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NO ONE WAS injured Wednesday morning when a tanker truck car-
rying jet fuel for helicopters went off Highway 101 north of Hoods-
port, plunged down an embankment and landed on its side.
N_00o leaked fuel detected:
Tanker truck skids
off 101 onto beach
driver Steven Smith
along Highway
"quarters of a mile
)ort about 7:20
ty. It was a sunny
beside the tranquil wa-
real.
hell broke loose.
tanker was carrying
jet fuel estimated at
bound for Sander-
Washington State Pa-
said the right tires
went off the road.
"year-old McMinnville,
Oregon, driver lost control of
the rig and it veered across the
northbound lane of the high-
way, ripped out some 90 feet of
guard rail and toppled down an
embankment and onto a beach,
where it landed on its side.
Smith was not injured in the
crash. The tank of the GMC
truck, owned by Evergreen Hel-
icopter of McMinnville, Oregon,
holds up to 800 gallons of heli-
copter fuel, but no fuel leaks
were detected. Hoodsport fire-
fighters, state'troopers and even
two vans from the Washington
State Department of Ecology's
Spill Response Team converged,
on the scene.
By 11 a.m. the truck had
been righted on the beach.
Washington State Patrol Lieu-
tenant Steve Smeland said the
plan was to siphon the helicop-
ter fuel out of the truck before it
was towed back up onto the
highway.
The amount of damage to the
truck was not immediately
known.
ty's road program to be
.ed at two open houses
County residents will
Opportunity to review
on Mason Coun-
road plan at two
hosted by the public
t.
zs scheduled from 3 to
sday, September
3 Auditorium at
Cota streets in Shel-
Second will be held from
t. on Tuesday, October 5,
Station on the Old Bel-
to County Engineer
the six-year plan
Under review by the
new Transportation
Program-Citizens
Advisory Program, a group
formed this summer. The pur-
pose for the open houses is for
residents to review what the
county plans to do and to solicit
comments from the public, Hauth
added.
A video will be shown high-
lighting the six-year plan with
projects listed sequentially and
road deficiencies identified.
Displays will include graphic
representations of the main-
tenance budget and fish passage
expenditures related to recent
listings of Hood Canal summer
chum and Puget Sound chinook
under the federal Endangered
Species Act. New construction
and current safety deficiencies
will also be identified.
Multimodal transportation op-
portunities including a possible
comprehensive bike route plan
will be outlined with participa-
tion by Mason Transit Authori-
ty.
Various schematic drawings
for the Belfair Bypass and the
Highway 101 Connector routes
will be on display. Small maps
will be available to the public.
Those attending will be asked
to fill out a questionnaire re-
garding their opinions about the
six-year transportation plan.
County staffers will be on
hand to answer questions.
zone for property
Alder progresses
to build a profes-
on two va-
north side of Aid-
corner of Sixth
headed for eventu,
Shelton city tom-
the city's compre-
would lead to a
to allow for the de-
ezng proposed by
commis-
to a pro-
to rezone proper-
north side of Alder
Fourth and Sev-
strictly residen-
of commercial and
however, Sladek
in the Shelton
to allow for a
professional
which would be
Street between
streets, cur-
neighborhood/resi-
Sladek's hus-
of the two vacant
Monday night's
the matter that
rezoned in 1997
as corn-
that he got
as residential prop-
erty.
SLADEK SAID the lots were
initially appraised at $120,000 as
commercial property, thende-
valued to $30,000 as residential
property. She said she was told by
contractors that she'd be throw-
ing good money after bad to build
a house there.
Possibly, she said, the only val-
ue she has with the property is to
bring a mobile home onto it and
rent it out. "I don't want to do
that," she said.
Several area property owners
spoke in favor of the project.
Bruce Robinson said he doesn't
think Alder Street is a very good
residential street because of the
traffic and noise. Mark Myers
said Alder Street is considered a
high-traffic zone and there are
businesses on either side of his
property.
