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Thursday, March 13, 2014 - Mason County Journal - Page A-3
Mason County
commends staff
Mason County Sheriff Casey Salis-
bury recognized several of his em-
ployees at the Mason County Board
of Commissioners meeting Tuesday
for their years of service to the Sher-
iffs Office.
Salisbury thanked Mason County
Jail Chief Tom Haugen for 30 years
of service, jail officer Cindy Breh-
meyer for 25 years of service, jail
sergeant Randy Newell for 20 years
and jail officer Danny Owens for 20
years. Owens was not at the meeting
Tuesday.
He also thanked Frank Pinter,
who was the officers financial manag-
er from 2011 to early 2014. Pinter is
now Mason County's budget director.
The Mason County Commission
also presented Green Star Awards to
county engineer Melissa McFadden,
Allan Eaton, assistant road opera-
tions and maintenance manager
and sign shop foreman Ken How-
ard of Mason County Public Works
for their work with the Friends of
Schafer and Lake Sylvia on highway
signs.
The county also recognized public
works employees Larry Forsman,
road supervisor, Ron Enger and Gary
Corey with green stars for a road re-
pair project on Westward Way
Green stars are awarded to county
staff members who are recognized for
their efforts in letters to the county
from members of the community.
Debbie Riley, environmental
health manager at Mason County
Public Health, also received a green
star in response to a letter from Ma-
son County Commissioner Randy
OFFICERS MAKE ARREST
Journal photo by Shawna Whelan
Shelton police officers Thursay arrested Justin Andrew Wilke, 32, on 11th
Street and Railroad Avenue on suspicion of possession of a stolen vehicle
and driving with a suspended driver's license in the first degree. Lt. Les
Watson said Wilke also had an outstanding warrant. He was booked into
Mason County Jail.
Neatherlin, recounting positive com-
ments he had heard about Riley's
work.
County to upgrade
communications
at Allyn plant
Mason County Public Works an-
nounced Tuesday that it selected
S&B Incorporated of Bellevue to up-
grade communications and controls
systems at the county's North Bay
Case Inlet Water Reclamation Plant
in Allyn.
Tom Moore, deputy director of
Public Works and Utilities, said the
existing communications and controls
system does not allow operators to
view plant information remotely.
S&B proposed a total cost of
$76,906.56 with an additional
$10,958 for a system that will allow
autonomous operations of the remote
pumping stations.
County seeks
another member
for tax committee
The Mason County Board of Com-
missioners is asking for volunteers
to serve on its Lodging Tax Advisory
Committee (LTAC).
The LTAC group consists of at
least five members appointed by the
commission. It needs at least two rep-
resentatives of businesses that collect
lodging tax, or generators, such as
hotel owners, and two members in-
volved in activities funded by lodging
tax revenue, or spenders.
The number of generators on the
committee should equal the num-
ber of spenders, according to Mason
County.
The committee reviews requests
for lodging tax funding and makes
recommendations to the commis-
sion on how to use the tax money.
The committee meets during regular
business hours not more than once a
month.
To apply, go to co.mason.wa.us or
call 427-9670 ext. 419. Applications
are due to the Mason County Com-
mission office at 411 N.. Fifth Street
by March 20.
School board
seeks comments
on reconfiguration
The Shelton School Board is
looking for community comments
on the possibility of reconfiguring
the district, the needed repairs for
the Shelton High School pool and
the possible replacement of the
Oakland Bay Junior High School
roof.
During its regular meeting March
11, the board scheduled a community
meeting for 6:30 p.m. March 18 in
the Oakland Bay Junior High School
commons.
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Johnson and Emily Hanson
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