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Trask still leads
Schmelzlen for County
commission spot
By Michael Heinbach
michael@masoncoun com
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There wasn't a lot that
changed after the Mason Coun-
ty Auditor's Office reported the
totals from its most recent bal-
lot count for the Nov. 6 midterm
general -election.
As of Nov. 9, Sharon Trask,
Republican candidate for the
Board of Mason County Com,
missioners, held a firm lead over
Democrat Kevin Schmelzlen
in the race to succeed outgoing
County Commissioner Terri
Dre~ler, who, did not seek re-
election.
Journal ohoto by Dana Kampa
Two-year-old Samantha "Jo Jo" Kilmer eyes the holiday delicacies on the table Nov. 10 at the New
Track lost a fraction of a per-
centage r m-resuitspost Com of Union. The church hei dinner for community members,
di ng up more than 500 meals throughoutthe day.
rs wan
wage
ed following the Nov. 6 initial
ballot count, but is still project-
ed to comfortably earn her first
foray into public office. The lat-
est results show Trask, a small
see ELECTION, page A-16
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5taff at 5helton, Southside,
set to
rise at
By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncoun,corn
The frame for a new three-
story structure on the Shelton
High School campus is set to rise
next week.
The 47,254-square-foot build-
ing will include 19 classrooms,
four science labs, a culinary arts
space, two art rooms, and a room
for photography and the year-
book staff. The building comes
courtesy of the $65 million
building bond passed by voters
on Valentine's Day 2017.
Jeff Feeney, the project su-
pervisor, gave his monthly
update on the building projects
Tuesday evening to the Shelton
see STEEL, page A-17
want new contracts
By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncoun com
Liza Smith has worked as an edu-
cational &ssistant for the Southside
School District for 17 years. She makes
$17.58 an hour.
Heather Kowalski is a paraeduca-
tor in the Shelton School District and a
single mother with five children.
' We are dedicated, hard-working
people and we should not make less
than people at Walmart," she told the
Shelton School Board on Tuesday eve-
ning. She added, "We get spit on and
screamed and we get paid the least
amount."
The paraeducators in both districts,
and some other classified employees,
are working without a new contract as
negotiations drag on. The two unions
say they want the same thing: living
wages the employees deserve, especial-
ly after the teachers in both districts re-
ceived raises from the state's McCleary
decision to fully fund education in the
Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
Four paraeducators in the Southside School District -- from left, Cheryl
Ragan, Liz Smith, Tess Thompson and Alex Chaney -- are working for a new
contract as their union, Education Support Personnel, negotiates for state
McCleary decision money they say is designated for them.
state. They say they work with the most Personnel (ESP) include paraeducators,
difficult students in their districts, bus drivers, librarians, nurses and
The 209 members of the Shelton
School District's Education Support see STAFF, page A-15
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Locals send cards to
overseas U.S. military
Page A-2
Wizards of Winter ready to
rock your holiday socks off
Page A-7
Hel p for veterans
available in Belfair
Page A-20
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