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SHELTON-MASON COUNTY
Thursday, March 1, 2018
The Voice of Mason County Since 1886 - Vol. 132, No. 9
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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
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New public records law
draws ire, support
Page A-2
North Mason schools
plan for big growth
Page A-18
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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