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Thursda3 March 22, 2012 Week 12" The Voice of Mason County since 1886 --- Published Mason County and Bob Veach of Skokomish Valley -- $1 Father presumed dead in Lake Limerick tragedy By KEVAN MOORE Deputies immediately organized a Monday, from 9 a.m. until about 5:30 t~evan@rnasoru:ounly.com search utilizing one of the department's p.m. The searches utilized three boats, three boats and divers. Deputies found with three divers per boat, and as many Jace's body at about 9:20 p.m. and sus- as 20 people total in various support- A 2-year-old Shelton boy drowned in pended any further searching for Shel- ing roles. Divers included local depu- Lake Limerick Saturday night and his don Olsen at about midnight. " ties and additional deputies from the father is still missing. "Deputies have not discovered any Thurston County Sheriffs Office and The Mason County Sheriffs Officesigns of foul play and characterize the the Squaxin Island Police Department. said that Jace S. Olsen, 2, and his fa- incident as a father and son outing that On Tuesday, Byrd said that the ther, Sheldon W. Olsen, 31, went on turned tragic," said Chief Deputy Dean searches had been suspended. a canoe outing in the lake. They were Byrd. "When the canoe was recovered %Ve've used all the assets we can at seen in the boat offshore from the two life jackets were discovered in the this pointtotryandrecoverMr. Olsen,,' Lake Limerick Clubhouse as late as canoe leading investigators to conclude Byrd said. 6:13 p.m., but the alarm was sounded life jackets were not u~ed by either vic- Olsen, his wife and their adopted a short time later when the canoe was tim." son recently moved to Shelton from Or- spotted on the lake with nobody aboard. Additional searches were conducted egon. Sheldon Olsen worked as an op- The first 911 call came in at 6:48 p.m. Sunday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on tometrist at Walmart. Courtesy photo Julie Olsen, left, lost her 2-year-old son, Jace, in a drowning on Saturday evening in Lake Limerick and her husband, Sheldon, has still not been found. Students shine at showcase Hood Canal School hosts annual event By ARLA SHEPHARD arla@masoncounly,com Journal photo by Kevan Moore Air Force Technical Sergeant Kevin McAbee, left, helps U.S. Army Sergeant Daniel Jones out of his Tyvek suit Tuesday afternoon in downtown Shelton. The men are part of the 10th Civil Support Team out of Camp Murray, a unit that specializes in identifying and dealing with chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and enhanced explosive agents and devices. Military experts called in to identify powdery substance hour later with evidence bags. Chief Sobotka said the soldiers made a pre- liminary determination inside the DOC office By KEVAN MOORE Tuesday. The responding officer then called that the unknown substance was meth. Fur- kevan@mas'oncountyoeom in fire department personnel. Assistant Fire ther analysis done inside one of the unit's mo- Chief Mike Sobotka said that, per department bile labs confirmed.that initial finding. . procedure, he immediately called the Wash- Evidence that was gathered was turned A suspicious package led to the evacuation ington State Department of Ecology. No state over to the Shelton police. of the downtown Shelton office of the Depart- patrol units were available, so the 10th Civil SPD Lieutenant Les Watson said that the ment of Corrections, located at 507 N. 4th St., Support Team from Camp Murray was dis- meth was found inside a plastic baggie inside on Tuesday afternoon, patched, a paper envelope. Lt. Watson said that the en- A Weapons of Mass Destruction team from That military unit specializes in dealing velope was addressed to the Shelton DOC of- Camp Murray was eventually called in and with and identifying chemical, biological, ra- rice and contained a name and return address. determined that the unknown substance in diological, nuclear and enhanced explosives -- "Whether or not that is a fictitious name or the package was crystal methamphetamine: also known as CBRNe. not is something we don't know at this time," A call to police alerting them to the suspi- Two soldiers in Tyvek suits entered the Lt. Watson said. "That, of course, is something cious package was made shortly after 2 p.m. DOC office and emerged a little over a half we are following up on and determining." Medical marijuana debate rages on at commission meeting By NATALIE JOHNSON r~ataZie@~na,~or~cottnly.com Both the City of Shelton and Mason County officials resumed public discussion on their re- spective moratoriums on medical marijuana collective gardens on Monday. 81111!!!1!!11!!1!!1!11112 The City of Shelton Commission voted unani- mously after a public hearing Monday night to continue its moratorium for another six months, to give city staff more time to consider potential zon- ing regulations and re- quirements for the collec- tive gardens. "In this case, it's a step back to take a look at what we need to do," city Commissioner Dawn Pannell said. Steve Goins The city commission first enacted the morato- rium on September 19, 2011, after the Wash- ington State Legislature passed Engrossed Second Senate Substitute Bill (ESSB) 5073, which le- galized collective medical marijuana gardens. According to the bill, up to 10 patients could get share space to grow up to 45 cannabis plants. Both the city and Mason Coun- ty commissions voted to pass moratoriums on the gardens soon after the Legislature passed the bill. "In part that was a result of ambiguity in state and federal law and confusion that existed and still exists now," Goins said. "There are several issues that we need a little more time to ad- dress." While state law allows collec- tive gardens, federal law classifies See Marijuana on page A-7 Ever since Lea Townsend Was little, she's wondered why flames can make dif- ferent colors. Townsend, a ,Hood Ca- nal Scho01 seventh-grade student, got the chance to explore her curiosity for the school's student achieve- ment showcase last week. Students from the school's classes contributed to the event, creating sci- ence, history, writing and art projects to display for family members and the community. "It's an opportunity for kids to bring their parents to school and for their par- ents to see not only their child's work, but see how their child's work compares to their peers," Hood Canal School District Superinten- dent Tom Churchill said. "It's a subtle message for parents and a tangible way for them to do that. A lot of times parents only see their kid's homework." Townsend, 13, created a science fair project about the colors in flames. "I've been to a lot of beach fires, so I wondered whatochanges the colors of fire," she said. "Now I know it's the chemical in the salt and the water that gets into the driftwood." Younger students cre- ated class art projects. Ruthie Peterson-Blue- bird, 9, created a shape poem -- a poem in the shape of its subject matter -- in the form of a flower with her third-grade class. "I liked it because it's re- ally artistic and stuff," she said. "I like that I can show this to people." Fifth-grade student Bry- an Daggett created a sci- ence project exploring how to make rubber eggs. "I was hungry that's how I thought of this project," he said. "I looked it up and ap- parently you can make rub- ber eggs." Daggett soaked eggs in jars full of vinegar, which reacted to the calcium car- bonate in the egg shells, dissolving the shells. The eggs become trans- lucent and are held to- gether by a rubber-like See Showcase on page A-7