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A couple of guys with a running gag Sam Nichols, on the right, and Richard VQ.uirke, in the driver's seat of his Dodge lper, have a wheel deal that started With their meeting by the A&W Restau- rant. Nichols came up to this major mus- cle machine and said to Quirke while leaning forward with a look on his face Such as you might see at the starting line of a race: "I would ask you to race, but I wouldn't want to make you look bad." Quirke said he's one of Sam's biggest fans. "I have seen him repeatedly driv- ing up the hill past the library on freez- ing cold days, sometimes in the rain, but if he recognizes you he will smile and wave." 00uperior court roundup: More trouble for woman charged having meth .A Sbelton woman charged with :g offense in one Mason Coun- SUperior Court case faces two 0ntial felony charges in a sec-  Case. 26 of ^ lizabeth Ann Aitken, , 1110 North Highway 101, was erltified on Tuesday, May 15, in  investigation of identity theft the first degree and first de- i, e theft. She is suspected of us- k a credit car(i belonging to DA elthun Electric which Dean elthun reported stolen on aArch 9. She allegedly amassed .arges totaling $1,619.69. .CCording to court documents, .eillanceu tapes from the Ka- i tlgarch 4 and once on March 7, ll she was with a man identi- s Donald Lyon. According to i lt'A_ , documents a man who iden- ! ..-l himself as "Donny" called [ elthun and told him someone E ! Using his credit card. Aitken I  .rtedly said she found the card ' ,Iighway 101 in Hoodsport. i t '1 lldge Toni Sheldon appointed i  v firm to represent Aitken, L  oail at $5,000, and scheduled i i arraignment for May 22. The e ordered the suspect to have : ritact with Mikelthun, poten- I 'itnesses Kelly Johnson and , e Smith, or Donald Lyon, "aas been chared with a fel- I I drtlg offense inanother case.  Pled not guilty on May 7 to ttl .m.ptin to obtain a prescrip- rttg by fraud. 1 en was arraigned on May t ad entered a not-guilty plea ,ltCharge of possession of meth- ,tamine. Bail in this case is l".  and Aitken has been in the , County Jail since her ar- i.Vlay 8 on two Mason County 'leCt Court warrants. th .allegedly had the suspected f !n a small bag which was  ls!de her purse. Her case is  .. led for an omnibus hearing "title 4, a pretrial hearing on 00aple Glen 'topless' Car wash s.Onnel at Maple Glen Assist- lag Community will work a tsh this weekend. s.'opless Car Wash and '-nual Buns in the Sun Cte" will run from 10 a.m. to on Saturday, May 19. "Top- heaning participants will ae bottom of vehicles free tge, but won't wash the roof a donation. eeds will benefit Relay For aple Glen is located at 1700 13th Loop Road. There will a raffle at this time. June 18, and trial during the jury term beginning July 3. Also on Tuesday, May 15: • Brittany Marie Marshall, 18, of Shelton, was identified in an investigation of possession of stolen property in the second de- gree. She was listed as transient at booking but said in court she resides at 2720 Highland Road, Shelton. She was arrested May 14 by deputies responding to a report from Richard Leffler who said he had gone to the 700 block of SE Firewood Court to pick up his 1989 Honda Accord which had been re- ported stolen. While he was wait- ing for a tow dolly, Marshall and Travis Sallas allegedly approached him and she asked Leffier to move his truck so she could get "her" car. Leffler told deputies she got in the driver's seat with Sallas as a pas- senger and attempted to drive off. Judge Sheldon appointed Ron- ald Sergi as defense attorney, set bail at $2,500 and scheduled ar- raignment for May 22. The judge ordered Marshall to have no con- tact with Sallas, a potential code- fendant, Leffier or Rhonda Rob- erts, who was identified as a regis- tered owner of the Honda. On Monday, May 14: • Thomas Joseph Page, 40, of 610 West Euclid Avenue, Shelton, was identified in an investigation of assault in the fourth degree and unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree. The alleged assault was identified as domestic violence against his daughter. He was arrested May 11 by Of- ricer Warren Ohlson of the Shelton Police Department who said he was responding to a report to the Shelton Communications Center of a disturbance at South Seventh and West Euclid streets involving a man choking a child. A 13-year-old girl, identified in court documents by the initials "K.D.P.," reportedly said her dad had grabbed her by the throat af- ter the two of them argued about her boyfriend. Page was denied entry into residence on Euclid and fled into the woods, according to the officer's report. When he was found in the woods, Page reportedly