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0000Superior coUrt" Norlin00,00 assault case de,c',lared 00lstrial after his record cited James Sawyer declared Wednesday in one of pending against 22- rd Luigi Norling ). two days of testi- Mason County Superior a charge of armed rob- accused of threaten- 14-year-old Joe Martin 13 if Martin didn't OVer his Tommy Hilfiger had excited com- a gathering at the Shel- of Ron "Reefer" Ward- gave the jacket who admired the gar- to testimony in WOMAN, Amber Beas- ], spoke the words to declare a response to a ques- Deputy Prosecutor is page Cinda Lou a 10th-grader at School, re- week as State Legis- Page for Senator Tim 15, is the of Jim and Betty She's involved , volleyball, FleA programs at a page, she kept work while L the legisla. and delivering and documents rumpus. Reinhold Schuetz, Beasley said she was afraid of angering Norl- ing because he just got out of pris- on. Schuetz had asked why she let Norling stay at her house after the alleged attack on Martin. Defense attorney Richard Woodrow asked Sawyer to declare a mistrial because the defendant's criminal record was not to have been admitted into evidence at the trial. He said Beasley's re- mark would tend to cast doubt on the credibility of Norling, who was expected to testify on his own behalf. "This case is my client's word - when and if he testifies - against the word of the person who was robbed, Mr. Martin," Woodrow said. Woodrow had earlier moved for a mistrial based on a comment made during jury selection by Bob Trail, a prospective juror who was formerly employed by Mason County Probation. Trail was ex- cused after he told the court that he had been Norling's caseworker when the defendant was a juve- nile. NORLING'S criminal record goes back to his first conviction as a juvenile at the age of 12. Saw- yer thought the 13 jurors selected to hear the case could conduct their deliberations without being distracted by Trail's remark. But Woodrow persuaded him that Beasley's remark may have made it much harder for the jury to de- liver an impartial verdict. The issue arose when juror Lester Bell told the bailiff that he didn't think he could be impartial after hearing Beasley's remark. "I think what this shows is the tip of the iceberg and it shows that all of the other jurors are thinking the same thoughts," Woodrow said. Schuetz said that before Beas- ley took the stand he had asked her not to say anything about Norling's criminal past. Following her statement he found himself unable to argue against Wood- row's motion for a mistrial. "I CAN'T SAY the bell hasn't been rung or that it's not a very big bell," Schuetz said. Judge Sawyer declared a mis- trial and sent the jurors home. "In this case we have input that is inappropriate, that being the comment by Ms. Beasley," Saw- yer said. Beasley is also mentioned in two other charges against Norl- ing. In one case he is accused of assaulting another man later that day after a discussion of Ms. Beasley's charms, according to court papers. In another case he is accused of using threats to try to get Beasley and other witness- es to change their stories about the events of January 13. She was the last witness that Schuetz called to the stand on Tuesday afternoon. Police state- ments provided the basis for the state's contention that Norling stole the coat from Martin so that he could give it to her. The trou- ble started during the gathering at Wardwelrs house. "I had made the comment that I liked his jacket. It was nice," she told the jury. IN A RELATED develop- ment, Schuetz said he planned to ask the court to dismiss another charge against Norling related to the events of January 13. He is accused of attacking Seth Wood- ward with a whiskey bottle dur- ing a conversation about Beasley at a home she and Woodward shared on the Shelton-Matlock Road. Schuetz said that case is com- plicated by the fact that Wood- ward is now in Alaska. He asked that the case be dismissed with- out prejudice so that he can refile charges. The third case against Norling alleges he tried to get Wardwell to put pressure on Beasley, Wood- ward and Martin to change the stories they had told police about his alleged run-ins with Martin and Woodward. The jurors excused from the robbery case were Shelly Ander- son, LeRoy Morrison, Lester Bell, Richard Cowley, Gerald Williams, Judith Brown, Betty Mallinger, Jim Turner, Mark Ziegler, Mari- lyn Sanquist, Michele Crow, Dar- lene Anderson and Marilyn Sayan. 