But another area property
owner, Tracy Moore, argued the
historic character of the neighbor-
hood should be protected and that
there are many vacant lots for
"residential infill." She later
agreed, though, that the two lots
on Alder would not be feasible for
residential development.
THE PROPOSED new zone
contains an extremely limited
number of permitted uses, includ-
ing professional offices, single-
family residences, duplexes, tri-
plexes and bed-and-breakfast
nm Dzrector
businesses, Plan " g' '
Paul Rogerson said. It also in-
cludes requirements for' buffering
between properties, locating
parking lots on the side of build-
ings, and other requirements. Ro-
gerson is also recommending a
maximum building size of 3,000
square feet.
Commissioner John Tarrant
said there should be very strin-
gent zoning to protect historic
and residential properties. He
said he feels strongly about main-
taining the viability and unique-
ness of neighborhoods. Commis-
sioner Janet Thornbrue said she
doesn't want to see historical
neighborhoods eroded. She said
she'd be in favor of allowing a
very limited use of professional
office space in the neighborhood.
The commissioners voted una-
nimously to direct Rogerson to
prepare an ordinance creating the
new zoning designation in the
city's comprehensive plan. They
also want a historical overlay,
which Rogerson told The Journal
he thinks means historical zoning
standards for the neighborhood.
That ordinance should be
ready in two weeks for the com-
mission review and hear in the
first of two readings.
Squaxins plan factory
to produce cigarettes
By JEFF GREEN
What do Brown and William-
son, R.J. Reynolds and the Squax-
in Island Indian Tribe have in
common?
Nothing for right now, but the
Mason County tribe is aiming to
join the ranks of firms manufac-
turing cigarettes by early next
year.
The Squaxin Island tribe's
newest enterprise, Skookum
Creek Tobacco Company, will
manufacture its own brand of cig-
arettes. A plant currently under
construction just south of the
tribe's Little Creek Casino is ex-
pected to be operating by next
January. It will initially employ
about 20 people, a tribal spokes-
man said.
Work on the 22,500-square-foot
building started at the end of
July. "We hope to be in produc-
tion, if everything goes right,
around the first of the year," Trib-
al Chairman Dave Lopeman told
The Journal. "We've got to make
a good product that the smokers
will like. We'll pay a little more
for our tobacco to get a better
grade."
LOPEMAN SAID tobacco will
come from North Carolina and
South Carolina and be trucked in
to the Squaxin plant. He said a
high estimate for production at
the plant will be 200 60-carton
cases (or 2.4 million cigarettes)
per shift.
"We see this as a natural addi-
tion to our smoke shop business,"
Lopeman said in a press release
issued by the tribe. "We want to
be able to keep some of the profits
from making cigarettes locally."
Cigarettes made at the tribe's
plant will be sold at its Kamilche
Trading Post adjacent to the casi-
no. Lopeman said the tribe has
had a smoke shop in Kamilche
since 1974. Skookum Creek To-
bacco Company also plans to mar-
ket its cigarettes to other reserva-
tions.
The tribe's tobacco company
will comply with all federal tobac-
co manufacturing regulations and
taxes, the press release said.
Manufacturing cigarettes will not
significantly alter the current dis-
pute over remitting cigarette
sales taxes to Washington State,
Lopeman added.
THE TRIBE SAID it has ini-
tiated discussions with the Wash-
ington State Attorney General's
Office about how the settlement
with big tobacco companies will
affect the Squaxin Island plant.
"The company will voluntarily
comply with all guidelines within
the settlement regulating adver-
tising and sales," the press re-
lease said. "The cigarettes will be
priced in parity with other gener-
ic brands."
"We will not target new
smokers," Lopeman observed.
"Some of the profits will be used
to fund a program to help reduce
smoking among tribal and non-
tribal youth in our service area."
The tribe has created a tribal
corporation and is projecting an
initial investment of $3.5 million
from private investors for capital,
leasing and equity financing. Her-
cules Development, a California-
based firm, has been retained by
the tribe for management consult-
ing. Hercules will also be a minor-
ity shareholder in the corpora-
tion.
