Thursday, December 6, 2018 - Week 49
ROLLING OUT THE MAT
Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
Members of the Shelton High School girls wrestling team roll out a mat for a demonstration at the Shelton School District’s Community Pride Night on Monday evening in the high school’s Mini-Dome. They are, from left, Julia Ragsdale, Kayla Fleshman, Ali Clifton, Marissa Thomas and Claudia Ramirez. For more photos of the event, see page A-8.
Members of the Shelton High School girls wrestling team roll out a mat for a demonstration at the Shelton School District’s Community Pride Night on Monday evening in the high school’s Mini-Dome. They are, from left, Julia Ragsdale, Kayla Fleshman, Ali Clifton, Marissa Thomas and Claudia Ramirez. For more photos of the event, see page A-8.
Tiny home project gathers support
By GORDON WEEKS
gordon@masoncounty.com On Tuesday night, Carolyn Gravitt-Bowles told the Shelton City Council she lives next door to the proposed site for a tiny homes village for homeless veterans near Olympic College Shelton, and would welcome them as neighbors. Her 92-year-old husband served during World War II. Veterans put their lives on the line for their country, she said. “I can’t think of not offering a vet a home,” Gravitt-Bowles said. Thirteen people stepped up to the microphone to express their support for a complex of 30 144-square-foot homes in Shelton, and no one spoke against it. It was the first regular meeting since the council’s Nov. 20 session, where six people spoke in favor of the project and five said they oppose it. The nonprofit organization Panza established a 30-unit Quixote Village in Olympia for homeless people. The organization is working to establish a similar 30-unit tiny home complex across the street from Christmas Village after receiving a $3 million grant from the state. Panza is trying to work out a deal to lease land recently surplussed by the City of Shelton. Leanna Shipps has worked for the Shelton-based nonprofit Love INC of Mason County for seven years, and helps clients who are homeless. “There’s nowhere in this county for them to stay,” she said. Homeless veterans are simply looking for a hand up, Shipps said. To live in a tiny home, they are first vetted, and must follow guidelines, she said. “Do we label them child molesters and drug abusers because they don’t have anywhere to go?” she asked. For more of the Shelton-Mason County Journal, subscribe to our weekly edition. |
No fanfare as county approves ’19 budget
By MICHAEL HEINBACH
michael@masoncounty.com The Board of Mason County Commissioners’ approval of its 2019 budget with seemingly relative ease Monday came in stark contrast to how the previous year’s budget passed. No one — citizen, county employee or otherwise — spoke to testify about the proposed budget during a public hearing to consider approval of a $41,404,349 current expense budget and an “other funds” budget of $73,112,307 for a total of $114,516,656. The hearing itself in commission chambers in Shelton lasted fewer than 20 minutes. “The budget process this year I think separated what were status quo requests from department heads and elected officials from new policies and programs — those would be called policy level requests,” County Commissioner Terri Drexler told the Shelton-Mason County Journal on Tuesday. “That made it very easy for the commissioners to be able to budget for the status quo with discretionary increased costs. And any extra monies we found, we then could look specifically at a department requested program enhancements.” For more of the Shelton-Mason County Journal, subscribe to our weekly edition. |
Journal photo by Michael Heinbach
Shelton High School junior forward Ty Thompson, center, looks for a passing lane as North Mason High School junior guard John Beattie defends Nov. 30 during the Highclimber boys’ basketball team’s 65-48 nonconference victory over the Bulldogs at the Shelton Mini-Dome. Thompson scored a team-high 14 points for the Highclimbers (2-0).
Shelton High School junior forward Ty Thompson, center, looks for a passing lane as North Mason High School junior guard John Beattie defends Nov. 30 during the Highclimber boys’ basketball team’s 65-48 nonconference victory over the Bulldogs at the Shelton Mini-Dome. Thompson scored a team-high 14 points for the Highclimbers (2-0).
Climbers outlast Bulldogs
By MICHAEL HEINBACH
michael@masoncounty.com
Whatever Shelton High School boys’ basketball head coach Derek Pringle used for motivation Nov. 30 in the locker room before and at halftime of the Highclimbers’ cross-county showdown with North Mason High School, he might want to try something similar the rest of the season.
Shelton poured on the offense in the first and third quarters and junior forward Ty Thompson paced a trio of Highclimber scorers in double figures as Shelton earned a gritty 65-48 nonconference defeat of the Bulldogs at the Shelton Mini-Dome.
The tallest player on the floor, the 6-foot-4 Thompson grinded out a team-high 14 points, bullying his way above the crowd in the paint for a handful of contested close-range jumpers. Thompson added a 5-of-6 effort from the foul line for the 3A South Sound Conference Highclimbers.
Pringle said the ebbs and flows of Shelton’s success on offense and defensive fortitude were typical of a team playing in only its second contest of the season.
“We’re still trying to get that rotation down,” Pringle said. “We’ve got 12 guys that we’re trying to get on the floor and we’re learning.”
Zack Jonker came off the bench to tally 12 for Shelton, and senior forward Kyler Gall added 10 for the Highclimbers, who improved to 2-0. Shelton opened the campaign two days previous with a 70-61 win at Mount Tahoma.
Junior guard John Beattie led all scorers with six field goals and 15 points for the scrappy Bulldogs. They surrendered a 12-0 Shelton burst to close the first quarter as the Highclimbers posted a commanding 22-6 lead eight minutes in. Thompson tallied eight in the opening stanza.
But North Mason (1-2) charged back with a run of its own. Senior guard Brice Solis pulled the Bulldogs within seven with a 3-pointer with about 1:30 to play in the half before Shelton took a 31-22 advantage into intermission.
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michael@masoncounty.com
Whatever Shelton High School boys’ basketball head coach Derek Pringle used for motivation Nov. 30 in the locker room before and at halftime of the Highclimbers’ cross-county showdown with North Mason High School, he might want to try something similar the rest of the season.
Shelton poured on the offense in the first and third quarters and junior forward Ty Thompson paced a trio of Highclimber scorers in double figures as Shelton earned a gritty 65-48 nonconference defeat of the Bulldogs at the Shelton Mini-Dome.
The tallest player on the floor, the 6-foot-4 Thompson grinded out a team-high 14 points, bullying his way above the crowd in the paint for a handful of contested close-range jumpers. Thompson added a 5-of-6 effort from the foul line for the 3A South Sound Conference Highclimbers.
Pringle said the ebbs and flows of Shelton’s success on offense and defensive fortitude were typical of a team playing in only its second contest of the season.
“We’re still trying to get that rotation down,” Pringle said. “We’ve got 12 guys that we’re trying to get on the floor and we’re learning.”
Zack Jonker came off the bench to tally 12 for Shelton, and senior forward Kyler Gall added 10 for the Highclimbers, who improved to 2-0. Shelton opened the campaign two days previous with a 70-61 win at Mount Tahoma.
Junior guard John Beattie led all scorers with six field goals and 15 points for the scrappy Bulldogs. They surrendered a 12-0 Shelton burst to close the first quarter as the Highclimbers posted a commanding 22-6 lead eight minutes in. Thompson tallied eight in the opening stanza.
But North Mason (1-2) charged back with a run of its own. Senior guard Brice Solis pulled the Bulldogs within seven with a 3-pointer with about 1:30 to play in the half before Shelton took a 31-22 advantage into intermission.
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