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SMALL TOW~ pAgERS 5 ?.6 CAt IFL NI SW SEi TTLE. WA ll,l,,l,,l ,-lh'lh'll ..... ll,,l,llh,,|-h"l'l'l|"'h'll Thursday, February 24, 2011 Journal photo by Natalie Johnson Kenny Pratt, from Manitoba Canada, dances in the Men's Fancy Dance category on Saturday at the Sa'Heh'Wa'Mish Days pow wow at Little Creek Casino. d st | hi es By JOURNAL STAFF The Shelton school board an- nounced its selection for a new superintendent last week. Wayne Massie, who is currently the super- intendent of the Tekoa School District, which lies southeast of Spo- kane near the border of Idaho, was offered the job to replace Joan Zook, who will retire in June. Massie said this week that he verbally accept- ed the offer and is look- ing forward to the school board officially approving a contract. "I think the Shelton School District has a great amount of op- portunity," Massie told the Jour- nal. "They are right on the cusp of doing some really excellent things. There are good things to come, and I am really looking for- ward to it." Massie has run the Tekoa dis- trict, which was a 2009 Washing- ton Achievement Award Winner, since 2006. "The board believes that we have conducted the most thor- Massie ough and rigorous selection pro- cess, which included multiple meetings by staff and commu- nity members to vet the candi- dates," a press release from the Shelton School District stated. "The Shelton School District board had the opportunity to have four excellent candidate fi- nalists and feel very fortunate to have such quality educational professionals to choose from. We will now in- struct our consultant, Dr. Mike Boring, to enter into contract negotiations." Local teacher unions present- ed a letter to the school board asking that none of the candi, dates be hired, but the board went ahead with its decision. "We are excited about the fine qualities, experience and dedi- cation to excellence in education that Wayne Massie brings to our schools, students, families, staff end community," the press release from the school board stated. By ARLA SHEPHARD Skokomish Tribal member Patrick LaClair died of an air embolism last Friday while scu- ba diving in Hood Canal, Kitsap County officials confirm. LaClair, 54, had been har- vesting geoduck when he came up for air and collapsed, said Kitsap County Coroner Greg Sandstrom. "The Suquamish Police are investigating what happened, as we'll" as the Coast Guard:" he said. "It is considered an acci- dental death." LaClair was a life-long resi- dent and member of the Skokom- ish nation. He served as a tribal police officer for several years. worked within the tribe's fisher- ies department and also served for eight years on the Skokomish Tribal Council. A service was held yester- day at the tribe longhouse, the House of Sanlay. @ By KEVAN MOORE A Shelton transient was sentenced this week to 68 months in prison for kidnap- ping. Justin L. Brossard, 34, a homeless transient from the Births B-8 Community Calendar B-3 Entertainment/Dining B-3 Journal of Record A-6 Obituaries B-7 Opinions, Letters A-4 Sports C-1 Weather A-8 Shelton area was also sen- tenced to one year for failing to register as a sex offender. The two sentences will run concurrently. Brossard was originally charged with kidnapping in the second degree with a deadly weapon enhancement and pled not guilty. He changed his plea Febru- ary 7 after the enhancement was dropped. The kidnapping occurred on December 2 when Brossard arranged a ride from a female acquaintance's residence on Maple Lane to his brother's residence in Timberlakes. Once they neared the resi- dence, though, Brossard bran- dished a knife and told the woman driving the vehicle, 'Tou're going to do exactly what I say." Brossard forced the woman to drive back to downtown Shelton. She was able to escape IIIl!l!jl!l! j[lljlj!l!l!llill when Brossard stepped out of the vehicle and she drove 8i 2 away. Optimistic about state of community By NATALIE JOHNSON According to local officials, the state of our community is better than good, it's great. The Shelton-Mason County Chamber of Commerce held their February membership meeting at The Pavilion at Sentry Park in Shelton with the theme "the State of the Community." After dinner, Mason County commissioner Lynda Ring Erick- son, Port of Shelton commissioner Jay Hupp and Shelton mayor John Tarrant spoke about issues in the communty and answered questions from the chamber and audience members. Tacoma Goodwill, which plans to open a Shelton branch on March 3, sponsored the meeting. Matthew Erlich, spokeperson for Tacoma Goodwill, addressed the chamber to begin the monthly meeting. "Our mission is to change lives by helping people with disabilities and disadvantages to get jobs," Erlich said. "Whether it's with us at Goodwill or any other thrift Journal photo by Natalie Johnson Mayor John Tarrant, county commissioner Lynda Ring Erickson and Port of Shelton commissioner Jay Hupp an- swer questions from the Shelton-Mas0n County Chamber of Commerce Thursday. living in a community like Ma- son County and looked forward to opening the store in March. Chamber President Patti Case set the optimistic and positive tone for the elected's portion of the meet- ing by speaking about how Mason County and its residents are begin- ning to see the light at the end of the tunnel, or the "pot of gold at the minutes to speak to the chamber, then answered questions from the chamber's Governmental Affairs Committee. Erickson spoke to the chamber first, and said that financially and otherwise, Mason County is very healthy. "The reality of county govern- ment has been very difficult the store, we encourage you to donate." end of the rainbow,." and are head- past few years," she said. "I think Shelton store manager Rod Cle-ed toward an economic recovery. ments also spoke before the crowd, The speakers, Ring Erickson, saying that he was happy to beHupp and Tarrant, each had fiveSee Chamber on page A-7