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Car totaled in crash with deputy's vehicle
NO ONE WAS injured in a two-car acci-
dent Wednesday morning involving a
Mason County sheriff's deputy. The
Washington State Patrol said Deputy
Ted Drogmund, 34, was northbound on
13th Street when the driver of a 1987
Dodge Diplomat made a left turn onto
Alpine Way and struck the sheriff's
1992 Ford Explorer in the intersection.
Driver of the Dodge was Gladys M. Ay-
ers, 84, of Shelton. Dorothy M. Chap-
man, 69, of Shelton was a passenger in
Ayers' vehicle, which was totaled. The
Explorer sustained $2,000 damage. Of-
ficers at the scene said no blame had
been assigned yet.
Irate valley resident:
Parsons t :lls commission
to resign, fire employees
(Continued from page 1.)
taken the week before. He says
that is when the statement was
made.
"You have set a deceitful and
biased atmosphere by which
county government is ran. You
set the tone and all departments
follow your lead," he said in his
prepared statement.
"Local government," he told
the commissioners, "should be
responsible to all citizens of Ma-
son County but you have chosen to
be answerable to only those with
the most land and money." He
told the commissioners they
"have allowed the awarding of
contracts that members of your
families have personally bene-
fited from."
Parsons is a former candidate
for the county commission who
has been active in Skokomish
River issues including clean-
ups.
COMMISSIONERS John
Bolender and Cindy Olsen did
not respond to Parsons' charges.
Bolender acknowledged that
every citizen is entitled to ex-
press opinions but said he thought
some of the statements Parsons
made were "clearly erroneous."
On January 14, the commis-
sioners met in a special session
and issued a declaration of
emergency in the Skokomish
Valley near Bambi Farms Road
due to imminent danger of the
river cutting a new channel. A
large scour was visible in the
river bank near the Parsons'
property.
An earthen berm in the vicin-
ity was seriously eroding and
flood waters could come through,
the commissioners indicated at
the time. The emergency decla-
ration would have allowed the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to
stabilize the scour in the river
bank, but only while the river
was above flood stage.
However, by January 15 the
river had receded, the danger
had passed and the declaration
had expired.
At that time, Hauth said the
Corps recommended placing
rock along about 300 to 350 feet of
the bank to divert the river, but
the Skokomish Tribe did not find
that plan acceptable.
LATER HAUTH received
word from the Skokomish Tribe
that work on the project could
proceed but with the sti
that the rock be removed once
river receded and be re
with natural materials.
No mechanism is
fund this kind of work H
noted. There may be
available through the
Flood Control Zone District,
there is usually a matching
quirement, he added.
The scour remains and
county is working on
cy plans.
Correction: Last week's
cle on the emergency
in the Skokomish Valley
that Guy Parsons had
the county of a potential
with the river in the
Farms Road area. Mr.
did not call the county. The
hal regrets the error.
No predictions promis .._.'-"
County issues an upda
Jury find Marcy, guilty on risk of flood in valley
of theft irL second degree The Mason County depart- appropriate action rests solely
ments of emergency services not been many instances with you. If your home lies in fact sheet can call the
Those with questions about
works department at
Extension 531 or 450.
about emergency services can
directed to 427-7535.
harm's way, and you choose to
not leave it, you should be aware
that evacuation may not be time-
ly or in some cases possible."
Agent seeks info
on swan sho "
Saturday at lake
the scene, not taken as food
trophies, he added. "This
just an act of vandalism,"
commented. "They're
birds."
The officer said he
evidence at the lake.
The department offers a
ward for information leading
to the apprehension of the
shooter or shooters. Nixon is
particularly looking for
who may have seen hunters
a vehicle in the area on Satur"
day. i
He can be reached by
tacting the Washington
Patrol Dispatch Center i
Bremerton at 426-6674 or
his cellular phone at 490-0948.
Matthew Scott Marcy was
found guilty of second degree
theft Tuesday in Mason County
Superior Court at the end of a
short trial.
Judge James Sawyer sched-
uled sentencing for March 18 af-
ter a jury found Marcy, 18, a Spo-
kane resident at the time of his
arraignment, guilty of stealing
two car stereo systems.
'rhe verdict followed a trial
held Tuesday afternoon.
Deputy Prosecutor Amber Fin-
lay, who presented the state's
case, called Gary Bauder of Shel-
ton as the prosecution's first wit-
. ness.
BAUDER OWNS Advanced
Automotive Service, a shop on
North View Circle in Shelton that
repairs cars and sells stereos and
other automotive accessories. Fin-
lay questioned him about the
events of October 29, 1997, the
date involved in the charges riled
against Marcy.