The tribe said the economic de-
velopment model of financing
plus management is similar to
that employed in developing Lit-
tle Creek Casino.
"ECONOMIC development is
a top priority for the tribe," Lope-
man said. "Our goal is to develop
independence from the ever-
shrinking federal budget for Na-
tive Americans. In addition to
cuts in various federal programs
and grants, our tribe will be af-
fected by welfare reform."
Profits from the tobacco compa-
ny will be invested in other eco-
nomic development projects and
social programs, tribal sources in-
dicated.
The tribe, according to its press
release, plans to:
• Develop an integrated sea-
food farming and processing cap-
ability;
• Establish a scholarship fund;
• Build a daycare center to
serve about 100 commuters who
work in the Olympia area;
• Create an assisted living cen-
ter for Native Americans; and
• Work on other commercial or
industrial development.
Lopeman told The Journal
there was no estimate for now
about how much profit the tobac-
co company would make. 'Tee just
hope it makes a profit," he added.
Kids plant
Olympias
in canal
By NORMA JANE CAMERON
Once the Olympia oyster grew
naturally in Hood Canal.
Now efforts are under way to
restore the little native oyster to
the local waterway.
On a cloudy day with a cool
breeze last week, a group of peo-
ple from various agencies and in-
terests came togetlr to plant
Olympia oyster seed in ponds in
the estuary of the Skokomish Riv-
er located on te Skokomish Indi-
an Reservation.
Assembled for the historic ven-
ture were Betsy Peabody of the
Puget Sound Restoration Fund, a
nonprofit organization; Keith Du-
blanica, a Skokomish tribal biolo-
gist and restoration coordinator; a
representative of the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife;
Bill Taylor of Taylor Shellfish
Farms; Skokomish tribal shellfish
biologist Erick Sparkman; Hood
Canal School staffers Laurie
Byrd, Mona Miller and Ralph
Pulsifer; and members of Hood
Canal School's riparian enhance-
ment class.
STUDENTS WHO helped
plant oyster seeds were Sa-
mantha Miller, Jimmy Byrd, Bo
Tinaza, Andrew Buckhard, Levi
Roadman, Dannielle Reed, Ka-
siah Mae Brown, Jacy Woodruff
and Ron Decoteau.
Taylor Shellfish initiated the
project three months ago by tak-
ing Olympia oyster seed to Point
Whitney, the Washington State
Fish and Wildlife Department's
laboratory. Five weeks ago, seed
set on shells was visible only with
a microscope. The shells set with
that microscopic seed were placed
in bags set in the waters of the
Skokomish estuary.
Last week, students could see
minute oysters growing on the
shells.
The students, assisted by
Taylor, threw the shells with
their attached seed oysters into
tagged areas. Each student will
adopt a station in the restoration
project, and will monitor the
growth of the. oysters and the wa-
ter conditions at the site as the
oysters grow to maturity.
Dublanica noted that the lower
salinity of the estuarine water is
good. Olympias can survive in the
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Births ..................................... 15
Classifieds ............................ 27
Community Calendar .......... 7
Crossword ............................ 30
Entertainment, Dining ..... 26
Journal of Record .............. 16
Obituaries ............................ 10
Opinions, Letters ................. A
Sports .................................... 20
Tides ...................................... 18
Weather ................ .,.AS
IIII1 --If
Thursday, September 23, 1999
113th Year - Number 38 5 Sections - 46 Pages 50 Cents
Two face charges after
chase on Johns Prairie
Two Shelton men lace possible
criminal charges after their ar-
rest following a chase by a state
trooper in the air and sheriffs
deputies on the ground.
David Andrew Pearson, 24, of
538 Maple Street, Shelton and
James Ray Speas, 23, of 541 East
Capital Prairie Road, Shelton,
were identified Tuesday after-
noon in Mason County Superior
Court in connection with an in
vestigation by the Mason County
Sheriffs Office and the Washing-
ton State Patrol.
