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Harstine: Pleas to avoid trials:
t
Nichols to demonstrate bonsai MacIntyre admi
techniques at club's plant sale ass au!ting Estaci0
dants an- refused to serve him
tered plea changes in Mason cause of his association
By JOHN COOPER
A recent visit with Harstine Is-
lander Don Nichols at his home
on Coyote Lane revealed that he
has a unique hobby, namely bon-
sai
Bonsai is a method of horticul-
ture used to produce dwarfed
plants. If one should ask Don
whether or not he is an expert in
bonsai he would probably smile
modestly and say no. However,
the evidence attests to his exper-
tise in the field.
When we visited his patio gar-
den Don and his two cats, Rowdy
and Buddy, graciously guided us
around the area where 12 or more
specimens of dwarf trees were
flourishing in low bowls contain-
ing earth, stones and ornamental
bark chips.
SOME YEARS AGO when
Don was in his 20s, he said, he
saw a magazine ad which in-
trigued him. For $9.95 he could
send for a complete bonsai kit
which he proceeded to do. The kit
was complete but required the
grower to start from scratch since
seeds were provided from which
to sprout trees. The thought that
he would be a long time in achiev-
ing results might have discour-
aged Don, but the reverse was
true. The flame of curiosity had
been lit.
"Although it does take many
years to achieve a desired result
in some cases," Don explained,
"very satisfactory results can be
arrived at in a shorter period of
time." That there are ways to do
that was proven to be true.
The various bonsai gardens he
showed us have all been created
since the Nicholses moved to Har-
stine several years ago. Don has
coaxed many specimens into ma-
turity over the years but the older
ones he donated to a nursery in
the Seattle area before moving
here.
A Ramapo rhododendron with
tiny leaves and buds that will
soon unfold as tiny blue flowers
stands, despite its short eight
inches, looking for all the world
like a generous shade tree. A
dwarfed juniper, that Don con-
fides he gleaned from "the back
40" of a nearby nursery seems to
be a gnarled and weatherbeaten
tree wrestling a precarious living
from the meager soil of a rocky
crag.
SO THE PARADE of bonsai
miniatures in Den's garden goes
on revealing how he has trained
Japanese maple, San Jose junip-
er, Hindu Pan pine and many
others to conform to the aims of
bonsai.
Those who want to know more
about bonsai or want to dabble in
that form of gardening will have
an opportunity to talk to Don
Nichols at the Harstine Island
Garden Club's annual plant sale
at the community hall on Satur-
day, May 1. He will be on hand all
day to answer questions and dem-
onstrate techniques.
As we concluded our visit we
noticed that the gray cat, Buddy,
had its right rear leg encased in a
cast from hip to paw. Three
weeks earlier it had been struck
by a car which crushed and frac,
tured the limb. The vet had sug-
gested amputation which Don re-
jected because he felt that Buddy,
with the same TLC he has be-
stowed on his bonsai creations,
would soon he as good as new.
That seemed to be the case for
as we drove away Buddy was
standing on his hind legs, with
equal weight on both sound and
injured extremities, stretching up
to sharpen his claws on the side
of a wooden shed before meander-
ing off to pursue adventure in the
woods.
ISLANDER DON NICHOLS explains to Becky Cooper how he pruned
and coaxed a Hindu pan pine into this example of the oriental horti-
cultural technique of bonsai in the garden of his home.
DESPITE THE fact that
milder weather, more appropriate
for the season, would be very wel-
come one of our reliable sources
assures us that spring has really
arrived. This observer reports
that the trillium is blooming.
This flowering herb, easy to
identify because of its three pet-
als, is a "kissin' cousin" of more
sophisticated lilies. It is an early
bloomer and awakes from its win-
ter nap, safe inside its rhizome, to
be a traditional herald of spring.
People may call it by another col-
loquial name such as wake-robin
or birth-root, but trillium by any
other name is just as welcome as
a messenger bringing the reas-
suring message of warmer days
ahead.
Rod Hammett reports that the
garden club at its meeting on
Thursday, April 8, made plans to
do additional landscaping at the
community hall on Saturday,
April 17.
