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Reluctant witness gets counsel:
Jury says Cl()wes violated order
The testimony of a reluctant
witness was the key feature of a
two-day trial on a domestic-
violence charge in Mason County
Superior Court earlier this week.
Kyle Damien Clowes, 26, of
522 North Fifth Street, Shelton,
was found guilty Tuesday of vio-
lation of a no-contact order and
interfering with reporting. How-
ever, the jury in Clowes' trial did
not find that he committed an act
of domestic violence. That means
he was convicted of a misde-
meanor rather than a felony. His
sentencing was scheduled for Sep-
tember 30.
The charges followed allega-
tions of domestic violence made
May 29 by 22-year-old Tiffany
Thomas of Shelton. Thomas told
the jury that she loves the father
of her 20-month-old daughter, Ar-
izona Clowes, during her testimo-
ny in his two-day trial before
Judge Toni Sheldon.
Deputy Prosecutor Scott Kee,
outlining the case, said Shelton
police went to Thomas' home on
the 400 block of Harvard Street
after a neighbor called 911 to re-
port a verbal argument. He called
Thomas to the stand Monday af-
ternoon as the first witness for
the state.
THOMAS TESTIFIED that
she and Clowes got into a verbal
dispute over some work she want-
ed him to do around her house.
She said he accidentally struck
her in the mouth as they walked
side by side. "When Kyle gets up-
set he uses his hands. I do too but
not as much as Kyle does and he
hit me," she said.
Thomas said she was about to
call her mother on the phone
when the police showed up at her
house. "Was I crying? Yes. I cry
when I get upset," she said.
She also testified that her 5-
year-old daughter has learned to
go to the neighbors whenever
Clowes loses his temper. "If Kyle
gets really out of hand she knows
to call the police but he wasn't out
of hand so she went to play,"
Thomas said.
At this point defense attorney
Ron Sergi approached the bench
for a conference with Sheldon and
Kee. Sergi pointed out that Thom-
as could face a criminal charge of
false reporting if she changed her
story on the stand from what she
had told the police. Sheldon ap-
pointed attorney Sam Davidson to
be her counsel in the matter and
then allowed Kee to call witness-
es out of order while Thomas and
Davidson talked things over.
KEE CALLED Shelton Police
Officer Jeffrey Rhoades to the
stand. He said dispatchers re-
100 Years Ago
From the August 25, 1899, Mason
County Journal:
The farmers along the west side
of Hood Canal, from Hoodsport to
tile county line are to have a road,
something they have badly needed
as their only means of getting out
was by boat. This will give them
the opportunity of putting their
road work where it benefits them a
Little.
Eleven hundred thousand feet
daily is a conservative estimate of
the amount of logs being put in the
Sound now from Thurston and Ma-
son counties. Of this quantity the
Simpson Logging Company furnish-
es about 450,000 feet daily, and the
Mason County Logging Company
250,000.
35 Years Ago
From the August 27, 1964, Mason
County Journal:
"Butchie" the monkey who es-
caped from the Mason County Fair-
grounds Friday is still missing. Back
at home, Butchie's mate is pining
for her return. The other monkey
will not eat and just sits looking for
Butchie to come home.
"You have a good safe," compli-
mented a would be safecracker, who
left a note after an unsuccessful at-
tempt to open the Lilliwaup Post
Office safe last Wednesday night. A
small radio and vacuum cleaner
comprised the booty.
10 Years Ago
From the August 24, 1989, Mason
County Journal:
The Washington State Patrol
will again place troopers on select-
ed buses who have radio contact
with both marked and unmarked
patrol cars. The troopers will be
able to spot and report traffic viola-
tions around the buses.
Union residents and commercial
shrimpers told the Mason County
Commissioners Monday night that
business was severely impacted by a
Washington State Department of
Fisheries decision to reduce the
shrimping season.
100 Years Ago
From the September 1, 1899, Mason
County Journal:
There will be a union meeting in
the Baptist Church on Sunday eve-
ning, at. which time Miss Page,
State President W.C.T.U., will give
an address on "Total Abstinence
and Prohibition."
An effort will be made next Sat-
urday night to re-organize the
Sbelton Band, and we hope it will
succeed. It is desired to have a good
bank in Shelton in time for the big
celebration which will be given in
Seattle on the return of the Wash-
ington volunteers.
