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Oct. 30, 2014 - Week 44 - The Voice of Mason County since 1886 -- $1
JOURNAL ANALYSIS
A rundown oflocd
candidates'spending
this campaign season
By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie@masoncoun~ com
Each election cycle, millions of
dollars in donations pay for cam-
paign signs, advertising, gasoline
and other expenses for Washing-
ton's political candidates.
The state Public Disclosure
Commission (PDC) tracks cam-
paign contributions for all candi-
dates for elected office in the state.
For more information on cam-
paign contributions, go to www.
pdc.wa.gov.
All numbers listed below were
accurate as of Oct. 16.
Here's a rundown of how much
money candidates in Mason Coun-
ty, the 35th Legislative District,
and the 6th and 10th congressional
districts have collected and spent
in 2014.
35th Legislative District,
state Senate
Democratic political newcomer
Irene Bowling of Bremerton is chal-
lenging incumbent Sen. Tim Shel-
don (D-Potlatch) this year.
Sheldon's campaign has raised
$446,191.90. Even though Sheldon
is a Democrat, his largest two do-
nors are Republican organizations.
The Mason County Republi-
can Central Committee donated
$40,000 on Oct. 10, and the Senate
Republican Campaign Committee
donated $61,500 across two dona-
tions on Oct. 2 and Oct. 7.
Sheldon has spent $377,929.56.
His largest single expense was
$55,000 paid to Pistay Media on
Sept. 21. He also spent $35,000
with the company on Oct. 9.
Bowling's campaign has raised
$256,886.09. Her largest contribu-
tor has been the Washington Sen-
a~ Democratic Campaign, which
has donated $65,000" over two pay-
ments on Sept. 6 and Oct. 1.
see ELECTION, page A-18
Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
Shelton Police officer Harry Heldreth, left, examines a gravestone uncovered
in an alley Tuesday morning with Ken Stodden, the city's superintendent of
Public Works, and Erik Birk, an associate planner for the city's Community
Development Department. A city crew uncovered two tombstones at the site
while searching for a source of flooding.
Two circa 1925 tombstones
unearthed in Shelton alley
By GORDON WEEKS
gordon@masoncoun com
Allan John Einarsson and James A.
Sullivan were buried a stone's throw
apart at Shelton Memorial Park in 1925.
A surprised city of Shelton Public
Works crew Tuesday morning un-
earthed their gravestones, side by
side, in a gravel alley behind a duplex
on Ellinor Avenue.
The street crew was searching for
the source of brown water that was
bubbling up and flooding the alley on
the 1100 block of Ellinor Avenue in
the Hillcrest neighborhood. Digging
in the mud, they uncovered a grave-
stone, faceup, that read "Allan John
Einarsson, Washington, Apprentice
Seaman"; the bottom half of the tomb-
stone was missing.
The crew halted work and called its
bosses and the Shelton Police Depart-
ment.
"We wanted to make sure no one's
headstone was disrespected," said
Erik Birk, an associate planner for
the city's Community Development
Department.
Shelton Police officer Harry Hel-
dreth was first on the scene. He
called the coroner and Shelton Me-
morial Park and found out Einarsson
had lived from 1890 to 1925 and had
worked for the Simpson Lumber Co.
Ken Stodden, the city's Public
Works superintendent, joined Hel-
dreth at the scene. The two watched
as a crew member started digging out
the gravestone.
see TOMBSTONES, page A-17
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with
By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie@masoncoun com
Even though Mason General
Hospital is a rural health center, its
services are anything but low-tech.
In the past year and a half, the
Shelton-based hospital has in-
Journal photo by Tom Hyde stalled a new open MRI scanner
Kevin Roscoe, Mason General Hospital's chief and new CT scanner, making Shel-
of radiology, reviews scans from the hospital's ton the hub of some of the most
new CT scanner. The machine creates more advanced scanrdng abilities in
accurate and detailed three-dimensional the south Puget Sound area, said
images than the hospital's former CT scanner. Kevin Roscoe, chief of radiology at
Mason General.
"We want to build trust in the
community," Roscoe said. "We
want the imaging done locally."
Since the end of May, patients at
the hospital have been able to take
advantage of the new CT scanner,
which staff say is faster, more ef-
ficient and more accurate than the
hospital's previous scanner.
Accuracy is important be-
cause CT scans are often vital to
see SCANNER, page A-16
IIIIIJl! !I!I!IIIJIJLIOLIII II.
Catapult crews hurl
pumpkins in Union
Page A-3
Alleged accomplice takes
stand in homicide trial
Page A-6
Shelton School Board
member resigns
Page A-7