THE CLUB WOULD like to
dovetail this project in with the
annual clean-up day and wishes
to encourage volunteers who fin-
ish their roadside chores to re-
turn to the hall and help in the
endeavor to beautify the front
grounds and create a pleasant
setting for the monumental rock
which bears the plaque commem-
orating the community hall as
one of Washington's historical
buildings.
Karla Lortz, who has concep-
tualized the undertaking and is a
prime mover in the completion of
it will be donating the heather
plants that will be incorporated
into the landscaping.
Community club members now
total 293 as of April 9 which is
just 10 shy of last year's tally of
303. Nonie Neuerburger, commu-
nity club treasurer, who reported
this information, would like to see
the total membership reach a new
high. She encourages all who
have forgotten to send in dues or
have put off doing so to send
them to her without delay.
MASON COUNTY Sheriff
Steve Whybark, in his remarks
when he spoke to the community
club at their meeting last Friday,
cited the good service being done
by the island's Crime Watch pa-
trol.
He indicated that the neighbor-
hood watch on Harstine is one of
the best because it is well organ-
ized and consistently vigilant. He
attributed the steady decline of
burglaries over recent years in
large measure to neighborhood
watch organizations. The sheriff
is planning to put into effect a
C.C. Cole & Sons, Inc.
D.B.A.
Evergreen Fuel Co.
24 HOUR
DIESEL Full Lmne Petroleum
Jobber
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Page 18 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, April 15, 1999
weekly news sheet which will
supply the island Crime Watch
with pertinent information from
his office.
Topics which Sheriff Whybark
touched upon were the effective
use being made of the new juve-
nile facility in Shelton, coopera-
tion between schools and law en-
forcement agencies and the use of
grants to add deputies to the de-
partment with one deputy now
concentrating on violations re-
garding timber, brush and illegal
dumping.
The department is developing
a mobile office to be used as an
on-site control center when need-
ed. Most questions from club
members centered about environ-
mental violations which arise pe-
riodically when individuals mis-
use the remoteness and rural na-
ture of Harstine Island. Sheriff
Whybark reassured questioners
by informing them that personnel
now are available to take imme-
diate and effective action in such
cases.
THE COMMUNITY club has
okayed the cutting down of two
trees which are a safety threat to
the adjacent fire station should
they topple over in a storm. Vol-
unteers from District 5 will fell
the trees and saw them up. The
club voted to give the wood to the
state park as a cooperative ges-
ture, in return for the park's giv-
ing apples for the annual apple
squeeze.
Mr. and Mr. Bob Haynes who
live on the shores of Pickering
Passage near the state park think
it would be good advice to those
living on the waterfronts of Har-
stine Island to secure boats and
other portable equipment. On or
about April 2 someone took their
12-foot aluminum boat which
they had customarily beached
above the high-tide line for a
number of years without incident.
Elaine Haynes reported that
they had drawn the boat up un-
der the overhanging foliage so
that it was not noticeable from off
shore. Some branches have come
down due to the storms of the
winter so that possibly the boat
was partly exposed. *The party or
parties unknown," she said,
"must have waited for high tide;
otherwise the boat would have
had to be dragged quite a ways to
launch it." There were signs of
the craft having been pulled to
the high-tide line.
Chaining your canoe, kayak or
small boat is no guarantee it
won't be stolen, but it will be a
deterrent to those bent upon
thievery. The Hayneses want
others to profit from their loss by
taking steps to secure adequately
the possessions often stored out-
of-doors and readily accessible
from the water.
IN THE APRIL 1 column we
mentioned that April is the time
for spring cleaning and the month
is shaping up true to form. April
17, this coming Saturday, is the
day for volunteers to report in at
the community hall for assign-
ments from Jim Anderson for the
all-island cleanup.
This project was given a jump
start on Wednesday, April 7,
when several individuals doing
community service came to the is-
land and collected many bags of
litter. At Hartstene Pointe, Satur-
day, April 24, has been selected
as the 5th annual marina cleanup
day for which volunteers are
needed.