Judge James Sawyer found
probable cause for their arrest in
an investigation of possession of a
stolen firearm. He set bail at
$7,500 for Speas and $5,000 for
Pearson pending their arraign-
ment, which is scheduled tbr Sep-
lember 30,
THE FUGUTIVES were ar-
rested Monday by sheriffs depu-
ties after they fled from two depu-
ties who had stopped them for
questioning. The deputies got an
assist from Sergeant Joe Ander-
son of the aviation section of the
state patrol.
The search for the two men be-
(Please turn to page 12.)
McHargue launches campaign
a
to help build 'Field of Dre ms
Shelton resident and business-
man Jeff McHargue is launching
a fund-raising drive to help with
the completion of the unfinished
athletic field at Shelton Middle
School.
A 1981 Shelton High School
graduate, McHargue hopes to
raise at least $5,000, which would
be matched by another $5,000
from the Shelton-Mason County
Chamber of Commerce. His one-
man effort is starting October 1.
He said he's doing it for the lo-
cal kids because there's a lack of
playing fields in the area. "It's go-
ing to beautify a highly visible
area," McHargue said of the field
adjacent to Wallace Kneeland
Boulevard. "It's not Safeco Field,
bu it won't cost that much
either."
McHargue said he'd like to
raise $40,000. The Shelton School
District already has received
$60,000 to go toward the "Field of
Dreams" project. Of that, $50,000
came from Wal-Mart and $10,000
from a recent chamber auction.
"Wal-Mart's been fantastic in
this community in terms of
giving," McHargue said. "They
have a lot of grants that the
chamber of commerce and other
organizations have been able to
take advantage of."
He plans to start talking to lo-
cal civic groups, seek individual
donations and capitalize on fund-
raising ideas that emerge later.
He can be reached at 426-3317 on
weekdays.
McHargue played tennis and
was on the SHS track team. He
also played on the Highclimbers
freshman football team. And now
he wants to make sure that new
generations of Shelton kids have
similar opportunities.
JEFF McHARGUE of Shelton is launching a fund-raising drive start.
ing October 1 to raise at least $5,000 that will go to help finish the
undeveloped atlantic field at Shelton Middle School.
NO ONE WAS injured Wednesday morning when a tanker truck car-
rying jet fuel for helicopters went off Highway 101 north of Hoods-
port, plunged down an embankment and landed on its side.
N_00o leaked fuel detected:
Tanker truck skids
off 101 onto beach
driver Steven Smith
along Highway
"quarters of a mile
)ort about 7:20
ty. It was a sunny
beside the tranquil wa-
real.
hell broke loose.
tanker was carrying
jet fuel estimated at
bound for Sander-
Washington State Pa-
said the right tires
went off the road.
"year-old McMinnville,
Oregon, driver lost control of
the rig and it veered across the
northbound lane of the high-
way, ripped out some 90 feet of
guard rail and toppled down an
embankment and onto a beach,
where it landed on its side.
Smith was not injured in the
crash. The tank of the GMC
truck, owned by Evergreen Hel-
icopter of McMinnville, Oregon,
holds up to 800 gallons of heli-
copter fuel, but no fuel leaks
were detected. Hoodsport fire-
fighters, state'troopers and even
two vans from the Washington
State Department of Ecology's
Spill Response Team converged,
on the scene.
By 11 a.m. the truck had
been righted on the beach.
Washington State Patrol Lieu-
tenant Steve Smeland said the
plan was to siphon the helicop-
ter fuel out of the truck before it
was towed back up onto the
highway.
The amount of damage to the
truck was not immediately
known.
ty's road program to be
.ed at two open houses
County residents will
Opportunity to review
on Mason Coun-
road plan at two
hosted by the public
t.
zs scheduled from 3 to
sday, September
3 Auditorium at
Cota streets in Shel-
Second will be held from
t. on Tuesday, October 5,
Station on the Old Bel-
to County Engineer
the six-year plan
Under review by the
new Transportation
Program-Citizens
Advisory Program, a group
formed this summer. The pur-
pose for the open houses is for
residents to review what the
county plans to do and to solicit
comments from the public, Hauth
added.
