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IT'S ENJOYMENT ALFRESCO downtown each Thurs-
day evening. Last week's Prohibition Jazz Band (at
top) delights a parkfui of fans who (above) listen laid
back or (right) groove to new heights. ....
Guard band to play
in Post Office Park
It's almost as if Don Smith of the 133rd Army
National Guard Band is coming home when his
entourage plays for tonight's "Music in the Park"
series.
Although Smith is not from Shelton, his par-
ents moved here in 1967 and his mother has
lived here since. Smith said Shelton is "a nice lit-
theme and Disney's "Mulan," and favorites from
the 1940s such as "In the Mood."
Smith said the band consists of "weekend war-
riors," but instead of wearing camouflage and
practicing warfare in Yakima, the band plays its
music. He added that the band is extremely busy
due to military cutbacks.
tie town" and he was happy to,,be able to accom- "More communities would like u tn ha in
' . * , "* ........... -
modate the Oldv Towm eltoAssovtat s ra 7, 7 volv¢l witbtheir events, but the military-band
quest for a performance, program has been down-sized and there are
Smith, a 30-year-member of the National
Guard but only a six-year veteran of the guard
band, plays the trumpet, baritone horn, trom-
bone and drums. He calls himself a "jack of all
instruments but master of none."
The group is really three bands: a concert
band of more than 40 members, a 20-member
stage band and a small combo band.
The guard band plays patriotic tunes such as
"Stars and Stripes Forever" and "The National
Anthem," such movie music as the "Star Wars"
more requests than we can meet," Smith ex-
plained. "We're free, so the price is right for
small communities."
This year's schedule included Camas, Fircrest
in Seattle, Ballard, Bremerton, Whidbey Island
Naval Air Station, Anacortes, Bellingham and
the Puyallup Fair.
"We'll be near the end of our travel schedule
when we play at 'Music in the Park,' and we'll
really be getting good," Smith said laughing.
WSP puts taxis on highways
to combat aggressive driving
The Washington State Patrol is
adding 10 vehicles to its Aggres-
sive Driver Apprehension Team.
The vehicles are designed to
look like taxis. The unmarked
cars are part of an effort target-
ing aggressive drivers and those
involved in incidents of "road
rage."
"We want people to think every
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$91,500. 1,418 sq.ft., 3 bedroom, 2
bath, handicap amenities, patio with
hot tub, appliances, landscaping, gar-
den. Call 426-8513 for appointment.
B7/29
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE Advisor. New
opening in well-equipped shop. Accept-
ing applications. Outstanding earning
potential. Must have verifiable trade
experience. All inquiries confidential.
For interview, call 426-2271. D7/29-8/5
GARAGE SALE, Saturday only, 8:30
a.m.-4 p.m. 120 SE Mill Creek Ridge W.
F7/29
MOVING SALE, Saturday only, g a.m.-
4 p.m. 2581 SE Old Olympic Hwy., Ka-
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misc. K7/29
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Ridge Road. Friday/Saturday, 9 a.m.-3
p.m. Lots of good stuff. R7/29
FULL-BLOOD cocker spaniel, 4 years
old, blonde female, Needs good home.
Call 426,5084. $7129
taxi could be a trooper, or at least
be thinking about their driving,"
said WSP Chief Annette Sand-
bbrg.
She said none of the vehicles
will look like the typical un-
marked trooper vehicle but rather
gram stopped a total of 3,062 mo-
torists for aggressive driving, re-
sulting in 2,148 citations. These
included 22 for reckless driving,
97 for negligent driving, 1,128 for
speeding, 19 for driving under the
influence and 11 for failure to use
like any other vehicle going down seat belts.
the road.
A total of 12 vehicles will be as-
signed to the duty throughout the
state. The majority will be going
to areas along the Interstate 5
corridor.
The goals of the program are to
reduce road rage and aggressive
driving and to increase the use of
seat belts on state and interstate
highways.