Volunteers do not have to be
boat owners to show up at 9 a.m.
at Indian Cove to assist in dock
painting and repair, beach clean-
up, picnic area refurbishing and
putting up new flags and ban-
ners. They will be rewarded with
a gourmet barbecue lunch pre-
pared by Ron Ellis.
NOT TO BE left out, the
Wildlife and Habitat Committee
of the Hartstene Pointe Main-
tenance Association has latched
onto April 30, last day of the
month, as shoreline cleanup day.
Wilma Leslie and Cliff Judd,
WAHC members in charge of the
project, encourage everyone to
join them at 10 a.m. at the North
Pointe picnic area on the 30th to
pick up a supply of litter bags and
instructions.
Through the month, and no
doubt for an extended period of
time, volunteers will be busy for
two hours, 9 to 11 a.m., on Wed-
nesdays and Saturdays helping
with forestry management at the
Pointe. At present they are using
a recommended technique of "lop
and scatter" through a 30- to 50-
foot wide corridor along both
sides of every road.
The object of this method rec-
ommended by professional arbor-
ists is to cut up dead brush and
tree limbs short enough that they
lie fiat on the ground where they
absorb moisture and therefore be-
come much less combustible. This
method, aimed at lessening the
forest fire danger, also helps to
®
._,
LEE STILLwELL
Friendly hometown service
Located in Downtown Shelton at
601 Rmlroad-- #200
426=2685
• Home • Auto • Life • Commercial
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preserve the forest floor.
Primary attention to the areas
adjacent to the roadsides in this
clean-up effort is to make less
likely a serious fire being started
by a carelessly tossed cigarette
butt.
TIME IS GROWING short to
make sure you have tickets to at-
tend the spring fling dance at the
community hall on May 8. The
deadline to do so is April 23 and
the number of tickets is limited.
For tickets call 427-0889 or con-
tact a Hartstene Pointe Travel
Club officer.
They're good at picking win-
ners! We're talking about the
folks who choose the menus for
the senior lunches. The Over-50
meal for Wednesday, April 24, in-
cludes roast beef, mashed po-
tatoes with gravy, tossed salad,
French bread and angel food cake
with berries topped with whipped
cream. Even with the bread lend-
ing an international flair that
menu is an all-American winner!
The May 2 presentation at the
community hall by Coastal Gee-
logics Services on the subject of
Shoreline Management is open to
all residents of Mason County
who have an interest in the pro-
tection of shoreline properties. A
reminder - register for this work-
shop by calling 647-1845, because
preregistration is required al-
though the workshop is free.
April 11 through 17 is National
Library Week which makes it an
appropriate time to mention that
there are two small libraries on
the island. One, of long standing,
is in the community hall and the
other is located in the Hartstene
Pointe Clubhouse. Both are run
on the honor system and comprise
volumes donated by island resi-
dents. Volunteers, on an informal
basis, keep the shelves tidy. Our
technical advancement has not
supplanted the pleasure of curl-
ing up with a good book. That's
reason enough to celebrate Na-
tional Library Week even if our
island libraries are humble and
small.
County Superior Court during the
past week rather than taking
their cases to trial. They include:
• Laurel Susan MacIntyre,
44, of 21110 State Route 106,
Shelton. She pied guilty on
Wednesday, April 7, to assault in
the second degree.
MacIntyre was arrested on
January 20 after deputies of the
Mason County Sheriff and an offi-
cer of the Skokomish Tribal Police
responded to a report that she
tried to stab Roy E. Estacio, who
had been living at the same ad-
dress.
Estacio, according to the ar-
resting agency affidavitl was mov-
ing out of the place when MacIn-
tyre started yelling at him,
scratched him with her nails and
got a knife from the kitchen.
"Ms. MacIntyre started swing-
ing it, he said, like a Zorro,"
Deputy Prosecutor Amber Finlay
told the court.
Finlay promised to recommend
a mid-range sentence in exchange
for MacIntyre's negotiated guilty
plea. Judge James Sawyer or-
dered a pre-sentence investiga-
tion to confirm that she didn't
have a criminal record at the time
of the crime.
