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Shopping hazards
nLamedic Ted Mower responds to the scene where
uer Hoag and Casy Kane were struck by a 1998
tvY Tahoe. Kane, age 38, kneels to the right of
.... , along.with Jeff Gunter on the left. Hoag, 37, suf-
nl abrasions and a swollen wrist. Kane reported
ie knee and wrist. The collision in the 100 block
rWallace Kneeland Boulevard was reported to the
Jlton Police Department at 5:33 p.m. on Tuesday.
Ver Barbara Fosdick of Shelton was turning left
'S[of the Wal-Mart parking lot and collided with the
,feOtrmns as they crossed the street, according to
00ology realm called to
up sinelly !iquid
DUNCAN lab," he 'We didn t know at
W t ir the time The response team did
Jv tom the Shelton F e " . _ .
nt responded early Tues-
erfi e a field test and determined the
ng to sunnort a Washing- liquid was flammable and did not
Lltate D Y*" .... ° contain corrosives or oxidizers
eparmen oi comgy
rResponse Team removina associated with manufacturing
ltal methamphetamine
,.ta'ners of flammable liquid
"lthe alley between Railroad The liquid was repacked in se-
an - ir cure containers and the DOE team
p a d Cota Street off Th d
took it to dispose of it. "We had an
:. Sniper nitnnt 6r, engine company on standby for
as o ................... DOE," Salzer said
pa n the scene with an en-
. He said Scott Bar- The firefighters closed off the
i
lnpan
Wner of the 1912 Building,
I a report around 4:11 p.m.
kTvember 13 stating someone
.! two five-gallon containers
almown liquid in the alley.
the people at a business
D. saw the containers and
ki Barnard, Salzer said.
g Was opened and he said it
smelled like gas," Salzer
alley and laid a hose across Third
Street in case it was needed. Sal-
zer said the 1912 Building was not
evacuated and Xinh's restaurant
remained open. Shelton police
were alerted to the situation but
Salzer said they were not needed
at the scene.
Further identification of the
flammable material is unlikely,
Salzer said. Ecology does not typi-
Origin of political lies case
now out of the Wood work
Stlse do further testing "unless that it misunderstanding of
cally
was
a
Salzer said, he called a they have a reason to." As for the the facts, not at all intentional."
the
liquid
was
un-
|Lream trained to deal with containers, Salzer said, "We have His statement of the facts con-
loUs materials. "It could be no clue who left them there." cerns budget politics and Sheldon's
able; it could be from a meth
py trail East ...... 1921 Hignway ..... lute, '" .."r Unior, VVA 98592 -J
you to SHIP ONE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL,$FRESH, HDMADEc 8
00mon site 32,
ttaber of organizations will
visitors on Saturday when
edy Creek Salmon Trail
OPen from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
' third annual Conservation
and will be representatives
Capitol Land Trust, Ma-
}servation District, South
_SOtmd Salmon Enhance-
1. up and Washington State
ity.
ns driving south from Shel-
.ighway lOl can get there
west on Old Olympic
-vay at Milepost 356 and go-
gravel road that leads to a
![ holiday House
Nov. 24th,
10:00-3:00
Ollow the signs f
By SEAN HANLON
and REBECCA WELLS
If the final disposition of Rickert
versus the PDC is not yet known,
questions about the beginning of
the case have an answer now. A
comment made by a lobbyist from
Shelton to an attorney for the
Skokomish Tribe became the sub-
ject of protracted litigation over
what constitutes a lie and what
the state can do about it.
The Washington Public Disclo-
sure Commission has asked the
Washington Supreme Court to
take another look at its split deci-
sion throwing out a law authoriz-
ing the PDC to levy fines against
candidates for public office who
lie about their opponents. Marilou
Rickert of the Green Party was or-
dered to pay $1,000 for statements
she made about State Senator Tim
Sheldon, D-Potlatch, during the
2002 campaign.
Lori Anderson, a staffer em-
ployed by the PDC, said the com-
mission has asked the high court
to clarify the issue of defamatory
statements in the hope that this
will point to a "legislative remedy"
that would allow the Washington
Legislature to rewrite the law.
Failing that, the PDC could ask
the U.S. Supreme Court to over-
turn the state court's ruling.
