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L SHELTON-
MASON COUNTY
JOURNAL
Th. ursd___aay, November 29, 2007
121st ........ Year -- Number 48 5 Sections -- 44 Pages
Published in Shelton, Washington 75 cents
Southside's race
Yes, they did take the plunge
d on the coldest day of the season, no Gregg giving the o1' five-knuckle salute
st So reminded Oakland Bay Junior
igh teacher/coach Bryan Gregg Mon-
eY afternoon after he and 16 students
talked into it completed his blustery
SI!enge, a run-and-plunge affair from
te campus of Shelton High School to
d into) frigid Island Lake and back
own as the inaugural Polar Bear Tur-
by Trot. From the right in the top photo
Pe Tatiana Western, Crystal Webster,
rf Ennor, Rick Rutledge, Steven Gui-
!a and Kevin Roberts. That's Coach
to Steven in the near-left photo. Sharing
body heat seconds later, in the near-mid
shot, are (clockwise from near right) Key-
in, Crystal, Arturo Martinez, Jeff, Steven
and Ashley Tinnerstet. And that's our in-
trepid teacher/coach taking up the rear
on the mile.plus return run, near right.
Also completing the challenge were stu-
dents Brittany Chamberlin, Paxton Hov-
ind, Brett Skipworth, Jesse Evans, Erik
Ramirez, Juanita Guijosa, Jessica Fey
and Trenton McGlothlin.
a e thousand students in six years: ......................
.00plosive school growth foretold
;EFF GREEN
le student population' of the
ton School District is expected
lange dramatically in coming
according to the district's
Capital Facilities Plan ac-
t Tuesday evening by the
..1 board
)Uring 2006 the district re-
d information that indicates
POtential for up to 1,000 new
-s to be constructed in the
,n School District," the plan
B. "This unprecedented growth
normal cohort-survival
methods ineffective in predicting
growth ..."
The district is predicting a to-
tal enrollment of 4,972 full-time
equivalent students for the 2012-
2013 school year. That figure
represents a potential increase of
1,006 students over the next six
years.
"We need impact and mitiga-
tion fees to house this growth,"
said Superintendent Joan Zook.
"We have the developers who are
ready to build."
00,000od basket fund
'aises first $3,750
tle 61st Journal-40 et 8 Christ-
i Fund started this week with
50 in contributions toward its
of $25,000.
ORations of $500 came from an
Yraous World War II veteran,
Uget Sound Enduro Riders
e Journal. Mariano's Fine
ry donated $400.
er donations came from
rican Legion Post 31, $200;
es of the Lodge, $150; the
ist Club of Mason County,
; Frank and Marie Rains,
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7 the inside
ths ..... 18
11...11.+1.,11+.1..+..i.+1...
Ssifleds ........................... 33
amunity Calendar ....... 32
Ssword ........................... 37
ltertainment, Dining ..... 32
taal of Record ............. 26
it aa ries ........................... 10
hi,ions, Letters ................. 4
ts ................................... 21
s ..................................... 20
ather ................................ 27
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, Iill!llJ !ll!!!llJIJtl!ltlll II
$100; Lawrence and Billie Kay
Hendrickson, $100; Rand and Lei-
la Stevens, $100; Bob and Melanie
Appel, $100; Edward A. Ingrain,
$100; and Terry and Noel Schmid,
$100.
Additional donations were re-
ceived from Opal and Harold Wil-
son, $50; Jim and Dorothy Durand,
$50; Fawn Lake Ladies Club, $50;
and Lloyd and Jane Gruver, $40.
Memorial donations included
$100 in memory of Freda Johnson;
$100 in memory of Allen and Ma-
bel, Thelma and Earl, Marion and
Johnnie and in honor of Eileen;
and $25 in memory of Gene Rut-
ledge.
Anonymous contributions were
received in the amount of $200,
$100, $40, $40 and $5.
Donations to support the Christ-
mas Fund food baskets may be
mailed to The Journal at P.O. Box
430, Shelton, 98584 or dropped
off at the newspaper office at 227
West Cota Street in downtown
Shelton. Those who donate will be
recognized in the newspaper, un-
less they choose to remain anony-
mous. Donations also can be made
in memory of a loved one.
