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Full speeder ahead

I've been really scared before, probably something to do with snakes or heights. But I don't recall ever feeling anything like the clenching, twisting terror deep in the pit of my stomach on this day when I honestly feared I might die.

It started right after the brakes went out on the speeder as we were headed for one of the high trestles on the old Camas Prairie Railroad line.

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Tea party brews up anti-tax talk

A little rain didn't cause Clarkston tea party demonstrators to run Saturday, nor their red, white and blue clothes, signs and flags.

This was the second tea-party demonstration in Clarkston opposing higher taxes, cap-and-trade policy, federal spending and a mounting list of other offenses participants said are coming down from Capitol Hill.

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Fireworks light up Clarkston

People didn't have to wait until 10 p.m. Saturday to see a fireworks show in Clarkston. It was all around them.

Neighbors of Adams Field at the Clarkston High School put on their own spectacle, with colorful sprays seeming to come out from the streets. Some of the displays rose higher than the rooftops, while others spun wildly along the sidewalks.

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WSU reeling after loss of second College of Education dean

PULLMAN - The interim dean for the Washington State University College of Education has died, less than a week after being named to replace former dean Judy Mitchell, who died June 26.

Len Foster, 57, died either late Thursday or early Friday at his home in Pullman, according to a WSU news release. Formerly the associate dean for the college, Foster had been appointed to the interim position Monday. The cause of his death has not been determined.

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Europe's health care system has critics, fans


LONDON - As President Barack Obama pushes to overhaul the American health care system, the role of government is at the heart of the debate. In Europe, free, state-run health care is a given.

The concept has been enshrined in Europe for generations. Health systems are built so inclusive that even illegal immigrants are entitled to free treatment beyond just emergency care. Europeans have some of the world's best hospitals and have made great strides in fighting problems like obesity and heart disease.

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Warbird's arrival stirs vet's memories of World War II raids over Germany

Thomas Lawrence has long since grounded himself, but the arrival of the B-17, Sentimental Journey, gave his stories flight Saturday - into the past and over Nazi-torn Europe.

Lawrence, 88, was still attending Lewiston High School when Pearl Harbor was bombed in 1941. He enlisted shortly after graduation in 1942 and served as a waist-gunner aboard a B-17 called Return Ticket.

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Lewiston council could see a shift in next election

Three and a half years ago, four of the seven Lewiston City Council positions changed. The same thing could happen a few months from now.

The four who were new in January 2006 have begun the last six months of their four-year terms. Two said this week they plan to run again. One is undecided. One declined to comment.

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Quotes of the week

SUNDAY

"It's just the grill. It's very old. I'm not sure, but it might have come from the old Camas Hotel from 40, 50 years ago. It's definitely the grill."

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Grangeville man dies in one-vehicle accident

PINEHURST, Idaho - A Grangeville man died in a car accident Friday when he apparently lost control of his vehicle on U.S. Highway 95 near the Idaho County/Adams County line.

Henry D. Sharp, 52, went off the highway and struck a tree, according to a release from the Idaho State Patrol, which spun his vehicle around and slightly damaged a parked car. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

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Temperatures in L-C Valley hit triple digits on Saturday

The thermometer reached the 100-degree mark for the first time this year in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley on Saturday, which is later than usual.

The 100-degree reading is the latest date in Lewiston-Clarkston in an eight-year comparison going back to 2002. Each previous year had at least one triple-digit day in June. Not so in 2009, when the warmest June day was 94 on the 24th.

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Blazes keep Nez Perce County crews, others hopping

Nez Perce County Fire Chief Ron Hall started his Fourth of July weekend battling several fires, one of which consumed 25 acres of wheat fields and pasture land off Red Bird Road about 17 miles south of Lewiston Saturday.

Hall said county firefighters responded around 3:30 p.m., after a lightning strike started the fire. It took about 45 minutes to suppress the fire with four engines and one 3,000-gallon fire tender.

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Happenings

A quick look at what's going on in our region:

Lewiston church offers
'A Patriotic Musical'

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This week's meetings

Port of Clarkston
Time: 1 p.m. Thursday

Place: Port of Clarkston office, 849 Port Way, Clarkston

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Records

Of Saturday, July 4, 2009

Births

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Lake Washington sockeye run close to a record low

SEATTLE - The number of sockeye salmon returning to Lake Washington this summer is one of the lowest on record, dashing chances of any recreational or commercial fishing later this year in the area.

The Seattle Times reports that nearly 13,000 sockeye salmon have returned to the lake east of Seattle. The rate is on pace to meet the forecast of 19,000 salmon, not enough to grant a fishing season for the popular fish.

