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MARTI HARRELL studies the past of Grant School while
the school bell waits in her husband's shop for the day it
will be returned to the roof of the school.
Pickering club
rings a bell for
historic school
The bell that tolls in Pickering
will soon sound again after many
years of silence thanks to the ef-
forts of the community.
Plans call for the bell to be at-
tached to the historic 1914 Grant
School at 9:30 a.m. on August 28 at
the end of Community Club Drive,
an offshoot of Pickering Road.
A crew from PUD 3 will help
hoist the old bell and its new bell-
tower onto the roof, and current
plans call for a front-end loader to
lift Ernie Harrell onto the roof as
well. He is building the tower in
his shop, which is but a short walk
from the school and but a stone's
throw from the house where he
and his brother grew up.
Green Diamond Resource Com-
pany is helping to pay for improve-
ments to the school by means of
a grant to the Pickering Com-
munity Club, a group tbrmed last
year by the reorganization of the
old Pickering Homemakers Club.
Members of the club held a yard
sale earlier this month to raise ad-
ditional funds for efforts to restore
the building and make it a monu-
ment to the past and a gathering
place for today.
The building has two rooms,
one which used to be the class-
room for children in grades 1-6
and a smaller room tbr quiet time
and other educational purposes.
Grant School closed back in 1942,
two years before Harrell started
class himself at Oakland School,
which had the same sort of setup
(Please turn to page 7.)
L
City commission roundup:
Shelton officials reaching ou00l'
to Skokomish Tribal Councili00
The City of Shelton is reaching guard stream water tbr an abun- examiner. She has served ',
out and hoping to have a positive dant fishery while accommodating capacity for the past yea
relationship with the Skokomish population growth and economic does not want to continue t
Tribal Nation, Shelton city com- development, the work because of the am
missioners were told this week. In other city business the corn- travel involved. ,
Shelton Public Works Director missioners: Klockars has agreed to ,F
Jay Ebbeson drafted a letter for • Approved an interfund loan as hearings examiner un
the commissioners to sign that of $6,000 from the city's capital city can recruit and hire a
will go to Denese LaClair, chair-
woman of the Skokomish Tribal
Council noting the city is interest-
ed in establishing an informative
and cooperative relationship with
the tribe.
"The city acknowledges the
Skokomish Tribal Nation as a fed-
erally recognized tribe with sov-
ereignty, treaty rights and 'usual
and accustom' resource areas," the
letter reads.
The city is planning and devel-
oping projects it believes are of
interest to the tribe and the city
commission wants to establish a
line of communications, govern-
ment-to-government, according to
the letter.
"We feel it would be mutually
beneficial to meet and discuss is-
sues and concerns to help ensure
responsible action is taken to con-
sider and incorporate practices
that protect future goals, and to
protect tribal cultural and archeo-
logical sites," it notes.
The commissioners on Monday
directed Ebbeson to send the let-
ter. "I think it's absolutely appro-
priate for us to do that," Mayor
John Tarrant said of the city's
overture to the tribe.
The city is aiming to reach an
agreement with the Skokomish
Tribe similar to one it reached
with the Squaxin Island Tribe in
July that's aimed at protecting
stream flows while planning for
Shelton's growth.
The Squaxins and city plan to
jointly monitor water resources
and develop a groundwater mod-
el to provide a scientific model to
provide a basis for future deci-
sions about how water is used.
Their goal: find a way to safe-
Troubled son held in shooting
Karin Gunning and Arthur Har-
ris who said Mrs. Hemphill had
taken Mr. Hemphill to the hospi-
tal and that he had been shot in
the hand on one of his fingers.
Prince reportedly pulled a gun
on his mother and demanded mon-
ey from her. She refused, ran out
of the house and then heard a gun-
shot. Mr. Hemphill came out of the
house and told her to "call the cops,"
saying "he hit me." Prince was ar-
rested at his father's residence in
Kitsap County.
According to Dracobly's report,
Prince is a convicted sex offender
and is therefore prohibited from
owning, using or possessing fire-
arms.
tal-health hospital. That's all I'll
say. Sorry, that's just the way my
mind is."
