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Here are some of the stories that grabbed our readers’ attention this week.
A teenage girl who was the subject of a Facebook video that went viral over the weekend following outrage over how loss prevention officers detained her outside a Vancouver WinCo was booked into the Clark County Juvenile Detention Center.
The 14-year-old girl appeared Monday in juvenile court on suspicion of second-degree robbery. She will be arraigned Wednesday.
She is accused of stealing candy from the store at 905 N.E. 136th Ave., and was stopped by two loss prevention officers outside. The girl fought with the employees while being detained, causing injury to both, according to a probable cause affidavit filed in support of the allegation.
A former volunteer at Washougal Motocross Park is suing the racetrack and its affiliates after being critically injured when a rider lost control of his bike, left the track and struck him in July 2014.
Bruce Barnes, 52, of Vancouver filed the suit July 5 in Clark County Superior Court against the park; American Motocross Association; Lucas Oil Products; National Promoters Group; John Ayers, director of operations for the National Promoters Group; MX Sports Pro Racing; the rider, Jarryd McNeil; and John and Jane Doe. He is being represented by Vancouver attorney Josephine Townsend.
Don’t say “gut.” Don’t even say “cruise.”
Downtown merchants and the city of Vancouver were warned July 7 by a law firm representing Cruisin’ the Gut, the erstwhile annual Vancouver car cruise-in, to stop marketing a July 15 replacement outing as if it’s a continuation of the very same event.
Naming the new event Cruise the Couve amounts to “blatant misappropriation of Cruisin’ the Gut’s identity, trademark and goodwill,” and a violation of “valuable intellectual property rights. This misappropriation is knowing, willful and ongoing.”
That’s according to Rylander and Associates, a Vancouver law firm that specializes in trademark and copyright law. On July 7, Rylander notified the city of Vancouver, Mayor Tim Leavitt, City Councilor Jack Burkman and the Main Street businesses and groups that rapidly formed up a new event steering committee, to stop associating their new event with the old one in any way.
The oldest is chasing his major league dream in Wisconsin.
In West Virginia, the middle brother also has his sights on “the show.”
And the youngest? His big-league pursuit has led him to Tennessee.
Their baseball paths have diverged, but they lead back to the same place.
In the backyard of the Whalen family’s Vancouver home, Caleb, Seaver and Brady used to try and dominate each other at Wiffle ball.
“Growing up, it was almost comical how competitive we were,” Brady Whalen said.
Backyard adversaries in adolescence, but always allies, the Whalen brothers continue to support and motivate each other as they adjust to life in minor league baseball.
