CHIMACUM – Rex Whipple, the Chimacum High School principal facing an August trial in Superior Court on allegations he secretly shot videos of a 15-year-old girl in various stages of undress, has submitted his resignation.
Chimacum School District Superintendent Mike Blair on Friday sent a letter to parents informing them that Whipple’s resignation would be effective at the end of the school year.
“I have accepted his resignation, and the board will take official action at the next regularly scheduled board meeting,” Blair’s letter said.
Whipple, 46, who has been on paid administrative leave since March 13, is paid about $80,000 a year.
If the school board accepts his resignation with pay, he will be paid more than $20,000 for the period between his March arrest and the end of the school year.
Peninsula Daily News
Vancouver, Wash: Police doubt abduction
More than 100 police officers mobilized throughout Clark County on Tuesday after a woman said she saw a man pull a girl of about age 10 off her bicycle and into a yellow Volkswagen Beetle.
But after about five hours of intensive work by officers, Vancouver police said Tuesday night the report was believed to be false.
For one thing, police said, only one person reported seeing the abduction on busy NE 112th Avenue, just south of state Highway 500, about 2:45 p.m.
And after several hours had passed with early radio and TV reports and an official Amber Alert posted on freeway reader boards, no one reported a missing child.
In addition, police said, numerous people said the bicycle found at the scene – a major reason why police took the report seriously – was seen there several hours before the witness reported the abduction.
The Columbian
Lummi Island: Ferry put on weight limit
Deterioration of the Lummi Island ferry dock has led Whatcom County officials to impose a weight limit of 7.5 tons on the Whatcom Chief ferry.
County officials sent out a bridge inspector on Tuesday after ferry workers noticed unusual movement in a portion of the loading ramp on the Lummi Island dock Monday, said Ken Richardson, manager of the county ferry division.
The county contracted with a structural engineer to investigate. Richardson expected to know more about the state of the dock by the end of the week.
The ferry usually has a limit of 40 tons, or 50 tons with the captain’s permission, Richardson said. The new limit affects mostly delivery and construction trucks, he said.
The Bellingham Herald
Lakewood: Transient questioned in slaying
A transient sought for questioning in the investigation of the death of a young girl has been found, and is cooperating with detectives, police in this Tacoma suburb said.
As of Tuesday, however, police would not say what Spencer Douglas Grant, 44, had told investigators concerning the death of Adre’anna Jackson, who vanished on her way to school Dec. 2. Her remains were found in a vacant lot April 4.
“He is cooperating,” Lt. Bret Farrar said.
Police said Grant was in jail when the girl, not knowing classes had been canceled because of snow, failed to return home after heading for Tillicum Elementary School. Investigators believed he might have useful information because he was familiar with the place where her remains were found, a frequent camping place for transients, Farrar said.
Associated Press
Goldendale: Winning ticket found in laundry
Klickitat County sheriff’s deputy Ed Gunnyon found a lot more than the standard Easter egg while doing his laundry on Sunday.
The 38-year-old married father of four came across a $20 Millionaire scratch ticket he had almost forgotten buying, and discovered he had won the $1 million top prize, good for $37,500 annually over the next 20 years after taxes.
State lottery officials said Gunnyon is the first $1 million winner in the scratch ticket game. Four more are expected.
Gunnyon said he and his wife plan to buy a new car and put money away for retirement and their children’s college educations.
Associated Press
B.C.: Hiker breaks leg, crawls five miles for aid
A man who broke his leg hiking near the remote northwest tip of Vancouver Island crawled about five miles through the woods to a beach and was rescued, officials said.
Unable to walk or fashion a crutch after he slipped between some logs, the 48-year-old man managed to crawl to the shore of San Josef Bay, where he found a couple camping on Monday, Canadian search and rescue officials said.
The couple hiked for 90 minutes to get cell phone coverage to summon aid, then returned to the man and cared for him in their tent.
He was said to be in good shape after being taken to Comox, site of a Canadian Armed Forces base about halfway between Port Hardy and Victoria.
Associated Press
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