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Jury finds Euse guilty of Superior courtsentences:
00aking methampetamine Trespasser gets a year
n Euse, 25, of shownup. Forrester, a trooper assigned to couldn't tellwhentheshedhad for breaking into house
Convicted Thursday
methampheta-
substance, af-
trial in Mason
Sheldon told Euse
is right to own or
when she
sentencing for Oct()-
Amber Fin-
Scott of Tahuya
s first witness Men-
said he owns
house with a shed
ra-Blacksmith
He testified to
to Euse in
on June 24 he went
neighbors called to
a disturbance in-
Possible domestic
each of the
to make sure the
Was secure.
WAS wiring run
that hadn't been
said, describing
from a panel in the
the shed as "illegal
cross-examination by
Charles Lane,
one showed up at the
door was unlocked,
after the alleged do-
whether the shed
or not because the
)een banged in," he
that he locked
asking his son to
Richard, testified
his father take care
on Tahuya-Black-
. He said that he
e the shed and de-
"a bowl of white
Said he called the Ma-
Sheriffs Office and
s what he had
to the shed
for a closer look
by Lane, he
the door to the shed
then looked at some
of items that were in
24. "I figured it
ab," he said. He add-
rove by the property
ng nights and went
day to talk to a
see if anybody had
MARINA E. Ulrich of Belfair,
next on the stand, said she met
Euse's girlfriend at a Saint Vin-
cent de Paul hot dog stand in Bel-
fair. "She was very disorientated.
She told me she was hearing voic-
es and was very confused," she
said.
Ulrich said she invited the
woman to come and pray with her
and some friends, and went to the
Tahuya residence June 26 and
helped the woman move out of
the house. "We loaded things into
my van, her personal items, cloth-
ing, dishes," she said.
Cross-examining Ulrich, Lane
asked if the woman was intoxicat-
ed. "It's possible. I'm not around
many people who are under the
influence of drugs and alcohol but
she was confused, distraught,"
Ulrich said.
Finlay called to the stand De-
tective Robert C. Orth, who su-
pervises the processing of evi-
dence by the Statewide Incident
Responses Team of the Washing-
ton State Patrol. He said he was
on a SIRT crew that went to the
site on Tahuya-Blacksmith Road
on July 1. Orth described how the
WSP sealed off the shed and the
area around it and went over
some photographs of the shed and
its contents. They included glass-
ware, a dish with red powder on
it, a glass jar with moist match
striker plates inside it, a 10-
pound trash bag with hundreds of
matchbooks in it and a jar with
white powder residue.
AT THIS POINT the trial
went into a day-and-a-half recess.
Wednesday afternoon, Orth con-
tinued testimony, going over more
photographs showing coffee filt-
ers, glass jars containing clear
liquid, a fan, some "solid or pow-
dered white stuff," a notebook
with "some type of formula writ-
ten on the bottom" and docu-
ments apparently retrieved over
the Internet that appeared to re-
late to the manufacture of meth-
amphetamine.
In cross-examination, he testi-
fied that he didn't know how long
the items had been in the shed,
but said many of the items were
moved before they were photo-
graphed. He said the ledger was
retrieved from the cabinet and
that some of the photographs
were dated incorrectly.
Finlay then called on Kevin
SIRT who has been to about 160
meth labs in the last three years.
He said he was called out July 1
and assigned to the examination
of latent prints found at the prop-
erty on Tahuya-Blacksmith Road.
Forrester then went over some
latent print cards that were taken
from a container and other items
of evidence. He said he turned the
print cards over to the Mason
County Sheriffs Office. Cross-ex-
amined, he said a fingerprint can
be on an object for quite some
time and that he didn't know how
long the prints had been on the
objects.
MASON COUNTY Sheriff's
Deputy Dean Byrd, called next,
said he responded to a report of
domestic violence involving Euse
and his girlfriend at the property
on Tahuya-Blacksmith Road. He
said he then got a call from
Richard Scott, the owner's son,
who reported finding a suspected
methamphetamine lab in an out-
building. He said he obtained a
search warrant on June 30 and
executed it July 1.