The Shelton 40 et 8 veterans'
organization and The Journal col-
laborate on the Christmas Fund,
with the vets putting together
the food baskets and distributing
them while the newspaper collects
money to buy the food.
Zook has asked for a meeting
with Mason County commission-
ers in January to discuss the need
for impact fees for schools and
will also request a meeting with
Shelton city commissioners.
She said she has asked other
school boards and superinten-
dents in Mason County to attend.
"Hopefully, we'll be moving for-
ward with the ability to collect
impact fees," she said. "The need
is great."
Meanwhile, the Shelton School
District's Facilities Task Force is
putting together an analysis of
what facilities are needed in the
district.
back to one vote
One additional vote was count-
ed Monday in the already oh-so-
close race between incumbent
Don Robbins and Nicole Cougher
for a four-year term on the South-
side School Board.
That single vote went to
Cougher, who now trails Robbins
by one vote, 272 to 271.
The up-in-the-air Southside
race has put an interesting spin
on an already interesting general
election, which saw some long-
time incumbents fall while oth-
ers won reelection.
On election night, Cougher
clung to a one-vote lead, only to
see it vanish in a subsequent vote
count. Before Monday's count,
she was behind by two votes.
"One vote definitely counts,"
Cougher said. Ironically, her
husband, David, was out to sea
on a tugboat and unable to cast
a ballot.
"I'm congratulating Don if he
wins, and I'm sure he'd congratu-
late me if I win," Cougher said of
Robbins, adding their campaign
was a friendly one.
Cougher has one child attend-
ing Southside and said that to
the best of her knowledge nobody
on the school board has a child
at the school. Win or lose, she
said she will remain active in the
Southside School Booster Club.
The Mason County Canvass-
ing Board will hold a manual
recount of the Robbins-Cougher
race starting at 9 a.m. this Friday
at the Mason County Auditor's
Office. In that race, there were
three write-in votes, one ballot
where both candidates received a
vote and 184 ballots where nei-
ther candidate received a vote.
The November 6 general elec-
tion was certified on Tuesday.
There were 18,509 ballots count-
ed out of 32,770 registered voters
for a turnout of 56.5 percent.
City hall gallery
to open Monday
The Rotating Art Gallery spon-
sored by the Shelton Arts Commis-
sion will open on Monday, Decem-
ber 3, at the Shelton Civic Center,
525 West Cota Street.
After a lengthy review process,
the Shelton City Commission gave
the arts commission permission
to move forward with the project
in September. In October, artists
were encouraged to submit ap-
plications for the gallery. On No-
vember 19+ the city commission
approved four artists' works to be
placed in the gallery.
Ten artists and more than 40
pieces of art were submitted to the
arts commission for consideration
in the gallery. Local artists Ellen
Miffitt, Alan Nielsen, Synnove
Petersen and Paul Steensen were
selected to show their art through
February 2008.
The gallery space is located in
the main room of the civic center,
on the wall between the municipal
courtroom and police department
entrances. Art may be viewed dur-
ing the civic center's regular busi-
ness hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-
day through Friday.
The arts commission invites the
public to attend an artists recep-
tion from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday,
December 7, in the Shelton Civic
Center. The artists will be pres-
ent to discuss their work and meet
with the public.
Hospital carefully
watching finances
By SEAN HANLON
With net income "significantly
less" than was collected in each of
the last three years, the stewards
of Mason General Hospital must
enforce "prudent management dis-
cipline" if they are to keep a safe
distance from a "slippery slope" to
financial trouble.
Such is the gist of the execu-
tive summary in a 2008 budget
recently approved by a 3-0 vote
of the Mason County Hospital
District 1 Commission, a board
which supervises the operation of
(Please turn to page 8.)
t • 9
Snow foohn !
