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PENINSULA DAILY NEWS July 19, 2016 | 75¢
Port Townsend-Jefferson County’s Daily Newspaper
Police seek suspects in PA assault
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Man struck, injured in racially motivated crime BY JESSE MAJOR PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
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Colin Coker, 18, and Raven Pope, 21, are working in a variety of positions as Jefferson PUD summer interns.
PUD interns get charge from electrical work Students gain experience on variety of tasks BY CHARLIE BERMANT PENINSULA DAILY NEWS
PORT HADLOCK — Two recent Port Townsend High School graduates have landed summer jobs close to home, working as interns at the Jefferson County Public Utility District. “We are between where energy is created and where it’s dispersed,� said Raven Pope, a 2013 graduate now seeking an electrical engineering degree at Western Washington University.
“We see where everything comes from, and where it goes.� Pope, 21, and Colin Coker, 18, a 2015 graduate who is studying mechanical engineering at Washington State University, are performing a variety of tasks. “Some days we’ll spend 10 hours doing paperwork, others we will spend 10 hours out in the field working on transformers,� Coker said. “I have been able to use a lot of the skills I learned this year in school, like programming in Excel and using different CAD programs.� Pope and Coker receive $13 an hour for three 10-hour days per week and never know what they will be doing when they arrive at work in the morning.
Because the local PUD is smaller than a municipal utility, the pair fills in where needed. On one occasion, the pair went through 15 boxes of paperwork searching out deeds having to do with a disputed easement. PUD Manager Jim Parker said the interns were hired to help with paperwork and whatever tasks within their skill set need to be done. Parker said it would be several years before they could return as full employees due to education, licensing and experience requirements. The intern program has been used once, in 2014, when the PUD hired an accounting major who helped to set up accounts, Parker said.
PORT ANGELES –– City police are looking for a man who allegedly struck someone in the face several times in an unprovoked and racially motivated assault early Sunday morning, police said. “We would like the public to help in solving this crime, and we’re taking this very seriously,� said Sgt. Jason Viada. “We do not want people to think this kind of thing represents Port Angeles.� Officers are looking for a white male, 18 to 19 years old and about 5 feet, 10 inches tall. The suspect could face charges for malicious harassment, a class C felony. At least one other person could face a charge of rendering criminal assistance. At about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, someone reported he had been assaulted near 11th and Cedar Streets.
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fficers are looking for a white male, 18 to 19 years old and about 5 feet, 10 inches tall. The suspect could face charges for malicious harassment, a class C felony. At least one other person could face a charge of rendering criminal assistance. Anyone with any information about the suspects or case is asked to call the Port Angeles Police Department at 360-452-4545.
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at least one vehicle and one suspect and are actively seeking information from all people who were present. The victim was transported to Olympic Medical Center after suffering contusions and abrasions to his face, and he was later released. Anyone with any information about the suspects or case is asked to call the Port Angeles Police Department at 360-4524545. They can also provide information anonymously by going to the “Online Crime Reporting� tab on the Port Angeles Police Department website, http://tinyurl. com/PDN-police, and clicking on the “Anonymous Crime Tips� link.
A group of people, who the victim didn’t know, shouted insults at him. Then one member of the group struck him in the face several times, Viada said. Viada said that based on the what the group was saying to the victim, the attack is thought to be racially motivated. He declined to detail what was said to the victim or provide his race. After the attack, the group fled in several vehicles before law enforcement arrived. Officers ________ searched the area for the suspect, other members of the group and Reporter Jesse Major can be reached vehicles. at 360-452-2345, ext. 56250, or at jmajor@ Police have information about peninsuladailynews.com.
Navy: No impact Fest makes registers ring estimated in sonar decision Revenue at $500,000 for PT Court says testing wrongly allowed
BY CHARLIE BERMANT
BY PENINSULA DAILY NEWS AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PORT TOWNSEND — Along with its cultural opportunities, the Port Townsend Film Festival generates significant income to city merchants, according to information presented to a business audience Monday. “We found that each attendee spends at least $400 during the CHARLIE BERMANT/PENINSULA DAILY NEWS three days they are here, which Port Townsend Film Festival special guests, from left, is huge,� PTFF Marketing Direc- Chris Cooper, Marianne Leone Cooper and Beau Bridges tor Jan Halliday said. greet the crowd at the opening of the Port Townsend
SAN FRANCISCO — A recent federal appeals court ruling will have no immediate impact on warfare-related sonar testing and training activities by the U.S. Navy off the Northwest coast, a Navy spokeswoman said Monday. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday ruled that the Navy was wrongly allowed to use sonar in the nation’s oceans that
could harm whales and other marine life. The court reversed a lower court decision upholding approval granted in 2012 for the Navy to use low-frequency sonar for training, testing and routine operations. The five-year approval covered peacetime operations in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Oceans, and the Mediterranean Sea. TURN
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