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He was playing for the Boston Celtics and the arc of his professional career was just be- ginning to rise. "The little known secret at the time was that he was abusing alcohol and began us- ing drugs and his career came to a premature end. He actually did some prison time and now he's dedicated his life to helping young basketball players," Chief Deputy Dean Byrd said. The Sheriffs Office and other area law enforcement agencies are helping the Shel- ton School District bring Herren to the Little Creek Casino Events Center on May 15 to talk to students. "His message is very inspirational, if you're on drugs there is hope," Chief Byrd said. High school and junior high school students are en- couraged to attend and the public is welcome. Herren will speak from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Courtesy photo Former NBA player Chris Herren will speak from 7:30-8:30 p.m. on May 15. and while there is no charge for the event, donations are being sought to help defray the cost. The checks should be made payable to Shelton School District/Herren Event and mailed to 700 S. First St. Shelton, or Oakland Bay Jr. High 3301 North Shelton Springs Road, Shelton, WA 98584. A sampling of our Volunteers, from left: Socorro Villeda, North Information Desk; Carolyn Parker, North Information Desk and the Gift Shop; Diane Deason, H u man Resources; Skip Angel, Surgery Waiting Room Desk; and Margarita Hernandez, Administra- tion andThe Birth Center. "++%C" Celebratincj People in Action Thank you to our Volunteers for taking the time to care. At Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics we love our Volunteers, who help in many ways. Every day, Volunteers help MGH & FC staff with many tasks that are important to patient care. In honor of this nationwide celebration, MGH & FC wants to recognize all of our Volunteers. "Thank you, Volunteers, for your gift of time and compassion. We appreciate you!" -MGH & FC staff, physicians, and administrators Mason General Hospital & Family of Clinics Mason General Hospital 901 Mountain View Drive, Shelton, WA For information: (350) 432-7705 www.MasonGeneral.com Call 426-4412 to Subscribe Page A-2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal -Thursday, Nov. 18, 2012 The sheriffs office Drug Search private partnership. K-9 Courtesy photo team is funded through a public- F d fered to pay $40,000 a year. entities, have helped us an s Now we are able to keep maintain our current level Continued from page A-1 an officer up there almost of staffing. It's also allowed full time. They pay us on us to target areas that here- "We've continued a pub- an hourly rate so that pro- tofore have not received the lic-private partnership with vides us with an incentive attention they need. We are Green Diamond Resources to keep an officer work- also receiving interest from for a forest patrol officer, ing there. There are times other homeowner associa- A very large portion of our when we have emergencies tions so they can adequately county is forested and most elsewhere so that allows us fight the crime in their ar- of that is owned and oper- to be called out of that area eas," Byrd said. ated by Green Diamond Re- if needed for other duties. It He also noted that reas- sources. That helps reduce allowed us to fund a patrol signing duties has helped their losses due to theft, officer and it lowered the with maintaining officers vandalism and garbage crime rate there to almost on the road. The depart- dumping," Byrd said. zero," he said. ment assigned a patrol et- A new partnership with The sheriffs office hasricer as a boating officer. the Lake Cushman Home also entered into a $15,000 That allowed those wages Owners Association, he annual contract with the to be paid through a state- said, has shown results. U.S. Forest Service to pa- funded program and the of- "They were having sig- trol federal land. ricer is now patrolling the nificant crime problems "These contracts that Puget Sound and the coun- but we weren't able to have we've been involved in,ty's inland waterways. people up there so they of- through public and private Boot camp icts sees resu STAFF REPORT ful than just putting people elect to enter the program in jail. Our recidivism rate prior to their sentencing. It is Drug abuse is a deeply is 22 percent. The problem a multi-disciplinaryprogram, seeded problem in Mason we have is that we only have Byrd explained. County. ' 12 people in the program," "They have to get a job, "It probably contributesByrd said, noting that the get treatment, get their to 90 percent of the crime," program's budget can accom- drivers license, do all those Chief Deputy Dean Byrd modate up to 15 people, things needed to be a citizen. said. "Every crime we make "It's such an intensive They're given the tools to deal an arrest on, either alcohol or program that some of our of- with their problems without drugs can be traced to it." fenders are not to the point in the use of drugs," he said. When a non-violent of- their lives where they want Some candidates may fender is charged, they may to change," he said. need detoxification and inpa- have the opportunity to enter The Mason County Drug tient treatment, others need a program that Byrd said, Court Team identifies a non- outpatient treatment and has seen great success, violent drug offender and if some can just come and start "It's so much more success- they plead guilty they can the program, he said.