Prince was back in court on
Tuesday. Defense attorney Ron-
ald Sergi, who appeared as a
friend of the court, said Prince
"was not in a position to identify
himself."
Sawyer said Prince would be
committed to Western State Hos-
pital on the court's motion for an
evaluation of competency and
dangerousness to the community
and set a review date for Septem-
ber 10. He also imposed $500,000
bail and signed an order prohib-
iting him from contact with the
Hemphills or their residence on
View Court.
According to a probable-cause
statement prepared by Sergeant
Jason Dracobly of the Mason
County Sheriffs Office, Prince
argued with his mother after she
refused to give him money and
then shot Hemphill in the hand
when he intervened. Prince left
the residence and was seen walk-
A 28-year-old man arrested
after allegedly shooting his moth-
er's husband in the hand will un-
dergo a mental-health evaluation
ordered by Mason County Supe-
rior Court Judge James Sawyer.
Timothy Lawrence Prince ap-
peared for identification on Mon-
day in an investigation of assault
in the second degree, unlawful
possession of a firearm and at-
tempted robbery in the first de-
gree. He provided an address
of 2575 NE Lake Tahuya Road,
Bremerton, at booking.
Two of the potential charges
involve domestic violence. Prince
was arrested August 19 and is
suspected of shooting Guy "Ed"
Hemphill in the hand on August
17 at 121 NE View Court, Bel-
fair. Prince was living with his
mother, Patricia Hemphill, and
Mr. Hemphill at the residence on
View Court.
Judge James Sawyer asked
the suspect to state his name
and date of birth and Prince said
he had never been arrested and
had never been to jail. "I'm off ing towards North Shore Road
my meds," he said. "I keep blackJ carrying a .22-caliber handgun.
ing out. I'd like to get to a men- The incident was reported by
tq
at
Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, August 23, 2007
improvement fund to the regional
water fund. Financial Services Di-
rector Cathy Beierle said the re-
gional water fired needed the loan
to have a positive cash balance.
• Accepted a Coordinated Pre-
vention Grant from the Washing-
ton State Department of Ecology
totaling $93,822.14 ibr 2008 and
2009. The funding will cover a
number of things, including the
recycling coordinator's wages, bro-
chures and calendars, waste re-
duction and reuse promotion and
other things.
Shelton's matching share of the
grant totals $23,455.54. The city
has secured funding through the
grant program since 1994, when
the first recycling coordinator was
hired and the curbside recycling
program was started.
• Approved an extension of
the city's contract with Margaret
Klockars of Seattle as hearings
ment tbr her .... i 1
At their meeting bn Au'I
the commissioners: rs.t
• Heard from Norma
of Kitten Rescue and othe
the problem of feral and
doned cats. Webber said t
ganization gets more than
calls a year from upset re
She asked the missione
small sales ta:Cnmcrease so :
small room could be built f]
at the city's pound.
Tarrant said the city c0t
sion didn't have an answgi I
night. The solution may noti
pen today, but, ultima
should happen, he added.
Mason County Commie
Ross Gallagher, who was!
audience, said it would co
county a couple of million i
to build a shelter. "This cc
nity needs a facility that ha
everything," he said.
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"BUY AMERICAN[
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you I'cel rather lalriolic.
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change. Yield and market value may fluctuate if sold prior to matur
ty, and the amount received from the sale of these securities may i
more than, less than or equal to the amount originally invested. Boa
investments are subject to interest rate risk such that when inters;
rates rise, the prices of bonds and the value of bond fund shares ca
decrease and the investor can lose principal value.
Call or visit your h)eai financial advisor today.
Armln Baumgarlel Dan Itaumgarlel
Armin Baumgartel
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821 West Railroad Avenue,
Suite A, Shelton
426-0982 • 1-800-441-0982
www.edwardlones,com Mere t:)er
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MARTI HARRELL studies the past of Grant School while
the school bell waits in her husband's shop for the day it
will be returned to the roof of the school.
Pickering club
rings a bell for
historic school
The bell that tolls in Pickering
will soon sound again after many
years of silence thanks to the ef-
forts of the community.
