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I Witwgiliaa summits ilonmal SINCE 1886 VOL. 135, N0. 42 MASON COUNTY, THURSDAY, OCT. 21, 2021. $1.50 “A‘s/rm, as. \ lutdusflflirfiuurhfiurflhhnfiudfifiudr"r0 xxxxxtttttttatattm_k‘f LOTaktc 00,5 SMALL TOWN PAPERS 927W RAILROAD AVE SHELTGN 98534-38‘7 as Twilight fishing ' Mark Hougen and his son, Brayden, fish Monday in Oakland Bay near the Bayshore Peninsula while the fading sunset illuminates the trees across the water. Journalphoto Matt Baide By'Matt Baide mati@masoncountyoofn Siblings Christopher Floe, 40, and Caroline Harris, ’ 34, were arrested in connection with the Oct. 7 shoot- ing in the 500 block of North 4th Street in Shelton. Floe, who was allegedly shot by Harris, was booked into Mason Connty Jail for first-degree assault, first- degree criminal conspiracy assault, false reporting and criminal conspiracy to commit a drive-by shoot- ing. Harris was arrested for first-degree assault, first- degree criminal conspiracy assault, and criminal con- spiracy to commit a drive-by shooting. Arraignment hearings for Floe and'Harris set for 9 a.m. on Oct. 25. According to the probable-cause affidavit, Floe was interviewed about the incident and inconsistencies began to show in his statement. Security footage from the jail showed a vehicle blacked out leaving the scene at the same time as the shot was heard on mul- tiple cameras. During an interview Oct. 14, Floe admitted, ac- cording to court documents, to talking his sister, Har- ris, into shooting him. Harris was contacted later that day and confirmed that Floe had asked her to shoot him, and Floe provided her a firearm Oct. 6. Harris said Floe asked her several times to shoot him and the requests started five to seven days before the inci- dent. Harris initially refused, but Floe kept asking so she agreed to shoot him. . Harris said she went to Floe’s oflice Oct. 7 be— cause Floe, a Community Corrections Officer with the state Department of Corrections; said there were. Camping ban nears approval . By Gordon weeks V gordon@masoncounty.com The City of Shelton is one step away from . outlawing camping on city right of ways, a measure designed to persuade homeless peo— ple to either accept official shelter and other services or move along. The Shelton City Council on Tuesday gave preliminary approval to the ordinance, which would make it a misdemeanor to stay over- night in a tent, hut, lean-to or other temporary shelter or structure on city land “which is re- served for any public purpose, including city- owned rights of way, parks, public facilities, easements, critical areas and buffers.” ' The council can make the law official at its Nov. 2 meeting. I The crime would be a misdemeanor, punishable by up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. ' ' Under the proposed ordinance, personal property associated with the camping on see BAN, page A—2 Downtown shooting takes bizarre twist l no cameras, and no one would know it was her. She ' couldn’t do it at first, but then parked with her pas- senger door next to his driver’s door. Floe turned‘around and pointed to where, Harris should shoot him. Harris was seated in the driver’s seat and used a two-handed shooting grip to fire one round, striking Floe in the right forearm, through the right side of his lower back and exiting out of his ab- domen, with the bullet lodging in_ his vehicle. Harris left the scene and went home and put the spent shell in a small cardboard box in her bedroom and left the pistol in her vehicle. A search warrant was granted for the residence, with the firearm and shell casing where Harris said it would be. r No motive was provided as to why Floe asked Har- ris to shoot him. ‘ North_Mason schools levy on Nov..2 ballot- ByflMatt Baide matt@masoncounty. com The North Mason School Board hopes the third time is a charm for pass- ing a levy that’s on the Nov. 2 ballot. North Mason tried to pass levies in February and April 2020, but was un- successful, which prompted the forma: tion of a levy committee to allow for community input to produce the best levy for the community. ' “Our levy committee is an outstand- ing group of individuals that represent all different facets of our community,” North Mason School District Super- intendent Dana Rosenbach told the Shelton-‘Mason County Journal. “We were very deliberate in growing that committee once it got started to en- sure we had people represented who had had really strong negative feel- ings about the levy last year. We asked them to be a part of the committee and those voices, and those ideas are. what helped us really hone down- our request and make it the smallest that we could make it but still meet the needs of kids. We really appreciated having those folks on‘ the committee because they asked really hard questions and we worked together to build a levy request that makes sense for our community and our district, but that they felt that 8 "5326300111 17 vie for area school boards ~ -.,.rr,.. ,5 INSIDE TODAY l Humane Sbciety of Mason , County helps, needs help they could strongly support.” The projected tax rate per $1,000 as- sessed property value is estimated to be $1.32 in 2022, meaning a home worth $300,000 would pay $396 in levy costs in the first year. The tax rate is project- ed to decrease ovfir the time of the levy due to more houses and buildings being built with more taxpayers to support the levy. The levy amount is $3,831,125 each year from 2022 to 2025. “Historically, this district has al- ways kept the levy fiat for the life of the levy,” Rosenbach said. “The failed firstlevy in 2020 was the first time we tried to adjust it year per year like most districts do and our community didn’t like that. That was often cited as the reason that tblks were not in support of that levy.” The projected tax rate is cheaper than the levy in 2020, which was $1.87 per $1,000 of assessed property value. Levies pay for a lot for schools, in- cluding athletics, clubs, music, theater, smaller class sizes, school supplies, technology, transportation and staff, according to North Mason School Dis- trict website. The state does not fully fund all programs, just services that fall under basic education for schools. see LEW, page A—48’ National weeks :ns ._ i +—