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Rides for readers  G.erry Watters of the Free & Accepted Masons meets Ii with Kourtney Lawrence, left, and Gage Wilkins at Hood Canal School. Watters and Cecil A. Simmons pre- sented the students with bikes as part of the "Bikes 4 Books" contest. This is a project of the Masons and the Serve Washington Reading Corps. ir-- Canal West: ,,,t'ort of Hoodsport may oin with co11007t:y on park ly DONA C. MARTINSEN The Port of Hoodsport is partner- lg with the Mason County Parks epartment to upgrade Foothills e uaty Park. r After a feasibility study is com- e eted a proposed Hoodsport Com- e unity Center will be developed at £ m park. r In other news from Hood Canal r est, the Master Gardeners will have a weekly plant clinic at the Hood Canal Visitor Information Center in downtown Hoodsport. The clinic will open on Saturdays beginning July 7 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. If there is a meeting or event in our area that needs to be report- ed, contact me by e-mail at west- canalnews@yahoo.com or by telephone at 877-5510. High-sc.h ool 'prank' leads to multll00 le felony ctlarges (Continued from page 1.) during the jury term beginning September 11. BABBITT'S codefendants in the vandalism incidents a.t the bus garage and the commons building appeared in court re- cently. Michael Martin Meurs Jr., 18, of 180 East Lake Forest Drive, Allyn, a codefendant in the bus vandalism, was arraigned on Fri- day, June 29, and pled not guilty to burglary in the second degree and malicious mischief in the first degree. He is scheduled for an omnibus hearing on August 6, a pretrial hearing on August 27 and trial during the jury term beginning September 11. Judge Toni Sheldon amended conditions of release for Meurs to allow him to travel to Pullman on August 20 and to change his address to a residence hall at Washington State University. Jesse Daniel Remington, 18, of 4750 East Rasor Road, Bel- fair, and Derik Lee Swenson, 18, of 151 NE Wanda Lane, Belfair, were arraigned on Monday, July 2, on charges related to the in- cident at the bus garage. They pled not guilty to burglary in the second degree and malicious mis- chief in the first degree and are scheduled for omnibus hearings on July 30, pretrial hearings on August 27 and trials during the jury term beginning September 11. Phillip Need, who will be 18 in September, has been arrested in connection with the incident at the bus garage and his case is proceeding in juvenile court. DAVID JAMES Morrow, 20, of 20 NE Rainbow Place South, Belfair, and Justin Paul East- man, 18, of 191 East Sherwood Creek Road, Allyn, have been charged as codefendants in the commons case. Morrow was ar- 00hell game is over; tribes ° d firms can go fish now iinued from page 1.) of 20 years, Rafeedie ruled that the 1855. Problems resulted from land ties for everyone in the state, tribes also have treaty rights to 50 deals sanctioned by the authorities WE HAD A choice and we yose cooperation," Fraerdt said. a-Iveryone loses when w turn to e courts to settle natural-re- [Urce issues The shellfish re- -FUrce is too "important to tribal tures, to the shellfish industry adto everyone who lives in the uget Sound region for us to fight percent of the "naturally occurring shellfish" but excluded them from a share of the "fruits of the grow- er's labor." This language has been the sub- ject of" more legal wrangling since then. Rafeedie defined a natural shellfish bed as one capable of sup- porting a commercial livelihood but was silent on the issue of what which allowed shellfish beaches in tribal areas to fall into private and nontribal hands. "Fault for creat- ing this controversy lies squarely with the State of Washington and the United States for selling the tidelands and not objecting to the sale," Rafeedie wrote. Lisa Bishop, the business man- ager of Little Skookum Shellfish, ver it.  /li. In return for giving up their constitutes a commercial liveli- applauded the agreement that a}laim to an estimated $2 million hood. At long last this has been finds all these bigwigs headed for o a. armual shellfish revenue, the resolved by the agreement before her company. "We are very excited li bes will control a trust funded us now. that we have all reached a happy pr y: $11 million in state funds, $22 Tribal rights are based in a se- settlement, and we are ready to illion from the U S government ries of treaties Indians made with move ahead with our partnership n nd $500,000 in aual payments the U.S. government in 1854 and and friendship," she said. e Pread over 10 years from a group ;if nontribal shellfish companies ty b " " hat includes Skookum and Tay- Coun oard hears from citizens i: r. "Shellfish is an important re- (Continued from page 9.) "How will this change?" she Urce in Washington, and the fact at everyone came together to iae.ch an agreement underscores il mr Vital role in our community," )I regoire said. Taylor is the president of Tay- f, r Shellfish, a