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and changes SHELTON-MASON COUNTY Thursday, March 1, 2018 The Voice of Mason County Since 1886 - Vol. 132, No. 9 $1 ,N PUTTING ON THE MOVES Journal photo by Gordon Weeks Alex Flores-Uriostegui performs the 'coffee grinder' with fellow members of Shelto Players in Progress (PIPS) Friday morning in the Mountain View Elementary School gym. The members of PIPS, who are in kindergarten through sixth grade, entertained Mountain View students in kindergarten through second grade. They also perform at halftime at local games. Former commissioner hies paperwork, but technicafity stalls it By GORDON WEEKS gordon@masoncounty com Former Shelton City Commis- sioner Mike Olsen filed for a recall election of Mayor Gary Cronce and Commissioner Kathy McDowell last Friday with the Mason County Au- dito s Office, alleging "malfeasance" for illegal moves, but that petition was rejected Tuesday by the Mason County Prosecuting Attorney's office due to a technicality. Olsen, who lost his re-election bid to McDowell in November 2015, charges that Cronce violated the law by using his city-owned email account to so- licit campaign donations from Hall Equities, the owners of the Shel- ten Hills project; read a prepared see RECALL, page A-16 Marty Brewer hired to helm Port Angeles district By GORDON WEEKS gordon@masoncoun com Marty Brewer, superintendent of the Pioneer School District for the past seven years, has been named the superintendent of the Port Angeles School District. Brewer will leave his post on July 1. He will replace Marc Jackson, who is retiring. The Pioneer School District is seeking a replacement. The Port Angeles School District has about 3,700 students in five el- ementary schools, one middle school and two high schools. Brewer said he has a theory that superintendents are "most effective" in their first five to seven years in a dis- trict. He and his wife, Terri, wanted to stay on the Olympic peninsula. The opportunity in Port Angeles "rose to the top because of the good work going on there in student achieve- ment, community involvement and a good, solid board," he said. Journal file photo by Gordon Weeks Pioneer School Superintendent Marty Brewer blasts away construction dust in front of the new Pioneer Middle School just minutes before the beginning of Back-to-School Night in September. The school officially opened to classes the following morning. Brewer said he also wanted to bring his skills in building capital improve- ments to the Port Angeles district, which in recent years has failed to pass bonds and levies to improve its schools. Asked to name the highlight of his see BREWER, page A-15 8 IIIIl!!l!l!!lllJl![Itl[lllli : I ~i~.i( ~; New public records law draws ire, support Page A-2 North Mason schools plan for big growth Page A-18 .$ By MICHAEL HEINBACH michael@masoncoun corn In response to the killing of 17 stu- dents and staff members earlier last month at a high school in Parkland, Florida, as well as a handful of safety- threat issues that recently arose at local schools, a county commis- sioner has called for an increased presence of school resource officers in Mason County Neatherlin public schools. Randy Neatherlin, the District 1 Mason County Commissioner, issued a news release Tuesday afternoon see DEPUTIES, page A-16 North Mason brings on new football coach Page B-1