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Hoodsport Continued from page A-1 said traffic was flowing smoothly through the town. "There was a lot of coordi- nation to do with traffic con- trol and shuttles." he said. "Traffic was flowing and pretty heavy on Friday eve- ning. It was perfect." The Hood Canal Kiwanis saw large numbers at its annual Kiwanis Breakfast on Saturday morning, Vice- President Carl Parker said. "I was hoping for 300. but 280 is more than we've had in the past," he said. "The breakfast went quite well, I'm really proud of our peo- ple. It was a complete suc- cess." Final figures for how much the breakfast brought in were not yet available, however Parker said the money would all go into the Kiwanis' administrative fund: "From there, the money is distributed to the children of Hood Canal for scholarships and special programs," he said. He attributed the success of the breakfast and other Kiwanis events to the people ~nvolved. "The key to our successful programs is that everyone jumps in and gets the job done," Parker said. He said the Kiwanis in- vited all 45 vendors to at- tend the breakfast and that nearly all of them showed up, "The weather was per- fect," Parker added. The Hoodsport Timber- land Regional Library book sale also saw large groups of people on Saturday. "The book sale went "A Jot of people commented this year's show was one of the better ones we've had," very well," manager Nan- cy Triplett said. "We were busy." Triplett estimated the sale brought in $500 to the library but said final figures were not yet available." "In the past, we've made a lot more than that but you have to consider e-readers and other methods people use now," she said. "That's not a bad amount, though." She said shoppers ranged from small children to older adults and that they looked through books from every genre of fiction and nonfiction. Saturday concluded with a 15-20 Minute fireworks show put on by Hoodsport pyrotechnic operator Nell Turney. "This show's been going on for more than 20 years," Turney said. He said the Celebrate Hoodsport organizers choose which fireworks they want from Entertainment Fire- works, who puts together the package. Turney transports _the fireworks and lights them off by hand, with the exception of the finale. Prior to the show, canis- ters of 4-inch mortars lined the dock at the Port of Hood- sport. Turney said there were 170 shells for the main show and 405 shells for the finale. The finale was 100 shells and 150 shells in mul- tishot cakes, he said, and shot off by remote. "With the finale, we'll light the smaller stuff and then the bigger stuff." Tur- ney said prior to the show. He said he prefers to put on a faster show for the crowds. "I'd rather put on an in- tense 15-minute show than a slow 20-minute show with dead sky," Turney said. The 4-inch mortars, which can shoot as high as 400- feet into the sky, had quick match starts that burn at a rate of 600-feet per second Turney said the show was not timed to music because that takes weeks of planning and would have required closing the port for all of the set-up. "There's no way we could've delayed crabhing for weeks," Turney said. "We had four hours to set this up." The show was set up by Turney, his crew of people and volunteers from the Hoodspor[ area. "Everybody rallies around the show here and wants somebody local to put it to- gether," Turney said. "It's a lot of fun." Mason County Fire dis- tricts 1, 17 and 18 as well as Medic 1 were at the Port of Hoodsport in case of emer- gencies, however the. show went off without incident. "A lot of people have com- mented this year's show was one of the better ones we've had," Benavente said. With the Fourth falling on a Thursday next year, Be- navente said organizers are looking forward to tke 28th Celebrate Hoodsport, as Friday will be a holiday for many people. Courtesy of Mike Rimkus When firefighters opened the oven in 36 W. Wivell Road, freworks, wood debris, a hat and a black belt ignited as the oven was set at 550 degrees Fahrenheit on Saturday. Fire Continued from page A-1 the building's fire alarm was going off. "We discovered the source of the fire was the stove, which had fire- works, wood debris and a hat in it and was turned to 550 degrees." Lo- ertscher said. "The fire was put out with a fire extinguisher. The house was heavily damaged by vandalism." While searching the house to de- termine if anyone was inside. Mason County Sheriffs Office deputies no- ticed heavy damage in the house. "Approximately 10 double pained windows were broken and the