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Thursday, March 17, 2011
Year 125 -- Week 11 -- 8 Sections -- 56 Pages --
Published in Shelton, Washington -- $1
There's
a new,
chief in
town
By KEVANMOORE
A longtime member
of the Shelton Police
Department has been
tapped to lead the agency
when current Chief Terry
Davenport leaves for a
job with the Washington
State Traffic Safety Com-
mission in Olympia next
month.
Lieutenant Dave
Eklund will serve as in-
terim chief through the
end of the year, at which
time commissioners will
conduct an evaluation, In
the meantime, one of the
deparment's three ser-
as lieutenant.
The city and Eklund
also plan to conduct test-
ing and evaluations to
solidify any command
changes.
"So, there could be
some more changes
around the first of the
yar," Eklund noted.
Eklund joined the
2001.
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this week forOfficer of
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Groups of protesters spent much of the last year twing to halt construction of the Adage biomass facility in Mason
County.
Adage pulls out of Mason County
By NATALIE JOHNSON
Adage Mason LLC announced
this week its intention to halt op-
erations in Mason County.
Adage and Port of Shelton rep-
resentatives say that the decision
came as a result of a poor market
for biomass energy in Washington.
"Adage was confident that it
was well on the way in obtaining
the necessary environmental and
construction permits and had se-
cured the necessary contracts for
their fuel supply ... However, since
many utilities in Washington State
have or will meet the public's man-
date (Initiative 1-937)for renew-
able energy over the next three
years, the demand for this power
plant's output is simply not there,"
Port of Shelton Executive Director
John Dobson said in an e-mail.
Adage representat.ives had pre-
viously stated that power would be
sold to utilities in California, not
Washington. However, the demand
for biomass energy in California
and elsewhere is not as high as Ad-
age formerly expected, Adage Public
Affairs Director Tom DePonty said.
Adage will be walking away
from a multi-million dollar invest-
ment when it leaves Mason Coun-
ty, DePonty said.
Amid considerable public de-
bate, Adage, a joint venture be-
tween AREVA and Duke Energy,
has been actively working for more
than a year to:gain approval from
state and local agencies to build a
65-megawatt biomass energy facil-
ity in Mason County.
Adage won several key victories
before announcing its departure,
including signing a lease option
with the Port of Shelton for
See Adage on page A-5
Employee of the Year.
The winners are, chosen
The officer of the year
for 2010 is Mark Hinton,
a field training officer
who also serves as the
department's emergency
vehicle operator instruc-
tor.
=He probably goes on
hundreds of more calls
than most of our officers
and always has an up-
beat attitude," Eklund
noted. "I'nat's probably
why he was nominated
and elected."
The reserve officer of
the year isRobert Aud-
erer. Eklund said that
Auderer was formerly a
reserve officer in Thur-
ston County and has put
Births B-6
Community Calendar B-3
Entertainment/Dining B-3
Journal of Record A-6
Obituaries B-5
Opinions, Letters A-4
Sports C-1
Weather A-5
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More folks turn to WorkSource
By ARLA SHEPHARD
Job search isn't what it
was two years ago.
So says Terry Weber, in-
terim supervisor of the Shel-
ton branch of the job search
center WorkSource, which
has seen a spike in walk-in
traffic this year.
In the past two months, it
hasn't been unusual to see
up to 200 p.eop.le come into
the Shelton branch each day,
while just last December
that figure was closer to 130,
Weber said.
"The walk-in traffic and
the number of people we
see here in Shelton versus
the surrounding counties
See Work on page A-7
Journal photo by Aria Shephard
WorkSource specialist Raul Soto helps job
seeker Anton Pugel fill out paperwork at the
WorkSource Shelton office last week. Soto is one
of three specialists that directly helps people
with job-search skill development.
Belfair Water, Theler to negotiate
By ARLA SHEPHARD
At this week's meeting of the Belfair Wa-
ter District, Manager Dave Tipton said that
the district still needed to complete negotia-
tions with two customers who had been under
billed for 18 months due to a software error
discovered near the end of last year.
"We're in negotiati0ns with two more [cus-
tomers]," Tipton said, naming only the Mary
E. Theler Community Center as one of the
parties. "Theler Center refuses to talk about
it ... We've offered them multiple opportuni-
ties, and they just won't even come to the dis-
cussion."
Commission Chair John Phillips asked
whether the district had the authority to al-
low a debt collection agency to handle the
Theler Center situation.
"I don't think it's the right thing [to involve
a debt collector]," Commissioner Mike Pope
said. "It's easier to work with them than to
stir up more controversy."
The commissioners authorized Pope to
become the point negotiator with the Theler
Center.
The board also voted to give three accounts
a three-month leak adjustment.
Belfair man
pleads not
guilty to assault,
harassment
Allegedly choked,
threatened to shoot ex
with a shotgun
By KEVAN MOORE
A Belfair man has pled not guilty to charg-
es of assault in the second degree (DV) with a
firearm enhancement and felony harassment.
Kevin J. Davies, 20, of the 22600 block of
State Route 3 was arrested at his residence at
8:30 p.m. on February 5.
Mason County Superior Court Judge Amber
Finlay found probable cause for the charges
and set bail at $40,000 on February 7. Davies
pled not guilty to the charges during his Tues-
day, Feb. 14, arraignment.
A bail hearing, meanwhile, has been slated
for March 21.
At 7:27 p.m. on the night in question, dis-
patchers advised depties of a domestic distur-
bance at the Belfair residence.
The alleged victim in the case, Andrea
M. Millis, 20, said Davies, her ex-boyfriend,
knocked her out and then held a shotgun to her
head.
A deputy's report said that Millis was shak-
ing, crying and had bloodshot eyes when they
arrived. Deputies also noted purple and red
marks on Millis' neck.
Millis told police that she went to Davies'
See Assault on page A-7