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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 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