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" Taylor t ) do prison time
|hood Canal West. (
iBoutwells hon d for work "I can't make any excuses for
O re recCeOdYJo::y:,s 2 ihoO:2sp:rt, areildIetS ndsOUcbeat),ngaU p it," he told the court. "Alcohol is
was sentenced Thursday to 45 Deputy Prosecutor Reinhold 'no excuse."
the Hood Canal Food Bank
By NORMA JANE CAMERON
fiHood Canal West residents
lied the fellowship hall at Hood
Canal Community Church after
the 11 a m service Sunday to
honor Ed'and Marlene Boutwell
r their tireless service at the
0od Canal Food Bank.
0a January 9, 1995, the Bout-
Wells Were elected to take over
the Operations of the local food
ank, Ed as president of the Hood
Canal Food Bank Board and Mar-
lene as director of operations for
the food bank.
At that time, the project served
80ae 35 families in the Hood
anal Community Clubhouse in
0tlatch By the summer of 1995,
the rood'bank recipient rate dou-
bled to 70 families when the food
aak on the Skokomish Indian
"ervation was closed.
TItE PROJECT continued to
a little at a time, with needs
highest at holiday time
the winter months.
food bank enlarged, built
)wn structure at the Hoods-
Community Hall of Finch
and by Thanksgiving of
it was serving 195 families.
any or more would have
up in December, but
People were unable to get to
bank because of the
noted that Hood Canal
volunteers served 150
families last month. They
double portions of food on
and third Monday of
month to last recipients for
a schedule that makes
for the recipients who
often rely on public or other
However, Ed not-
if the population needing
bank's assistance contin-
grow, food distribution may
volunteers who help with the dis-
tribution of food at the food bank.
It was noted that some of the
helpers are snowbirds and are in
the south at this time of year, but
30 people come each distribution
day to help with setup and serv-
ing on the first and third Monday
of each month.
Pastor Jack Keith and Harold
Rorden thanked Ed and Marlene
for their dedicated service. Roden
presented the Boutwells with an
engraved plaque for "distin-
guished service" and an expense-
paid trip to Canada as a gift for
them from an appreciative com-
munity.
The Boutwells thanked every-
one for the gifts and stated that
they would use the trip to cele-
brate their 45th wedding anniver-
sary in April. The presentation
was followed by a potluck dinner.
* AN INQUIRING Mind pro-
gram, "Teachings of the First
People," is scheduled for 2 to 3
p.m. Saturday, February 6, at the
Hoodsport Timberland Library.
In the program for listeners of el-
ementary-school age through
adults, S'Klallam tribal member
Roger Fernandes will share the
music and legends of the Puget
Sound people of Western Wash-
ington.
His stories are those that
taught people in the time before
books and schools, and enter-
tained listeners before the days of
television. Artifacts, slides, songs
and dance will enhance his pre-
sentation. Friends of the Hoods-
port Library sponsors the pro-
gram.
* Friends of the Hoodsport Li-
brary will meet at 1 p.m• Tues-
day, February 9, at the library
meeting room. The executive
board will meet at 11 a.m.
• The Hoodsport Timberland
Library will present "LAF (Li-
braries are Fun) Share a Story
Night" from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m• Fe-
bruary 11 for school-age children,
parents and adults of all ages.
Anyone who may be a storyteller
open the food bank
in between the desig-
Mondays to cope with
situations.
BOUTWELLS, in turn,
ed the more than 100
I'lood Canal School
to screen for delays
ing a hard time,understanding
what he or she is told?
"Was (or is) your child slow in
developing speech? Does your
child seem clumsy, especially
when doing things with his or her
hands? Does your child sit and
listen to a story for up to five
minutes?"
For more information, or to set
up an appointment for screening,
parents or caregivers can call
Hood Canal School at 877-5463.
The school will need the child's
name and birthdate, area or
areas of concern, the caller's
name and a phone number for
further contact.
Canal School is conduct-
screenings
from birth through
an effort to find children
have delays that could
success in school•
to Hood Canal pre-
Pam Thomas, chil-
With delays in vision, hear-
language, motor
and thinking skills may
from the screening• The
also attempts to identify
with social, behavioral or
problems.
are some questions to
suggests. "Is your
to understand or hav-
Workshop will deal
With septic systems
• asL.
