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Thursday, March 1, 2012 -- Week 9 -- The Voice of Mason County since 1886 Published for Mason County and Marvin Leichty of Shelton --- $1 Commissioners approve pay hike for whichan increase called for in interim director of utilities, waste By NATALIE JOHNSON nata~ie@r, tasoncounty.com ed debate. Mason County resident Mary Jean Hrbacek commented on the agenda items early in the meeting. The Mason County Board of "The county in general seems Steve Commissioners heard four re- to be piecemeal bumping up pay," Bloomfield quests for salary increases during she said. from $6,690 per• its regular commission meeting Commissioner Steve Bloomfield month to $7,744 per month. Tuesday night, setting off a heat- asked to remove agenda item 8.5, Bloomfield, agreeing with Hr- pay for Public Health and Hu- man Services Director Vicki Kirkpatrick from salary range 39 to 45, Step D. This would increaseKirk- patrick's salary bacek, said the county should not out of the ordinary -- it's extraor- consider one salary increase at a dinary. I would vote no on that," time. He asked that the county Sheldon said. postpone the item for 30 days until Bloomfield and Commissioner the county has a clearer picture of Lynda Ring Erickson voted to re- state budget cuts in 2013. move the agenda item. "I know this is one part of a big- However, the commission unan- ger problem," he said. "We need to imously voted to approve a salary identify all the step increases." increase for Tom Moore, interim However, Commissioner Tim director of utilities and waste Sheldon said the commission management, to Step A of Range should vote on the item, because 45, giving him $6,686 per month. it had already voted to adopt the The commissioners said they agenda. "I think a 20 percent.increase is See Salary on page A-5 Journal photos by Aria Shephard From left, the Mason County Forest Festival court: SHS junior Jacob Johnston as Smokey Bear, SHS junior Alyssa Castro as Princess of Douglas Fir, NMHS junior Emily Grimmius as Princess of Cedar, NMHS senior Brianna Eddy as Queen of the Forest, SHS senior Harley Sweitzer as Princess of Spruce, SHS junior Jordan Crossan as Princess of Hemlock and SHS senior Mike Bowman as Paul Bunyan pose after coronation on Saturday, Feb. 25. New Paul Bunyan, Queen of the Forest among those selected at annual contest By ARLA SHEPHARD Mike Bowman. arla@masoncounty.com Eleven Mason County Forest Fes- tival hopefuls vied for the top titles at the 2012 Forest Festival coronation last After weeks of anticipation MasonSaturday, Feb. 25, at the Shelton Per- ounty has its new Queen of the forming Arts Center. orest and Paul Bunyan- North Since the end of January, students Mason High School senior Briannafrom Shelton and North Mason high Eddy and Shelton High School senior schools have been practicing choreo- graphed dance moves, poise techniques hers, who will go on to represent Mason and public speaking skills to be ready County at Forest Festival and parades for the competition, all across Washington. The program honored last year's pag- Shelton High School junior Jacob cant winners before announcing the JohnSton received the honor of Smokey 2012 winners. Bear, while SHS junior Alyssa Castro "Just because of this one program, became Princess of Douglas Fir, SHS my life has changed," 2011 Queen of senior Harley Sweitzer was crowned the Forest Allyssa Cervantes said. "It's Princess of Spruce, NMHS junior Emily turned me into a community member. Grimmius was selected to be Princess I'm so proud of where I live." of Cedar and SHS junior Jordan Cros- Contestants performed a dance num- san ascended her throne as Princess of ber together, answered a question on Hemlock. stage and gave formal speeches before judges selected the scholarship win- See Fesival on page A-5 auditor By NATALIE JOHNSON nataiie@masoncoun/y.eom The Washington State Auditor's Office released a draft report of its 2009- 2010 audit of Mason County llll!!!l!!ll!!tii![illll fi Emergency Comnmnica- 2009, the organization had tions (MACECOM), which a $520,103 general fund raised "significant concerns cash balance, but today, its regarding its financial sus- reserves amount to about tainability." $80,000. Specifically~ the draft au- "The center is at risk of dit report shows that since not being able to meet its 2009, MACECOM has used financial obligations at cur- reserve funding to balance rent service levels. This its budget, could pose a risk to public In 2010, MACECOM's safety if emergency services expenditures exceeded revenues by $286,443. In See MACECOM on page A-5 Disrict holds two public forums regarding education By NATALIE JOHNSON ~a~atie@maso~cou~ty,corn The Shelton School District (SSD) held two open forums, hosted by Su- perintendent Wayne Massie, for par- ents to discuss their feelings about education in the district. The first meeting took place in De- cember at Bordeaux Elementary, and the second occured on Thursday, Feb. r parent input 23, at Mountain View Elementary. "The conversa- tions are pretty rich," Massie said. "You get some good insights into directions the district should look at." At the forum, he asked parents four Wayne questions and en- Massie couraged them to write down answers in small groups. The answers included: "How can See Schools on page A-5