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: Finance Committee
t: recomm, ends
m i 'sweepmg reductions
By MICHAEL HEINBACH
michae/@masoncoun com
Mason County's elected offi-
cials and department heads are
going to have some difficult finan-
cial decisions to make in the next
several weeks.
At the recommendation of the
county's Finance Committee, the
Mason County Board of Commis-
sioners is proposing $2 million in
cuts to the county's 2017 budget.
In a letter issued Tuesday to
county department heads and
elected officials, the commission
stated expenditures for the end
Of 2016 exceeded expectations,
resulting in a reduced beginning
fund in the 2017 current expense
budget, approved in December.
The Finance Committee is com-
prised of county Treasurer Lisa
Frazier, Auditor Karen Herr and
County Commission chair Kevin
Shutty.
see CUTS, page A-18
Man dragging
raccoon hit by
vehicle, shot
By MICHAEL HEINBACH
michael@masoncoun corn
A series of bizarre events Sun-
day near Allyn that led to a man
being shot and hit by a vehicle
remained something of a mystery
as of Tuesday ai~ernoon.
According to the Mason County
Sheriffs Office, a man was walk-
ing along state Route 3 near Lake
Devereaux Road, dragging a dead
animal behind him. The man was
confronted by the driver of a late-
model white SUV and another
person, who had been driving a
black pickup truck. The driver of
the black vehicle reportedly was
upset, incorrectly accusing the
see INCIDENT,.page A-18
Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
Belfair Elementary School student Emma Hunt bends herself under a limbo pole June 22 at Field Day at
the school. Kaylee Starks holds the limbo stick, while, from left, Sophia Brown, Antonieta De Gaspar-
Gonzalez and Dylan Prideaux look on. The students enjoyed three-legged races, bubble making and
other activities on the last day of the school year.
ears up
By MICHAEL HEINBACH
michael@masoncoun com
Many Mason County residents are
looking to celebrate the birth of the
country with fireworks. But fewer are
aware of the laws county and City of
Shelton law enforcement will be charged
with enforcing duringthe Fourth of July
holiday.
Residents in Shelton should expect to
see an increased presence by the Shel-
ton Police Department this weekend
and into the Tuesday holiday.
"For the Fourth of July, well have our
regular patrol officers out," said Shelton
Police Department Lt. Mike Fiola. "But
then we'll have additional officers out to
cover for calls and things like that."
Mason County Sheriff Casey Salis-
bury said his office sees an increase in
activity during the summer months, not
just over the holiday.
"We call it the 70-degree rule," Salis-
bury said. "Once the temperature hits
70 degrees, we tend to get a bit busier.
The nicer weather always brings more
people to the area. The biggest thing for
us is just the major influx of people, and
naturally that brings more calls for ser-
vice."
While fireworks are readily and le-
gally available for purchase in many
places throughout the county, there
are still residents unaware that selling
or using "safe and sane" fireworks and
ignitable "trick and novelty devices" is
Journal photo by Michael Heinbach
Sarah Job helps put together a fireworks display Monday morning at
Bucknasty Fireworks stand on the Squaxin Island Reservation.
prohibited under the City of Shelton laws allow for the discharge of consum-
Municipal Code, chapter 8.64. A full er fireworks only during specific time
description of city laws concerning fire- periods. Those time periods are:
works, special-use permit applications, • Noon to 11 p.m. June 28
permit fees, seizure and violations can • 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. June 29 through
be found online at http://bit.ly/2rVro53. July 3
"We .want to make sure that people • 9 a.m. to midnight July 4
know that even legal fireworks are ille- • 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 5
gal in the city," said Fiola. "No excep- • 6 p.m. Dec. 31 to 1 a.m. Jan. 1
tions."
Elsewhere in Mason County, state see FOURTH, page A-18
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State looks into shooting
range in Tahuya
Page A-2
Get to know your school
board candidates
Page A-3
Shelton man recounts crew
journey 50 years later
Page B-1