ONLINE MEDIA COVERAGE The following online media articles are available on the topic of Violent Sexual Predators and DSHS's current attempts a violent sexual predator halfway house in a Walla Walla neighborhood.	HOME
Title, Source, & Link Date Group Vows Lawsuit over Sex Offender Housing    Link to KREM2 TV Online Article 01-26-2001 (Fri)  Citizens bend Locke's ear with concerns on sex predator house    By Jim Thomsen of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 01-26-2001 (Fri)  Crown to council : No to sex predators    By Jim Thomsen of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 01-25-2001 (Thu)  Walla Walla not place for sexual predator house    By the editorial board of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 01-24-2001 (Wed)  Walla Walla asks court to set aside state's halfway house plans    By Jim Thomsen of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 01-19-2001 (Fri)  DSHS Applauds High Court Ruling   By DSHS Official Press Release 01-17-2000 (Wed) Important Supreme Court Ruling regarding Civil Committment    By U.S. Supreme Court (reproduced in HTML and placed on our site) 01-17-2001 (Wed) Port of Walla Walla Comments    By Jim Kuntz (Director of the Port of Walla Walla) 01-17-2001 (Wed) Pendleton City Council Interested    By Allen Moody of Eastern Oregonian 01-15-2001 (Tue) M-F Council Joins Fight vs. proposed sex predator ...    By Nicole Tsong of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 01-09-2001 (Sun)  Milton-Freewater Joins Fight    By Allen Moody of Eastern Oregonian 01-09-2001 (Tue) Predator Halfway House Site on Table    By Jim Thomsen of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 01-07-2001 (Sun)  Walla Walla's Top 10 for the Year 2000   By Walla Walla Union Bulletin 12-31-2000 (Sun) Predators Affect Oregon    By Allen Moody of Eastern Oregonian 12-30-2000 (Tue) Spokane Planning Commission Wants to Place Restrictions...   By Q6 News (link to MSNBC site) 12-27-2000 (Wed) Sex Predator Program On Track   News Tribune (link to TribNet site) 12-27-2000 (Wed) Fighting against Walla Walla half-way house site    By Linda Ashton of Associate Press (Link to Seattle Time) 12-26-2000 (Tue)  Icy Weather Fails to Chill Heat of Sex Predator Protest    By Terry Dillan of Valley Times 12-21-2000 (Thu)  Battle Begins To Keep Sex Offenders Out Of Walla Walla    By Joann Shinn  of KVEW-TV 12-21-2000 (Thu)  Work at Site Hasn't Begun    By Jim Thomsen of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 12-21-2000 (Thu)  Sex Predator Site Work Beginning ?    By Ruben Bybee of Enough is Enough 12-21-2000 (Thu)  Sex-offender ruling cites state    By Katherine Long of the Seattle Times 12-21-2000 (Thu)  DSHS 2001-2003 budget    By Washington State Department of Social & Health Services 12-19-2000 (Tue)  At DSHS, we're focused on providing closely...    By Dennis Braddock of DSHS (link to TribNET site) 12-18-2000 (Mon)  Sex-offender plan protested    By Associated Press 12-18-2000 (Mon)  Protestors say No! to sexual predators    By Jim Thomsen of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 12-17-2000 (Sun)  DSHS Documents explain Walla Walla Pick   By Jim Thomsen of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 12-17-2000 (Sun)  Hysteria has no place in debate over house for sexual predators   By The Editorial Board of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 12-13-2000 (Wed)  Protest set over predator housing   By Jim Thomsen of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 12-12-2000 (Tue)  College Place may Join DSHS outcry   By Jim Thomsen of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 12-10-2000 (Mon) Predator prospects galvanize residents   By Jim Thomsen of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 12-09-2000 (Sun) Proposal: Convert McNeil camp into sex-offender facility    By Associate Press (Link to Seattle Times) 12-08-2000 (Fri) Prison Camp may be converted   By Seattle PI Staff (link to MSNBC site) 12-08-2000 (Fri) Sex Center May Move   By Sarah Duran of the News Tribute (link to TribNet site) 12-08-2000 (Fri) DSHS: WW not likely to get another halfway house   By Jim Thomsen of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 12-07-2000 (Thu) City to sue DSHS over Sex Predator Site   By Jim Thomsen of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 12-07-2000 (Thu) Walla Walla City Council Meeting  Minutes from official Walla Walla City Web Site 12-06-2000 (Wed) State Opening Sexual Predator Halfway House in Walla Walla   Editorial from EONow.com (Daily Guide to Eastern Oregon) 12-06-2000 (Wed) Sexual Predator Center Again in the Courts   By Seattle Post-Intelligencer Staff 12-06-2000 (Wed) Predator Center Back in Court   By Sarah Duran of the News Tribune (link to TribNet site) 12-06-2000 (Wed) Monroe Still on List for Possible Halfway House   By Jim Haley of the Daily Herald 12-02-2000 (Sat) Walla Walla chosen for offender home   By Sarah Duran of the News Tribune (link to TribNet site) 12-02-2000 (Sat) It's WW - Sex-predator halfway house slated for city   By Kathleen Obenland  of the Walla Walla Union-Bulletin 12-01-2000 (Fri) Special Commitment Center closer to standards set by court   By Sarah Duran of the News Tribune (link to TribNet site) 11-29-2000 (Wed) State Eyes 11 sites for sex offender home   By Sarah Duran of the News Tribune (link to TribNet site) 11-21-2000 (Tue) DSHS Releases Locations to be Considered for Secure...   By Department of Social & Health Services (Offical DSHS Press Release) 11-20-2000 (Mon) New Rules for Housing Sex Offenders   By Sarah Duran of the News Tribune (link to TribNet site) 11-18-2000 (Sun) Final Criteria for Secure Residential Sites for Sex Offenders   By Department of Social & Health Services (Offical DSHS Press Release) 11-17-2000 (Fri) Criteria for sex offender homes up for public comment   By Paul Shukovsky of SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER 11-03-2000 (Fri) Rapist Fights For Freedom - (This could be our 1st inhabitant)   By Scott North of Herald NET 07-14-2000 (Fri) Neighbors opposition dooms state plan for halfway house   By Hunter T. George of Associated Press 07-28-2000 (Fri) Plans abandonded by DSHS for sex predator site in Thurston   By Department of Social & Health Services (Offical DSHS Press Release) 07-27-2000 (Thu) Property bought to block sex offender site in Thurston County   By The Sun Newspaper of Bremerton, Washington 07-22-2000 (Fri)) State Won't back down from Thurston County for Predator Site   By The Sun Newspaper of Bremerton, Washington 07-21-2000 (Fri) Proposed Thurston Sex Offender Home Should Be Removed   By Dan Mead (Republican Gubernatorial Candidate) 07-20-2000 (Thu) Judge Sees Progress at Sex Predator Center (McNeil Island)   By Associated Press (link to HeraldNET) 05-06-2000 (Sat) Sex-Offender center: 10 years of trouble   By Mike Carter of Seattle Times 03-21-2000 (Tue) Community Protection Research Project   From Washington State Goverment Web Site  N/A Washington Sex Offender Registration & Community ...   From the KlaasKids Foundation N/A State of Washington's Joint Legislative Audit & Review ...   From Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee N/A Mentally Ill Offenders in the State of Washington   From State of Washington web site (wa.gov) N/A Chapter 71.09 RCW Sexually Violent Predators   From State of Washington web site (wa.gov) N/A Sexual Predator Commitment Laws   From State of Washington web site (wa.gov) 10-1997