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Skokomish preserve Hood Canal beaches Murder Longshorestil] on
STAFF REPORT
The Skokomish Tribe is working this
summer to target several lower Hood
Canal beaches for restoration.
Shellfish populations near the mouths
of the main stem of the Skokomish River
as well as Rendsland and Twanoh creeks
have declined within the last decade.
said Margaret Homerding, the tribe's
shellfish management biologist.
"While the habitat restoration work
for salmon at the mouths of these water-
ways has been imp6rtant, the shellfish
beds nearby have been either washed out
becausg the streams are naturally shift-
ing or they are being buried by the sedi-
ment washed out following restoration."
she said. "The shellfish species should
recover, but it will take a long time."
The shellfish restoration work in-
cludes mapping beach sediment, study-
ing the beach slope, determining exist-
ing clam and oyster populations and sur-
veying marine vegetation.
The tribe will determine if any of the
beaches need to be modified before be-
ing seeded with shellfish, such as adding
gravel or shell to create a harder sub-
strate, essential for shellfish growth.
Hood Canal beaches are typically in-
habited by Pacific and Olympia oysters
and littleneck clams.
"Establishing this baseline of data will
help us better determine the amount of
clams and oysters available for harvest
Courtesy pnom
Skokomish Tribe shellfish
management biologist
Margaret Homerding, left and
Department of Natural
Resources intern Amanda
Stygar survey the type and the
number of shellfish at Twanoh
State Park.
by tribal members and use the addition-
al information we gather to help ensure
healthy shellfish populations in the fu-
ture," Homerding said.
Funding for this project comes from
the Laird Norton Family Foundation.
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"armed and dangerous."
Longshore is Native American and stands
6-feet, 2-inches, and weighs 186 pounds with
reddish brown hair and hazel eyes. He has a
prominent tattoo on the left side of his neck
with the word "Pride."
Lt. Les Watson, of the Shelton Police De-
partment, said the incident seems to have
occurred over some type of "debt collection."
It's unclear whether that transaction could be
over drugs, property or something else, Wat-
son said.
Shortly after 1 a.m. Monday, Shelton po-
lice officers responded to the 200 block of
West Harvard Avenue -- a stone's throw
away from the old Kentucky Fried Chicken
building -- for a report of gunshots.
Two bodies were found in the kitchen of a
mobile home upon the officers' arrival. The
victims' names were Tyler "Red" Drake, 19,
and Anitrea "Roxy" Tuber, 37.
Some six hours al~r the bodies were
found, police, including a SWAT team, had
surrounded an adjacent home with weapons
drawn in what Watson described as "a high-
risk situation."
Watson said one woman and three female
minors were brought out of the home. The
girls were ages 5, 8 and 13.
Watson said police knew there was at least
one other person m the home. After giving
those inside the home time to consider com-
ing out on their own, the SWAT team shot
tear gas projectiles into the residence.
That brought out Shelton residents Robert
"Bobby" Raphael, 32, and his girlfriend, Kristi-
na Selwyn, 24, "within minutes," Watson said.
Raphael was charged with first-degree
murder. Raphael and Selwyn were charged
with first-degree rendering criminal assis-
tance and are confined in Mason County Jail.
Raphael's bail was set at $2.5 million while
Selwyn's was set at $500,000. Both are sched-
uled to be arraigned at 11 a.m. on June 11 in
Mason County Superior Court.
Shawn Churchel, one of Raphael's older
brothers, said on Wednesday his brother is
not prone to violence.
"Bobby's not a violent person," Churchel
said. "He's stupid. ] will grant that all day
long, but he's not a violent person."
Churchel said his brother, who was sup-
posed to have gone camping for the weekend,
was being punished by law enforcement for
lying to police.
Police, Churchel said, '%ad Longshore in
custody that morning. The cops are mad be-
cause they had the guy" and, based largely on
what Raphael had said, police let Longshore
go.
The arrest affidavit filed in Mason County Su-
perior Court accuses Raphael of lying to police.
one
in ~,lie:home
Not long after interviewing R~phael, police
said Longshore was in a vehicle with three
others and attempted to drive through the
marked crime scene area.
The vehicle was stopped and
cupants was arrested on an outs
rant. However, Longshore and tw
released "after they were questio~
(they) were there and there wa~
detain them further," the affida~
"It was later learned that
and Longshore were present i~
tims' residence during the inci
me of the oc-
Landing war-
others were
md as to why
, no cause to
t reads.
oth Raphael
side the wc-
dent ... and
that Longshore was the alleged gunman."
Police said Raphel admitted,hi" "s previous
lie of not being in the home at the time of the
shooting. He also told police 1~ and Long-
shore had gone to the house to[collect "on a
drug debt" but "upon entering the residence,
Longshore produced a small s@mi-automat-
ic handgun from his waistban@ and began
shooting, killing both victims," [according to
the affidavit. |
The affidavit said both Dral~e and Taber
died of apparent gunshot wound~.