Byrd testified that he took pic-
tures at the scene. Under cross-
examination by Lane he testified
that he went out to the property
on June 24. "I believe we locked
the door," he said.
Finlay then called to thestand
Jeff Jagmin, a chemist with the
state patrol who said he had ana-
lyzed more than 75 clandestine
methampethamine labs. He said
he and Orth went into the shed,
which he described as having a
workbench with glassware and
shelves stacked with boxes and
various other items.
Jagmin then went over photo-
graphs taken of an electronic bal-
ance with a mixing dish and other
items of evidence. He said he ana-
lyzed the items and found evi-
dence of chemicals used to make
the illegal drug.
HE SAID THE proces of mak-
ing the drug is "constantly evolv-
ing. You can go out on the Inter-
net and search for methampheta-
mine and there are many meth-
ods and recipes that are used."
Jagmin characterized the shed
as a methamphetamine-manufac-
turing lab. Cross-examined by
Lane, he testified that there was
no indication methamphetamine
was being "cooked" when he en-
tered the shed and said he
last been used to make the drug.
"There wasn't any dust but that
doesn't mean anything so I can't
say it was recent," he said. "The
time frame was unable to be de-
termined."
Finlay then called Robert S.
Johnson, a fingerprint analyst
from the WSP crime labs. He said
he compared fingerprints and
palmprints lifted from the scene
to those taken from Euse. "I am
positive that they match," he
said.
Cross-examined, he told the de-
fense attorney that one print did
not belong to Euse, indicating
that somebody else had handled
the item, and said one of the
prints was poorly recorded. "I was
not able to identify it and I was
not able to eliminate it. I couldn't
tell whether it was his or not," he
said.
THAT CONCLUDED the sec-
ond day of the trial. On Thursday
morning Finlay called Detective
William Hunt of the MCSO to the
stand. Hunt said he helped exec-
ute the search warrant, collecting
evidence at the scene including a
green spiral notebook with notes
about solvents and measure-
ments.
Under cross-examination by
Lane, he testified that he doesn't
know who made those entries in
the notebook. His testimony con-
cluded the state's case, and Lane
rested for the defense without
calling any witnesses.
In his closing remarks, Lane
said there was no evidence Euse
was manufacturing methamphe-
tamine on June 24 and that fin-
gerprints only proved that he had
touched objects at some point in
time. "The fingerprint guy said
those fingerprints could have
been on those items for a long
time," he said.
The jury favored the state's
case against Euse. Jurors were
Valoise P. Beaulaurier, Lori
Grace Byerly, Paul C. Topness,
Bettilou Nelson, Randolph A.
Fitzhum, David Lynn Kester,
Linda R. Kirgan, Charlotte A.
Berry, Donna M. Fellman, Myron
L. Lamoree, Jack Herman Mc-
Lauchlan and Kristi R. Hughs.
Amanda Evangeline Parker be-
came the alternate juror when
she was excused on Wednesday to
give a deposition in an unrelated
legal matter.
, youth identified in ,:ourt
fracas at Skokomish home
and a teenager face
in the wake of a
area res-
week.
of a house on Reser-
.Said two people dis-
sks broke in and
occupants with
mace.
31, of 570
Road, Shel-
ntified Tuesday in
SUperior Court in
of burglary in
His 16-year-old
faces the same
County Juvenile
Sawyer found
Nichols' arrest
s Lane to be
Deputy
Schuetz rec-
bail be set at
set bail at
the arrest-
charges of assault," Sawyer said.
Deputy Brad Mandeville of the
Mason County Sheriffs Office
was dispatched to 1000 Reserva-
tion Road at the request of Officer
Jose Lambert of the Skokomish
Tribal Police. Lambert was inves-
tigating allegations of a home in-
vasion made by Marvin W. Cultee
and Jessica C. Miller, identified
as his girlfriend.
Mandeville recorded their
statements on tape after the two
were treated at Mason General
Hospital for injuries suffered in
the incident. He wrote that they
said two males in black ski masks
forced their way into the house
around 10:30 p.m. on Monday.
