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Thursday, July 26, 2012 Week 30 m The Voice of Mason County since 1886 -- Published for Mason County and Svein Gilje of Seattle -- $1 [] [] Attempted murder among charges after 'random' Burger King attack By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@masoncounty.com Shelton man Jacob Curtis, 18, was charged with attempted murder in the first degree Friday in Mason County Superior Court after a woman was stabbed several times early that morn- ing at the Shelton Burger King, Shelton police officers responded to reports of a robbery at the East Wallace Kneeland Boulevard Burger King at 2:30 a.m. Friday to find an employee of the restaurant had been stabbed. Authorities say the employee, Elaine Keck, was attacked outside the restaurant as she left work for the night. Curtis allegedly approached her and stabbed her with a weapon he brought See Stabbing on page A-6 Journa onoIos By Natahe Johnson Volunteer Chris Messner, center, leads a discussion on marine life at the Lilliwaup Community Club's annual day camp on July 19. The camp offers opportunities for children to learn about marine life and survival and includes hiking and kayaking activities all at no cost to participants. Lilliwaup day camp gets children out of the house By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@ masoncounry.com Each summer, the Lilliwaup Commu- nity Club provides a day camp to get local kids out of the house and on to the beach. This year's one-day camp was held on July 19. The event was sponsored by the Lilliwaup Community Club and Hood Canal Kiwanis and was free to partici= pants. Between 60 and 65 students from sec- ond to fifth grade sign up for the camp, hosted at Camp Robbinswold, a Girl Scout facility north of Eldon on Hood Ca- nal. "We take those 60 to 65 kids and we break them down into four groups," coor- dinator Kerry Fraser said. For the last seven years second, third See Camp on page A-7 Day campers mark the progression of the incoming tide during the Lilliwaup Community Club's annual day camp. Burke gets 5-year sentence Prison for driver of May crash that killed Terra Dittmer, 38 By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@rnasoncoun Cy,com Dylan J. Burke. 25, was sentenced Tuesday in Ma- son County Superior Court to 64 months, or five years. in prison for vehicular homi- cide and vehicular assault. Burke spoke ~o the court during his sentencing hear- ing Tuesday morning. "Nothing as going to change what happened that night." he said. "I'm willing ~o man up and face the conse- quences. All I can really do is apologize for what it's worth." On May 15, Burke at- tended the 21st birthday party for his friend Cody R. Laney at the Towne Pub and Dell in Shelton. Burke was the desig- nated driver, and shortly after midnight while driv- ing Laney, Jason J. Brown. 31, and Terra Dittmer, 38, home m Dittmer's 2003 Mercedes, he crashed into a tree on Mikkelsen Road near Shelton. Dittmer was killed in the crash. Laney suffered a bro- ken leg and internal bleed- ing and was airlifted to Har- borview Medical Center in Seattle. Brown and Burke were treated for injuries at Mason General Hospital and released. According to Mason County Prosecutor Mike Dorcy, Burke had a .12 blood alcohol level at the time of the crash. The blood sample was obtained from the drivers' side airbag and is a match to Burke's DNA. Washington state's legal blood alcohol limit while driving is .08. Burke turned himself in ~wo days after the crash and was charged with one count of vehicular homicide and ~wo counts of vehicular as- sault. See Sentence on page A-6 Candidate forum brings county commission candidates together By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@mas°nc°unty'c°m On July 18, Mason Coun- ty voters had a chance to meet and question the ,more than one dozen candidates for county commissioner in districts 1, 2 and 3. "Tonight we're going to be talking about the biggest job in the county and expe- rience does matter," said Randy Neatherlin, who is running in Commissioner District 1. Neatherlin characterized the possibility of electing three entirely new county commissioners as voters "hitting the reset button." The event was co-host- ed by the Mason County League of Women Voters, Shelton Mason County Chamber of Commerce and the Green Diamond Re- source Company and took place at Oakland Bay Ju- nior High School. Heidi Mc- Cutcheon, executive direc- tor of the Shelton Mason merce, moderated the even~, Eleven of the 13 candi- dates running for Mason County Commissioner at- tended the forum. Each of the candidates was invited to gave opening and closing statements, am swered three questions pre- pared by the event sponsors, and also answered ques- tions submitted by mem- County Chamber of Com- bers of the public before the forum began. Mason County Commis- stoner District 1 includes much of the north end of the county, from the Pickering area up to Belfair on State Route 3, and across Hood Canal to Twanoh, Dewatto Tiger Lake and Tahuya. Three of the four candidates. Neatherlin, who states no party preference, Denny Hamilton (D), and Traws Couture (R) attended. Doug Ellingson (I) did not attend the forum. Each of the district 1 can- didates, spoke about jobs and the economy as well as other issues relevant to Ma- son County and particularly the district, such as infra- structure growth. Couture focused on the See Forum on page A-7