It a ..... .ungton Sea Grant special-
yst l Offer a free class
on
septic
at tL,a. Operations next Monday
-e libr •
ary in Hoodsport.
Timberland Library's meeting
room.
Residents can learn more
about their on-site systems by
bringing system records and
questions to the class. Additional
information is available from Don
Leaf or Teri King at 427-9670,
Extension 396. The same tele-
phone number can be used to reg-
ister for the class.
F -
HOODSPORT MANE
CUT & CURL
®
The
%- - free class iointlv s on
red b ' " P -
Pa-, Y Sea Grant, the Frank
8ou y FOundation and the Puget
ea a. Water Quality Action
to '::,)s scheduled to run from 1
v,ra. February 8 in Hoodsport
LEE STILLwELL
Friendly hometown service
Located in Downtown Shelton at
601 Railroad #200
426=2685
" Home • Auto • Life • Commercial
at heart, or who likes to tell sto-
ries real or make-believe, is invit-
ed to keep the storytelling tradi-
tion alive and well in Hoodsport.
• Hood Canal Kiwanis will
meet at noon today at the Hoods-
port Inn, where all meetings for
the month of February will be
held. The group is working at
finding a permanent location for
meetings, and that decision on
time and place will be made soon.
• VALENTINE'S DAY is re-
turning again, and with it the
Hoodsport Firemen's Ball and
Valentine Dance. The event is set
to start at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb-
ruary 13, and will wind up at 1
a.m. at the Hoodsport Community
Hall.
A buffet will be set out at 8
p.m. Community members can
enjoy food, fun, prizes and photos,
as well as music by Brett Ness
Productions. The price is $12 for
an individual or $20 per couple.
Those attending must be 21 or
older. Tickets are available from
any Hoodsport firefighter or at
the Model T Tavern, Torchy's Vid-
eo or Laurie's Gift and Liquor.
They can also be arranged for by
calling 877-5867.
• The Hood Canal Community
Church announces its Institute
for Christian Studies is starting a
new course, "Soteriology: The
Doctrines of Salvation," a 12-
week videotaped college course.
The instructor is Dr. David Hock-
ing of the Calvary Chapel Bible
College. Classes are from 7 to
9:15 p.m. Tuesdays, February 23
through May 11 or from 9:30 to
11:45 a.m. Wednesdays, February
24 through May 12.
There is no charge for the
course, which will be held at the
Hood Canal Community Church
Fellowship Hall.
• Hood Canal Community Club
will hold a rummage sale in May
at the clubhouse in Potlatch. Con-
tributions of items for the sale
will be appreciated. The club will
not meet in February but there
will be a meeting on the third
Thursday in March to make plans
for the rummage sale.
Thursday, February 4
Noon, Hood Canal Kiwanis
Club, Hoodsport Inn.
7 p.m., Hood Canal Lions Club,
Union Fire Hall.
7 p.m., Hamma Hamma Fire
District 17, training at Jorsted
Creek Fire Hall.
Friday, February 5
9 a.m., Hoodsport Take Off
Pounds Sensibly (TOPS group),
Hood Canal Community Church
Fellowship Hall.
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anony-
mous, Hoodsport library meeting
room.
Tuesday, February 9
10 a.m., Lake Cushman Fire
District 18 training.
11 a.m., Hoodsport Friends of
the Library board; 1 p.m., meet-
ing in the library meeting room.
6 p.m., Hoodsport Fire Com-
mission, Hoodsport Fire Hall.
Wednesday, February 10
10:30 a.m., Lake Cushman Fire
District 18 Commission, Fire Hall
1.
7:30 p.m., Hoodsport Firemen,
training, Hoodsport Fire Hall.
Thursday, February 11
Noon, Hood Canal Kiwanis
Club, Hoodsport Inn.
months in prison for robbery in
the first degree.
He was arrested last November
after beating and robbing an old-
er man in the Lake Cushman
Schuetz.
Taylor, according to the prose-
cution, was drunk at the time of
the incident, and was wanted for
failing to appear on charges of de-
livering a controlled substance.
Judge James Sawyer ordered
him to pay $210 in court costs,
$500 to the crime victims' com-
pensation fund and $450 toward
attorney fees. tie scheduled a res-
titution hearing for March 25.
In superior court:
Six sentenced to jail time
Cases against several Mason
County defendants were resolved
at sentencings in Mason County
Superior Court last week.
