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:iiiiii:oo Hatchery manager arrested forvoyeurisn
Adopt-a-pet will have Santa at the kennels By KEVAN MOORE released from jail, wascers to Jouper who has beeD locatec~ on the George A~t-
! :~ Saturday, Dec 3 from noon until 4 pm, at 940 E charged in Mason Countythe manager of the facility ams FiSh Hatchery ground~.
~i ~ Jonson Road, off Brockdale Rd., Shelton. Ford A 57-year-old Shelton Superior Court on Wednes- for several years. InvestS- The hqtchery office was al@
~ donation of $10 you will receive a 4x6 picture of man was taken into custody day and faces arraignment gators also say that Joup~r searcl~d. |
you and you pet with Santa or just your pet. All under suspicion of voyeur- on Tuesday, Nov. 22. has been with the Depart- OffiCers seized four con~-
• ~ , moneydonatedgoestothecareofthedogsatthe ism Thursday, Nov. 10, fol- The arrest stems from ment of Fish and Wildlife puters]and several items ~f
~ no-kill adopt-a-Pet Kennels. Call 360-432-3091 or lowing a weeklong investi- an employee at the George for more than 30 year~,electronic media in an a~-
I I e-mail aapdogs7@msn.com for more information, gation by the Mason County Adams Fish Hatchery find- Jouper was arrested by M~- tempt ~o determine if the~e
Sheriffs Office and the ing a camera inside of the son County Sheriffs OffiCe were more victims. Deter-
Washington Department ofwomen's restroom. Depu- deputies and Fish and Wild- tives eSpressed concern thOt
Fish and Wildlife. ties learned of the camera life officers. Jouper was a~- there ~nay be multiple vi~-
i~ ~1 Sh°rtly after being ar- N°vember 2 and launchedrested with°ut incident arid tims slnce the restr°°m ~s
rested Thursday morning, an investigation with the was cooperative with inve~- also a~ailable for use by t1~e
a' ~h s W nter" • [ Edwin Carl Jouper, 57, assistance ofthe Washing-tigators. | public.~ The investigati@
• • was booked into the Mason ton Department of Fish and Deputies and Fish will c~ntinue with the f~-
iI ] | | County Jail for voyeurism, a Wildlife, which operates the and Wildlife officers al~o rensic ~nalysis of the seized
class C felony, hatchery, served,a search warrant oD computers and the electro~-
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An early evening fire on Harstine Island completely destroyed a two-lm
refurbish wagons. No one was hurt, but the fire caused about $360,000
Wagon-filled garage burns down on F
By KEVAN MOORE flames. Abe
The garage was a wood working Distri
Mason County Fire District 5 re- shop that contained a large quantity Distri
sponded to a fully involved garage fire of lumber and covered wagons. In ad- fire.
at around 5 p.m. on Monday evening dition there were a number of wooden Offl
on Harstine Island. dollhouses on the second floor, to be
Upon arrival at 1680 E. Harstine "There was all kinds of pine in vestig
island Road South, firefighters found there and it was a hot, hot fire," said estimt
a two-story garage complex, some Fire District 5 Fire Chief Tim McK- and $
40' by 84', that was fully involved in ern. were 1
County approves supplemental money fi
By NATALIE JOHNSON
The Mason County
Board of Commission-
ers approved $277,960 in
supplemental funding for
health care over several
county departments on "With the
Tuesday. ones who
The majority of the mon-have run
ey, $265,000, was allocated our budget
to supplement the budgetover, it had
for the Mason County Jail, n o t h i n g
which ran over budget for to do with
its medical bills in March. mental ill-
"We had three inmatesnose. It
in the month of March that was ongo-
just their medical billsingdeterio-
were over $150,000," said ration from
jail superintendent Tom lifestyle."
Haugen. "We still have H a u g e n
to do care and custody for said the jail
our inmates the other 11once used a health insur-
months of the year." ance company to try to save
The jail's normal bud- money on medical costs.
get for medical expenses is "It didn't save us a dime,"
$368,000. he said. "It came out to be
Haugen said the recent- more expensive than us go-
ly approved one-tenth of 1 ing to Mason General."
percent sales tax increase Now, the jail contracts
for mental health and sub- with Mason General Hospi-
stance abuse would not tal for health care.
supplement costs like these If the county pays in full
in the future because these within 45 days, the hospital
specifc cases involved will grant a 15 percent dis-
health problems not relat- count on the care provided.
ed to mental health. "We've tried to get more
"We have to deliver ur- through other agencies but
gent and emergent health- then you're spending more
care, that's thelaw. If that on travel time," Haugen
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means an individual is in said.
need of heart surgery, as Commissioner Lynd
long as he's in custody it's Ring Erickson said th
the county's responsibility county made a conscioc
to pay for ~t~Al~ decision 1
his bill," had three dealwit
he said. the buc
inmates in get shor
the month of
fall late i~
the year,
rather tha
M~rch that in Marct
when tln
problel
iust their first b,
medical bim s came aI
parent.
I want
were over give [Hat
ug gen] and hl
$150,000. staff a lot ,
credit," sh
said. "If [Haugen] hadn
handled it as well as he di
it could have been close
$1 million."
The $265,000 may I
more than the jail need
but finance staff wanted t
play it safe.
"This is an unusm
situation - they don't a~
ticipate using all of it. W
don't know what's goin
to happen in the next si
weeks," said Theresia Et
rich, chief finance manage
in the auditor's office.
The county also al
proved contract setth
'el garag,
a damagq
arsti
ut 20 fir
.'t 5, with
.'t 3, were
eials said
tccidental
~tion. The
.ted at $6C
300,000 fc
~st inside.
Courtesy phc
used to
qe Island
~fighters from File
~ssistance from File
ble to extinguish tl~ e
;hat the fire appem s
md is still under iI ~.
loss from the fire is
000 for the buildin g
the contents th~
dth care
ments for heaithcare f¢
the A nerican Federatio
of Stale, County and Mt
nicipal Employees (AFS(
ME) ~.ion amounting
$12,96 .
The county commissio
approved the AFSCMI
contra,'.t without union at
proval on Tuesday, Oct. ,
Although it was legal ff
the cogmty to approve th
contra~t, since it had bee
out of|date, for more tha
a year~ some unmn mer~
bers fe~t mistreated by th
countyt
The rnajor dispute lea(
ing to ~he union refusing t
approv) the contract wa
over h~alth care benefits.
In the previous AFS£
ME coatract, union me~
bers ¢¢ere compensate
$825 per month for healt
care ccsts.
The union wanted to i~
crease health care compe~
sation to $875 per mont
to com~ in line with othe
union contracts with th
county but the county onl
agreed to $855 per month
re were no increase
contract for salary
said.
-union employee
apensated $825 pe
for medical bet
"The
in that
Ehrich
Non
are col
month
efits.
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