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Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012 Week 49 -- The Voice of Mason County since 1886 -- Published for Mason County and Lynn Newman of Shelton --- $1 bI 2 men, l teen being held in connection Asaria J. Miller, in Olympia text messages, according to on Thursday. a release from the sheriffs with shooting death of Shelton woman The Des Moines Police office. Department arrested anoth- Detectives with the sher- er suspect, James R. Hart- iffs office allege that Antho- By NATALIE JOHNSON ing death of Barbara Giles field, 18, in Des Moines on ny Miller gave James Hart- na/atie@masoncounly.eom at her home offJensen Road Thursday. field, his daughter's boy- on Nov. 21. According to authorities, friend, money to purchase a The Mason County Sher- a child-custody dispute led gun before the murder. Three people were iffs Office and personnel to "animosity" between An- According to authorities, charged with first-degree from the Olympia Police De- thony Miller and Giles. Hartfield and Asaria Miller murder in Mason County partment arrested Anthony Around Nov. 13, he and knocked on Giles' door in Superior Court on Friday in R. Miller, 37, of Shelton and his daughter began plotting connection with the shoot- his 16-year-old daughter, the murder through codedSee 5hooting on page A-7 approves budget By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@masoncounty.com The Mason County Board of Commissioners voted Mon- day during a budget hearing to approve a more than $25 million 2013 budget. Commissioners Tim Shel- don and Terri Jeffreys voted for the budget, while board Chair Lynda Ring Erickson voted against the budget, based on a request from Shel- don to add about $22,000 in ......... commission benefits back into the budget. The com- mission had previously dis- cussed dropping the benefits to balance the shortfall. The benefits were one of several items considered as cuts by the commission in recent weeks, in order to close what began as a $1.9 million shortfall. The commission discussed the vote during its regular meeting on Tuesday morning. See County on page A-7 No public comment for Shelton '13 budget By GORDON WEEKS gordonC~asoncoun~.com Not a single resident of- fered an opinion Monday night at the Shelton City Commission's final public hearing on the city's proposed $56 million budget for 2013. The preliminary budget is $17 million less than the city's 2012 budget, primarily due to the completion of the financing of the wastewa- tor treatment plant upgrade project in the 2012 budget. Only one resident spoke at the first public hearing on the budget on Nov. 5. None of the commissioners commented on the budget Monday, oth- er than Mayor Gary Cronce thanking the city staff for its hard work. One of the city's challenges assembling the budget is that Mason County experienced a 19 percent reduction in See City on page A-7 81!!!1!!11!!!!!11112 CROWDS GATHER FOR 'HOLIDAY MAGIC' Santa and Mrs. Claus closed out the Shelton Christmas Parade riding on their sleigh, a Mason 11 engine. Journal photo by Natalie Johnson County Fire District Locals brave rainy conditions to see Santa, tree lighting By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@masoncounty.corn espite a weekend filled with heavy rain, the new- named Holiday Magic Christmas celebration in Shel- ton went off without a hitch last weekend. The event drew large crowds and packed the streets for the Christmas tree lighting on Friday, and Christmas Parade on Saturday, said Kristmastown Kiwanis Treasurer Patti Tupper. In past years, the tree-lighting event, which includes fire pits on Railroad Avenue, minia- ture train rides for children and horse-drawn wagon rides downtown, has been called "First Friday," because it has always fallen on the first Friday of December. This year, the Friday before the first week- end in December was Nov. 30, so the weekend- Journal photo by Gordon Weeks A large crowd braved torrential rains Friday night to attend the lighting of the Shelton Christmas tree on Railroad Avenue. The event was sponsored by the Shelton Downtown Merchants Association and Kristmas Town Kiwanis. long event was renamed to Holiday Magic, with Friday now called "Night of the Lights," Tupper said. "It was pouring down rain, but we think we had bigger crowds. The park was packed for the tree lighting when Lt. Gov. Brad Owen lit the tree," she said. During the tree lighting, the Harstine Is- land Community Choir performed, along with students from Evergreen Elementary school, Olympic Middle School, Bordeaux Elementa- ry, Mountain View Elementary and the Pio- neer School District. The event was packed. "You couldn't even get close," Tupper said. "The merchants all raved about what a great night it was for them. People seemed to be in every store that was open." On Saturday evening the rain let up, and hundreds of people lined Railroad Avenue to watch the Christmas Parade. Fifty-three entrants were in the parade, about the same number as in 2010 and 2011, Tupper said. "It was spectacular," she said. "The rain stopped right before the parade and the streets were just packed." See Holiday on page A-8 surpasses S STAFF REPORT The fund received two anony-Bob and Andrea Armanino con- pt~masoncounly.com mous donations, for $50 and $100. tributed $250, Alvin and Shirley Anonymous donors gave $200 Sechler gave $40 and Lois Om- in memory of John, Fran and dahl gave $50. The 66th annual 40 et 8/ Mike Luhm and EdJohnson, $30Steven and Cami Petersen Shelton-Mason County Journal in memory of Betty Hickson and donated $200, John Krause and Christmas basket program has $50 in memory of Allen, Wayne Elizabeth Frew gave $100, Rob- raised $17,016 as of this week. and Tom Coleman. ert and Evelyn Trenkmann gave mar $250, and Larry and Tony Ste- vens donated $100. The fund also received contri- butions from groups, including $100 from the Old Farts Club and $100 from Boy Scout Troop 126. See Fund on page A-7