company which is oaSed in Mason County and has . ngs as far away as British Co- Imbia and customers all around J . e World. "Shellfish growers and ke tribes have developed a fair li blUtion to a difficult problem," he dd. "The agreement will right an storical wrong and will put more Ii Lellfish on the tidelands for ev- ii VYone - (RAFEEDIE'S RULING on ellfish built on the law and the ;.gic of a 1974 decision by U.S. istrict Court Judge George Boldt [, the case of United States versus yashington He found that the bes are entitled to 50 percent of [e harvestable salmon and steel- rt cad returning to the western wa- rs o/this state. After the passage "Could the new district ensure that the citizens continue to re- ceive that level of service?" she asked. She also wondered about what would happen if Medic One is purchased and asked: Will the department be able to field more than two fully staffed engines for the new district with the expense of all the new emergency medical services personnel? She also want- ed to know if the new department would be able to cover the city in the event of a fire outside the city limits, since currently, staff is al- ways left to protect Shelton in the meantime. asked. Her hope is to bring these questions and their respective an- swers out in the open for public discussion. In other remarks made to the commissioners on June 26, Rog- er Davis of Shelton said some local homeowners have to pay high rates for flood insurance, depending on where they live in proximity to flood zones. Due to the relative complexity of this is- sue, Commissioner Lynda Ring- Erickson suggested there be a meeting together with Emmett Dobey, the county's director of community development, to dis- cuss the matter. Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Complete Line of Memorial Markers Available for sale" Burial and Cremation Lots, Columbariums, Liners, Vaults Phone 426-2152. Fax -5615 raigned on Wednesday, June 27. He entered not-guilty pleas to charges of burglary in the second degree and malicious mischief in the first degree and is scheduled fbr an omnibus hearing on July 30, a pretrial hearing on August 27 and trial during the jury term beginning September 11. Eastman was arraigned on Monday, July 2, and entered not-guilty pleas to charges of burglary in the second degree and malicious mischief in the first degree. He is scheduled for an omnibus hearing on July 30, a pretrial hearing on August 27 and trial during the jury term beginning September 11. Another 18-year-old was ar- rested in connection with the vandalism at the commons. Ja- cob Daniel Sanford of 610 Ay- cliffe Drive, Shelton, was identi- fied on June 28 in an investiga- tion of burglary in the second de- gree. He appeared in court with an attorney. Court Commissioner Richard Adamson scheduled arraignment for July 13. He ordered Sanford to have no contact with potential codefendants and said he cannot go on North Mason School Dis- trict properties. ACCORDING TO court doc- uments, Morrow allegedly ad- mitted participating in a break- in June 14 at the North Mason High School commons area and identified the other participants as Babbitt, Eastman and San- ford. The vandalism resulted in $13,000 damage according to the probable-cause statement. Mor- raw reportedly said it was "a high school prank that got out of hand." Morrow also allegedly partici- pated with Meurs and Babbitt in "burning the image of a large penis, between 10 to 20 feet in length into the football field us- ing an accelerant causing over $2,500 in damage," according to the arrest affidavit. Babbitt, Swenson, Meurs, Remington and Need are accused of breaking into the North Ma- son bus garage in May and caus- ing more than $2,500 in damage to several buses. Babbitt, Meurs, Swenson, Remington and Need are all graduates of the Class of 2007 at NMHS. School superintendent Tom Kelly commented in a press re- lease that he was "saddened" by the incident in the commons, add- ing that "our students, staff and community deserve better. The vast majority of our students are good citizens. This destructive behavior is totally unacceptable and not reflective of our commu- nity at large." Sheriff Casey Salisbury said the vandalism investigations were a priority. "The senseless damage caused at North Mason High School is not just a prank. Serious crimes were committed and the Mason County Sheriffs Office made it a priority to bring the perpetrators to justice." A tour of gm dens goes with th flow The county's annual garden tour will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 14. Sponsored by the Master Gar- deners of the Mason County Ex- tension of Washington State Uni- versity, the tour will feature seven gardens. Three are in the Shelton area and four at Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club. Each garden con- tains a water feature. Tickets cost $12 and are avail- able at the following locations: Sage Book Store, 116 West Rail- road Avenue; Lynch Creek Floral, 