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Arson Continued from page A-t Initial l'eports showed that the first 911 call reported the structure fire at 5:14 a.m. However, an earlier distur- bance call was discovered from 2:41 a.m. "We recently became aware of the first complaint and we're looking into why there was no response," Mason County Sheriffs Office Chief Deputy Dean Byrd said. In the disturbance call, Falter's neighbor Derek McLaughlin called to report that someone in the house next door was banging and breaking win- dows and pounding on walls. McLaugh- lin reported that the noise was keeping him and his parents awake and stated he did not know if the child who lives there was home or not. Falter's wife. Jessica Falter. had taken the couple's 5-year-old daugh- ter camping for the night, but stated in an interview with the Shelton-Ma- son County Journal that she was con- cerned there was no response when the original call came in suggesting there was a possibility of a child being in the house. "We are actively investigating," Byrd said. Falter's parents, Margaret and Dave Falter of Olympia, said Falter was diagnosed with bipolar disorder 1 when he was in his early 20s. In a letter to the Journal. Falter's mother said the only doctor he could find to help with his mental illness, be- cause of his insurance coverage, was a physician assistant at a walk-in clinic. "This particular person did not re- ally have the knowledge to manage his mental illness and I'm surprised he did not help Jason to find someone that could manage his illness," she wrote. "This physician assistant even took him off one of his medications that was prescribed for him in the hos- pital, because he did not like the test results from his blood level test." She wrote that taking Falter off this medication, without doing it slowly, could cause severe problems with a mental health patient. "On July 6, my husband and I talk- ed (Jason) into going to ~ProvidenceJ St. Peter Hospital (in Olympia) to get evaluated and to have his medication levels checked," Margaret Falter wrote to the Journal. "They did not invite us to go back with Jason. so we could not speak with the doctors and tell them our concerns. We would have asked them to admit him into the mental health ward." She wrote that Falter was m the emergency room from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. when he was released with hos- pital officials saying "his levels were OK." Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia confirmed that Falter did check in to the ER and was released. However, due to Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPAJ laws. the hospital could not state what day or even what time Fal- ter was there. Dave Falter said when his son's bi- polar disorder symptoms come on, he gets either manic or depressed. "He seemed to start having more trouble when he was taken off one medication," he said. Both of Falter's parents stated he does not clearly remember his actions on July 7. Falter is scheduled to appear in Ma- son County Superior Court on Mon- day, however Ronald Sergi, his court- appointed defense attorney, said the court has order a compentency evalua- tion fi'om Western State Hospital. "If the evaluation is back and Ja- son is competent, we'll enter a not guilty plea and proceed from there," Sergi said. "If it comes back and he is not competent. Western State will be given the opportunity to try to restore competency. Then the case will start. Everything is on hold right now." Sergi said there is not currently a mental health court in Mason County such as the one Thurston County. Ma- son County plans to use revenue gen- erated from the mental health sales tax approved by voters last year to eventually form a mental health court. "If (Jason's) just incarcerated, it won't do him any good," Dave Falter said. "He'll get out and have no where to go and end up sleeping under the bridges." Dave Falter said when his son's bi- polar disorder is not affecting him, his son is "the funniest kid and he's great to be around." u in Lawsuit Continued from page A-1 when negotiating contracts for operation and design of solid waste facilities, but is not necessary in contracts related to hauling garbage. For that reason, Whitehead argued that the county was within its authority to ne- gotiate a contract with the company without taking bids. The contract between the county and Allied Waste was first negotiated in Au- gust 1993 for a five-year term with options to renew for three additional five- year terms• On June 5. the county commission voted 2-0. with Commissioner Lynda Ring Erickson abstaining, to ap- prove a contract extension with the garbage hauling company ,for seven years with an option to renew for an additional three years. The contract states that the county will be charged $56 per ton for trailer weights under 26 tons and $35 per ton for trailer wmghts of more than 26 tons. Various estimates have placed the value of the contract over its life at be- tween $10 million and $15 million. Whitehead also present- ed an argument to the court that the petitioners. Advo- cates for Responsible Gov- ernment, do not have stand- ing in the case. "They can't show that they have an... interest that's greater than the pub- lic's." he said. "The court thought that was a valid is- sue." After listening to the ar- guments, Godfrey told the court he planned to take time to consider the issues presented at the hearing. "It's not clear cut within the law." Whitehead said. However. Hagen said Godfrey agreed with his cli- ents that the contract is in fact a new contract, not an extension on the original contract. "He specifically told the • county that he was not buy- ing their claim that this was an extension to the con- tract." Hagen said. The next hearing on the matter is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 10 at Grays Harbor Superior Court. Repairs Continued from page A-1 bit and is now directly in the way of the wall we want to put there." Crews will have to re- move the crib wall before they can begin constructing the stronger, "soldier wall," a new retaining wall DOT representatives say will pre- vent future washouts, and stabilize State Route 3 far into the future. The new soldier walls will include pilings that crews will drill 60 feet into the hillside to stabilize the road. The new soldier walls will tie into retaining walls installed in 1993 after a similar event. After heavy rains that year, a portion of the existing retaining wall failed and the DOT put in soldier walls with 30-foot pilings. "Twenty years later we had the same type of fail- ure," Ireland said. "This will solve the problem at this lo- cation." After drilling the 60-foot piles for the new soldier wall into the hillside, crews will permanently anchor the pilings. After the retaining wall is Courtesy photo This photo, provided by the Washington State Department of Transportation, shows damage done to a retaining wall on State Route 3 near Shelton. complete, crews will backfill and repave the road, remov- ing the temporary widening. Complete road closures should be rare, Ireland said, and if projected to take lon- ger than 15 minutes, they will be completed between the hours of 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. "We believe we have enough room that we won't need to do extensive clo- sures," Ireland said. "We want to minimize the im- pact to the traveling public." The total length of the af- fected roadway is 250 feet. The DOT estimates 9,400 vehicles cross that part of State Route 3 in a 24-hour period. Half the Time, a most Half the Price... 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