Cultee and Miller, Mandeville
wrote, said one of the suspects
sprayed Cultee with something
like mace and then the three men
got into a fight. Miller reportedly
grabbed her 4-month-old daugh-
ter off the floor to protect her
from the scuffle and told officers
that one of the assailants hit Cul-
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the other intruder with a beer
bottle.
THE COUPLE, Mandeville
noted in his report, told him Cul-
tee overpowered the suspects and
removed their masks to discover
that both are related to Miller on
her father's side.
The youth allegedly kicked
Miller in the stomach. "I observed
that Miller was pregnant and
complaining that her stomach
hurt," Mandeville wrote.
Sawyer ordered Nichols to stay
away from Cultee and Miller and
from their home on Reservation
Road pending arraignment on
September 30. The judge noted
that a number of Nichols' rela-
tions attended the hearing on
Tuesday.
"I appreciate that there's fami-
ly support for Mr. Nichols in the
courtroom," Sawyer said.
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chilled juice, milk. Lunch: Burrito,
salsa, sour cream, whole kernel corn, t
mixed fruit, milk.
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chilled juice, milk. Lunch: Chicken
burger, fries, lettuce and pickle, fresh
orange, milk.
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chilled juice, milk. Lunch: Teriyaki bites,
pretzel with sauce, banana, fuit roll-up,
milk.
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chilled juice, milk. Lunch: Pizza, green
beans, fruit, milk.
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Pioneer School District is eligible
to join Simpson Community
Federal Credit Union.
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Several defendants were sen-
tenced Thursday in Mason Coun-
ty Superior Court. In the course
of those proceedings:
* Danny Nygaard, 36, of 480
SE Picadilly Drive, Shelton, was
sentenced to 365 days in the Ma-
son County Jail for criminal tres-
pass in the third degree.
Nygaard told the person who
prepared the presentence report
that he thought the house he en-
tered was for sale or rent. Judge
James Sawyer called his explana-
tion "one of the weakest excuses
I've heard in a long time.
"The people in your community
have no reason to worry that
somebody is going to come
through the side window of their
house because the house is for
rent. That's just ridiculous."
"I'd just like to say that I know
I've taken a step backwards and I
need to make better decisions in
life. I've looked in the mirror, I've
had a long time to do that, and I
know I'm a better person," Ny-
gaard said.
Sawyer ordered him to pay
$500 to the crime victims' fund,
$450 towards his attorney's fees
and $370.40 in court costs. Ny-
gaard, who was convicted by a
jury, has 30 days to file a notice of
appeal.
• Jimmie Glen Chrisco, 28,
of of 91 West Harfield Road,
Elma, was sentenced to 10
months in jail for a methamphe-
tamine conviction. Judge Sawyer
said he can serve the last six
months in the Washington De-
partment of Corrections day-re-
port program.
Chrisco was living in a bus
when he was arrested by deputies
checking out reports of a clandes-
tine methamphetamine lab. De-
fense attorney Ron Sergi said his
client cooperated with the author-
ities at the expense of his own
best interests.
"Against better judgment Mr.
Chrisco allowed them to go in the
bus and look around. What they
found is marijuana and some bag-
gies with methampehtetime resi-
due in it. That is the essence of
this case," he said.
Sergi said Chrisco is indigent
and asked the judge to reduce the
mandatory drug fine. Sawyer or-
dered him to pay a $2,000 drug
fine, $500 to the crime victims'
fund, $250 towards Mr. Sergi's
fees and $167 in court costs. He
will be required to take tests for
the presence of drugs and alcohol
in his system during 12 months of
supervision by the Washington
Department of Corrections.
"I'd like to do better in life and
I know I can and that's definitely
what's on hand. I don't need the
drugs. I know possessing marijua-
na and methamphetamine in
bags is illegal. That's about it,"
Chrisco said.
Chrisco told the court he is
disabled by paranoia, anxiety and
short-term memory loss.
"Methamphetamine is probably
not the best thing for a person
suffering from those sorts of
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WEDNESDAY: Breakfast: French toast,
scrambled eggs. Lunch: Five Star Smart
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pork-n-beans, fresh fruit, milk.
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things," Sawyer said, urging
Chrisco to enroll in one of the 12-
step programs set up for people
who abuse alcohol and drugs.