331 West Railroad Avenue; Fergu- son's Flowers, 627 West Railroad Avenue; Lost Lake Nursery, 66 SE Lynch Road; Oakland Bay Garden Center, 5962 East State Route 3; Sharon's Garden Center, 920 East Johns Prairie Road; Cameo Bou- tique, 6843 East State Route 106, Union; Laurie's Hoodsport Gift & Liquor, 24230 Highway 101; The Trading Post Liquor & Gifts in AI- lyn; AG 3 Garden Center in Bel- fair; Valley Nursery, McLendon's Hardware; Harstine Island Farm- ers' Market; Shelton Farmers' Market; and Oakland Bay Organic Farm. Margaret "Peggy" Ann Hildebrandt died of complications due to pancreatic cancer on Thursday, June 28, at Fir Lane Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was 58 and lived in Burlington for 13 years. She was born on October 2, 1948 in Shelton, WA to Dwight and Francis (Fredson) Southmayd. She spent her elementary years in the Seattle suburb of Shoreline returning to Shelton to graduate from Shelton High School, married Kieth Hildebrandt and raised three kids to adulthood. She then moved to the city of Burlington with her husband and lived the remainder of her life there. The portion of her heart that didn't follow her husband north remained in Shelton with her family. Peggy was a wife and a mother in the truest sense. Family to her wasn't just kin and blood, but friends, pets, neighbors, and even friends of her children or children of her friends and family. She was a sympathetic ear, biggest fan, your greatest defender and the binder that held our family together. She loved to watch her kids do what they loved and supported her husband in his many adventures. While gold prospecting was a recent pastime, watching the Mariners, reading, baking and showing infinite love to her canine companions was how she spent her days. Surviving are husband Kieth Hildebrandt of Burlington, WA; daughter Tracy Hildebrandt of Shelton, WA; son Gene Hildebrandt of Matlock, WA; son Jud Hildebrandt and wife Marian of Shelton, WA; grandchildren Tyler Hildebrandt, Tia and Tawin Avery; sister Kathy Look of Shelton, WA; sister Mary Jane Thompson of Olympia, WA; brother Lynn Southmayd of Shelton, WA; uncles Ken and Bill Fredson of Shelton, WA; aunts Mary Coleman and Jane Lange of Olympia, WA; aunt Alice Hildebrandt of Shelton, WA. A graveside service will be held on Monday, July 9, at 2:00 pm at Shelton Memorial Park. Reverend Richard Parle will officiate. Arrangements are by McComb Funeral Home of Shelton. ~ Paid Obituary Notice ~ Thursday, July 5, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 11 Rides for readers  G.erry Watters of the Free & Accepted Masons meets Ii with Kourtney Lawrence, left, and Gage Wilkins at Hood Canal School. Watters and Cecil A. Simmons pre- sented the students with bikes as part of the "Bikes 4 Books" contest. This is a project of the Masons and the Serve Washington Reading Corps. ir-- Canal West: ,,,t'ort of Hoodsport may oin with co11007t:y on park ly DONA C. MARTINSEN The Port of Hoodsport is partner- lg with the Mason County Parks epartment to upgrade Foothills e uaty Park. r After a feasibility study is com- e eted a proposed Hoodsport Com- e unity Center will be developed at £ m park. r In other news from Hood Canal r est, the Master Gardeners will have a weekly plant clinic at the Hood Canal Visitor Information Center in downtown Hoodsport. The clinic will open on Saturdays beginning July 7 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. If there is a meeting or event in our area that needs to be report- ed, contact me by e-mail at west- canalnews@yahoo.com or by telephone at 877-5510. High-sc.h ool 'prank' leads to multll00 le felony ctlarges (Continued from page 1.) during the jury term beginning September 11. BABBITT'S codefendants in the vandalism incidents a.t the bus garage and the commons building appeared in court re- cently. Michael Martin Meurs Jr., 18, of 180 East Lake Forest Drive, Allyn, a codefendant in the bus vandalism, was arraigned on Fri- day, June 29, and pled not guilty to burglary in the second degree and malicious mischief in the first degree. He is scheduled for an omnibus hearing on August 6, a pretrial hearing on August 27 and trial during the jury term beginning September 11. Judge Toni Sheldon amended conditions of release for Meurs to allow him to travel to Pullman on August 20 and to change his address to a residence hall at Washington State University. Jesse Daniel Remington, 18, of 4750 East Rasor Road, Bel- fair, and Derik Lee Swenson, 18, of 151 NE Wanda Lane, Belfair, were arraigned on Monday, July 2, on charges related to the in- cident at the bus garage. They pled not guilty to burglary in the second degree and malicious mis- chief in the first degree and are scheduled for omnibus hearings on July 30, pretrial hearings on August 27 and trials during the jury term beginning September 11. Phillip Need, who will be 18 in September, has been arrested in connection with the incident at the bus garage and his case is proceeding in juvenile