A video will be shown high-
lighting the six-year plan with
projects listed sequentially and
road deficiencies identified.
Displays will include graphic
representations of the main-
tenance budget and fish passage
expenditures related to recent
listings of Hood Canal summer
chum and Puget Sound chinook
under the federal Endangered
Species Act. New construction
and current safety deficiencies
will also be identified.
Multimodal transportation op-
portunities including a possible
comprehensive bike route plan
will be outlined with participa-
tion by Mason Transit Authori-
ty.
Various schematic drawings
for the Belfair Bypass and the
Highway 101 Connector routes
will be on display. Small maps
will be available to the public.
Those attending will be asked
to fill out a questionnaire re-
garding their opinions about the
six-year transportation plan.
County staffers will be on
hand to answer questions.
zone for property
Alder progresses
to build a profes-
on two va-
north side of Aid-
corner of Sixth
headed for eventu,
Shelton city tom-
the city's compre-
would lead to a
to allow for the de-
ezng proposed by
commis-
to a pro-
to rezone proper-
north side of Alder
Fourth and Sev-
strictly residen-
of commercial and
however, Sladek
in the Shelton
to allow for a
professional
which would be
Street between
streets, cur-
neighborhood/resi-
Sladek's hus-
of the two vacant
Monday night's
the matter that
rezoned in 1997
as corn-
that he got
as residential prop-
erty.
SLADEK SAID the lots were
initially appraised at $120,000 as
commercial property, thende-
valued to $30,000 as residential
property. She said she was told by
contractors that she'd be throw-
ing good money after bad to build
a house there.
Possibly, she said, the only val-
ue she has with the property is to
bring a mobile home onto it and
rent it out. "I don't want to do
that," she said.
Several area property owners
spoke in favor of the project.
Bruce Robinson said he doesn't
think Alder Street is a very good
residential street because of the
traffic and noise. Mark Myers
said Alder Street is considered a
high-traffic zone and there are
businesses on either side of his
property.
But another area property
owner, Tracy Moore, argued the
historic character of the neighbor-
hood should be protected and that
there are many vacant lots for
"residential infill." She later
agreed, though, that the two lots
on Alder would not be feasible for
residential development.
THE PROPOSED new zone
contains an extremely limited
number of permitted uses, includ-
ing professional offices, single-
family residences, duplexes, tri-
plexes and bed-and-breakfast
nm Dzrector
businesses, Plan " g' '
Paul Rogerson said. It also in-
cludes requirements for' buffering
between properties, locating
parking lots on the side of build-
ings, and other requirements. Ro-
gerson is also recommending a
maximum building size of 3,000
square feet.
Commissioner John Tarrant
said there should be very strin-
gent zoning to protect historic
and residential properties. He
said he feels strongly about main-
taining the viability and unique-
ness of neighborhoods. Commis-
sioner Janet Thornbrue said she
doesn't want to see historical
neighborhoods eroded. She said
she'd be in favor of allowing a
very limited use of professional
office space in the neighborhood.
The commissioners voted una-
nimously to direct Rogerson to
prepare an ordinance creating the
new zoning designation in the
city's comprehensive plan. They
also want a historical overlay,
which Rogerson told The Journal
he thinks means historical zoning
standards for the neighborhood.
That ordinance should be
ready in two weeks for the com-
mission review and hear in the
first of two readings.
Squaxins plan factory
to produce cigarettes
By JEFF GREEN
What do Brown and William-
son, R.J. Reynolds and the Squax-
in Island Indian Tribe have in
common?
Nothing for right now, but the
Mason County tribe is aiming to
join the ranks of firms manufac-
turing cigarettes by early next
year.
The Squaxin Island tribe's
newest enterprise, Skookum
Creek Tobacco Company, will
manufacture its own brand of cig-
arettes. A plant currently under
construction just south of the
tribe's Little Creek Casino is ex-
pected to be operating by next
January. It will initially employ
about 20 people, a tribal spokes-
man said.