From July to December of last
year, troopers assigned to the pro-
"Aggressive driver behavior
and road rage remain a signifi-
cant public safety concern for the
citizens of Washington State,"
Sandberg said.
A study completed in 1998
found that nearly one-third of
Washington's drivers have been
victims of road rage and that 68
percent of the drivers believe the
situation on the state's highways
has become worse.
WCC airs shooting hours
The Washington Corrections
Center has announced nighttime
hours for weapons qualification.
Gunfire at the shooting range
near WCC is scheduled for Au-
gust 4, August 10, August 16, Au-
gust 22, August 26, September 1
and September 8.
Folks who hear shooting north
of Shelton between 11 p.m. and 5
a.m. on those dates can assume
that what they're hearing is rou-
tine practice, says WCC's spokes-
man Alan Adams.
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Center
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Shelton, WA 98584 Dan Moldenhauer, owner
Page 10- Shelton-Mason County Journal- Thursday, July 29, 1999
Skokomish River dispute:
Count 3" gets pro t:ection order
againsl: Parsons after hearing
Skokomish Valley resident
Guy Parsons will have to stay
away from a Mason County en-
gineer and other public works
employees for the next year as the
result of an order of protection
Judge Victoria Meadows signed
Friday in Mason County District
Court.
Mason County Deputy Prose-
cutor Mike Cliff, who presented
the case for petitioner Rich Geig-
er, said this is the first time the
county has gone to court seeking
an order for protection from un-
lawful harassment on behalf of
an employee.
Parsons, a Bambi Farms
Road resident who has objected to
work done in December 1997 at
his property to prevent bank ero-
sion on the Skokomish River,
contested the petition on the
grounds that Geiger was tres-
passing on his property.
ATTORNEY Barnett Kalikow
of Olympia, who represented
Parsons in court, drafted a June
16 letter informing the county
that no one acting on its behalf
could enter Guy and Martha
Parsons' property. A December
1997 bank armorment project
must be repaired or replaced be-
cause of substandard work, the
Parsonses claimed in the same
letter. They are suing the county
over the project.
The 1997 emergency repair
was done by.the public works de-
partment at the direction of the
Skokomish Flood Control Zone
District Board under a U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers per-
mit. This May the Corps of En-
gineers issued an enforcement
letter to the county stating the
project needed maintenance and
repair work.
The events which led to Geig-
er's petition occurred on July 8
when he went to the river to take
measurements for an engi-
neered log-jam project author-
ized by the flood board in May
and other pending river work.
He testified t last week' ha-
ing that as he drove down Bambi
Farms Road he saw Parsons and
his daughter near the Parsonses'
fence line. The daughter was
holding a rifle, he said.
"I was on Simpson property,"
Geiger said of his position on the
river. "He came up to me moving
pretty fast. Mr. Parsons said, 'I
told you to keep off my proper-
ty.' " He described Parsons as
"real agitated. I've never seen
him that upset since I've known
him."
PARSONS TOLD Geiger he
was dressed inappropriately,
Geiger continued, and asked
him "Don't you think you're out
of your element?" After other in-
sults and profanity, Geiger said,
Parsons threatened to call the
sheriff if he did not leave.
Although he was very con-
cerned, Geiger said he tried to be
calm. He said he recalled think-
ing if he didn't leave imme-
diately Parsons might do some-
thing physical.
As he was leaving, Parsons
came after him with erosion-
control stakes taken from the
river and told him Mason Coun-
ty needed to get its materials out
of the river, Geiger testified.
JUDGE MEADOWS allowed
information which Geiger heard
about Parsons from others to
show the engineer's state of mind
in terms of emotional distress.
Geiger testified he had been
informed in telephone conversa-
tions by Ron Gold, Parsons'
neighbor and a contractor on the
'97 bank project, and Tom
Schreiber, another neighbor and
Gold's employee, that Mr. Par-
sons was patrolling his property
with a rifle to protect baby goats
from stray dogs and that they had
heard gunfire from the property.
"When I first heard this I didn't
believe it," Geiger recalled. "I
thought they were upset or exag-
gerating."