The school board met Tuesday
evening and completed its arrange-
ments for the coming term of
school, which begins on Monday,
September 4." Monday is Labor Day
but the last legislature repealed
the section of the law making it a
school holiday and the public
schools will not observe it in the
future.
35 Years Ago
From the September 3, 1964, Mason
County Journal:
A tobacco pouch which once be-
longed to Chief Joseph, the medi-
cine club and rattle which belonged
to the last medicine man of the
Skokomish Tribe, two baskets which
were made by the sister-in-law of
the founder of the Shaker Church,
John Slocum. These and numerous
other items make up a collection of
Indian artifacts collected by three
generations of the Miller family of
the Skokomish Reservation.
10 Years Ago
From the August 31, 1989, Mason
County Journal:
Charges have been filed in Ma-
son County District Court against
a Seattle woman for dumping a
man's body wrapped in duct tape in
Mason County last month.
Union citizens who have peti-
tioned the Mason County Commis-
sion to form a parks and recreation
district may see their issue on the
November general election ballot.
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Page 18- Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, September 2, 1999
ceived a 911 call about an argu-
ment on Harvard Street and he
and Officer Mike Hudnell arrived
at Thomas's house at about the
same time.
"She came running out of the
house waving her arms. It ap-
peared she was crying and upset,"
Rhoades said, adding that Thom-
as told him she and Clowes had
been arguing over money. "She
said to me she was glad that we
had arrived because Mr. Clowes
wouldn't let her call the police."
Under further questioning by
Kee he testified that he talked to
Clowes at the scene. He said
Clowes told him that he wasn't
sure about the no-contact order
and that he did not strike Thom-
as. "He said she was sitting on a
chair and she started to fall back
and he caught her in an attempt
to stop her fall," Rhoades said.
Quoting from his report of the
incident, he said Clowes told him,
"Every time I don't do what she
wants me to do she throws me in
jail." The officer said Clowes told
him that he was "spitting blood"
after the argument with Thomas
"but that he didn't know where
that came from."
IN CROSS-EXAMINATION
by Sergi, Rhoades said he didn't
recall Thomas saying Clowes
pulled the phone out of the socket
so she couldn't call the police.
Clowes, he said, explained being
at Thomas's house with a no-con-
tact order in place by "saying that
he was providing for her and her
children," the officer said.
Kee called Officer Hudnell to
the stand. He testified that
Thomas was "visibly upset and
crying" when he arrived at her
house. "She told me she was tired
of being beat on," he said. "She
had been crying. Her face was
red. She had tears on her face.
When she put her hands in front
of her face they would visibly
shake." He said Thomas told him
she had been hit in the face.
Cross-examined by Sergi, Hud-
nell said he and Rhoades arrived
at Thomas' house at about the
same time. "I don't recall her
coming out of the house and
frantically waving her arms,"
Hudnell said: He described
Clowes as cooperative and not ag-
gressive. He said the telephone
was plugged in when he checked
the house but reported that
Thomas had told him Clowes had
unplugged it. "Ms. Thomas said
she'd used the phone to call her
mother but that he wouldn't allow
her to use it to call 911," he said.
ON TUESDAY morning
Thomas took the stand and con-
tinued her testimony. She said
she planned to assert her consti-
tutional right to avoid making
statements that might assist
prosecutors in any case filed
against her and Kee told her she
would have limited immunity
from prosecution.
Under questioning by Kee, she
testified that she was standing at
the window calling her mother
when the police arrived at her
house. "I think I started to cry
when I was talking to the police,"
she said.
Thomas said the argument was
about yardwork. "He was going
over to his house to mow the lawn
but he was supposed to build my
fence," she said. She said that
Clowes hit her in the face by acci-
dent, talking with his hands.
Kee then asked Thomas to
read parts of the statement she
had made to the police. She tried
to plead the Fifth Amendment
but Sheldon directed her to do as
Kee requested.
SHE READ from her state-
ment, "I went for the phone and
he unhooked it by taking the cord
out of.the wall and then spit on
my face three times and slapped
me." She read her description of
falling down by a wine rack and
hitting her head, and about tell-
ing her daughter to go get help: "I
told her to go to the neighbors.
She knows what that means, to
call the cops," she read.