Work on the 22,500-square-foot
building started at the end of
July. "We hope to be in produc-
tion, if everything goes right,
around the first of the year," Trib-
al Chairman Dave Lopeman told
The Journal. "We've got to make
a good product that the smokers
will like. We'll pay a little more
for our tobacco to get a better
grade."
LOPEMAN SAID tobacco will
come from North Carolina and
South Carolina and be trucked in
to the Squaxin plant. He said a
high estimate for production at
the plant will be 200 60-carton
cases (or 2.4 million cigarettes)
per shift.
"We see this as a natural addi-
tion to our smoke shop business,"
Lopeman said in a press release
issued by the tribe. "We want to
be able to keep some of the profits
from making cigarettes locally."
Cigarettes made at the tribe's
plant will be sold at its Kamilche
Trading Post adjacent to the casi-
no. Lopeman said the tribe has
had a smoke shop in Kamilche
since 1974. Skookum Creek To-
bacco Company also plans to mar-
ket its cigarettes to other reserva-
tions.
The tribe's tobacco company
will comply with all federal tobac-
co manufacturing regulations and
taxes, the press release said.
Manufacturing cigarettes will not
significantly alter the current dis-
pute over remitting cigarette
sales taxes to Washington State,
Lopeman added.
THE TRIBE SAID it has ini-
tiated discussions with the Wash-
ington State Attorney General's
Office about how the settlement
with big tobacco companies will
affect the Squaxin Island plant.
"The company will voluntarily
comply with all guidelines within
the settlement regulating adver-
tising and sales," the press re-
lease said. "The cigarettes will be
priced in parity with other gener-
ic brands."
"We will not target new
smokers," Lopeman observed.
"Some of the profits will be used
to fund a program to help reduce
smoking among tribal and non-
tribal youth in our service area."
The tribe has created a tribal
corporation and is projecting an
initial investment of $3.5 million
from private investors for capital,
leasing and equity financing. Her-
cules Development, a California-
based firm, has been retained by
the tribe for management consult-
ing. Hercules will also be a minor-
ity shareholder in the corpora-
tion.
The tribe said the economic de-
velopment model of financing
plus management is similar to
that employed in developing Lit-
tle Creek Casino.
"ECONOMIC development is
a top priority for the tribe," Lope-
man said. "Our goal is to develop
independence from the ever-
shrinking federal budget for Na-
tive Americans. In addition to
cuts in various federal programs
and grants, our tribe will be af-
fected by welfare reform."
Profits from the tobacco compa-
ny will be invested in other eco-
nomic development projects and
social programs, tribal sources in-
dicated.
The tribe, according to its press
release, plans to:
• Develop an integrated sea-
food farming and processing cap-
ability;
• Establish a scholarship fund;
• Build a daycare center to
serve about 100 commuters who
work in the Olympia area;
• Create an assisted living cen-
ter for Native Americans; and
• Work on other commercial or
industrial development.
Lopeman told The Journal
there was no estimate for now
about how much profit the tobac-
co company would make. 'Tee just
hope it makes a profit," he added.
Kids plant
Olympias
in canal
By NORMA JANE CAMERON
Once the Olympia oyster grew
naturally in Hood Canal.
Now efforts are under way to
restore the little native oyster to
the local waterway.
On a cloudy day with a cool
breeze last week, a group of peo-
ple from various agencies and in-
terests came togetlr to plant
Olympia oyster seed in ponds in
the estuary of the Skokomish Riv-
er located on te Skokomish Indi-
an Reservation.
Assembled for the historic ven-
ture were Betsy Peabody of the
Puget Sound Restoration Fund, a
nonprofit organization; Keith Du-
blanica, a Skokomish tribal biolo-
gist and restoration coordinator; a
representative of the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife;
Bill Taylor of Taylor Shellfish
Farms; Skokomish tribal shellfish
biologist Erick Sparkman; Hood
Canal School staffers Laurie
Byrd, Mona Miller and Ralph
Pulsifer; and members of Hood
Canal School's riparian enhance-
ment class.