'ATHER sofa, 877-5501. travel trailer, new toilet, See at 223 West C 815 or 426-2818. T4/15- ining set, table- washed closed, oval with add- airs, Windsor style, $160. Weslo, $65, 898-6175, home with acreage. :at, needs loving home. Vacation property. 1985 }urlkhouse travel trailer, Is carpet and vinyl. or (360) 825- THRIFTY CARD CIAL at UPPLY STORE for 500 ping) One week delivery Railroad Avenue ,he 426-6102 • =, Office Products Dealer Port of Allyn facility: TENTS WILL be just for shade Saturday when the sun smiles on Mason County Early Childhood Professionals' third annual Children's Arts Festival. It will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Olympic College Shelton. Children's arts event set for OCS Saturday Mason County Early Childhood Professionals will host its third annual Children's Arts Festi- val at Olympic College Shelton from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The festival will feature a host of activity sta- tions to engage youngsters in drawing, painting, sculpting, singing, playing musical instruments, dancing, playing games and doing crafts on the local campus at 937 Alpine Way, just off North 13th Street. Under a 20-by-20-foot tent, performers will entertain the attenders. Shelton Dance Center, an elementary chorus and strings ensemble, Donna Palo Perez Dance Group, elementary- school rope-jumpers, Hispanic performers, Twana Dancers from the Skokomish Tribe, Poly- nesian youth dancers and a Baptist church youth duet will provide entertainment. Mason County Community DUI-Traffic Safety Task Force will man a safety room, Head Start will organize sensory tables, Bright Horizons will lead movement activities, and Mason County ICC Parent Support will do developmental screening. The Shelton School District will provide a reading corner; Books for Kids, a Seattle-based program, will offer free books for children. Fami- ly Child Care Providers will have play dough and painting. Charlotte Dedman of Child Care Action Council will have an information table. Bonnie Workman of Choice Health Care for Children will have an information booth. The DARE van, a school bus, a fire truck and an ambulance will be available for exploring. The festival is sponsored by the Early Child- hood Providers of Mason County, Mason County Network, Kiwanis and Kiwaniannes, Olympic College, Elizabeth Wolf and McDonald's. Infor- mation about the event is available from Robin Williams at 432-5410. Pumpout is okayed Matlc,ck revving its motors at canal publzc dock r:,r Old Timers Exhibition IT WAS THE location of the holding tank near the dock which brought testimony from the owner of the adjacent proper- ty. The permit was modified af- ter commissioners John Bolender and Cindy Olsen lis- tened to testimony from Leonard Thomas of Seattle, who owns property at 4651 NE North Shore Road. He said if the tank were placed next to the dock, it would be only 15 feet from his bedroom win- dow. Thomas suggested that the logical place for the tank was in the parking area across the road since the sani-cans are also there and trucks would have bet- ter access for pumpouts. "I realize the need for it," Thomas said. "It's the placement of the holding tank I object to." He also asked about possible con- tamination of his oyster beds, but was assured the pumpout was in deep water, 214 feet from the ordi- nary high-water mark. Allyn Port Manager Bonnie Recreational boaters will have a new pumpout facility on Hood Canal following approval Tues- day by the Mason County Com- mission of a shoreline substan- tial-development permit by the Port of Allyn for its North Shore dock. The port will install a marine sanitation pumpout unit on the float of an existing structure east of 4651 NE North Shore Road. The unit will be connected to an above-ground 1,500 gallon tank located either on the upland side of the existing pier to the west or in the parking area across the road, planner Allan Borden re- ported. "The pumpout facility will al- low boaters to dispose of holding- tank wastes in a sanitary man- ner outside Hood Canal waters, instead of dumping into deeper waters," Borden told the board. "These facilities at public access locations on the waterfront are encouraged and strict standards are