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PENINSULA DAILY NEWS March 23, 2016 | 75¢

Port Townsend-Jefferson County’s Daily Newspaper

Jefferson pursues road grants the hillside where the road traverses that has accelerated in recent months,” said County Administrator Philip Morley. “The pace of the slide has overtaken our ability to maintain it,” he said, adding, “It is a matter of and that barely navigable, accord- time before the road becomes ing to one of the residents who impassable.” depends upon the road. If both lanes are closed, access Emergency declaration could be cut off for several famiOn Monday, county commislies who live off it — at least until sioners unanimously approved a the new road is built. declaration of emergency for Efforts to restore the road have Undie Road that will serve as been unsuccessful, county officials support material for the grant said. requests the county expects to Commissioners passed a resolumake for the construction of an tion Feb. 16 closing the road to all alternate route around the MONTE REINDERS but local traffic and mail service, affected area. A stretch of Undie Road near Forks was damaged by fall but even that is now threatened. TURN TO ROAD/A6 and winter storms. “We’ve had a gradual slide of

Undi Road near Forks is in danger of closing BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS

FORKS — Jefferson County officials are seeking grants to build a new $1 million road to replace a stretch of Undie Road in West Jefferson County that could be permanently closed to residents. The 0.8-mile stretch of Undie Road on the north bank of the Bogachiel River was severely damaged during fall and winter storms. It is now reduced to one lane,

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Homelessness issue on tap for discussion BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS

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PORT TOWNSEND — Representatives of a group seeking housing for homeless people after the winter shelter closes plan to meet with management of the Jefferson County Fairgrounds and county Commissioner David Sullivan today to discuss alternatives. All parties want to avoid contentious feelings that arose last year, when the winter shelter closed and homeless activists set up a tent city, said Barbara Morey, a member of the Affordable Housing Action Group. Morey said she wants to improve the relationship between her group and the Jefferson County Fairgrounds management, which reluctantly allowed the homeless to camp there last year. The winter shelter closes April 1. TURN

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3 arrested in alleged kidnapping in Forks Police: Man assaulted over drugs BY CHRISTI BARON OLYMPIC PENINSULA NEWS GROUP

FORKS — Two men and a woman are accused of kidnapping and torturing a man in Forks. The alleged victim, James King of La Push, told police he had been picked up March 14, according to a probable-cause statement filed in Clallam County Superior Court. He said he was held against his will overnight in a mobile home in Forks, where he was punched, hit with a flashlight, threatened with a blowtorch and told his ear would be cut off if he

didn’t provide information about stolen marijuana. Forks police arrested Forks resident Joseph Angel Garza, 26; La Push resident Sarah Ellisyn Burnside, 20; and Forks resident Curtis Price, 51, for investigation of first-degree kidnapping, second-degree assault and unlawful imprisonment.

Court appearance Garza was charged Monday with second-degree assault with a deadly weapon, second-degree assault with a deadly weapon with a deadly weapon enhancement,

unlawful imprisonment, intimidating a witness and heroin possession. He pleaded not guilty to the charges Monday. Superior Court Judge Christopher Melly set a May 9 trial date and an April 8 status hearing for Garza. Garza was being held Tuesday in the Clallam County jail on $30,000 bail. Burnside was charged Monday with one count of unlawful imprisonment. She will be arraigned at 1:30 p.m. Friday. Melly on Monday denied a request from defense attorney Larry Freedman to release Burnside on her personal recognizance. Burnside was being held TuesNEW 2016 Jeep

day on $10,000 bail. Price was charged Monday with single counts of second-degree assault-solicitation, intentional assault/reckless infliction of substantial bodily harm and unlawful imprisonment-solicitation. He will be arraigned at 9 a.m. Friday. Price posted a $30,000 bail bond Friday and was ordered to have no contact with the alleged victim, court papers said. King did not report the kidnapping and assault until last Wednesday, making his initial report to La Push police and later speaking with Forks police. He told Forks Officers Donald Ponton and Michael Gentry he delayed because he feared Garza

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Garza also said Price paid him to beat up King and “would pay him more if he did certain things like send a photo of James or break a rib,” the police report said. “Joseph stated that he was offered drugs and money to find his stolen marijuana and hurt the people who took it,” the police report said. TURN

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