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J Thursday, July 20, 2023 Fire board . aims to grow By Matt Baide ma z‘t@masoncounty. com Central Mason Fire & EMS has a ballot measure Aug. 1 to expand its board of commis— sioners to five members. “We are a growing department and we are covering a lot of extra ground and having more representation across our entire district will better serve our community and our citizens,” CMFE executive secretary Norma Brock told the Journal. ‘ The board had six commissioners after the merger with Fire District 11 brought in the three commissioners from Island Lake Fire. By law, it has to be reduced to three because it was what the voters approved for CMFE. If the Aug. 1 ballot measure passes and increases the number to five, it would allow two commis— sioners to stay and complete the five—member board. All five positions would be considered at— large and people within the fire district would be eligible to run for a commissioner seat. Dan Hora was a commissioner for Fire Dis- trict 11, but he announced his retirement at the June 21 CMFE commissioner meeting, leaving five commissioners who would be in place ifthe ballot measure passes. Kelly Frazier and Kev- in Ward were the two commissioners from Fire District 11 who are still commissioners, along with commission chair Steve Pierce, Tom Tay— lor and Pete Butkus. According to Brock, the terms of Butkus and Frazier are set to expire this year, and if the measure is approved, they would be up for elec- tion next year. If not, the two commissioners would not be retained after Jan. 1. Division Chief of Logistics Brandon Sea rles, former Fire District 11 chief, said the merger has been great. “We were already working together very closely over the years and this just made it seamless and now we’re just one big happy family,” Searles told the Journal. Since the merger June 1, CMFE has been busy. see BOARD, page 11 Allyn Days Festival volunteers prep salmon during the Allyn Days Salmon Bake and Geoduck Festival on Saturday at Allyn Waterfront Park. See more photos of the festival on page 36. Journal photo by Matt Baide SHELTON—MASON COUNTY ourna liillllllll‘li‘i‘“'iii‘l'l'lmlll‘lti’l‘lll'lll‘lllll'l'lll'll' SHHTON The Voice of Mason County Since 1886 Vol. 137, No.29 New home for vets *******st*******CAR_RT LOT**C 005 SMALL TOWN PAPERS 927 W RAELROAD AVE WA 985843847 ego 8—22 8-160. Lonnie Spikes Jr., the vice president of the board of directors of Quixote Communities, addresses. an audience at the grand opening of the Shelton Veterans Village on Tuesday on North 13th Street in Shelton. About 150 people attended the event. Journal photo by Gordon Weeks Homeless veteran village finally opens in Shelton ByéordonWeeks 7' ' (Nae: .4, {c.ciC'l{COL/[it"LCONl About six years after it was pro- posed, the Shelton Voterans Vil— lage finally opened its doors Tues— day to about 150 people celebrating the new residence for 30 homeless Mason County veterans. The nonprofit organization Quixote Communities operates the village on North 13th Street across from Christmas Village. It features seven four-plexes, one duplex and a community building that includes a laundry room, two bathrooms, three offices and a boardroom. The group also has homeless villages in Orting and Olympia. In email to the Journal, tit Quinnnmitics Fl.«n,*cuti‘.’e Director Colleen Carmichael said the group is waiting to receive a certificate of occupancy from the City of Shelton before residents can move into the units. “We do not have a wait list as all of our veteran residents need to go through coordinated entry,” she wrote. “We are actively working with agencies in the area to get po- tential clients into the coordinated entry system.” At the ceremony, Carmichael told the audience the village “has been a labor of love for our associa- tion.” For veterans, “your service you gave to this country deserves By Matt Baide matt@masoncounty.com the fire station in Matlock. day.» I lllll Illllllllll 8 "53263 00111 Three sentenced for murder in Tahuya DINSIDE_THIVSWEEK j _ ~ : 3 Movies in the Park is a hit in Shelton _ Commissioner chair Albert Wilder resigned from Mason County Fire District 12 at Tuesday’s regular meeting at “At the conclusion of this day, I am resigning as a com— missioner,” Wilder said right before the end of the meet- ing. “1 will continue to serve the community as a volun— teer firefighter and EMT, but as far as the commissioner, I am resigning at the end ofthis Wilder joins two other Fire this,” she said. Lonnie Spikes Jr., the vice president of Quixote Communities ' board of directors, called the vil- lage “a small dip in a whole ocean of homelessness but as long as you move forward, that’s the point.” . The project has faced many hurdles. “For a time, we weren’t sure it was going to happen,” Jaycie Os- terberg—Brown, associate director of Quixote Communities, told the audience. The nonprofit received a $1 mil- lion grant from the Washington see VILLAGE, page 8 Fire 12 resignation 12 commissioners, John Pais and Brian Jutson, who have resigned. All three still face a recall vote because their names are on the Aug. 1 ballot. The commissioners re- viewed two separate nepotism policies during the meeting. Wilder is the father of com- missioner .Kelli Walsworth, and Walsworth is married to fire chief Bryan Walsworth. The nepotism policy Was not voted on and adopted dur— ing the meeting, but the poli— cies reviewed are posted on the Fire District 12 website. see FIRE 12, page 11 Port of Allyn makes plans to deal with dock sea lions e r ‘ v