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By ARLA SHEPHARD
Following a 2-to-1 vote by the Port of
Allyn Board of Commissioners to move
forward with re-districting on Monday,
Commissioner Jean Farmer announced
that she would not seek re-election this
fall.
Farmer has publicly come out against
re-districting, which will move the Bel-
fair 5 voting precinct from Farmer's com-
missioner district 2 to Commissioner
Randy Neatherlin's district 3.
"My decisions are based on the direc-
tion of the port," said Farmer, who will ~
finish out her term this year. "We've had
many disagreements up here in the past
year. Mainly they consist over profes-
sional services or money ... all the way i
down to this re-districting that's recently
happening."
Belfair 5 encompasses the core of
downtown Belfair, and Neatherlin and
Port Executive Director Bonnie Knight
have spoken of the need to balance the
population across the three commission-
er districts -- using figures based on reg-
istered voters, Farmer's district had al-
most 900 voters more than Neatherlin's.
According to the latest census, howev-
er, when Belfair 5 moves, the population
gap between the districts shrinks only
slightly: Before re-districting, Farmer's
district includes 37 percent of the popu-
percent.lati°n and Neatherlin holds onto 28.5
After moving Belfair 5, though, Farm-
er's district will decrease to 29.7 percent
and Neatherlin's will bump up to 35.8
percent.
Commission Chair Judy Scott's dis-
trict 1 would be untouched at 34.5 per-
cent of the population. I
• Moving Belfair 5 does ensure that one
commissioner would always come from
the voting precincts Allyn, Lakeland or
Victor, which are the remaining three Water District instead of Mason County
precincts under Farmer's district. Public Utility District 1.
"I need to make sure that they have The filing dates for the November 8
somebody at the table," Neatherlin said. election are June 6 through 11. For more
Farmer said she also took issue with information on how to file for candidacy,
the management of the Port's water sys- call the Mason County Auditor's Office at
tern, including work done with Belfair 427-9670.
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
Two adults were
seriously injured
following a
eollission near
Johns Prairie
and Batstone :
Cutoff roads On
Wednesday. A
sheriff's office
spokesman said
that the eollism'on
occurred after
a failed passing
attempt by the
vehicle, above,
which led to a
collission with a
parked van that
sent the car head-
on into a tree Little
other information
was available at
press time, but a fall
report will appear
in next week'S
Journa4.
Mason County group walks for MS
By NATALIE JOHNSON
Efleen Bailey was diag-
nosed with Multiple Sclero-
sis (MS), a little understood
and devastating neurologi-
cal disease, in 2002.
Her first step, after the
initial shock, she said, was
to contact the National MS
Society.
"I didn't know what to do
so I called the MS Society,"
she said. "They helped me
find a doctor, get counseling
and get prescriptions and
get a nurse to help with the
medication.~
After all the MS society
has done for her, Bailey
said that she feels the need
to give back, and started
participa~dng in MS walks
with her husband, Tim, and
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
Efleen Bailey, right,
has participated in MS
walks since 2003.
daughter, Kr~styn, in 2003.
~I was dia~o~bsed in 2002, and at least 200 are diag-
2003 was my ~rst walk,~ she nosed with some form of the
said. "In 2004 we started disease every week.
getting more friends and MS is a neurological dis-
family, this year we have 32 ease that attacks myelin,
registered team members - a protective coating of the
20 are here today.~ nerves, the society's web-
According to the MS Soci- site says. There is no known
ety, about 400,000 people in cure for the disease.
the United States have MS On Saturday, Bailey's
team, Kristyn's Hrulsers,
sponsored by family busi-
ness E.I. Kristyn and Son
Construction, gathbred at
an elementary se~ool in
Lacey to participa~ in a
four-mile MS walk, part
of the national "Wblk MS~
campaign. Kristyn'S Kruis-
ers raised $6,248 l~st year,
through sales of ps~er MS
society feet at local stores,
and fundraisers.
"And that was ~a hard
year,~ Bailey said.
All money raised from the
walk benefits the MS Soci-
ety, Bailey said, andigoes to-
wards things like research
and resources for patients
with MS
"They can help with pre-
scriptions,~ she said. "My
prescription, if I was pay-
ing out of pocket would be
$i,200 per month."
By her side through the
whole thing is Bailey's nine-
year-old daughter, Kristyn,
the namesake of thegroup.
~Fne reason I started
with it was Kristyn @as only
6 months old when I was di-
aguosed ... the MS society
really helped."
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