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Thursday, February 17, 2011 Year 125 Week 46 8 Sections 44 Pages Published in Shelton, Washington $1
City.to Break time
try new
water
service
By NATALIE
JOHNSON
The Shelton city
commissioners reviewed
an ordinance Monday
that would establish a
new water service in the
city - reclaimed water.
Since the completion
of its satellite water
reclamation plant last
year, a relatively new
addition to the city's
wastewater treatment
system, the city of
Shelton has been
producing "Class A"
reclaimed water. The
water is suitable for
most uses, but it is not
drinkable.
"It is a product that
has beneficial use in the
northwest region of the
city of Shelton," said city
regional project manager
Dennis McDonald.
A seal rests on logs floating in Oakland Bay near the Shelton waterfront last weekend.
Journal photo by Taylor Rioadan
According to the
briefing McDonald gave
to the commissioners, the
Washington State Patrol
and the Department of
Corrections entered into
a partnership with the
city to build the water
reclamation plant in .
order to help conserve
water for their facilities.
"The state partners
have signed Utility
Service Agreements
that takes consideration
of their contribution
towards building the
Satellite Plant to
calculate their rates
for services," the brief
states.
Neither partner
has connected to the
Drug trafficker forfeits car to Skokomish tribe
By ARLA SHEPHARD
Last week, the Skokom-
ish Tribal Court awarded
the tribe a vehicle that had
been seized and forfeited
by a non-tribal member
who was using the car to
traffic drugs onto the reser-
vation.
Skokomish police offi-
cers stopped Matthew Scott
Marcy last August for driv-
ing recklessly on U.S. High-
way 101, within the bound-
"In the past drug traffic
[onto reservations] ...
was believed to be safe
ground by drug dealers..."
aries of the Skokomish
reservation, and performed
a consent search of the car
after seeing drug parapher-
nalia in plain view, said
David Pratt, Skokomish
Public Safety Chief of Po-
lice, in a statement.
During the course of believed to be safe ground
the search, drug traffic by drug dealers, believing
items were found, as well that local law enforcement
as methamphetamine and had no criminal jurisdic-
marijuana, Pratt said. tion over them," Pratt
Since the reservation is wrote. "However, non-
under the jurisdiction of Indians committing seri-
the federal government, ous crimes such as drug
federal agents with the trafficking are subject to
Bureau of Indian Affairs federal prosecution under
(BIA) and the Drug En- Federal Law USC title 21."
forcement Agency (DEA) The tribe has not dis-
arrived on the scene, closed what became of
"In the past drug traffic Marcy, for confidential
[onto reservations] ... was reasons, Pratt said.
reclaimed water yet,
McDonald said.
"This is for additional
connectors, people
who are interested in
using reclaimed water
other than those two
state agencies that
provided the funding
for building those
facilities," McDonald
said. "So this is defining
reclaimed water as a
service available and
also talking about it
and trying to encourage
connections and the use
of this new product."
City staff
recommended to the
commission that users
should paya rate for the
See City on page A-7
Births B-3
Community Calendar B-6
Entertainment/Dining B-3
Journal of Record A-6
Obituaries B-7
Opinions, Letters A-4
Sports C-I
Weather A-8
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Courtesy photos •
At left is Steven E'dward Strand. At right is the truck that struck Strand.
Shelton man killed in wreck
By KEVAN MOORE
A Shelton man was hit and killed by an-
other driver while riding his motorcycle east
of Lacey this past Wednesday, Feb. 9.
Police said that Shelton resident Steven
Edward Strand, 55, was riding a 1971 BMW
motorcycle westbound on Steilacoom Road at
about 6:15 p.m. near Salmon Lane when an
oncoming pickup truck crossed the centerline
and hit him head-on.
Strand died at the scene.
The state patrol said that Lacey resident
Brett L. Sotak, 39, the driver of the 1988
Dodge pickup, was under the influence at
the time of the wreck. Sotak is currently be-
ing held in the Thurston County Jail on a
$150,000 bond and will officially be charged
next week with vehicular homicide and driv-
ing under the influence in Thurston County
Superior Court.
According to a probable cause statement
for his arrest, when questioned by a state
trooper at the scene, Sotak said, "I was com-
ing down the hill, I come right into this comer
here and all the sudden I looked and there
was this bike sitting there, barn. No lights no
nothing, barn."
A statetrooper said that Sotak was slur-
ring his words, his eyes were bloodshot and
watery and there was an obvious odor of in-
toxicants. Sotak repeatedly told a trooper he
had not been drinking at all during the day
before acknowledging that he had "a couple
drinks, way earlier."
Sotak was transported to the hospital for
minor injuries and police said they found
methamphetamine, a digital scale and a used
methamphetamine pipe in his vehicle.
Sotak's mother, Bonita D. Churman, told
troopers that her son is schizophrenic and
does not take prescribed medication for his
illness but instead self medicates with meth-
amphetamine.
Strand had been living in Shelton for
past 12 years and was a member of the
Carpenter Union 1148. A memorial service
was held February 15 at United Methodist
Church and a complete obituary can be found
in this week's Journal.
Couple flees scene
after collision
By KEVAN MOORE
In an unusual twist, a couple that was driv-
ing northbound on State Route 3 fled from the
scene after being struck by a vehicle that ran a
stop sign on Agate Road last week and hit their
vehicle.
"It's pretty weird," said State Trooper Krista
Hedstrom. "Usually it's the other way around.
The people that cause a collision are the ones
that tend to leave the scene, not the ones that
are hit."
The collision eventually sent three of the five
people that remained at the scene, including a
4-year-old boy, to the hospital with injuries.
According to the state patrol, Heather D.
Raasakka, 32, of Ocean Shores was driving a
2005 Chevrolet Cavalier westbound on Agate
Road at about 730 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 10.
Also in her vehicle were Sonya M. Rivera, 34,
and three boys ages 4, 9 and 10.
Police said that Raasakka failed to stop at
the stop sign at State Route 3 and struck a
northbound Chevrolet Blazer. Both occupants
of the Blazer then fled the scene on foot.
Raasakka suffered rib and hip pain and Ri-
vera suffered head and neck pain. Both were
treated for the minor injuries at Mason Gener-
al Hospital in Shelton and released. Also hurt
was the 4-year-old boy who was treated for a
hand laceration.
The collision blocked the southbound lane of
State Route 3 for two hours and 34 minutes.
The state patrol said that Raasakka caused
the wreck by failing to stop and that the driver
of the Blazer will ultimately face hit-and-run
charges. It also wasn't clear whether the man
or the woman was behind the wheel at the time
of the wreck.