Plans call for the bell to be at-
tached to the historic 1914 Grant
School at 9:30 a.m. on August 28 at
the end of Community Club Drive,
an offshoot of Pickering Road.
A crew from PUD 3 will help
hoist the old bell and its new bell-
tower onto the roof, and current
plans call for a front-end loader to
lift Ernie Harrell onto the roof as
well. He is building the tower in
his shop, which is but a short walk
from the school and but a stone's
throw from the house where he
and his brother grew up.
Green Diamond Resource Com-
pany is helping to pay for improve-
ments to the school by means of
a grant to the Pickering Com-
munity Club, a group ibrmed last
year by the reorganization of the
old Pickering Homemakers Club.
Members of the club held a yard
sale earlier this month to raise ad-
ditional funds for efforts to restore
the building and make it a monu-
ment to the past and a gathering
place for today.
The building has two rooms,
one which used to be the class-
room for children in grades 1-6
and a smaller room tbr quiet time
and other educational purposes.
Grant School closed back in 1942,
two years before Harrell started
class himself at Oakland School,
which had the same sort of setup
(Please turn to page 7.)
City commission roundup:
Shelton officials reaching
to Skokomish Tribal Council
The City of Shelton is reaching
out and hoping to have a positive
relationship with the Skokomish
Tribal Nation, Shelton city com-
missioners were told this week.
Shelton Public Works Director
Jay Ebbeson drafted a letter for
the commissioners to sign that
will go to Denese LaClair, chair-
woman of the Skokomish Tribal
Council noting the city is interest-
ed in establishing an informative
and cooperative relationship with
the tribe.
"The city acknowledges the
Skokomish Tribal Nation as a fed-
erally recognized tribe with sov-
ereignty, treaty rights and 'usual
and accustom' resource areas," the
letter reads.
The city is planning and devel-
oping projects it believes are of
interest to the tribe and the city
commission wants to establish a
line of communications, govern-
ment-to-government, according to
the letter.
"We feel it would be mutually
beneficial to meet and discuss is-
sues and concerns to help ensure
responsible action is taken to con-
sider and incorporate practices
that protect future goals, and to
protect tribal cultural and archeo-
logical sites," it notes.
The commissioners on Monday
directed Ebbeson to send the let-
ter. "I think it's absolutely appro-
priate for us to do that," Mayor
John Tarrant said of the city's
overture to the tribe.
The city is aiming to reach an
agreement with the Skokomish
Tribe similar to one it reached
with the Squaxin Island Tribe in
July that's aimed at protecting
stream flows while planning for
Shelton's growth.
The Squaxins and city plan to
jointly monitor water resources
and develop a groundwater mod-
el to provide a scientific model to
provide a basis for future deci-
sions about how water is used.
Their goal: find a way to safe-
Troubled son held in shooting
Karin Gunning and Arthur Har-
ris who said Mrs. Hemphill had
taken Mr. Hemphill to the hospi-
tal and that he had been shot in
the hand on one of his fingers.
Prince reportedly pulled a gun
on his mother and demanded mon-
ey from her. She refused, ran out
of the house and then heard a gun-
shot. Mr. Hemphill came out of the
house and told her to "call the cops,"
saying "he hit me." Prince was ar-
rested at his father's residence in
Kitsap County.
According to Dracobly's report,
Prince is a convicted sex offender
and is therefore prohibited from
owning, using or possessing fire-
arms.
SPECIALS
OF THE
WEEK
A 28-year-old mat] arrested
after allegedly shooting his moth-
er's husband in the hand will un-
dergo a mental-health evaluation
ordered by Mason County Supe-
rior Court Judge James Sawyer.
Timothy Lawrence Prince ap-
peared for identification on Mon-
day in an investigation of assault
in the second degree, unlawful
possession of a firearm and at-
tempted robbery in the first de-
gree. He provided an address
of 2575 NE Lake Tahuya Road,
Bremerton, at booking.
