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MASON COUNTY, THURSDAY, FEB. 10, 2022
SINCE 1886 VOL. 136, NO. 6
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By Matt Baide
matt@masoncounty.com
The Squaxin Island Tribe’s Little Creek
Casino Resort has launched sports betting
before one of the biggest betting weeks of
the year. ~
Little-Creek Casino Resort CEO Ramon
Nunez said the move Complements the ca—
sino’s position in the market and adds to
the excitement ‘0fwatching sports;
“There’s a sense of accomplishment
knowing that it’s done,‘ and it’s started,”
Nunez told the Shelton—Mason County
Journal. “Relief in getting to this point
and to be able to finally operate it. There’s
a lot of anxiety and frustration and a lot
of hard work that went into this that re—
quired coordination between all of our
different departments from HR to opera-
tions to facilities to IT. There’s a sense of
relief to get it going, and it’s also exciting
because it’s a new venture for us as a des—
tination resort.”
Gov. Jay Inslee signed House Bill 2638
in March 2020, authorizing sports wager-
ing on a limited basis at tribal casinos.
The state Gambling Commission reached
a sports wagering compact amendment
see BETS, page A—1 7
Shelton High School senior Ryan Mack-
iewicz has his hand raised in victory after
winning the 170-pound weight class dur-
ing the Evergreen'Conference subregional
wrestling tournament Saturday at the Shel-
ton Mini-Dome. Mackiewicz is one of nine
Climbers to qualify for this week’s regional
tournament, See more coverage on A-21,
24 and 25. Journal photo by Justin Johnson
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After nearly two years of planning, Little Creek Casino Resort is now
accepting sports bets, joining several
other tribal casinos in Washington. Limited sports wagering at tribal
casinos was authorized by House Blll
2638, which Gov. Jay lnslee signed into law in March 2020. Little Creek is
planning a formal grand opening of
its sportsbook in March. Photo courtesy of Little Creek Casino Resort
By Gordon Weeks ‘
gordon@masoncounty. com
Voters approved replace—
ment levies for the Hood Ca—
nal and Mary M. Knight school
districts, While a Hood Canal
building bond is falling short of
a 60% super majority.
In initial ballot results re—
leased at 8 p.m. Tuesday, the
Mary M. Knight» levy received
57.19% of the vote, and the Hood
Canal levy 59.61%. Hood Ca-
nal’s proposed bond to expand
and renovate was at 56.16%.
The Mason County Auditor’s»
Office released the second count
of ballots at 4 p.m. Wednesday,
after the Journal went to press.
Turnout for the initial count
was at 33.87%. The county is
set to certify election results
Feb. 18.
The Mary M. ,Knight Dis-
trict’s new two-year levy will
collect $586,187 for, the 2023
tax year and $639,632 for the
2024 tax year. The levy replaces
a two-year levy passed by voters
in February 2020 by 53.33%. '
“I’m very happy the
community supported the Mary
M. Knight School District,” Su-
perintendent Matt Mallery said
in a phone interview with the
Journal. “They have a history
of that.”
The levy received 183 “yes”
votes and 137 “no” votes, with
56.55% of Mason County resi-
dents and 63.33% of Grays Har-
bor residents voting “yes.”
District homeowners Will be
assessed a maximum of $2.33
per $1,000 of assessed valuation
see LEVIES, page A-2
Pioneer pUts stiperintendenton leave
Shelton High stages
play about love, loss
By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncounty com
The Pioneer School Board on Friday placed
Superintendent Jill Diehl on paid administra-
tive leave and named former Southside Schools
Superintendent wDoris Bolender as the acting ~
superintendent.
The move came almost two months after the
Pioneer Education Association presented a vote
of “no confidence” on Diehl to the board. Four
members of the five-member board voted for the
actions, with Dwayne Kipple abstaining.
“The board is pleased toil have Ms. Bolender
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available to assume this important appointed
' role,” Pioneer School Board President Susan Day ,
wrote in an email to the Shelton-Mason County
Journal. _'
The details of Bolender’s contract haven’t been
finalized, said Kristen Jaudon, a spokespersOn for
Capital Region Educational Service District 113 in
Tumwater. ~ ‘
The Pioneer School Board is meeting via Zoom
at 6 tonight. The gathering will include an execu-
tive session.
see PIONEER, page A—S
North Mason fire expand-s
effort to cover South Shore
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