THE FIRST FLAKES of the season find suitably impressed Monday afternoon
Shelton High School students Jordan outside the Minidome as a storm comes
McGuire (left) and Stephanie Scrudder through the area amidst a cold snap.
i , ,, , ,,,, I ,,
L SHELTON-
MASON COUNTY
JOURNAL
Th. ursd___aay, November 29, 2007
121st ........ Year -- Number 48 5 Sections -- 44 Pages
Published in Shelton, Washington 75 cents
Southside's race
Yes, they did take the plunge
d on the coldest day of the season, no Gregg giving the o1' five-knuckle salute
st So reminded Oakland Bay Junior
igh teacher/coach Bryan Gregg Mon-
eY afternoon after he and 16 students
talked into it completed his blustery
SI!enge, a run-and-plunge affair from
te campus of Shelton High School to
d into) frigid Island Lake and back
own as the inaugural Polar Bear Tur-
by Trot. From the right in the top photo
Pe Tatiana Western, Crystal Webster,
rf Ennor, Rick Rutledge, Steven Gui-
!a and Kevin Roberts. That's Coach
to Steven in the near-left photo. Sharing
body heat seconds later, in the near-mid
shot, are (clockwise from near right) Key-
in, Crystal, Arturo Martinez, Jeff, Steven
and Ashley Tinnerstet. And that's our in-
trepid teacher/coach taking up the rear
on the mile.plus return run, near right.
Also completing the challenge were stu-
dents Brittany Chamberlin, Paxton Hov-
ind, Brett Skipworth, Jesse Evans, Erik
Ramirez, Juanita Guijosa, Jessica Fey
and Trenton McGlothlin.
a e thousand students in six years: ......................
.00plosive school growth foretold
;EFF GREEN
le student population' of the
ton School District is expected
lange dramatically in coming
according to the district's
Capital Facilities Plan ac-
t Tuesday evening by the
..1 board
)Uring 2006 the district re-
d information that indicates
POtential for up to 1,000 new
-s to be constructed in the
,n School District," the plan
B. "This unprecedented growth
normal cohort-survival
methods ineffective in predicting
growth ..."
The district is predicting a to-
tal enrollment of 4,972 full-time
equivalent students for the 2012-
2013 school year. That figure
represents a potential increase of
1,006 students over the next six
years.
"We need impact and mitiga-
tion fees to house this growth,"
said Superintendent Joan Zook.
"We have the developers who are
ready to build."
00,000od basket fund
'aises first $3,750
tle 61st Journal-40 et 8 Christ-
i Fund started this week with
50 in contributions toward its
of $25,000.
ORations of $500 came from an
Yraous World War II veteran,
Uget Sound Enduro Riders
e Journal. Mariano's Fine
ry donated $400.
er donations came from
rican Legion Post 31, $200;
es of the Lodge, $150; the
ist Club of Mason County,
; Frank and Marie Rains,
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlUlIII
7 the inside
ths ..... 18
11...11.+1.,11+.1..+..i.+1...
Ssifleds ........................... 33
amunity Calendar ....... 32
Ssword ........................... 37
ltertainment, Dining ..... 32
taal of Record ............. 26
it aa ries ........................... 10
hi,ions, Letters ................. 4
ts ................................... 21
s ..................................... 20
ather ................................ 27
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
, Iill!llJ !ll!!!llJIJtl!ltlll II
$100; Lawrence and Billie Kay
Hendrickson, $100; Rand and Lei-
la Stevens, $100; Bob and Melanie
Appel, $100; Edward A. Ingrain,
$100; and Terry and Noel Schmid,
$100.
Additional donations were re-
ceived from Opal and Harold Wil-
son, $50; Jim and Dorothy Durand,
$50; Fawn Lake Ladies Club, $50;
and Lloyd and Jane Gruver, $40.
Memorial donations included
$100 in memory of Freda Johnson;
$100 in memory of Allen and Ma-
bel, Thelma and Earl, Marion and
Johnnie and in honor of Eileen;
and $25 in memory of Gene Rut-
ledge.
Anonymous contributions were
received in the amount of $200,
$100, $40, $40 and $5.
Donations to support the Christ-
mas Fund food baskets may be
mailed to The Journal at P.O. Box
430, Shelton, 98584 or dropped
off at the newspaper office at 227
West Cota Street in downtown
Shelton. Those who donate will be
recognized in the newspaper, un-
less they choose to remain anony-
mous. Donations also can be made
in memory of a loved one.
