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+ SHELTON-MASON COUNTY LOT**C 005 SMALL PAPERS 927 W RA. L AVE SHELTOt I}584-3847 S-I6 B-95 The ice"of Mason County Since 1886" Vol!i 132;- 0 Q Pioneer, 5outhside measures behind, Hood .Canal proposals passing- By Gordon Weeks gordon@masoncounty com Levies in the Southside and Pioneer school districts were failing by slim margins on their first ballot count Tuesday night, opening the door to their pos- sible absorption into the Shelton School District. Both levies proposed by the Hood Canal School District were winning on the initial ballot .see LEVIES, page A-14 Caroline Cooper enjoys some sledding Saturday in Shelton. Caroline may have been all smiles, but many MSson County residents were not as thrilled as more than a foot of snow dumped in many locations, trapping residents in their homes and causing businesses, schools and government offices to shut down earlier this week. For more reader-submitted photos of the big snow, see pages A-8 and A-9. Photo courtesy of Amy Cooper D 0 0 0 Mason County sheriff outspoken against enforcing I- 1639 By Michael Heinbach michael@masoncounty com Bob Ferguson, Washington State Attorney General, sent an open letter Tuesday to sheriffs and, police chiefs statewide call- ing for them to enforce the new. tougher firearm restrictions when a new measure takes effect July i throughout the state. In his letter, Ferguson re- minds law enforcement person- on record stating they'll refuse to enforce the new laws, includ- ing Mason County Sheriff Casey Salisbury that laws passed by the people and their representatives STAFF REPORT news@masoncoun com Mason County residents were digging out Wednes- day morning from more than 12 inches of snow in some areas. On Tuesday, Cyndi Ticknor of Mason County Public Works said the department decided Friday to run two 12-hour shifts to remove snow. "That way we have people working 24 hours a day," she said. "We have all of our equipment up and run- ning at all times. Overall. we have an absolutely excel- lent crew and everybody is on board and everyone is working hard. We have supervisors rotating shifts on and off and we're in conference several times a day to revise strategies as needed. We were expecting quite a bit of snow, but we were expecting it to end too." Allan. Eaton, Mason County Public Works assistant road operations and maintenance manager, said the -Board of Mason County Commissioners has been sup- portive of the department's efforts. "Essentially, they're keeping themselves in the loop and staying up to date with what we're doing. We're still in the midst of the third storm (Tuesday afternoon) since late afternoon yesterday and the conditions keep changing. We've got three priorities right now, to keep the main arterials open, to try and get the fire stations Sam Pettis with Mason County PUD 3 removes snow from the agency's parking lot on West Cota Street Tuesday morning, as rain and rising temperatures turn the snow to slush. Journa/photo by Gordon Weeks clear so they can get out if they're called on and along wlth that, trying to help first responders when they need to be somewhere." In Shelton, city council member Eric Onisko said see SNOW, page A-10 see GUN LAW, page A-40 IN ;IDE TODAY IIiI!!!I!!!I!!!U!IIII v'n'" m r''v'i"b"" I "rm' r bber"i' S"'" n I ' c" S'"i" O"m ics new Shelton store p,zza place teams earn success 8 2 Page.A.2 Page A-6 Page A'23 + i