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Death initiative is on its way

Olympian -- South Sound - Thu, 07/03/2008 - 12:44am
The arguments for and against Initiative 1000, which would allow doctors to prescribe lethal medicines to patients with six months or less to live, remain essentially the same as they were when former Gov. Booth Gardner filed the initiative in January.
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South Sound briefs

Olympian -- South Sound - Thu, 07/03/2008 - 12:44am
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Shooting trial now in hands of jury

Olympian -- South Sound - Thu, 07/03/2008 - 12:44am
A jury began deliberations Wednesday in the trial of a man accused of shooting a work-release inmate as he returned to Thurston County Jail on May 14, 2007.
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Donations aid Boistfort Valley couple hit hard in past year

Olympian -- South Sound - Thu, 07/03/2008 - 12:44am
It has been a tragic year for Dil and Sue Griffiths.
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RVs' time on streets is short

Olympian -- South Sound - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 9:04am
A ban on parking RVs on city streets will go into effect by the end of the month, the Olympia City Council decided Tuesday night. However, churches and religious organizations will be allowed to park the vehicles on their properties, City Attorney Tom Morrill said.
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Lacey tent city faces hearing

Olympian -- South Sound - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 9:04am
The battle over the city's controversial law regarding tent cities for the homeless has shifted from the courtroom to the hearing room.
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2 lawyers file to run for empty judgeship

Olympian -- South Sound - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 9:04am
OLYMPIA -- Two attorneys - defense attorney Sam Meyer and assistant Attorney General Greg Rosen — have announced they will run for the Thurston County District Court judgeship that became vacant after C.L. “Kip” Stilz died last week.
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Ceremony honors brigade

Olympian -- South Sound - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 9:04am
After a 14-month deployment to Iraq, a Stryker combat brigade earned its first campaign streamer Tuesday during a welcome-home ceremony attended by its 4,000 soldiers and their families.
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Wildfires play part in local haze

Olympian -- South Sound - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 9:04am
Smoke from Northern California fires has combined with regionally generated air pollution and weather conditions to give South Sound a hazy look, air-quality officials said Tuesday.
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Customized Jeep has special meaning to soldier

Olympian -- South Sound - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 9:04am
Tears welled in Cpl. Michael Gallagher's eyes when the sport utility vehicle he won while deployed to Iraq pulled up Tuesday.
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Fort Lewis soldier earns Silver Star

Olympian -- South Sound - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 9:04am
T he infantry is a young man's job, and Spc. Rodny Yefune knows there's nothing in the regs about respecting a guy just because he's older.
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South Sound briefs

Olympian -- South Sound - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 9:04am
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Lacey Senior Center marks momentous day

Olympian -- South Sound - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 9:04am
Five years after the Lacey Senior Center moved to its Pacific Avenue location, it again is bursting at the seams, its leaders say.
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South Sound People

Olympian -- South Sound - Wed, 07/02/2008 - 9:04am
Achievements
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Honoring those lost from the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry

Olympian -- South Sound - Tue, 07/01/2008 - 4:00pm
On Tuesday, the approximately 4,000 soldiers of the 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, and their families will attend the unit’s formal welcome-home ceremony after spending 14 months in Iraq. Thirty-seven soldiers assigned to the brigade didn’t return from the deployment.
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Body found in Nisqually could be final boater

Olympian -- South Sound - Tue, 07/01/2008 - 4:00pm
The Thurston County Sheriff's Office dive team recovered a boy's body on the Nisqually River about 12:30 p.m. Monday, and a sheriff's lieutenant said it appears to be 9-year-old Cameron McCartney, one of three people who presumably died when a boat carrying five capsized on the river June 12.
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Lehman resigns from district

Olympian -- South Sound - Tue, 07/01/2008 - 4:00pm
The Olympia School Board will attempt to fill its third vacancy in six months after seven-year member Russ Lehman resigned Monday.
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Final 1.5 cents of gasoline tax passed in 2005 in effect today

Olympian -- South Sound - Tue, 07/01/2008 - 4:00pm
The state tax on a gallon of gasoline will rise a penny and a half today to 37.5 cents a gallon.
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Official wants to delay RV law

Olympian -- South Sound - Tue, 07/01/2008 - 4:00pm
Though the City Council could pass a law tonight barring overnight parking of recreational vehicles on city streets, one council member said she'll ask her colleagues to delay implementing it so an interjurisdictional group can find places for otherwise homeless RV owners to park.
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Testimony in shooting points to car

Olympian -- South Sound - Tue, 07/01/2008 - 4:00pm
The man charged with shooting Marcus Reed twice outside Thurston County Jail was pulled over driving a gray Mercury Grand Marquis with the same license plate as the vehicle seen speeding away shortly after the shooting, according to testimony Monday.
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