Shamrock Bar and Grill in Longview will donate 20% of sales on Sunday, June 7, to the families of the victims.
LONGVIEW, Wash. — Linsay Mayeda-Rodman was greeting, hugging and joking with factory workers as usual at the Shamrock Bar and Grill in Longview. But this week, the bar’s partners had their share of sadness.
She is one of them. Maida-Rodman worked in the paper mill for 10 years.
“You go to work every day and plan to go home. You don’t think about the possibility of being in a paper mill…but with any blue-collar job something can happen,” she told KING 5.
The industrial accident occurred around 7:15 a.m. Tuesday during a shift change at the Dynawave paper mill in Japan, Cowlitz Fire Rescue Fire Chief Scott Goldstein said. The tank implosion damaged administrative offices, break rooms and operating areas within the facility.
Eight workers confirmed dead As of May 28, three other employees were still missing.
Mayeda-Rodman did not work at Nippon Dynawave, where a chemical tank explosion on May 26 killed 11 employees, but she knew some of the victims.
“It’s really important to me that that could be one of my people,” she told KING 5. “If you don’t know there’s someone who’s been directly affected, you know there’s someone who’s been directly affected.”
On Sunday, June 7, Shamrock will donate 20% of sales to the families of the victims.
“I can’t bring them back, but I can give them something,” Maida Rodman said. “When something happens, Longview and Kelso come together to do what needs to be done to take care of ourselves…At Shamrock, we treat our customers like our family.”
All dine-in and bar patrons must be 21 years or older; to-go orders are open to all ages.
The fundraiser will be held from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
