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Hoodsport
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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
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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."
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By NATALIE JOHNSON
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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
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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.
Because some of the as-
sault charges lvie was con-
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victed of overlap, he will be
sentenced based on guilty
verdicts on two charges of
assault in the first degree,
one charge of assault in the
third degree, felony eluding
of a police officer and one
charge of theft in the second
degree.
The sentence could ex-
tend past the estimated 15
to 20 years because of the
aggravated nature of the
assaults, Dorcy said.
"They were committed
against a police officer in
the course Of his duty," he
said.
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