In cases before Judge James
Sawyer last Thursday:
• Kristina Noel Hoag, 26, of
81 East Northlake Drive, Shelton
was sentenced to a year in jail for
domestic assault and unlawful
display of a weapon.
The charges were the result of
an incident of domestic violence
that occurred last August. Prior
to the hearing the court received
a report that a urine test conduct-
ed on January 11 showed evi-
dence of marijuana and meth-
amphetamine in her system a few
weeks after she gave birth.
"IT IS TROUBLING given
her new status as a mom,"
Schuetz said. "I would think that
she would know better•"
Sawyer suspended 326 days of
her sentence and gave her credit
for 28 days spent in treatment for
drug and alcohol abuse. He or-
dered her to pay $199.65 in court
costs, $500 to the crime victims'
compensation fund and $350 in
attorney-fee recoupment.
• Robert Chandler Oliver,
38, whose last known address
was 140 Morgan Lane, Buchanan,
Tennessee, was sentenced to
eight months in jail for forgery
and possession of stolen property.
He was convicted on charges that
he forged checks and used
someone else's credit card to pay
for his stay at Alderbrook Inn
during the summer of 1997.
Sawyer ordered him to pay a
$1,000 fine, $140 in court costs,
$500 to the victims compensation
fund and $350 in attorneys fees.
A restitution hearing was sched-
uled for March 25. He will be un-
der court supervision for 12
months after his release.
• Raymond Scott Thorn-
ton, 33, whose last known ad-
dress was 33070 West Highway
101, Hoodsport, was sentenced to
six months in jail for felony viola-
tion of a no-contact order. He has
already served 67 days. Sawyer
converted the rest to day report-
ing.
THE JUDGE ordered him to
pay $110 in court costs, $500 to
the victims compensation fund
and $350 in attorneys fees. He
will be under court supervision
for a year following his release.
• Noelle Cummins-Straggi,
31, whose most recent known ad-
dress was East 1100 Trails End
Drive, Belfair, was sentenced to
six months in jail for three counts
of forgery. Sawyer gave her credit
for time served and converted 30
days to 240 hours of community
service.
Sawyer ordered her to pay
$505 in court costs, $500 to the
victims compensation fund and
$350 in attorneys fees. He put her
under 12 months supervision and
scheduled a restitution hearing
for February 25.
• Brian Randall Craig, 34,
whose most recent known address
was 309 University Avenue, Shel-
ton, was sentenced to six months
in jail for possession of cocaine.
He was also given 12 months of
court supervision.
Sawyer is considering a re-
quest by defense attorney Charles
Lane to let him serve the rest of
his time in a diversion program in
Kotzebue, Alaska. The city has no
roads in or out and is said to be
free of heroin.
"I HAVE A serious drug prob-
lem and I'm trying to get help for
it," Craig said. "It's no fun being a
heroin addict."
• Jerry Wayne Tinney, 55,
of Union was sentenced to 30
days in jail for unlawful issuance
of a bank check. He was given
credit for the 14 days he's already
served. The other 16 days were
converted to 140 hours of commu-
nity service.
Sawyer also ordered him to
make restitution of $600 and pay
$197.55 in court costs, $500 to the
victims compensation fund and
$350 in attorneys fees. He was
also given 12 months supervision.
After one-day trial:
Michaels guilty of shellfish crime
Johnny "J.R" Michaels, 36, of
120 West Kneeland Street was
found guilty at the end of a Ma-
son County Superior Court trial
Tuesday of commercial fishing
without a license in the first de-
gree.
He was accused of digging for
clams near Shelton's sewage
treatment center at Eagle Point
with the idea of selling the sea-
food in Olympia.
According to his signed confes-
sion he and one of his partners
have twice sold tainted shellfish
from Oakland Bay to buyers from
Olympia. Michaels, David W. Cox
and Steve Avery were arrested
near Eagle Point last June 26 by
enforcement officers of the Wash-
ington Department of Fish and
Wildlife•
"ALL THREE of us planned
to share in the profits from dig-
ging these clams," Michaels said
in a statement he signed after
speaking with Officer Gregory
Haw shortly after his arrest.
Haw was one of three fish cops
who testified at a brief trial be-
fore Judge James Sawyer. Officer
Jerry Zimmerman was the first
witness called to the stand by
Deputy Prosecutor Reinhold
Schuetz.
