WASHINGTON – Continuing her criticism of federal energy regulators, Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., on Monday asked a Senate committee to investigate how regulators handled the Western energy crisis and the role of disgraced energy giant Enron.
Cantwell said the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission failed to uncover evidence of Enron’s market manipulation – including new audiotapes recently discovered in one of the bankrupt company’s Houston warehouses.
Cantwell asked the Committee on Homeland Security &Government Affairs to review whether FERC officials complied with “the letter and the spirit” of rules designed to limit improper contacts between the agency and industry representatives during its handling of the Western energy crisis of 2000-01.
Associated Press
Bellevue: Handlers get sled dog Boris back
Boris, a Siberian husky and a valuable dog sled leader that was roaming loose around the Eastside for several days, was back with his handlers again Sunday night. The dog, who tends to be shy and run from strangers, was staying with a friend of the owners when he got loose last week. After media reports and fliers were posted, Boris was spotted by a number of Eastside residents over the weekend, including security officers at the gates of the Medina home of Bill and Melinda Gates. The security officers called to the dog, who ran away. Boris was soon taken in by another Medina resident, who called police and the dog was returned.
The King County Journal
Maple Valley: Students sweep essay contest
Three Tahoma Junior High students took first, second and third in a statewide essay competition called “My favorite place in Washington.” Scot Cron’s winning essay about the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery netted him a $500 award. Cron said he used to live in Issaquah and volunteered at the hatchery. Dallin Nead and Danny Mjelde took second and third place, respectively, and each walked away with $100 prizes. Nead wrote about the San Juan Islands and Mjelde composed an essay on the Tacoma Museum of Glass. A fourth Tahoma Junior High School student, Austin Hagman, received an honorable mention for his essay on Maple Valley’s Four Corners area.
King County Journal
Port Townsend: Ferry cancellations this week
Low tides and unfavorable currents are causing another round of ferry cancellations between Port Townsend and Keystone this week. The run cancellations begin today, when the 6:45 p.m. sailing from Port Townsend and 7:30 p.m. sailing from Keystone are idled. The same runs are canceled Wednesday. On Saturday and Sunday, the 9:30 a.m. run from Port Townsend and 10:15 a.m. run from Keystone will be canceled. No replacement runs were announced. Further information on ferry cancellations is available on the Washington State Ferries Web site, www. wsdot.wa.gov/ferries.
Peninsula Daily News
Pascoe: Return of the high school rings
David DesChane has played Sherlock Holmes for more than six months, digging for clues and connecting the dots to track down two Pasco High School alumni. The city of Pasco sewer worker began the hunt after he pulled two class rings from the slimy gunk he finds while cleaning sewer lines. Using his only clues – the initials and graduation year engraved on each ring – DesChane’s careful detective work led him to Patty Cruzen of Pasco, class of 1965. The two met recently after DesChane knocked on Cruzen’s door with a surprise. Cruzen, 57, whose maiden name is O’Leary, gave DesChane a bear hug after he returned the ring she lost when she was 18. When he found a second ring, belonging to a Pasco man who graduated in 1953, DesChane went back to the Pasco School District Administration building to hunt for the owner. DesChane also was able to deliver that ring to its owner.
Tri-City Herald
Aberdeen: Coach arrested on pot charges
William F. Bonney, a Hoquiam High School basketball and golf coach, was arrested Thursday for allegedly bringing marijuana onto the Stafford Creek Corrections Center grounds, the Grays Harbor County Sheriff’s Office reported. Bonney, 48, is a Correctional Industries sales representative for the Department of Corrections. He sells furniture manufactured by inmates at Stafford Creek. Acting on a tip from investigators, deputies found what they suspect is marijuana and drug paraphernalia in Bonney’s Department of Corrections vehicle parked at the prison. Bonney is charged with a felony violation of the Uniform Controlled Substance Act. The charge involves introducing contraband to a prison.
The Daily World
Yelm: Teen lands bike on windshield of car
A 14-year-old Yelm youngster smashed his bicycle into the windshield of a passing motorist early Monday morning. “The only thing that saved this kid’s life was the fact he was wearing a helmet,” Washington State Patrol Trooper Johnny Alexander said. “The boy did sustain some serious leg injuries however.” Alexander said Matthew McLellan was headed to school when he rode his bike down into a ditch and soared into the air as he entered Highway 507. Kathleen Taggart of Yelm was driving when McLellan hit the windshield of her Ford Tempo. The bicycle and McLellan went partially through the windshield. McLellan was airlifted to Mary Bridge Children’s Hospital in Tacoma. Taggart was not injured, but her son, 19, was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
The Olympian
Ellensburg: Woman allegedly kept in home
A 27-year-old Ellensburg man was arrested Saturday when he allegedly would not allow his ex-girlfriend to leave her 18th Avenue home and cut her with a knife. Cesar Artega was arrested on suspicion of second-degree assault and unlawful imprisonment. Ellensburg Police Department Capt. Ross Green said officers were called to an 18th Avenue apartment around 11 p.m. Saturday by reports a man was chasing a woman with a knife. Green said Artega would not allow the woman, whose name had not been released, to leave her apartment, and swung at her with a kitchen knife, striking her in the hand. The woman sustained a superficial cut to her right hand and fled the apartment, Green said.
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