SEATTLE — A recast replica of the Statue of Liberty has been rededicated near the place where the first white settlers landed in Seattle.
About 300 people attended the ceremony Saturday at Alki Beach. One, Harald Sund, recalled attending the dedication of the original copper edition as a Boy Scout in 1952. He says the rededication was “a quantum leap back in time.”
The first 16-foot replica of New York’s Lady Liberty was badly damaged over the years. It was knocked off its base in 1975, the torch was ripped off on April Fools’ Day in 1996 and the seven rays radiating from the crown were torn off in 2005.
Construction worker dies in trench cave-in
A trench cave-in at a housing project in Seattle has cost a construction worker his life.
Authorities say 28-year-old Steven Dale Slee died after being pinned beneath 3½ tons of compacted dirt Thursday.
Fire Department spokeswoman Dana Vander Houwen says the collapse occurred at the Rainier Vista housing project in south Seattle. Slee’s death has been ruled accidental.
A second man working in the same trench escaped without serious injury.
Sunnyside: Teen shot to death in Sunnyside
Police are investigating a fatal shooting in Sunnyside.
Officers say 16-year-old Juan Ramos of Sunnyside reportedly was shooting at homes before he was shot Friday evening.
Police say the fatal shot was fired about half an hour before sunset by someone standing on a nearby residential property. Ramos was pronounced dead after being taken to Sunnyside Community Hospital.
Police spokeswoman Charlotte Hinderlider says Ramos attended Sunnyside High School last year.
Oregon: Three burned at Austin Hot Springs
Authorities say three people have been hospitalized in Portland after being scalded in the Austin Hot Springs.
The Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office says the victims are believed to be two women and a 4-year-old child, adding that two of three reportedly have life-threatening burns.
Strovink says the percolating water at Austin Hot Springs can get as hot as 190 degrees. He says its private property 37 miles southeast of Estacada.
Arrest made in Tigard bank scam
A Vancouver, Wash., man has been arrested on accusations he posed as a security guard and scammed customers at an Oregon bank.
Sterling W. Hooten, 20, turned himself in at the Washington County Jail on Friday, Tigard police said. Hooten was charged with theft.
Investigators said Hooten and a man still at large made off with hundreds of dollars by standing outside a night deposit slot on Aug. 15 and persuading people to hand over their money because the slot wasn’t working.
Police said the men wore blue uniforms and had security badges, identification cards and guns.
Associated Press
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