Out to the ballgame

Out to the ballgame, originally uploaded by jonesdaily.

The fam is watching the Spokane Indians.

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One more time with feeling

I spent most of today working with the editors and Martin, our IT guy, to get our new public safety “On the Scanner” blog up and running online.
We tried this last summer and it went down in flames.
So we’re going to give it another shot. It seems to be doing well so far, but Martin [...]

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Steel, stairs and a couple toys

Meet Ron Johnson, 59, metal worker from outside Porter.
Nice guy, talented. And I got the chance to spring a Profile story on him at the last minute. I’m pretty pleased with how it turned out except we didn’t have space to run a bunch of photos that I thought were pretty cool — so here [...]

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Hoquiam gets bike justice

So here’s a fun little story on how the Hoquiam Police Department has started using bike patrols. I did a quick ridealong (in a car) to snap some photos of the officers peddling their beat. Enjoy.

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Homemade hops-pitality

Homemade hops-pitality, originally uploaded by jonesdaily.

So playing the pub this weekend resulted in a nice conversation with a couple from Sequim who brew their own beer. They just gave me some.

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A little more Irish ink

Landen winches a bit when James starts in on his new four-leaf clover tattoo. Nice enough guy, patient, which is always good in a tattoo artist. Though Landen did not enjoy his time in the chair.
For the Record: Apparently the elbow hurts.
Yeah, I got one too. See below:

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That’s a lot of kite

The Ocean Shores International Kite Challenge featuring 80-foot Octopus kites.

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Brief court quotes

“Please somebody stop the madness.” – Deputy prosecutor
“It would be better if the defense team was all cracked on meth.” – Deputy prosecutor
Short day at court. Sorry.

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HPD can be hard on doors

Newly-promoted Sgt. Krohn with the HPD tries to kick in a door after a domestic violence call. They tried to get this woman to open the door for at least 10 minutes. You should have heard the words coming out of her mouth when they finally resorted to forcing the door.

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Blaze levels Westport motel

The Albatross Motel in Westport burned last Friday. It made for an interesting start to the weekend shift.

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