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Pioneer to
run school
bond for
fifth time
District reduces
cost by 3 million
By NATALIE JOHNSON
nata/ie@masoncoun com
The Pioneer School District
will ask voters on April 22 to
approve a $23.8 million bond.
The district has run the bond
four times, most recently for
$26.9 million.
The bond would finance the
construction of a new middle
school and add classroom
space to Pioneer Primary
School.
see BOND, page A-11
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Journal photos by Gordon Weeks
With tears:in her eyes, AraLiljas, a senior at Shelton High School, is crowned Queen of the Forest by outgoing Queen
Alyssa Castro at the Mason County Forest Festival coronation Saturday. .
A queen
crowned
Seven-member Forest
Festival court selected
By GORDON WEEKS
gordon@masoncounty, com
nna Liljas was crowned Queen of the
Forest at the annual Mason County For-
est Festival coronation Saturday eve-
ning in the high school's Performing Arts
Center.
Also named to the Forest Festival court were Shel-
ton High School senior Sarah Miranda, Princess of
Cedar; Shelton High School senior Gabriela Garcia,
Princess of Douglas Fir; Shelton High School senior
Alona Davis, Princess of Spruce; Shelton High School
Mario Garcia introduces his daughter, Shelton
High School senior Gabriela Garcia, at Saturday's
pageant. Garcia was crowned Princess of Douglas
Fir. She also won the award for writing the best
essay.
junior Shelbie Garrick, Princess of Hemlock; Shelton
High School senior Michael Sobotka, Paul Bunyan;
and Shelton High School senior Alan Medina, Smokey
Bear.
The selection process included a formal interview
before the coronation ceremony, a one-page essay on
the 2014 Forest Festival theme, "Our Logging Legacy"
presented orally at the program and an impromptu
question.
see PAGEANT, page A-28
Blast linked to hash production injures 4 in Shelton
By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie@masoncoun com
A butane explosion at a
Shelton home injured four
people Tuesday, sending two
to Harborview Medical Center
in Seattle with burns.
The explosion, which offi-
cials linked to the production
of hash oil, occurred at 12:39
p.m. in the downstairs bath-
room at a house at 512 Grand-
view Ave. in Shelton.
"It was an attempt to con-
vert marijuana to hash oil,"
said Lt. Les Watson of the
Shelton Police.
According to Central Ma-
son Fire & EMS, which re-
sponded to the blast, there is
"internal explosive damage to
walls inside the home."
The West Sound Narcot-
ics Enforcement Team will
serve a warrant at the house
and conduct an investiga-
tion of the incident along
with help from the Shelton
Police Department, Watson
said.
Early media reports incor-
rectly linked the explosion to
methamphetamine produc-
tion.
"It's not a meth production,
that seems dear," he said.
Three 20-year-olds and one
17-year-old, all males, left the
scene after the explosion and
went to Mason General Hospi-
tal, officials said.
see EXPLOSION, page A-11
