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MASON COUNTY JAIL staff meet with people from Olym-
pic College Shelton on Adult Literacy Week. They are hon-
oring the jail for its partnership in allowing inmates to
participate in earning a high-school equivalency degree.
Pictured in front, from left, are Michael Lininger, Danny
Owen, Teresa J. Bennett, Randy Newell and Cyndy Breh-
meyer. In the back, from left, are Herman Schipma, Kim
McNamara of the college, Sheriff Casey Salisbury, Bonnie
Rose of the college, Sergeant Sue Chaplin and Undersher-
iff Jim Barrett.
Jailers applauded
for all their efforts
in education field
Staff at the Mason County Jail
have received a thank you fl'om
Olympic'College Shelton for their
continuing support of the general
educational development program.
Also known as the GED, tfiis gives
inmates an opportunity to obtain
a high-school equivalency degree
during their confinement.
Bonnie Rose is the instructor
from the college who coordinates
the program with Sergeant Sue
Chaplin of' the jail. The jail' pro-
vides the space for classes and the
college provides the instructor and
materials.
The program is almost two years
old and has had 11 graduates with
three or four more people expected
to graduate next month, Rose said.
Graduation ceremonies are held
in the recreation room at the jail
and graduates received their cer-
tificates attired in caps and gowns,
not their usual jail garb.
"It's a great partnership," Rose
said.
SHE SAID JAIL staff" take
time to get her set up and to move
inmates from one area to another
so she can meet with them. "They
are not getting extra time and they
are taking on extra responsibility,"
she added.
Rose comes to the jail and as-
sesses inmate skills to determine
what work needs to be done fbr
them "to be successful." Partici-
pation in the GED program also
depends on how hmg a person will
be incarcerated, with final test-
ing done at the jail. She said that
in addition to the inmates who
have graduated after successfully
completing all five sections of the
GED, another dozen took one or
more parts of the test.
People in jail come back into the
community, Rose noted, and with
a GED they may be able to secure
employment or pursue additional
training and education so they be-
i
come productive members of the
community.
"It's really an investment in the
community."
FACULTY OF THE college are
also presenting a plaque to the jail
that recognizes the institution's
partnership and commitment to
life-long learning.
The Mason County Commission
proclaimed October 21-27 to be
Adult Literacy Week.
Kris Smock, executive director
of Mason County Literacy, read the
official proclamation at a meeting
of the board. She pointed out that
the levels of skill and knowledge
necessary tbr adults to succeed are
higher than ever befbre.
"Our success in the new global
economy depends on increasing the
productivity of' our industries and
enterprises, sustaining economic
growth and creating new jobs,"
she said, reading from the proc-
lamation. "Our state's economic
growth and prosperity depend on
our ability to make education and
job training accessible to adults of
all ages and backgrounds."
SMOCK SAID one in five
adults in Mason County lack the
education and training necessary
to raise themselves and their fam-
ilies to self-sufficiency and close
the skills gap evident to some em-
ployers. "An increasingly diverse
work force is driving the need for
additional adult basic education
and English language education,"
Smock said. "Our state must cre-
ate a world-class education system
to ensure that prosperity touches
all of us, not just a few."
The importance of adult litera-
cy rings especially true to Comis-
(Please turn to page 32.)
00lrrested but
not charged
No charges were filed in Mason
County Superior Court against
the fifllowing people: Tristen Jay
Hammock, 21, of 171 NE Alder
Creek Lane, Belfair; April Mac
Bunting, 30, of 1626 Washington
Street, Shelton; and Ernest Ed-
ward Paulson, 40, of 1540 North
Old Belfair Highway, Belfhir. They
were released from all conditions
imposed on them by the court at
the time of their arrest.
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Page 30 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 1, 2007
Guilty pleas:
Miller is convicted of
prescription for pain reli
A woman convicted last year of
multiple forgeries and sentenced to
22 months in prison faces incarcer-
ation by the Washington Depart-
ment of Corrections again after
changing her plea in a 2007 Mason
County Superior Court Case.
