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S~LL TO~ PAPB~ 217 W COTA ST SHB.TON, (~ %584~3 Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 Week 38 ~ The Voice of Mason County since 1886 ~- Published for Mason County and Rob Garner of Shelto II Shelton City Commission seeks more input on issue i regular meeting to hear tool ments. By GORDON WEEKS missioners say theyreceivedlittlefeed, safe and sane" fireworks wi ,, Maxine Johnston, who ha g°rdon@-maso:tcountv•com back on the proposed ban. Currently• mother for 30 years at 524 S. Fi: ........ -------~_.L~2 fireworks are only allowed within city limits.on the Fourth &July• said banning the sale of firewo~/ The Shelton City Commission onBut five residents stepped to the o- one week during the entire year i Monday postponed a decision on ban- dium at Monday's meetin ....P no sense at all." The city wiP ning the sale and use of fireworks after melr opposition to the proposed*ban, with the mo ..... ~:oT2.],.g ~v exvress much greater challen~,~ ~',~,,~ vendors said a ban would rob them of which has been enacted in the cities of " ~ vuwerrul tirework sales and simply send their/customers to First Nations reservations for more L2:tY and Olym_pia. Instead of pass- chased on the reservations, she s ., "It.is ~fficult to control'peopl potent explosives, g ne proposed ordinance on its sec- eoraung Independence Day, th~ Before Monda-'s .... ond reading, the commission decided y meeung, the corn- to postpone the decision until its Oct. See Fireworks on pag @ @ Equal parts work, play for She/ton marchingband ..... By EMILY HANSON emit:~:masoncou nty•cont When Sabrina McGlothlin was in grade school, she real- ized what she wanted to do. "I saw a marching band perform and said I wanted to do it," said McGlothlin, now a senior at Shelton High School. My morn said pick EDUCATION FOCUS Good ! bad trend, for county home sale: By GORDON WEEKS ,g~°rdo~t@rr~,a.oneoun~y t'o~l~ Real estate research Glenn Crellin last week to Mason Counw Realtors tht he has seen the light. "It's the light at the en of the tunnel "th- • . , ~ associat chrector for research for t_h, University of Washington Runstad Center for Rea Estate Studies told the au dience Sept. 13 in a PUE District 3 meeting room in Shelton ,,¢1~ ..... • • ~,.~.,,m~) sales are increasing, prices are in- creasing, negative equity is declining, all good Signs " • He added, "But m "~ • the hght at the end of the tun nel a train?" months of 2012, compared an instrument' and I pointed to the same period in 2011. Sales on the least expen- at the person directing the si~e homes rose 12 percent band and said 'I w---" - during the same period, atlb O0 that.'" n .... while sales of homes in the $250,000-$350,000 range cove, ~belton senior drum m "or ~o~ ~o,o increased by 70 percent. As the seni - band duri • • as Sabrina M • p ~ ~ ...... or drum major &the " ' • ng ~t$ halft me . cGlothhn lead • era marchin b a ....... H~ghchmb- e ghth, a _ show on Frida . Be ___ s the marchrn The median closing price for that goal _ an ...... ~,u~nlln nas achieved mare .gr der Madaly..nne Baker plas t~ low, Oakland Bay dunior Hi g home sales in Union/South. hm b Y e I g ..... " g and ~:haIftime show. xy ophone during the Shelton shore increased 14 percent ~ne arum major conducts the entire band," for the first six months of she sa~d. "The drum maior uo~n .... education. and airect the arm,, w~ ~-~' ~,u, play a drum "Then ~- ......... " 2012 compared to the first ~_,~^,,. _ J .-.,.-vamns. _ -, , ~uveruuy 111 ~et o ;~ ..... half of 2011. • ~v~c~,u~mm has been in l~o.,a. _.._ . school,' she s ' " o -, a,,u a~ a hlgn m sixth grade and -~ .... ~"~ ~ace sac was a livin )" rod. If not, I wan~ to perform (for The bleaker figures in- . ~ons warn me SH . ,g ~ng band, she is also the ...... S march McGlothlin i,~ .... elude a 35 percent foreelo- washington All ~* ..... dr,,~ _major oI the 54 ...... 