Zimmerman described how he
and Sergeant Steven DeMiero re-
ceived a call through the Wash-
ington State Patrol dispatch cen-
ter about three men poaching
clams from a beach off Oakland
Bay owned by the Simpson Tim-
ber Company. Zimmerman
watched the men through a 20-
power spotting scope from the
Shelton Yacht Club while De-
Micro set up up watch by the
main trail leading up from the
beach to a parking area.
"They were raking and picking
up items and putting them in
buckets and bags," Zimmerman
told the court.
He said he watched as the men
rinsed the clams and then carried
them up off the beach and out of
sight behind some brush• That's
the point at which two of the men
were arrested by Zimmerman and
DeMiero. Zimmerman described
the two as as looking like typical
commercial clam diggers.
"THEY WERE SWEATY,
muddy, dirty, wet from their ac-
tivities down at the beach
digging," he said.
He described how officers
handcuffed the defendants and
then went down to the beach to
recover bags and tools used in
harvesting the tainted clams. The
beach at Eagle Point has been
closed to shellfishing for many
years. First the shellfish were
polluted by waste from waterfront
mills. More recently they've been
polluted by outfall from the Shel-
ton wastewater treatment plant.
"This entire end of Oakland
Bay has been closed for a long
time because of contamination
from the mill and the sewage
plant," Zimmerman said.
DeMiero testified that he set
up a watch at the top of the trail
and used a portable radio to keep
in touch with Zimmerman. He ar-
rested Michaels after the suspect
slipped at the top of the trail,
then called for assistance from
Shelton Police Department. An
officer of the SPD watched
Michaels while he and Zimmer-
man chased down Avery and Cox.
"I YELLED AT them to halt
and they did halt and Officer
Zimmerman came up and hand-
cuffed them," he said.
DeMiero said that they seized
149 pounds of clams. Thirty
pounds is the limit for three
sports fishermen. The officer told
the court that he destroyed the
clams.
"We have to destroy shellfish,"
he said. "We can't put those shell-
fish back to where people can dig
those, reap those, because that is
a prohibited area."
He said he checked a list of cer-
tified commercial fisherman and
found that none of the three sus-
pects was licensed to take com-
mercial quantities of shellfish.
Defense attorney Eric Valley
asked DeMiero whether he ever
remarked that clam poachers de-
serve the death penalty. "I don't
remember saying that," DeMiero
said. "I don't believe I ever said
that. I don't believe in the death
penalty."
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HAW TESTIFIED that he
heard about the arrest on the dis-
patch radio and went to see if he
could be of assistance. DeMiero
told him to take Michaels into
custody and he obtained the con-
fession that was admitted into ev-
idence at the state's request.
"We intended to sell the
clams," Michaels said according
to a statement written by Haw
that he signed.
Haw said that Eagle Point is a
popular venue for clam poachers.
"This is one of the hot spots that
we watch adamantly for illegal
clam harvesting," he said.
Valley started his defense by
reading part of a poem by the
Welsh writer, Dylan Thomas. "Do
not go gentle into that good
night," he said as a way of urging
the jury not to leap to the conclu-
sion that his client was guilty of
the crime as charged•
HE RECALLED Zimmerman
to the stand and asked him why
he was reluctant to talk to attor-
neys outside the courtroom. "It's
something I don't do because it
gives more opportunity to be mis-
quoted," he said.
Under questioning by Valley,
Zimmerman admitted that he for-
got to note in his official report
that clams were found on the rail-
road tracks near the polluted
beach• DeMie:ro was asked about
motion sensors that are
sometimes used to track the
movements of people on beaches.
"I have used those sensors on
Eagle Point and I have used them
on that trail because it's the main
trail but they were not in place
that night," he said.
In his closing remarks Valley
said the state never established
that his client poached clams•
"They can't put a clam in my cli-
ent's pocket, they can't put a clam
basket in his hand and they can't
put a rake in his hand," he said.
SCHUETZ CLOSED the
state's case by reading exerpts
from the confession that Michaels
had signed.
The jurors were James M. El-
liott, Kathleen Charlotte Axtell,
James A. Allen, Dennis L. Ward,
Robert E. Bowmer, David Alan
White, Jeanne A. Henriksen,
Kenneth D. Lawson, Glenna R.
Williams, Randy L. Cottonware,
Erik L. Lippy and Tracy Lee
Wade.
Sentencing is scheduled for
February 25.