'Tou have got to get the help. You
have got to get yourself set up
with a program that will help you
succeed," he said.
• Marion Dean Allen, 31, of
North 21110 Highway 101, was
sentenced to four months in jail
for assault in the third degree.
Judge Sawyer converted 30 days
to 240 hours of community ser-
vice.
He was arrested June 11 after
he shoved a sheriffs deputy who
was responding to a complaint
about some drunken individuals.
Defense attorney Charles Lane
said his client needs treatment
for alcohol abuse. "If there was
ever an instance where you would
rate something on a stupid scale
this would be off the chart," he
said.
Sawyer ordered him to pay
$500 to the crime victims' fund,
$350 towards Mr. Lane's fees and
$174 in court costs. He will be un-
der state supervision for 12
months after his release.
Allen blamed the incident on
alcohol. "I want to apologize for
the court for having this relapse
because it never would have hap-
pened if I didn't have a relapse,"
he said.
He was on probation when the
incident happened. "The chemical
- the drug - alcohol - think of
what you're letting it do to you,"
Sawyer said. 'You have got to rec-
ognize what this drug is doing to
you."
• Darrin L. Crombie, 30, of
315 North Pucer, Olympia, was
sentenced to 60 days in jail for
possession of methamphetamine
and 365 days in jail with 65 sus-
pended for driving with his li-
cense suspended in the first de-
gree.
Judge Sawyer ordered him to
pay a $1,000 drug fine, $500 to
the crime victims' fund, $350 to-
wards his attorney's fees and
$148.70 in court costs. He ordered
Crombie tested for the human im-
munodeficiency virus that causes
acquired immune deficiency syn-
drome and placed him under 24
months of state supervision after
his release.
• John Richard Dominguez,
38, of North 51 Enetai Court,
Shelton, was sentenced to 45 days
in jail for possession of meth-
amphetamine. Judge Sawyer con-
verted 15 days to 120 hours of
community service and said he
can serve 30 in the day reporting
program.
"I have learned my lesson and I
don't intend to get involved with
anything like this again," Domin-
guez told the court.
Sawyer ordered him to pay a
$1,000 drug fine, $500 to the
crime victims' fund, $350 towards
his attorney's fees and $148.50 in
court costs.
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RESOLUTION NUMBER 109-99
COUNTY ROAD CLOSURE
MOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVE - #67470
(Wooten Lake Creek)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to RCW 47,48.010, Mountain View Ddve,
(Coutdy Road No. 67470) shall be closed to all throu yIfflc from Milepost 0.05 to Mile-
po 0.15 from 6:00 am Monday, September 27 to 5.' pm Friday, October 1, 1999.
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners has declared
lhe above described road closure a public ne¢ to facilitate the replacement of an ex.
IsJlng culvert in Wooten Lake Creek.
THEREFORE, the County Engineer Is hereby ordered and authorized to proceed as
prescribed by law.
ADOPTED this 21st day of September, 1999.
ATTEST:
/s/Rebecca S. Rogers
Clerk of the Board
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
/s/Cynth|a O. Oen
CYNTHIA D. OLSEN, Chairperson
/s/Mary Jo Cady
MARY JO CADY, Member
Is/John K Bolendar
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Thursday, September 23, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 17
Jury finds Euse guilty of Superior courtsentences:
00aking methampetamine Trespasser gets a year
n Euse, 25, of shownup. Forrester, a trooper assigned to couldn't tellwhentheshedhad for breaking into house
Convicted Thursday
methampheta-
substance, af-
trial in Mason
Sheldon told Euse
is right to own or
when she
sentencing for Oct()-
Amber Fin-
Scott of Tahuya
s first witness Men-
said he owns
house with a shed
ra-Blacksmith
He testified to
to Euse in
on June 24 he went
neighbors called to
a disturbance in-
Possible domestic
each of the
to make sure the
Was secure.
