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on to 4:51 vising n the .eattle cover ebook e tor- 'ng off Jann OM’s d the 7 s. 3f! By Justin Johnson just/n@masoncounty.com The City of Shelton earlier this week took the next step in the process of re- placing chief of police Darrin Moody, ‘who is retiring in January. The city formally opened the position during the month of September and re- ceived 16 applicants. N 0 internal candi— dates applied. “We had 16 total applicants from all over the county, from Burlington, Ver- mont to San Diego, California, and one from Sydney, Australia,” Shelton City Manager Jeff Niten wrote in an email to the Shelton-Mason County Journal. “The candidate pool is very deep with outstanding experience in all facets of policing, from SWAT and narcotics to administration and budgeting. The pool is also very diverse, which is something I’m extremely pleased about.” The city selected eight semifinalists and interviewed those candidates Mon— day and Tuesday via Zoom. Two panels of six people interviewed each of the eight candidates. The first represented the community, with mem- bers of the city council and broader com- munity, including a police chief from a neighboring city. The second panel in- cluded city department heads and p0— lice department staff. The city planned to select between two to four finalists Wednesday. Those finalists will make a short video answer- ing three questions about their interest in the position and Shelton, and intro- ducing themselves to the community. Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020 — Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page A—3 City selects semifinalists in police chief search Those videos will be played during the city council’s Oct. 20 regular meet— ing. “(The) council approves the job de— scription and overall salary grade/ range in conjunction with all other non—represented positions in the city, but the final decision on the candidate is mine,” Niten wrote of the search. “The process is probably different than anything most of us have seen due to the pandemic.'We’re trying to be as in- novative as possible to ensure as much public participation in the process as we can get.” At 4 p.m. Oct. 21, the city will host an online meet—and-greet on Zoom for the community to interact with the fi— nalists. Niten wrote that he plans to inter- view the finalists Oct. 23 and hopes to announce the new hire during the first week of Nbvember. “The target start date is Jan. 11, but that is dependent on the candidate and his or her needs,” Niten wrote. “Chief Moody has agreed to introduce our new chief to people in the community and other important contacts for approxi- mately one week.” Niten said he’s grateful for Moody’s participation in the process and for the chiefs service in Shelton. “He should be proud of the work he’s done here and the professionalism of the Shelton Police Department,” Niten wrote. “I’m sure he’s looking forward to retirement, and we’re very happy for him and his family, but we will miss him.” Blustery fall winds hit county, cause power outages By Kirk Boxleitner kbox/e/tner@masoncounty. com It wasn’t a Friday, but Oct. 13, proved to be an un— lucky day when it came to the weather in Mason County. Early Tuesday, emergency service authorities used social media to advise residents to stay alert and be careful due to the day’s heavy winds. Mason County Public Util- ity District No. 3’s online out- age tracker reported nearly 4,700 homes — about 14% of the PUD’s customers — were without power 'at 7:06 pm. stored to nearly all homes by 8 a.m. Wednesday. {At 2:38 pm. Tuesday, the Central Mason Fire & EMS posted social media photos of the tree in front of American Legion Post 31, next door to its downtown station, after it had uprooted and fallen that day. The tree didn’t hit any- thing and no one was hurt. The Mason County Sher- iff’s Office used its social me- dia accounts to issue a alert to drivers of a blocked road at 1:14 p.m., 2 miles east of Schafer State Park on West Satsop Cloquallum Road. down, blocking both lanes and requiring motorists to find al- ternate routes. The accounts for the sher- iff’s office also issued infor- mation alerts for numerous sections along McReavy Road near Union at 1:19 p.m., for trees that went down and caused power line problems, requiring drivers to exercise extreme caution through the area. The sheriffs office issued a third notice of a blocked roadway at 5:11 pm. in the wake of a downed tree block- ing both lanes of state Route 3 in the Deer Creek area north of Shelton, complete with power lines involved, requir- ing motorists to find alternate routes. At 5:22 p.m., Washing— ton State Patrol Trooper and Public Information Officer Chelsea Hodgson tweeted the same news, and later told the Shelton-Mason County Jour- nal that troopers were on the scene. Hodgson tweeted at 6:05 pm. that alternating traffic was in place on Route 3, with utility crews tending to the downed power lines, which they were continuing to do when she tweeted again at 6:52 p.m., so that alternating traffic could remain ongoing. MSCO posted on social media at 6:24 p.m., Mc- Reavy Road at Manzanita Drive was shut down in both directions, to and from the tower, due to multiple downed trees blocking lanes. As of 6:53 p.m., the sheriffs office reported it was. still waiting on the PUD, and noted that, because of the downed power lines, county work crews could not start to clear the road until the PUD arrived. see WINDS, page A—14 Tuesday. Power had been re- JOIN THE Y TODAY! Multiple trees had gone SHELTONFAMILYYM.RG