Referring to testimony that
Parsons suffered from hepatitis
C, Kalikow inquired, "Were you
aware he was ill and weak?"
"I was not aware," Geiger re-
Class of'51 plans
reunion schedule
The Irene S. Reed High School
Class of 1951 will hold its 48-year
reunion on the weekend of Au-
gust 20-22 in Shelton.
On Friday, August 20, cock-
tails and dinner are in store for
early birds at the Shelton Elks
Lodge on Craig Road. The activi-
ty, says'spokesperson James Mc-
Elroy, was organized to provide a
meeting place for classmates and
spouses traveling from out of the
area. However, all classmates are
invited and encouraged to attend,
McElroy emphasized.
The main hall of the Shelton
Moose Lodge is reserved for the
reunion banquet and party which
will begin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday,
August 21, with a social hour.
Dinner is set for 7 p.m. and enter-
tainment and dancing will begin
at 9 p.m.
Chuck and Judi Manke have
invited their classmates to their
Hood Canal home for a picnic,
more socializing and tall-tale-tell-
ing on Sunday afternoon, August
22. The gathering will begin at 1
p.m.
Reservations for the 48-year
get-together of what McElroy
calls "old 'Climbers" and their
"mellowed classmates" can be
made by calling McElroy at 427-
2617 or Lois Bernert Hunter at
426-4887.
sponded. "I was quite alarmed by
his vigor."
NEXT TO take the stand for
Parsons was Martha Parsons,
the respondent's wife, who testi-
fied to the arrival of three sher-
iffs deputies July I0 to serve pa-
pers about the hearing. Kalikow
contended, "My clients are being
harassed. This show of force was
out of bounds. It put my clients at
great fear."
Shannie Parsons, the re-
spondent's 13-year-old daughter,
said she was holding an unload-
ed rifle while her dad cut down a
tree when she saw the public
works car drive in. Her dad said
he was going down to the river
and she took the rifle to the barn,
she said.
She identified the stakes
which, she said, her dad pulled
from the river and later handed
to Geiger. "Keep out Mason
County" was written in her dad's
handwriting on the stakes, she
said.
Her dad was not angry, she
said, adding, "I know he didn't
like Rich .... But he would never
do anything to harm him."
Before taking the stand Par-
sons was warned by Judge
Meadows that criminal charges
may be filed over the removal of
the county stakes. "I never
threatened Geiger or any other
public officials," Parsons stated.
Parsons began testimony by
noting he had begun patrolling
with a rifle when his goats were
out because Schreiber and Gold
both had dogs that attack the
goats. Parsons said he reported
the problem to animal-control
authorities.
When he saw the county car,
Parsons said, he told his daugh-
ter, "I need to go down to the river
and see what that man's up to."
He said he first saw Geiger on a
neighbor's property, then on the
river bar "right where the Corps
told him not to be," he said.
His sense of his property lines
was based on Visual observations
and a Mason Conservation Dis-
trict map prepared by conserva-
tion district staffer Mike Mad-
sen, he said.
CROSS-EXAMINING Par-
sons, Clift asked if he was angry
about his illness. "No, my ill-
ness doesn't make me angry.
Other people do," Parsons said.
"I think it's a conspiracy, sir.
Ron Gold and Tom Schreiber,
Mr. Geiger, the public works de-
partment - all are in a conspira-
cy against me."
When Clift inquired why he
confronted Geiger, Parsons ex-
plained, "I thought he was getting
ready to trespass on my land."
Asked why he didn't believe
Geiger when Geiger claimed he
was not on his property, Parsons
claimed, "He's a habitual liar."
In closing, Kalikow mai'
tained Parsons never did anY'!
thing illegal and had used legsl|
means to notify county to stay |
his property. He claimed it w¢|
provocative for Geiger to be ther |
and if he was not on ParsonS[
property, then Geiger was "aW'|
fully darn close." "S |,
HE CALLED the hearing |
put-up job from the very begin'|
ning. Kalikow contended tM|
action was directed to punish the
Parsonses for complaining abe t
a job poorly done and for criticis"
ing Geiger publicly.
