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PT’s Larry Crockett is set to retire Wednesday BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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Betsy Reed Schultz speaks to the audience at the Captain Joseph House Memorial Service in Port Angeles on Sunday. She is joined by fellow speaker Sarah Vargo.
Captain Joseph House holds commemoration Event honors Memorial Day early in PA BY ROB OLLIKAINEN PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — Betsy Reed Schultz marked the fifth anniversary of her son’s death by hosting a Memorial Day ceremony Sunday at the house that bears his name. Capt. Joseph Schultz was killed May 29, 2011, while serv-
ing as an Army Green Beret in Afghanistan. “This is not just about Joseph Schultz. This is about every man and woman since our country began and we’ve lost — men and women who stepped out to serve to honor their country, to protect, to give us the freedoms that we enjoy,” Schultz said. Schultz and a team of volunteers is converting the former Tudor Inn bed-and-breakfast on Oak Street in Port Angeles into the Captain Joseph House, a refuge for Gold Star families. Gold Star families are parents, siblings, children and
PORT TOWNSEND — The changing of the guard at the Port of Port Townsend will conclude with the installation of a new port director. Sam Gibboney, 54, who was the director of environmental resources/deputy director of public works for San Juan County, will replace Larry Crockett, 68, who is retiring Wednesday after 17 years in the position. “I’m excited about the combination of old and new,” said Gibboney, who lived and worked in Jefferson County for 20 years. “I’m familiar with the community but I’m in a brand new role, and sometimes there is value when someone comes in with a fresh set of eyes.” The port will operate without a director for five days, because Gibboney’s first day will be June
spouses of service members who died while on active duty during wartime in the military. The nonprofit Captain Joseph House Foundation is creating a first-of-its-kind refuge for grieving families of fallen service members. “Every day, that number of Gold Star families grows,” Schultz said. “It’s not ending. It’s not stopping. We have more families today than we did five years ago, more families than we had two days ago.” TURN
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7. Her first port commissioner meeting as director will be June 8. The meeting will begin at 1 p.m. in chambers, 333 Benedict St. Gibboney was offered the position after unanimous approval May 9 from Commissioners Brad Clinefelter, Pete Henke and Steve Tucker. She will receive a $120,000 yearly salary. At his retirement, Crockett earned $126,000.
Breakwater Crockett and Gibboney said one of the most important single issues facing the port is the replacement of the Point Hudson breakwater, which reflects the need for infrastructure rehabilitation. “Most of the marinas on Puget Sound were built in the 1960s and 1970s when land was cheap and permits were easy to get,” Crockett said. TURN
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Outgoing Port of Port Townsend Director Larry Crockett is handing the reins over to Sam Gibboney.
PA shooting suspect in serious condition Sweet remains in Seattle hospital BY ROB OLLIKAINEN PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT ANGELES — James Edward Sweet remained at Harborview Medical Center on Sunday after authorities said he took aim at law enforcement officers east of Port Angeles on Saturday. Sweet, 36, was in serious condition at the Seattle hospital, the Clallam County Sheriff’s Office said. He was initially listed in critical conditions after the gunfight on U.S. Highway 101 at Monroe Road. “As far I know he’s going to be
at Harborview for a bit,” Brian King, Clallam County Sheriff’s Office chief criminal deputy, said Sunday. “But how many days? I don’t know. There are officers at the hospital that are maintaining security of him.” Sweet is under arrest for investigation of attempted murder of a police officer. Harborview officials would not confirm that Sweet was on the patient census Sunday, likely for security reasons, King said. “I’m certain he’s at Harborview,” Clallam County Sheriff Bill Benedict said.
Sweet allegedly fled a traffic stop for suspected reckless driving at about 9:47 a.m. Saturday. Port Angeles Police Officer Whitney Fairbanks initiated the stop at Golf Course Road when Sweet sped east, crashed into a car at Monroe Road, got out of his vehicle and fired at Fairbanks, Port Angeles Deputy Police Chief Brian Smith said.
Officer returns fire Fairbanks was able to get out of her car and return fire. Officer Dallas Maynard and Corp. Kori Malone of the Port Angeles Police Department and sheriff’s Sgt. Shaun Minks arrived at the intersection and also fired return shots.
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Sweet had refused officers’ commands to drop his revolver, Benedict said. Fairbanks and a fellow officer were treated for non-gunshotrelated superficial wounds and released from Olympic Medical Center on Saturday. The other officers involved in the shooting and the driver of the vehicle that Sweet crashed into were not injured. There were no new details about the incident Sunday. “There were probably 50 people who saw that, and you’d be amazed at how differing their accounts are,” Benedict said. The State Patrol is leading the investigation. The gunfight and ensuing
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crime scene investigation snarled traffic on U.S. Highway 101 in both directions until about 9 p.m. Saturday. Ve h i c l e s were diverted Sweet around the Monroe Road intersection to allow investigators to process evidence at a scene littered with bullet casings. “There was a lot of forensic evidence that we have to gather and we don’t want to lose,” said Trooper Russ Winger, State Patrol spokesman.
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