MacIntyre was released on her
own recognizance pending sen-
tencing on May 27.
• Larry Wayne Frisby, a
27-year-old inmate at the Wash-
ington Corrections Center in
Shelton, pled guilty on Wednes-
day, April 7, to charges of assault
in the fourth degree and mali-
cious mischief in the first degree.
The plea followed an amend-
ment by Deputy Prosecutor Fin-
lay to the criminal information
filed with the court. Guards origi-
nally said Frisby had thrown a
cup full of urine and feces on
them. Tests determined that the
substance was coffee, according to
defense attorney Charles Lane.
The incident occurred on Octo-
ber 15, 1997. Although two
guards were reportedly hit with
the coffee, Ralph Black was the
only victim named in court pa-
pers. Frisby said the guards had
person that they don't like.
The charge of
chief in the
allegations that
the library at WCC.
In exchange for the
Finlay has to
a mid-range
yer scheduled sentencing
27.
• Robert
guilty to malicious
second degree and
violence assault in the
gree. He changed his
day after Deputy
ber Finlay agreed to drop
charge of rape in the
gree. Henry recently
polygraph test in
asked about alle
raped his former
The charges
that occurred on
1997. Henry admitted to
Kristy Suhr and
ning his car into her
He was angered by her
break up with him,
court papers.
Henry
incident but
was arrested in Texas
tion of the uniform c
stances act.
Sawyer scheduled
for June 3. He also
order prohibiting
Henry and Suhr.
may charge Suhr with
false police report.
Wooden
to go on
Several Mason
owners will be
Olympia Wooden
tion's 20th annual
Fair on May 8 and 9.
The two-day
will fill Percival
downtown Olympia.
clude touch tanks, a
boatbuilding booth,
wooden boats and
al food alley, as well
other entertainment.
just 2 days until
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Harstine: Pleas to avoid trials:
t
Nichols to demonstrate bonsai MacIntyre admi
techniques at club's plant sale ass au!ting Estaci0
dants an- refused to serve him
tered plea changes in Mason cause of his association
By JOHN COOPER
A recent visit with Harstine Is-
lander Don Nichols at his home
on Coyote Lane revealed that he
has a unique hobby, namely bon-
sai
Bonsai is a method of horticul-
ture used to produce dwarfed
plants. If one should ask Don
whether or not he is an expert in
bonsai he would probably smile
modestly and say no. However,
the evidence attests to his exper-
tise in the field.
When we visited his patio gar-
den Don and his two cats, Rowdy
and Buddy, graciously guided us
around the area where 12 or more
specimens of dwarf trees were
flourishing in low bowls contain-
ing earth, stones and ornamental
bark chips.
SOME YEARS AGO when
Don was in his 20s, he said, he
saw a magazine ad which in-
trigued him. For $9.95 he could
send for a complete bonsai kit
which he proceeded to do. The kit
was complete but required the
grower to start from scratch since
seeds were provided from which
to sprout trees. The thought that
he would be a long time in achiev-
ing results might have discour-
aged Don, but the reverse was
true. The flame of curiosity had
been lit.
"Although it does take many
years to achieve a desired result
in some cases," Don explained,
"very satisfactory results can be
arrived at in a shorter period of
time." That there are ways to do
that was proven to be true.
The various bonsai gardens he
showed us have all been created
since the Nicholses moved to Har-
stine several years ago. Don has
coaxed many specimens into ma-
turity over the years but the older
ones he donated to a nursery in
the Seattle area before moving
here.
A Ramapo rhododendron with
tiny leaves and buds that will
soon unfold as tiny blue flowers
stands, despite its short eight
inches, looking for all the world
like a generous shade tree. A
dwarfed juniper, that Don con-
fides he gleaned from "the back
40" of a nearby nursery seems to
be a gnarled and weatherbeaten
tree wrestling a precarious living
from the meager soil of a rocky
crag.