Before signing the erda,|
Meadows noted the rifle was [
nonissue in her ruling, and par J
sons has the right to protect |
livestock. [
However, Meadows sai&[
Geiger was on a place he legallY|
had a right to be in order to do l@|
job and Parsons initiated tl#|
confrontation. The statements l|
made, she said, were designed |
be annoying and antagoni#|
constituting harassment Tll|
way he handed over the stakes !
Geiger also was intended to |
annoying and antagonistic, tl#[
judge said.
Meadows explained the ord¢
also limits Parsons' right to beg
arms in that he can not display j
weapon when county work cre@
are on the river. Such an #
could be viewed as intimidati,
and while it is his right to 0.|
serve river work, Meadows ad|
ed, Parsons cannot take a wer[
pen with him.
MEADOWS DID modifY tl
petitioner's request that ParS0
remain 200 feet away from C
er at work because that woV
prohibit Parsons from conduC
ing necessary county busin@
Instead of restraining him fr01
Building I, Judge Meadows 0
dered any contact between P.$
sons and the public works 0
partment be through Parsons' Jq
t0rney, except in the case
emergency. .?
Additionally Parsons may ,
;ome within 100 feet of Geig¢'
e "dence, the judge ruled. _,
order is effective until July
2000.
PUD outage set
for August 12
Mason County PUD 3 has #
nounced that a power outage
scheduled for Thursday, Aug
12, which will affect customerS
Libby Road in Agate.
The outage will begin at I0
a.m. and last for approximst
two and one-half hours. ApP
imately 30 customers will be#[
feted. The purpose of the ott|
is to upgrade PUD 3 facilities.
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IT'S ENJOYMENT ALFRESCO downtown each Thurs-
day evening. Last week's Prohibition Jazz Band (at
top) delights a parkfui of fans who (above) listen laid
back or (right) groove to new heights. ....
Guard band to play
in Post Office Park
It's almost as if Don Smith of the 133rd Army
National Guard Band is coming home when his
entourage plays for tonight's "Music in the Park"
series.
Although Smith is not from Shelton, his par-
ents moved here in 1967 and his mother has
lived here since. Smith said Shelton is "a nice lit-
theme and Disney's "Mulan," and favorites from
the 1940s such as "In the Mood."
Smith said the band consists of "weekend war-
riors," but instead of wearing camouflage and
practicing warfare in Yakima, the band plays its
music. He added that the band is extremely busy
due to military cutbacks.
tie town" and he was happy to,,be able to accom- "More communities would like u tn ha in
' . * , "* ........... -
modate the Oldv Towm eltoAssovtat s ra 7, 7 volv¢l witbtheir events, but the military-band
quest for a performance, program has been down-sized and there are
Smith, a 30-year-member of the National
Guard but only a six-year veteran of the guard
band, plays the trumpet, baritone horn, trom-
bone and drums. He calls himself a "jack of all
instruments but master of none."
The group is really three bands: a concert
band of more than 40 members, a 20-member
stage band and a small combo band.
The guard band plays patriotic tunes such as
"Stars and Stripes Forever" and "The National
Anthem," such movie music as the "Star Wars"
more requests than we can meet," Smith ex-
plained. "We're free, so the price is right for
small communities."
This year's schedule included Camas, Fircrest
in Seattle, Ballard, Bremerton, Whidbey Island
Naval Air Station, Anacortes, Bellingham and
the Puyallup Fair.
"We'll be near the end of our travel schedule
when we play at 'Music in the Park,' and we'll
really be getting good," Smith said laughing.
WSP puts taxis on highways
to combat aggressive driving
The Washington State Patrol is
adding 10 vehicles to its Aggres-
sive Driver Apprehension Team.
The vehicles are designed to
look like taxis. The unmarked
cars are part of an effort target-
ing aggressive drivers and those
involved in incidents of "road
rage."
