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: B ' W .:. : OAR RT LOT ,C SHELTON-MASON COUN : T w, 927 W ILROAD AVE SHELTON WA 98584-3847 '. : Shelton police, Mason County Sheriff's Office gear up for more calls for Labor Day By Michael Heinbach But after so many years in ]aw michael@masoncoun com enforcement, it still amazes Moody ~hen a~impatient Shelton Police Chief Dar- driver aggressively tries to rin Moody sees it all the time. overtake a slower motorist, putting everyone on the road in danger iz~ order to shave a few seconds off their travels. With the three-day Labor Day weekend upon Mason County - and with it an in- ing some patience while be- hind the wheel. "In light of the kind of the traffic accidents we've been seeing around here lately, the one thing I can tell you is to around that car, or hurry up and get through that light or hurry up and get here or there. I tell you, there's not one place in this town that I can't get to from one end to creased population on the be patient," Moody said ear- the other within 10 or 15 min- area's waters, roads and trails lierthis week. "I see it around utes. So. ifthe-raute you want - Moody says staying safe on here all the time, people just the road begins with exercis- want to hurry up and get see WEEKEND, page A-12 Hayzel Carter, 7, checks out herfreshly painted face in a mirror held by Makayla Blaylock during St. Germain Episcopal Church's Summer Fun Fest on Sunday in Hoodspcrt. For more photos of the event, see page A-14. Jouma/ photo by Shawna Whe/an Q ir sex erp lesser By Michael Heinbach old Belfair man away to Mason County michael@masoncoun~com Jail next door. The day before, Wood faced pre- The first victim and her trial management hearings family waited 22 months for in three separate cases, with a brief moment of satisfaction charges including third-de- Tuesday afternoon in Mason gree rape of a child, third- County Superior Court in ~~;~ degree child molestation and Shelton. ~~ second-degree child moles- 1WmutOs afVer DougTas~EVEax ~~ ~a~ion. ~l~ose hearings were Wood pleaded guilty to two ~ held over, and rescheduled for counts of communicating with ~ Tuesday afternoon as change a minor for immoral purposes of plea hearings. -- taking advantage of a plea Wood About 50 minutes after the School board approves $66.1M budget for 2019-2020 school year By Adam Rudnick adam@masoncoun com Long-range budgeting is the new normal for the Shelton School Dis- trict -- even ff that plan is just a rough estimate. The Shelton School Board of Di- rectors approved its district 2019- 2020 budget Tuesday during a regu- mates it will spend $66.1 million -- district administration must give the state a four-year budget projection. Last year was the Shelton School District's first year forecasting bud- gets for future school years. Starting last year, the state required school district in Washington to project their budgets "We budget our enrollment very conservatively, and we've continued to do that," said Brenda Trogstad, executive director of finance for the Shelton School District. "We keep deal offered by Deputy Mason County Prosecutor Jason Richards -- the now-19-year-old victim, her mother, a second victim and her moth- er stood to watch Mason County Jail Deputy Robert Vasquez place hand- cuffs on Wood, then lead the 38-year- Tuesday hearings' scheduled start, Wood entered the courtroom alongside Tacoma-based defense at- torney Ryan Patrick Anderson and prepared to face Judge Amber Finlay see PLEADS, page A-9 lar meeting at Oakland Bay Junior High School in Shelton. No residents spoke about the bud- get during a public hearing. In addition to projecting expenses and revenue-for the upcoming school year this year the district esti- staffing projections conservative. It is what it is so far. Last year we knew our ending fund balance was going to be smaller. This year it's a little more stable It's hard to go from year see BUDGET, page A-13 INSIDE TODAY player to perform will get facel,ft 8 26 3 2 Page A-11 Page A-20 Sluggers round the bases at annual softball tourney Page B-1 +