Regional briefs for October 5

The Olympian, News Services | • Published October 05, 2008

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OLYMPIA

Hollywood Video briefly closes after fire

A Hollywood Video store at 2106 Harrison Ave. N.W. closed for about four hours Saturday after an electrical short started a fire on the roof near the sign for the business, a fire official said.

Olympia Fire Department Battalion Chief Doug Hewell said the fire started at 1:30 p.m. and caused about $2,500 in damage. To fight the fire, firefighters shut off power to the video store and evacuated three nearby businesses, Hewell said.

The fire was extinguished in about 20 minutes, but the store remained close until a junction box was repaired on the building's roof. It reopened at 5 p.m., a store employee said.

MASON COUNTY

Man mauled by puppies died of natural causes

The Mason County coroner determined that the Parkland cancer patient who died after being mauled in a Shelton nursing home died of natural causes.

Michael Warner, 55, died Sept. 12 after puppies mauled him and used him as a "food source." Warner's daughter and caretaker were arrested and 27 dogs were taken from the home. Warner was dropped off at Tacoma General Hospital, where doctors discovered his injuries and called police.

THURSTON COUNTY

Level 3 sex offender registers as transient

The Thurston County Sheriff's Office is notifying the public that Level 3 sex offender Derrick Paul, 35, has registered to live as a transient in the 500 block of 11th Avenue Southeast.

On July 23, 2002, Paul pleaded guilty in Thurston County Superior Court to indecent liberties without forcible compulsion, residential burglary with sexual motivation and two counts of second-degree burglary with sexual motivation. He was sentenced to 116 months incarceration and 36 to 48 months community custody.

OLYMPIA

Build-A-Bike Project moves to new location

The all-volunteer Community Build-A-Bike Project will move today from Wilson Street and Olympia Avenue to a new location behind the Pit Stop Grocery on Boulevard Road at 18th Avenue.

The Build-A-Bike yearly raffle will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Oct. 25 at Ralph's Thriftway; Nov. 1 at the Olympia Farmers Market; Nov. 8 at the Eastside Food Co-op; and Nov. 15 at Bayview Thriftway.

For more information, contact Terry Zander at 360-943-6109 or by e-mail at tezzer1@msn.com, or go to www.oly-wa.us/bikes.

The Build-A-Bike shop is open from noon to 4 p.m. Sundays.

Memorial service for firefighters is today

The 23rd annual Washington State Fallen Firefighters Memorial Service will be at 10 a.m. today at the Capitol Rotunda in Olympia.

The service will honor three firefighters who died in the line of duty: Chief Dan Packer of East Pierce Fire & Rescue, Firefighter Marty Hauer of the Kent Fire Department and Firefighter Andrew Palmer of the National Park Service.