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nal I No findings, issues veal the news. "I'm pretty happy," Churchill said Wednesday. "We've got a great busi- for 6th straight year ness manager." Churchill attributed the lion's share of the success to Scott Blom- By KEVINSPRADLIN berg, business manager. Churchill I~x~uin@masonco~n~y.cum, said prior to six years ago, the district ......................................................... had "a couple of minor things" to fix. Churchill lauded Blomberg's improve- Whew! ment over the years. Another report by the state Au- "The more veteran people get, the ditor's Office gave the Hood Canal better they get at their job," Churchill School District a clean bill of health, said. It's the sixth consecutive year the Lucky for Churchill, the district district has received no findings or didn't face the same problems as the issues with its recordkeeping and fi- Tumwater School District in neigh- nancial reporting processes, boring Thurston County. The state inspector met with Su-There, state auditors took issue perintendent Tom Churchill and the with more than $90,000 paid to sev- elected board Tuesday .morning to re- en employees during the period from Sept. 1, 2010 through Aug. 31, 2011. The Tumwater district has an an- nual budget of $60 million. Churchill said it's to his district's benefit to manage a $4.6 million annual budget and employs 57 people. "I think the larger districts have a harder time keeping their arms around it," Churchill said. In a district-wide email sent on Tuesday, Churchill said the success- ful audit showed the district "is in compliance with all state and federal financial regulations and require- ments." "In short, we are following all the rules and being responsible with tax- payer money," Churchill wrote. ,The report is to be posted on the state Auditor's Office website at www. sao:wa.gov. Nobody wants to be at home m bed. Keep your kids well with plenty of sleep, a balanced diet, exercise, and regular medical checkups. The team at Oakland Bay Pediatrics can help you mair)tain a healthy child, and are always here for them in times of illness or injury. Make sure your child is healthy and able to enjoy all the activity this winter season brings. Speak to the fr end y.staff at Oakland Bay Pediatrics. Make an appointment for your child today. (360) 426-3102 247 Professional Way, Shelton, WA www.MasonGeneral.com Handcuffed, Shelton resident Stanely Conklin is helped onto County Sheriff's Office personnel apprehended Conklin, who and local warrants, on Friday near Olympic Middle School. Journal photo by Kevin Spradlin a gurney by paramedics. Mason was wanted on outstanding state Fugitive ght middl school Schools placed on lockdown during search By KEVIN SPRADLIN kevin@m, as(mco~nty.com, A Shelton man was ap- prehended by Mason Coun- ty Sheriffs Office personnel on Friday after an initial report the man was near Olympic Middle School with a handgun. Stanley Conklin, 19, of' Shelton, was apprehended in a treeline near the inter- secton of Shelton Springs Road and East Wallace Kneeland Boulevard. Conklin was wanted on multiple outstanding state and local warrants. The search focused north from Mason General Hos- pital, where Lt. Les Wat- son said Conklin had been visiting someone earlier the same day, and the area between Olympic Middle School and Oakland Bay Junior High School. All four area schools were placed on lockdown. Police were on the lookout for a man with close-cropped hair wearing a burgundy T- shirt and blue jeans -- and possibly armed. At the time of Conk- lin's arrest, Watson said no handgun had yet been °' found. On Tuesday, Watson said the search had contin- ued, with the assistance of a county K-9 unit, for "an- other 45 minutes or so" and still no handgun was found. At about 10:48 a.m. on Friday, Watson said the sheriffs office received a phone call that Conktin had been visiting someone at Mason General Hospital and had recently left the i "When the police caU[ a ]ockdown, we go into Jockdown mmediate yo We don't ask a lot of questions°" premises. A report included Conklin was "possi- bly armed," Watson said. Conklin was in po- lice custody approxi- mately 45 minutes later. Wat- son said Conklin was "ex- tremely agitated" upon ar- rest. Conklin was subdued and handcuffed. "Our feeling was that the jail would not take him in that mental state without medical clearance," Watson said. Police followed protocol and took Conklin to Ma- son General Hospital for evaluation. As of Tuesday, he was booked on the out- standing w, arrants at the county j ail. Watson said Conklin faces possible additional charges of resisting arrest and obstruction of justice. The event underscored the importance of a high de- gree of cooperation between local law enforcement and the Shelton School District. Eric Barkman, principal at Olym- pic Middle School, said the call for a lockdown came from the Ma- son County Sheriff's Office. "They told my secretary there was armed suspect in the area," Barkman said. "When the police call a lockdown, we go into lockdown imme- diately. We don't ask a lot of questions." Students were sent back from the cafeteria to their classrooms as a security precaution. Any classes outside are immediately moved indoors. Forty-five minutes, Barkman said, "feels long for a lockdown." But Barkman didn't question law enforcement's call for one. "The police don't call a full lockdown on us very often," said Barkman, who could recall "less than a handful" of such instances in his eight years at the school. In an effort to keep staff and students as updated as possible, Barkman said contact was made with the sheriffs office midway through the lockdown. They asked about the pos- sibility of returning to a normal schedule. Barkman said there was a brief conversation with his school's resource offi- cer. "His only response? 'Stay in lockdown,'" Bark- man said. "At that point, we knew this was serious." Barkman said he un- derstands there is likely confusion throughout the campus community in such situations. However, school officials do the best they can under the circumstanc- es. "We try to give the in- formation that we have," Barkman said. "During the lockdown ... they just have to have trust we're taking care of things." .... 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