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Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015 The Voice of Mason County Since 1886-Vo, 129i Noi 7 $1
School Board cites high in decision decision to close the once members in the CHOICE divert operation funding te
costs pool, which was built in 1974, Alternative School theater, capital needs for the pool,"
followed a recommendation by The district spent $1.8 rail- Jarvis said. "In spite of the dif-
By GORDON WEEKS In making the decision, interim Superintendent Artlion on projects at the pool riculty of the choice, it would
gordon@masoncoun com Board members and districtJarvis. from 2005 to 2013, Jarvis said. be wrong to subjugate present
officials cited the high mainte- "The pool is a great com- A recent study showed the pool and future academic needs of
The Shelton School Board nance costs of the pool, the rail- munity asset, but the financial needs $2.4 million in short- the schools and children to the
on Tuesday evening voted to lions of dollars needed for ira- responsibility for the pool is in term and long-term work, he capital needs of the swimming
close the Shelton High School provements and the struggle the wrong place," Jarvis told said.
pool on July 1. to fund other building needs, the Board and about 50 audi- "I do not believe we should see POOL, page A-18
First count: Voters approving
524.4 million school bond
By GORDON WEEKS
gordon@masoncoun com
Voters in the Pioneer School District on
_Tuesday appear to have passed a $24.4 mil-
lion bond to build a new middle school, 10
new classrooms in the primary school, a new
covered play area and other improvements.
The bond received 61.15 percent of the
vote to surpass the re-
quired 60 percent su-
permajority.
As of Sp.m. Tuesday,
the bond had received
1,782 yes votes and
1,132 no votes.
An updated count
was scheduled for
Brewer Wednesday afternoon,
after the Journal had
gone to press.
The Mason County Auditor's Office re-
ports voter turnout was 43.75 percent. The
vote is scheduled to be certified Feb. 24.
"I can't be happier for the Pioneer
community," said Superintendent Marty
Brewer. "We desperately need the facility
and I'm so appreciative of the community
for understanding our needs."
Brewer added, "Now it will be our dis-
trict's commitment to follow through on
what we promised the community."
The funded projects also include ex-
panded parking, relocating district of-
rices to portables, a bus drop-off area and
stormwater detention ponds.
The Pioneer School Board will next
meet Feb. 24 and will talk about its next
steps, including selecting an architect,
Brewer said.
The bond will increase property taxes
for district residents by about $1.15 per
$1,000 of assessed value for district prop-
erty owners.
The state will contribute an additional
$1.5 million to the projects.
This was the sixth time in recent years
the district has tried to pass a bond.
see BOND, page A-18
HAVING A BALL
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
Pippa Poland, a first-grade student at Evergreen Elementary School, dances with balloons at the Evergreen
Sock Hop on Feb. 5. The Evergreen Parent Teacher Student Organization sponsored the afternoon event held
in the school's gym. About 250 students in kindergarten through second grade attended.
Officer justified in his
actions, chief says
By NATAUE JOHNSON
natalie@masoncoun com
A Shelton Police Officer who shot
a dog while responding to a 911 call
Feb. 2 did not violate state law or po-
lice department policy, Police Chief
Darrin Moody said this week.
"Anytime anybody discharges
their weapon in this city, whether it's
accidental or on purpose, we have to
do an investigation," Moody said.
The dog, a 13-year-old black Lab-
rador named Buck, according to own-
er Dana Kamppi, died of its injuries.
"That's not how I wanted my last
memory of him to be. I could go on
and on about what a good, happy dog
Buck was, but it just makes this more road, hitting it once in the chest.
difficult," Kamppi said in an email to Fiola wrote in his report that he
the Journal. "My dog was shot for feared the dog would bite one of the
barking at a stranger." officers and planned to kick the dog
Shelton Police Sgt. Mike Fiola and if it came too close. He reported that
officers Matt Dickinson and Chris he saw Kostad draw his weapon and
Kostad responded to reports of a dis- said "no" twice to Kostad, before Kos-
turbance at about 4:45 p.m. Feb. 2 in tad shot the dog.
the 1600 block of King Street in Shel- Kostad reported in a letter includ-
ton. Mason County Sheriffs Deputy ed in the Shelton Police case file that
Sean Dodge also responded, the dog was within 6 feet of him when
Kamppi, who lives next door to the he shot it and he believed it posed a
house police were responding to, said threat to himself and Fiola.
she let her dog out of the house, not Kamppi estimated her dog was
realizing the officers were outside, about 10 feet from the officers.
The dog then ran toward the officers, Fiola's report indicated that the
barking, she said. dog had just stepped into the city
In a report Fiola filed later that street when it was shot.
day, he wrote that the dog had its ears Moody said incidents such as this
back and teeth bared and was bark- are rare. Shelton city code requires
ing as it charged him and Kostad. dogs to be on leashes outside of their
Kostad shot at the dog twice with
his handgun when it reached the see DOG, page A-18
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Community members
take plunge in Union
Page A-3
CHOICE students
take next steps
Pages A-6, A-7
Pilot survives plane crash
on North Mason beach
Page A-12