in effect for their placement and operation." I THE GREENHOUSES - ARE OPEN - • Supertunias • Million Bells • Scaveola • Bacopa • Perennials • Zonal Geraniums • Fuchsias • Ivy Geraniums and Herbs Grown in Mason County 16 Flavors! for Mason County 1 Gallon RHODIES or AZALEAS $398 OLYMPIC MOUNTAIN ICE CREAM • Flowering Trees • Fruit Trees • Hydrangeas • Evergreen Shrubs Spring Clearance GRASS HA Y-- CHEAP! Knight told Thomas and the board the first preference for the port would be placing the tank in the parking area. She noted the placement is still changeable and concurred with Thomas' de- sire to place it on the other side of the dock, away from his home, if the only feasible location is wa- terside. The port owns over 300 feet of the waterfront to the east of the dock, she added. KNIGHT SAID the cost for the pumpout has been funded by a state grant. The port is pursuing grant money to expand and re- vamp the dock facility, she con- tinued, but the process has just begun and that project would be several years in the future. As a condition of the permit, the commissioners specified the holding tank location be either to the east of the dock, away from Thomas' property, or in the park- ing lot. The folks in the west end of the county are gearing up for the an- nual Old Timers Historical Fair and Exhibition set for May 1 and 2 at Mary M. Knight School. Two days of demonstrations, exhibits, food, entertainment, sales and general merriment will include several new components this year, says Rand Iverson, gen- eral chairman for the event. They include a free early-era logging slide show, a demonstra- tion of mining and prospecting ac- tivities and champion roping demonstrations. PERENNIAL attractions will be free rides on wagons pulled by draft horses, free train and tram rides for kids, an early-day trac- tor parade and a vast array of early-day motors, tractors, log- ging artifacts and working steam donkeys. Classic and antique cars will be on display, and black-pow- der devotees and mountain men will have an encampment. Author Ron Fowler, who has chronicled the life and times of the "Wild Man of the Wynoochee," John Tornow, will be on hand at the logging museum on the schoolgrounds; admission to the museum is free during the festi- val. The Future Farmers of Ameri- ca will hold a logging rodeo and a plant and vegetable starters sale, and rhododendron buffs will find a sale of their favorite shrubs. Blacksmiths and chainsaw carv- ers will ply their crafts while model-train devotees demonstrate their working models and dis- plays will re-create lumber mill- ing and farming operations. MMK School Superintendent Fred Yancey will organize a free five-kilometer run-walk as part of the fun on Sunday morning. Other sports-minded souls can compete at horseshoe pitching. Food booths will include a huge pie sale, and for the kids, a carni- val, pony rides, face painting and clowns will be on hand. ASSOCIATED EVENTS in- clude a pork loin dinner spon- sored by the Mary M. Knight VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America) chapter at 6 p.m. May 1. A dance, with a pre- dance exhibition by the Ever- green Country Dancers of Olym- pia, is set for Saturday evening, May 1, in the Matlock Grange Hall. Gerald Creamer and his band will provide the music. And on Saturday afternoon, a Mary M. Knight All-School Reunion is scheduled for the school portable. Parking and admission for the festival are free. Iversen's "Miracle of Matlock" organizing committee includes Nonie Howard, Harold Beerbow- er, Bill and Linda Johnson, Glenn Pritchard, Jill Hall, Kelly Lester, Kurt Kingman and Steve Wood. To open a FDIC insured CD, stop by your local branch or call us today/ Shelton (360) 426-5581 Hoodsport (360) 877-5272 Plus 39 additional branches across Oregon and Washington to serve you. The minimum balance to open a 13-month Century CD account and to obtain the 5.40% Annual Percentage Yield (APY*) is $2,000. The annual APY is accurate as of April 12, 1999, and is subject to change without notice. This offer not available with other special CD offers. Limit of $99,999 per client and not available to brokers. A penalty may be imposed for early withdrawal. Member FDIC Z" ill,, Farm Traditi°n "[: 898-2222 or = :P, r]tRMS East 1921 Highway 106, Union, WA OPEN 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 7 DAYS A WEEK