WAS wiring run
that hadn't been
said, describing
from a panel in the
the shed as "illegal
cross-examination by
Charles Lane,
one showed up at the
door was unlocked,
after the alleged do-
whether the shed
or not because the
)een banged in," he
that he locked
asking his son to
Richard, testified
his father take care
on Tahuya-Black-
. He said that he
e the shed and de-
"a bowl of white
Said he called the Ma-
Sheriffs Office and
s what he had
to the shed
for a closer look
by Lane, he
the door to the shed
then looked at some
of items that were in
24. "I figured it
ab," he said. He add-
rove by the property
ng nights and went
day to talk to a
see if anybody had
MARINA E. Ulrich of Belfair,
next on the stand, said she met
Euse's girlfriend at a Saint Vin-
cent de Paul hot dog stand in Bel-
fair. "She was very disorientated.
She told me she was hearing voic-
es and was very confused," she
said.
Ulrich said she invited the
woman to come and pray with her
and some friends, and went to the
Tahuya residence June 26 and
helped the woman move out of
the house. "We loaded things into
my van, her personal items, cloth-
ing, dishes," she said.
Cross-examining Ulrich, Lane
asked if the woman was intoxicat-
ed. "It's possible. I'm not around
many people who are under the
influence of drugs and alcohol but
she was confused, distraught,"
Ulrich said.
Finlay called to the stand De-
tective Robert C. Orth, who su-
pervises the processing of evi-
dence by the Statewide Incident
Responses Team of the Washing-
ton State Patrol. He said he was
on a SIRT crew that went to the
site on Tahuya-Blacksmith Road
on July 1. Orth described how the
WSP sealed off the shed and the
area around it and went over
some photographs of the shed and
its contents. They included glass-
ware, a dish with red powder on
it, a glass jar with moist match
striker plates inside it, a 10-
pound trash bag with hundreds of
matchbooks in it and a jar with
white powder residue.
AT THIS POINT the trial
went into a day-and-a-half recess.
Wednesday afternoon, Orth con-
tinued testimony, going over more
photographs showing coffee filt-
ers, glass jars containing clear
liquid, a fan, some "solid or pow-
dered white stuff," a notebook
with "some type of formula writ-
ten on the bottom" and docu-
ments apparently retrieved over
the Internet that appeared to re-
late to the manufacture of meth-
amphetamine.
In cross-examination, he testi-
fied that he didn't know how long
the items had been in the shed,
but said many of the items were
moved before they were photo-
graphed. He said the ledger was
retrieved from the cabinet and
that some of the photographs
were dated incorrectly.
Finlay then called on Kevin
SIRT who has been to about 160
meth labs in the last three years.
He said he was called out July 1
and assigned to the examination
of latent prints found at the prop-
erty on Tahuya-Blacksmith Road.
Forrester then went over some
latent print cards that were taken
from a container and other items
of evidence. He said he turned the
print cards over to the Mason
County Sheriffs Office. Cross-ex-
amined, he said a fingerprint can
be on an object for quite some
time and that he didn't know how
long the prints had been on the
objects.
MASON COUNTY Sheriff's
Deputy Dean Byrd, called next,
said he responded to a report of
domestic violence involving Euse
and his girlfriend at the property
on Tahuya-Blacksmith Road. He
said he then got a call from
Richard Scott, the owner's son,
who reported finding a suspected
methamphetamine lab in an out-
building. He said he obtained a
search warrant on June 30 and
executed it July 1.
Byrd testified that he took pic-
tures at the scene. Under cross-
examination by Lane he testified
that he went out to the property
on June 24. "I believe we locked
the door," he said.
Finlay then called to thestand
Jeff Jagmin, a chemist with the
state patrol who said he had ana-
lyzed more than 75 clandestine
methampethamine labs. He said
he and Orth went into the shed,
which he described as having a
workbench with glassware and
shelves stacked with boxes and
various other items.
Jagmin then went over photo-
graphs taken of an electronic bal-
ance with a mixing dish and other
items of evidence. He said he ana-
lyzed the items and found evi-
dence of chemicals used to make
the illegal drug.
HE SAID THE proces of mak-
ing the drug is "constantly evolv-
ing. You can go out on the Inter-
net and search for methampheta-
mine and there are many meth-
ods and recipes that are used."
Jagmin characterized the shed
as a methamphetamine-manufac-
turing lab. Cross-examined by
Lane, he testified that there was
no indication methamphetamine
was being "cooked" when he en-
tered the shed and said he
last been used to make the drug.