Thomas said she didn't tell the
police the truth. "I was really up-
set at him. When you get angry at
someone you love who doesn't do
what you want him to do you ex-
aggerate," she said.
Under cross-examination by
Sergi she testified that the initial
disagreement with Clowes was
over money she had given him
but that she later found that he
had returned the money. She said
she was just as animated as
Clowes during their argument.
IN HIS CLOSING remarks,
Kee told jurors Thomas is a clas-
sic example of the victim of do-
mestic violence. "Tiffany was ob-
viously a reluctant witness. She
didn't want to be here. She didn't
want Kyle punished. She didn't
like the questions I asked," he
said.
He said her testimony should
be considered with that in mind
when jurors compare it to that of
the police officers. "I think the ev-
idence is clear who's biased and
who's not and where the credibili-
ty lies," he said.
Sergi also said Thomas was not
a credible witness. He said his
client was guilty of violating the
no-contact order but not of domes-
tic violence. "There is no evidence
that an assault occurred except
for the testimony of Ms. Thomas
who is totally unreliable," he said.
The jurors were Barbara M.
Catron, Holly J. Byczynski,
James D. Blokzyl, Judy A. Cal-
laghan, Gladys Brainerd, Carol
M. Dickson, Robert N. Larsen Jr.,
Cynthia Rae Murphy, James T.
Dickson, Charles C. Wright III,
Tammi L. Baker and Raymond F.
Kraut.
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In superior court:
Three
A number of sentences were
handed down Thursday in Mason
County Superior Court. Those
sentenced were:
• Asha Ponis, 33, of 1221 21st
Street, Puyallup. She was sen-
tenced to four months in the Ma-
son County Jail for two counts of
forgery. Judge Toni Sheldon con-
verted 30 days to 240 hours of
community service and said she
can spend the rest of the time on
electronic home monitoring.
Deputy Prosecutor Reinhold
Schuetz opposed electronic home
monitoring but defense attorney
Ron Sergi persuaded the judge
otherwise. "I don't think it's in
the community's interest for her
to be incarcerated beyond the
time that she's already done,"
Sergi said.
Schuetz reminded Sheldon that
Penis has prior convicts for theft
and forgery on her criminal
record. "The picture here is of
somebody who would rather steal
and write bad checks than live a
different lifestyle," he said.
Judge Sheldon ordered Penis
to pay $500 to the crime victims'
fund, $350 towards her attorney's
fees, $219.85 in court costs and
$100 in restitution. She will be
under state supervision for 12
months after her release.
• Stephen Ray Gorby, 45, of
71 East Sonja Lane, Shelton. He
was sentenced to 365 days in jail
with all but 14 suspendS'.
licious mischief in the th
gree in connection with !
dent of domestic violence.
Judge Sheldon said
serve the time in the day
ing program. She ordel l
pay $500 to the crime
fund, $350 towards his
fees and $110 in
Gorby will be under
pervision for 24 months
release. He was told to
from his wife, who was the t
of the crime.
Gorby told the court t
incident may have
his mental condition.
o ilty because I am guilty.
r this crime and guilty
following my mental
treatment," he said.
• Debbie M. WhitneY
son, 33, of 5051 East Br
Road, Shelton, was sent
60 days in jail for unl l
session of a firearm in the
degree.
Judge Sheldon, at sent
said she can instead sel
time on electronic home
ing if approved for the r
by Mason County Prosti)
is to be on 12 months sup $
following the serving of he
The judge ordered Robi
pay $500 to the crime ,i
fund, $350 towards her at
fees and $148 in court
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their continued support
auctioning of our
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Reluctant witness gets counsel:
Jury says Cl()wes violated order
The testimony of a reluctant
witness was the key feature of a
two-day trial on a domestic-
violence charge in Mason County
Superior Court earlier this week.
Kyle Damien Clowes, 26, of
522 North Fifth Street, Shelton,
was found guilty Tuesday of vio-
lation of a no-contact order and
interfering with reporting. How-
ever, the jury in Clowes' trial did
not find that he committed an act
of domestic violence. That means
he was convicted of a misde-
meanor rather than a felony. His
sentencing was scheduled for Sep-
tember 30.
