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Page A-2 — Shelton-Mason County Journal — Thursday, Oct. 8, 2020
Machete-wielding shoplifter arrested
Kirk Boxleitner '
kbox/eitner@masoncounty com
A man suspected of stealing items
Monday from the Deer Creek Store
near the northeastern tip of Oakland
Bay, then using a machete to injure a
store employee who followed him out
of the store to retrieve the items, was
apprehended after fleeing into some
nearby woods.
According to Ryan Spurling, chief
criminal deputy for the Mason Coun-
ty Sheriffs Office, the employee con-
tacted the suspect outside the store
between 1 p.m. to p.m. to try to get
the man to return what he’d taken, but
the suspect hit the employee with the
machete hard enough to send the em—
ployee to the hospital.
The employee’s injuries were non-
life-threatening, Spurling said. The
employee required stitches before be—
ing released from the hospital.
After the encounter with the em-
ployee, the suspect fled into the sur—
rounding woods, and Spurling said the
sheriff’s office devoted “all our resourc—
es,” including their K—9, to find and ap-
prehend the man. V
“It was near the end of a shift
change, so you had between 12 to 13
officers involved, some from days and
others from nights,” said Spurling,
who also expressed his gratitude to
the agencies neighboring the sheriff‘s
office for contributing staff and re-
sources during the pursuit.
Spurling described such interagen-
cy teamwork as far from-unusual in
what he called “a close—knit commu-
nity,” and it was precisely this com—
munity spirit that he said he believes
led to several posts on social media by
area residents checking up on their
neighbors.
Volunteer Public Information Offi-
cer Troy Jasmin was able to catch up
to the online conversations: to update
those in the area about the eventual
capture of' the suspect. The suspect
was caught between 6:15 p.m. to 6:30
'p.m. near milepost 10 on state Route
3, near a Mason Public Utility District
3 substation.
Spurling, who was returning from
a trip to Phoenix during the incident,
said he was receiving calls from resi-
dents about the case even as he was
getting into the gate at Seattle-Taco-
ma International Airport. He said he
was gratified that his deputies were
able to bring the suspect in within in-
juring the suspect or anyone else.
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County ends ‘burn ban
Mason County lifted restrictions Oct. I placed on
land-clearing burns and residential burning.
Community Services Director David Windom, in
partnership with the Mason County Fire Chiefs’ As-
SOciation, determined rainfall and other weather con-
ditions have moderated and reduced the risk of fire.
County residents can visit the Mason County fire
marshal website at co.mason.wa.us/community-ser-
vices/fire-marshal/burn-restrictions.php to review
the outdoor burning regulations.
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
lifted its fire restrictions, including a temporary ban
on target shooting, on most of the lands it manages
Oct. 1, also due to cooler temperatures and higher hu-
midity.
“W e welcome people to build campfires and respon-
sibly sight-in their hunting firearms on most of the
lands we manage,” said Cynthia Wilkerson, lands
division manager. “But we continue to urge hunters,
target shooters, campers and all others heading out-
doors to be cautious when doing activities that could
spark a wildfire.” .
Wilkerson said people heading to areas recently
affected by wildfires should take precaution because
these lands could pose hazards such as unseen holes
where roots have burned up, or burned stumps and
trees that could fall. For more information on wildfire
effects on WDFW-managed lands, go to wdfw.wa.gov/
about/wdfw-lands/wildfire.
Lands protected by the Department of Natural
Resources might have different restrictions. To learn
more, including whether you’re in a DN R area, go to
dnr.wa.gov or call the DNR South Puget Sound Re—
gion Office at 360-825-1631.
For more information, call the Mason County Fire
Marshal’s Office at 360-427-9670, ext. 352, or your 10-
cal fire district.
Housing grant extended
On Oct. 6, the Mason County Commissioners ap-
proved a contract amendment to extend the end date
of the Department of Commerce Outbreak Emer-
gency Housing Grant with Community Lifeline, from
Sept. 30 to Dec. 31.
During the commissioners’ Sept. 28 briefing, Com-
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munity Services Director David Windom explained
that the purpose of the extension is to maintain three
areas: ‘
I Isolation and quarantine housing, relative to cases
identified by the Washington State Department of
Health.
I Additional shelter capacity to replace the shelter
capacity lost when social distancing was increased.
I Sanitation in existing homeless housing.
The amendment with Community Lifeline was
written to cover the project’s completion, including
unforeseen costs associated with the underground
work, as well as additional staff to maintain 24/7
shelter operations, and housekeeping to maintain
sanitation in response to COVID-19.
No budget impacts will be incurred because these
expenses were already covered by the grant budget.
The amendment’s term runs from Oct. 1 through
Dec. 31, and its total additional award cannot exceed
$51,000, with up to $30,000 approved to complete the
sprinkler construction project, including the unfore-
seen costs associated with its underground work.
For shelter operations, up to $18,000 would be ap-
proved for program staff to continue 24/7 operations
that are COVID—19 related, and are not covered by
the local document recording fees and shelter grant,
through Nov. 30, while $3,000 is approved for house-
keeping, for COVID-19 cleaning and sanitation,
through Dec. 31.
Proposed r'ezones in
county rural areas
The Mason County commissioners also scheduled
public hearings to consider three proposed rezoning
projects:
I An 0.2-acre parcel from Village Commercial to
Residential 2 within the Allyn Urban Growth Area
(UGA). ‘
I A 160-acre parcel from Rural Residential 20
(RR20) to Long-Term Commercial Forest (LTCF),
and a 159.38-acre parcel from LTCF to RR20, within
the Rural Area of Mason County.
I An additional 21.6 acres from LTCF, this time to
In Holding (IH) lands, and 35.6 acres from from IH to
LTCF, also within the Rural Area of Mason County.
The request by the property owner to rezone an
undeveloped 0.2-acre parcel on State Route 3 is for
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the future development of a detached residential ga-
rage, which is considered an amendment to the devel-
opment regulations, and not a change to the compre-
hensive plan.
By contrast, the request by Port Blakely Tree Farm
to rezone 160 acres from RR20 to LTCF, and 159.38
acres from LTCF to RR20, is considered an amend-
ment to the Future Land Use Map, and is a change to
the Comprehensive Plan.
The request by Green Diamond Resource Co. to re-
zone 21.6 acres from LTCF to, IH, and 35.6 acres from
IH to LTCF, is likewise considered an amendment to
the Future Land Use Map and a’change to the Com-
prehensive Plan.
County sets two.
hearings for Nov. 3
On Oct. 6, the Mason County Commissioners set
.two hearings for 9:15 am. Nov. 3, to consider the
2021 annual construction program and the six—year
Transportation Improvement Plan (TIP) for 2021‘
through 2026.
State law requires the preparation and annual
updating of a six-year comprehensive transportation
program, the plan for which must be presented to the
Board of County Commissioners by the first Monday
in October.
Mason County established a citizen advisory '
board to increase public involvement in developing
transportation improvement recommendations, and
this Transportation Improvement Program Citizen
Advisory Panel (TIP-CAP) reviewed the six-year TIP
and annual construction program with the county’s
Public Works Department'on Sept. 9.
The TIP and construction program will remain
available for public review through Nov. 3, although
the TIP-CAP is slated to finalize its recommenda—
tions by Oct. 14.
The annualexpenditures for 2021 are planned to
be $8.04 million, of which $2.38 million would come
from the road fund, with the remaining $5.65 million
coming from outside sources.
County forces would be used to construct approxi—
mately $951,300 of the annual construction program,
which would fall below its limit of $1.27 million.
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