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000000oe00J,00omoaoeC00 Lady Climbers outswim Blazers Senior John Pentony brought in the Highclimbers' (0-1) only victory when he took down Gig Harbor's No. 1 singles player in three sets plus a tiebreaker. Pentony lost the first set 6-4 then won the second 7-5 and the third 7-6 (9-7). "We're really hap- py with John Pento- ny and Brandan SEPT. 6: Goodale," Gagnon Gig Harbor .... 4 said. Shelton .......... 1 At No. 2 singles, Goodall, a senior, TODAY: lost 6-0, 6-1. Shelton at "Even though the SKI-IS, 3:30 scores didn't look p.m. good, we had a lot of games go to add," Gagnon said. "Our kids played tough." He said it's difficult for Shelton to compete against larger schools like Gig Harbor because many of the ten- nis players play at indoor tennis clubs during the year. The Highclimbers continue their non-league schedule at 3:30 p.m. today at South Kitsap. "They're all tough (at South Kit- sap)," Gagnon said. SHS girls'swimming at North Thurston today By EMILY HANSON em@@masoncound,.com On their way to Lacey to swim at Timberline last week, the Shelton girls' swimming team knew the Lady Blazers had a strong team last season. They were expecting a strong team this season as well. Which made the out- come of their meet on Sept. 6 even more remarkable. "We won every single race," Shel- ton co-head coach Chad Youngquist said. The Lady Highclimbers defeated Tim- berline 112-73. "They were much closer to us last year (during our meet) and we lost some seniors who were pretty decent," Youngquist said. "We thought it would be a really close meet." He said he thought Timberline lost some strategic swimmers at the end of last season. Although this was the first meet of the season, several Shelton girls set best timesin their events. "Hannah Womer In the 200-yard free- has improved a lot style, Hannah Womer finished in second with f[o st seso to a time of 2 minutes, 28.97 seconds for a this season, Jordan best time. Also scoring best times were: Paige Coa[d ad Paige SEPT. 6: Goldsby in the 50-yard Shelton ...... 112 freestyle at 29.45; Jot- Gotdsby have also Timberline.. 73 dan Crossan in the 50- yard freestyle at 31.95; stepped upo" TODAY: Dawn Martin in the Shelton a 50-yard freestyle at N. Thurston. 38.46, Sarah Myers in The Lady Climbers (1-0) are set to 3:30 p.m. the 100-yard freestyle swim at 3:30 p.m. today at North Thur- at 1:01; Goldsby in ston. the 500-yard freestyle at 7:00.11: and Womer in the 100-yard breaststroke at 1:25.15. "Hannah Womer has improved a lot from last season to this season," Youngquist said. "Jordan Crossan and Paige Goldsby have also stepped up." For the diving team, Lanna Keltner dove in her first varsity meet. "Lanna got six dives in, so that was good and exciting," co-head coach Rob Phelan said. "North Thurston is by far the tough- est team in the 3A league," Youngquist said. "Last year they were very good. They have a bunch of fast swimmers and I think they've got a good chunk of club swimmers." Despite expecting a tough race, Youngquist said the Lady Highclimbers will race their best and get best times. "Swimming against a team that beats them I don't think will dampen their goals," he said. Shelton's Williamson wins Capital Invite Highclimbers Ft. Steilacoom cross country headed to this Saturday The top finisher for the girls' team was freshman Lindsey Goldsby, who took ninth in the freshman girls' race with a time of 17:45.67. White said Goldsby and freshman Courtney Burke both ran solid races for the girls. Burke finished the fresh- man girls' race in 12th with a time of 17:58.47. On the boys' side, he said sophomore Darius Burke and senior Zaeh Taylor put forth strong performances as well. Darius Burke took fifth in the sophomore boys' race with a time of 13:07.49 while Taylor took 19th in the senior boys' race With a time of 13:12.83. The Highclimbers' next test of run- ning ability is Saturday at Ft. Steilacoom By EMILY HANSON emil ,@nas ncount .corn Cody Williamson came out strong in the first cross country meet of the season for Shelton. On Saturday, the junior won the ju- nior boys' race at the Capital Invite with a time of 12 minutes, 5.19 seconds, nearly 16 seconds ahead of the second place fin- isher. The race was split into grade divi- sions and separated between boys and girls. The course was 2.33 miles. "Cody got the plaque for outstanding 3A runner in the meet," head coach Daryl White said. State Park in Lakewood. The boys' and girls' teams will both be competing on a Shelton sophomore Darius Burke runs in the Capital Invite cross country meet on Saturday. Burke took fifth in the sophomore boys' race with a time of 13:07.49. Courtesy of Daryl White 5,000-meter course against schools from all classifications in the state. Merger Petition Into Mason County Fire District 6 (FD 6) Recently, a