The charges followed allega-
tions of domestic violence made
May 29 by 22-year-old Tiffany
Thomas of Shelton. Thomas told
the jury that she loves the father
of her 20-month-old daughter, Ar-
izona Clowes, during her testimo-
ny in his two-day trial before
Judge Toni Sheldon.
Deputy Prosecutor Scott Kee,
outlining the case, said Shelton
police went to Thomas' home on
the 400 block of Harvard Street
after a neighbor called 911 to re-
port a verbal argument. He called
Thomas to the stand Monday af-
ternoon as the first witness for
the state.
THOMAS TESTIFIED that
she and Clowes got into a verbal
dispute over some work she want-
ed him to do around her house.
She said he accidentally struck
her in the mouth as they walked
side by side. "When Kyle gets up-
set he uses his hands. I do too but
not as much as Kyle does and he
hit me," she said.
Thomas said she was about to
call her mother on the phone
when the police showed up at her
house. "Was I crying? Yes. I cry
when I get upset," she said.
She also testified that her 5-
year-old daughter has learned to
go to the neighbors whenever
Clowes loses his temper. "If Kyle
gets really out of hand she knows
to call the police but he wasn't out
of hand so she went to play,"
Thomas said.
At this point defense attorney
Ron Sergi approached the bench
for a conference with Sheldon and
Kee. Sergi pointed out that Thom-
as could face a criminal charge of
false reporting if she changed her
story on the stand from what she
had told the police. Sheldon ap-
pointed attorney Sam Davidson to
be her counsel in the matter and
then allowed Kee to call witness-
es out of order while Thomas and
Davidson talked things over.
KEE CALLED Shelton Police
Officer Jeffrey Rhoades to the
stand. He said dispatchers re-
100 Years Ago
From the August 25, 1899, Mason
County Journal:
The farmers along the west side
of Hood Canal, from Hoodsport to
tile county line are to have a road,
something they have badly needed
as their only means of getting out
was by boat. This will give them
the opportunity of putting their
road work where it benefits them a
Little.
Eleven hundred thousand feet
daily is a conservative estimate of
the amount of logs being put in the
Sound now from Thurston and Ma-
son counties. Of this quantity the
Simpson Logging Company furnish-
es about 450,000 feet daily, and the
Mason County Logging Company
250,000.
35 Years Ago
From the August 27, 1964, Mason
County Journal:
"Butchie" the monkey who es-
caped from the Mason County Fair-
grounds Friday is still missing. Back
at home, Butchie's mate is pining
for her return. The other monkey
will not eat and just sits looking for
Butchie to come home.
"You have a good safe," compli-
mented a would be safecracker, who
left a note after an unsuccessful at-
tempt to open the Lilliwaup Post
Office safe last Wednesday night. A
small radio and vacuum cleaner
comprised the booty.
10 Years Ago
From the August 24, 1989, Mason
County Journal:
The Washington State Patrol
will again place troopers on select-
ed buses who have radio contact
with both marked and unmarked
patrol cars. The troopers will be
able to spot and report traffic viola-
tions around the buses.
Union residents and commercial
shrimpers told the Mason County
Commissioners Monday night that
business was severely impacted by a
Washington State Department of
Fisheries decision to reduce the
shrimping season.
100 Years Ago
From the September 1, 1899, Mason
County Journal:
There will be a union meeting in
the Baptist Church on Sunday eve-
ning, at. which time Miss Page,
State President W.C.T.U., will give
an address on "Total Abstinence
and Prohibition."
An effort will be made next Sat-
urday night to re-organize the
Sbelton Band, and we hope it will
succeed. It is desired to have a good
bank in Shelton in time for the big
celebration which will be given in
Seattle on the return of the Wash-
ington volunteers.
The school board met Tuesday
evening and completed its arrange-
ments for the coming term of
school, which begins on Monday,
September 4." Monday is Labor Day
but the last legislature repealed
the section of the law making it a
school holiday and the public
schools will not observe it in the
future.
35 Years Ago
From the September 3, 1964, Mason
County Journal:
A tobacco pouch which once be-
longed to Chief Joseph, the medi-
cine club and rattle which belonged
to the last medicine man of the
Skokomish Tribe, two baskets which
were made by the sister-in-law of
the founder of the Shaker Church,
John Slocum. These and numerous
other items make up a collection of
Indian artifacts collected by three
generations of the Miller family of
the Skokomish Reservation.
