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SHELTON- MASON COUNTY JqC) URNAL Thursday, March 29, 2007 121st Year -- Number 13 5 Sections -- 48 Pages Published in Shelton, Washington 75 cents '00:l00Schoo l d Bay seeki dom er ar( K.%Ve want ' V " .' e, P! F Shell Tues Ouring mere brug dogs sought for junior high ' JEFF GREEN administrators at Oak- Bay Junior High in Shelton seeking permission to allow searches of the school's area by drug-sniffing dogs. to be a little more pro- Principal Sheryal Balding Shelton School Board mem- Tuesday night. the current school year have been problems at the what Balding termed a slight in- crease in the variety and quantity of drugs found there. There has been a great deal more amount of marijuana, she said, adding up to eight grams of pot were found on one student. "We are very concerned about that," she added. "WE NEED some help," said Assistant Principal John Bryz- Gornia. The message administra- tors want to put out to students and parents is the junior high is a drug-free zone, he said, adding it would help if authorities could do some kind of deterrent search effort to help keep kids safe. "It's not that we want to lock kids up," Bryz-Gornia said. Board member Peter Boome asked how searches would be a de- terrent. Balding said drug dogs would enter the school while students were in class and the dogs would sniff lockers for drugs. If stu- dents knew the lockers would be aior high, including two bomb i alse fire alarms and Donkeys bring out the best in us I iHey, Morn, check me outI" A young fan emotes during the halftime press of flesh at |,ISaturday's barnyard extravaganza in the Minidome. For more on Shelton's donkey  ball fund-raiser, turn to page 29. searched, even if at random, they would bring less drugs to school, she added. BOOME ASKED how searches would make students feel safer at school. The majority of kids don't want drugs at school, Bryz-Gornia said. "We're out to make sure the environment is safe. We're not try- ing to treat them like criminals," he noted. Julianna Miljour, chairwoman of the school board, said she sup- ports searches, using the right re- sources. The majority of kids are not using drugs, Miljour added. Board member Marty Crow equated drug searches to radar traps on freeways, adding both are a necessity. Boome said he supports searches, but added he does not want to see authority abused. Board member Holly Sharpe said she was torn because she doesn't like the "Gestapo" im- age of dogs being brought in "to (Please turn to page 8.) Yvonne Claussen dies in car crash A 47-year-old Shelton wom- an died early Tuesday morning when her vehicle hit a tree on State Route 3 two miles north of Shelton. Yvonne P. Claussen was driv- ing southbound on the road that follows Oakland Bay in a 1991 Subaru at 2:26 a.m. on March 27 when she failed to negotiate a left- hand curve, crossed the north- bound lane, left the roadway and hit a tree with the right side of the vehicle, according to Trooper Gary Barnes of the Washington State Patrol. According to the state patrol memo, speed was the contributing factor in the crash, which closed the northbound lane of State Route 3 for three hours. Mason County Coroner Wes StockweU said Mrs. Claussen was nearing home when the crash occurred. It was her husband who discovered the accident, the investigating trooper indicated. Yvonne Claussen was a long- time waitress at the Ming Tree Cafe and mother of several stand- out Shelton High School ath- letes. Miles declares run for mayor Former radio disc jockey Jack Miles wants to be mayor of Shel- ton. Miles (whose real name is Jack Miles Strickland Jr., but he pre- fers to go by his radio stage name) currently is a Port of Shelton com- missioner and recently applied for a seat on the Shelton City Com- mission that opened when incum- bent Dick Taylor resigned. That city commission seat, how- ever, went to Mike Byrne, who was picked for the position by Mayor John Tarrant and Commissioner Dawn Pannell. Miles, 35, on Tuesday an- nounced he plans to run for mayor in the coming fall election. Accord- ing to a press release issued by Miles, he said individuals through- out Shelton asked him to consider running ibr mayor. MILES SAID he put aside his plan to run for mayor when Tay- lor's position