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Oregon issues life jacket reminder to river rafters

EUGENE, Ore. - Going river rafting this holiday weekend? Bring a life jacket. It's the law.

Oregon authorities are reminding people that life jackets are required aboard river rafts, just as the safety device is required for boats. Failure to use a life jacket can bring a steep citation of $242.

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Oregon police say father and son found dead

MCMINNVILLE, Ore. - McMinnville police say a father and son have been found dead, and officers are trying to determine whether it's a double murder or a murder-suicide.

The police said in a statement that Thomas Marshall, 58, and his son, Sean, 22, were found in an apartment Saturday morning dead of "obvious traumatic injuries."

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Oregon police say motorcyclist was doing 122 mph

PORTLAND, Ore. - The Oregon State Police say they have arrested a motorcyclist who zipped along Interstate 205 in east Portland at 122 mph, weaving among the slower vehicles.

Officers said they chased Ryan Robert Dowley, 20, of Portland onto city streets at about 3 a.m. Saturday and finally stopped him at an intersection.

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Lightning sparks blaze in western Washington

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. - About 70 acres of forest are burning in the steep terrain of Ruby Mountain near the Ross Lake National Recreation Area in Whatcom County.

The National Park Service expected the fire to grow over the weekend because of hot and dry weather. The fire was likely started by lighting and detected on June 28.

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Northwest briefs

Airport officials say controversy over Hailey airfield should end
HAILEY, Idaho - Airport officials in central Idaho said the contentious debate on whether or not to move Friedman Memorial Airport to a new location farther south is over and it's time to transition to a new governing body for the replacement airport.

Members of the Friedman Memorial Airport Authority and Blaine County Commission delivered the message earlier this week at a joint meeting.

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Teen arrested in string of fires

COEUR D'ALENE - A 15-year-old boy suspected of setting 18 fires in the last month has been arrested in northern Idaho.

Coeur d'Alene police said the boy is being investigated in connection with 15 recent wildland fires and then three more fires near Skyway Elementary School. The fires were quickly extinguished.

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Eastern Idaho company breaks ground on new plant

IDAHO FALLS - A health care products company has broken ground on a $3.28 million manufacturing facility in Bonneville County.

Melaleuca Inc. is building the 38,000-square-foot facility that will be its manufacturing headquarters for the company's line of powdered drinks.

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Former journalism student sentenced for string of robberies to pay gambling debts

EUGENE, Ore. - A former University of Oregon journalism student has been sentenced to a dozen years in prison for a string of robberies he pulled off to help pay gambling debts.

Eugene police Detective Jeff Donaca said that Samuel Sourikoff had "two lives" between May 2007 and December 2008, when the 22-year-old robbed a Eugene restaurant four times and targeted jewelry stores in Eugene, Nevada and California.

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Popular Seattle garden show has a new owner

SEATTLE - The Northwest Flower & Garden Show, a late-winter tradition in Seattle for 21 years, has a new owner, ending months of uncertainty for area gardeners.

Show owner Duane Kelly said the exhibition had been sold to O'Loughlin Trade Shows of Portland, Ore. O'Loughlin currently puts on 12 trade shows in Washington and Oregon, including home and garden shows in Portland and Tacoma, plus RV and outdoor and boat shows in the two states.

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Top dog


NEW YORK - Joey Chestnut chomped down a record 68 hot dogs, capturing his third straight July Fourth hot-dog eating contest at Coney Island, an annual showcase for flamboyant hot-dogging contestants eager to show they really are what they eat.

Chestnut of San Jose, Calif., hoisted the American flag and then stood proudly like an Olympic athlete as "The Star-Spangled Banner" played following his 68-to-641/2 dog victory over his arch-rival, six-time titleholder Takeru Kobayashi.

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Fourth is far different for U.S. Marines


NAWA, Afghanistan - Taliban militants were nowhere in sight as the columns of U.S. Marines walked a third straight day across southern Afghanistan. But the desert heat proved an enemy in its own right, with several troops falling victim Saturday to temperatures topping 100 degrees.

The Marines carry 50-100 pounds on their backs. But because they are marching through farmland on foot, they can't carry nearly as much water as their thirst demands.

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Scientists: Silent tremors may foretell 'Big One'

SEQUIM, Wash. - The seismometer is snugged in its hole and tamped over with dirt.

Now it's time for the stomp test.