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Thursday, February 4, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal. Page 15
---L
" Taylor t ) do prison time
|hood Canal West. (
iBoutwells hon d for work "I can't make any excuses for
O re recCeOdYJo::y:,s 2 ihoO:2sp:rt, areildIetS ndsOUcbeat),ngaU p it," he told the court. "Alcohol is
was sentenced Thursday to 45 Deputy Prosecutor Reinhold 'no excuse."
the Hood Canal Food Bank
By NORMA JANE CAMERON
fiHood Canal West residents
lied the fellowship hall at Hood
Canal Community Church after
the 11 a m service Sunday to
honor Ed'and Marlene Boutwell
r their tireless service at the
0od Canal Food Bank.
0a January 9, 1995, the Bout-
Wells Were elected to take over
the Operations of the local food
ank, Ed as president of the Hood
Canal Food Bank Board and Mar-
lene as director of operations for
the food bank.
At that time, the project served
80ae 35 families in the Hood
anal Community Clubhouse in
0tlatch By the summer of 1995,
the rood'bank recipient rate dou-
bled to 70 families when the food
aak on the Skokomish Indian
"ervation was closed.
TItE PROJECT continued to
a little at a time, with needs
highest at holiday time
the winter months.
food bank enlarged, built
)wn structure at the Hoods-
Community Hall of Finch
and by Thanksgiving of
it was serving 195 families.
any or more would have
up in December, but
People were unable to get to
bank because of the
noted that Hood Canal
volunteers served 150
families last month. They
double portions of food on
and third Monday of
month to last recipients for
a schedule that makes
for the recipients who
often rely on public or other
However, Ed not-
if the population needing
bank's assistance contin-
grow, food distribution may
volunteers who help with the dis-
tribution of food at the food bank.
It was noted that some of the
helpers are snowbirds and are in
the south at this time of year, but
30 people come each distribution
day to help with setup and serv-
ing on the first and third Monday
of each month.
Pastor Jack Keith and Harold
Rorden thanked Ed and Marlene
for their dedicated service. Roden
presented the Boutwells with an
engraved plaque for "distin-
guished service" and an expense-
paid trip to Canada as a gift for
them from an appreciative com-
munity.
The Boutwells thanked every-
one for the gifts and stated that
they would use the trip to cele-
brate their 45th wedding anniver-
sary in April. The presentation
was followed by a potluck dinner.
* AN INQUIRING Mind pro-
gram, "Teachings of the First
People," is scheduled for 2 to 3
p.m. Saturday, February 6, at the
Hoodsport Timberland Library.
In the program for listeners of el-
ementary-school age through
adults, S'Klallam tribal member
Roger Fernandes will share the
music and legends of the Puget
Sound people of Western Wash-
ington.
His stories are those that
taught people in the time before
books and schools, and enter-
tained listeners before the days of
television. Artifacts, slides, songs
and dance will enhance his pre-
sentation. Friends of the Hoods-
port Library sponsors the pro-
gram.
* Friends of the Hoodsport Li-
brary will meet at 1 p.m• Tues-
day, February 9, at the library
meeting room. The executive
board will meet at 11 a.m.
• The Hoodsport Timberland
Library will present "LAF (Li-
braries are Fun) Share a Story
Night" from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m• Fe-
bruary 11 for school-age children,
parents and adults of all ages.
Anyone who may be a storyteller
open the food bank
in between the desig-
Mondays to cope with
situations.
BOUTWELLS, in turn,
ed the more than 100
I'lood Canal School
to screen for delays
ing a hard time,understanding
what he or she is told?
"Was (or is) your child slow in
developing speech? Does your
child seem clumsy, especially
when doing things with his or her
hands? Does your child sit and
listen to a story for up to five
minutes?"
For more information, or to set
up an appointment for screening,
parents or caregivers can call
Hood Canal School at 877-5463.
The school will need the child's
name and birthdate, area or
areas of concern, the caller's
name and a phone number for
further contact.
Canal School is conduct-
screenings
from birth through
an effort to find children
have delays that could
success in school•
to Hood Canal pre-
Pam Thomas, chil-
With delays in vision, hear-
language, motor
and thinking skills may
from the screening• The
also attempts to identify
with social, behavioral or
problems.
are some questions to
suggests. "Is your
to understand or hav-
Workshop will deal
With septic systems
• asL.
