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VOTE IN OUR READER'S ELECTIONS Best Of Mason County 2012 lr~ She[ton-Mason C~unty li~ 227 W. Cota St • Shelton 98584 The Best of Mason County 2012 e4 _found the best Beer: The best place to buy Auto Parts: BBQ: Chinese: Boats: ,Q Asian: Cars/Trucks: Cocktail: Flowers: 6- Coffee: Furniture: o Hardware: Deserts: "Q Fish & Chips: Grocery: Pizza: Jewelry: Salad: Shoes: E = Small Electronics Sandwich: ( od, phone, game systems), Shellfish: Steak: Tires: Sushi: Tacos: Toys: Building Supplies: Tea: Teriyaki: Hamburger: IZl Look for more categories next week! To Encourage & Acknowledge Excellence in Mason County The Journal presents this straw ballot of our readers to determine who or what you, our readers consider to be the Best Of Mason County 2012 This ballot will run in the Journal for the rest of September. Simply read the Journal and write in your choices for the Best of Mason County in the categories listed on this page. It is that simple, that easy, and that fun. Then, in October, see who wins our elections in an upcoming special section entitled Best Of Mason County 2012 O ilg:i a:! :editions of The Shel:fOn MaSOn :COOnt : ournal nate;d:ballot Law enforcement looking for sex offend Page A-2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal -Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012 STAFF REPORT pK~?masoncounty.com The Mason County Sher- iffs Office is looking for Ian Michael McManus. a level 3 sex offender who has ab- sconded from his registered address. McManus, 30. is a white male with brown hair and eyes. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 205 pounds. McManus is required to register as a sex offender iII'~"'~ :" ...... for a 2003 ~conviction of rape of a child in the third degree in Wasco County, Ore., when he was 22. Michael He was McManus convicted of raping a 15-year- old girl when she was un- conscious due to a medica- tion she was taking. McManus was registered as living in the 500 to 600 block of Northeast Haven Lake Drive in Tahuya, but he has left that address and failed to notify law enforce- ment of his current loca- tion. Anyone who knows Mc- Manus' whereabouts is en- couraged to call 911. He is classified as a level 3 sex of- fender because authorities believe he is at a high risk to reoffend. Journal DtlOIO by Emil) Hanson Mason County Sheriff's Deputy Justin Cotte searches the roof of the Mason County Courthouse after a bomb threat was called in on Monday. Courthouse evacuated after bomb threat By EMILY HANSON emily@masoncounty.com The Mason County Courthouse was evac- uated earlier"~lais week due to a phoned-in threat. At approximately 1:20 p.m. on Monday, the courthouse received an annoymous call stating there was a bomb on the roof. "Central dispatch received a vague com- plaint of a bomb on the roof of the court- house," Shelton Police Department Sgt. Mike Fiola said. The building was evacuated immediately so that police officers and sheriffs deputies could search the roof. Nothing suspicious was found on the roof, nor in the building after a cursory search. "The caller was specific that it was on the roof," Fiola said. He said threats such as this one arerare for the courthouse. "In the nine months I've been on day shift, this is the first one we've received," Fi- ola said. "We're pretty confident the court- house is safe." The front entrance to the building has its own security checkpoint, through which all people must walk through a metal detector and have bags searched. Fiola said the Thurston County Court- house received a similar threat around the same time on Monday. "We haven't traced the call yet but that's in the works," he said. Shelton man, 59, found dead after going missing By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@masoncounty.corn A man reported miss- ing Friday was found dead half a mile from his home between 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. yesterday. William Wright, 59, who was diagnosed with severe Parkinson's disease and chronic depressmn, left the home he shared with his girlfriend, without taking his medication with him, sometime between 10 p.m. Thursday and 6 a.m. Fri- day. On Friday morning, Wright's girlfriend called the Mason County Sheriffs Office to report him missing. She told deputies that Wright took a handgun or other firearm, and left on foot, as the couple's cars were both accounted for. The sheriffs office con- ducted a search and rescue mission in the area around Wright's residence, using ground searchers, aircraft and K-9 units, but yielded no results. Mason County Coroner Wes Stockwell identified a male body found half a mile from Wright's home as the missing man yesterday af- ternoon. An autopsy is scheduled for this week. Cause and time of death have not yet been determined. Man sentenced to 19.5 months for arson By EMILY HANSON emily@masoncounty,com The Shelton man who pled guilty to at- tempted arson last week was sentenced earlier this week. On Monday, Jason Falter, 34, was sen- tenced to 19.5 months with 18 months of community custody to follow. In a statement to the court. Falter said he is confident he can take care of himself. "I feel horrible about what has hap- pened," Falter said. "I just have to deal with the crime I've committed." On July 7, Falter attempted to set his rental home -- located at 36 W. Wivell Road, Shelton -- on fire by putting fire- works, wood debris and clothing items into the oven and setting it to 550 degrees Fahrenheit, it's highest setting. Before attempting to set fire, Falter broke out the windows of the house, busted holes in the walls and threw knives at the walls. Falter was diagnosed with bi-polar dis- order 1 when he was in his early 20s. On July 6, he attempted to check himself into Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia but was sent home after an evaluation. Mason County Superior Court Judge Toni Sheldon advised Falter to treat his bi- polar disorder with medications prescribed by his doctor, rather than "self-medicate" with drugs and alcohol. "That doesn't work for you, it just puts you in a spiral," Sheldon said. The court will schedule a restitution hearing at a later day. Mason County Sheriffs Office deputies arrived at Falter's home after a structure fire was reported at 5:14 a.m. July 7. How- ever, an earlier disturbance call at 2:41 a.m. which stated a child might be in the house was not responded to. The sheriffs office recently concluded its internal investigation into the nonre- sponse call and is expected to release its findings after the review process is com- pleted soon.