Incumbent Golden has 36.1 percent of the votes cast and counted; Challenger Meyer has 63.2 percent
Q: What do these numbers tell you?
A: “In reality nothing,” Meyer said. “It tells me it’s still the beginning of the campaign, we still have till November.”
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Incumbent Golden has 36.11 percent of the votes cast and counted; Challenger Meyer has 63.23 percent
Q: What do these numbers tell you?
A: “It’s not surprising given not very many people knew very much about this race until about a week after the ballots came out,” Golden said. “This is not a surprising result for the primary.”
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Firefighters in Mossyrock put water on what's left of a mobile home that caught fire Sunday morning. Left to right: Quentin Rhodes, Shannon Simon and Marty Majors. / Photo by Shelly Rhodes
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A Mossyrock-area man lost his home to a fire yesterday morning but luckily he had taken his little dog with him when he left to go get breakfast and buy cigarettes, according to responders.
Patrick Sipp returned to his residence on the 300 block of Birley Road to find firefighters extinguishing the blaze that destroyed his mobile home.
Lewis County Fire District 3 Chief Matt Hadaller said neighbors saw light smoke but thought someone was burning brush or something so it went on for as much as 20 minutes before the fire department got there. The home was fully involved in flames when Hadaller arrived after the approximately 9:40 a.m. call.
Almost 30 firefighters from Mossyrock, Morton and Salkum put the fire out and managed to save a garage housing a Harley Davidson, according to Hadaller.
The cause is being investigated but it doesn’t seem suspicious, fire investigator Adam Myer said this morning.
District 3 called upon the Red Cross to assist the resident. He had insurance, Hadaller said.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Members of three other fire departments joined Lewis County Fire District 6 yesterday to battle a blaze that destroyed an Adna home.
The two-story, wood frame house was vacant but being used for storage by its owners, according to fire investigator Adam Myer. It had no electricity to it, he said.
The rural Chehalis fire department called just before 5:25 p.m. to the 300 block of Brockway Road was joined by firefighters from Chehalis, Napavine and Boistfort.
Myer said it appeared to have started from a nearby shed. The house was a complete loss, he said, and the fire not suspicious.
Earlier Sunday morning, members of the same four fire departments responded to another fire in Adna not long after midnight.
A detached garage at the 500 block of Twin Oaks Road was destroyed, according to District 6 Chief Bud Goodwillie.
The Washington State Patrol is reporting three agency employees died in an early morning house fire in Yakima County.
The federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is joining the sheriff’s office, local fire officials and the state patrol investigating the blaze near Zillah.
The state patrol identifies the three as:
• Trooper Gary Miller, 55, assigned to the Sunnyside detachment since his commission in 1990.
• His wife, Anna Miller-Hewitt who led the 911 center in Wenatchee and was hired by the WSP in 1987.
• Trooper Kristopher Sperry, 30, who graduated with the June 2010 Trooper Basic Class, receiving the top fitness award. Originally from Eureka, Montana.
You can read the newspaper’s most recent story at www.yakima-herald.com
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
Four people were hospitalized after two motorcycles wrecked on Interstate 5 yesterday near Napavine and shut down the northbound lanes for a period of time.
The driver of a 2007 Harley Davidson was airlifted to Tacoma General Hospital with head injuries and his wife who was his passenger taken by ambulance to Providence Centralia Hospital, according to Lewis County Fire District 5.
Troopers were called about 12:05 p.m. to just south of the Napavine and state Route 508 interchange. The investigating trooper reported Timothy J. Martwick, 50, of Arlington, braked for slowing traffic and his motorcycle went onto its side coming to rest in the middle lanes. He is listed in critical condition this morning, according to a hospital spokesperson.
The state patrol only noted one motorcycle’s involvement in its collision memo yesterday evening about the incident.
District 5 Chief Eric Linn said a pair on a second motorcycle were also taken to Providence. They were part of a group of three motorcycles returning home from a trip to Las Vegas, Linn said.
The fire department was assisted by paramedics from Lewis County Fire District 6 and an ambulance from District 15. A Salkum firefighter in the backup and a physician also offered help, Linn said.
The state patrol reported yesterday the cause remains under investigation.
By Sharyn L. Decker
Lewis County Sirens news reporter
A single-vehicle crash about a mile east of Toledo yesterday left one man dead at the scene.
The Washington State Patrol was called about 12:20 p.m. to the collision near Salmon Creek Road. The southbound car had failed to negotiate a curve to the left, went off the highway to the right, struck several trees and came to rest at the bottom of a steep embankment on its side, according to authorities.
The occupant was described by the state patrol as a male whose identity wasn’t known last night. The 2010 Chevrolet Camaro was totaled.
The investigating trooper blamed the wreck on excessive speed.
The Lewis County Coroner’s Office on Monday said the driver is a Toledo resident, Lloyd Riedl.
The new Chief Deputy Coroner Dawn Harris – promoted on Aug. 4 to the position previously held for many years by Carmen Brunton, said she didn’t yet have Riedl’s age, but understood him to be in his 40s.
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This news story was updated at 1:45 p.m. on Monday Aug. 16, 2010.
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This news story was corrected at 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday Aug. 18, 2010. The coroner’s office initially reported an incorrect spelling for Mr. Riedl’s last name.
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