April 15, 1999 Journal - Page 3 It 0000Superior coUrt" Norlin00,00 assault case de,c',lared 00lstrial after his record cited James Sawyer declared Wednesday in one of pending against 22- rd Luigi Norling ). two days of testi- Mason County Superior a charge of armed rob- accused of threaten- 14-year-old Joe Martin 13 if Martin didn't OVer his Tommy Hilfiger had excited com- a gathering at the Shel- of Ron "Reefer" Ward- gave the jacket who admired the gar- to testimony in WOMAN, Amber Beas- ], spoke the words to declare a response to a ques- Deputy Prosecutor is page Cinda Lou a 10th-grader at School, re- week as State Legis- Page for Senator Tim 15, is the of Jim and Betty She's involved , volleyball, FleA programs at a page, she kept work while L the legisla. and delivering and documents rumpus. Reinhold Schuetz, Beasley said she was afraid of angering Norl- ing because he just got out of pris- on. Schuetz had asked why she let Norling stay at her house after the alleged attack on Martin. Defense attorney Richard Woodrow asked Sawyer to declare a mistrial because the defendant's criminal record was not to have been admitted into evidence at the trial. He said Beasley's re- mark would tend to cast doubt on the credibility of Norling, who was expected to testify on his own behalf. "This case is my client's word - when and if he testifies - against the word of the person who was robbed, Mr. Martin," Woodrow said. Woodrow had earlier moved for a mistrial based on a comment made during jury selection by Bob Trail, a prospective juror who was formerly employed by Mason County Probation. Trail was ex- cused after he told the court that he had been Norling's caseworker when the defendant was a juve- nile. NORLING'S criminal record goes back to his first conviction as a juvenile at the age of 12. Saw- yer thought the 13 jurors selected to hear the case could conduct their deliberations without being distracted by Trail's remark. But Woodrow persuaded him that Beasley's remark may have made it much harder for the jury to de- liver an impartial verdict. The issue arose when juror Lester Bell told the bailiff that he didn't think he could be impartial after hearing Beasley's remark. "I think what this shows is the tip of the iceberg and it shows that all of the other jurors are thinking the same thoughts," Woodrow said. Schuetz said that before Beas- ley took the stand he had asked her not to say anything about Norling's criminal past. Following her statement he found himself unable to argue against Wood- row's motion for a mistrial. "I CAN'T SAY the bell hasn't been rung or that it's not a very big bell," Schuetz said. Judge Sawyer declared a mis- trial and sent the jurors home. "In this case we have input that is inappropriate, that being the comment by Ms. Beasley," Saw- yer said. Beasley is also mentioned in two other charges against Norl- ing. In one case he is accused of assaulting another man later that day after a discussion of Ms. Beasley's charms, according to court papers. In another case he is accused of using threats to try to get Beasley and other witness- es to change their stories about the events of January 13. She was the last witness that Schuetz called to the stand on Tuesday afternoon. Police state- ments provided the basis for the state's contention that Norling stole the coat from Martin so that he could give it to her. The trou- ble started during the gathering at Wardwelrs house. "I had made the comment that I liked his jacket. It was nice," she told the jury. IN A RELATED develop- ment, Schuetz said he planned to ask the court to dismiss another charge against Norling related to the events of January 13. He is accused of attacking Seth Wood- ward with a whiskey bottle dur- ing a conversation about Beasley at a home she and Woodward shared on the Shelton-Matlock Road. Schuetz said that case is com- plicated by the fact that Wood- ward is now in Alaska. He asked that the case be dismissed with- out prejudice so that he can refile charges. The third case against Norling alleges he tried to get Wardwell to put pressure on Beasley, Wood- ward and Martin to change the stories they had told police about his alleged run-ins with Martin and Woodward. The jurors excused from the robbery case were Shelly Ander- son, LeRoy Morrison, Lester Bell, Richard Cowley, Gerald Williams, Judith Brown, Betty Mallinger, Jim Turner, Mark Ziegler, Mari- lyn Sanquist, Michele Crow, Dar- lene Anderson and Marilyn Sayan. 