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Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012 Week 50 -- The Voice of Mason County since 1886 -- Published for Mason County and Lynn Newman of Shelton -- $1 Both charged in connection with shooting death By NATALIE JOHNSON to commit murder in the first degree, natalie@masoncounty.com burglary in the first degree, illegal pos- session of a firearm in the first degree and first-degree murder with a fire- James "Jimmie Ray" Hartfield, 18, arm. and Anthony R. Miller, 37, entered He pleaded not guilty to all four not guilty pleas at their arraignments charges Monday morning. in Mason County Superior Court Hartfield's attorney, Ron Sergi, on Monday to charges related to the asked for a waiver of his client's speedy shooting death of Barbara Giles on trial rights. Nov. 21. Defendants must be tried with- On Nov. 30, Hartfield was charged in 60 days, according to Wash- with four counts, including conspiracy ington state law. The waiver of danles Hartfield speedy trial Anthony Miller will add another See Murder on page A-7 County rejects land use change at Lake Nahwatzel By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@masoncounty.com After a lengthy public hearing Tuesday, the Ma- son County Board of Com- missioners voted 2-1 against a proposal to redesignate 248.7 acres of Green Dia- mond Resource Company land at Lake Nahwatzel to residential zoning. "I learned~ lot by read- ing the documents and talk- ing to people," Commission Chairperson Lynda Ring Erickson said. "I didn't re- alize how unique it was in terms of water quality." Ring Erickson and Com- missioner Terri Jeffreys voted against the proposal. Commissioner Tim Sheldon voted for the proposed re- designation, saying that it met all requirements under state law. Green Diamond officials said they were surprised by the decision. 'Tee believed that we had all the facts in order and there was no option but to vote 'yes,' " said Patti Case, public affairs manager for Green Diamond. This spring, Green Dia- mond first asked the coun- ty to redesignate 248 acres at Lake Nahwatzel from Long Term Commercial Forest to R5 residential, in exchange for changing an equal amount of acre- age at Kennedy Creek from R20 residential to Long Term Commercial Forest. The state Growth Management Act (GMA) only allows redesignations of Long Term Commercial Forest Land if the over- all acreage of the forest- land in the county is not changed. An R5 zoning means a developer could build one house on every 5 acres. Many residents of the lake argued that adding nearly 50 homes to the lake could destroy its pristine quality. During the hearing, more than a dozen people spoke out against the proposed re- designation and future de- velopment of the land. "I do want to preserve the wild and special place that it is," lake resident Eliza- beth Livesay said. The Mason County Plan- ning Advisory Commission recommended approval of the redesignation. A State See Lake on page A-7 8 IIII0! !1!!11!!!!!11112 Marja, left, and Beth Stowell, with their daughter, Atley, were one of two local same-sex couples marriage licenses on Dec. 6, the first day after Referendum 74 became state law. Journal photo by Natalie Johnson to get their Same-sex couples apply for marriage licenses for first time By NATALIE JOHNSON natalie@mas°nc°unty'c°m Two couples recently became the first same-sex partners in Mason County to apply for marriage licenses. "We didn't want to wait an extra Todd Barr showed up bright and early day," said Marja Stowell, who went to to be the first same-sex couple in Mason the Mason County Auditor's Office on County to apply for a marriage license. Dec. 6 with partner Beth Stowell to ap- Lauzon, 47, and Barr, 49, who have ply for their marriage license, been together for 4 1/2 years, were the With the passage of Referendum 74first in line, showing up well before 8:30 last month, and its becoming law last a.m. week, same-sex couples throughoutLauzon said he felt more "nervous" Washington were eligible to apply for than anything that morning. marriage licenses for the first time Dec. Both longtime Mason County resi- 6. dents, Marja, 32, a firefighter in Taco- While auditor's offices in King Coun- ma and Beth Stowell, 43, a chief mate ty opened at midnight that morning, for Washington State Ferries, had a the Mason County Auditor's Office be- commitment ceremony eight years ago, gan accepting applications at 8:30 a.m. Shelton residents Mike Lauzon andSee Marriage on page A-5 Gothic style, colorful history land Agate house on register By GORDON WEEKS or 1 (if) 11£0 g do ~:maso ~ unty.com A house built on the Agate shore in 1892, remarkable for its classical Gothic revival style and historically significant for embodying early Mason County entrepreneurial ambitions, has been named to the Washington Heritage Register. The Malaney-O'Neill House at 1570 E. Agate Bay Read is also remarkable for the robust per- sonalities of its first two owners, would-be logging magnate John See House on page A-7 Journal photo by Gordon Weeks The Malaney-O'Neill house, built above the shores of Agate in 1892, has been named to the Washington Heritage Register because of its classical Gothic style and the colorful histories of its first two owners. Journal / 40 et 8 fund surpasses $23K STAFF REPORT pr@masoncounty.com The 66th annual 40 et 8/Shelton-Mason County Journal Christmas bas- ket program has raised $23,161. This week, $50 was do- nated in respect for all vet- erans and $100 was given in memory of Ken Wolden. See Fund on page A-7