Local briefing - April 12

The Olympian | • Published April 12, 2009

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Thurston County

Watch out for slow traffic around construction sites

The following projects are expected to affect traffic in Thurston County in the coming week, according to the Washington State Department of Transportation.

South Thurston County: Paving of the median and earthwork and drainage construction will slow traffic in both directions of Interstate 5 from Grand Mound to Maytown. The delays will be from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. For more information about the project, go to www.wsdot.wa.gov/projects/i5/grandmoundtomaytown.

South Thurston County: Bridge work at Prairie Creek, Scatter Creek and Maytown will close single lanes in both directions of I-5 from Grand Mound to Maytown. The work will be from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday.

Olympia and Lacey: Work on road sensors will close the right lane southbound and two right lines northbound on Interstate 5, between Capitol Boulevard and Martin Way. The work will be from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Tuesday and Wednesday.

Nisqually: Guardrail repair will close the right lane of northbound Interstate 5 at McAllister Creek from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday.

East Thurston County: Tree trimming will close alternating lanes of state Route 507 from Yelm to Rainier from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Lacey

Author, Hiroshima survivor to speak at Saint Martin's

The Saint Martin's University Office of Intercultural Initiatives and Department of Political Science will host Hideko Tamura Snider, a survivor of the Hiroshima atomic bomb explosion and author of "One Sunny Day: A Child's Memories of Hiroshima," at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Worthington Center at Saint Martin's University. Admission is free.

Snider was 11 when the bomb was dropped, destroying the world as she knew it. She describes the explosion as causing "the sun and the earth to melt together."

Snider came to the United States and earned her bachelor's degree in sociology from Wooster University and her master's degrees in theology and social work from the University of Chicago.

In addition to Snider's lecture, Saint Martin's will display posters from the Hiroshima Peace Museum in its O'Grady Library on Wednesday. The exhibition is open to everyone.

Corrie parents to discuss recent trip to Gaza Strip

Craig and Carrie Corrie are scheduled to speak about their late daughter's peace efforts in Gaza during the Tuesday meeting of the Democratic Study Group at Panorama.

The event starts at 1:30 p.m. in the Quinault auditorium, 1835 Circle Lane S.E., in Lacey. It is open to the public, regardless of political viewpoint.

Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old student at The Evergreen State College, died in 2003 on the Gaza Strip after being hit by an Israeli bulldozer during a demonstration against the destruction of a Palestinian settlement.

The parents recently returned from their fourth trip to Gaza on behalf of the Rachel Corrie Foundation. They are bringing a PowerPoint presentation about the trip.

For more information, call Ruth Shearer at 360-438-5682.