told Ohlson he had a loaded .38-caliber pistol in his bedroom. Page has two convic- tions in King County and Shelton Municipal Court for fourth-degree domestic-violence assault and is prohibited from owning firearms. According to the probable-cause statement, Page was intoxicated at the time. Judge Sheldon appointed Sergi as defense attorney and said the $30,000 bail which Page posted would remain in effect. She or- dered him to have no contact with his daughter and set arraignment for May 21. • Donald George Connelly, 46, of 150 West Bambi Farms Road, Shelton, was identified in an investigation of felony harass- ment. He was arrested May 13 by deputies from the Mason County Sheriffs Office and is suspected of threatening to kill Elisabeth Ew- ing of 5673 West Skokomish Val- ley Road. He reportedly had been at a yard sale at Ewing's earlier on Sunday and caused a disturbance, at which time Ewing called the dispatch center to report the inci- dent to law enforcement. Deputy Bill Reed responded to this com- plaint. Connelly allegedly came back after the deputy left and parked in the driveway as he was yelling about Ewing and others calling the police and said if they did it again, he would kill them. Poten- tial witnesses, including David Kvamme and Ewing's children, Alisa J. Coleman and Joshua Cole- man, reportedly heard the threats and said Connelly appeared to be intoxicated. Judge Sheldon appointed Sergi as defense attorney, set bail at $15,000 and scheduled arraigne- ment for May 21. She ordered Con- nelly to no contact with Ewing, her residence or potential witnesses named in court papers. • Michael Griffiths, 21, of 190 East Forest Drive, Belfair, was identified in an investigation of assault in the second degree. He was arrested May 11 by deputies after allegedly hitting 18-year-old Rena Corkum with his truck after the two of them had an argument outside his residence on Forest Drive. Corkum told officers she and Griffiths had dated but broke up two months ago. She said they had purchased a truck together when they were dating and on Fri- day she came to the residence and took off in the truck. She said she returned when he called her and threatened to report the truck as stolen. They argued in the truck and he allegedly tried to pull her out by grabbing her leg. According to the officer's report, when she got out of the truck to retrieve items from her purse, she said, she stood in front of it and he hit her with the truck, knocking her to the ground. Judge Sheldon appointed Sergi as defense attorney, set bail at $2,500 and scheduled arraignment for May 21. She ordered Griffiths to have no contact with Corkum or two potential witnesses, Christina LaBore and Clarence Kiser. • Dennis M. Nichols, 22, of 17633 North Highway 101, Shel- ton, was identified in an investi- gation of unlawful possession of a prescription drug, possession of (Please turn to page 28.) Not-guilty pleas: Man charged with assault against pregnant woman A Shelton man arrested in connection with allegations of domestic violence against a woman who is pregnant with his child was arraigned recent- ly in Mason County Superior Court. Benito Velazquez Olguin, 20 of 1011 West Cota Street, pied not guilty on Monday, May 7, to charges of assault in the third degree, and hit-and-run with injury. The assault alle- gation is charged as domestic violence involving 18-year-old Jillian Danker. Velazquez Olguin was ar- rested on the afternoon of April 26 by Officer Brent Dehning of the Shelton Police Department who said he responded to a call to emergency dispatchers about an allegation of domestic vio- lence on the part of a man with a baseball bat. By the time the officer arrived on the scene the bat was in the back of the sus- pect's car, hut Dehning reported being told that Velazquez had tried to stuff it in his pants. Danker is described in court papers as a former girlfriend of the suspect and the mother of his unborn child. Velazquez also is accused of hitting her ve- hicle with his vehicle in such a way as to injure her hip while trapping her between her car and the door of her car. Court-certified interpreter Mariana Sparkman translated the proceedings into Spanish and English. Velazquez Olguin and the following defendant in an un- related case are scheduled for omnibus hearings on May 21, pretrial hearings on June 11 and trials during the jury term beginning on June 26. • Donald Russell Lyon, 33 of Shelton, pled not guilty to a charge of obtaining a prescrip- tion drug through fraud. He is accused of turning in an altered prescription for Lortab, which contains hydrocodone and ac- etaminophen, on May 9 at the Safeway pharmacy in Shelton. Two defendants in unrelated cases