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Fund
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A family gave $200 in
memory of their daughter,
Joanne Walters Beynon,
and more anonymous do-
nors contributed $200 in
memory of Lillian Carlson
Sheldon, $50 in memory of
Gordon Lanphere and $25
in memory of Gene Rut-
ledge.
Bill and Ann Batstone
contributed $50, John and
Nancy Bolender gave $100,
James and Ann Mullin do-
nated $100, and Steve and
Joan Buzzard donated $10.
Other contributions in-
clude $50 from Tony and
Sandra Bisser, $200 from
Larry and Pat Michael,s
and $200 from Bud and Isla
Wright.
Last year, the program
gave out 905 baskets, worth
$30,813. Because of higher
food and toy prices, this
year's fundraising goal is
set at $40,000.
People who would like to
receive a basket of toys and
food can sign up at the 40
et 8 at 113 W. Cota St. from
9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Dec. 8.
People who would only like
a basket of food can sign up
on Dec. 12 and 15.
Those signing up for
baskets need to have a le-
gal identification for both
themselves and children re-
ceiving baskets.
Acceptable identification
includes birth certificates
or paperwork from state
assistance programs that
shows the child's age.
The toy shopping day is
scheduled for 8 a.m. to 2
p.m. Dec. 15 at Walmart.
Parents will also need iden-
tification for the shopping
day.
Food basket pickup will
Shooting
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the early morning hours
of Nov. 21, and when she
opened the door, Hartfield
shot her multiple times at
point blank range.
Giles died of her injuries
at Providence St. Peter Hos-
pital in Olympia on Nov. 24.
Anthony Miller, Asaria
Miller and Hartfield made
their first court appearanc-
es Friday.
Although arrested as a
juvenile, Asaria Miller was
charged as an adult in Ma-
son County Superior Court
on three counts, including
first-degree murder with a
firearm, conspiracy to com-
mit murder in the first de-
gree, and burglary in the
• first degree.
Mason County Prosecu-
tor Mike Dorcy said Asaria
Miller was previously con-
victed at 13 of first-degree
assault with a deadly weap-
on and spent two years in
custody in a juvenile facil-
ity. She was released from
custody in November 2011,
and is a student at CHOICE
Alternative School in Shel-
ton.
According to authori-
ties, she is also four months
pregnant.
She is being detained in
Mason County Jail pend-
ing trial on $1.5 million
bail. Miller is represented
by attorney Clifford Cordes
of Cordes Brandt, PLLC of
Olympia.
Miller pleaded not guilty
at her arraignment Mon-
day.
Hartfield was charged
with four counts Friday, in-
cluding conspiracy to com-
mit murder in the first de-
gree, burglary in the first
degree, illegal possession of
a firearm in the first degree
and first-degree murder
with a firearm.
Dorcy argued that Hart-
field was the one who actu-
ally pulled the trigger. He
also said Hartfield has three
juvenile convictions, two for
robbery and one for residen-
tial burglary.
Hartfield qualified for
court-appointed counsel and
Ron Sergi was assigned as
his attorney. Hartfield's ar-
raignment is scheduled for 9
a.m. Monday.
Hartfield is being de-
tained in Mason County
Jail on $1.5 million bail.
Anthony Miller was also
charged Friday, with a
count of conspiracy to com-
mit murder in the first de-
gree and murder in the first
degree with a firearm.
During Miller's first court
appearance Friday, Dorcy
argued that the crime con-
stituted "very premeditated
murder."
Anthony Miller qualified
for court-appointed counsel,
and James Foley was as-
signed as his attorney.
Miller is being detained
in the Mason County Jail
on $1.5 million bail. His ar-
raignment is scheduled for 9
a.m. Monday.
Journal photo by Gordon Week
Drivers on Shelton's pockmarked First Street will be excited to hear
Shelton was awarded a $329,351 state grunt to rehabilitate the
pavement and add Americans with Disabilities Act facilities between
First from Railroad to Alder avenues.
be from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
on Dec. 22 at the old Shel-
ton Armory on Franklin
Street.