"We want people to think every
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY
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Road, lots of cover, beach access,
creek, secluded building sites. $37,500
terms. (360) 275-2708. $7/29-8/19
BY OWNER. 728 West Franklin Street,
$91,500. 1,418 sq.ft., 3 bedroom, 2
bath, handicap amenities, patio with
hot tub, appliances, landscaping, gar-
den. Call 426-8513 for appointment.
B7/29
AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE Advisor. New
opening in well-equipped shop. Accept-
ing applications. Outstanding earning
potential. Must have verifiable trade
experience. All inquiries confidential.
For interview, call 426-2271. D7/29-8/5
GARAGE SALE, Saturday only, 8:30
a.m.-4 p.m. 120 SE Mill Creek Ridge W.
F7/29
MOVING SALE, Saturday only, g a.m.-
4 p.m. 2581 SE Old Olympic Hwy., Ka-
milche. Car, boat, trailer, household,
misc. K7/29
MULTI-FAMILY garage sale; 1514
Ridge Road. Friday/Saturday, 9 a.m.-3
p.m. Lots of good stuff. R7/29
FULL-BLOOD cocker spaniel, 4 years
old, blonde female, Needs good home.
Call 426,5084. $7129
taxi could be a trooper, or at least
be thinking about their driving,"
said WSP Chief Annette Sand-
bbrg.
She said none of the vehicles
will look like the typical un-
marked trooper vehicle but rather
gram stopped a total of 3,062 mo-
torists for aggressive driving, re-
sulting in 2,148 citations. These
included 22 for reckless driving,
97 for negligent driving, 1,128 for
speeding, 19 for driving under the
influence and 11 for failure to use
like any other vehicle going down seat belts.
the road.
A total of 12 vehicles will be as-
signed to the duty throughout the
state. The majority will be going
to areas along the Interstate 5
corridor.
The goals of the program are to
reduce road rage and aggressive
driving and to increase the use of
seat belts on state and interstate
highways.
From July to December of last
year, troopers assigned to the pro-
"Aggressive driver behavior
and road rage remain a signifi-
cant public safety concern for the
citizens of Washington State,"
Sandberg said.
A study completed in 1998
found that nearly one-third of
Washington's drivers have been
victims of road rage and that 68
percent of the drivers believe the
situation on the state's highways
has become worse.
WCC airs shooting hours
The Washington Corrections
Center has announced nighttime
hours for weapons qualification.
Gunfire at the shooting range
near WCC is scheduled for Au-
gust 4, August 10, August 16, Au-
gust 22, August 26, September 1
and September 8.
Folks who hear shooting north
of Shelton between 11 p.m. and 5
a.m. on those dates can assume
that what they're hearing is rou-
tine practice, says WCC's spokes-
man Alan Adams.
-D00L
Center
AUTOMOTIVE
The Professionals
The choice of people who are particular about their cars!
2033 Olympic Highway North 426-1467
Shelton, WA 98584 Dan Moldenhauer, owner
Page 10- Shelton-Mason County Journal- Thursday, July 29, 1999
Skokomish River dispute:
Count 3" gets pro t:ection order
againsl: Parsons after hearing
Skokomish Valley resident
Guy Parsons will have to stay
away from a Mason County en-
gineer and other public works
employees for the next year as the
result of an order of protection
Judge Victoria Meadows signed
Friday in Mason County District
Court.
Mason County Deputy Prose-
cutor Mike Cliff, who presented
the case for petitioner Rich Geig-
er, said this is the first time the
county has gone to court seeking
an order for protection from un-
lawful harassment on behalf of
an employee.
Parsons, a Bambi Farms
Road resident who has objected to
work done in December 1997 at
his property to prevent bank ero-
sion on the Skokomish River,
contested the petition on the
grounds that Geiger was tres-
passing on his property.
