Local briefing - Nov. 24

The Olympian, wire services • Published November 24, 2008

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Rochester

Man in custody after shooting out car window

A man was arrested by Thurston County sheriff's deputies Saturday after he was accused of shooting out the window of another man's car on Apricot Street in Rochester.

Edward Clayton Taylor, 57, was being held Sunday at the Thurston County Jail on suspicion of one count of second-degree attempted murder.

Thurston County Sheriff's Sgt. Alvin Griffin said the incident was reported after a man doing work at the Apricot Street home had a dispute with the woman who lived there, and the woman's brother, Taylor, confronted the man with a handgun.

The man who was doing work at the home fled out the door. He reported to deputies that as he was inside his car backing out to leave, Taylor appeared outside with a rifle, and fired a shot that shattered the car window, Griffin said.

The man reported that Taylor's rifle then became stuck as he attempted to reload, Griffin said. The man said he got out of the car and fought with Taylor, Griffin said. The man took the rifle during the fight and left, Griffin added.

Taylor was later arrested by sheriff's deputies.

Tacoma

Shelter for teenage moms, kids to close

After nearly 50 years, a shelter program for teenage mothers and their children is closing in Tacoma.

Director Ken Maaz says Faith Homes, which was recently renamed Jump Start, has lost donations because of the hard economic times.

The program was started by the Episcopal Diocese of Olympia in 1959 and became independent in the 1990s. Besides providing homes for teenage mothers, Faith Homes worked to recruit foster parents, find homes for abused teenage girls and seek short-term shelter for teens in families with drug abuse and mental illness.

Now Maaz says most of the nearly 40 employees have left and the agency will be officially out of business by mid-December.

Some of the program's operations have been taken over by other agencies, such as the Lakewood Area Shelter Association.

State Workers

• Alberta Clarkson, of Lacey, has been reappointed to the Board of Trustees College District No. 24 (South Puget Sound Community College). Clarkson has more than 25 years of experience in managing adult education and training programs.

• Jason Bodine, has been appointed as law enforcement officer for Capitol State Forest, by the Department of Natural Resources. He began his career as a reserve officer with the McCleary Police Department.

• Danielle King, program manager for the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library in Seattle, has been selected as the Office of Secretary of State's Employee of the Quarter, for the third quarter of 2008.

• Kerry Barbour, has started in her position as state digital archivist. Barbour will manage the operations of the state Digital Archives, located at Eastern Washington University. Digital Archives is a branch of the Olympia-based Washington State Archives.

• Jane Parnell, associate superintendent for programs at Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor, will be the new superintendent at Ahtanum View Corrections Center, in Yakima.

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