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WORLD BRIEFS

Brazil identifies eight bodies
from downed Air France crash

SAO PAULO - Officials said medical examiners have identified another eight of the 51 bodies recovered from the Air France flight that plunged into the Atlantic five weeks ago.

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Vice president gathers with son, troops in Iraq

BAGHDAD - Vice President Joe Biden spent the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, while the Iraqi government spokesman publicly rejected the American's offer to help with national reconciliation, saying it's an internal affair.

Biden took a break from politics and presided over a naturalization ceremony for 237 U.S. troops from 59 countries in a marble rotunda at one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces at what is now Camp Victory, the U.S. military headquarters on the western outskirts of Baghdad.

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NATION BRIEFS

Sotomayor advised group that fought employment examinations

WASHINGTON - A civil rights group on whose board Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor served filed racial bias lawsuits over employment examinations that resemble a Connecticut case in which she ruled against white firefighters, documents released by the Senate show.

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Soldier who fought in pink boxers home for the 4th

FORT WORTH, Texas - The soldier who was photographed fighting the Taliban in his pink boxer shorts said Saturday he was glad to be back home in Texas after his yearlong deployment to Afghanistan - especially for the Fourth of July.

The Fort Worth soldier jumped up from a nap when his unit came under fire and didn't want to waste time putting on his uniform.