Bauder said that he was work-
ing on the day when two groups
of young people, a boy and a girl
and a group of three boys and two
girls, came into his shop. The
larger group of young people in-
cluded Marcy and some of his as-
sociates, Bauder told the court.
He testified that he left the
store for a moment while he went
out into the parking with two of
those associates, Jeremy Morri-
sion and Shawn Whitsen, to see
what kind of speakers would best
suit Whitsen's Honda Civic.
When he went back inside he no-
ticed some empty boxes lying on
the floor of his store.
"After a group of people left my
business I noticed a product was
missing that had not been miss-
ing previously," he said.
HE TESTIFIED that two
Kenwood car stereo systems were
missing. He estimated their value
at at least $460.
Defense attorney Ron Sergi
asked him if he saw anybody take
the stereo systems. "I didn't phys-
ically see them under their coats
or on their bodies or in their
hands," he said.
Morrison, who said he has no
local address, was called to the
stand next. He testified that the
group went to the store looking
for a stereo system for Whitsen's
car. He said he was aware that as
Marcy was leaving Bauder no-
ticed that some of his property
was missing.
Officer Charles Olsen of the
Shelton Police Department testi-
fied that he responded to Baud-
er's call about the theft and that
he conducted a preliminary inves-
tigation.
WITNESS Brian Shewey, 20,
who also told the court has no ad-
dress, testified that he was a
member of the larger group of
people that sent into the store
that day. "I went in, looked
around a little bit and went back
out to the car," he said. He said
he spent most of his time in car
and that he felt that "things
didn't look right" and that he
talked to Marcy after he left the
store.
"He said two stereos were
taken and he thought the owner
was on to him," hesaid.
Whitsen testified that she and
her sister were part of the larger
group that entered the store. She
testified that she went there to
price speakers and that two of her
companions were gone at the time
Bauder discovered the theft.
"Matt was gone and Brian was
gone," she said.
THE DEFENSE mounted no
testimony other than cross-exam-
ination and closing arguments.
The jurors were Dan Speigle,
Christopher Zwan, Wendy West,
Sharon Makoviney, Edward Isen-
son, Dianna Davenport, Virginia
Tauscher, Michael Farley, Jacka-
lin Martin, Lee Rolle, Richard Ko-
walsky and Elaine Dundon. Eliza-
beth Seelig was alternate juror.
Lions coll,t00ct eyeglasses
The Shelton Lions Club is collecting used
eyeglasses at a number of places in Shelton.
The glasses are classified and then distributed
worldwide to those in need.
Eyeglasses may be dropped off at the follow-
ing locations: PUD 3 office, Third and Cota
streets in Shelton; Fawn Lake community of-
rice, off Cole Road; Allstate Insurance office at
1726 Olympic Highway North, Shelton; Dr.
George Radich's office at 536 West Railroad
Avenue in Shelton; and Mason County Com-
missioner Mary Jo Cady's office at 411 North
Fifth Street in Shelton.
and public works on Monday
issued an update to Skokomish
Valley residents on the potential
for the river to create a different
channel in the Bambi Farms
Road area.
On Wednesday, January 13,
county engineers and the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers visited
a site on the south bank of the
south fork of the river and deter-
mined there was an increased
flood risk to the area.
On January 14 the county
commission issued a declara-
tion of emergency due to an im-
minent danger of a possible
avulsion in the area. The decla-
ration was necessary to secure
the assistance of the Army Corps
in dealing with a large scour on
the river bank. Flood waters re-
ceded the next day and the project
was not done.
ACCORDING TO a public
works department fact sheet sent
to residents, what has changed
since then is that much of the
heavy vegetation between the
river's edge and an earthen
berm has been destroyed.
The openings in the berm are
at the upstream point of an old
river channel which runs due
south on the west side of Bambi
Farms Road and then turns east,
crossing the road at the "Y in the
vicinity of address 270, the report
continues.
"The earthen berm itself is
eroding seriously in the vicinity
of at least one opening, and may
quickly develop a much larger
opening during flood condi-
tions," the report states. "In order
for water to intrude into this
area, it must be high enough to
come over the bank. Although the
river has reached flood stage
many times this year, there have
as
when flood water crested the
bank at this location."
In boldface type the fact sheet
outlines precautions residents
should take. "Right now resi-
dents should be prepared for the
potential of flood waters isolat-
ing residences in the vicinity
and north of 270 Bambi Farms
Road."