ATTORNEY Barnett Kalikow
of Olympia, who represented
Parsons in court, drafted a June
16 letter informing the county
that no one acting on its behalf
could enter Guy and Martha
Parsons' property. A December
1997 bank armorment project
must be repaired or replaced be-
cause of substandard work, the
Parsonses claimed in the same
letter. They are suing the county
over the project.
The 1997 emergency repair
was done by.the public works de-
partment at the direction of the
Skokomish Flood Control Zone
District Board under a U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers per-
mit. This May the Corps of En-
gineers issued an enforcement
letter to the county stating the
project needed maintenance and
repair work.
The events which led to Geig-
er's petition occurred on July 8
when he went to the river to take
measurements for an engi-
neered log-jam project author-
ized by the flood board in May
and other pending river work.
He testified t last week' ha-
ing that as he drove down Bambi
Farms Road he saw Parsons and
his daughter near the Parsonses'
fence line. The daughter was
holding a rifle, he said.
"I was on Simpson property,"
Geiger said of his position on the
river. "He came up to me moving
pretty fast. Mr. Parsons said, 'I
told you to keep off my proper-
ty.' " He described Parsons as
"real agitated. I've never seen
him that upset since I've known
him."
PARSONS TOLD Geiger he
was dressed inappropriately,
Geiger continued, and asked
him "Don't you think you're out
of your element?" After other in-
sults and profanity, Geiger said,
Parsons threatened to call the
sheriff if he did not leave.
Although he was very con-
cerned, Geiger said he tried to be
calm. He said he recalled think-
ing if he didn't leave imme-
diately Parsons might do some-
thing physical.
As he was leaving, Parsons
came after him with erosion-
control stakes taken from the
river and told him Mason Coun-
ty needed to get its materials out
of the river, Geiger testified.
JUDGE MEADOWS allowed
information which Geiger heard
about Parsons from others to
show the engineer's state of mind
in terms of emotional distress.
Geiger testified he had been
informed in telephone conversa-
tions by Ron Gold, Parsons'
neighbor and a contractor on the
'97 bank project, and Tom
Schreiber, another neighbor and
Gold's employee, that Mr. Par-
sons was patrolling his property
with a rifle to protect baby goats
from stray dogs and that they had
heard gunfire from the property.
"When I first heard this I didn't
believe it," Geiger recalled. "I
thought they were upset or exag-
gerating."
Referring to testimony that
Parsons suffered from hepatitis
C, Kalikow inquired, "Were you
aware he was ill and weak?"
"I was not aware," Geiger re-
Class of'51 plans
reunion schedule
The Irene S. Reed High School
Class of 1951 will hold its 48-year
reunion on the weekend of Au-
gust 20-22 in Shelton.
On Friday, August 20, cock-
tails and dinner are in store for
early birds at the Shelton Elks
Lodge on Craig Road. The activi-
ty, says'spokesperson James Mc-
Elroy, was organized to provide a
meeting place for classmates and
spouses traveling from out of the
area. However, all classmates are
invited and encouraged to attend,
McElroy emphasized.
The main hall of the Shelton
Moose Lodge is reserved for the
reunion banquet and party which
will begin at 5:30 p.m. Saturday,
August 21, with a social hour.
Dinner is set for 7 p.m. and enter-
tainment and dancing will begin
at 9 p.m.
Chuck and Judi Manke have
invited their classmates to their
Hood Canal home for a picnic,
more socializing and tall-tale-tell-
ing on Sunday afternoon, August
22. The gathering will begin at 1
p.m.
Reservations for the 48-year
get-together of what McElroy
calls "old 'Climbers" and their
"mellowed classmates" can be
made by calling McElroy at 427-
2617 or Lois Bernert Hunter at
426-4887.
sponded. "I was quite alarmed by
his vigor."
NEXT TO take the stand for
Parsons was Martha Parsons,
the respondent's wife, who testi-
fied to the arrival of three sher-
iffs deputies July I0 to serve pa-
pers about the hearing. Kalikow
contended, "My clients are being
harassed. This show of force was
out of bounds. It put my clients at
great fear."