SO THE PARADE of bonsai
miniatures in Den's garden goes
on revealing how he has trained
Japanese maple, San Jose junip-
er, Hindu Pan pine and many
others to conform to the aims of
bonsai.
Those who want to know more
about bonsai or want to dabble in
that form of gardening will have
an opportunity to talk to Don
Nichols at the Harstine Island
Garden Club's annual plant sale
at the community hall on Satur-
day, May 1. He will be on hand all
day to answer questions and dem-
onstrate techniques.
As we concluded our visit we
noticed that the gray cat, Buddy,
had its right rear leg encased in a
cast from hip to paw. Three
weeks earlier it had been struck
by a car which crushed and frac,
tured the limb. The vet had sug-
gested amputation which Don re-
jected because he felt that Buddy,
with the same TLC he has be-
stowed on his bonsai creations,
would soon he as good as new.
That seemed to be the case for
as we drove away Buddy was
standing on his hind legs, with
equal weight on both sound and
injured extremities, stretching up
to sharpen his claws on the side
of a wooden shed before meander-
ing off to pursue adventure in the
woods.
ISLANDER DON NICHOLS explains to Becky Cooper how he pruned
and coaxed a Hindu pan pine into this example of the oriental horti-
cultural technique of bonsai in the garden of his home.
DESPITE THE fact that
milder weather, more appropriate
for the season, would be very wel-
come one of our reliable sources
assures us that spring has really
arrived. This observer reports
that the trillium is blooming.
This flowering herb, easy to
identify because of its three pet-
als, is a "kissin' cousin" of more
sophisticated lilies. It is an early
bloomer and awakes from its win-
ter nap, safe inside its rhizome, to
be a traditional herald of spring.
People may call it by another col-
loquial name such as wake-robin
or birth-root, but trillium by any
other name is just as welcome as
a messenger bringing the reas-
suring message of warmer days
ahead.
Rod Hammett reports that the
garden club at its meeting on
Thursday, April 8, made plans to
do additional landscaping at the
community hall on Saturday,
April 17.
THE CLUB WOULD like to
dovetail this project in with the
annual clean-up day and wishes
to encourage volunteers who fin-
ish their roadside chores to re-
turn to the hall and help in the
endeavor to beautify the front
grounds and create a pleasant
setting for the monumental rock
which bears the plaque commem-
orating the community hall as
one of Washington's historical
buildings.
Karla Lortz, who has concep-
tualized the undertaking and is a
prime mover in the completion of
it will be donating the heather
plants that will be incorporated
into the landscaping.
Community club members now
total 293 as of April 9 which is
just 10 shy of last year's tally of
303. Nonie Neuerburger, commu-
nity club treasurer, who reported
this information, would like to see
the total membership reach a new
high. She encourages all who
have forgotten to send in dues or
have put off doing so to send
them to her without delay.
MASON COUNTY Sheriff
Steve Whybark, in his remarks
when he spoke to the community
club at their meeting last Friday,
cited the good service being done
by the island's Crime Watch pa-
trol.
He indicated that the neighbor-
hood watch on Harstine is one of
the best because it is well organ-
ized and consistently vigilant. He
attributed the steady decline of
burglaries over recent years in
large measure to neighborhood
watch organizations. The sheriff
is planning to put into effect a
C.C. Cole & Sons, Inc.
D.B.A.
Evergreen Fuel Co.
24 HOUR
DIESEL Full Lmne Petroleum
Jobber
FUELING
STATION "Tanks • Lubrlcants--
Frnnr
° Furnaces & Equipment
661 East Pine Serving Mason County 426-441 I
Sbelton since 1935 426-226 I
I lira L J I
Page 18 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, April 15, 1999
weekly news sheet which will
supply the island Crime Watch
with pertinent information from
his office.
Topics which Sheriff Whybark
touched upon were the effective
use being made of the new juve-
nile facility in Shelton, coopera-
tion between schools and law en-
forcement agencies and the use of
grants to add deputies to the de-
partment with one deputy now
concentrating on violations re-
garding timber, brush and illegal
dumping.