With the fate of the case still
unknown, the part played by Dave
Wood at the beginning of the fra-
cas is described in his e-mail to this
newspaper. He is a lobbyist who
has moved from Mason County to
Thurston County, where he has
worked the halls of the legislature
on issues of interest to disabled
persons. "My definition of liar is
one who knows the facts, yet pur-
posely falsifies them," he wrote.
"Marilou Rickert is no liar."
At the heart of the dispute is a
mailing by Rickert that claimed
Sheldon had "voted to close a facil-
ity for the developmentally chal-
lenged in his district." This was
a reference to the "Mission Creek
Youth Camp, a facility near Bel-
fair for juvenile offenders that was
shut down and later reopened as
a work camp for women who have
gotten crosswise of the law.
SHELDON CLAIMED that
Rickert had lied about his record,
pointing to his vote to keep Mis-
sion Creek open and remarking
that it was not a facility for young
people with developmental dis-
abilities but for juvenile offenders.
The senator filed a complaint with
the PDC, which found in his favor
and ordered Rickert to pay a fine.
Wood wrote that he testified to the
PDC that her brochure followed
upon comments he made to Rickert
and maintained "all along the way
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record of voting against budgets
written by the Democratic Party,
an organization he belongs to but
has been known to run against.
Wood wrote:
."I told her Sheldon's vote
against the budget was the kiss of
death for Mission Creek. The Sen-
ate was nearly tied at the time and
the Democratic leadership needed
every one of its votes."
Wood was a lobbyist for Wash-
ington Families United, an orga-
nization that kept a watchful eye
on the Washington Department of
Social and Health Services and, he
wrote, tries to "help the good so-
cial workers do their difficult jobs
even better." He was suggesting
that Sheldon could have used a
vote cast in favor of the budget as
leverage to get other lawmakers
to keep the Mission Creek Youth
Camp open. He makes the point
that two Republican lawmakers
made deals to secure spending in
their districts by voting in favor of
the budget proposed by the Demo-
cratic leadership.
"The public seldom understands
political gamesmanship in Olym-
pia," Wood wrote.
HIS E.MAIL ASSERTS that
Rickert assumed that Mission
Creek was for young people with
developmental disabilities be-
cause at the time Wood was lob-
bying to expand Yakima Valley
School, a state facility in Selah
for DD youth that was supported
by one of the Republican senators
who voted with the Dems on the
budget. Wood makes the point
that one could argue that Rickert's
assessment of Mission Creek was
not without merit. "There were
DD kids at Mission Creek as there
are in all the prisons, jails and ju-
venile rehab centers," he wrote.
The Mission Creek Youth Camp
employed 72 people in the Belfair
area who worked with hundreds
of juvenile .offenders under the
supervision of the Washington De-
partment of Social and Health Ser-
vices. Wood said Sheldon "worked
mightily" to have the site reconsti-
tuted as the Mission Creek Cor-
rections Center for Women, which
employs 114 people at a work camp
for female offenders in the custody
of the Washington Department of
Corrections.
Rickert filed suit against the
PDC contesting the fine and chal-
(Please turn to page 11.)
Rhody talk to
turn to France
The Shelton Chapter of the
American Rhododendron Society
will meet on Saturday, November
17, at 1:30 p.m. in the PUD Audi-
torium at 307 West Cota Street in
downtown Shelton.
Jeanne Kinney will talk about
the gardens of France she saw
during her month-long visit to the
country last spring.
WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR TO-DO LIST,
PUT YOUR FUTURE FIRST.
'lb set up your financial review, cll or visit today.
Janis Byrd
Financial Advisor
1717 Olympic Hwy. N.
Suite 100
$helton,WA 98584
360-432-8965
www.edwardJonos.com Member SIPC
Thursday, November 15, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 3
Shopping hazards
nLamedic Ted Mower responds to the scene where
uer Hoag and Casy Kane were struck by a 1998
tvY Tahoe. Kane, age 38, kneels to the right of
.... , along.with Jeff Gunter on the left. Hoag, 37, suf-
nl abrasions and a swollen wrist. Kane reported
ie knee and wrist. The collision in the 100 block
rWallace Kneeland Boulevard was reported to the
Jlton Police Department at 5:33 p.m. on Tuesday.