were arraigned on May 7 and are scheduled for omnibus hearings on June 18, pretrial hearings on July 16 and trials during the jury term beginning July 31. * Justin Mark App, 44, of 812 North Fifth, Shelton, pied not guilty to making threats to bomb or injure. He was ar- rested April 16 and is accused of making threats to the owners of Norris Limousine and Detail- ing, his former employers. • Bud W. Church Sr., 57, of 521 East Way to Tipperary, Shelton, pied not guilty to as- sault in violation of a no-contact order. He is accused of domestic violence against Lisa Milam at her home on West Cloquallum Road. Church was arrested by a Mason County deputy late on the night of April 26. The dep- uty wrote that he was told the couple had argued about the suspect's drinking problem and Church threw a knife at Mi- lam. Also on May 7, two defen- dants in unrelated cases were arraigned and are scheduled for omnibus hearings on July 2, pretrial hearings on July 16 and trials during the jury term beginning July 31. • Kevin Carlton Gus- tafson, 40, formerly of 121 East Catfish Place, Shelton, entered a not-guilty plea to a charge of assault in the second degree. He is accused of domestic vio- lence against Trina Gustaion. According to the arresting agency affidavit, a dispute that began over the seasoning on a meal escalated until Gustaton allegedly threatened his wife with a loaded rifle, which he also threatened to use on him- self. • Amy Yergan, 40, of 695 Dempsey Road, Port Angeles, pled not guilty to possession of methamphetamine. She was not charged after her arrest on April 6 but received a summons in the mail to appear for ar- raignment. Judge James Sawyer told Yergan, who is employed as a registered nurse, that she does not qualify for court-appointed counsel. He reimposed condi- tions of release including week- ly drug testing and said she must confirm counsel by May 21 or return to court. On Wednesday, May 2, a Shelton man appeared for ar- raignment in two cases, one case involving an alleged of- fense in 2004 and the other for a 2005 alleged offense. • Jason Lewis Fletcher, 36, of 311 SE Whitener Road, entered a not-guilty plea to a charge of theft in the first de- gree. He is accused of taking four truck tires and wheels be- longing to Darren Ford of 151 Kalapin Lane on December 1, 2004. He also pled not guilty to bur- glary in the second degree. In that case he is accused of tak- ing a large tool box belonging to James M. Crestensen on March 22, 2005, from a two-story ga- rage located at 5321 West Clo- quallum Road. James M. Crest- ensen reported the theft of a tool box and a battery charger. Judge Toni Sheldon sched- uled the following court dates in both cases: omnibus hearings on May 21, pretrial hearings on June 4 and trials during the jury term beginning June 19. Lewis off the lam is going to prison A Bremerton man who's been on the lam since being convict- ed by a Mason County Superior Court jury of a drug offense has been sentenced to prison. Remeco Zantone Lewis, 30, was sentenced on May 8 to 17 months for possession of methamphet- amine. He was arrested May 4 on a no-bail warrant issued when he failed to appear for sentencing on November 20 of last year. Deputy Prosecutor Rebecca Jones Garcia said he has five prior felony convictions in Kitsap Coun- ty. She recommended a high-end sentence based on Lewis' criminal history, which she said includes two convictions in 2000 for posses- sion of a controlled substance, two convictions in 2002 for forgery anti a 2004 drug conviction. Lewis was also convicted of driving with a suspended license in the third degree and Jones Gar- cia recommended a concurrent sentence of 90 days. "I apologize to the court for not coming back for sentencing," Lewis said. Judge James Sawyer asked "Where have you been?" and Lewis responded: "Kitsap County." Sawyer imposed legal financial obligations of a $2,000 drug fine, $500 to the crime victims' compen- sation fund, $450 in attorney-fee recoupment for the county and $625 in court costs and a fine on the driving offense of $500. In ad- dition to the 17-month sentence, the judge said Lewis would be on nine to 12 months of community custody by the Washington State Department of Corrections and or- dered him to have a drug-alcohol evaluation and to follow all recom- mendations. "You're getting too old for this," the judge told Lewis. 