The department is developing
a mobile office to be used as an
on-site control center when need-
ed. Most questions from club
members centered about environ-
mental violations which arise pe-
riodically when individuals mis-
use the remoteness and rural na-
ture of Harstine Island. Sheriff
Whybark reassured questioners
by informing them that personnel
now are available to take imme-
diate and effective action in such
cases.
THE COMMUNITY club has
okayed the cutting down of two
trees which are a safety threat to
the adjacent fire station should
they topple over in a storm. Vol-
unteers from District 5 will fell
the trees and saw them up. The
club voted to give the wood to the
state park as a cooperative ges-
ture, in return for the park's giv-
ing apples for the annual apple
squeeze.
Mr. and Mr. Bob Haynes who
live on the shores of Pickering
Passage near the state park think
it would be good advice to those
living on the waterfronts of Har-
stine Island to secure boats and
other portable equipment. On or
about April 2 someone took their
12-foot aluminum boat which
they had customarily beached
above the high-tide line for a
number of years without incident.
Elaine Haynes reported that
they had drawn the boat up un-
der the overhanging foliage so
that it was not noticeable from off
shore. Some branches have come
down due to the storms of the
winter so that possibly the boat
was partly exposed. *The party or
parties unknown," she said,
"must have waited for high tide;
otherwise the boat would have
had to be dragged quite a ways to
launch it." There were signs of
the craft having been pulled to
the high-tide line.
Chaining your canoe, kayak or
small boat is no guarantee it
won't be stolen, but it will be a
deterrent to those bent upon
thievery. The Hayneses want
others to profit from their loss by
taking steps to secure adequately
the possessions often stored out-
of-doors and readily accessible
from the water.
IN THE APRIL 1 column we
mentioned that April is the time
for spring cleaning and the month
is shaping up true to form. April
17, this coming Saturday, is the
day for volunteers to report in at
the community hall for assign-
ments from Jim Anderson for the
all-island cleanup.
This project was given a jump
start on Wednesday, April 7,
when several individuals doing
community service came to the is-
land and collected many bags of
litter. At Hartstene Pointe, Satur-
day, April 24, has been selected
as the 5th annual marina cleanup
day for which volunteers are
needed.
Volunteers do not have to be
boat owners to show up at 9 a.m.
at Indian Cove to assist in dock
painting and repair, beach clean-
up, picnic area refurbishing and
putting up new flags and ban-
ners. They will be rewarded with
a gourmet barbecue lunch pre-
pared by Ron Ellis.
NOT TO BE left out, the
Wildlife and Habitat Committee
of the Hartstene Pointe Main-
tenance Association has latched
onto April 30, last day of the
month, as shoreline cleanup day.
Wilma Leslie and Cliff Judd,
WAHC members in charge of the
project, encourage everyone to
join them at 10 a.m. at the North
Pointe picnic area on the 30th to
pick up a supply of litter bags and
instructions.
Through the month, and no
doubt for an extended period of
time, volunteers will be busy for
two hours, 9 to 11 a.m., on Wed-
nesdays and Saturdays helping
with forestry management at the
Pointe. At present they are using
a recommended technique of "lop
and scatter" through a 30- to 50-
foot wide corridor along both
sides of every road.
The object of this method rec-
ommended by professional arbor-
ists is to cut up dead brush and
tree limbs short enough that they
lie fiat on the ground where they
absorb moisture and therefore be-
come much less combustible. This
method, aimed at lessening the
forest fire danger, also helps to
®
._,
LEE STILLwELL
Friendly hometown service
Located in Downtown Shelton at
601 Rmlroad-- #200
426=2685
• Home • Auto • Life • Commercial
I I i
preserve the forest floor.
Primary attention to the areas
adjacent to the roadsides in this
clean-up effort is to make less
likely a serious fire being started
by a carelessly tossed cigarette
butt.
TIME IS GROWING short to
make sure you have tickets to at-
tend the spring fling dance at the
community hall on May 8. The
deadline to do so is April 23 and
the number of tickets is limited.
For tickets call 427-0889 or con-
tact a Hartstene Pointe Travel
Club officer.