on the commission became available. After not being selected, he said he is resuming his mayoral campaign. The biggest issue now in Shel- ton "is fixing the roads we drive on every day," he noted, Currently there are some 60 miles of paved roads within the city limits and Miles said only about 10 miles of those roads are at minimal accept- able standards. "And in my professional opin- ion, this is unsatisfactory," he said. "The city must develop a (Please turn to page 11.) J00helton district hires Aultman i$o be assistant superintendent LongtimeSeltonresidentMikegYrnc gets city post ,ii, JohnAultman, theexecutivedi-Aultmanwasahigh-schoolteach- "It's a district on the grow, repa yl Byrnl :kFTh:aoY=:hPiSedt: O ['i: °T2::t2aforkt:k:l::seC::n :arpns:h:olLydtnctsn, d N:nrthKie':t °l:natrheonthV:'sh:l::nlddh:ri::h°d City Commission. four years as vocational director said when he visited the district's Byrne served two consecutive |i!s, Tuesday evening was hired i li. come Shelton School District's | lStant superintendent. A 1986 graduate of Washington ii:te University, where he ma- [;d in agricultural education, [traan as a youngster attended [ Canal School for a year and [,Ealf. His family formerly owned l:,yurdy Canyon Drive-in. i: LIe finished growing up in Yelm. E .r graduating from WSU, |' lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll [000n the inside with the Aberdeen School Dis- trict before taking the job heading the New Market Skills Center in 2000. central office Tuesday, he noted the atmosphere was friendly and open. (Please turn to page 8.) Derek Ranney named S a Wa hmgton Sch,alar Shelton High School student Derek Ranney was honored at Tuesday evening's Shelton School Board meeting. Ranney, a senior with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average, was rec- ognized for being selected by the Washington Higher Education Board as a Washington Scholar for 2007. "This is a huge achievement," Superintendent Joan Zook told the school board as she presented a certificate to Ranney. He was nominated by SHS Principal Wanda Berndtson, and said he filled out a form, sent it in and was picked. Being named a Washington Scholar means Ran- ney will have full tuition paid to any college in the state. Ranney told The Journal he is planning to attend Washing- ton State University or Whitman College and study engineering or mathematics. Derek Ranney terms on the city commission dur- ing the Seventies and was selected last week by Mayor John Tarrant and Commissioner Dawn Pannell from a field of six applicants. Byrne, 69, was raised in Shel- ten and worked here most of his life, the exception being seven years when he lived in Olympia and taught science in the North Thurston School District. He worked for Mason County a total of 18 years, retiring from Mason County as director of gen- eral services. His years with the county gave him a great deal of public exposure and contacts with various state agencies. He also has experience wrestling with annual budgets. Byrne served as the city's com- missioner of public works from 1971 to 1975 with Mayor Frank Travis, and from 1976 to 1979 with Mayor Jim Lowery. He was sworn in as commissioner on Monday afternoon by Shelton Municipal Court Judge Amber Finlay during the city commission's workshop meeting. He spent a good part of the day being briefed by City Ad- ministrator Dave O'Leary and de- partment heads. "To dedicate oneself to public service is a deadly serious under- taking," local resident Ed Santo- domingo told the commission. "There are many reasons not to Mike Byrne do it. The hours are long; the pay is minuscule. Negative criticism comes in truckloads, appreciation in a thimble." Santodomingo said whatever Bynre's reasons are "they must be noble. Our hat's off to you, Mike Byrne. And to your vision of a bet- ter Shelton, I invite the many oth- ers to pledge heartfelt support." Taylor stepped down from the commission to become the new executive director of the Shelton- Mason County Chamber of Com- merce. ooeeeeleeeoo*loelee*eeeeeaeeo"w*°° 3 .... 36 r Calendar ....... 19 l ........................... 43 Dining ..... 34 Journal ................. 18 of Record ............. 30 10, 11 Letters ................. 4 ................................... 21 .... 