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Thursday, Dec. 29, 2016 - She#on-Mason County Journal - Page A-9
Journal photo by Brianna Loper
Members of the Olympic College culinary program hold lighted candles in
memory of the Carlson family during a vigil in March after a man killed four
people and himself. Tory Carlson, 18, studied in the program before he was
shot and killed Feb. 26.
MARCN
stunned after man
kills four, himself
The serene woods north of Tahuya
State Forest erupted in activity Feb. 26
after a man phoned a Mason County
Sheriffs Office deputy and said he had
done something bad and was suicidal.
Two hours later, negotiations with
the man were underway as he passed
in and out of view inside his home in
the 300 block of Northeast Horseshoe
Drive, sometimes with a handgun
pointed to his temple. Shortly after,
deputies learned the grisly truth, the
Journal reported in March.
The man told police that he had shot
and killed his wife and two stepsons
and that their bodies were in a chicken
coop on the property. A 12-year-old girl
was rescued from the property using a
military-surplus armored vehicle.
The standoff ended after the SWAT
team used tear gas to draw the man
out of the house, where he placed the
handgun to his head and killed him-
self in front of deputies.
On Feb. 27, Mason County Coroner
Wes Stockwell identified the man as
51-year-old David Wayne Campbell
of Belfair, and confirmed that he had
shot and killed his wife Lana J. Carl-
son, 49, as well as Quinn Carlson, 16,
and Tory Carlson, 18, and neighbor
Donna S. Reed, 68, of the 400 block of
Northeast Horseshoe Drive.
After 4 decades,
Owen announces
In an emotional speech on the state
Senate floor on March 8, Lt. Gov.
Bradley Owen announced that he will
retire after wielding the Senate presi-
dent's gavel for 20 years.
The Democrat, who got his start at
the age of 26 as the City of Shelton's
finance commissioner, used his speech
to urge his colleagues on the floor to
use their power to help people in need.
Owen used his speech to remember
some of the instances he felt were im-
portant during his time walking the
halls of the state Capitol, first as a
state representative and, later, during
his 14 years as a state senator.
Hoodsport native
eyes governor
Republican gubernatorial candidate
Bill Bryant, who grew up in Hood-
sport, says the state needs a governor
who understands the economic strug-
gles in rural towns such as Shelton
and Aberdeen.
In an interview with the Journal in
March, the Seattle businessman said
Shelton and other rural Washington
towns are not sharing in the economic
recovery from the recession.
Eliminating "excessive" regulations
would spur economic growth in Shel-
ton, the candidate said.
Bryant is the chairman ofBCI, a
firm that helps farmers and agricul-
tural companies export their crops.
He grew up in Hoodsport and at-
tended Hood Canal School.
Inappropriate
comments led to
MTA resignation
Former Mason Transit Author-
ity general manager Brad Patterson
violated the agency's sexual harass-
ment policy at least three times over
the course of four years, leading to his
resignation in lieu of termination in
February.
Emails obtained by the Journal
through a public records request show
that an employee accused Patterson of
making sexually inappropriate com-
ments.
The latest employee complaint,
which occurred-in January, set in mo-
tion the process that would end Pat-
terson's employment with MTA. Pat-
terson formally resigned on Feb. 29.
Shelton School
District considers
The Shelton School District is con-
sidering eliminating Oakland Bay
Junior High as it eyes reconfiguring
grades while assembling a building
bond packet for February 2017.
Students currently attend the
district's three elementary schools
through fifth grade. They then at-
tend grades six and seven at Olym-
pic Middle School; eight and nine
at Oakland Bay Junior High; and
grades 10 through 12 at Shelton
High School.
At a forum March 23 at Oakland
Bay Junior High, Superintendent Alex
Apostle said district officials have
talked "informally" about changing the
district's grade configuration, so stu-
dents attend elementary schools from
kindergarten through the fifth grade,
middle school in grades six through
eight and high school from grades nine
through 12.
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(January & February)
by January 5th, 2017 and get
one month (March) FREE
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