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Searcn continues for McCleary girl By MARY DUNCAN and GREG SKINNER The multi-agency investi- gation continues in the dis- appearance of a 10-year-old McCleary girl missing since Friday night. Lindsey Baum was re- ported missing at 10:50 p.m. June 26, according to Un- dersheriff Rick Scott of the Grays Harbor Sheriffs Of- fice. Baum has medium- length brown hair and brown eyes, is 4'9" tall and weighs 80 pounds. She was wearing a light-bluish gray "hoodie" pullover, blue jeans and black shoes. Scott said the girl had gone to a friend's house on Maple Street, four blocks OB[TUARY K. Townsend Longtime Shelton resi- dent Kathleen L. (Glenn) Townsend died of heart dis- ease on Tuesday, June 9, in Bothell. She was 87 years old. She was born on April 6, 1922 in Seneca, Nebraska, to Jake and Wil- ma Glenn. She graduated from Shel- ton High School in 1940. Kathleen S h e Townsend married Gene Townsend in 1941 in Shelton. Mrs. Townsend was a housewife. She enjoyed gar- dening, knitting, traveling, cards, hiking, fishing and exploring. Mrs. Townsend was pre- ceded in death by husband Gene, her parents and sister Maxine. She is survived by daugh- ter Sharon Harms of Bothell; son-in-law Larry Harms of Bothell; son Bill Townsend of Shelton; "daughter-in-law Sherry Townsend of Shel- ton; grandchildren Ken- neth Townsend, Shelly Dyb, Kara Rankin and Laura Olson; and great-grandchil- dren Aaron Carey, Jordan Townsend and Kaylee Dyb. A memorial service will be held on a future date. Burial will be in Shelton. from her residence on Mom- msen Road, to try to arrange a sleepover with her friend. When she failed to return at 10 p.m. as expected, her mother, Melissa Baum, began to look for her and called around to see if she could locate her. When her efforts failed, she reported her daughter missing to the McCleary Po- lice Department and officers also drove around the town trying to locate the child, Scott said. The sheriffs office be- came involved in the early morning hours of Saturday offering assistance to the lo- cal police department, Scott said. A search and rescue operation began at daylight. "The bulk of Saturday was treated as a hasty search and rescue operation. We wanted to get as many boots on the ground as possible," he explained. The girl could have been lost or unable to return home on her own. McCleary resident Clay- ton McCrary said he saw Baum Friday night, before she went missing, as he walked through town with his own family. McCrary said person- nel visited his home Satur- day as they canvassed the neighborhood. Search and rescue people looked under McCrary's house and in his shed to see if Baum was hiding or stuck. They were thorough, he said. "As the day went on we were concerned she was not missing voluntarily or a runaway," Scott said. He said investigators have not ruled out that possibility but it is "most probably not the case." She left her cell phone at home and had lim- ited resources, he added. On Saturday officers stopped every car coming through McCleary at the intersection of Simpson and Third streets to provide fli- ers and talking to people who may have been driv- ing through on Friday night about the time she was re- ported missing, Scott said. On Sunday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation be- came involved and the Cen- Lindsey Baum ter for Missing and Exploit- ed Children sent representa- tives from Oregon and Wyo- ming. "They are involved in a huge number of these types of investigations. By partnering with them we get to pick the brains of some of the best, most ex- perienced law enforcement in the nation," Scott said. Other local and state agen- cies are also involved in the search. "There's literally a task force of law enforce- ment," he added. The Mason County Sher- iffs Office is in communica- tion with the Grays Harbor Sheriffs Office and Mc- Cleary Police Department, Chief Deputy Dean Byrd said. As a precaution depu- ties here are reviewing the whereabouts of known sex offenders registered in the west end of the county "to make sure they arc where they say they are," he noted. He said the MCSO pub- lished a bulletin to the pa- trol division. The search continues with teams focusing on the area surrounding McCleary, scouring the woods and old logging roads. As the inves- tigation wears on, Scott said, officers might again stop motorists passing through town, distributing fliers and seeking information. Scott and an FBI super- visor are heading up the in- vestigation. "We just want to bring Lindsey homeii' Scott said. Anyone with information about the disappearance can call a dedicated, toll-free hotline at 1-866-915-8299. Send your press releases to pr@masoncounty.com by 5pm on Fridays "lnsp,rmg" " each studenf to pursue:: excellence Tribe using tagging to increase clam numbers EdwardJones ;[IMMER By JEFF ECK To help combat dwin- dling clam populations in the south Puget Sound, a simple, inno- vative technique is be- ing used to track their growth. Squaxin Island tribe biologists are attach- ing tiny numbered red tags to about 250 clams spread over several beaches in the area. The effort will help deter- mine clam growth rates and patterns of spread. Clam growth is typically measured by randomly surveying clams on a beach, but that method is not exact. "We now can track the growth and determine how overall productiv- ity changes in different parts of a beach," said Eric Sparkman, a shell- fish biologist for the tribe. "Simply know- ing that we're looking at the same clams each time we survey gives us a whole new level of un- derstanding." The handmade tags are about the size of the head of a pushpin and are attached to the clam with strong glue. The technique was first de- veloped by tribal shell- fish technician Rona Brown as a method to track beach crab popula- tions. Brown was look- ing for a new way to mark individual crabs as they move across the rocks and sand. "The tags had to stay attached even while the crabs were scrap- ing across rocks. With clams, they can probably stay attached for years," she said. For the past several years, the tribe has been boosting clam popula- tions as part of a plan to benefit tribal, commer- cial and sport shellfish harvesters. The south- ern Puget Sound's pro- ductive shellfish beaches are important to the in- dustry and area culture. Development and pol- lution over the last cen- tury have caused shell- fish populations to di- minish. Planting clams will bring the numbers .up. "Rather than de- pending on the clams to replenish themselves, we're helping them along," Sparkman said. - Photo courtesy of Emmett O'Connell Shellfish technician Rona Brown arranges tagged clams to weigh and measure them as part of a study of clam growth in local waters. Approximately 250 clams were tagged and spread throughout area beaches to track overall growth. In addition to increasing the numbers, the plan will help scientists better un- derstand how clams thrive in particular areas. "It adds to the body of knowl- edge of how manila clam populations work," Spark- man said. Because each beach has different tidal heights, it is important to conduct the study in vari- ous places. SaL 9am-3pm YOU RIGHTFULLY EARNED IT. NOW RIGHTFULLY KEEP IT. Looking to keep more of you,, income and cut your taxes? Then tax-free municipal bonds* may be for you. * Bonds may be subject to state, local or the alternative minimum tax. (:all or Hsit your locai financial advisor today. 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