"There wasn't any dust but that
doesn't mean anything so I can't
say it was recent," he said. "The
time frame was unable to be de-
termined."
Finlay then called Robert S.
Johnson, a fingerprint analyst
from the WSP crime labs. He said
he compared fingerprints and
palmprints lifted from the scene
to those taken from Euse. "I am
positive that they match," he
said.
Cross-examined, he told the de-
fense attorney that one print did
not belong to Euse, indicating
that somebody else had handled
the item, and said one of the
prints was poorly recorded. "I was
not able to identify it and I was
not able to eliminate it. I couldn't
tell whether it was his or not," he
said.
THAT CONCLUDED the sec-
ond day of the trial. On Thursday
morning Finlay called Detective
William Hunt of the MCSO to the
stand. Hunt said he helped exec-
ute the search warrant, collecting
evidence at the scene including a
green spiral notebook with notes
about solvents and measure-
ments.
Under cross-examination by
Lane, he testified that he doesn't
know who made those entries in
the notebook. His testimony con-
cluded the state's case, and Lane
rested for the defense without
calling any witnesses.
In his closing remarks, Lane
said there was no evidence Euse
was manufacturing methamphe-
tamine on June 24 and that fin-
gerprints only proved that he had
touched objects at some point in
time. "The fingerprint guy said
those fingerprints could have
been on those items for a long
time," he said.
The jury favored the state's
case against Euse. Jurors were
Valoise P. Beaulaurier, Lori
Grace Byerly, Paul C. Topness,
Bettilou Nelson, Randolph A.
Fitzhum, David Lynn Kester,
Linda R. Kirgan, Charlotte A.
Berry, Donna M. Fellman, Myron
L. Lamoree, Jack Herman Mc-
Lauchlan and Kristi R. Hughs.
Amanda Evangeline Parker be-
came the alternate juror when
she was excused on Wednesday to
give a deposition in an unrelated
legal matter.
, youth identified in ,:ourt
fracas at Skokomish home
and a teenager face
in the wake of a
area res-
week.
of a house on Reser-
.Said two people dis-
sks broke in and
occupants with
mace.
31, of 570
Road, Shel-
ntified Tuesday in
SUperior Court in
of burglary in
His 16-year-old
faces the same
County Juvenile
Sawyer found
Nichols' arrest
s Lane to be
Deputy
Schuetz rec-
bail be set at
set bail at
the arrest-
charges of assault," Sawyer said.
Deputy Brad Mandeville of the
Mason County Sheriffs Office
was dispatched to 1000 Reserva-
tion Road at the request of Officer
Jose Lambert of the Skokomish
Tribal Police. Lambert was inves-
tigating allegations of a home in-
vasion made by Marvin W. Cultee
and Jessica C. Miller, identified
as his girlfriend.
Mandeville recorded their
statements on tape after the two
were treated at Mason General
Hospital for injuries suffered in
the incident. He wrote that they
said two males in black ski masks
forced their way into the house
around 10:30 p.m. on Monday.
Cultee and Miller, Mandeville
wrote, said one of the suspects
sprayed Cultee with something
like mace and then the three men
got into a fight. Miller reportedly
grabbed her 4-month-old daugh-
ter off the floor to protect her
from the scuffle and told officers
that one of the assailants hit Cul-
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tee with something while she hit
the other intruder with a beer
bottle.
THE COUPLE, Mandeville
noted in his report, told him Cul-
tee overpowered the suspects and
removed their masks to discover
that both are related to Miller on
her father's side.
The youth allegedly kicked
Miller in the stomach. "I observed
that Miller was pregnant and
complaining that her stomach
hurt," Mandeville wrote.
Sawyer ordered Nichols to stay
away from Cultee and Miller and
from their home on Reservation
Road pending arraignment on
September 30. The judge noted
that a number of Nichols' rela-
tions attended the hearing on
Tuesday.
"I appreciate that there's fami-
ly support for Mr. Nichols in the
courtroom," Sawyer said.