10 Years Ago
From the August 31, 1989, Mason
County Journal:
Charges have been filed in Ma-
son County District Court against
a Seattle woman for dumping a
man's body wrapped in duct tape in
Mason County last month.
Union citizens who have peti-
tioned the Mason County Commis-
sion to form a parks and recreation
district may see their issue on the
November general election ballot.
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Page 18- Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, September 2, 1999
ceived a 911 call about an argu-
ment on Harvard Street and he
and Officer Mike Hudnell arrived
at Thomas's house at about the
same time.
"She came running out of the
house waving her arms. It ap-
peared she was crying and upset,"
Rhoades said, adding that Thom-
as told him she and Clowes had
been arguing over money. "She
said to me she was glad that we
had arrived because Mr. Clowes
wouldn't let her call the police."
Under further questioning by
Kee he testified that he talked to
Clowes at the scene. He said
Clowes told him that he wasn't
sure about the no-contact order
and that he did not strike Thom-
as. "He said she was sitting on a
chair and she started to fall back
and he caught her in an attempt
to stop her fall," Rhoades said.
Quoting from his report of the
incident, he said Clowes told him,
"Every time I don't do what she
wants me to do she throws me in
jail." The officer said Clowes told
him that he was "spitting blood"
after the argument with Thomas
"but that he didn't know where
that came from."
IN CROSS-EXAMINATION
by Sergi, Rhoades said he didn't
recall Thomas saying Clowes
pulled the phone out of the socket
so she couldn't call the police.
Clowes, he said, explained being
at Thomas's house with a no-con-
tact order in place by "saying that
he was providing for her and her
children," the officer said.
Kee called Officer Hudnell to
the stand. He testified that
Thomas was "visibly upset and
crying" when he arrived at her
house. "She told me she was tired
of being beat on," he said. "She
had been crying. Her face was
red. She had tears on her face.
When she put her hands in front
of her face they would visibly
shake." He said Thomas told him
she had been hit in the face.
Cross-examined by Sergi, Hud-
nell said he and Rhoades arrived
at Thomas' house at about the
same time. "I don't recall her
coming out of the house and
frantically waving her arms,"
Hudnell said: He described
Clowes as cooperative and not ag-
gressive. He said the telephone
was plugged in when he checked
the house but reported that
Thomas had told him Clowes had
unplugged it. "Ms. Thomas said
she'd used the phone to call her
mother but that he wouldn't allow
her to use it to call 911," he said.
ON TUESDAY morning
Thomas took the stand and con-
tinued her testimony. She said
she planned to assert her consti-
tutional right to avoid making
statements that might assist
prosecutors in any case filed
against her and Kee told her she
would have limited immunity
from prosecution.
Under questioning by Kee, she
testified that she was standing at
the window calling her mother
when the police arrived at her
house. "I think I started to cry
when I was talking to the police,"
she said.
Thomas said the argument was
about yardwork. "He was going
over to his house to mow the lawn
but he was supposed to build my
fence," she said. She said that
Clowes hit her in the face by acci-
dent, talking with his hands.
Kee then asked Thomas to
read parts of the statement she
had made to the police. She tried
to plead the Fifth Amendment
but Sheldon directed her to do as
Kee requested.
SHE READ from her state-
ment, "I went for the phone and
he unhooked it by taking the cord
out of.the wall and then spit on
my face three times and slapped
me." She read her description of
falling down by a wine rack and
hitting her head, and about tell-
ing her daughter to go get help: "I
told her to go to the neighbors.
She knows what that means, to
call the cops," she read.
Thomas said she didn't tell the
police the truth. "I was really up-
set at him. When you get angry at
someone you love who doesn't do
what you want him to do you ex-
aggerate," she said.
Under cross-examination by
Sergi she testified that the initial
disagreement with Clowes was
over money she had given him
but that she later found that he
had returned the money. She said
she was just as animated as
Clowes during their argument.
IN HIS CLOSING remarks,
Kee told jurors Thomas is a clas-
sic example of the victim of do-
mestic violence. "Tiffany was ob-
viously a reluctant witness. She
didn't want to be here. She didn't
want Kyle punished. She didn't
like the questions I asked," he
said.
