Robbery Suspect MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE: a Home-Invasion Robbery Earlier Nature of the Charges
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Still Thriving at WSU Pe Ell’s Alissa Brooks-Johnson / Sports 1 $1 Weekend Edition Saturday, June 11, 2016 Serving our communities since 1889 — www.chronline.com Plans for Air Support Bike Helmets for All Earthquake Exercise Identifies Landing Edison Elementary Students Outfitted With Zones Across Pacific Northwest / Main 3 New Safety Gear After Recent Injury / Main 5 $1 Million Bail Set for Chehalis Robbery Suspect MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE: a home-invasion robbery earlier nature of the charges. this spring in Chehalis. “The allegation here is rob- Pete Caster / pcaster@ chronline.com Thurston County Man Jesse Lee Harkcom, 34, was bery 1 with the use of a firearm, Jesse L. Harkcom charged Friday in Lewis County at least by an accomplice, also Facing Potential Third- makes an ap- Superior Court on suspicion of burglary with the use of a weap- Strike Conviction pearance in Lewis first-degree robbery, first-de- on,” Superior Court Judge Rich- County Superior By Natalie Johnson gree burglary and possession of ard Brosey said. “Under the cir- Court on Friday heroin. cumstances, the state’s request is [email protected] afternoon at the The Lewis County Prosecu- reasonable.” Lewis County A Thurston County man is tor’s Office requested bail be set If convicted, Harkcom will Law and Justice facing a mandatory life sentence at $1 million, citing Harkcom’s Center in Chehalis. after being charged this week in criminal history and the serious please see ROBBERY, page Main 11 Centralia Class of 2016 Turns Tassels in Centralia Council to Consider City Light Rate Hike By The Chronicle At Tuesday’s Centralia City Council meeting, members of the public will have the oppor- tunity to voice their opinions on a proposed rate increase for Centralia City Light services. The increase of 4.8 percent annually for the next three years, according to the agenda report, would focus on the basic charge. please see RATE, page Main 11 Two Permit Review Studies Underway in Lewis County By Justyna Tomtas [email protected] The permitting process in Lewis County is currently work- ing through two studies to de- termine the effectiveness of the process — one is a county-led effort, and the other is spurred by a partnership of local orga- nizations, including the ports of Centralia and Chehalis as Pete Caster / [email protected] well as the Centralia-Chehalis Top: Liban Ali takes a takes a photo with his classmates prior to the start of the Centralia High School graduation ceremony on Friday afternoon at the Northwest Chamber of Commerce. Sports Hub in Centralia. Above Left: Cheyenne Deal adjusts Jesus Lazo’s gown prior to the start of the Centralia High School graduation ceremony on Friday evening at the Northwest Sports Hub in Centralia. Above Right: The Centralia High School graduation was moved to the Northwest Sports Hub from Tiger Stadium Friday please see STUDIES, page Main 11 because of the threat of thunderstorms in the forecast. See more photos from graduation online at www.chronline.com. 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Man Out to See Sunrise The proposal is the latest in a Drifts Miles Away on series of measures honoring the bond between human and beast. Piece of Plywood Last year, New York lawmakers JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — A passed a law allowing dogs on res- man getting ready to watch the taurant patios. They also are con- sunrise on a piece of plywood sidering a ban on cat declawing. in a marina was swept out by Gov. Andrew Cuomo hasn’t the Hudson River current and weighed in on the cemetery bill. wound up about 2 nautical miles away near Governors Island. The man was sent drifting Pennsylvania City into the river on an 8-foot-long Offers Parking piece of plywood on Thursday around 4:45 a.m., a little more Scofflaws Half-Off than half an hour before the sun came up, Fire Department Amnesty of New York Capt. Louis Guzzo EASTON, Pa. (AP) — A Pete Caster / [email protected] said. Pennsylvania city is owed so NASA astronaut Jef Williams posted the above photograph of Mount St. Helens to his Facebook page Wednesday. It “At first, we