Governor picks Crater Lake quarter design

SALEM, Ore. – Gov. Ted Kulongoski made it official Monday. The Crater Lake design will adorn Oregon’s quarter.

The depiction of the famous lake in Oregon’s only national park was recommended to the governor by the Oregon Commemorative Coin Commission over three other designs.

The Crater Lake design already has federal approval and now goes to the U.S. Mint, which will issue the quarter in February 2005.

It will be the 33rd state quarter in the commemorative quarter program begun in 1999. The quarters are being minted in the order the states were admitted to the union.

Associated Press

Lakewood: Man sought in fatal shooting caught

Police in this Tacoma suburb have arrested a man sought in a fatal shooting that allegedly stemmed from an argument over a parking space. Pierce County sheriff’s detective Ed Troyer said Franklin Scott Dela-Cruz, 27, was surrounded by SWAT teams from the sheriff’s office and Tacoma police Friday evening as he emerged from an apartment in this Tacoma suburb. Dela-Cruz had a pistol in his hand, but put it down when confronted by officers, Troyer said. Dela-Cruz was booked into jail on a second-degree murder warrant in the March 15 shooting death of Jerry Edward Reyes, 34, outside of Reyes’ home. Reyes died after undergoing surgery for five gunshot wounds. Dela-Cruz was charged April 2.

Associated Press

Auburn: Family unhurt in helicopter crash

A helicopter carrying a Skagit County family of five crashed Sunday in a field in King County, but no one was injured. The King County Sheriff’s Office said residents in the 15100 block of SE 364th Street called authorities around 2 p.m. to report that the helicopter appeared to be in trouble. The pilot, a 45-year-old man from Bow, his 43-year-old wife and three sons, age 17, 16 and 14, walked away from the crash, the Sheriff’s Office said. Additional details were not available. Officials from the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the cause of the crash.

Associated Press

Port Orchard: Woman scammed out of $12,000

Apparent con artists claiming to be with Publishers Clearing House allegedly scammed an elderly Port Orchard woman out of more than $12,000, according to police reports. The 69-year-old woman told sheriff’s deputies that people claiming to be with Publishers Clearing House called her saying she’d won a large sum of money, but that she had to send money to Quebec, Canada, to pay the taxes on her winnings. Over several days, she sent $12,600. Friday, another supposed Clearing House employee said she needed to send $35,000 more to collect her winnings. She refused, then hung up and called police.

The Sun

Longview: Stabbing suspect turns herself in

A Castle Rock woman surrendered in connection with a stabbing that occurred last week during an argument over a pit bull, Cowlitz County sheriff’s deputies reported Sunday. Echo Leah Bishop, 24, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of stabbing William Pritchett, 53, said Capt. Mark Nelson. Bishop’s father-in-law, Mark Bishop, 50, also was arrested Saturday on suspicion of first-degree rendering criminal assistance. Deputies say Mark Bishop drove away from Pritchett’s home with his daughter-in-law after the argument and stabbing over who owned the dog. Echo Bishop’s bail was set at $40,000. Mark Bishop’s bail was set at $10,000.

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