'ATHER sofa, 877-5501. travel trailer, new toilet, See at 223 West C 815 or 426-2818. T4/15- ining set, table- washed closed, oval with add- airs, Windsor style, $160. Weslo, $65, 898-6175, home with acreage. :at, needs loving home. Vacation property. 1985 }urlkhouse travel trailer, Is carpet and vinyl. or (360) 825- THRIFTY CARD CIAL at UPPLY STORE for 500 ping) One week delivery Railroad Avenue ,he 426-6102 • =, Office Products Dealer Port of Allyn facility: TENTS WILL be just for shade Saturday when the sun smiles on Mason County Early Childhood Professionals' third annual Children's Arts Festival. It will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Olympic College Shelton. Children's arts event set for OCS Saturday Mason County Early Childhood Professionals will host its third annual Children's Arts Festi- val at Olympic College Shelton from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. The festival will feature a host of activity sta- tions to engage youngsters in drawing, painting, sculpting, singing, playing musical instruments, dancing, playing games and doing crafts on the local campus at 937 Alpine Way, just off North 13th Street. Under a 20-by-20-foot tent, performers will entertain the attenders. Shelton Dance Center, an elementary chorus and strings ensemble, Donna Palo Perez Dance Group, elementary- school rope-jumpers, Hispanic performers, Twana Dancers from the Skokomish Tribe, Poly- nesian youth dancers and a Baptist church youth duet will provide entertainment. Mason County Community DUI-Traffic Safety Task Force will man a safety room, Head Start will organize sensory tables, Bright Horizons will lead movement activities, and Mason County ICC Parent Support will do developmental screening. The Shelton School District will provide a reading corner; Books for Kids, a Seattle-based program, will offer free books for children. Fami- ly Child Care Providers will have play dough and painting. Charlotte Dedman of Child Care Action Council will have an information table. Bonnie Workman of Choice Health Care for Children will have an information booth. The DARE van, a school bus, a fire truck and an ambulance will be available for exploring. The festival is sponsored by the Early Child- hood Providers of Mason County, Mason County Network, Kiwanis and Kiwaniannes, Olympic College, Elizabeth Wolf and McDonald's. Infor- mation about the event is available from Robin Williams at 432-5410. Pumpout is okayed Matlc,ck revving its motors at canal publzc dock r:,r Old Timers Exhibition IT WAS THE location of the holding tank near the dock which brought testimony from the owner of the adjacent proper- ty. The permit was modified af- ter commissioners John Bolender and Cindy Olsen lis- tened to testimony from Leonard Thomas of Seattle, who owns property at 4651 NE North Shore Road. He said if the tank were placed next to the dock, it would be only 15 feet from his bedroom win- dow. Thomas suggested that the logical place for the tank was in the parking area across the road since the sani-cans are also there and trucks would have bet- ter access for pumpouts. "I realize the need for it," Thomas said. "It's the placement of the holding tank I object to." He also asked about possible con- tamination of his oyster beds, but was assured the pumpout was in deep water, 214 feet from the ordi- nary high-water mark. Allyn Port Manager Bonnie Recreational boaters will have a new pumpout facility on Hood Canal following approval Tues- day by the Mason County Com- mission of a shoreline substan- tial-development permit by the Port of Allyn for its North Shore dock. The port will install a marine sanitation pumpout unit on the float of an existing structure east of 4651 NE North Shore Road. The unit will be connected to an above-ground 1,500 gallon tank located either on the upland side of the existing pier to the west or in the parking area across the road, planner Allan Borden re- ported. "The pumpout facility will al- low boaters to dispose of holding- tank wastes in a sanitary man- ner outside Hood Canal waters, instead of dumping into deeper waters," Borden told the board. "These facilities at public access locations on the waterfront are encouraged and strict standards are in effect for their