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Voice of Mason County since 1886 -- Published for Mason County and Gordon Craig of Shelton
By NATALIE JOHNSON $24,
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The Mason County Commission "clar:
voted Tuesday after a public hear- H~
ing to amend its budget to decrease get
the Mason County Sheriffs Office had
traffic policing budget by $125,000. on
The county commission ap- Tues
proved its budget on Monday Dec. Tt
5, with a general fund totaling road
during a briefing. The Department. The Road Levy Traf- "There is no requirement in state
day, Tuesday, it voted to re- tic Diversion amount, which funds law that we do this -- it's a supple-
the $125,000 from the traffic- traffic policing in the Sheriffs de- mental road safety program."
ng budget, calling it a budget partment, now equals $875,000. The Mason County Sheriffs Of-
fication." Mason County Director of Public rice instituted its traffic safety di-
,wever because it was a bud- Works Charlie Butros briefed the vision in 2008, said Sheriff Casey
tmendment, the commission county commission on the amend- Salisbury.
;o sche.dule a public hearing ment. Before 2008, the county con-
~e issue, which took place on "Most of the general law enforce- tracted with the Washington State
lay. ment money comes frora the gener- Patrol for additional traffic safety.
e $125,000 comes from the al fund," said Mason County Com- "When I was running for sheriff
levy, part of the Public Works missioner Lynda Ring Erickson. I was contacted by the state patrol
SNOW DAZE
A young Shelton boy holds on tigh
More than a foot of sno
By KEVAN MOORE
kevart@masortcottnty,corrt
Kids all across Mason County got a da)
from school Wednesday and a lot of big
took the day off too.
Journal photo by Kelly Rlordan
L while sledding down 12th Street on Angleside Wednesday afternoon.
off
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The weatherman reports that more than a struckCreek" aTheline serving abouttree fell at aboutl40 customers11 a.m. andbe-
foot of snow had fallen on Shelton by Shelton- tween the Pioneer substation and Deer Creek.
Mason County Journal press time Wednes- Crews expected to clear the roadway by 2
day afternoon. Forecasters said that the snow p.m., but traffic was to be limited to one lane
would taper off Wednesday night and Thurs- until the repairs were made to the power lines,
day would include a bit of rain and snow.
The biggest storm-related event by press See Snow on page A-5
$
and informed that they were ... not
going to handle county roadways,"
he said. "The money for the road
diversion is quite commonly used
around the state of Washington to
fund traffic units."
This year, the sheriffs office re-
quested $1 million to fund its traf-
fic division. However, because the
loans on several cars attached to
See Budget on page A-5
brave snow
for MLK
By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie@masoncounty.com
Workers with the Mason
Conservation District and
the Washington Conserva-
tion Corps (WCC) braved
the on-again, off-again snow
on Monday to participate in
the annual MLK Day of Ser-
vice.
The MLK Day of Service
commemorates Martin Lu-
ther King, Jr. Day.
"Every Martin Luther
King Day we do volunteer
work," said Dave Coffey, a
supervisor with 'the WCC,
a part of the Washington
State Department of Ecol-
o*gy.
_ This year, the two groups
worked together to begin
the Work on an outdoor
dog shelter at the Turning
Pointe Domestic Violence
Services shelter in Shelton.
The shelter has been
working for more than a
year to get funding to be-
gin the project, which is
designed to give women a
place to keep their larger
dogs while at the shelter.
Mason Conservation and
WCC began the project as
part of their day of service
on Monday.
"Taking place each year
on the third Monday in
January, the MLK Day of
Service is the only federal
holiday observed as a na-
tional day of service - a 'day
on, not a day off,' according
to mlkday.gov. "MLK Day of
Service is the perfect time
for Americans to answer
Dr. King's challenge to do
something for others. Just
as Dr: King set big goals
and focused relentlessly on
results, we need sustained
citizen action to address to-
day's social challenges."
The 25th anniversary
See MLK on page A-5
ion of the undead invades Shelton
Olympia-based film prod
local cast while filming z6
By NATALIE JOHNSON ous" Gennal
natalie@masoncounty.com 51 Producti
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the film.
Zombies by the dozen in- Gennari
vaded Shelton last weekend came to Sh
as part of a movie shoot for ago to scout
the film "The Inevitable," another filn
produced by Olympia group with the ar~
Area 51 Productions. In fact,
The main cast has spent much, he w
several weekends shooting Inevitable"
in Shelten, said Joshua "De- and zombi,
his heroes r
"When I
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mbie flick maindentSaction sequencet° act as extras of thein the lotRosenwald,of time aroundhave zombies,spent a
film. More than 60 people Last year they attended
i, owner of Area showed up at the Shelton Zombiecon, a convention
ans, and execu- Memorial Hall on Saturday for zombie enthusiasts like
and director of morning to get "zombified." themselves.
Local resident David "This past year has been
said he first Pirkle volunteered to help incredible," she said. "Being
elton two years apply makeup to the more the bad-ass zombie slayer is
the location forthan 60 people who showed awesome."
a?ndfell in love up as zombie extras.i just love Halloween," longZ°mbiebeen m°vieSpopular havewith
he loved it so he said. "I did a lot of cos- horror movie audiences
:ore it into "The turning as a kid. This is the since George Romero first
as the deserted first time I've done it in a released "Night of the Liv-
;-ravaged town few years." ing Dead" in 1968. Now,
~treat to. Lead actress Rebecca the brain-eating undead
finally decided May, who plays Darcy, a villains are experiencing a
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zombie hoard, said in the See Zombie on page A-5
Billy Powell,
left, and
Philip Avery
look
positively
undead
after layers
of zombie
makeup.
Olympia-
based
Area 51
Productions
began a day
of filming
for the
independent
film "The
Inevitable"
Saturday in
Shelton.
Journal photo by Natalie
Johnson