PIONEER
SCHOOL
MENU
Sept. 27-Oct. 1
Monday: Breakfast: Cereal, graham
cracker, chilled juice, milk. Lunch:
Fish nuggets, tater tots, fresh apple,
ice juicy, milk.
Tuesday: Breakfast: Hot pocket,
chilled juice, milk. Lunch: Burrito,
salsa, sour cream, whole kernel corn, t
mixed fruit, milk.
Wednesday: Breakfast: Yogurt, sausage,
chilled juice, milk. Lunch: Chicken
burger, fries, lettuce and pickle, fresh
orange, milk.
Thursday: Breakfast: Cinnamon bun,
chilled juice, milk. Lunch: Teriyaki bites,
pretzel with sauce, banana, fuit roll-up,
milk.
Friday: Breakfast: Bagel, cream cheese,
chilled juice, milk. Lunch: Pizza, green
beans, fruit, milk.
Anyone living or working in the
Pioneer School District is eligible
to join Simpson Community
Federal Credit Union.
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Several defendants were sen-
tenced Thursday in Mason Coun-
ty Superior Court. In the course
of those proceedings:
* Danny Nygaard, 36, of 480
SE Picadilly Drive, Shelton, was
sentenced to 365 days in the Ma-
son County Jail for criminal tres-
pass in the third degree.
Nygaard told the person who
prepared the presentence report
that he thought the house he en-
tered was for sale or rent. Judge
James Sawyer called his explana-
tion "one of the weakest excuses
I've heard in a long time.
"The people in your community
have no reason to worry that
somebody is going to come
through the side window of their
house because the house is for
rent. That's just ridiculous."
"I'd just like to say that I know
I've taken a step backwards and I
need to make better decisions in
life. I've looked in the mirror, I've
had a long time to do that, and I
know I'm a better person," Ny-
gaard said.
Sawyer ordered him to pay
$500 to the crime victims' fund,
$450 towards his attorney's fees
and $370.40 in court costs. Ny-
gaard, who was convicted by a
jury, has 30 days to file a notice of
appeal.
• Jimmie Glen Chrisco, 28,
of of 91 West Harfield Road,
Elma, was sentenced to 10
months in jail for a methamphe-
tamine conviction. Judge Sawyer
said he can serve the last six
months in the Washington De-
partment of Corrections day-re-
port program.
Chrisco was living in a bus
when he was arrested by deputies
checking out reports of a clandes-
tine methamphetamine lab. De-
fense attorney Ron Sergi said his
client cooperated with the author-
ities at the expense of his own
best interests.
"Against better judgment Mr.
Chrisco allowed them to go in the
bus and look around. What they
found is marijuana and some bag-
gies with methampehtetime resi-
due in it. That is the essence of
this case," he said.
Sergi said Chrisco is indigent
and asked the judge to reduce the
mandatory drug fine. Sawyer or-
dered him to pay a $2,000 drug
fine, $500 to the crime victims'
fund, $250 towards Mr. Sergi's
fees and $167 in court costs. He
will be required to take tests for
the presence of drugs and alcohol
in his system during 12 months of
supervision by the Washington
Department of Corrections.
"I'd like to do better in life and
I know I can and that's definitely
what's on hand. I don't need the
drugs. I know possessing marijua-
na and methamphetamine in
bags is illegal. That's about it,"
Chrisco said.
Chrisco told the court he is
disabled by paranoia, anxiety and
short-term memory loss.
"Methamphetamine is probably
not the best thing for a person
suffering from those sorts of
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September 27-October 1
Hood Canal Shelton
MONDAY: Breakfast: Cereal, toast.
Lunch: Five Star Smart (salad) Bar with
taco salad or pizza pockets, graham
crackers, milk.
TUESDAY: Breakfast: Berry scones.
Lunch: Five Star Smart (salad) Bar with
hamburger pizza or chicken burger,
M&M cookie, chocolate milk.
WEDNESDAY: Breakfast: French toast,
scrambled eggs. Lunch: Five Star Smart
(salad) Bar with super macho nachos or
corn dog, chocolate chip cookie, milk.
THURSDAY: Breakfast: Muffins. Lunch:
Five Star Smart (salad) Bar with turkey
gravy over mashed potatoes or cheese
burger, dinner roll, milk.