00lrrest warrants Warrants were issued for the arrest of the following people who failed to appear on May 14 for pro- ceedings in Mason County Supe- rior Court: Cheryl Ann Chaplin, no-bail; Teresa Marie O'Farrell, no-bail; Michael Frederick Lamont, $5',000; and Michael Todd Se},bold $5,000. Thursday, May 17, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 27 A couple of guys with a running gag Sam Nichols, on the right, and Richard VQ.uirke, in the driver's seat of his Dodge lper, have a wheel deal that started With their meeting by the A&W Restau- rant. Nichols came up to this major mus- cle machine and said to Quirke while leaning forward with a look on his face Such as you might see at the starting line of a race: "I would ask you to race, but I wouldn't want to make you look bad." Quirke said he's one of Sam's biggest fans. "I have seen him repeatedly driv- ing up the hill past the library on freez- ing cold days, sometimes in the rain, but if he recognizes you he will smile and wave." 00uperior court roundup: More trouble for woman charged having meth .A Sbelton woman charged with :g offense in one Mason Coun- SUperior Court case faces two 0ntial felony charges in a sec-  Case. 26 of ^ lizabeth Ann Aitken, , 1110 North Highway 101, was erltified on Tuesday, May 15, in  investigation of identity theft the first degree and first de- i, e theft. She is suspected of us- k a credit car(i belonging to DA elthun Electric which Dean elthun reported stolen on aArch 9. She allegedly amassed .arges totaling $1,619.69. .CCording to court documents, .eillanceu tapes from the Ka- i tlgarch 4 and once on March 7, ll she was with a man identi- s Donald Lyon. According to i lt'A_ , documents a man who iden- ! ..-l himself as "Donny" called [ elthun and told him someone E ! Using his credit card. Aitken I  .rtedly said she found the card ' ,Iighway 101 in Hoodsport. i t '1 lldge Toni Sheldon appointed i  v firm to represent Aitken, L  oail at $5,000, and scheduled i i arraignment for May 22. The e ordered the suspect to have : ritact with Mikelthun, poten- I 'itnesses Kelly Johnson and , e Smith, or Donald Lyon, "aas been chared with a fel- I I drtlg offense inanother case.  Pled not guilty on May 7 to ttl .m.ptin to obtain a prescrip- rttg by fraud. 1 en was arraigned on May t ad entered a not-guilty plea ,ltCharge of possession of meth- ,tamine. Bail in this case is l".  and Aitken has been in the , County Jail since her ar- i.Vlay 8 on two Mason County 'leCt Court warrants. th .allegedly had the suspected f !n a small bag which was  ls!de her purse. Her case is  .. led for an omnibus hearing "title 4, a pretrial hearing on 00aple Glen 'topless' Car wash s.Onnel at Maple Glen Assist- lag Community will work a tsh this weekend. s.'opless Car Wash and '-nual Buns in the Sun Cte" will run from 10 a.m. to on Saturday, May 19. "Top- heaning participants will ae bottom of vehicles free tge, but won't wash the roof a donation. eeds will benefit Relay For aple Glen is located at 1700 13th Loop Road. There will a raffle at this time. June 18, and trial during the jury term beginning July 3. Also on Tuesday, May 15: • Brittany Marie Marshall, 18, of Shelton, was identified in an investigation of possession of stolen property in the second de- gree. She was listed as transient at booking but said in court she resides at 2720 Highland Road, Shelton. She was arrested May 14 by deputies responding to a report from Richard Leffler who said he had gone to the 700 block of SE Firewood Court to pick up his 1989 Honda Accord which had been re- ported stolen. While he was wait- ing for a tow dolly, Marshall and Travis Sallas allegedly approached him and she asked Leffier to move his truck so she could get "her" car. Leffler told deputies she got in the driver's seat with Sallas as a pas- senger and attempted to drive off. Judge Sheldon appointed Ron- ald Sergi as defense attorney, set bail at $2,500 and scheduled ar- raignment for May 22. The judge ordered Marshall to have no con- tact with Sallas, a potential code- fendant, Leffier or Rhonda Rob- erts, who was identified as a regis- tered owner of the Honda. On Monday, May 14: • Thomas Joseph Page, 40, of 610 West Euclid Avenue, Shelton, was identified in an investigation of assault in the fourth degree and unlawful possession of a firearm in the second degree. The alleged assault was identified as domestic violence against his daughter. He was arrested May 11 by Of- ricer Warren Ohlson of the Shelton Police Department who said he was responding to a report to the Shelton Communications Center of a disturbance at South Seventh and West Euclid streets involving a man choking a child. A 13-year-old girl, identified in court documents by the initials "K.D.P.," reportedly said her dad had grabbed her by the throat af- ter the two of them argued about her boyfriend. Page was denied entry into residence on Euclid and fled into the woods, according to the officer's report. When he was found in the woods, Page reportedly told Ohlson he had a loaded .38-caliber pistol in his bedroom. Page has two convic- tions in King County and Shelton Municipal Court for fourth-degree domestic-violence assault and is prohibited from owning firearms. According to the probable-cause statement, Page was intoxicated at the time. Judge Sheldon appointed Sergi as defense attorney and said the $30,000 bail which Page posted would remain in effect. She or- dered him to have no contact with his daughter and set arraignment for May 21. • Donald George Connelly, 46, of 150 West Bambi Farms Road, Shelton, was identified in an investigation of felony harass- ment. He was arrested May 13 by deputies from the Mason County Sheriffs Office and is suspected of threatening to kill Elisabeth Ew- ing of 5673 West Skokomish Val- ley Road. He reportedly had been at a yard sale at Ewing's earlier on Sunday and caused a disturbance, at which time Ewing called the dispatch center to report the inci- dent to law enforcement. Deputy Bill Reed responded to this com- plaint. Connelly allegedly came back after the deputy left and parked in the driveway as he was yelling about Ewing and others calling the police and said if they did it again, he would kill them. Poten- tial witnesses, including David Kvamme and Ewing's children, Alisa J. Coleman and Joshua Cole- man, reportedly heard the threats and said Connelly appeared to be intoxicated. Judge Sheldon appointed Sergi as defense attorney, set bail at $15,000 and scheduled arraigne- ment for May 21. She ordered Con- nelly to no contact with Ewing, her residence or potential witnesses named in court papers. • Michael Griffiths, 21, of 190 East Forest Drive, Belfair, was identified in an investigation of assault in the second degree. He was arrested May 11 by deputies after allegedly hitting 18-year-old Rena Corkum with his truck after the two of them had an argument outside his residence on Forest Drive. Corkum told officers she and Griffiths had dated but broke up two months ago. She said they had purchased a truck together when they were dating and on Fri- day she came to the residence and took off in the truck. She said she returned when he called her and threatened to report the truck as stolen. They argued in the truck and he allegedly tried to pull her out by grabbing her leg. According to the officer's report, when she got out of the truck to retrieve items from her purse, she said, she stood in front of it and he hit her with the truck, knocking her to the ground. Judge Sheldon appointed Sergi as defense attorney, set bail at $2,500 and scheduled arraignment for May 21. She ordered Griffiths to have no contact with Corkum or two potential witnesses, Christina LaBore and Clarence Kiser. • Dennis M. Nichols, 22, of 17633 North Highway 101, Shel- ton, was identified in an investi- gation of unlawful possession of a prescription drug, possession of (Please turn to page 28.) Not-guilty pleas: Man charged with assault against pregnant woman A Shelton man arrested in connection with allegations of domestic violence against a woman who is pregnant with his child was arraigned recent- ly in Mason County Superior Court. Benito Velazquez Olguin, 20 of 1011 West Cota Street, pied not guilty on Monday, May 7, to charges of assault in the third degree, and hit-and-run with injury. The assault alle- gation is charged as domestic violence involving 18-year-old Jillian Danker. Velazquez Olguin was ar- rested on the afternoon of April 26 by Officer Brent Dehning of the Shelton Police Department who said he responded to a call to emergency dispatchers about an allegation of domestic vio- lence on the part of a man with a baseball bat. By the time the officer arrived on the scene the bat was in the back of the sus- pect's car, hut Dehning reported being told that Velazquez had tried to stuff it in his pants. Danker is described in court papers as a former girlfriend of the suspect and the mother of his unborn child. Velazquez also is accused of hitting her ve- hicle with his vehicle in such a way as to injure her hip while trapping her between her car and the door of her car. Court-certified interpreter Mariana Sparkman translated the proceedings into Spanish and English. Velazquez Olguin and the following defendant in an un- related case are scheduled for omnibus hearings on May 21, pretrial hearings on June 11 and trials during the jury term beginning on June 26. • Donald Russell Lyon, 33 of Shelton, pled not guilty to a charge of obtaining a prescrip- tion drug through fraud. He is accused of turning in an altered prescription for Lortab, which contains hydrocodone and ac- etaminophen, on May 9 at the Safeway pharmacy in Shelton. Two defendants in unrelated cases were arraigned on May 7 and