As of Wednesday, Longshore was still on
the run. Meanwhile, police had located a
Dodg~ Dakota pick-up truck in Shelton. It is
the vehicle police said Longshore was riding
in on Monday morning.
"This is such a heinous act, and it's so im-
portant that we don'~ want to 9verlook any
details," Watson said. |
The Shelten Police Department is the lead
investigating agency but Watsori noted many
others in the region are actively ~assisting, in-
cluding the U.S. Marshal's Office, the Mason
County Sheriffs Office, the WaShington De-
partment of Corrections, Washington State
Patrol, the regional WestNET| Drug Task
Force, the Mason County CorOner's Office
and the Mason County Prosecutpr's Office.
Anyone with information regOrding Long-
shore's whereabouts is asked to ~all the Sheb
ton Police Department at 426-4~41.
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Homicide that. Sergi said bail should
be lowered to $10,000, or at
Continued from page A-I an amount where property
could be used to meet bond.
Judge Amber Finlay de- Sergi noted that Burke
nied a request by Burke's did have previous criminal
court-appointed defense at- convictions and that he also
torney Ron Sergi, of Olympia, had failed to appear in court
to lower the bail amount from on multiple occasions.
$100,000. Bail was originally But, Sergi said, those
set by Judge Toni A. Sheldon charges weren't as serious as
after Burke turned himself in the ones Burke now faces.
to authorities on May 17. "He is trying to be a pro-
Sergi argued that Burke ductive citizen," Sergi said.
should be released on his per- Jason Richards, deputy
sonal recognizance. If denied prosecuting attorney for Ma-
Race
Continued from page A-1
"It's extraordinary," Powell said. "We
could not have done this without the en-
couragement and help of the (Mason Coun-
son County, coqntered that
the status ofthelcase and the
nature of the chhrgeshl~ Burke
faces had not changed since
Sheldon set baillat $100,000.
Sheldon, Richards said,
"shouldn't be sedond-guessed
Partnership
Continued from page A-1
"Mason County has had
a PIC program for a long
time." Konovsky said. "EPA
(The Environmental Protec-
tion Agency) is giving out
additional money to enhance
these PIC programs."
Mason County has been
granted about $500,000 from
the EPA to enhance the pro-
gram, he said.
Konovsky said the tribe
was instrumental in helping
Mason County secure these
funds.
Mason County will admin-
ister the grant and together
with the tribe will convene a
steering committee.
With the funds, the Squax-
in Island Tribe will work to
monitor polluted shellfish ar-
eas that have been cleaned up.
'Shrhat we want to do is
check up more and make
sure things get fixed and they
stay fixed," Konovsky said.
"It'll add staff and enhance
the existing program. It will
enable us to do compliance
nOW."
Finlay agreed and moved
to set a schedu,e of events
leading up to Bu rke's trial.
Burke's next c ~urt #ppear-
ance is schedul ~d for June
18. Pre-trial ar
to begin July 2
is slated to sta~
ty) Commission. the planning
the building department ... In z
nities we never would have got1
In the next three weeks Pov
host a community day at the tz
event, anybody interested ca~
drive slow parade laps on the t~
monitoring." lation.
The tribe and county will Shellfish fron
also work with the Wash- also very impm
ington State University Ex- Squaxin Island
tension, the Department of 20 percent of me
Health, the Department of ing some or all
Ecology and Mason Conser- come from shellfl
vation District. "The Squa~
Specifically, the project Tribe has alway
will monitor things like wa- ral resources, ar
ter and septic systems, shellfish, at the
"It's still the same net ef- economic and cu]
fect if we have so many small life," Whitener :
issues that we don't deal tion that prevent
with," Mason County Com- ing able to harve
missioner Tim Sheldon said. threat to our tre
The project will focus on rights to shellfist
the Oakland Bay, because it Through the t
is more sensitive to pollution tribe will monito~
than other parts of the Puget ity after correc
Sound. are taken to cle
"Our community mus*~ fish harvesting a
be more diligent than most Those correc~
in keeping waste out of the may be implemez
water if we are to continue voluntary compli
to have the opportunity to forcement again
harvest shellfish," said Andy who fail to coope~
Whitener, natural resources "We're going t
manager for the tribe, in a landowners to
press release• they clean up p(
Oakland Bay produces we're going to k~
many varieties of shellfish, back to trouble Sl
including 40 percent of the sure they stay
country's manila clam popu- novsky said.
~ments are
md the trial
July 17.
tepartment,
lost comma-
en started."
'ell plans to
ack. At this
L come and
ack.
the bay is
taut to the
Tribe, with
mbers mak-
of their iri-
sh.
in Island
s had nam-
d especially
enter of our
rural way of
;aid. "Poilu-
us from be-
~t is a direct
~ty-reserved
rogram, the
water qual-
ave actions
m up shell-
:eas.
ive actions
~ted through
ance or ea-
st polluters
ate.
work with
make sure
llution, and
ep on going
~ots to make
clean," Ko-