They're good at picking win-
ners! We're talking about the
folks who choose the menus for
the senior lunches. The Over-50
meal for Wednesday, April 24, in-
cludes roast beef, mashed po-
tatoes with gravy, tossed salad,
French bread and angel food cake
with berries topped with whipped
cream. Even with the bread lend-
ing an international flair that
menu is an all-American winner!
The May 2 presentation at the
community hall by Coastal Gee-
logics Services on the subject of
Shoreline Management is open to
all residents of Mason County
who have an interest in the pro-
tection of shoreline properties. A
reminder - register for this work-
shop by calling 647-1845, because
preregistration is required al-
though the workshop is free.
April 11 through 17 is National
Library Week which makes it an
appropriate time to mention that
there are two small libraries on
the island. One, of long standing,
is in the community hall and the
other is located in the Hartstene
Pointe Clubhouse. Both are run
on the honor system and comprise
volumes donated by island resi-
dents. Volunteers, on an informal
basis, keep the shelves tidy. Our
technical advancement has not
supplanted the pleasure of curl-
ing up with a good book. That's
reason enough to celebrate Na-
tional Library Week even if our
island libraries are humble and
small.
County Superior Court during the
past week rather than taking
their cases to trial. They include:
• Laurel Susan MacIntyre,
44, of 21110 State Route 106,
Shelton. She pied guilty on
Wednesday, April 7, to assault in
the second degree.
MacIntyre was arrested on
January 20 after deputies of the
Mason County Sheriff and an offi-
cer of the Skokomish Tribal Police
responded to a report that she
tried to stab Roy E. Estacio, who
had been living at the same ad-
dress.
Estacio, according to the ar-
resting agency affidavitl was mov-
ing out of the place when MacIn-
tyre started yelling at him,
scratched him with her nails and
got a knife from the kitchen.
"Ms. MacIntyre started swing-
ing it, he said, like a Zorro,"
Deputy Prosecutor Amber Finlay
told the court.
Finlay promised to recommend
a mid-range sentence in exchange
for MacIntyre's negotiated guilty
plea. Judge James Sawyer or-
dered a pre-sentence investiga-
tion to confirm that she didn't
have a criminal record at the time
of the crime.
MacIntyre was released on her
own recognizance pending sen-
tencing on May 27.
• Larry Wayne Frisby, a
27-year-old inmate at the Wash-
ington Corrections Center in
Shelton, pled guilty on Wednes-
day, April 7, to charges of assault
in the fourth degree and mali-
cious mischief in the first degree.
The plea followed an amend-
ment by Deputy Prosecutor Fin-
lay to the criminal information
filed with the court. Guards origi-
nally said Frisby had thrown a
cup full of urine and feces on
them. Tests determined that the
substance was coffee, according to
defense attorney Charles Lane.
The incident occurred on Octo-
ber 15, 1997. Although two
guards were reportedly hit with
the coffee, Ralph Black was the
only victim named in court pa-
pers. Frisby said the guards had
person that they don't like.
The charge of
chief in the
allegations that
the library at WCC.
In exchange for the
Finlay has to
a mid-range
yer scheduled sentencing
27.
• Robert
guilty to malicious
second degree and
violence assault in the
gree. He changed his
day after Deputy
ber Finlay agreed to drop
charge of rape in the
gree. Henry recently
polygraph test in
asked about alle
raped his former
The charges
that occurred on
1997. Henry admitted to
Kristy Suhr and
ning his car into her
He was angered by her
break up with him,
court papers.
Henry
incident but
was arrested in Texas
tion of the uniform c
stances act.
Sawyer scheduled
for June 3. He also
order prohibiting
Henry and Suhr.
may charge Suhr with
false police report.
Wooden
to go on
Several Mason
owners will be
Olympia Wooden
tion's 20th annual
Fair on May 8 and 9.
The two-day
will fill Percival
downtown Olympia.
clude touch tanks, a
boatbuilding booth,
wooden boats and
al food alley, as well
other entertainment.
just 2 days until
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