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Since 1886 — Vol. 134, No. 32
By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncounty. com
Mary M. Knight isthe first school
district in Mason County planning to
allow students in the classroom in the
fall, with an in-person/online hybrid
learning plan. ,
Under the plan passed July 30 by
MASON COUNTY, THURSDAY, AUG. 6, 2020
District Will open with online/in—person education
the district’s school board, the Matlock
school’s 150 students in kindergarten
through 12th grade will be divided
into two groups. Students in A Group
will attend school in the buildings
Mondays and Thursdays, the students
in Group B on Tuesdays and Fridays;
on the other days, they are distance
learning. All students will study at
$1.50
home on Wednesdays.
The students will be divided into
the two groups based on geography.
Students in the same family will have
the same schedule.
The pandemic could alter that plan.
The district has a backup plan in case
the coronavirus forces all students
home.
“The goal posts keep moving back,
and getting higher,” said Matt Mal-
lery, superintendent of the Mary M.
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Shelton, North Mason, Hood Canal
and Pioneer school districts will start
the school year with all students learn-
ing online from home. Grapeview and
Southside school districts state they
will announce their reopening plans
next week.
With about 75 students each day
at Mary M. Knight, about fourto six
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Fire districtmeasures in county
passing after first ballot count
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State Rep. Drew MacEwen, R-Union, will
face Democrat Darcy Hufl‘manin the Nov.
3 general election in his bid to continue to
represent the state’s 35th District, and state
Rep. Dan Griifey, R-Allyn, will compete
against Dem0crat Colton Myers for the other
35th District seat.
Those matchups are among the results
of the first count of Tuesday’s primary elec-
tion. The four measures by local fire districts
were all passing on the first count — one by
a single vote.
The top two vote-getters for each candi-
date position move on to the general elec-
tion. The Mason County Auditor’s Office was
scheduled to release the results of the second
ballot count Wednesday afternoon, after the
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Lauren Kerlee of Olympia watches her frisbee land in the net at Shelton
Springs Disc Golf
Course near Shelton High School Monday morning. See pages A14-15 for more
disc golf pho-
tos. Journal photo by Isabella Breda
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MASON STRIKE TEAM BATTLES CENTRAL WASHINGTON WILDFIRE
By'lsabella Breda
reabe//a@masoncounty. com
A Mason County strike team helped quench-
a nearly 800-acre wildland fire south of US. High-
way 2, near Ephrata over theweekend.
“It was 102 degrees with low humidity and high
winds —— at that point our heads are on a swivel be-
cause that weather creates erratic and intense fire
behaviors,” Central Mason firefighter MarkF-razier
said. ‘ ‘
State assistance was mobilized when the Coulee
Meadows Fire was 250 acres and rapidly growing
early Friday morning.
The Mason County strike team — including fire-
fighters from North Mason Regional Fire Authority,
Central Mason Fire, West Mason Fire, Fire Districts
11, 3, 1 and North Kitsap Fire and Rescue —— headed
east in five brush trucks and a water tender at about
12:30 a.m. '
Strike teams are made up of a few wildland fire-
fighters from each agency who sign up to be “up” for
dispatch in the case of a large wildland fire.
For Gavin Rightmeyer and Gary Thomas of North
Mason Regional Fire Authority, this IOU-plus de-
gree, fast-moving fire was their first wildland fire
experience.
Rightmeyer said that while working the line and,
mopping up, the team stayed awake for 40 hours
straight. '
Matt Welander, Mason County Fire District 16
chief, and Chief Ron Satterfield of Mason County
Fire District 1, who are both seasoned wildland fire-
fighters, got the chance to go out and lead.
“There was a chief who came with us that has
about 38 years of experience,” Frazier said. “We
have a strong wildland program in Mason County.
We use our experiences to share with the team what
they should expect. We never leave a new crew high
and dry — we try to pair the new guys with experi-
lNSlDE TODAY
Six firedistricts assist in terratic and intense’ weather conditions
enced guys.” r
Welander said the first-timers, were stunned by
the extreme heat and level of work expected of them.
“Over there on the first day it was 108 degrees,”
Welander said. “Our water bottles were all so hot
to the point where it was like drinking soup — not
refreshing at all.” ”
By Friday afternoon the Northwest Interagency
Coordination Council reported the fire had reached
650 acres.
“The first day was about a 14-hour operation —
by the time we traveled there and worked the line
we didn’t get back to camp until 8:30 p.m.,” Frazier
said. ' ,
The fire was reportedly 75% contained by Satur—
day morning, according to N ICC.
Frazier said Mason County crews spent about two
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