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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. SKOOKUM CREEK TOBACCO FACTORY OUTLET * 3~0-426~5254 P{2 COMPLETE-- - TRADITIONS ~::'~,,~100% ADDITIVE.FREE STILL OFFERING FACTORY 2NDS SALE ON TRADITIONS ONLY! 5a/e offered on Traditions Additive-Free and High Air lOOs Continued from page A-1 "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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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-