He said her testimony should
be considered with that in mind
when jurors compare it to that of
the police officers. "I think the ev-
idence is clear who's biased and
who's not and where the credibili-
ty lies," he said.
Sergi also said Thomas was not
a credible witness. He said his
client was guilty of violating the
no-contact order but not of domes-
tic violence. "There is no evidence
that an assault occurred except
for the testimony of Ms. Thomas
who is totally unreliable," he said.
The jurors were Barbara M.
Catron, Holly J. Byczynski,
James D. Blokzyl, Judy A. Cal-
laghan, Gladys Brainerd, Carol
M. Dickson, Robert N. Larsen Jr.,
Cynthia Rae Murphy, James T.
Dickson, Charles C. Wright III,
Tammi L. Baker and Raymond F.
Kraut.
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In superior court:
Three
A number of sentences were
handed down Thursday in Mason
County Superior Court. Those
sentenced were:
• Asha Ponis, 33, of 1221 21st
Street, Puyallup. She was sen-
tenced to four months in the Ma-
son County Jail for two counts of
forgery. Judge Toni Sheldon con-
verted 30 days to 240 hours of
community service and said she
can spend the rest of the time on
electronic home monitoring.
Deputy Prosecutor Reinhold
Schuetz opposed electronic home
monitoring but defense attorney
Ron Sergi persuaded the judge
otherwise. "I don't think it's in
the community's interest for her
to be incarcerated beyond the
time that she's already done,"
Sergi said.
Schuetz reminded Sheldon that
Penis has prior convicts for theft
and forgery on her criminal
record. "The picture here is of
somebody who would rather steal
and write bad checks than live a
different lifestyle," he said.
Judge Sheldon ordered Penis
to pay $500 to the crime victims'
fund, $350 towards her attorney's
fees, $219.85 in court costs and
$100 in restitution. She will be
under state supervision for 12
months after her release.
• Stephen Ray Gorby, 45, of
71 East Sonja Lane, Shelton. He
was sentenced to 365 days in jail
with all but 14 suspendS'.
licious mischief in the th
gree in connection with !
dent of domestic violence.
Judge Sheldon said
serve the time in the day
ing program. She ordel l
pay $500 to the crime
fund, $350 towards his
fees and $110 in
Gorby will be under
pervision for 24 months
release. He was told to
from his wife, who was the t
of the crime.
Gorby told the court t
incident may have
his mental condition.
o ilty because I am guilty.
r this crime and guilty
following my mental
treatment," he said.
• Debbie M. WhitneY
son, 33, of 5051 East Br
Road, Shelton, was sent
60 days in jail for unl l
session of a firearm in the
degree.
Judge Sheldon, at sent
said she can instead sel
time on electronic home
ing if approved for the r
by Mason County Prosti)
is to be on 12 months sup $
following the serving of he
The judge ordered Robi
pay $500 to the crime ,i
fund, $350 towards her at
fees and $148 in court
Chuck Ruhl
Insurance
10186 Cummings Drive
Sedro Woolley, WA 98284
Office (360) 854-9133 • Fax (360) 854-0308.
Toll Free Pager 1-888-204-4939
The Mason County 4-H & FFA Livestock Market Auction
youth members and committee would like to show their apprecia-
tion and give a huge thanks to all of the buyers and supporters of
our Auction•
Thank You Buyers
FFA Champion Mkt. Hog Purchased by Relier Logging
4-H Champion Mkt. Hog Purchased by Evergreen Angus
4-H Res. Champion Mkt. Hog Purchased by Janice Byrd
4-H Champion Mkt. Steer Purchased by Steve Easley
FFA Champion Mkt. Lamb Purchased by Dels Farm Sup.
4-H Champion Mkt. Lamb Purchased by Wildwind
Farms, Mike & Mary Jackson, Double K Angus, Kobe
Acres, John Lee, and Pocketmoney Farms
4-H Champion Mkt. Goat Purchased by Oakland Bay
Kiperts Korner Feed
Bronze Works
Twin City Sales
Castle & Coleman Logging
Unicorn Childcare Center
An extra special thanks to
Terry and Kelly Tucker
from Twin City Sales for
their continued support
auctioning of our
Market Sale.
Thanks again for making our 1999 Auction a great success
Anyone interested in purchasing a market animal through our youth auction please
contact Terri Wood/Auction Manager at 425 - 0496
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