THE REPORT continues by
stating that the county "is work-
ing with the Army Corps of En-
gineers, local residents and reg-
ulatory agencies to see if some-
thing can be installed to reduce
the flood hazards in this area. If
a workable, affordable design
can be approved, construction
may soon begin." In the case of a
flood warning the construction
may be carried out by the Army
Corps Emergency Operations
Division.
A letter from Joe Murray,
emergency services director,
notes, "We have reached a point
where we cannot predict with any
certainty when an avulsion or
redirection of the river channel
will occur.
"In the past two years," the let-
ter continues, "the flood events
have all been different with no
two having the same character-
istics with regard to areas flood-
ed. Each event had its own
scenario and effect, making it
very difficult to predict the out-
come based upon river levels and
flow rates."
The bottom line, Murray
writes, is that the department
"will continue to provide as
much notice as humanly possible
in the form of flood watches and
flood warnings, but the decision
to heed these notices and to take
Washington Fish and Wild-
life Agent Matt Nixon is seek-
ing information to lead to the
arrest of the persons who shot
two trumpeter swans at Lake
West sometime Saturday.
Nixon said the shooting of
the two winter visitors, swans
of a species that has historical-
ly had low numbers, was dis-
covered about 4 p.m. Saturday,
January 23, at the lake located
off the road to the Steel Bridge
over the South Fork Skoko-
mish River northeast of Camp
Govey.
"It's a sensitive population,"
Nixon said ruefully. "There's
no season for them." The
swans were shot and left at
,00SSET
tests set
at OCS
BEACON HOMES
Olympic College Shelton is
scheduling ASSET testing for two
dates in February.
Those planning to enroll in an
English composition or math
class for credit at Olympic College
Shelton must take the ASSET
test, which assesses one's basic
skills in reading, writing and
math.
The test lasts three "hours.
There is no fee. The test will be
given from 9 a.m. to noon
Wednesday, February 10; and 9
a.m. to noon Wednesday, Febru-
ary 24.
Call 432-5400 to schedule an
appointment to take the test.
Spring quarter at the college be-
gins March 29.
Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 28, 1999
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Car totaled in crash with deputy's vehicle
NO ONE WAS injured in a two-car acci-
dent Wednesday morning involving a
Mason County sheriff's deputy. The
Washington State Patrol said Deputy
Ted Drogmund, 34, was northbound on
13th Street when the driver of a 1987
Dodge Diplomat made a left turn onto
Alpine Way and struck the sheriff's
1992 Ford Explorer in the intersection.
Driver of the Dodge was Gladys M. Ay-
ers, 84, of Shelton. Dorothy M. Chap-
man, 69, of Shelton was a passenger in
Ayers' vehicle, which was totaled. The
Explorer sustained $2,000 damage. Of-
ficers at the scene said no blame had
been assigned yet.
Irate valley resident:
Parsons t :lls commission
to resign, fire employees
(Continued from page 1.)
taken the week before. He says
that is when the statement was
made.
"You have set a deceitful and
biased atmosphere by which
county government is ran. You
set the tone and all departments
follow your lead," he said in his
prepared statement.
"Local government," he told
the commissioners, "should be
responsible to all citizens of Ma-
son County but you have chosen to
be answerable to only those with
the most land and money." He
told the commissioners they
"have allowed the awarding of
contracts that members of your
families have personally bene-
fited from."
Parsons is a former candidate
for the county commission who
has been active in Skokomish
River issues including clean-
ups.
COMMISSIONERS John
Bolender and Cindy Olsen did
not respond to Parsons' charges.
Bolender acknowledged that
every citizen is entitled to ex-
press opinions but said he thought
some of the statements Parsons
made were "clearly erroneous."
On January 14, the commis-
sioners met in a special session
and issued a declaration of
emergency in the Skokomish
Valley near Bambi Farms Road
due to imminent danger of the
river cutting a new channel. A
large scour was visible in the
river bank near the Parsons'
property.
An earthen berm in the vicin-
ity was seriously eroding and
flood waters could come through,
the commissioners indicated at
the time. The emergency decla-
ration would have allowed the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to
stabilize the scour in the river
bank, but only while the river
was above flood stage.
However, by January 15 the
river had receded, the danger
had passed and the declaration
had expired.
At that time, Hauth said the
Corps recommended placing
rock along about 300 to 350 feet of
the bank to divert the river, but
the Skokomish Tribe did not find
that plan acceptable.
LATER HAUTH received
word from the Skokomish Tribe
that work on the project could
proceed but with the sti
that the rock be removed once
river receded and be re
with natural materials.
No mechanism is
fund this kind of work H
noted. There may be
available through the
Flood Control Zone District,
there is usually a matching
quirement, he added.
