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lhh,h,h,hhh,h,h,h,hh,hhlh,,,lh,,,llh,,hhhl .................. CAR-RT LOT**C 005 SMALL TOWN PAPERS 217 W COTA ST SHELTON, WA 98584-2263 Thursday, June 21, 2012 Week 25" The Voice of Mason county since 1886-- Published for Mason County and Ronald German of Belfair -- $1 City gives farm stand 45days to comply with code By KEVIN SPRADLIN kevin@masoncounty.com Shelton officials on Monday gave the owner of Jay's Farm Stand a 45-day ex- tension to comply with their interpre- ty. Dixon said the two tents are used to protect his produce from weather dam- age. tation of existing code at the business's City officials contend the "temporary Olympic Highway North location, membrane structures are ... required At issue is farm stand owner Lee ~to meet the minimum construction and Dixon's failure to comply with demands fire resistive standards" as stated in bY city building inspector Kelly Mayo the International Building Code and and Fire Marshal Mike Patti to remove two tent-like structures on the proper- See Tents on page A-6 • I By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@masoncounty.com Alisha Old Haven, left, and Joshua Howard, both freshman from Glory a final inspection before the flag is retired. Oakland Bay Junior High School's Journal photo by Kevin Spradlin ROTC program, give Mason County veteran service oranizations, "]t's a Jeamin9 students take part in flag retirement ceremony experience for some By KEVIN SPRADLIN person teams unfolded each flag, One at of the kids who kevin@masoncounty.com atime, and gave it one final inspection. The ROTC members then refolded have never seen each flag and presented all three of them ~F~hi It was a short but solemn affair, to Pete Laserinko, adjutant for the Fred ~n ng tike this°" More than three dozen people gath-B. Wivell Post 31 American Legion. ered at Shelten Memorial Park on Satur- Laserinko held the three flags in one nearby hole, where the ashes were bur- day to retire three U.S. flags, hand and presented them to Bob Stone, ied. In a 30-minute ceremony, led by three post commander. ........ After being covered by volunteers, Boy Mason County veteran service organiza- One by one, Laserinko put them into Scout Tanner Hunt, 10, placed a framed tions, student groups and spectators alike a natural gas-fueled flame in front of the U.S: flag emblem over the ashes to mark learned how to properly retire a flag. Veterans Memorial Wall. An ROTC cadet the spot. The ceremony was spearheaded by played "Taps" during the minutes-long Scout Master Roger Miller said it's the Fred B. Wivell Post 31 American Legion, process, role of Boy Scouts everywhere to help Post 1694 Mason County Chapter of the After the flags turned into ashes,whenever possible. But the service orga- Veterans of Foreign Wars and 40 et 8 Laserinko swept them onto a tray and nizations weren't the only beneficiaries, V135. turned the tray over to members of Boy Miller said. Members of the ROTC program at Scout Troop 110. "It's also a learning experience for Oakland Bay Junior High School pre- Six scouts escorted the ashes from the sented the flag to the audience. Two- front of the Veterans Memorial Wall to a See Flag on page A-5 In the weeks after Mason County had a record number of murders and other violent crimes, Mason County Com- missioner Steve Bloomfield said he received a number of complaints about incident response times of the Mason County Sheriffs Office. During Tuesday's com- mission meeting, Bloomfield discussed one particular complaint. "The problem was that (the residents) were being harassed by a couple of in- u- ale," he said. "They called the sheriff and • the sheriff's depart- ment was very late in respond- Steve ing- six Bloomfield hours." Bloom- field said the caller told him that two subsequent 911 calls also did not receive prompt response, and the individuals in question had warrants out for their arrest. "Thag's the third [com- plaint] in the last two weeks I've fielded,, Bloomfield said. "I personally think that's not acceptable. We need to get the bad guys off the streets." Undersheriff James Bar- rett said the sheriffs office had contacted the caller Bloomfield mentioned spe- cifically, and resolved the is- sue. He also said that the sher- iffs office is facing a higher demand for service than there are personnel to deal with those calls. "Anybody who runs any kind of business, public or private whose requests for service outrun their ability See Response on page A-6 • By NATALIE JOHNSON. nataZie@masoncountiy.corn After years of planning and preparation, the Paddle to Squaxin 2012 Canoe Jour- ney is only a month away, with the landing scheduled 81111U!!1!!11!!!1!!11112 for July 29 in Olympia. Squaxin Tribe will host the Hosting the annual event Potlatch Protocol, a drug is incredibly important to and alcohol free event, on the Squaxin Tribe, signal- tribal land from July 30 to ing and celebrating the re- Aug. 5. surgence of their culture, Preparing for the event but tribal members say the has given tribal members preparation for the event an opportunity to rekindle has been a journey in itself, or learn for the first time "Hosting is about prepar- language, art and dancing ing and the community in- skills and traditions. teracting," said tribal coun- Tribal members such as ci! member Ray Peters: Elder Virginia Farron have After the landing, the volunteered countless hours to hand-make traditional gifts for participants of the week-long event, such as woven cedar hats and vi- sors. "It takes a good day to make the hats, visors," she said. Volunteers are also mak- ing clothes for native baby dolls, vests for veterans and traditional regalia for tribal See JOurney on page A-5 Caroline Peters, from the NisquaUy Tribe, helps make cedar hats and other gifts at the Squaxin Island Museum. Journal photo,by Natalie Johnson