SEATTLE — The Washington State Tourism office is holding a contest to give away vacation deals. It’s part of the tourism campaign with the theme of “Experience More.”
Prizes include weekend trips, a six-day vacation and travel discounts throughout the state.
For the Web site, go to www.experiencewa.com/ experience-more-giveaway.aspx.
Kent: Boeing worker killed in accident
A Kent Fire Department spokesman said Kent police and Boeing officials are investigating the death of a man at the Boeing plant in the south Seattle suburb. Capt. Kyle Ohashi said the unidentified man died Wednesday in what Ohashi said “appears to be an industrial accident.”
The spokesman says firefighters responded to the plant about 2 p.m. and confirmed that a man had died “as a result of a piece of machinery.”
Ohashi says the man was authorized to use the machinery.
Still, because of what Ohashi describes as “the unusual circumstances of the death,” police are investigating.
Boeing spokeswoman Kimberlee Beers confirms an employee fatality at the Kent plant, part of Boeing’s defense side.
Bangor: Dolphins, sea lions to help protect base
The Navy said it has decided to use teams of security officers and specially trained bottlenose dolphins and California sea lions to help protect Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor.
The Navy said Wednesday the system is designed to counter threats from swimmers or divers, and will be implemented in 2010.
An environmental impact statement evaluated the potential effects of several factors on the Navy’s dolphins and sea lions, including temperature, noise, water quality, toxins and the presence of other marine mammals.
It concluded that the creatures are not expected to be harmed by being transferred to and living at Bangor on Washington’s Hood Canal.
Tacoma: Motorists grab woman before she could jump from Narrows bridge
Police said three passing motorists stopped and grabbed a woman before she could jump off the Tacoma Narrows Bridge.
The Washington State Patrol says the 45-year-old woman parked her car in the middle of the span Wednesday and climbed over a rail in an attempt to jump.
Three passing motorists reached and grabbed her, then held on until police arrived. Officers held the woman’s hand through the railing until a rescue team with a harness pulled her over the side.
Associated Press
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