court. DAVID JAMES Morrow, 20, of 20 NE Rainbow Place South, Belfair, and Justin Paul East- man, 18, of 191 East Sherwood Creek Road, Allyn, have been charged as codefendants in the commons case. Morrow was ar- 00hell game is over; tribes ° d firms can go fish now iinued from page 1.) of 20 years, Rafeedie ruled that the 1855. Problems resulted from land ties for everyone in the state, tribes also have treaty rights to 50 deals sanctioned by the authorities WE HAD A choice and we yose cooperation," Fraerdt said. a-Iveryone loses when w turn to e courts to settle natural-re- [Urce issues The shellfish re- -FUrce is too "important to tribal tures, to the shellfish industry adto everyone who lives in the uget Sound region for us to fight percent of the "naturally occurring shellfish" but excluded them from a share of the "fruits of the grow- er's labor." This language has been the sub- ject of" more legal wrangling since then. Rafeedie defined a natural shellfish bed as one capable of sup- porting a commercial livelihood but was silent on the issue of what which allowed shellfish beaches in tribal areas to fall into private and nontribal hands. "Fault for creat- ing this controversy lies squarely with the State of Washington and the United States for selling the tidelands and not objecting to the sale," Rafeedie wrote. Lisa Bishop, the business man- ager of Little Skookum Shellfish, ver it.  /li. In return for giving up their constitutes a commercial liveli- applauded the agreement that a}laim to an estimated $2 million hood. At long last this has been finds all these bigwigs headed for o a. armual shellfish revenue, the resolved by the agreement before her company. "We are very excited li bes will control a trust funded us now. that we have all reached a happy pr y: $11 million in state funds, $22 Tribal rights are based in a se- settlement, and we are ready to illion from the U S government ries of treaties Indians made with move ahead with our partnership n nd $500,000 in aual payments the U.S. government in 1854 and and friendship," she said. e Pread over 10 years from a group ;if nontribal shellfish companies ty b " " hat includes Skookum and Tay- Coun oard hears from citizens i: r. "Shellfish is an important re- (Continued from page 9.) "How will this change?" she Urce in Washington, and the fact at everyone came together to iae.ch an agreement underscores il mr Vital role in our community," )I regoire said. Taylor is the president of Tay- f, r Shellfish, a company which is oaSed in Mason County and has . ngs as far away as British Co- Imbia and customers all around J . e World. "Shellfish growers and ke tribes have developed a fair li blUtion to a difficult problem," he dd. "The agreement will right an storical wrong and will put more Ii Lellfish on the tidelands for ev- ii VYone - (RAFEEDIE'S RULING on ellfish built on the law and the ;.gic of a 1974 decision by U.S. istrict Court Judge George Boldt [, the case of United States versus yashington He found that the bes are entitled to 50 percent of [e harvestable salmon and steel- rt cad returning to the western wa- rs o/this state. After the passage "Could the new district ensure that the citizens continue to re- ceive that level of service?" she asked. She also wondered about what would happen if Medic One is purchased and asked: Will the department be able to field more than two fully staffed engines for the new district with the expense of all the new emergency medical services personnel? She also want- ed to know if the new department would be able to cover the city in the event of a fire outside the city limits, since currently, staff is al- ways left to protect Shelton in the meantime. asked. Her hope is to bring these questions and their respective an- swers out in the open for public discussion. In other remarks made to the commissioners on June 26, Rog- er Davis of Shelton said some local homeowners have to pay high rates for flood insurance, depending on where they live in proximity to flood zones. Due to the relative complexity of this is- sue, Commissioner Lynda Ring- Erickson suggested there be a meeting together with Emmett Dobey, the county's director of community development, to dis- cuss the matter. Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Complete Line of Memorial Markers Available for sale" Burial and Cremation Lots, Columbariums, Liners, Vaults Phone 426-2152. Fax -5615 raigned on Wednesday, June 27. He entered not-guilty pleas to charges of burglary in the second degree and malicious mischief in the first degree and is scheduled fbr an omnibus hearing on July 30, a pretrial hearing on August 27 and trial during the jury term beginning September 11. Eastman was arraigned on Monday, July 2, and entered not-guilty pleas to charges of burglary in the second degree and malicious mischief in the first degree. He is scheduled for an omnibus hearing on July 30, a pretrial hearing on August 27 and trial during the jury term beginning September 11. Another 