NEWCLIPS FOR JUNE 2, 2008
Police identify woman found dead Saturday
By David Kassabian (Contact)
Originally published 04:40 p.m., June 2, 2008
Updated 04:40 p.m., June 2, 2008
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CORPUS CHRISTI — Corpus Christi police on Monday identified the 27-year-old woman found dead in her
apartment over the weekend, calling her death a homicide.
Amy Ignatowski, a petty officer third class in the U.S. Coast Guard, was found about 4 p.m. Saturday in a Candlewood
Apartments unit in the 2000 block of Airline Road. Ignatowski had been out with friends from the Coast Guard on
Friday night celebrating a colleague’s departure, said police Capt. Tim Wilson.
Authorities still are trying to piece together how she got home when the group broke up for the night about 2 a.m.
Saturday, Wilson said. He added that authorities have a strong indication how she died but are withholding that
information because its release might jeopardize the investigation.
Police continued Monday evening to search for a suspect.
A friend taking care of Ignatowski’s dog discovered her inside her apartment after she didn’t answer the phone.
Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Ben Sparacin said Ignatowski joined the service in 2005 and previously was stationed with a cutter
based out of Seattle before transferring to Corpus Christi. Coast Guard investigators also are looking into her death
along with local police, Sparacin said.
Body found submerged off Coast
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DEPOE BAY (AP) - Oregon State Police and the Lincoln County Sheriff's Office are
investigating the discovery of a body of a man in the Pacific Ocean south of Depoe Bay.
There are no signs of foul play and the body has not been positively identified.
The body was discovered Saturday afternoon by a commercial sea urchin diver.
A Tillamook County Sheriff's Office Dive Team responded to the scene, and with the
assistance of the US Coast Guard Station Depoe Bay the body of the man was recovered.
The body was found in about 40 feet of water, half-a-mile south of Rocky Creek State
Scenic Viewpoint in Lincoln County.
Investigators will be working with the Lincoln County Medical Examiner to identify the
body.
Ferry Christine Anderson going out of
service for repairs
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Pierce County's M/V Christine Anderson will be going out of service
Tues., June 3 for repairs and will be replaced by the Washington State
Ferries' M/V Rhododendron. The Christine Anderson, which has been
operating at half speed with a broken shaft seal since May 24, is
expected to return to the Steilacoom-Anderson Island-Ketron Island run
in 10 days or less.
The Rhododendron, which regularly runs between Point Defiance and
Tahlequah on Vashon Island, is older and slightly slower than the
Christine Anderson. But it can carry about the same number of vehicles
and twice as many passengers.
The state is leasing Pierce County's primary ferry, the Steilacoom II,
for its open-water run between Port Townsend and Keystone on Whidbey
Island. Pierce County requested that the Steilacoom II be returned in
accordance with the lease agreement, which provides for the ferry's
return in the event of an emergency.
However, the Rhododendron isn't approved by the Coast Guard for open
water use and isn't available for Port Townsend/Whidbey service. That
leaves the state without an available vessel for that run. The state
asked the county to consider using the Rhododendron, and the county
reluctantly agreed to that option.
To compensate Pierce County during the temporary disruption, the state
will provide free parking in Steilacoom for those who can leave their
vehicles on the mainland; and all passengers, including those in
vehicles, will receive free passage until the Christine Anderson
returns. Vehicles and drivers will be charged the normal fare.
The Christine Anderson Tuesday will go to Todd Shipyard in Tacoma for
what county officials hope will be a dockside repair. If that is
unsuccessful, the vessel will go into drydock as early as Wednesday,
June 4.
Beginning this evening, the Rhododendron will begin sailing between
Steilacoom and Anderson and Ketron islands. The state relief ferry M/V
Hiyu, which has been operating for the past several days on the county
run, will replace the Rhododendron on the Point Defiance-Vashon Island
run.
The Christine Anderson, which joined the county fleet in July 1994, is
213 feet in length and can carry 54 cars and 250 passengers. It is
virtually identical to the newer MV Steilacoom II, which is being
leased to the State of Washington following the grounding of four
aging, leaking Steel-Electric class vessels.
Medford man found dead near Scottsburg
June 03, 2008
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The body of a Medford man whose family hadn't heard from him since
April was found on a forest road outside Scottsburg over the weekend.
Search teams found the body of James Arthur McCoy, 57, on a forest road
about a quarter mile from Loon Lake Road. His vehicle, thought to be
abandoned, had been towed from Loon Lake Road May 14, the Douglas
County Sheriff's Office reported.
Medford police contacted Douglas County May 27, after McCoy's children,
who live in Medford, reported him missing. McCoy's family had talked to
him by phone April 22 and he told them then that he was in Reedsport
looking for work.
Medford police asked Douglas County for help, and deputies determined
that they had towed McCoy's vehicle in mid-May.
Teams returned to the area where his vehicle was found to search for
him last week. On Wednesday, they checked Loon Lake Road near milepost
1, where the vehicle was parked. Thursday, the Coast Guard did an
aerial search along Mill Creek, then Saturday, teams did a larger
ground search and found McCoy's body.
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office doesn't suspect foul play.
Officials said McCoy had a heart condition and high blood pressure, but
the medical examiner's office hadn't determined the cause of death.
Low Tide Forces Ferry Cancellations
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SEATTLE - What's good news for beachcombers this morning is frustrating
news for ferry riders.
Extremely low tides have led to a few ferry cancellations on the Port
Townsend-Keystone run from June 1st to the 7th and again on the 30th.
Tidal cancellations for Monday, June 2 are as follows: The 6:30 a.m.
sailing from Port Townsend the 7:15 a.m. sailing from Keystone are
cancelled. The first departure from Port Townsend will be at 8:00 a.m.
and out of Keystone at 8:45 a.m. More ferry cancellations are scheduled
throughout the week. Click here
<http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/ferries/schedules/index.cfm?fuseaction=tide_ca
ncellations&sched_id=56&route=pt-key> for a complete cancellation
list.
The impact of low tides on ferry transportation can be significant for
high profile trucks. In the past, some have been turned away on the
lowest tides of the year. In 2004, Puget Sound saw the lowest in almost
20 years. Most vehicles can handle the steep drive up and down but not
all of them.
While no one looks forward to the ferry cancellations, the miles of
Puget Sound beaches unveil nature's wonders drawing naturalists,
students and site-seers by the droves.
To help guide visitors, naturalists will be on hand at seven Puget
Sound parks stretching from Richmond Beach to Des Moines Beach Park.
Bring wading shoes, a trash bag and a journal. If you're going to
Seattle city park beaches, don't bring a dog - they aren't allowed,
even on a leash.
And leave the pail and shovel at home - you can't dig up or remove sea
life. But there's plenty of fun to discover.
On Monday, tide will be minus 3.1 feet with an extremely low tide due
Wednesday before noon at minus 4.3. You can tickle a sea anemone, see
the barnacle headstand and observe sea life from red octopus to sand
dollar beds.