Ver Barbara Fosdick of Shelton was turning left
'S[of the Wal-Mart parking lot and collided with the
,feOtrmns as they crossed the street, according to
00ology realm called to
up sinelly !iquid
DUNCAN lab," he 'We didn t know at
W t ir the time The response team did
Jv tom the Shelton F e " . _ .
nt responded early Tues-
erfi e a field test and determined the
ng to sunnort a Washing- liquid was flammable and did not
Lltate D Y*" .... ° contain corrosives or oxidizers
eparmen oi comgy
rResponse Team removina associated with manufacturing
ltal methamphetamine
,.ta'ners of flammable liquid
"lthe alley between Railroad The liquid was repacked in se-
an - ir cure containers and the DOE team
p a d Cota Street off Th d
took it to dispose of it. "We had an
:. Sniper nitnnt 6r, engine company on standby for
as o ................... DOE," Salzer said
pa n the scene with an en-
. He said Scott Bar- The firefighters closed off the
i
lnpan
Wner of the 1912 Building,
I a report around 4:11 p.m.
kTvember 13 stating someone
.! two five-gallon containers
almown liquid in the alley.
the people at a business
D. saw the containers and
ki Barnard, Salzer said.
g Was opened and he said it
smelled like gas," Salzer
alley and laid a hose across Third
Street in case it was needed. Sal-
zer said the 1912 Building was not
evacuated and Xinh's restaurant
remained open. Shelton police
were alerted to the situation but
Salzer said they were not needed
at the scene.
Further identification of the
flammable material is unlikely,
Salzer said. Ecology does not typi-
Origin of political lies case
now out of the Wood work
Stlse do further testing "unless that it misunderstanding of
cally
was
a
Salzer said, he called a they have a reason to." As for the the facts, not at all intentional."
the
liquid
was
un-
|Lream trained to deal with containers, Salzer said, "We have His statement of the facts con-
loUs materials. "It could be no clue who left them there." cerns budget politics and Sheldon's
able; it could be from a meth
py trail East ...... 1921 Hignway ..... lute, '" .."r Unior, VVA 98592 -J
you to SHIP ONE OF OUR BEAUTIFUL,$FRESH, HDMADEc 8
00mon site 32,
ttaber of organizations will
visitors on Saturday when
edy Creek Salmon Trail
OPen from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
' third annual Conservation
and will be representatives
Capitol Land Trust, Ma-
}servation District, South
_SOtmd Salmon Enhance-
1. up and Washington State
ity.
ns driving south from Shel-
.ighway lOl can get there
west on Old Olympic
-vay at Milepost 356 and go-
gravel road that leads to a
![ holiday House
Nov. 24th,
10:00-3:00
Ollow the signs f
By SEAN HANLON
and REBECCA WELLS
If the final disposition of Rickert
versus the PDC is not yet known,
questions about the beginning of
the case have an answer now. A
comment made by a lobbyist from
Shelton to an attorney for the
Skokomish Tribe became the sub-
ject of protracted litigation over
what constitutes a lie and what
the state can do about it.
The Washington Public Disclo-
sure Commission has asked the
Washington Supreme Court to
take another look at its split deci-
sion throwing out a law authoriz-
ing the PDC to levy fines against
candidates for public office who
lie about their opponents. Marilou
Rickert of the Green Party was or-
dered to pay $1,000 for statements
she made about State Senator Tim
Sheldon, D-Potlatch, during the
2002 campaign.
Lori Anderson, a staffer em-
ployed by the PDC, said the com-
mission has asked the high court
to clarify the issue of defamatory
statements in the hope that this
will point to a "legislative remedy"
that would allow the Washington
Legislature to rewrite the law.
Failing that, the PDC could ask
the U.S. Supreme Court to over-
turn the state court's ruling.
With the fate of the case still
unknown, the part played by Dave
Wood at the beginning of the fra-
cas is described in his e-mail to this
newspaper. He is a lobbyist who
has moved from Mason County to
Thurston County, where he has
worked the halls of the legislature
on issues of interest to disabled
persons. "My definition of liar is
one who knows the facts, yet pur-
posely falsifies them," he wrote.
"Marilou Rickert is no liar."