Jeaneen Frances Miller, 32,
of 321 South Third Street, Shel-
ton, pied guilty on Friday, October
19, to obtaining a legend drug by
fraud, admitting she used a forged
prescription in an attempt to ob-
tain hydrocodone, a narcotic pain
reliever.
Miller was arrested July 24 by
Sergeant Jerry Lingle of the Shel-
ton Police Department who said he
was responding to a report of of a
forgery of a prescription at Safe-
way. Pharmacist Jack Ott said
Miller came in on July 22 and pre-
sented a copy of a fbrged prescrip-
tion to a substitute pharmacist who
filled it.
Judge Toni Sheldon explained
the sentencing range is from 12 to
24 months based on an offender
score of eight.
Deputy Prosecutor Mike Dorcy
reported that Miller was sentenced
in March 2006 to 22 months in pris-
on for multiple forgeries committed
in late 2005 involving the checking
accounts of two individuals. De-
fense attorney James Foley asked
that Miller be screened for a Drug
Offender Sentencing Alternative,
which reduces the time a convicted
felon spends incarcerated and pro-
vides for substance abuse treat-
ment under intensive supervision
by the state.
Sheldon approved a request for
a screening for a DOSA and sched-
uled sentencing for November 5.
On Monday, October 29:
• Jason Richard Giles, 34,
of 528 Cascade Street, Shelton,
pled guilty to felony eluding and is
scheduled for sentencing on Novem-
ber 11. With no prior felony crimi-
nal history the sentencing range is
from zero to 60 days, Judge Shel-
don said.
According to court documents,
he was arrested around 6 o'clock
on the evening of August 9 by Of'-
ricer Mike Fiola of the Shelton Po-
lice Department. The officer said he
saw Giles traveling south on Olyro-
pic Highway North when Giles
turned quickly onto Ellinor Avenue
without using his turn signal. "The
turn was at a high rate of speed,
and debris from the road got kicked
up," the officer wrote. Fiola report-
ed that before pulling over, Giles
reached speeds approaching 50
miles per hour in a 25-mph zone.
• Sean Thomas Carter, 19, for-
merly of 410 Ellinor Avenue, Shel-
ton, entered guilty pleas to charges
of residential burglary, a felony,
and assault in the fourth degree,
a gross misdemeanor. He was con-
victed of domestic violence against
his stepfather at the residence on
Ellinor Avenue.
Carter was arrested at 10:57
a.m. on August 22 in connection
with an investigation of the alleged
offenses, which were reported at
11:24 p.m. on August 21 by Shane
D. Ellertson of the Ellinor address.
Ellertson told Officer Warren Ohl-
son of the Shelton Police Depart-
ment that his stepson had assault-
ed him.
Judge Sheldon said with an of
fender score of four the standard
sentencing range is from 15 to 20
months for the burglary and on the
gross misdemeanor the range is
fYom zero to 365 days. She
tencing tbr November 2.
On Friday, October 26:
• Sean Phillip
Shelton, pled guilty to an
charge of failure to re
offender, a gross
had been charged with
as a felony.
The underlying sex
a gross misdemeanor, so
failure to register is a
meanor, Deputy
ca ,Jones Garcia reported.
convicted in 1998 of"
ing with a minor for
poses.
In his plea
ted to failing to report as l
from September 1, 2006
March 21, 2007.
to provide a change of
transient status," he
Judge Sheldon said
would recommend a jail
365 days with all but 90
pended. The
gross misdemeanor is
365 days. Sentencing is set
vember 5.
Warrants were issued
following people who
pear for proceedings on
October 29, in Mason
Superior Court:
Spargo, $10,000;
las Lewis, $6,500;
Perkins, $1,588.14;
Lee Brown, $6,297.81.
Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
(25 + Years Experience)
General Dentistry
full service practice -
Restorative care (Crowns, Bridges, Fillings)
Extractions * Full & Partial Dentures
Repairs * Relines
Most Insurances Accepted
S. Peters, DPD C. Ngo, DDS
MASON COUNTY JAIL staff meet with people from Olym-
pic College Shelton on Adult Literacy Week. They are hon-
oring the jail for its partnership in allowing inmates to
participate in earning a high-school equivalency degree.
