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Thursday, Sept. 14, 2023
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The Voice of Mason County Since 1886 — Vol. 137, No.37
Shiriey “Winkie” Jaccard was born Sept. 17, 1923, at Shelton General
Hospital, and grew up in the
Pickering area. Journal photo Gordon Inset, Jaccard, left, on a bicycle in
1939. Courtesy photo
Around the world in 100
By Gordon Weeks,
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n the fall of 1937, Shirley
"Win kie” Jaccard was a
frightened .l¢lwyear~old tak-
ing the 40‘minute bus ride from
her family’s isolated farm in
the. Pickering area to enter the
eighth grade at Shelton Junior
High School.
Her education so far had
been conducted inside the one-
room Grant School —~ one year,
she was the school’s sole girl.
She and her four siblings rose
at 4 a.m. to milk cows and tend
to chickens before their half—
mile hike to Grant School. Tllt‘
family’s outhouse was perched
directly over a stream.
Now Jzuécard was heading to
the “big city" of Shelton.
. “It was so scary,” Jaccard
recalled in an interview at her
Harstine Island home a couple
weeks before her 100th birth-
day, which is Sunday. “We’d
never been off the farm."
Yet that rural Mason County
girl who had never seen Olym—
pia or Seattle turned into a
globe—trotter.
Jaccard taught school in
Australia for a year and stud-
ied schools in China through
a pro .uzze launched by Presi-
dent Richard Nixon. She was
a missionary in Congo and
helped crew a ship on a three-
week journey from the Shel-
ton Yacht Club to Hawaii. She
jumped into the icy waters of
Antarctica.
None of these adventures
was a guided tour. “I did it on
my own, on the streets, no five—
star hotels,” she said.
Birth made her a Mason
see 100 page 9
Shelton names new police chief
By Gordon Weeks
geldon@masoncounty com
Chris Kostad, who has worked for the Shelton Police
Department since 2002, will become the city’s new po—
lice chiefin November.
The city last week announced Kostad will replace
Carole Benson, who recently announced her intention
to retire. She has been in that position since January
2021.
Kostad is a captain, a position he has had since 2021.
He has also been a corporal, sergeant and lieutenant
in the department. A news release from the city states
that as captain, Kostad manages the department’s
daily operations, including hiring, staffing and t‘ain—
ing for all department employees. He is also the depart—
ment’s accreditation manager and coordinator of this
year’s rte—accreditation process.
“It. is a true honor to become police chief after 18
years of service with the City of Shelton,” Kostad said
in the news release. “I look forward to continuing to
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provide excellent police service to the community and
provide a safe environment for everyone to life, work
and play.”
“I am ecstatic that Chris Kostad will be the next po-
lice chiefl” Beason wrote in an email to the Journal.
“Chris is an exceptional leader who has been a member
of this organization for the past 18 years. Unlike an ex—
ternal candidate, Chris will be able to ‘hit the ground
running’ because he knows this depaitment and this
community better than anyone. He’s served as ,our
WASPC accreditation manager for most of my tenure
as chief and he’s done an outstanding job making sure
we meet all the accreditation standards since he took
over. I have no doubt Chris will be an exceptional police
chief. I retire knowing the police department is in very
good hands.”
“Captain Kostad is a thoughtful goal-setter and a
true professional,” City Manager Mark Ziegler said in
the news release. “His knowledge and experience, com—
bined with his commitment to implementing best prac—
tices, make him a great fit for this position.”
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City to raise
water rates
By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncounty com
The Shelton City Council is slated to vote Tues—
day evening to raise basic monthly water service
rates from $46 to almost 5 by 2029 to meet op
erating expenses and pay back loans.
The council unanimously gave preliminary
agreement to the proposed rates at its Sept. 5
regular meeting. They were recommended by the
consulting firm oi'.i*’CS Group. V
The proposed basic rate for monthly water ser-
vice. bell-re any water is used, would rise 14%
from $46.09 currently to $52.54 in 2024; increase
iin in 2025 to $59.90; another 14‘}? in 2026
Vt, :l’5 in 2027 to $70.34; 3’? in 2028 to
$72.15; and 8% in 12029 to $74.62.
The council members examined chart that
showed the amount of money needed to operate
the water utility will rise from $3 million this
year to $5 million in 2029.
The current rates don’t cover operating and ex—
pense services, Mayor Eric Onisko said.
“That black line (on the chart) says we don’t
have enough money to have water service,”
in:- ..aérl, “That doesn‘t pay the employees, that
' «:in or) for the upgrades, any broken lines,
we don’t hi-z'e it What do we do? Do we lay off
more water people? Do we have a moratorium and
build no new homes?”
Onisko said he almost “fell out of my chair”
when he saw the proposed 14% rate increases,
“but we want sale, clean water. We want to be
able to put out a fire.”
Onisko said the water bills at his home during
the summer are $300 to $400 because he waters
his lawn and tops oil‘ the water in his swimming
see WATER, page 9
High rates?
Shelton residents have grumbled for years
about what they perceive as costly water and
sewer rates, but according to the city, the
rates are lower than other Washington cities,
even with a proposed 1 Cir increase in basic
water rates next year.
A chart presented at the Shelton City
Council’s Aug. 8 study session states that
residents of a single-family home in Shelton
pay an average of $4,518 a year for water and
sewer service. With proposed increases recom-
mended by consultants FCS Group and given
preliminaiy approval by the council Sept.'5, ;
that amount would rise to $11,000 in 2024.
According to the consultant’s report, that
total is lower than these “comparable” towns
in the region:
I Washougal, $11,563
I Monroe, $11,567
I Yelm, $13,119
I Snohomish, $14,151
I Bremerton $14,477
I Centralia (,N-P Zone) $14,486
I Tumwater $14,486
I Sedro-Woolley (Skagit PUD) $14,611
I Olympia $15,527 ‘
I Centralia (P Zone) $17,404
I Lacey $20,085
I Compiled by reporter Gordon Weeks
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