The scour remains and
county is working on
cy plans.
Correction: Last week's
cle on the emergency
in the Skokomish Valley
that Guy Parsons had
the county of a potential
with the river in the
Farms Road area. Mr.
did not call the county. The
hal regrets the error.
No predictions promis .._.'-"
County issues an upda
Jury find Marcy, guilty on risk of flood in valley
of theft irL second degree The Mason County depart- appropriate action rests solely
ments of emergency services not been many instances with you. If your home lies in fact sheet can call the
Those with questions about
works department at
Extension 531 or 450.
about emergency services can
directed to 427-7535.
harm's way, and you choose to
not leave it, you should be aware
that evacuation may not be time-
ly or in some cases possible."
Agent seeks info
on swan sho "
Saturday at lake
the scene, not taken as food
trophies, he added. "This
just an act of vandalism,"
commented. "They're
birds."
The officer said he
evidence at the lake.
The department offers a
ward for information leading
to the apprehension of the
shooter or shooters. Nixon is
particularly looking for
who may have seen hunters
a vehicle in the area on Satur"
day. i
He can be reached by
tacting the Washington
Patrol Dispatch Center i
Bremerton at 426-6674 or
his cellular phone at 490-0948.
Matthew Scott Marcy was
found guilty of second degree
theft Tuesday in Mason County
Superior Court at the end of a
short trial.
Judge James Sawyer sched-
uled sentencing for March 18 af-
ter a jury found Marcy, 18, a Spo-
kane resident at the time of his
arraignment, guilty of stealing
two car stereo systems.
'rhe verdict followed a trial
held Tuesday afternoon.
Deputy Prosecutor Amber Fin-
lay, who presented the state's
case, called Gary Bauder of Shel-
ton as the prosecution's first wit-
. ness.
BAUDER OWNS Advanced
Automotive Service, a shop on
North View Circle in Shelton that
repairs cars and sells stereos and
other automotive accessories. Fin-
lay questioned him about the
events of October 29, 1997, the
date involved in the charges riled
against Marcy.
Bauder said that he was work-
ing on the day when two groups
of young people, a boy and a girl
and a group of three boys and two
girls, came into his shop. The
larger group of young people in-
cluded Marcy and some of his as-
sociates, Bauder told the court.
He testified that he left the
store for a moment while he went
out into the parking with two of
those associates, Jeremy Morri-
sion and Shawn Whitsen, to see
what kind of speakers would best
suit Whitsen's Honda Civic.
When he went back inside he no-
ticed some empty boxes lying on
the floor of his store.
"After a group of people left my
business I noticed a product was
missing that had not been miss-
ing previously," he said.
HE TESTIFIED that two
Kenwood car stereo systems were
missing. He estimated their value
at at least $460.
Defense attorney Ron Sergi
asked him if he saw anybody take
the stereo systems. "I didn't phys-
ically see them under their coats
or on their bodies or in their
hands," he said.
Morrison, who said he has no
local address, was called to the
stand next. He testified that the
group went to the store looking
for a stereo system for Whitsen's
car. He said he was aware that as
Marcy was leaving Bauder no-
ticed that some of his property
was missing.
Officer Charles Olsen of the
Shelton Police Department testi-
fied that he responded to Baud-
er's call about the theft and that
he conducted a preliminary inves-
tigation.
WITNESS Brian Shewey, 20,
who also told the court has no ad-
dress, testified that he was a
member of the larger group of
people that sent into the store
that day. "I went in, looked
around a little bit and went back
out to the car," he said. He said
he spent most of his time in car
and that he felt that "things
didn't look right" and that he
talked to Marcy after he left the
store.
"He said two stereos were
taken and he thought the owner
was on to him," hesaid.
Whitsen testified that she and
her sister were part of the larger
group that entered the store. She
testified that she went there to
price speakers and that two of her
companions were gone at the time
Bauder discovered the theft.
"Matt was gone and Brian was
gone," she said.
THE DEFENSE mounted no
testimony other than cross-exam-
ination and closing arguments.
The jurors were Dan Speigle,
Christopher Zwan, Wendy West,
Sharon Makoviney, Edward Isen-
son, Dianna Davenport, Virginia
Tauscher, Michael Farley, Jacka-
lin Martin, Lee Rolle, Richard Ko-
walsky and Elaine Dundon. Eliza-
beth Seelig was alternate juror.
Lions coll,t00ct eyeglasses
The Shelton Lions Club is collecting used
eyeglasses at a number of places in Shelton.
The glasses are classified and then distributed
worldwide to those in need.