STUDENTS WHO helped
plant oyster seeds were Sa-
mantha Miller, Jimmy Byrd, Bo
Tinaza, Andrew Buckhard, Levi
Roadman, Dannielle Reed, Ka-
siah Mae Brown, Jacy Woodruff
and Ron Decoteau.
Taylor Shellfish initiated the
project three months ago by tak-
ing Olympia oyster seed to Point
Whitney, the Washington State
Fish and Wildlife Department's
laboratory. Five weeks ago, seed
set on shells was visible only with
a microscope. The shells set with
that microscopic seed were placed
in bags set in the waters of the
Skokomish estuary.
Last week, students could see
minute oysters growing on the
shells.
The students, assisted by
Taylor, threw the shells with
their attached seed oysters into
tagged areas. Each student will
adopt a station in the restoration
project, and will monitor the
growth of the. oysters and the wa-
ter conditions at the site as the
oysters grow to maturity.
Dublanica noted that the lower
salinity of the estuarine water is
good. Olympias can survive in the
(Please turn to page 2.)
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Births ..................................... 15
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Community Calendar .......... 7
Crossword ............................ 30
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Journal of Record .............. 16
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Thursday, September 23, 1999
113th Year - Number 38 5 Sections - 46 Pages 50 Cents
Two face charges after
chase on Johns Prairie
Two Shelton men lace possible
criminal charges after their ar-
rest following a chase by a state
trooper in the air and sheriffs
deputies on the ground.
David Andrew Pearson, 24, of
538 Maple Street, Shelton and
James Ray Speas, 23, of 541 East
Capital Prairie Road, Shelton,
were identified Tuesday after-
noon in Mason County Superior
Court in connection with an in
vestigation by the Mason County
Sheriffs Office and the Washing-
ton State Patrol.
Judge James Sawyer found
probable cause for their arrest in
an investigation of possession of a
stolen firearm. He set bail at
$7,500 for Speas and $5,000 for
Pearson pending their arraign-
ment, which is scheduled tbr Sep-
lember 30,
THE FUGUTIVES were ar-
rested Monday by sheriffs depu-
ties after they fled from two depu-
ties who had stopped them for
questioning. The deputies got an
assist from Sergeant Joe Ander-
son of the aviation section of the
state patrol.
The search for the two men be-
(Please turn to page 12.)
McHargue launches campaign
a
to help build 'Field of Dre ms
Shelton resident and business-
man Jeff McHargue is launching
a fund-raising drive to help with
the completion of the unfinished
athletic field at Shelton Middle
School.
A 1981 Shelton High School
graduate, McHargue hopes to
raise at least $5,000, which would
be matched by another $5,000
from the Shelton-Mason County
Chamber of Commerce. His one-
man effort is starting October 1.
He said he's doing it for the lo-
cal kids because there's a lack of
playing fields in the area. "It's go-
ing to beautify a highly visible
area," McHargue said of the field
adjacent to Wallace Kneeland
Boulevard. "It's not Safeco Field,
bu it won't cost that much
either."
McHargue said he'd like to
raise $40,000. The Shelton School
District already has received
$60,000 to go toward the "Field of
Dreams" project. Of that, $50,000
came from Wal-Mart and $10,000
from a recent chamber auction.
"Wal-Mart's been fantastic in
this community in terms of
giving," McHargue said. "They
have a lot of grants that the
chamber of commerce and other
organizations have been able to
take advantage of."
He plans to start talking to lo-
cal civic groups, seek individual
donations and capitalize on fund-
raising ideas that emerge later.
He can be reached at 426-3317 on
weekdays.
McHargue played tennis and
was on the SHS track team. He
also played on the Highclimbers
freshman football team. And now
he wants to make sure that new
generations of Shelton kids have
similar opportunities.
JEFF McHARGUE of Shelton is launching a fund-raising drive start.
ing October 1 to raise at least $5,000 that will go to help finish the
undeveloped atlantic field at Shelton Middle School.