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Ashley Rene Martin, 24, was airlifted to Harbor- view Medical Center in So- tin fell. whether or not it was a sui- attle where she later died During the course of the cide. from her injuries, investigation, detectives Mason County Sheriff's Mason County Sheriff's reviewed surveillance vid, Office Chief Deputy Dean Deputies and Squaxin Is- eo and interviewed several B~ ~tid that Martin's land Tribal Police" were witnesses, death remains under in= called to the resort at They have preliminar- vestigation and toxicol- about 11:15 a.m. Sunday ily ruled out any foul play ogy results are still pond- morning shortly after Mar- and won't speculate about ing. Man sh self at Callanan Park By KEVAN MOORE called police after finding a 48-year- The unidentified man was air- old Shelton man with a self-inflicted HRed to Harborview MediCal Cen- Shelton police responded to an at- gunshot wound to his head. ter in Seattle and is expected to tempted suicide at Callanan Park on Shelton Police Chief Dave Eklund survive. Sunday afternoon, said that the man was conscious and Chief Eklund said that the man People in the park heard a gun-talking when emergency crews at- left a suicide note at his Mountain shot at about 4:30 p.m. Sunday and rived. View home before the shooting. Commissioners vote By ARLA SHEPHARD Much to the chagrin of Belfair business owners who testified at a public hearing on Tuesday, the Mason County Board of Commissioners voted to go - ahead with an interim rate ordmanco for the Belfair Wastewater Project. The interim rate ordi- nance sets the standard wa- tor consumption or Equiva- lent Residential Unit (ERU) at 155 gallons per day, a fig- ure that county staff final- ized late last week. ~ photo by Natalie Johnson From July 1 until Decem- Mason County Commissioner Jerry Lingle ber 31 this year, the cost to abstained from voting on an interim sewer or- hook into the sewer for ex- dinanee that set the rates for the Belfalr Waste- isting structures in Phase 1 water Project at a public hearing Tuesday in of the project will be $3,000 Shelton. The Mason County commissioners per ERU, meaning that voted to go ahead with the interbn ordinance, businesses who use more which sets the standard water consumptionat water than 155 gallons per 155 gallons per day per Equivalent Residential day will pay more based on Unit. their water usage. Business owners from Belfair have long been argu- ~ Jngthat theE~Urate is,set the connection ~harge will many groups - including low, creatiDg high con- be $5,000 per ERU untilthe :North Mason Chamber nection costs and monthlyDecember 31, 2012, after ofCommerco, the Port ofAl- rates that will cripple eco- which the rate will increase lyn and the Mason County nomic growth in North Ma-to $6,000 per ERU untilRealtors' Association - son. the end of 2013 and then to have spoken out against. "I see this ERU being $7,900 in 2014. "the worst thing that can used basically as a yo-yo to The ordinance also estab- happen here is ff we're not justify this heavy burdenfishes capacity and strength heard," said developer Jack on the ratepayers,~ testi- charges, as well as the coun- Johnson, who has testified fled Bob Harris from Bel-ty hook-up program, which at previous hearings that fair. "rb_is ERU seems towill provide loans to resi- the sewer costs would drive be tweaked and adjusted to dents to help with hook-up his laundry service out of pay for...thisbafiofmoneycosts, business. =Give us more we owe in cojnstruction costs Several business ownerstime so we can negotiate an and debts." asked the county commis- agreement and take some of For brand new business- sioners to take more time the rage out of this." es to hook into the sewer, to evaluate the issue, which Port of Allyn Commis- sioner Randy Neatherlin testified that the ERU rate needs to be changed to be more competitive with sur- rounding cities. "Err on our side, please,~ he said. %Ve do our home- work and at some point, we're right, too." Commissioners Tim Sheldon and Lynda Ring Erickson both stated that the county would not make money off the project and that it would benefit Mason County as a whole in the long run. "I firmly believe that Bel- fair will be Mason County's Silverdale7 Sheldon said. "We as a commission don't have much choice on this ... I think that in the long run this will be a huge improve- ment in infrastructure.~ Commissioner Jerry Lin- gle said he was not opposed to the project, but ques- tioned who was telling the truth. "Belfair is Mason County, it's a part of Mason Cotua~, but we all have" to" admit that Belfair has sat in a bubble for a long period of time and that has to stop," he said. "I'm as confused as anyone else about the ERU ... we need to take the an- ger out of this [and] I don't think we've got enough in- formation." Sheldon made the motion to accept the interim ordi- nance, which Ring Ericksen seconded. They voted to go ahead with the ordinance, while Lingle abstained from Port passes resolution restricting accesss to chambers By NATALIE JOHNSON to work late, past regular business tion was unfairly directed at him. hours, and an employee had to stay Commissioner Tom Wallitner The Port of Shelton Commission late to lock up after him. originally suggested the resolution• voted 2-0 Tuesday to approve reso- "So what are you going to do to"The reason I made the motion lution 11-05, which restricts use of me if I choose to work late at night?~ was your behavior,~ he said. =I find the commission chambers after busi- Miles said. "Commissioners haveyour manners and behavior unac- ness hours unless an appointment is non-traditional work hours, we have ceptable." made ahead of time. to make ourselves available when it Wallitner asked what Miles was The resolution is a response to an is convenient to constituents.~doing in the office after hours? incident several weeks ago in which Miles and several members in the "It's none of your damn business," Commissioner Jack Miles wanted audience complained that the resolu- Miles replied. C/ )///DENTAL CENTER 1829 Jefferson Street Shelton, WA 98584 www.sheltondentalcenter.com 360-426-8401 360 GO BRUSH Botox & Juvederm Dr. We are pleased to welcome Stephen K Edwards, DMD to Our office on a fulltime basis Come see why everyone is smiling! C jt=e