Eyeglasses may be dropped off at the follow-
ing locations: PUD 3 office, Third and Cota
streets in Shelton; Fawn Lake community of-
rice, off Cole Road; Allstate Insurance office at
1726 Olympic Highway North, Shelton; Dr.
George Radich's office at 536 West Railroad
Avenue in Shelton; and Mason County Com-
missioner Mary Jo Cady's office at 411 North
Fifth Street in Shelton.
and public works on Monday
issued an update to Skokomish
Valley residents on the potential
for the river to create a different
channel in the Bambi Farms
Road area.
On Wednesday, January 13,
county engineers and the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers visited
a site on the south bank of the
south fork of the river and deter-
mined there was an increased
flood risk to the area.
On January 14 the county
commission issued a declara-
tion of emergency due to an im-
minent danger of a possible
avulsion in the area. The decla-
ration was necessary to secure
the assistance of the Army Corps
in dealing with a large scour on
the river bank. Flood waters re-
ceded the next day and the project
was not done.
ACCORDING TO a public
works department fact sheet sent
to residents, what has changed
since then is that much of the
heavy vegetation between the
river's edge and an earthen
berm has been destroyed.
The openings in the berm are
at the upstream point of an old
river channel which runs due
south on the west side of Bambi
Farms Road and then turns east,
crossing the road at the "Y in the
vicinity of address 270, the report
continues.
"The earthen berm itself is
eroding seriously in the vicinity
of at least one opening, and may
quickly develop a much larger
opening during flood condi-
tions," the report states. "In order
for water to intrude into this
area, it must be high enough to
come over the bank. Although the
river has reached flood stage
many times this year, there have
as
when flood water crested the
bank at this location."
In boldface type the fact sheet
outlines precautions residents
should take. "Right now resi-
dents should be prepared for the
potential of flood waters isolat-
ing residences in the vicinity
and north of 270 Bambi Farms
Road."
THE REPORT continues by
stating that the county "is work-
ing with the Army Corps of En-
gineers, local residents and reg-
ulatory agencies to see if some-
thing can be installed to reduce
the flood hazards in this area. If
a workable, affordable design
can be approved, construction
may soon begin." In the case of a
flood warning the construction
may be carried out by the Army
Corps Emergency Operations
Division.
A letter from Joe Murray,
emergency services director,
notes, "We have reached a point
where we cannot predict with any
certainty when an avulsion or
redirection of the river channel
will occur.
"In the past two years," the let-
ter continues, "the flood events
have all been different with no
two having the same character-
istics with regard to areas flood-
ed. Each event had its own
scenario and effect, making it
very difficult to predict the out-
come based upon river levels and
flow rates."
The bottom line, Murray
writes, is that the department
"will continue to provide as
much notice as humanly possible
in the form of flood watches and
flood warnings, but the decision
to heed these notices and to take
Washington Fish and Wild-
life Agent Matt Nixon is seek-
ing information to lead to the
arrest of the persons who shot
two trumpeter swans at Lake
West sometime Saturday.
Nixon said the shooting of
the two winter visitors, swans
of a species that has historical-
ly had low numbers, was dis-
covered about 4 p.m. Saturday,
January 23, at the lake located
off the road to the Steel Bridge
over the South Fork Skoko-
mish River northeast of Camp
Govey.
"It's a sensitive population,"
Nixon said ruefully. "There's
no season for them." The
swans were shot and left at
,00SSET
tests set
at OCS
BEACON HOMES
Olympic College Shelton is
scheduling ASSET testing for two
dates in February.
Those planning to enroll in an
English composition or math
class for credit at Olympic College
Shelton must take the ASSET
test, which assesses one's basic
skills in reading, writing and
math.
The test lasts three "hours.
There is no fee. The test will be
given from 9 a.m. to noon
Wednesday, February 10; and 9
a.m. to noon Wednesday, Febru-
ary 24.
Call 432-5400 to schedule an
appointment to take the test.
Spring quarter at the college be-
gins March 29.
Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, January 28, 1999
It's not too
Trees & Shrubs*
• Does not apply to new stock.
Open 7 Days 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
920 East Johns Prairie Road
426-3747
an
underachiever,
We offer a free service that can closely estimate
what your IRA could be worth at retirement. If
it's not achieving the results you want, we'll show
you all of our available IRA choices.
Armin Nancy
Baumgartel Price
Call or stop by today.
Armin Baumgartel
Investment Representative
821 West Railroad Avenue, Suite ,
Shelton
426-0982 • 1-800-441-0952
www.edward jones.co
Member SIPC
Edwardlones.
Serving