Shannie Parsons, the re-
spondent's 13-year-old daughter,
said she was holding an unload-
ed rifle while her dad cut down a
tree when she saw the public
works car drive in. Her dad said
he was going down to the river
and she took the rifle to the barn,
she said.
She identified the stakes
which, she said, her dad pulled
from the river and later handed
to Geiger. "Keep out Mason
County" was written in her dad's
handwriting on the stakes, she
said.
Her dad was not angry, she
said, adding, "I know he didn't
like Rich .... But he would never
do anything to harm him."
Before taking the stand Par-
sons was warned by Judge
Meadows that criminal charges
may be filed over the removal of
the county stakes. "I never
threatened Geiger or any other
public officials," Parsons stated.
Parsons began testimony by
noting he had begun patrolling
with a rifle when his goats were
out because Schreiber and Gold
both had dogs that attack the
goats. Parsons said he reported
the problem to animal-control
authorities.
When he saw the county car,
Parsons said, he told his daugh-
ter, "I need to go down to the river
and see what that man's up to."
He said he first saw Geiger on a
neighbor's property, then on the
river bar "right where the Corps
told him not to be," he said.
His sense of his property lines
was based on Visual observations
and a Mason Conservation Dis-
trict map prepared by conserva-
tion district staffer Mike Mad-
sen, he said.
CROSS-EXAMINING Par-
sons, Clift asked if he was angry
about his illness. "No, my ill-
ness doesn't make me angry.
Other people do," Parsons said.
"I think it's a conspiracy, sir.
Ron Gold and Tom Schreiber,
Mr. Geiger, the public works de-
partment - all are in a conspira-
cy against me."
When Clift inquired why he
confronted Geiger, Parsons ex-
plained, "I thought he was getting
ready to trespass on my land."
Asked why he didn't believe
Geiger when Geiger claimed he
was not on his property, Parsons
claimed, "He's a habitual liar."
In closing, Kalikow mai'
tained Parsons never did anY'!
thing illegal and had used legsl|
means to notify county to stay |
his property. He claimed it w¢|
provocative for Geiger to be ther |
and if he was not on ParsonS[
property, then Geiger was "aW'|
fully darn close." "S |,
HE CALLED the hearing |
put-up job from the very begin'|
ning. Kalikow contended tM|
action was directed to punish the
Parsonses for complaining abe t
a job poorly done and for criticis"
ing Geiger publicly.
Before signing the erda,|
Meadows noted the rifle was [
nonissue in her ruling, and par J
sons has the right to protect |
livestock. [
However, Meadows sai&[
Geiger was on a place he legallY|
had a right to be in order to do l@|
job and Parsons initiated tl#|
confrontation. The statements l|
made, she said, were designed |
be annoying and antagoni#|
constituting harassment Tll|
way he handed over the stakes !
Geiger also was intended to |
annoying and antagonistic, tl#[
judge said.
Meadows explained the ord¢
also limits Parsons' right to beg
arms in that he can not display j
weapon when county work cre@
are on the river. Such an #
could be viewed as intimidati,
and while it is his right to 0.|
serve river work, Meadows ad|
ed, Parsons cannot take a wer[
pen with him.
MEADOWS DID modifY tl
petitioner's request that ParS0
remain 200 feet away from C
er at work because that woV
prohibit Parsons from conduC
ing necessary county busin@
Instead of restraining him fr01
Building I, Judge Meadows 0
dered any contact between P.$
sons and the public works 0
partment be through Parsons' Jq
t0rney, except in the case
emergency. .?
Additionally Parsons may ,
;ome within 100 feet of Geig¢'
e "dence, the judge ruled. _,
order is effective until July
2000.
PUD outage set
for August 12
Mason County PUD 3 has #
nounced that a power outage
scheduled for Thursday, Aug
12, which will affect customerS
Libby Road in Agate.
The outage will begin at I0
a.m. and last for approximst
two and one-half hours. ApP
imately 30 customers will be#[
feted. The purpose of the ott|
is to upgrade PUD 3 facilities.
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