UPDATE: Peshastin Man Found Cold But OK.

Read the Wenatchee World Article

Chelan County Sheriff - Sheriff Mike Harum reports on Monday March 1, 2010 at 6:15pm west county deputies were dispatched to the 8300 block of Main Street in Peshastin, WA concerning a missing 84 year old male with severe dementia. It was determined Jarvis P. Boyce walked away from his home sometime after 4:00pm. Family members at the residence did not realize Mr. Boyce had left the house. Neighbors reported seeing a subject matching Boyce’s description walking from the area of the residence northbound toward the railroad tracks. Other reports advised Mr. Boyce may have been seen walking toward Derby Canyon prior to the time he was reported missing.

Boyce was last seen wearing a red windbreaker type jacket with white lettering on the back and blue jeans. He may have been wearing a baseball cap. He is 5’8” in height, 110lbs, with blue eyes and gray hair. Family members advise Mr. Boyce suffers from Alzheimers disease severely affecting his memory and ability to communicate.

The search effort was coordinated by the Chelan County Sheriff’s Office with the assistance from Fire District volunteers from Peshastin, Dryden, Cashmere, and Monitor. A bloodhound from Douglas County Fire District #2, and several Chelan County Volunteer Services personnel also responded to the search area. An extensive search of the Peshastin area continued until 2:00am. The search will resume again around 6:00am Tuesday morning.

The Sheriff’s Office is asking citizens residing in, or traveling through, the Peshastin, Dryden, and Leavenworth areas to be on the lookout for Mr. Boyce and to call 663-9111 immediately if he is observed in the area.

Senator Linda Evans Parlette checks in with Olympia's solution to their money woes: Raise taxes on the already overtaxed citizens. 

Senate passes suspension of taxpayer protection act, governor signs it into law

On Monday night the state Senate passed Senate Bill 6130, a measure that suspends key portions of the taxpayer protection law enacted by Initiative 960. Although the bill passed the Senate Feb. 10, the House amended it slightly so it came back to the Senate for a concurrence vote. I voted "no."

The bill as passed:

• removes the two-thirds vote requirement for the Legislature to raise taxes;

• takes away the public advisory vote on tax increases;

• removes the requirement to put information in the voter's pamphlet about tax increases and how legislators voted on them; and

• includes an emergency clause, so the bill takes effect immediately and does not give the public an opportunity to repeal it via referendum.

Senate Republicans sent a letter to the governor asking Gov. Gregoire to veto SB 6130, or at least the portion of it that removes the advisory vote and information in the voter's pamphlet. Regretfully, the governor declined our request and signed the bill into law on Wednesday.

This week USA Today and KING-5 TV conducted a poll on the repeal of the taxpayer protection act. Here is the question they asked:

The Washington state Legislature and the governor have suspended Initiative 960, which requires two-thirds of lawmakers to vote yet in order to raise taxes. Was suspending Initiative 960 the right thing to do? Or the wrong thing to do?

Here are the responses:

Wrong thing - 68%

Right thing - 24%

Not sure - 8 %

Sen. Linda Evans Parlette

From a press release from Sen. Linda Evans Parlette:

On Wednesday, Governor Gregoire proposed increasing taxes by about $825 million to balance the 2009-11 budget.

Among other things, her proposal would:

· tax bottled water at one cent per ounce (about $3.84 per case);

· tax soda at the wholesale level at five cents per 12 ounces;

· tax cigarettes by an additional $1 a pack (to $3.05 a pack);

· make candy and gum subject to the sales tax for the first time;

· triple the tax on “hazardous materials,” including oil imported into Washington (a proposal estimated to raise gas prices by at least three cents a gallon); and

· eliminate some existing tax incentives.

In addition to raising these taxes, the governor’s plan relies on almost $700 million in fund transfers – one-time monies that do not solve our budget problem long-term – and counts on $435 million in hoped-for federal Medicaid money.

It should also be noted that the $825 million tax increase is a one-year figure. These increases are projected to cost taxpayers $1.93 billion in the next (2011-13) biennium.

Even with this level of increase, the governor’s outlook for the next biennium shows a general fund budget deficit of more than $2.1 billion. The likelihood of a budget with new taxes moving forward increases with the repeal of the taxpayer protection act.  

Manson, WA - Good Morning,

Don't have plans for dinner tonight? Then, Dine-in or Take-out at Troy's Pizza (509-687-3345) in Manson tonight from 4-8pm and support Young Life in the Lake Chelan Valley.

When you order say, "I'm ordering for the Young Life fundraiser" and Troy's will donate 10% of the cost of your meal.

If you haven't made dinner reservations for Valentine's Day, then call Tanti Baci (509-888-4868) in Manson. They're open from 5-9pm.

When you order any of their bread with your meal, Tanti Baci is donating the price of the bread to Lake Chelan Valley Young Life.

Also, please tip well to say thank you to these two restaurants for supporting the youth in the Lake Chelan Valley.

God Bless and Thank You

Jim Broome
Area Director
Cascades Gateway Young Life
PO Box 1438
Chelan, WA 98816

Chelan, WA - Dr. Thomas Kindell will appear at Chelan’s Valley Christian Center February 7th, 8th and 9th to present four seminars on creationism. Dr. Kindell has lectured throughout the United States and abroad, is a frequent guest on the radio series “Science, Scripture & Salvation,” and his creation-science seminar has been repeatedly acclaimed as one of the best in the nation.

According to his biography, Dr. Kindell was once an ardent believer in the “fact” of evolution, but became a zealous creationist through his exposure to the scientific case for creation. He has received advanced training in scientific creationism through the Graduate School of theInstitute for Creation Research in Santee, California and holds a Doctorate in Philosophy of Theology.