Shamrock Bar and Grill in Longview is donating 20% of sales to victims’ families on Sunday, June 7.
LONGVIEW, Wash. — Linsay Mayeda-Rodman greets mill workers at the Shamrock Bar and Grill in Longview the way she always has, with hugs and jokes. But this week, the bar’s co-owner is grieving with them.
She is also one of them. Mayeda-Rodman has been a paper mill worker for 10 years.
“You go to work every day and plan to go home. You don’t think about the possibility at a paper mill… but any blue-collar job there are chances of something happening,” she told KING 5.
The industrial accident happened around 7:15 a.m. Tuesday during a shift change at the Nippon Dynawave paper mill, according to Scott Goldstein, fire chief for Cowlitz Fire and Rescue. The tank implosion damaged administrative offices, a break room and operational areas inside the facility.
Eight workers are confirmed dead and three more employees are still missing, as of May 28.
Mayeda-Rodman doesn’t work at Nippon Dynawave, where 11 employees are presumed dead after a chemical tank implosion on May 26, but she knows some of the victims.
“It hit really close to home, that could’ve been one of my guys,” she told KING 5. “If you don’t know someone who was directly affected, you know someone who was.”
On Sunday, June 7, Shamrock is donating 20% of gross sales to victims’ families.
“I can’t bring them back, but I can give them something,” Mayeda-Rodman said. “When something happens, Longview and Kelso come together to do what needs to be done to take care of our own…. Here at Shamrock, we consider our customers our family.”
All dine-in and bar customers must be 21 and older; to-go orders are available for all ages.
The fundraiser will be held from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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