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Thursday, AprU28, 2011 Year 12 -- Week 17 -- 8 Sections -- 96 Pages -- Published in Shelton, Washington  $1 l.i, ,Ill . Racing to find the eggs Journal photo by Natalie Johnson Children race to collect plastic Easter eggs in a hunt organized by the Christian community Saturday. The event, held at Oakland Bay Junior High School also included music and other Easter themed activities. Judge denies motion to dismiss manslaughter charges By KEVAN MOORE flcieny of evidence. Mason County Superior Court Judge Amber Finlay has rejected a motion to dismiss second-degree man- slaughter charges against a Shelton man accused of shooting a brushpicker. Carlos Pablo Carrillo, 25, was shot to death on the morning of September 29, 2010 while gathering salal about 50 yards off the Cali- fornia Road. Gerald Wayne Aldrich, 39, showed uplater that af- ternoon at the Mason Coun- ty Sheriffs Office with his Remington Model 7400-.30- 6 semiautomatic rifle and said he had been hunting black bear along the Cali- fornia Road. Aldrich told police that he saw a "black thing" that "looked like a bear" so he "shot." The state claims that Al- drich killed Cam)llo through criminal negligence, If found guilty of the manslaughter charge, prosecutors say that Aldrich likely faces a prison term of 21 to 27 months, with another three years added on to that due to the firearm enhancement. Shelton attorney Jea- nette Boothe is representing Aldrich and originally filed he r motion for dismissal late last month for an insuf- Community Calendar B-3 Entertainment/Dining B-3 Journal of Record A-6 Obituaries B-7 Opinions, Letters A-4 "There is simply no evi- dence in this case to support a reasonable and logical inference that Mr. Aldrich acted in a manner which showed i of awareness of a risk that a wrongful act might occur and that lack of awareness constituted a gross devia- tion from reasonable care which resulted in the death of Mr. Carrillo," Booths wrote. Booths argued that Car- rillo and another brushpick- er at the scene were wearing dark clothing so as not to be spotted. "A careful analysis of the fa.cts of  case leads a reasonable person to be- lieve that the victim and his fellow brush pickers were intentionally attempting to conceal themselves from detection, therefore, plac- ing themselves in a danger- ous positidla to be accidently (sic) killed,? Booths wrote. . went on to,argtm that acc0-rding to a report written by Mason County Sheriff's Office Detective Jack Gardner, an ICE agent "confirmed that the victim was not in this country le- gally and was working with- out a permit. The victim's behavior in attempting to conceal himself from detec- tion is consistent with an individual who is knowingly hiding from the law." Mason County Prosecu- tor Mike Dorcy argued that the "mdisputed facts" pre- sented 'by Booths are, in fact, in dispute and need to be heard by a jury. "Because the question at issue in this case is, by definition, a question of fact that ties .Within the'prov- ince of the jury, and because Sports C-1 there is a dispute between WeatJl:i, 5, .... :- .......  ...... ....  ...... ]Ill ,l, llllll,llll,111 ,, 11, ,, the defendt acted with criminal negligence, the de- A cleaner Earth Day City gives tour of upgraaea Wastewater Treatment Plant By NATALIE JOHNSON This Earth Day, city officials gath- ered with US Department of Agricul- ture (USDA) representatives and community members to celebrate the success achieved in just five years, in completely revamping it's sewer and wastewater system. "It was five years ago in 2006 that we came together on earth day and received a huge check from USDA," City Commissioner Dawn Pannell said. "Who would have thought that five years later we'd be here again celebrating with USDA?  Most of the city's sewer proj- ects, including extensive tpgrades to the wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), have come from funding from USDA Rural Development funds. Journal photo by Natalie Johnson City engineer Mike Michael led a tour of the city's improvements to its wastewater treatment plant on Friday. "It's a work in progress, a labor of love and has yielded great results so far," said USDA representative Pe- ter McMillin. McMillin said the project is about 67 percent done. The improvements to the WWTP will be completed next year. About 20 people embarked on a tour of the city's wastewater projects on a bus loaned from Mason Transit. First, the tour drove by the Knee- land Park pump station, which was completed last summer. Then the tour went through the city's sewer basin five rehabilitation area. Ba- sin five will be the object of the city's next wastewater project. Next, riders stepped offthe bus for the star attraction of the day, a walk- ing tour of new construction at the city's wastewater treatment plant. The wastewater treatment plant, which last saw significant construc- tion in the 1970s, has a long list of improvements, most of which were See Earth on page A-7 Oakland Bay Junior High striving to be greener By NATALIE JOHNSON With help from the Washington State Department of Ecology, Oak- land Bay Junior High School has embarked on a program to go green, reduce its waste and sav,e about $4,000 a year. The Washington Green School program is an online program which encourages schools to leave pro-" grams that increase energy efficien- cy and recycling and improve water and air quality. Schools, like Oakland Bay Junior High can sign up for the program and work to get certified as a Wash- ington Green School. .-:::, The Green Team," consisting of staff and students passionalte about the program, at the junior ]high de- cided to focus on increasimg recy- clilg, head custodian Darleen Wes- Journal photo by Natalie Johnson Darleen Westermann shows off a recycling bin full of milk cartons, collected in only a few school days. termann said. pgram started with an au- dit that showed the school just how much waste it produces every day. See Green on page A-7 Man gets 22 months for threatening to kill cop By KEVAN MOORE A Shelton man will spend 22 months in prison for threat- ening to kill a police officer. Ian A. Horn, 29, of the 900 block of Fairmount Ave. pled guilty to felony harassment (with a threat to kill) on April 5. He was sentenced Monday, April 25. Horn was arrested Febru- ary 16 after an officer was dis- patched to Shelton Municipal Court at about 11:45 a.m. Officer Dan Patton arrived See Cop on page A-7