It a ..... .ungton Sea Grant special-
yst l Offer a free class
on
septic
at tL,a. Operations next Monday
-e libr •
ary in Hoodsport.
Timberland Library's meeting
room.
Residents can learn more
about their on-site systems by
bringing system records and
questions to the class. Additional
information is available from Don
Leaf or Teri King at 427-9670,
Extension 396. The same tele-
phone number can be used to reg-
ister for the class.
F -
HOODSPORT MANE
CUT & CURL
®
The
%- - free class iointlv s on
red b ' " P -
Pa-, Y Sea Grant, the Frank
8ou y FOundation and the Puget
ea a. Water Quality Action
to '::,)s scheduled to run from 1
v,ra. February 8 in Hoodsport
LEE STILLwELL
Friendly hometown service
Located in Downtown Shelton at
601 Railroad #200
426=2685
" Home • Auto • Life • Commercial
at heart, or who likes to tell sto-
ries real or make-believe, is invit-
ed to keep the storytelling tradi-
tion alive and well in Hoodsport.
• Hood Canal Kiwanis will
meet at noon today at the Hoods-
port Inn, where all meetings for
the month of February will be
held. The group is working at
finding a permanent location for
meetings, and that decision on
time and place will be made soon.
• VALENTINE'S DAY is re-
turning again, and with it the
Hoodsport Firemen's Ball and
Valentine Dance. The event is set
to start at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb-
ruary 13, and will wind up at 1
a.m. at the Hoodsport Community
Hall.
A buffet will be set out at 8
p.m. Community members can
enjoy food, fun, prizes and photos,
as well as music by Brett Ness
Productions. The price is $12 for
an individual or $20 per couple.
Those attending must be 21 or
older. Tickets are available from
any Hoodsport firefighter or at
the Model T Tavern, Torchy's Vid-
eo or Laurie's Gift and Liquor.
They can also be arranged for by
calling 877-5867.
• The Hood Canal Community
Church announces its Institute
for Christian Studies is starting a
new course, "Soteriology: The
Doctrines of Salvation," a 12-
week videotaped college course.
The instructor is Dr. David Hock-
ing of the Calvary Chapel Bible
College. Classes are from 7 to
9:15 p.m. Tuesdays, February 23
through May 11 or from 9:30 to
11:45 a.m. Wednesdays, February
24 through May 12.
There is no charge for the
course, which will be held at the
Hood Canal Community Church
Fellowship Hall.
• Hood Canal Community Club
will hold a rummage sale in May
at the clubhouse in Potlatch. Con-
tributions of items for the sale
will be appreciated. The club will
not meet in February but there
will be a meeting on the third
Thursday in March to make plans
for the rummage sale.
Thursday, February 4
Noon, Hood Canal Kiwanis
Club, Hoodsport Inn.
7 p.m., Hood Canal Lions Club,
Union Fire Hall.
7 p.m., Hamma Hamma Fire
District 17, training at Jorsted
Creek Fire Hall.
Friday, February 5
9 a.m., Hoodsport Take Off
Pounds Sensibly (TOPS group),
Hood Canal Community Church
Fellowship Hall.
7:30 p.m., Alcoholics Anony-
mous, Hoodsport library meeting
room.
Tuesday, February 9
10 a.m., Lake Cushman Fire
District 18 training.
11 a.m., Hoodsport Friends of
the Library board; 1 p.m., meet-
ing in the library meeting room.
6 p.m., Hoodsport Fire Com-
mission, Hoodsport Fire Hall.
Wednesday, February 10
10:30 a.m., Lake Cushman Fire
District 18 Commission, Fire Hall
1.
7:30 p.m., Hoodsport Firemen,
training, Hoodsport Fire Hall.
Thursday, February 11
Noon, Hood Canal Kiwanis
Club, Hoodsport Inn.
months in prison for robbery in
the first degree.
He was arrested last November
after beating and robbing an old-
er man in the Lake Cushman
Schuetz.
Taylor, according to the prose-
cution, was drunk at the time of
the incident, and was wanted for
failing to appear on charges of de-
livering a controlled substance.
Judge James Sawyer ordered
him to pay $210 in court costs,
$500 to the crime victims' com-
pensation fund and $450 toward
attorney fees. tie scheduled a res-
titution hearing for March 25.
In superior court:
Six sentenced to jail time
Cases against several Mason
County defendants were resolved
at sentencings in Mason County
Superior Court last week.
