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Jerry Wakefield, Managing Editor
Jerry Wakefield has been managing editor of The Olympian for 10 years. He has worked as a reporter and editor at newspapers in Florida, Missouri and Kentucky. He and his wife, Barb, have two children in the Olympia school system.
Dusti Demarest, Assistant Managing Editor
Dusti
Demarest, assistant managing editor in charge of the Living, Weekend
and Home sections, has worked for The Olympian since June 1994. Before that, she worked as a reporter and editor in Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa. She is a Washington state native who was the second generation of
her family to graduate from Stadium High School in Tacoma. She has two children, Hannah and Luke.
Mike Oakland, Opinion Editor
Mike
Oakland is editorial page editor at The Olympian. Oakland was a city, county and state government reporter for 20 years before assuming his current position in 1992.
Editorial Board
John Winn Miller, president and publisher
Mike Oakland, editorial page editor
Cheryl Fambles, community representative
Peter Reid, community representative
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'Assisted suicide' describes initiative correctly
Section B of the Sunday edition contains a gross error in the item concerning petitions. It refers to the Booth Gardner petition I-1000 as "the assisted-suicide measure." It is officially and properly named "Death with Dignity." This needs to have a correction printed. You are propagating an outright lie and misinformation meant to frighten people. I sincerely hope your staff will be informed that it is NEVER to be referred to as "assisted suicide". I will be looking for an apology and a correction in the Olympian within a day or two.
Louise Benoit
From Vickie Kilgore, executive editor: The Olympian has chosen to use the phrase “assisted suicide” to describe the initiative because
a) This is the choice the Associated Press has made. Much of our state-wide content comes from that news service so it’s a matter of consistency; and
b) Even more important, the phrase is a simple, accurate description of the proposal. We recognize there are negative connotations attached to the word suicide, but its definition is clear – the act of taking one’s own life voluntarily and intentionally.
Our intent is to keep the explanation of the initiative as plain as possible while maintaining accuracy. Assisted suicide does that.
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Bhutto interview in PARADE preceded assassination
I was curious as to why the PARADE section of the Sunday's paper's front page stated "Is Benazir Bhutto America's best hope against al-Qaeda?" Do you think it should have started "Would she or Could she"? I am sure you know she was murdered ? I read the article but perhaps it was too early in the morning but I did not read anything saying about her being dead. I think she would have been a great asset but know we will never know. -- Bill
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Pearl Harbor not forgotten amidst flood, recovery news
I find it very disturbing that on December 7th the Olympia chose to print only one article regarding Pearl Harbor. This “Day in Infamy” must never be forgotten. To ignore the servicemen (and women) and the sacrifices during WW2 is a slap in the face to the veterans. An apology would seem to be in order. - Keith L. Clark
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Police did not attack Olympian staff during protests
Why has there been no mention in any article of the fact that two reporters of The Olympian were attacked and pepper sprayed while not breaking any laws? - Sam, Tacoma
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