Pictured in front, from left, are Michael Lininger, Danny
Owen, Teresa J. Bennett, Randy Newell and Cyndy Breh-
meyer. In the back, from left, are Herman Schipma, Kim
McNamara of the college, Sheriff Casey Salisbury, Bonnie
Rose of the college, Sergeant Sue Chaplin and Undersher-
iff Jim Barrett.
Jailers applauded
for all their efforts
in education field
Staff at the Mason County Jail
have received a thank you fl'om
Olympic'College Shelton for their
continuing support of the general
educational development program.
Also known as the GED, tfiis gives
inmates an opportunity to obtain
a high-school equivalency degree
during their confinement.
Bonnie Rose is the instructor
from the college who coordinates
the program with Sergeant Sue
Chaplin of' the jail. The jail' pro-
vides the space for classes and the
college provides the instructor and
materials.
The program is almost two years
old and has had 11 graduates with
three or four more people expected
to graduate next month, Rose said.
Graduation ceremonies are held
in the recreation room at the jail
and graduates received their cer-
tificates attired in caps and gowns,
not their usual jail garb.
"It's a great partnership," Rose
said.
SHE SAID JAIL staff" take
time to get her set up and to move
inmates from one area to another
so she can meet with them. "They
are not getting extra time and they
are taking on extra responsibility,"
she added.
Rose comes to the jail and as-
sesses inmate skills to determine
what work needs to be done fbr
them "to be successful." Partici-
pation in the GED program also
depends on how hmg a person will
be incarcerated, with final test-
ing done at the jail. She said that
in addition to the inmates who
have graduated after successfully
completing all five sections of the
GED, another dozen took one or
more parts of the test.
People in jail come back into the
community, Rose noted, and with
a GED they may be able to secure
employment or pursue additional
training and education so they be-
i
come productive members of the
community.
"It's really an investment in the
community."
FACULTY OF THE college are
also presenting a plaque to the jail
that recognizes the institution's
partnership and commitment to
life-long learning.
The Mason County Commission
proclaimed October 21-27 to be
Adult Literacy Week.
Kris Smock, executive director
of Mason County Literacy, read the
official proclamation at a meeting
of the board. She pointed out that
the levels of skill and knowledge
necessary tbr adults to succeed are
higher than ever befbre.
"Our success in the new global
economy depends on increasing the
productivity of' our industries and
enterprises, sustaining economic
growth and creating new jobs,"
she said, reading from the proc-
lamation. "Our state's economic
growth and prosperity depend on
our ability to make education and
job training accessible to adults of
all ages and backgrounds."
SMOCK SAID one in five
adults in Mason County lack the
education and training necessary
to raise themselves and their fam-
ilies to self-sufficiency and close
the skills gap evident to some em-
ployers. "An increasingly diverse
work force is driving the need for
additional adult basic education
and English language education,"
Smock said. "Our state must cre-
ate a world-class education system
to ensure that prosperity touches
all of us, not just a few."
The importance of adult litera-
cy rings especially true to Comis-
(Please turn to page 32.)
00lrrested but
not charged
No charges were filed in Mason
County Superior Court against
the fifllowing people: Tristen Jay
Hammock, 21, of 171 NE Alder
Creek Lane, Belfair; April Mac
Bunting, 30, of 1626 Washington
Street, Shelton; and Ernest Ed-
ward Paulson, 40, of 1540 North
Old Belfair Highway, Belfhir. They
were released from all conditions
imposed on them by the court at
the time of their arrest.
Rotary Web Offset
PRINTING
• Advertising Tabloids
• Newspapers
•Magazines
• Posters
• Newsletters
Just about anything except :::
U.S. currency/
426-4412
""on-00ourna
Page 30 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, November 1, 2007
Guilty pleas:
Miller is convicted of
prescription for pain reli
A woman convicted last year of
multiple forgeries and sentenced to
22 months in prison faces incarcer-
ation by the Washington Depart-
ment of Corrections again after
changing her plea in a 2007 Mason
County Superior Court Case.