28 Illlllllllllllllllllll ,llll!i!llJl!!ll!mlJtl!l!lllll00 SHELTON- MASON COUNTY JqC) URNAL Thursday, March 29, 2007 121st Year -- Number 13 5 Sections -- 48 Pages Published in Shelton, Washington 75 cents '00:l00Schoo l d Bay seeki dom er ar( K.%Ve want ' V " .' e, P! F Shell Tues Ouring mere brug dogs sought for junior high ' JEFF GREEN administrators at Oak- Bay Junior High in Shelton seeking permission to allow searches of the school's area by drug-sniffing dogs. to be a little more pro- Principal Sheryal Balding Shelton School Board mem- Tuesday night. the current school year have been problems at the what Balding termed a slight in- crease in the variety and quantity of drugs found there. There has been a great deal more amount of marijuana, she said, adding up to eight grams of pot were found on one student. "We are very concerned about that," she added. "WE NEED some help," said Assistant Principal John Bryz- Gornia. The message administra- tors want to put out to students and parents is the junior high is a drug-free zone, he said, adding it would help if authorities could do some kind of deterrent search effort to help keep kids safe. "It's not that we want to lock kids up," Bryz-Gornia said. Board member Peter Boome asked how searches would be a de- terrent. Balding said drug dogs would enter the school while students were in class and the dogs would sniff lockers for drugs. If stu- dents knew the lockers would be aior high, including two bomb i alse fire alarms and Donkeys bring out the best in us I iHey, Morn, check me outI" A young fan emotes during the halftime press of flesh at |,ISaturday's barnyard extravaganza in the Minidome. For more on Shelton's donkey  ball fund-raiser, turn to page 29. searched, even if at random, they would bring less drugs to school, she added. BOOME ASKED how searches would make students feel safer at school. The majority of kids don't want drugs at school, Bryz-Gornia said. "We're out to make sure the environment is safe. We're not try- ing to treat them like criminals," he noted. Julianna Miljour, chairwoman of the school board, said she sup- ports searches, using the right re- sources. The majority of kids are not using drugs, Miljour added. Board member Marty Crow equated drug searches to radar traps on freeways, adding both are a necessity. Boome said he supports searches, but added he does not want to see authority abused. Board member Holly Sharpe said she was torn because she doesn't like the "Gestapo" im- age of dogs being brought in "to (Please turn to page 8.) Yvonne Claussen dies in car crash A 47-year-old Shelton wom- an died early Tuesday morning when her vehicle hit a tree on State Route 3 two miles north of Shelton. Yvonne P. Claussen was driv- ing southbound on the road that follows Oakland Bay in a 1991 Subaru at 2:26 a.m. on March 27 when she failed to negotiate a left- hand curve, crossed the north- bound lane, left the roadway and hit a tree with the right side of the vehicle, according to Trooper Gary Barnes of the Washington State Patrol. According to the state patrol memo, speed was the contributing factor in the crash, which closed the northbound lane of State Route 3 for three hours. Mason County Coroner Wes StockweU said Mrs. Claussen was nearing home when the crash occurred. It was her husband who discovered the accident, the investigating trooper indicated. Yvonne Claussen was a long- time waitress at the Ming Tree Cafe and mother of several stand- out Shelton High School ath- letes. Miles declares run for mayor Former radio disc jockey Jack Miles wants to be mayor of Shel- ton. Miles (whose real name is Jack Miles Strickland Jr., but he pre- fers to go by his radio stage name) currently is a Port of Shelton com- missioner and recently applied for a seat on the Shelton City Com- mission that opened when incum- bent Dick Taylor resigned. That city commission seat, how- ever, went to Mike Byrne, who was picked for the position by Mayor John Tarrant and Commissioner Dawn Pannell. Miles, 35, on Tuesday an- nounced he plans to run for mayor in the coming fall election. Accord- ing to a press release issued by Miles, he said individuals through- out Shelton asked him to consider running ibr mayor. MILES SAID he put aside his plan to run for mayor when Tay- lor's position on the commission