In cases before Judge James
Sawyer last Thursday:
• Kristina Noel Hoag, 26, of
81 East Northlake Drive, Shelton
was sentenced to a year in jail for
domestic assault and unlawful
display of a weapon.
The charges were the result of
an incident of domestic violence
that occurred last August. Prior
to the hearing the court received
a report that a urine test conduct-
ed on January 11 showed evi-
dence of marijuana and meth-
amphetamine in her system a few
weeks after she gave birth.
"IT IS TROUBLING given
her new status as a mom,"
Schuetz said. "I would think that
she would know better•"
Sawyer suspended 326 days of
her sentence and gave her credit
for 28 days spent in treatment for
drug and alcohol abuse. He or-
dered her to pay $199.65 in court
costs, $500 to the crime victims'
compensation fund and $350 in
attorney-fee recoupment.
• Robert Chandler Oliver,
38, whose last known address
was 140 Morgan Lane, Buchanan,
Tennessee, was sentenced to
eight months in jail for forgery
and possession of stolen property.
He was convicted on charges that
he forged checks and used
someone else's credit card to pay
for his stay at Alderbrook Inn
during the summer of 1997.
Sawyer ordered him to pay a
$1,000 fine, $140 in court costs,
$500 to the victims compensation
fund and $350 in attorneys fees.
A restitution hearing was sched-
uled for March 25. He will be un-
der court supervision for 12
months after his release.
• Raymond Scott Thorn-
ton, 33, whose last known ad-
dress was 33070 West Highway
101, Hoodsport, was sentenced to
six months in jail for felony viola-
tion of a no-contact order. He has
already served 67 days. Sawyer
converted the rest to day report-
ing.
THE JUDGE ordered him to
pay $110 in court costs, $500 to
the victims compensation fund
and $350 in attorneys fees. He
will be under court supervision
for a year following his release.
• Noelle Cummins-Straggi,
31, whose most recent known ad-
dress was East 1100 Trails End
Drive, Belfair, was sentenced to
six months in jail for three counts
of forgery. Sawyer gave her credit
for time served and converted 30
days to 240 hours of community
service.
Sawyer ordered her to pay
$505 in court costs, $500 to the
victims compensation fund and
$350 in attorneys fees. He put her
under 12 months supervision and
scheduled a restitution hearing
for February 25.
• Brian Randall Craig, 34,
whose most recent known address
was 309 University Avenue, Shel-
ton, was sentenced to six months
in jail for possession of cocaine.
He was also given 12 months of
court supervision.
Sawyer is considering a re-
quest by defense attorney Charles
Lane to let him serve the rest of
his time in a diversion program in
Kotzebue, Alaska. The city has no
roads in or out and is said to be
free of heroin.
"I HAVE A serious drug prob-
lem and I'm trying to get help for
it," Craig said. "It's no fun being a
heroin addict."
• Jerry Wayne Tinney, 55,
of Union was sentenced to 30
days in jail for unlawful issuance
of a bank check. He was given
credit for the 14 days he's already
served. The other 16 days were
converted to 140 hours of commu-
nity service.
Sawyer also ordered him to
make restitution of $600 and pay
$197.55 in court costs, $500 to the
victims compensation fund and
$350 in attorneys fees. He was
also given 12 months supervision.
After one-day trial:
Michaels guilty of shellfish crime
Johnny "J.R" Michaels, 36, of
120 West Kneeland Street was
found guilty at the end of a Ma-
son County Superior Court trial
Tuesday of commercial fishing
without a license in the first de-
gree.
He was accused of digging for
clams near Shelton's sewage
treatment center at Eagle Point
with the idea of selling the sea-
food in Olympia.
According to his signed confes-
sion he and one of his partners
have twice sold tainted shellfish
from Oakland Bay to buyers from
Olympia. Michaels, David W. Cox
and Steve Avery were arrested
near Eagle Point last June 26 by
enforcement officers of the Wash-
ington Department of Fish and
Wildlife•
"ALL THREE of us planned
to share in the profits from dig-
ging these clams," Michaels said
in a statement he signed after
speaking with Officer Gregory
Haw shortly after his arrest.
Haw was one of three fish cops
who testified at a brief trial be-
fore Judge James Sawyer. Officer
Jerry Zimmerman was the first
witness called to the stand by
Deputy Prosecutor Reinhold
Schuetz.