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    When Aaron Jelinek graduated from Clarkston High School in 1997, all he wanted to do was fly fighter jets for a living. That's a bit...
  • Land swap proposal: Officials eye alternatives
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  • B-17 lives up to its name for Lewiston veteran
    The difference between a bombing run and a sentimental journey is like comparing potential death with an unlikely resurrection. Just ask 93-year-old Richard Tierney of...
  • Elk River tax assessments jump
    Fourth of July fireworks came a little early for the town of Elk River this year, after homeowners there learned property tax assessments for the...
  • Idaho institutes new rules for registering vehicles
    New identification requirements for owners have been added to the registration process for all titled and registered vehicles. The new rules approved by the...
  • Palin to step down
    WASILLA, Alaska - The press conference was called at the last minute on a busy holiday weekend, and the news was even more unexpected: Sarah...
  • Debt: Founding fathers' uncelebrated legacy
    WASHINGTON - The Founding Fathers left one legacy not celebrated on Independence Day but which affects us all. It's the national debt. The country first...
  • Moscow road project may improve safety for schoolchildren
    MOSCOW - Two major construction projects in Moscow have slowed traffic on the town's main north-south and east-west thoroughfares. But another out-of-the-way job should vastly...
  • Garfield County hospital to seek levy in November
    Voters will be asked to approve another one-year levy to repair the Garfield County hospital's failing walls and roof on November's general election ballot. The...
  • High fire danger plus fireworks has area agencies on alert
    A little wind could go a long way this Fourth of July weekend to push fire danger to its peak, and valley firefighters are gearing...
  • Whitman Library District may seek levy
    COLFAX - Trustees of the Whitman County Library District will consider asking voters to restore tax funding lost because of the 2002 Initiative 747 at...
  • Organizers say Clarkston fireworks show will be the biggest one yet at Adams Field
    John Sullivan plans to let the sparks fly higher and with more flare for this year's Fourth of July fireworks show at Adams Field in...
  • Happenings
    A quick look at what's going on in our region: Fourth of July activitiesscheduled around region - The Lewis Clark Community Concert Band will perform...
  • On this date
    Stories published in the Lewiston Tribune on ... July 4, 1989 WASHINGTON - A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday strictly limited Christmas nativity scenes...
  • Records
    Of Friday, July 3, 2009 Births St. Joseph Regional Medical Center Kelsie Allgier of Lewiston, a son, Dante Leland Davis. Crime Reports A red...
  • Road work
    WHERE: Idaho Highway 8 (Troy Highway) in Moscow WHAT: Traffic reduced to a single lane in construction zone. WHEN: Monday through Friday during daytime work...
  • Crime falls in eastern Idaho
    IDAHO FALLS - Officials in eastern Idaho say a drop in crime in the region is likely due to special courts that help violators deal...
  • Buhl man charged with poaching sturgeon
    TWIN FALLS - A Buhl man who authorities said illegally took three sturgeon from the Snake River in south-central Idaho and then dumped them in...
  • Corrections
    Some economists believe the national unemployment rate will top out at 11 percent sometime in 2010. The statistic appeared inaccurately in Friday's paper because of...
  • Northwest briefs
    Boy who nearly drowned now in stable condition BOISE - St. Luke's Children's Hospital officials said the condition of a 4-year-old who nearly drowned after...
  • A diversion with opportunity
    YAKIMA - Haunted by memories of a time she thought she'd forgot, Torie Harding began drinking. "I didn't know what was happening to me," she...
  • Grant County coroner arrested
    EPHRATA, Wash. - The Grant County coroner was arrested after a dispute with one of his employees. The Columbia Basin Herald reported Thursday that...
  • Delegation continues push for strike fighter
    BOISE - Idaho lawmakers and local officials are moving ahead with efforts to get the Pentagon to house the military's next-generation tactical fighter jet at...
  • Oregon woman obsessed with rabbits is back in jail
    PORTLAND, Ore. - An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more...
  • Fire disrupts TV stations at Seattle's Fisher Plaza
    SEATTLE - A fire at a Seattle building disrupted a server farm that provides service to multiple Web sites - including one that facilitates electronic...
  • Newspapers in Washington get 40 percent cut in business tax
    OLYMPIA - As newspapers across the country struggle through a brutal economic climate, papers in Washington state are getting a tax break. A new law...
  • Ranchers supply beef for Baker lunch programs
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  • Immigration initiative won't make ballot
    YAKIMA - Proponents of a state initiative that called for stricter immigration rules failed again to collect enough signatures to make the November ballot. Craig...
  • Four walls
    Some of the many volunteer carpenters on hand this week assemble the fourth outside wall framework Monday, with hammers making rapid-fire pounding noises like a...
  • No one ruled out in Moscow teacher's death, authorities say
    MOSCOW - Authorities said Monday they hope to release more information by the end of the week or possibly file charges in connection with...
  • Practicing an 'imperfect science'
    Leroy Chausse mans the controls of the Cessna Hawk XP airplane as Mark McConnell scans the wooded area below for an unidentified man reported missing...
  • Escaped inmates back in custody
    COTTONWOOD - Two inmates who escaped from the North Idaho Correctional Institution Sunday are back in custody after a botched attempted break-in outside of Cottonwood...
  • Southway boat ramp getting flushers, sinks
    New flush toilets with sinks that will have running water will be built at Southway boat ramp to replace the present vault toilets. A $77,205...
  • WSU dean of education Judy Mitchell dies at 70
    PULLMAN - Judy Mitchell, the dean of the Washington State University College of Education for 11 years, died unexpectedly either late Friday or early Saturday...
  • Budget deadline looms for Lewiston City Council
    With "B" for budget day two weeks away, the potential tie-breaking vote on several matters announced at Monday's Lewiston City Council meeting he will be...
  • Park amphitheater may be finished next spring
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  • Happenings 6/30
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  • Records 6/29
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  • Corrections
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  • Madoff gets maximum 150 years in prison
    NEW YORK - Two weeks after Norma Hill and her husband invested their life savings with Bernard Madoff, she came to the then-trusted money...
  • Supreme Court roundup
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  • Court rules in favor of white firefighters
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  • On this date 6/30
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  • Faith healing trial begins
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  • Lapwai class of 1964 plans reunion
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  • Justices opt out of Bible club question
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  • Idaho sets course for new highway cost study
    BOISE - Idaho is again trying to determine whether owners of heavy trucks and cars are paying their fair share for roads. The state will...
  • Private airport proposal raises issues for Hailey
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  • Great Lakes region wolves returning to endangered list
    TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The federal government on Monday agreed to put gray wolves in the western Great Lakes region back on the endangered species...
  • No official ID on drowning victim
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  • Local grand jury convenes for first time since '07
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  • Low reservoir? No problem
    OROFINO - Ever since the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began drawing down Dworshak Reservoir to help flush juvenile salmon to the Pacific Ocean,...
  • Horse poop on streets is sure sign the rodeo is nigh
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  • Defiant Sanford considered resigning, but won't
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  • Student pursues goal to be a doctor
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  • Two inmates escape from Cottonwood correctional facility
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  • At the library
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  • Happenings
    A quick look at what's going on in our region: Auditions set for twostage performances Auditions for the stage performances of "Annie Get Your...
  • Records
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  • Canyon County eyes new public defender
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  • Food assistance numbers are on the rise in Idaho
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  • Washington Youth Academy graduates first class of at-risk teens
    BREMERTON, Wash. - Eighty-three teens who were once at risk of dropping out of high school are among the first to graduate from the new...
  • On this date
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  • Plane crash near Yakima leaves two dead, one injured
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  • Backcountry mail pilot helps preserve way of life
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  • Search under way for missing Grays Harbor County girl
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  • Northwest briefs
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  • Hit-and-run driver causes Pullman outage
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