placement and operation." I THE GREENHOUSES - ARE OPEN - • Supertunias • Million Bells • Scaveola • Bacopa • Perennials • Zonal Geraniums • Fuchsias • Ivy Geraniums and Herbs Grown in Mason County 16 Flavors! for Mason County 1 Gallon RHODIES or AZALEAS $398 OLYMPIC MOUNTAIN ICE CREAM • Flowering Trees • Fruit Trees • Hydrangeas • Evergreen Shrubs Spring Clearance GRASS HA Y-- CHEAP! Knight told Thomas and the board the first preference for the port would be placing the tank in the parking area. She noted the placement is still changeable and concurred with Thomas' de- sire to place it on the other side of the dock, away from his home, if the only feasible location is wa- terside. The port owns over 300 feet of the waterfront to the east of the dock, she added. KNIGHT SAID the cost for the pumpout has been funded by a state grant. The port is pursuing grant money to expand and re- vamp the dock facility, she con- tinued, but the process has just begun and that project would be several years in the future. As a condition of the permit, the commissioners specified the holding tank location be either to the east of the dock, away from Thomas' property, or in the park- ing lot. The folks in the west end of the county are gearing up for the an- nual Old Timers Historical Fair and Exhibition set for May 1 and 2 at Mary M. Knight School. Two days of demonstrations, exhibits, food, entertainment, sales and general merriment will include several new components this year, says Rand Iverson, gen- eral chairman for the event. They include a free early-era logging slide show, a demonstra- tion of mining and prospecting ac- tivities and champion roping demonstrations. PERENNIAL attractions will be free rides on wagons pulled by draft horses, free train and tram rides for kids, an early-day trac- tor parade and a vast array of early-day motors, tractors, log- ging artifacts and working steam donkeys. Classic and antique cars will be on display, and black-pow- der devotees and mountain men will have an encampment. Author Ron Fowler, who has chronicled the life and times of the "Wild Man of the Wynoochee," John Tornow, will be on hand at the logging museum on the schoolgrounds; admission to the museum is free during the festi- val. The Future Farmers of Ameri- ca will hold a logging rodeo and a plant and vegetable starters sale, and rhododendron buffs will find a sale of their favorite shrubs. Blacksmiths and chainsaw carv- ers will ply their crafts while model-train devotees demonstrate their working models and dis- plays will re-create lumber mill- ing and farming operations. MMK School Superintendent Fred Yancey will organize a free five-kilometer run-walk as part of the fun on Sunday morning. Other sports-minded souls can compete at horseshoe pitching. Food booths will include a huge pie sale, and for the kids, a carni- val, pony rides, face painting and clowns will be on hand. ASSOCIATED EVENTS in- clude a pork loin dinner spon- sored by the Mary M. Knight VICA (Vocational Industrial Clubs of America) chapter at 6 p.m. May 1. A dance, with a pre- dance exhibition by the Ever- green Country Dancers of Olym- pia, is set for Saturday evening, May 1, in the Matlock Grange Hall. Gerald Creamer and his band will provide the music. And on Saturday afternoon, a Mary M. Knight All-School Reunion is scheduled for the school portable. Parking and admission for the festival are free. Iversen's "Miracle of Matlock" organizing committee includes Nonie Howard, Harold Beerbow- er, Bill and Linda Johnson, Glenn Pritchard, Jill Hall, Kelly Lester, Kurt Kingman and Steve Wood. To open a FDIC insured CD, stop by your local branch or call us today/ Shelton (360) 426-5581 Hoodsport (360) 877-5272 Plus 39 additional branches across Oregon and Washington to serve you. The minimum balance to open a 13-month Century CD account and to obtain the 5.40% Annual Percentage Yield (APY*) is $2,000. The annual APY is accurate as of April 12, 1999, and is subject to change without notice. This offer not available with other special CD offers. Limit of $99,999 per client and not available to brokers. A penalty may be imposed for early withdrawal. Member FDIC Z" ill,, Farm Traditi°n "[: 898-2222 or = :P, r]tRMS East 1921 Highway 106, Union, WA OPEN 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 7 DAYS A WEEK April 15, 1999 Journal - Page 3 It