RULE 1.
                         DEPARTMENTS OF SUPERIOR COURT


     (a)  Departments.  The Superior Court of Cowlitz County shall be divided
into as many departments as there are judges authorized by law.  Said
departments are presided over and by the following judges, and each said judge
shall be designated and known as judge of said department until otherwise
changed by amendment of this local rule.


     Department No. 1:   Judge Gary B. Bashor

     Department No. 2:   Judge Stephen M. Warning

     Department No. 3:   Judge Michael H. Evans

     Department No. 4:   Judge Marilyn K. Haan

     Department No. 5:   Vacant