just thought it much money in unpaid parking was taken from the International Space Station. was debris,” Guzzo said. “You fines that it plans to offer a half- wouldn’t put this thing on a lake off amnesty plan. much less New York Harbor.” WFMZ-TV reported that the The man told rescuers from Easton City Council announced Notable Quote fire department marine units Wednesday that it will be mail- that he went out to the dock at ing letters to people with unpaid the Newport Yacht Club and traffic fines next week. The city Marina in Jersey City to watch hasn’t been able to collect some the sun come up. $767,000 in fines. “I need you to promise me something. Ask your mom, dad, Guzzo said he believes the The letters will tell the scoff- grandparents, whoever you live with, to allow you to check your smoke man stayed on the piece of wood laws that they can clear their because he didn’t want to jump record if they pay half the fines detector. If you don’t have one, call me and I’ll get you one.” into the water and lose his cell- they owe within two weeks. phone while swimming back. Mayor Sal Panto says the Rick Mack Instead, Guzzo said, the man tickets have piled up ever since stayed in the center of the ply- the city decriminalized the Riverside Fire Authority wood as it floated farther into parking ticket system in 2013. the harbor’s highly traveled That means the city stopped (see page Main 5 for the full story) commercial lanes. sending the tickets to the local “It was pretty choppy, and the district justice to take court ac- wind was pretty strong,” Guzzo said. tion for unpaid tickets. The man, whose name wasn’t disclosed, was rescued Today in History unharmed about a quarter-mile Seagull Masala? Bird from Governors Island, a 172- Today’s Highlight in History: war effort in World War II. Court ruled that people who Falls In Vat Of Curry, In 1959, the Saunders-Roe acre island in the heart of the On June 11, 1776, the Conti- commit “hate crimes” motivat- Nautical 1, the first operational harbor close to lower Manhattan Turns Orange nental Congress formed a com- ed by bigotry may be sentenced hovercraft, was publicly demon- and Brooklyn. mittee to draft a Declaration of to extra punishment; the court LONDON (AP) — Offi- strated off the southern coast of Independence calling for free- also ruled religious groups had cials at a wildlife hospital say a England. a constitutional right to sacrifice NY May Allow Pet seagull turned bright orange dom from Britain. In 1962, three prisoners at animals in worship services. after falling into a vat of chicken On this date: Owners to Be Buried Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay In 2001, Timothy McVeigh, 33, tikka masala in Wales. In 1509, England’s King Hen- staged an escape, leaving the was executed by injection at the With Their Furry Pals The gull was likely scaveng- ry VIII married his first wife, island on a makeshift raft; they federal prison in Terre Haute, In- ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New ing for food when it became Catherine of Aragon. were never found or heard from stuck in the thick sauce. diana, for the 1995 Oklahoma City York state may soon allow pet In 1770, Capt. James Cook, again. bombing that killed 168 people. The bird was rescued and In 1977, Seattle Slew won the owners to spend eternity with commander of the British ship Ten years ago: Al-Qaida in taken to Vale Wildlife Hospital Belmont Stakes, capturing the their furry companions. Endeavour, discovered the Great Iraq vowed “major attacks” after The state Legislature has near Tewkesbury, a town about Barrier Reef off Australia by Triple Crown. the death of leader Abu Musab passed a bill allowing cemeteries, 110 miles (177 km) west of Lon- running onto it. In 1985, Karen Ann Quinlan, except for religious ones, to offer don. Staff cleaned the seagull In 1919, Sir Barton won the the comatose patient whose case al-Zarqawi in a U.S. airstrike. people the option of being bur- until it returned to its original Belmont Stakes, becoming horse prompted a historic right-to-die Rafael Nadal won his second ied with the cremated remains of color, but said it still smelled racing’s first Triple Crown winner. court decision, died in Morris consecutive French Open title, a dog, cat or other tame domes- spicy the following day.