slid- ing glass door in the rear of the house was broken." the declaration of prob- able cause states. "All the walls had huge holes that you could see through them to the next rooms. Numerous items had been thrown outside in the front and back. Knives had been thrown into the wall." When the deputies entered the kitchen, they discovered the oven was very hot and set at 550 degrees Fahr- enheit - its highest setting. A car parked at the house was reg- istered to Falter, who was seen shortly after the fire walking on Cloquallum Road "wielding a short sword and ap- peared to have blood on his pants" the declaration of probable cause states. When deputies arrived at Cloqual- lum Road. they could see the short sword in Falter's hands. He was told to drop the sword and lay flat on the ground, which he did. After being restrained, the decla- ration of probable cause states that Falter told the deputies that he "was trying co make his way to Steven's Restaurant to see God." Falter identi- fied God as a woman named Megan who was going to be his new wife. Falter had a laceration on his right Achille's tendon. Mike Donahue, the property owner of 36 W. Wivell Road, told deputies he wanted to pursue charges after learn- ing of the damage to the property and that Falter had tried to start a fire in the oven. According to police reports, when firefighters opened the oven "a ball of flame came shooting out...there was fireworks, a black belt, wood and some other clothing inside indicating that Jason was attempting to burn the house down." Ilin il By NATALIE JOHNSON ~tatc, die@~a~'o~cout~ty,con~ Olympic National Fores;t Officials closed Mt. Ellino¢ Trail No. 812 last Tuesday in the interest of public safety, after individuals reported several encounters with ag- gressive mountain goats. The [rail is located in the Hood Canal District of the Olympic National Forest. about 18 miles northwest of Hoodsport on Forest Road 2419. "Mt. Ellinor is a very popu- lar destination for hikers and we (were) expecting a lot of visitors for the Fourth of July holiday," a press release from. the Olympic National Forest stated last week. CliffRice, Research Scien- tist with the Washington De- partment of Fish and Wild- life, said goats at Mt. Ellinor have become accustomed to humans in their habitat, and are less likely to avoid en- counters. "It's a highly precaution- arc measure," he said. In 2010, a hiker was killed in the Olympic National Park after being gored in the leg by a mountain goat. "Mountain goats are pow- erful, inquisitive, wild ani- mals, but they are not gen- erally aggressive by nature." said Wildlife Biologist Kurt Aluzas. '~e believe their re- cent behavior is because this year's deep snowpack has confined the goats to trailside areas in combination with a seasonally high demand for minerals ~ salts ~ and their ha- bituation to people." Rice said there might be other reasons the animals are approaching hikers. Olympic National Forest officials expect both the upper and lower portions of Trail No. 812 to remain closed for at least two weeks. The Upper Big Creek and Mt. Rose trails remained open. Forest staff does not plan to take any lethal action against the goats. They will monitor the situation and reevaluate the closure in two weeks to determine if it should continue. Guilty Continued from page A-3, dowfi the first deputy with his truck. This resulted in one of Ivie's assault charg- es. "I don't think there was any indication that he was trying to run those people down." Virginia ~Ivie said. "He was afraid he was going to get shot and he wanted to get his dog home." She said Ivie was driv- ing away from officers to get back to his cabin on Dow Mountain, and drop his dog and truck off there so they didn't get impounded. The back-up officer then pursued Ivie in his vehicle. After a short distance, Ivie stopped and the officer exit- ed his vehicle with his rifle. According to the depart- ment, Ivie drove his vehicle toward the officer. Fearing for his life, the deputy fired the rifle at Ivie. Ivie was hit and then drove his vehicle off an embackment. He was later transported to Mason Gen- eral Hospital by ambulance lvie's dog was also shot in the neck, Virginia Ivie said, and survived. "(The deputy) also saved his live after he shot him," she said. "I appreciate that." Dorcy said Ivie's sen- tencing has not been deter- mined, but will be a product of his offender score. He said the standard range for these convictions could be 15 to 20 years in prison for his convictions. 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