Donations to support
the Christmas food basket
program can be mailed to
the Journal at P.O. Box
430, Shelton, WA, 98584,
or dropped off at the office
at 227 W. Cota St. during
business hours.
Those who donated to the
program will be recognized
in the newspaper unless
they choose to be anony-
mous. Donations can also
be made in memory of a
loved one.
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COMMUNICATIONS
Hood Canal Communications' broadband grant
has allowed them to expand their network into ~¢~,,i~ i
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broadband internet access. These areas include iii,;i~•
Dayton, Thunder Ridge, areas around Agate Rd,
and Kamilche Point (Bloomfield area). The ~"'~:"~
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network that they are expanding is called a
Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON). This .......... ,~
network allows them to provide broadband,
cable TV and telephone services to businesses :':i:ii! :::
and residents. Construction of aerial fiber optic i,:[::::
cables began in January of this year in the
Dayton area and will continue for the next few !:
months. The underground construction began in ~
July and is still continuing today. HCC has i::~i
installed over 115,O00 feet of underground ::~i'~i~i
conduit along county and private roads, over ~j~!~
30.000 feet of conduit to customer's homes ::~i,.,~.,~
and 500,000 feet of fiber optic cables. Cus- ii~i:~:!i
tomers who have already signed up for services ii~iii!iI
will begin to get installed within the next few
weeks.
tf you are interested in services within these
areas, please contact HCC at (360) 898-248].
Call 426-4412 to subscribe
Through January 1,2013
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assessed value in 2012. The Emergency Med-
ical Services levy is tied to assessed value,
which means the city will collect $52,000 less
in 2013. The city in 2013 also loses $72,000 in
federal grants, and an estimated $20,000 in
liquor tax revenues.
But at Monday's meeting, City Admin-
istrator Dave O'Leary announced that the
city was awarded a $329,351 grant from the
Washington state Transportation Improve-
ment Board for its First Street Paver Project.
The project includes pavement rehabili-
tation and new Americans with Disabili-
ties Act (ADA) facilities along First Street
between Railroad and Alder avenues. The
state Department of Transportation is pre-
paring a similar project along State Route 3,
from U.S. Highway 101 through downtown
Shelton.
The grant requires the city to provide a 10
percent match of $36,592. That match money
is included in the preliminary 2013 budget.
STORE & DELl SPECIALS- DEC 6- 12
County
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"I came in here yester-
day prepared to vote for the
budget," Ring Erickson said.
"Sometimes it's the principle
of the thing."
Sheldon said that the
two newly elected commis-
sioners, including Jeffreys,
who was sworn in to her
unexpired term last week,
and Randy Neatherlin, who
will begin in January, had
reason to expect health in-
surance and other benefits
when they ran for office.
Sheldon added that every
other county employee and
public official gets health in-
surance.
?I did not feel it was ap-
propriate to treat them any
differently," he said. "Those
two people that are coming
in deserve the same benefit
package that everyone else
gets."
Ring Erickson agreed
that all other employees get
health insurance, but noted
that the commissioners are
some of the only people on
the county payroll to get
raises in the past four years.
Also, by not cutting the
money from the commis-
sioner budget, Ring Erick-
son said the board was the
only county department to
not follow its own directive
to keep its budget at 2012
levels.
"We actually violated the
thing we asked everybody
else to do," she said.
Sheldon said the issue of
commissioner salaries and
benefits has been exagger-
ated.
"This has been an issue
that's much bigger than it
needs to be," he said. "It was
a campaign issue. I'd like to
put it to rest but you keep
bringing it back up."
Despite her frustration
over the benefit issue, Ring
Erickson praised the budget
Tuesday.
"By and large, this is a
budget that strives to pro-
vide goods and services and
value every tax dollar," she
said.
Last week, the commis-
sion agreed to close the $1.9
million budget gap by cutting
more than $855,000 from its
budget and taking about $1
million from reserve funds.
The cuts included
$700,000 of payments to its
Equipment Rental and Re-
volving Fund, which financ-
es the maintenence of county
owned equipment and the
purchase of new equipment,
cuts to travel budgets in the
county and $35,000 from the
Mason County Jail's nursing
contract.
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