short trip,” Whitmire said. TURN
PORT ANGELES — The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office referred a perjury complaint against Port Angeles Deputy Mayor Cherie Kidd to the state Attorney General’s Office after Special Investigator Bob Gebo cut short his review. Assistant Attorney General Scott Marlow said Tuesday afternoon that he received the case and could not estimate how long it will take to make a decision. “It depends on what I’ve got as to whether we need to do any additional investigation or not,” Marlow said. Undersheriff Joe Nole Nole said that Gebo hand-delivered materials, including interviews with Kidd and Port Angeles City Attorney Bill Bloor, to the Seattle branch of the Attorney General’s Office.
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