7 "~. ~,*~-person Dart Of" fh,, sure rate in Mason County Thou~.~. 1._ "o?a~e ~v~arching Band. _~- ~w,~ua marcning band, under *'~-~ ~" --.~"" overall, and an extremely dir~* ~s*.~ ~er pr:mary job with Shelton i.~ t, o~ ~nelton Band Director Ro-~ ,:~_v _a~recuon high 46 percent in the city ~ n~r.reHow musicians, MeOlot~d:_ - " we're a pretty bala .... ~-- ~neia. mac play the flute a rl fh, --: - -,m can said "W ,,~vu oancl, Breakfield of Shelton. The median the ob " . n ..... latCcalo. She la . • e have 10 flutes and cla sales price tbr a house in _ o.e m the wind ensemble na ;~--P ys e~ght trum eta, 1 _ ,~nets, 10 sax, or sax m the jazz band a ..... ars~ ten-and eight ~Polor'~10a~W bras~, eight percussion Hoodsport/Potlatch/Cush_ " ' maBa. dropped 22 percent, Though the marching band is a volunteer and 'nC!oquallum/Dayton/ I hke how you can crea~e a family within band and Breakfield stresses it is not t . the band with something as simple as s ~wauoc~: plunged 35 percent. she said. ound of the music,,ro ........ he core . , And those 44 Mason v ~*am a: ~helton, he said it's ~fhmg?' _ because there are five bands, six $250,000 to $350,000 the of hMeUrS~Cfhat~ab:en~ such an inspirational part the more public face of what the music pro- you count the pit for the spring musical.' gram does• County homes that sold for ~vict~lOthlin wants to e rn a bachelor's degree in performance and ~usic "We always get a chuckl Breakfleld said• first six months of 2012, asks, 'Can you get the band ~oph:~or~ams:Onee compared to only 26 be- , See Band on page A-6 tween January and July 20117 • Some were waterfront ............ -~ homes at $500,000 now sell. Level 3 sex offender moves to Agate hborh dle is now the top range, STAFF REPORT Justin ~C Shrum O ing at $350,000 ... the mid,, prr&masoncount .co ~ " . has moved 19 " ~ ..... g ' od said]ocalWindermereReal - ......... ua~y,eom to th~ 1800 block of E. A a 97 m^Fre~,u, CahL l-le was fo • .. Estate Broker Andy Conk- Road. g te .convmted of unlawful sexual m;n~m¢m°ral purposes stem- nn, who also presented sta- The Mason County ~- ..... m, 31, ~s described as . _ w~th a minor, he . _L~ent when tistics and analysis to the iWs O a ~ ~',=~-having brown h ' ~ stemmm~ from an i " was 25, and contacted Realtors. ffic_ has anne mr and e e~ nc~dent un an uncea and is , ,, Y , that occurre dercover detec" • that level 3 sex ^w^-#^.- . 5 4 and weighs ln~ , = ,,, d when he was ~ two posing A bright spot for home- , ,mvnuw- pounds. ~ ~--, ~o. rne victim 11 , ...... ~-~a_a 13-year-old girl buyers is that Mason Coun. Shrllm recently moved toat the time, claimed t'h'einte;u in it:. conti,n.ued commu,mcat_ ty is still an affordable place UII~IIII]IIIIII|I|I||||||||H Mason county and is re_. .. ^~ course was consensual. *;~ge ~hthe.undercoveraetec_ t~ to buy a house compared to to re ster qmr=u tie was also , aau mmkin the ga as a sex convicted m g officer llll l l,,llllllllllllllll/ offender 2006 in Thu~s~on Cou~n! ~" was in fact a 1~ yeat~ eld -rl saue?°nndlng counties. The " 63 .001:11... 2, ...... His first n,~es- periorCourtofthr .... ~y~u: sent photographs ot"hiL~; ~ _ eman home price w ~ee wrrenoer on page A-6 Shrum 1 . - as .c ....... *on was in c . . e~ ~oua~s or ...... $ 56,200 during the second ommumcatmn with a minor t: ..... Justin quarter of 2012, compared See Housing on page A-6 Crellen has been analyz- !ng'W__ashington home sales aata tbr 20 years, and he of- fered encouraging and dis- couraging statistics state- wide and in Mason County at the gathering of the Ma- son County Association of Realtors. • ~ The good news in Mason bounty is that the numb el ^~_,., er of osvu nouse sales increased slightly during the first six