At the heart of the dispute is a
mailing by Rickert that claimed
Sheldon had "voted to close a facil-
ity for the developmentally chal-
lenged in his district." This was
a reference to the "Mission Creek
Youth Camp, a facility near Bel-
fair for juvenile offenders that was
shut down and later reopened as
a work camp for women who have
gotten crosswise of the law.
SHELDON CLAIMED that
Rickert had lied about his record,
pointing to his vote to keep Mis-
sion Creek open and remarking
that it was not a facility for young
people with developmental dis-
abilities but for juvenile offenders.
The senator filed a complaint with
the PDC, which found in his favor
and ordered Rickert to pay a fine.
Wood wrote that he testified to the
PDC that her brochure followed
upon comments he made to Rickert
and maintained "all along the way
.,., * 22" finish size * Gift box w/bow * Tax & shipping included
Alaska or Hawaii extra
I GIFT ORDER FORM: !
I ; I
I From: I
I I
I Phone: I
I I
I Street Address: I
I I
I City: State: Zip: !
I I
I Method of Payment: I
I Visa MasterCard Discover American Express I
I I
I Card No. Exp. Date: I
I PLEASE SEND TO: !
I I
I Name: ..... I
, ,,
I Street Address:
I (UPS c eli-er o boxes) I
I I
I City: State: Zip: I
I I
I I would like it to arrive approx. !
I I
I Your gift card to read as follows: ' I
I I
I I
I I
I I
m|m||m|mm||m||m|m||mm||m
Phone Make payable to Hunter Farms
360-.22220r380.426.2222 ttil000000.ir00ii.00k$00
East 1921 Highway 106, Union, WA 98592 OPEN 9 a.m.-6 p.m. 7 DAYS A WEEK
record of voting against budgets
written by the Democratic Party,
an organization he belongs to but
has been known to run against.
Wood wrote:
."I told her Sheldon's vote
against the budget was the kiss of
death for Mission Creek. The Sen-
ate was nearly tied at the time and
the Democratic leadership needed
every one of its votes."
Wood was a lobbyist for Wash-
ington Families United, an orga-
nization that kept a watchful eye
on the Washington Department of
Social and Health Services and, he
wrote, tries to "help the good so-
cial workers do their difficult jobs
even better." He was suggesting
that Sheldon could have used a
vote cast in favor of the budget as
leverage to get other lawmakers
to keep the Mission Creek Youth
Camp open. He makes the point
that two Republican lawmakers
made deals to secure spending in
their districts by voting in favor of
the budget proposed by the Demo-
cratic leadership.
"The public seldom understands
political gamesmanship in Olym-
pia," Wood wrote.
HIS E.MAIL ASSERTS that
Rickert assumed that Mission
Creek was for young people with
developmental disabilities be-
cause at the time Wood was lob-
bying to expand Yakima Valley
School, a state facility in Selah
for DD youth that was supported
by one of the Republican senators
who voted with the Dems on the
budget. Wood makes the point
that one could argue that Rickert's
assessment of Mission Creek was
not without merit. "There were
DD kids at Mission Creek as there
are in all the prisons, jails and ju-
venile rehab centers," he wrote.
The Mission Creek Youth Camp
employed 72 people in the Belfair
area who worked with hundreds
of juvenile .offenders under the
supervision of the Washington De-
partment of Social and Health Ser-
vices. Wood said Sheldon "worked
mightily" to have the site reconsti-
tuted as the Mission Creek Cor-
rections Center for Women, which
employs 114 people at a work camp
for female offenders in the custody
of the Washington Department of
Corrections.
Rickert filed suit against the
PDC contesting the fine and chal-
(Please turn to page 11.)
Rhody talk to
turn to France
The Shelton Chapter of the
American Rhododendron Society
will meet on Saturday, November
17, at 1:30 p.m. in the PUD Audi-
torium at 307 West Cota Street in
downtown Shelton.
Jeanne Kinney will talk about
the gardens of France she saw
during her month-long visit to the
country last spring.
WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR TO-DO LIST,
PUT YOUR FUTURE FIRST.
'lb set up your financial review, cll or visit today.
Janis Byrd
Financial Advisor
1717 Olympic Hwy. N.
Suite 100
$helton,WA 98584
360-432-8965
www.edwardJonos.com Member SIPC
Thursday, November 15, 2007 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 3