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Songs,
fireworks set
at Harmony
Hill tonight
The free second annual
Fireworks & Campfire Sin-
galong takes place tonight,
Thursday, July 2, in collabo-
ration with Harmony Hill
Retreat Center in Union.
The Anna's Bay Chorale
will start the evening at 8
p.m. by previewing some
of the works it's preparing
for performance later this
month at the Mason County
Fair.
Then a campfire will be lit
and participants can enjoy
the Alderbrook Resort's an-
nual fireworks display from
the patio off the Nordstrom
Great Hall, make s'mores
and sing camp songs in one
of Anna's Bay's most popu-
lar family events of the year.
Log truck dumps
load on SR lo8 on
Monday morning
Troopers say speed caused the crash
By MARY DUNCAN
A 60-year-old log-
truck driver sustained
minor injuries Monday
when his rig struck a
guardrail on West State
Route 108, went over,
lost its load and landed
on the passenger side.
Ray W. Lawrence of
Montesano failed to take
a curve at Milepost 5 on
a slight grade, accord-
ing to a report from the
Washington State Pa-
trol.
The trailer pulled the
tractor into a guardrail.
It went over the guard-
rail into a ravine, losing
it load. The tractor came
to rest on the passenger
side in the eastbound
lane.
Lawrence sustained
facial lacerations and
was treated at the scene.
The collision memo indi-
cates he will be charged
with second-degree neg-
ligent driving.
The trooper reports'
identified speed as the
cause of the crash re-
ported at 8 a.m. June 22.
The tractor and trailer
were reported as a total
loss. The roadway was
closed for about an hour
and a half.
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WEATHER
High Low Precip.
Fahrenheit (In.)
June 24 68 55 .04
June 25 66 51 .02
June 26 71 50 0
June 27 79 41 0
June 28 73 52 0
June 29 79 39 0
June 30 77 45 0
Measurements are re-
corded for the National
Weather Service at Sander-
son Field.
Less than an inch of rain
was recorded in June. The
total precipitation of .09
inches was significantly be-
low the monthly average of
1.66. The highest tempera-
ture of the month was 91
degrees recorded on June 4.
The lowest temperature was
39 degrees recorded on June
23 and 29.
Wednesday morning
the National Weather Ser-
vice predicted sunny days
and clear nights on Thurs-
day and Friday. The high
Thursday should be near 86
degrees with the mercury
climbing to 90 on Friday.
The lows should be in the
lower 50s.
Forecasters expect sunny
skies on Independence Day
with a high near 81. Satur-
day night should be mostly
cloudy with a low around 51.
The extended forecast for
Sunday through Tuesday
calls for partly sunny days
and mostly cloudy nights.
The high Sunday should be
near 78 with highs on Mon-
day and Tuesday of 71 de-
grees. The lows should be in
the lower 50s.
Send your press releases to
pr@masoncounty.com
by 5pm on Fridays
Jail guard off to prison
Judge denies treatment alternative
By MARY DUNCAN
A former sergeant at the
Washington Corrections
Center will serve time in
prison and be required to
register as a sex offender af-
ter being convicted of incest.
Marion Edward Sanders
Jr., 44, of Shelton was sen-
tenced on June 29 in Mason
County Superior Court to
34 months for incest in the
first degree and to a concur-
rent sentence of 20 months
for second-degree incest.
The offenses were commit-
ted when his daughter was
between the ages of 13 to 17.
As part of the plea agree-
ment the state agreed to dis-
miss one additional count of
first-degree incest and one
additional count of second-
degree incest, Deputy Pros-
ecutor Rebecca Jones re-
ported. Although he has no
prior criminal history, the
offenses count against each
other with a standard sen-
tencing range of from 26 to
34 months for first-degree
incest and from 15 to 20
months for second-degree
incest.
She recommended top-of-
the-range sentences. "Ear-
ly on in this case defense
asked state to contact victim
for her feelings on a SSOSA
(Special Sex Offender Sen-
tencing Alternative) and
her response was absolutely
not," Jones said. "This is a
family that has been torn
asunder," she added.
Under a SSOSA sentence
the defendant is sentenced
to serve up to 12 months
in jail followed by intensive
sexual deviancy treatment
within the community while
under supervision by the
court and the Department
of Corrections.
Jones read the victim im-
pact statement into the re-
cord. It began, "A predator
is taken off the streets for a
period of time. The person,
and I call him a person be-
cause a man would not do
this. He robbed me of a fa-
ther and abused me. As a re-
sult I have lost a father and
or incest
Jones
as a cor-
rections
officer
with the
Depart-
ment of
Correc-
tions.
The de-
fendant
w a s
someone
the com-
you have lost a family."
The victim continued, "I
never want to see you again.
For so long he made me be-
lieve if I told someone they
wouldn't believe me. I guess
that's what happened when
you don't tell someone for a
long time. He has never tak-
en responsibility for this."
said, "He served
'7 know it's
affected me
terribly having
to live with the
memories."
munity looked up to. He cer-
tainly has abused that."
Defense counsel Jeanette
Boothe argued for the SSO-
SA. "I listened to the state-
ment read by the prosecu-
tor. We all feel for that inner
child she talks about."
She referred to the pre-
sentence evaluation. She
said the evaluator talks
about the struggle Sanders
had. "He knew what he was
doing was not right but he
just could not bring himself
to talk about it. He has long
recognized he needs to get
help, specifically for porno-
graphic addiction," she said.
Because of the no-contact
order Sanders has to apolo-
gize to his daughter through
the court. She quoted Sand-
ers as saying, "What I put
you through both physically
and mentally is unforgiv-
able. I know my actions put
a burden on you. For the
rest of my life I will live with
the regret. Why did he do
this to me? I have asked my-
self that every day. I don't
know. I was too ashamed
and afraid to talk to you.
For the rest of my life I will
regret what I have done and
what I have lost."
He was an employee with
the Department of Correc-
tions for 13 years and has
24 years in the Air Force,
including the reserves, she
continued. "He would bene-
fit from the alternative sen-
tence and the community
would benefit as well. He
was "a member of the com-
munity in high standing"
and at a "mild risk of reof-
fense."
Sanders read from a let-
ter he
had writ-
ten to his
daughter.
"If we had
discussed
this sooner
her let-
ter would
have been
written dif-
ferently. I
know how
she feels about me. What I
did was terrible. She never
deserved what I did.
"I know it's affected me
terribly having to live with
the memories," he contin-
ued. "I don't know about her
because I have not spoken
to her. She did talk to her
mom about this years ago
and I denied it. I told her,
'You need to go in there and
tell her you lied.' I was ter-
rified. I didn't want it to get
out in the community. It's
embarrassing to my fam-
ily."
Judge Amber Finlay ob-
served that many of the
statements Sanders made
to the evaluator and those
made today do show "great
remorse" but seem to go
back to him, talking about
himself rather than the vic-
tim.
"That shows considerable
amount of concern for your-
self," she told Sanders. She
said she was giving "great
weight to the victim's state-
ment" and denied the SSO-
SA request.
She said he would be on
36 to 48 months of commu-
nity custody and ordered
him to have no contact with
the victim for 10 years. She
imposed $4,412 in legal fi-
nancial obligations,
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