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  • Anchor of ages believed found off Whidbey Island

    02/15/2014 5:58:41 PM PST · by SunkenCiv · 22 replies
    South Whidbey Record ^ | February 07, 2014 | Justin Burnett
    ...Considered by some to be a Holy Grail of Puget Sound archaeology, three men — a commercial diver, an amateur historian and an attorney — believe they have found the fabled lost anchor of Captain George Vancouver’s exploration of the Pacific Northwest more than 200 years ago. Lying in shallow water along the west side of Whidbey Island, the historic artifact could be recovered by the three-man team that makes up Anchor Ventures LLC within the month... In 1791, British Navy Captain George Vancouver set out on a four-year exploration of the West Coast aboard the 99-foot HMS Discovery. Accompanying...
  • [Virginia executes] Jamaican Native [Who] Shot Winchester Officer Ricky Timbrook in '99

    02/19/2009 10:02:01 PM PST · by freespirited · 3 replies · 499+ views
    Washpost ^ | 2/20/09 | Jerry Markon
    The killer of a Winchester police officer whose case became a flash point in the debate over Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's views on the death penalty was executed last night by lethal injection after Kaine declined to intervene. Edward N. Bell was ... pronounced dead at the Greensville Correctional Center at 9:11 p.m., said Larry Traylor, a spokesman for the Virginia Department of Corrections. Bell, 44, was convicted in the 1999 killing of Sgt. Ricky L. Timbrook, who was shot while chasing a probation violator. Although capital punishment has been the subject of long-standing debate in Virginia, the case had...