Two of the potential charges
involve domestic violence. Prince
was arrested August 19 and is
suspected of shooting Guy "Ed"
Hemphill in the hand on August
17 at 121 NE View Court, Bel-
fair. Prince was living with his
mother, Patricia Hemphill, and
Mr. Hemphill at the residence on
View Court.
Judge James Sawyer asked
the suspect to state his name
and date of birth and Prince said
tal-health hospital. That's all I'll
say. Sorry, that's just the way my
mind is."
Prince was back in court on
Tuesday. Defense attorney Ron-
ald Sergi, who appeared as a
friend of the court, said Prince
"was not in a position to identify
himself."
Sawyer said Prince would be
committed to Western State Hos-
pital on the court's motion for an
evaluation of competency and
dangerousness to the community
and set a review date for Septem-
ber 10. He also imposed $500,000
bail and signed an order prohib-
iting him from contact with the
Hemphills or their residence on
View Court.
According to a probable-cause
statement prepared by Sergeant
Jason Dracobly of the Mason
County Sheriffs Office, Prince
argued with his mother after she
refused to give him money and
then shot Hemphill in the hand
when he intervened. Prince left
guard stream water for an abun-
dant fishery while accommodating
population growth and economic
development.
In other city business the com-
missioners:
• Approved an interfund loan
of $6,000 from the city's capital
improvement fund to the regional
water fund. Financial Services Di-
rector Cathy Beierle said the re-
gional water fund needed the loan
to have a positive cash balance.
• Accepted a Coordinated Pre-
vention Grant from the Washing-
ton State Department of Ecology
totaling $93,822.14 fbr 2008 and
2009. The funding will cover a
number of things, including the
recycling coordinator's wages, bro-
chures and calendars, waste re-
duction and reuse promotion and
other things.
Shelton's matching share of the
grant totals $23,455.54. The city
has secured funding through the
grant program since 1994, when
the first recycling coordinator was
hired and the curbside recycling
program was started.
• Approved an extension of
the city's contract with Margaret
Klockars of Seattle as hearings
examiner. She has served i$
capacity for the past ye"i
does not want to continue
am
the work because of the I-
travel involved.
Klockars has agreed to
as hearings examiner tm_
city can recruit and hire a
ment fbr her.
At their meeting on
the commissioners:
• Heard from Norma
otherS!!ai
of Kitten Rescue and _][:
the problem of feral and!l,
doned cats. Webber said t
ganization gets more them 1
calls a year from upset re
She asked the missione
small sales tmgmcrease so
small room could be built f
at the city's pound.
.,IR.
Tarrant said the city co¢
sion didn't have an ansWgl l
night. The solution may n i
pen today, but, ultima--.
should happen, he added. :
Mason County Commi
Ross Gallagher, who was
audience, said it would
county a couple of million
to build a shelter. "This
nity needs a facility that ha
everything," he said.
TH E U LTI MATE WAY TO[
"BUY AMERICAN[
Buying American can provide you with a regular
int.ome when it comes to investing. U.S.
stwurities arc guaranteed as to the payment o[ l
and accrued interest. Plus, they're exempt from state
and local taxes, wl]i('h is more than enottgh to make
you I'cel rather palritli(:.
" Yields to maturity effective 08/17107 subject to availability andpri(;l
change. Yield and market value may fluctuate if sold prior to maturl
ty, and the amount received from the sale of these securities may i2
more than, less than or equal to the amount originally invested. Bor
investments are subject to interest rate risk such that when intere:
rates rise, the prices of bonds and the value of bond fund shares c
decrease and the investor can lose principal value.
Call or visit your h)eai financial advisor today.
Armln Baumgarlel Dan Baumgartel
Armin Baumgartel
Dan Baumgartel
I:i|l.nciafldvlors
821 West Railroad Avenue,
Suite A, Sheiton
426-0982 • 1-800-441.0982
www, edwardiones,com Mernt:)er
At the
of Highway
108, juat
away from
and Shelto
he had never been arrested and
had never been to jail. "I'm off
my meds," he said. "I keep black -
ing out. I'd like to get to a men-
the residence and was seen walk-
ing towards North Shore Road
carrying a .22-caliber handgun.
The incident was reported
by[
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