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Shelton Mason County Journal
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xxxxxxxxxxxzxxxxxCf~R-RT LOTx~C 005 6996 013--00-00 0174017 41P lOS SI~LL T0t~i PhPERS 217 H COTA ST &:helton i~ 98584 thl,fl,,I,IIIhfl,d,!l,ltqlll,l,!l,l,llhlh,l,llNIHq,!ll- SHELTON-MASON COUNTY Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 The Voice of Mason County Since 1886 - Vol. 130i No, 44 $1.50 Nobody hurt in fire, $3M in cedar saved By MICHAEL HEINBACH michael@masoncoun com A fire early Monday morning de- stroyed the main production struc- ture at the Camco Inc. lumber mill in the 6400 block of East Agate Road in Shelton. No injuries were reported, and de- spite the total loss of the production facility, a residence and warehouse onsite went unharmed, nearby out- door propane tanks were unaffected and an estimated $3 million worth of red cedar the mill produces on the property was saved with the help of firefighters from five Central Mason Fire & EMS districts, North Mason Regional Fire Authority, the Mason County Sheriffs Office and workers from Mason County PUD 3. Journal photo by Gordon Weeks Community leaders from throughout Mason County lent a hand at the She#on-Mason County Journal,s first-ever Reader's Night, held at Mountain View Elementary School in Shelton. Volunteers, including Mason County Sheriff Casey Salisbury, and Journal staff were among those on hand to read to students. For more photos of the event, see pages B-14 and B-15. see FIRE, page A-22 Sheriff's office goes over.needs for 2017 in lengthy presentation By MICHAEL HEINBACH rnichpel@masoncoun corn The Mason County Sheriffs Office has by far the largest budget of any department within the county. So, when Sheriff Casey Salisbury and some of his staff presented their pre- liminary budget requests for 2017 to the Mason County commissioners on Oct. 25, it was done a little dif- ferently. "I admit that the presentation was very informative," said Terri Jeffreys, Mason County commission chairperson and District 3 commis- sioner. "It gave us a clear under- standing of what all of the different programs and divisions actually do. I would have preferred to have each of those departments' presentation include a rationalization for any changes to the budget requests over the previous year." Members of the sheriffs office, in- cluding • several division heads who see SHERIFF, page A- 19 Principak Students, staff feel 'pressure cooker effect" By GORDON WEEKS gordon@masoncoun com At Mountain View Elementary School, students undergo physical therapy while lying on mats in hall- w&ys lined with books, chairs and oth- er supplies. Teacher Joyce Norwood conducts speech therapy with students in a for- mer shower stall, which also serves as her office. More than half of the school's 619 students are housed in 11 portable buildings, without bathrooms. There are no covered walkways to block rain when they walk to the main building, which was built 61 years ago. It's impossible to gather the entire student body in the gym, which also serves as the cafeteria for three shifts of students. "It's not just not ideal," said princi- pal Jorge Nelson. "It's not humane to have the kids cooped up the way they are." The school, which teaches students in kindergarten through the fifth grade, has veteran employees and a great program, Nelson said. "We've got all the staff," he said. "We just need the four walls." Students and their teachers will get Journal photo by Gordon Weeks Mountain View Elementary principal Jorge Nelson on Tuesday sits with students -- from left, Sam Parsons, Shyanne KJlmer, Aubrie Coots, Rylee Swantak and Kyra Sturm -- in the gym. Students eat lunch in three shifts in the gym because the room can only accommodate 200 kids at a time. Staff then has seven minutes to prepare the room for physical education. those new wails if voters pass a $64.7 million building bond on Feb. 14, 2017. The building bond includes replacing Mountain View Elementary, built in 1955, with a new 45,000-square-foot structure that would cost $24.5 million. Almost $30 million of the building bond money is earmarked for Shelton High School. That would allow the campus to accommodate the district's ninth-grade students, who currently attend Oakland Bay Junior High. All seven school buildings would re- ceive improvements if the bond passes. All the projects would be scheduled to be completed by September 2019. see SCHOOL, page A-23 INSIDE TODAY -- ill III I IIIIi111 II II u II ul II 8 53263 00111 2 Shelton commissioners mull $48.6M budget Page A-2 Advocate reaching out to teens about abuse Page A-8 Mary M. Knight football squad drops game Page B-1