18-year-old was ar- rested in connection with the vandalism at the commons. Ja- cob Daniel Sanford of 610 Ay- cliffe Drive, Shelton, was identi- fied on June 28 in an investiga- tion of burglary in the second de- gree. He appeared in court with an attorney. Court Commissioner Richard Adamson scheduled arraignment for July 13. He ordered Sanford to have no contact with potential codefendants and said he cannot go on North Mason School Dis- trict properties. ACCORDING TO court doc- uments, Morrow allegedly ad- mitted participating in a break- in June 14 at the North Mason High School commons area and identified the other participants as Babbitt, Eastman and San- ford. The vandalism resulted in $13,000 damage according to the probable-cause statement. Mor- raw reportedly said it was "a high school prank that got out of hand." Morrow also allegedly partici- pated with Meurs and Babbitt in "burning the image of a large penis, between 10 to 20 feet in length into the football field us- ing an accelerant causing over $2,500 in damage," according to the arrest affidavit. Babbitt, Swenson, Meurs, Remington and Need are accused of breaking into the North Ma- son bus garage in May and caus- ing more than $2,500 in damage to several buses. Babbitt, Meurs, Swenson, Remington and Need are all graduates of the Class of 2007 at NMHS. School superintendent Tom Kelly commented in a press re- lease that he was "saddened" by the incident in the commons, add- ing that "our students, staff and community deserve better. The vast majority of our students are good citizens. This destructive behavior is totally unacceptable and not reflective of our commu- nity at large." Sheriff Casey Salisbury said the vandalism investigations were a priority. "The senseless damage caused at North Mason High School is not just a prank. Serious crimes were committed and the Mason County Sheriffs Office made it a priority to bring the perpetrators to justice." A tour of gm dens goes with th flow The county's annual garden tour will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 14. Sponsored by the Master Gar- deners of the Mason County Ex- tension of Washington State Uni- versity, the tour will feature seven gardens. Three are in the Shelton area and four at Alderbrook Golf and Yacht Club. Each garden con- tains a water feature. Tickets cost $12 and are avail- able at the following locations: Sage Book Store, 116 West Rail- road Avenue; Lynch Creek Floral, 331 West Railroad Avenue; Fergu- son's Flowers, 627 West Railroad Avenue; Lost Lake Nursery, 66 SE Lynch Road; Oakland Bay Garden Center, 5962 East State Route 3; Sharon's Garden Center, 920 East Johns Prairie Road; Cameo Bou- tique, 6843 East State Route 106, Union; Laurie's Hoodsport Gift & Liquor, 24230 Highway 101; The Trading Post Liquor & Gifts in AI- lyn; AG 3 Garden Center in Bel- fair; Valley Nursery, McLendon's Hardware; Harstine Island Farm- ers' Market; Shelton Farmers' Market; and Oakland Bay Organic Farm. Margaret "Peggy" Ann Hildebrandt died of complications due to pancreatic cancer on Thursday, June 28, at Fir Lane Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was 58 and lived in Burlington for 13 years. She was born on October 2, 1948 in Shelton, WA to Dwight and Francis (Fredson) Southmayd. She spent her elementary years in the Seattle suburb of Shoreline returning to Shelton to graduate from Shelton High School, married Kieth Hildebrandt and raised three kids to adulthood. She then moved to the city of Burlington with her husband and lived the remainder of her life there. The portion of her heart that didn't follow her husband north remained in Shelton with her family. Peggy was a wife and a mother in the truest sense. Family to her wasn't just kin and blood, but friends, pets, neighbors, and even friends of her children or children of her friends and family. She was a sympathetic ear, biggest fan, your greatest defender and the binder that held our family together. She loved to watch her kids do what they loved and supported her husband in his many adventures. While gold prospecting was a recent pastime, watching the Mariners, reading, baking and showing infinite love to her canine companions was how she spent her days. Surviving are husband Kieth Hildebrandt of Burlington, WA; daughter Tracy Hildebrandt of Shelton, WA; son Gene Hildebrandt of Matlock, WA; son Jud Hildebrandt and wife Marian of Shelton, WA; grandchildren Tyler Hildebrandt, Tia and Tawin Avery; sister Kathy Look of Shelton, WA; sister Mary Jane Thompson of Olympia, WA; brother Lynn Southmayd of Shelton, WA; uncles Ken and Bill Fredson of Shelton, WA; aunts Mary Coleman and Jane Lange of Olympia, WA; aunt Alice Hildebrandt of Shelton, WA. A graveside service will be held on Monday, July 9, at 2:00 pm at Shelton Memorial Park. Reverend Richard Parle will officiate. Arrangements are by McComb Funeral Home of Shelton. ~ Paid Obituary Notice ~ Thursday, July 5, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 11