are scheduled for omnibus hearings on June 18, pretrial hearings on July 16 and trials during the jury term beginning July 31. * Justin Mark App, 44, of 812 North Fifth, Shelton, pied not guilty to making threats to bomb or injure. He was ar- rested April 16 and is accused of making threats to the owners of Norris Limousine and Detail- ing, his former employers. • Bud W. Church Sr., 57, of 521 East Way to Tipperary, Shelton, pied not guilty to as- sault in violation of a no-contact order. He is accused of domestic violence against Lisa Milam at her home on West Cloquallum Road. Church was arrested by a Mason County deputy late on the night of April 26. The dep- uty wrote that he was told the couple had argued about the suspect's drinking problem and Church threw a knife at Mi- lam. Also on May 7, two defen- dants in unrelated cases were arraigned and are scheduled for omnibus hearings on July 2, pretrial hearings on July 16 and trials during the jury term beginning July 31. • Kevin Carlton Gus- tafson, 40, formerly of 121 East Catfish Place, Shelton, entered a not-guilty plea to a charge of assault in the second degree. He is accused of domestic vio- lence against Trina Gustaion. According to the arresting agency affidavit, a dispute that began over the seasoning on a meal escalated until Gustaton allegedly threatened his wife with a loaded rifle, which he also threatened to use on him- self. • Amy Yergan, 40, of 695 Dempsey Road, Port Angeles, pled not guilty to possession of methamphetamine. She was not charged after her arrest on April 6 but received a summons in the mail to appear for ar- raignment. Judge James Sawyer told Yergan, who is employed as a registered nurse, that she does not qualify for court-appointed counsel. He reimposed condi- tions of release including week- ly drug testing and said she must confirm counsel by May 21 or return to court. On Wednesday, May 2, a Shelton man appeared for ar- raignment in two cases, one case involving an alleged of- fense in 2004 and the other for a 2005 alleged offense. • Jason Lewis Fletcher, 36, of 311 SE Whitener Road, entered a not-guilty plea to a charge of theft in the first de- gree. He is accused of taking four truck tires and wheels be- longing to Darren Ford of 151 Kalapin Lane on December 1, 2004. He also pled not guilty to bur- glary in the second degree. In that case he is accused of tak- ing a large tool box belonging to James M. Crestensen on March 22, 2005, from a two-story ga- rage located at 5321 West Clo- quallum Road. James M. Crest- ensen reported the theft of a tool box and a battery charger. Judge Toni Sheldon sched- uled the following court dates in both cases: omnibus hearings on May 21, pretrial hearings on June 4 and trials during the jury term beginning June 19. Lewis off the lam is going to prison A Bremerton man who's been on the lam since being convict- ed by a Mason County Superior Court jury of a drug offense has been sentenced to prison. Remeco Zantone Lewis, 30, was sentenced on May 8 to 17 months for possession of methamphet- amine. He was arrested May 4 on a no-bail warrant issued when he failed to appear for sentencing on November 20 of last year. Deputy Prosecutor Rebecca Jones Garcia said he has five prior felony convictions in Kitsap Coun- ty. She recommended a high-end sentence based on Lewis' criminal history, which she said includes two convictions in 2000 for posses- sion of a controlled substance, two convictions in 2002 for forgery anti a 2004 drug conviction. Lewis was also convicted of driving with a suspended license in the third degree and Jones Gar- cia recommended a concurrent sentence of 90 days. "I apologize to the court for not coming back for sentencing," Lewis said. Judge James Sawyer asked "Where have you been?" and Lewis responded: "Kitsap County." Sawyer imposed legal financial obligations of a $2,000 drug fine, $500 to the crime victims' compen- sation fund, $450 in attorney-fee recoupment for the county and $625 in court costs and a fine on the driving offense of $500. In ad- dition to the 17-month sentence, the judge said Lewis would be on nine to 12 months of community custody by the Washington State Department of Corrections and or- dered him to have a drug-alcohol evaluation and to follow all recom- mendations. "You're getting too old for this," the judge told Lewis. 00lrrest warrants Warrants were issued for the arrest of the following people who failed to appear on May 14 for pro- ceedings in Mason County Supe- rior Court: Cheryl Ann Chaplin, no-bail; Teresa Marie O'Farrell, no-bail; Michael Frederick Lamont, $5',000; and Michael Todd Se},bold $5,000. Thursday, May 17, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 27