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PENINSULA DAILY NEWS May 19 19,, 2016 | 75¢
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Missing worker search still on
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Sonar, mini-sub look near bridge BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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Shae Pozarzycki works out on a homemade strength-training structure behind his Port Angeles home, a device he used in preparation for an appearance on the “American Ninja Warrior” television show.
‘Northwest Ninja’ vies for $1M in televised contest Shae Pozarzycki, 24, competing on NBC’s ‘Warrior’ BY ARWYN RICE PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — A Port Angeles man known to fellow trainers as the Northwest Ninja is competing in a televised athletic game show in which he could win $1 million. Shae Pozarzycki, 24, competed for season eight of television’s “American Ninja Warrior” in Oklahoma City on
Friday and Saturday — but said he is contractually refrained from revealing the results before the show airs. Pozarzycki is a Port Angeles High School graduate, Roughrider Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) fitness team alumni and U.S. Army veteran. Viewers can find out if he made it to the next round by watching the show each Wednesday beginning June 1 on NBC. The date of the episode that will show Pozarzycki’s round of competition was not known this week. “I will be in Las Vegas for the finals in June, either to compete or to show support for [my new friends],” he said. The final round of the competition
will be held June 15-20 and filmed to be aired at a later date.
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SHINE — A search for a state Department of Transportation employee and his vehicle after reports that a car had gone off the Hood Canal Bridge on Monday night had found nothing by Wednesday afternoon. A Department of Transportation bridge maintenance technician’s personal vehicle is believed to have breached a pedestrian cable railing on the lower deck of the bridge while leaving his work shift Monday evening, Roger Millar, acting secretary of transportation, has said. The search began at about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday in an area of the canal estimated to be between 350 feet and 400 feet deep. The person has been identified as a man, but his name, age and personal details are being withheld at the family’s request, according to Millar. The search continued until about 1 a.m. Wednesday, when it was suspended because of swift currents, said Trooper Russ Winger, State Patrol spokesman.
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“American Ninja Warrior” is an athletic game show on NBC in which contestants power through timed races. It includes parkour routes — parkour is a method of physical training that develops the ability to overcome obstacles — balance challenges, freeclimbing walls and obstacles that require the competitor to make awkward leaps or dangle from shifting or spinning ropes, ladders or hoops without falling to mats or the water below. TURN
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Searchers began again at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday and were attempting to identify new targets to check using sonar and a remote-controlled submersible, Winger said. They had exhausted all targets by 4 p.m. Wednesday, Winger said, adding that it is unknown when the search will continue. The missing employee was the last person on the bridge crew to depart 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. TURN
PA ethics code changing Council narrows ordinance’s scope BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — The city ethics code has been revised amid calls by some City Council members to overhaul the ordinance. Ethics code complaints have been filed against all seven council members over actions they took at prior meetings, where there was vigorous public comment, primarily about fluoridation of city water.
Narrow scope Council members voted 5-1 Tuesday to narrow the scope of the ordinance, with Councilman
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Lee Whetham voting no and Councilman Brad Collins absent because he was out of town. The change in the ethics code removes a provision under which council members could be targeted with multiple complaints for the same behavior. “Once the [ethics] board has concluded its proceedings, no other complaints or claims may be made against the same public official alleging a violation for conduct arising from the same act or course of conduct,” according to the newly worded ordinance. Whetham said at Tuesday’s meeting that the revision was not enough.
“I’ve got a problem with this ethics code in its entirety,” he said. “I think it’s ill-conceived and definitely full of holes. “I would rather not support any type of changes until we have had a larger conversation about this entire code.” Though Councilman Michael Merideth joined the majority, he agreed with Whetham that more should be done. “This, to me, is a temporary cover until we can address the entire ethics section,” Merideth said. Councilman Dan Gase, who participated by speakerphone and also voted for the change, called it a single fix for a single issue. TURN
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Another hopeful in commission race BY PAUL GOTTLIEB PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — One new candidate has filed for a county position open in the general election. Former reality TV star Gabe Rygaard of Port Angeles is auditioning for Clallam County commissioner. Rygaard filed Wednesday as a Republican to run for the four-year, Port Angeles-area District 2 seat being vacated by longtime Democrat Mike Chapman and also being sought by Democrat Ron Rich-
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ards, a former commissioner. There were no other new filings Friday for three judgeships open on Clallam County Superior Court, the three seats in the 24th Legislative District delegation and one position on the Clallam County Public Utility District board of commissioners. Candidate filing week for the Nov. 8 election ends Friday. Rygaard’s family-owned Rygaard Logging Inc. was featured on History Channel’s “Ax Men.” TURN
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