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Page 10 Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023
Salisbury poses with his parents Jerry and Bonnie after becoming sheriff in
2007. Courtesy
Sheriff: Graduated from Central Washington in 1985’
continued from page 1
“Louie Louie.” Salisbury remembers
performing in the Masonic Lodge near
Sanderson Field, when the musicians
had to stand outside during breaks
because they were underage.
'A star at Shelton
High School
Entering Shelton High School in
the fall of 1977, Salisbury wore num—
ber 24 as a running back, tailback,
and free safety and returned kickoffs
and punts during his four years on
the football team. During that time,
the rising student population pushed
the school from 2A to 3A. .
“We’had some pretty tough years
We had to play huge schools along
the Columbia River,” Salisbury
recalled.
During his senior year in October
‘ 1980, Salisbury was instrumental in
the Highclimbers’ first victory over a
3A opponent. In what a Journal re-
porter called “the play of the game,”
Shelton quarterback Mike Krumpols
,in the second quarter took the snap at
Columbia River High School’s 45-yard
line and pitched the ball to halfback
Darrell Damon, who unloaded a 30-
yard pass.
“There awaiting it, the nearest
defender at a dead run in his direc-
tionbut still 15 yards away, was
the Climbers’ 5-8, 150-pound scoot-
er, Salisbury,” the story reports.
“Casey gathered it'in at about the
15, wheeled andthen outmotored
the beaten Chiefiain defender to the
flag at the near sideline.” Final score:
Shelton 15, Columbia River 6. Two
weeks later in the homecoming game,
Salisbury returned three punts and
rushed 11 times for 42 yards in a 28-0
victory over Aberdeen.
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Brad Watkins,
longtime friend of Salisbury and captain
in the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office
Shelton’s mayor, was Salisbury’s gov-
ernment and economics teacher at
Shelton High School. He was also the
ASB adviser when Salisbury wasse-
nior class president.
“He’s one of the people who walks
the talk,” Tarrant recalled, adding,
“He never minces words.”
“He’s a people person and a kid
person,” Tarrant said. “He’s always
looking to help kids Casey just re-.
ally enjoys people.” .
Salisbury said he wasinspired by
Mason County Sheriff Deputy Dave
Peterson, who was hired to work
with youth offenders at Shelton High
School. He answered the questionsof
students and parents, and took Salis-
bury out on patrol. “That was a tre-
mendous influence on me,” Salisbury
said.
Shelton High School coach Gene
Crater was his role model. “I-always
said I was going to be a teacher and
coach like Gene Crater,” he said.
Salisbury chose Crater’s alma mater,
Central Washington University after
graduating from highschool in the
spring of 1981. ‘ I
“I loved Ellensburg,” he said. “I
loved the weather. I lived on a cattle,
ranch.”
In 1985, Salisbury earned a Bach-
'elor of Arts degree in education, and
certification as a public school ad-
ministrator. He eventually completed
a master’s degree in education. He
stayed in Ellensburg for another year
and managed dorms and taught ski~
ing. He returned to Shelton jobless
and carrying $4.32.
Coming home
Salisbury worked as a substitute
teacher in the Hood Canal, McCleary
and Shelton school districts. “I taught
in about every room I attended,” he ‘
said.
While substitute teaching, Salis-
bury also signed on with the Mason
County Sherifi’s Office as a reserve of—
ficer. Two years later, he was hired by
the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office,
one of several recruits from Mason
County.
During his 15 years with the de-
partment, Salisbury worked as a road
deputy and with the DARE and anti-
gang programs and advanced through
1 the ranks to lieutenant. One of his
colleagues was Brad Watkins,‘a friend
since the seventh grade. Now a cap-
tain with the Thurston County Sher-
iff’s Field Operations Bureau, Watkins
in an email to the Journal said he
convinced Salisbury to apply for the
department. .
“There have been several events I
can recall-that were serious at first,
but then turned somewhat comical,
such as the time (Salisbury) and his ,
partner were wrestling with a suspect
to get him in custody and his partner
sprayed Casey with pepper spray, ,
causing him to temporarily lose his
sight,” Watkins wrote. “After the sus-
pect was detained, Casey laughed that
he thought he was only dealing with
one suspect, but then said, ‘But I guess
my partner is the second suspect.’ ” .
Watkins also recalls Salisbury,
then a sergeant, ending up covered in”
. mud from thekchest down after chas-
ing a suspect Who tried to drive across
Mud Bay but got stuck in the muck
as did Salisbury andsther pursing '
officers.
I . --___.
see SHERIFF, page 11