became available. After not being selected, he said he is resuming his mayoral campaign. The biggest issue now in Shel- ton "is fixing the roads we drive on every day," he noted, Currently there are some 60 miles of paved roads within the city limits and Miles said only about 10 miles of those roads are at minimal accept- able standards. "And in my professional opin- ion, this is unsatisfactory," he said. "The city must develop a (Please turn to page 11.) J00helton district hires Aultman i$o be assistant superintendent LongtimeSeltonresidentMikegYrnc gets city post ,ii, JohnAultman, theexecutivedi-Aultmanwasahigh-schoolteach- "It's a district on the grow, repa yl Byrnl :kFTh:aoY=:hPiSedt: O ['i: °T2::t2aforkt:k:l::seC::n :arpns:h:olLydtnctsn, d N:nrthKie':t °l:natrheonthV:'sh:l::nlddh:ri::h°d City Commission. four years as vocational director said when he visited the district's Byrne served two consecutive |i!s, Tuesday evening was hired i li. come Shelton School District's | lStant superintendent. A 1986 graduate of Washington ii:te University, where he ma- [;d in agricultural education, [traan as a youngster attended [ Canal School for a year and [,Ealf. His family formerly owned l:,yurdy Canyon Drive-in. i: LIe finished growing up in Yelm. E .r graduating from WSU, |' lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll [000n the inside with the Aberdeen School Dis- trict before taking the job heading the New Market Skills Center in 2000. central office Tuesday, he noted the atmosphere was friendly and open. (Please turn to page 8.) Derek Ranney named S a Wa hmgton Sch,alar Shelton High School student Derek Ranney was honored at Tuesday evening's Shelton School Board meeting. Ranney, a senior with a perfect 4.0 grade-point average, was rec- ognized for being selected by the Washington Higher Education Board as a Washington Scholar for 2007. "This is a huge achievement," Superintendent Joan Zook told the school board as she presented a certificate to Ranney. He was nominated by SHS Principal Wanda Berndtson, and said he filled out a form, sent it in and was picked. Being named a Washington Scholar means Ran- ney will have full tuition paid to any college in the state. Ranney told The Journal he is planning to attend Washing- ton State University or Whitman College and study engineering or mathematics. Derek Ranney terms on the city commission dur- ing the Seventies and was selected last week by Mayor John Tarrant and Commissioner Dawn Pannell from a field of six applicants. Byrne, 69, was raised in Shel- ten and worked here most of his life, the exception being seven years when he lived in Olympia and taught science in the North Thurston School District. He worked for Mason County a total of 18 years, retiring from Mason County as director of gen- eral services. His years with the county gave him a great deal of public exposure and contacts with various state agencies. He also has experience wrestling with annual budgets. Byrne served as the city's com- missioner of public works from 1971 to 1975 with Mayor Frank Travis, and from 1976 to 1979 with Mayor Jim Lowery. He was sworn in as commissioner on Monday afternoon by Shelton Municipal Court Judge Amber Finlay during the city commission's workshop meeting. He spent a good part of the day being briefed by City Ad- ministrator Dave O'Leary and de- partment heads. "To dedicate oneself to public service is a deadly serious under- taking," local resident Ed Santo- domingo told the commission. "There are many reasons not to Mike Byrne do it. The hours are long; the pay is minuscule. Negative criticism comes in truckloads, appreciation in a thimble." Santodomingo said whatever Bynre's reasons are "they must be noble. Our hat's off to you, Mike Byrne. And to your vision of a bet- ter Shelton, I invite the many oth- ers to pledge heartfelt support." Taylor stepped down from the commission to become the new executive director of the Shelton- Mason County Chamber of Com- merce. ooeeeeleeeoo*loelee*eeeeeaeeo"w*°° 3 .... 36 r Calendar ....... 19 l ........................... 43 Dining ..... 34 Journal ................. 18 of Record ............. 30 10, 11 Letters ................. 4 ................................... 21 .... 28 Illlllllllllllllllllll ,llll!i!llJl!!ll!mlJtl!l!lllll00