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Thursday, August 25, 2011 Journal photo by Natahe lohnsor Mason County Commissioner Jerry Lingle laughs during a recent commission meeting. Lingle was found dead in his home Friday. By NATALIE JOHNSON cause of death was inconclusive. Results from toxicology and tissue samples should Mason County is in mourning this week be available in six to eight weeks, Stockwell for its newest county commissioner, Jerry said. Lingle, who died at his home on Friday. Whatever the cause of his sudden death Lingle's friends, who as it turns out make last week, many of the people who knew up most of the county, have spoken fondly Lingle. and invariably loved him, have been of him in the past week, remembering him in a state of shock ever since. as "larger than life," perennially happy and "I've known Jerry for many, many years. always ready to help someone in need. I was his training officer when he started His many friends, former co-workers and with the police department, I was there fellow Mason County politicians paint a when three of his children were born, I've picture of a universally respected and well- been part of the family for a long, long liked man with a strong dedication to his time," said Brian Bigelow, a longtime friend community, of Lingle's. "We've been through thick and "Jerry has laid his life on the line for so thin together with the police department many people in this town, it's incredible," and after the police department. He was the said Annette McGee, a former Mason Coun- brother that I never had." ty commissioner who served as Lingle's Mike Hudnell also met Lingle through campaign manager during his run for corn- the Shelton Police Department. and carried missioner last fall. "We've lost a lot of good on an almost 30-year friendship with him. people, but this is something else.""When I transferred to the Kent Police Lingle, who took office as a Mason Coun- Department in 2000. Jerry took time away ty Commissioner for District 3 in January, and went with me when I took my oath of of- was found dead by his son this past Friday rice and when I was sworn in," Hudnell said. afternoon. The Mason County Sheriffs Of- "He'd do a lot to help just about anybody." rice does not suspect foul play. Lingle was involved for many years m Mason County Coroner Wes Stockwell said after an autopsy Monday that the See kingle on page A-7 Levy edges to victory, other races hold steady By JOURNAL STAFF Additional primary elec- tion ballots were counted this past Friday, turning the tide for Fire District 9's EMS Levy. Fire District 9's EMS levy picked up 17 additional "yes" votes to edge past the needed 60 percent superma- jority threshold. In all, 205 people voted for the levy and 136 people voted against it. This is the third time that the district has run the levy. Most recently, in Feb- ruary the measure fell just 30 votes shy of passing. The measure allows for the col- lection of 50 cents per $1,000 of assessed valuatfon. Final outcomes in all of the other elections across the county were not impact- ed by the additional ballots. In the Shelton mayor race,Dawn Pannell and Gary Cronce advanced to the November general elec- tion, carrying 73 percent of the vote between them. Pannell received 512 to~al votes for 40 percent of the vote and Cronce received 407 votes, or 32.53 percent of the vote. Dick Taylor ran away with the Port of Shelton commissioner race, getting almost 53 percent of the total vote and 1,982 total votes. Jack Miles, the in- cumbent candidate, came in with 26 percent of the vote and 984 votes. Linnie Griffin and Lynn Stevenson will advance to the November election in the Belfair Water District District 3 commissioner race. Griffin received 123 to- tal votes and 67 percent of the vote. Stevenson got 44 votes and 24 percent of the vote. Jean Farmer and Barry L. Fischer advanced to the November election for the Port of Allyn commissioner District 2 election. Farmer received 386 votes and 54 percent of votes and Fischer got 254 votes and 35 percent of the votes. Journal photo by Kevan Moore A Lake Cushman fireflghter stands atop a truck to get a better view of a forest fire on Eells Hill last week. m By KEVAN MOORE 2 p.m. this past Wednesday, Aug. and dozens of firefighters from Local firefighters at the scene 17, burned more than 80 acres across Mason County respond-said that there had been several About 100 firefighters re- of Green Diamond timberland a ed to the blaze with the help other suspicious fires of a small- sponded to a forest fire on Eells few miles west of Highway 101 of a pair of helicopters dump- er scale leading up to Wednes- Hill last week that investigators near Four Corners Road. ing water from Hood Canal onday's wildfire. later described as suspicious. The Washington State De- hot spots throughout the after- All of the blazes remain under The fire, first reported around partment of Natural Resources noon. investigation. Hospita construction weeks.ahead of schedule By NATALIE JOHNSON Construction crews have come a long way on Mason Gen- eral Hospital's "campus renewal project" since hospital staff and commissioners broke ground in March. In the last five months, crews have done demolition work, in- stalled underground infrastruc- ture and most recently have poured concrete for the floor and walls of the new 20,000-square foot surgical wing, set to be com- plete next summer. "That's the main work that's happened in the last several months, there's also some water mitigation or stormwater mitiga- tion," said Eric Moll, the hospi- tal's chief administration officer. On Tuesday, construction crews worked to pour concrete into flat molds for the new sur- gical wing's walls. Early next month, they plan to lift those walls into place with a crane. "It's a four or five day process," said Keith Geary, director of plant operations. "They'll do steel struc- ture to support the walls and they hope to get it dried in by October." "Dried in" Geary explained Journal photo by Natalie Johnson Crews recently poured the concrete floor for the hospital's new surgical wing and worked on the walls Tuesday. means crews will have installed "If you go on our webpage the roof and sealed the building there's a great video of~vhen they to moisture, ............... tore out our portico.., it was the Some of the construction and first thing that happened," said demolition can already be viewed CEO Bob Appel. on the hospital's Webp~ge, and: ,Thanks in partto good weather soon a new camera will be in- and a well-organized contractor, stalled to provide a live feed of Geary said, the $33 million dollar construction on the web page. expansion project is two weeks ahead of schedule. "They've stayed on task, they haven't found any problems and the general contractor is a very good taskmaster - he's keeping things moving right along," Geary said. Crews are now focused on get- ting as much work done as pos- sible before fall and winter rain starts impeding construction. "I think they'd like to be further ahead with the winter coming," said Derek Rae, a representative of OAC services, which serves as a liaison between the hospital and contractor. Rae said work would go on even through inclement weather. "We actually have weather protection allowances in the con- tract," he said. Work is also going on within the existing hospital. Several pa- tient rooms will be remodeled in the coming months. The first two should be completed by the end of September. Most of the hospital will at least get a facelift, which means no more pink walls. Hospital staff said the project is on schedule to be completed in mid-2013.