Zimmerman described how he
and Sergeant Steven DeMiero re-
ceived a call through the Wash-
ington State Patrol dispatch cen-
ter about three men poaching
clams from a beach off Oakland
Bay owned by the Simpson Tim-
ber Company. Zimmerman
watched the men through a 20-
power spotting scope from the
Shelton Yacht Club while De-
Micro set up up watch by the
main trail leading up from the
beach to a parking area.
"They were raking and picking
up items and putting them in
buckets and bags," Zimmerman
told the court.
He said he watched as the men
rinsed the clams and then carried
them up off the beach and out of
sight behind some brush• That's
the point at which two of the men
were arrested by Zimmerman and
DeMiero. Zimmerman described
the two as as looking like typical
commercial clam diggers.
"THEY WERE SWEATY,
muddy, dirty, wet from their ac-
tivities down at the beach
digging," he said.
He described how officers
handcuffed the defendants and
then went down to the beach to
recover bags and tools used in
harvesting the tainted clams. The
beach at Eagle Point has been
closed to shellfishing for many
years. First the shellfish were
polluted by waste from waterfront
mills. More recently they've been
polluted by outfall from the Shel-
ton wastewater treatment plant.
"This entire end of Oakland
Bay has been closed for a long
time because of contamination
from the mill and the sewage
plant," Zimmerman said.
DeMiero testified that he set
up a watch at the top of the trail
and used a portable radio to keep
in touch with Zimmerman. He ar-
rested Michaels after the suspect
slipped at the top of the trail,
then called for assistance from
Shelton Police Department. An
officer of the SPD watched
Michaels while he and Zimmer-
man chased down Avery and Cox.
"I YELLED AT them to halt
and they did halt and Officer
Zimmerman came up and hand-
cuffed them," he said.
DeMiero said that they seized
149 pounds of clams. Thirty
pounds is the limit for three
sports fishermen. The officer told
the court that he destroyed the
clams.
"We have to destroy shellfish,"
he said. "We can't put those shell-
fish back to where people can dig
those, reap those, because that is
a prohibited area."
He said he checked a list of cer-
tified commercial fisherman and
found that none of the three sus-
pects was licensed to take com-
mercial quantities of shellfish.
Defense attorney Eric Valley
asked DeMiero whether he ever
remarked that clam poachers de-
serve the death penalty. "I don't
remember saying that," DeMiero
said. "I don't believe I ever said
that. I don't believe in the death
penalty."
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HAW TESTIFIED that he
heard about the arrest on the dis-
patch radio and went to see if he
could be of assistance. DeMiero
told him to take Michaels into
custody and he obtained the con-
fession that was admitted into ev-
idence at the state's request.
"We intended to sell the
clams," Michaels said according
to a statement written by Haw
that he signed.
Haw said that Eagle Point is a
popular venue for clam poachers.
"This is one of the hot spots that
we watch adamantly for illegal
clam harvesting," he said.
Valley started his defense by
reading part of a poem by the
Welsh writer, Dylan Thomas. "Do
not go gentle into that good
night," he said as a way of urging
the jury not to leap to the conclu-
sion that his client was guilty of
the crime as charged•
HE RECALLED Zimmerman
to the stand and asked him why
he was reluctant to talk to attor-
neys outside the courtroom. "It's
something I don't do because it
gives more opportunity to be mis-
quoted," he said.
Under questioning by Valley,
Zimmerman admitted that he for-
got to note in his official report
that clams were found on the rail-
road tracks near the polluted
beach• DeMie:ro was asked about
motion sensors that are
sometimes used to track the
movements of people on beaches.
"I have used those sensors on
Eagle Point and I have used them
on that trail because it's the main
trail but they were not in place
that night," he said.
In his closing remarks Valley
said the state never established
that his client poached clams•
"They can't put a clam in my cli-
ent's pocket, they can't put a clam
basket in his hand and they can't
put a rake in his hand," he said.
SCHUETZ CLOSED the
state's case by reading exerpts
from the confession that Michaels
had signed.
The jurors were James M. El-
liott, Kathleen Charlotte Axtell,
James A. Allen, Dennis L. Ward,
Robert E. Bowmer, David Alan
White, Jeanne A. Henriksen,
Kenneth D. Lawson, Glenna R.
Williams, Randy L. Cottonware,
Erik L. Lippy and Tracy Lee
Wade.
Sentencing is scheduled for
February 25.
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