FRIDAY: Breakfast: Hot pocket. Lunch:
Five Star Smart (salad) Bar with chicken
burger, oatmeal raisin cookie, milk.
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MONDAY: Breakfast: Cinnamon bread
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TUESDAY: Breakfast: Bagel with cream
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WEDNESDAY: Breakfast: Large soft pret-
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mashed potatoes, whole wheat roll,
mixed vegetables, peaches, "birthday
cake," chocolate milk.
THURSDAY: Breakfast: Super donut.
Lunch: Taco salad with salsa, buttered
salsa, buttered corn, vegetables w/dip,
pork-n-beans, fresh fruit, milk.
FRIDAY: Breakfast: Oatmeal with choco-
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things," Sawyer said, urging
Chrisco to enroll in one of the 12-
step programs set up for people
who abuse alcohol and drugs.
'Tou have got to get the help. You
have got to get yourself set up
with a program that will help you
succeed," he said.
• Marion Dean Allen, 31, of
North 21110 Highway 101, was
sentenced to four months in jail
for assault in the third degree.
Judge Sawyer converted 30 days
to 240 hours of community ser-
vice.
He was arrested June 11 after
he shoved a sheriffs deputy who
was responding to a complaint
about some drunken individuals.
Defense attorney Charles Lane
said his client needs treatment
for alcohol abuse. "If there was
ever an instance where you would
rate something on a stupid scale
this would be off the chart," he
said.
Sawyer ordered him to pay
$500 to the crime victims' fund,
$350 towards Mr. Lane's fees and
$174 in court costs. He will be un-
der state supervision for 12
months after his release.
Allen blamed the incident on
alcohol. "I want to apologize for
the court for having this relapse
because it never would have hap-
pened if I didn't have a relapse,"
he said.
He was on probation when the
incident happened. "The chemical
- the drug - alcohol - think of
what you're letting it do to you,"
Sawyer said. 'You have got to rec-
ognize what this drug is doing to
you."
• Darrin L. Crombie, 30, of
315 North Pucer, Olympia, was
sentenced to 60 days in jail for
possession of methamphetamine
and 365 days in jail with 65 sus-
pended for driving with his li-
cense suspended in the first de-
gree.
Judge Sawyer ordered him to
pay a $1,000 drug fine, $500 to
the crime victims' fund, $350 to-
wards his attorney's fees and
$148.70 in court costs. He ordered
Crombie tested for the human im-
munodeficiency virus that causes
acquired immune deficiency syn-
drome and placed him under 24
months of state supervision after
his release.
• John Richard Dominguez,
38, of North 51 Enetai Court,
Shelton, was sentenced to 45 days
in jail for possession of meth-
amphetamine. Judge Sawyer con-
verted 15 days to 120 hours of
community service and said he
can serve 30 in the day reporting
program.
"I have learned my lesson and I
don't intend to get involved with
anything like this again," Domin-
guez told the court.
Sawyer ordered him to pay a
$1,000 drug fine, $500 to the
crime victims' fund, $350 towards
his attorney's fees and $148.50 in
court costs.
LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE
RESOLUTION NUMBER 109-99
COUNTY ROAD CLOSURE
MOUNTAIN VIEW DRIVE - #67470
(Wooten Lake Creek)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to RCW 47,48.010, Mountain View Ddve,
(Coutdy Road No. 67470) shall be closed to all throu yIfflc from Milepost 0.05 to Mile-
po 0.15 from 6:00 am Monday, September 27 to 5.' pm Friday, October 1, 1999.
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that the Board of County Commissioners has declared
lhe above described road closure a public ne¢ to facilitate the replacement of an ex.
IsJlng culvert in Wooten Lake Creek.
THEREFORE, the County Engineer Is hereby ordered and authorized to proceed as
prescribed by law.
ADOPTED this 21st day of September, 1999.
ATTEST:
/s/Rebecca S. Rogers
Clerk of the Board
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
/s/Cynth|a O. Oen
CYNTHIA D. OLSEN, Chairperson
/s/Mary Jo Cady
MARY JO CADY, Member
Is/John K Bolendar
JOHN A. BOLENDER, Member
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