Man, 28, hurt in shooting
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SEATTLE - A 28-year-old man was in serious condition yesterday after being shot about 10 p.m. Thursday in the Chinatown International District.
The victim was shot after a dispute with one of three men in their 20s who drove north on South King Street in a green four-door car, said Clem Benton, Seattle police spokesman.
The victim walked to a nearby tavern, where he announced he had been shot and collapsed, Benton said. He was taken to Harborview Medical Center.
Detectives seek suspect in Lacey woman's death
LACEY, Thurston County - Sheriff's detectives last night were hunting for a local man suspected of killing a Lacey woman and leaving her body and her car in the Nisqually River.
Robert Kiel Anderson, 19, was being sought in the death of Jillian Deann Vernam, 20, who was found in her car in the river near the Riverbend Campground, about 1-1/2 miles south of Interstate 5 in the Nisqually Valley, Sheriff's Capt. Dan Kimball said.
Vernam died of multiple stab wounds, investigators said.
Yesterday, investigators learned that Anderson and an 18-year-old woman arranged to meet Vernam on Thursday night along Marvin Road near Lacey, Kimball said.
There, authorities said, Anderson assaulted Vernam and drove her car to the river. Police found Anderson's bloody clothing in a nearby lake, Kimball said.
"We know they agreed to meet," Kimball said. "We know they know each other, and we know something went wrong. Now we have to find him."
Anderson has a prior conviction for armed robbery, Kimball said.
Anderson was described as white, 5 feet 10, 150 pounds, with dark hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a blue T-shirt, black slacks and sandals.
Highway 18 at Maple Valley to close for repair work
MAPLE VALLEY - Highway 18 will be closed to all traffic at the Maple Valley interchange from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. Monday through Thursday next week so crews can clean and repair girders on an overpass damaged in a fatal truck crash last fall.
The overpass was being widened Nov. 5 when two trucks collided underneath it, killing both drivers.
Check Wild Ride tickets; you may be a winner
OLYMPIA - Lottery players who bought $5 Wild Ride tickets for a Jan. 29 drawing but didn't win anything may want to check around for those tickets.
The Lottery reported the wrong winning number for a promotional Bonus Drawing for $50,000. This drawing affected only the Wild Ride tickets, not any other drawing.
The correct number on that promotional ticket was 43095301, but the Lottery reported that the winning number was 43331181.
The holder of the true winning number must get it verified by Feb. 28 at one of six regional Lottery offices. Retail stores cannot verify the winning ticket.
Players holding either number will get $50,000 prizes.
Rescuer used fists and bike to scare cougar away
PORT HARDY, B.C. - A passerby used his fists and a bicycle Thursday to scare off a cougar that was attacking a Seattle man.
Elliot Cole was driving by when he saw the cougar mauling John Nostal, who was riding his bike on Vancouver Island.
"Basically, I came upon the scene and saw the cougar on the guy's back," Cole said. "I jumped out of my truck and tried to scare it away. I shouted and yelled at it."
When that didn't work, Cole hit the animal on the head with a heavy lunch bag.
"That didn't faze it, so basically I dropped the bag and punched the cougar in the head about six times," he said. "It still wouldn't release him, so I took the ... wheel of the bike and ... put it on the neck of the cougar and shoved it to the ground to the point where I thought it was choking the cat."
Cole's attack eventually caused the cougar to release Nostal's neck. He managed to wriggle free of the big cat and run for Cole's truck. Cole hit the cougar once more in the head and ran for the truck himself.
Nostal suffered injuries to his head, face, shoulder and forearm and was recovering in a Port Hardy hospital.
Packwood planning to leave D.C. and retire in Oregon
PORTLAND - Former U.S. Sen. Bob Packwood said he plans to quit his Washington, D.C., lobbying business at the end of the current congressional session and return to Oregon to retire.
"This is where my heart is, my home is; and it's where my life is," Packwood said in an interview aired yesterday with a Portland radio station.
Packwood resigned from the Senate in 1995 after serving for 26 years. His reputation as a Republican champion of abortion and women's rights was spoiled by allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances to 17 female employees and colleagues.
Packwood, 68, said he'd like to write his memoirs and that he's also interested in working on a civic project that could give Portland the finest parks system in the United States.
University of Oregon student dies of disease
EUGENE - A 19-year-old University of Oregon student died yesterday of meningococcal disease, a contagious, rapidly spreading disease that strikes Oregonians at a far higher rate than the national average.
The Portland woman, whose identity was not released, was taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center early Thursday after complaining of severe flulike symptoms. She died yesterday morning.
Meningococcal disease is caused by a bacteria that lives harmlessly in the noses and throats of 10 to 15 percent of the population.