The Shelton 40 et 8 veterans'
organization and The Journal col-
laborate on the Christmas Fund,
with the vets putting together
the food baskets and distributing
them while the newspaper collects
money to buy the food.
Zook has asked for a meeting
with Mason County commission-
ers in January to discuss the need
for impact fees for schools and
will also request a meeting with
Shelton city commissioners.
She said she has asked other
school boards and superinten-
dents in Mason County to attend.
"Hopefully, we'll be moving for-
ward with the ability to collect
impact fees," she said. "The need
is great."
Meanwhile, the Shelton School
District's Facilities Task Force is
putting together an analysis of
what facilities are needed in the
district.
back to one vote
One additional vote was count-
ed Monday in the already oh-so-
close race between incumbent
Don Robbins and Nicole Cougher
for a four-year term on the South-
side School Board.
That single vote went to
Cougher, who now trails Robbins
by one vote, 272 to 271.
The up-in-the-air Southside
race has put an interesting spin
on an already interesting general
election, which saw some long-
time incumbents fall while oth-
ers won reelection.
On election night, Cougher
clung to a one-vote lead, only to
see it vanish in a subsequent vote
count. Before Monday's count,
she was behind by two votes.
"One vote definitely counts,"
Cougher said. Ironically, her
husband, David, was out to sea
on a tugboat and unable to cast
a ballot.
"I'm congratulating Don if he
wins, and I'm sure he'd congratu-
late me if I win," Cougher said of
Robbins, adding their campaign
was a friendly one.
Cougher has one child attend-
ing Southside and said that to
the best of her knowledge nobody
on the school board has a child
at the school. Win or lose, she
said she will remain active in the
Southside School Booster Club.
The Mason County Canvass-
ing Board will hold a manual
recount of the Robbins-Cougher
race starting at 9 a.m. this Friday
at the Mason County Auditor's
Office. In that race, there were
three write-in votes, one ballot
where both candidates received a
vote and 184 ballots where nei-
ther candidate received a vote.
The November 6 general elec-
tion was certified on Tuesday.
There were 18,509 ballots count-
ed out of 32,770 registered voters
for a turnout of 56.5 percent.
City hall gallery
to open Monday
The Rotating Art Gallery spon-
sored by the Shelton Arts Commis-
sion will open on Monday, Decem-
ber 3, at the Shelton Civic Center,
525 West Cota Street.
After a lengthy review process,
the Shelton City Commission gave
the arts commission permission
to move forward with the project
in September. In October, artists
were encouraged to submit ap-
plications for the gallery. On No-
vember 19+ the city commission
approved four artists' works to be
placed in the gallery.
Ten artists and more than 40
pieces of art were submitted to the
arts commission for consideration
in the gallery. Local artists Ellen
Miffitt, Alan Nielsen, Synnove
Petersen and Paul Steensen were
selected to show their art through
February 2008.
The gallery space is located in
the main room of the civic center,
on the wall between the municipal
courtroom and police department
entrances. Art may be viewed dur-
ing the civic center's regular busi-
ness hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon-
day through Friday.
The arts commission invites the
public to attend an artists recep-
tion from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday,
December 7, in the Shelton Civic
Center. The artists will be pres-
ent to discuss their work and meet
with the public.
Hospital carefully
watching finances
By SEAN HANLON
With net income "significantly
less" than was collected in each of
the last three years, the stewards
of Mason General Hospital must
enforce "prudent management dis-
cipline" if they are to keep a safe
distance from a "slippery slope" to
financial trouble.
Such is the gist of the execu-
tive summary in a 2008 budget
recently approved by a 3-0 vote
of the Mason County Hospital
District 1 Commission, a board
which supervises the operation of
(Please turn to page 8.)
t • 9
Snow foohn !
THE FIRST FLAKES of the season find suitably impressed Monday afternoon
Shelton High School students Jordan outside the Minidome as a storm comes
McGuire (left) and Stephanie Scrudder through the area amidst a cold snap.
i , ,, , ,,,, I ,,