Fire ravages downtown building

Stouffer-Moore’s Floor Covering building burned last night in a spectacular blaze. Hopefully, the paper is putting together an online slideshow, but here are a few that didn’t make the cut:

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Gone fish shootin’

My editor sent me out to shoot a fishing derby today. With all the recent wind and rain, I was not thrilled. But I think it turned out okay. Above is a bunch of salmon hanging just outside the fishery near Humptulips. Here’s a few more outtakes:

Here’s Chris McCalib of Federal Way at the weigh-in [...]

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Brother in Afghanistan gets a little press

From the Seattle Times
A Seattle Times reporter has spent the past couple weeks embedded with Landen’s platoon and sending stories back to his blog. He finally posted a group photo, which includes Landen.
For the record: I talked to Landen this morning and he seems to be doing well. He appreciates everyone’s letters.

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Hard news in a perfect world

In a perfect world, this would be the worst news I ever had to report on for the paper. It might be a little boring, but I think I’d get used to it.
And I’d get plenty of laughs:
The Daily World — Oct. 9
At least it wasn’t a cat up a tree.
Ocean Shores firefighters put their [...]

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Cross country homecoming

Meet James Strickland, 39, now back in Aberdeen.
He just finished a 2,500 mile walk from Longview, Texas, back to his family in Aberdeen carrying that 12-foot, 100-pound wooden cross on wheels. I wrote this story about him a few weeks ago and he showed up yesterday.
At least a couple dozen people called in to let [...]

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Sun on the hammer

This guy is using a sledge hammer to drive pins in to secure the log-rolling pond for Loggers Playday in Hoquiam.
I filed two other more basic news photos today before I thought, “What the hell, why not add this one?”
I liked this one more and we ended up running it.

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Some kick-grass lawnmowers

Spent much of yesterday standing in the rain watching people race some high-powered lawnmowers.
Kind of fun. Kind of ridiculous, but everyone seemed to be having a decent time.

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Democracy goes to the birds

So the chickens win.
For now.
A lot of people made fun of the attention this story received, but it obviously hit a nerve. A couple council members stated they received more calls on the domestic fowl issue than on almost any other topic during their service.
These decisions effect people’s everyday lives — on both sides [...]

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King of the chickens

Meet Anthony Crumpler, 55, who I have dubbed the Chicken King, solely because it’s fun to say, not to poke fun or praise. He raises about 80 chickens at the edge of Hoquiam and he’s ruffling plenty of feathers.
And this chicken just makes my blood run cold:

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Good triumphs over evil with fist-bump

This may be my favorite news photo ever. I snapped a photo of two deputies celebrating the end of a 90-minute standoff with a quick fist-bump as the suspect is loaded into an ambulance. Nothing says justice like a fist-bump.

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