number of concerned citizens in a portion of Mason County Fire District 9 (FD 9) began circulating a petition to merge into FD 6. There have been a number of misinformation efforts including the F9 letter, news articles, and letters to the editor that prompt us to again set the record straight. Fact 1: This is a taxpayer's initiative and not masterminded by FD 6 or any one person. We citizens responsible for the petition effort are taxpayers in FD 9 and are dissatisfied with the lack of service, fire commission mismanagement, and unwarranted expenditure of taxpayer funds. Fact 2: On September 4, 2012, one of the petition initiators and his attorney met the FD 9 Fire Commission Chairman. Here are the results: 1) The FD 9 Commission Chairman acknowledged that FD g had not issued a Request for Proposals for the building of a well and planned construction of a "residence" at the fire station on Road Runner Dr. Further, FD 9 lacked proper documentation of bids received and expanded the scope of the contract after awarding the contract without legally required documentation. FD 9's failures violate state procurement laws. 2) The FD 9 Commission Chairman acknowledged the Fire Commission issued no Special Meeting Notices for a series of meetings in the Spring of 2012 in violatio6 of the Open Public Meetings Act. For example, the Commissioners traveled to Highline Homes to obtain a bid on the "residence," the Commissioners all attended a FD 6 Commission meeting and discussed FD g business, and the Commissioners recently met with County officials to discuss permitting of the "residence." The public was not made aware of any of these meetings in plain violation of the Open Public Meetings Act. 3) FD g was unable to provide any tape recordings of general meetings held in the Spring of 2012 as, per the FD 9 Commission Chairman, the Commission has decided to cease tape recording its meetings. However, we citizens are aware that tape recordings were made during this time and it appears these tape recordings were destroyed. Fact 3: FD 9 is a totally volunteer department andhas depended upon a 1999 agreement with FD 6 to provide service when it cannot. FD 6 is staffed 24/7 and routinely provides service to FD 9 at the expense of the FD 6 taxpayers. Fact 4: EMT and ambulance response to the merging portion of FD 9 comes from district 6. No active volunteer emergency medical technicians (EMTs) operate from the station on Road Runner. All medical call service for FD 9 comes from the Skok Valley Stationand may not include a trained EMT and does not include an FD 9 ambulance. With FD 6, there will be a responsewith qualified EMTs and ambulance. The Road Runner station will transfer into District 6 and wil include FD 6 staffing at some point in the future. Fact 5: FD 9 has no operational ambulance, yet we are paying an increased amount of taxes for non-existent medical service. FD 6 maintains a 24/7 response capability with an ambulance and crew for basic life support calls. Medic One provides for-profit ambulance service to both districts for advanced life support calls. Fact 6: Financial Mismanagement: FD 9 was awarded a grant by the State Dept of Natural Resources to build a new water tender to be housed.at the Road Runner Dr. station. The FD 9 cost share portion of the tender grant was $20,000 according to the approved budget. As of 6/31/12, the County Assessor's Office and Treasurer's Office show an FD 9 expenditure of over $45,000 for the tender. Fact 7: Financial Mismanagement: The entire FD 9 budgets (fire and EMS) totals about$138,000. Construction of the "residence" at the Road Runner Station is estimated at $110,000 just for the building. When asked if they had any idea of maintenance and utility cost, the FD 9 Commissioners said they did not. There are no FD 9 staff to put in that facility. Fact 8: Operational Mismanagement: • -- On July 31, 2012, WA State Labor and Industries issued FD 9 a serious category violation for failing to provide medical evaluations for its personnel who wear air tanks systems (SCBA). o-- In August, immediately following the start of the petition effort, it was reported that a repair company spent over 8 hours at the Road Runner station on a Sunday trying to repair the fire engine housed there so it was functional. o-- It was also reported there are over 30 major discrepancies on the new water tender, funded by the DNR grant, at that station. FD 9 built the tender up from a chassis using department members, yet has spent over 250% of the allotted budget on that tender. This petition effort is about service, not personalities. As the petition movement continues, we ask anyone interested in more information or wishing to sign the petition to contact us via email at joinfd6@gmail. corn or calling 432-0196. 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