Jeaneen Frances Miller, 32,
of 321 South Third Street, Shel-
ton, pied guilty on Friday, October
19, to obtaining a legend drug by
fraud, admitting she used a forged
prescription in an attempt to ob-
tain hydrocodone, a narcotic pain
reliever.
Miller was arrested July 24 by
Sergeant Jerry Lingle of the Shel-
ton Police Department who said he
was responding to a report of of a
forgery of a prescription at Safe-
way. Pharmacist Jack Ott said
Miller came in on July 22 and pre-
sented a copy of a fbrged prescrip-
tion to a substitute pharmacist who
filled it.
Judge Toni Sheldon explained
the sentencing range is from 12 to
24 months based on an offender
score of eight.
Deputy Prosecutor Mike Dorcy
reported that Miller was sentenced
in March 2006 to 22 months in pris-
on for multiple forgeries committed
in late 2005 involving the checking
accounts of two individuals. De-
fense attorney James Foley asked
that Miller be screened for a Drug
Offender Sentencing Alternative,
which reduces the time a convicted
felon spends incarcerated and pro-
vides for substance abuse treat-
ment under intensive supervision
by the state.
Sheldon approved a request for
a screening for a DOSA and sched-
uled sentencing for November 5.
On Monday, October 29:
• Jason Richard Giles, 34,
of 528 Cascade Street, Shelton,
pled guilty to felony eluding and is
scheduled for sentencing on Novem-
ber 11. With no prior felony crimi-
nal history the sentencing range is
from zero to 60 days, Judge Shel-
don said.
According to court documents,
he was arrested around 6 o'clock
on the evening of August 9 by Of'-
ricer Mike Fiola of the Shelton Po-
lice Department. The officer said he
saw Giles traveling south on Olyro-
pic Highway North when Giles
turned quickly onto Ellinor Avenue
without using his turn signal. "The
turn was at a high rate of speed,
and debris from the road got kicked
up," the officer wrote. Fiola report-
ed that before pulling over, Giles
reached speeds approaching 50
miles per hour in a 25-mph zone.
• Sean Thomas Carter, 19, for-
merly of 410 Ellinor Avenue, Shel-
ton, entered guilty pleas to charges
of residential burglary, a felony,
and assault in the fourth degree,
a gross misdemeanor. He was con-
victed of domestic violence against
his stepfather at the residence on
Ellinor Avenue.
Carter was arrested at 10:57
a.m. on August 22 in connection
with an investigation of the alleged
offenses, which were reported at
11:24 p.m. on August 21 by Shane
D. Ellertson of the Ellinor address.
Ellertson told Officer Warren Ohl-
son of the Shelton Police Depart-
ment that his stepson had assault-
ed him.
Judge Sheldon said with an of
fender score of four the standard
sentencing range is from 15 to 20
months for the burglary and on the
gross misdemeanor the range is
fYom zero to 365 days. She
tencing tbr November 2.
On Friday, October 26:
• Sean Phillip
Shelton, pled guilty to an
charge of failure to re
offender, a gross
had been charged with
as a felony.
The underlying sex
a gross misdemeanor, so
failure to register is a
meanor, Deputy
ca ,Jones Garcia reported.
convicted in 1998 of"
ing with a minor for
poses.
In his plea
ted to failing to report as l
from September 1, 2006
March 21, 2007.
to provide a change of
transient status," he
Judge Sheldon said
would recommend a jail
365 days with all but 90
pended. The
gross misdemeanor is
365 days. Sentencing is set
vember 5.
Warrants were issued
following people who
pear for proceedings on
October 29, in Mason
Superior Court:
Spargo, $10,000;
las Lewis, $6,500;
Perkins, $1,588.14;
Lee Brown, $6,297.81.
Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
(25 + Years Experience)
General Dentistry
full service practice -
Restorative care (Crowns, Bridges, Fillings)
Extractions * Full & Partial Dentures
Repairs * Relines
Most Insurances Accepted
S. Peters, DPD C. Ngo, DDS