Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015 - Week 5 - The Voice of Mason County since 1886

SUPER BOWL BOUND

Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
Art Jarvis, interim superintendent of the Shelton School District, will be in the stands with his wife, Sandra, when the Seattle Seahawks play the New England Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX on Sunday in Glendale, Arizona.

Shelton superintendent will
attend game in person

By Gordon Weeks
gordon@masoncounty.com

    Art Jarvis and his wife, Sandra, screamed and cheered in their longtime CenturyLink Field seats as they watched the Seattle
    Seahawks rally to beat the Green Bay Packers 28-22 to win the NFC Championship game in overtime Jan. 18.
    A couple hours later, the Shelton School District interim superintendent was at his Tacoma home checking his emails when he saw a message offering congratulations from the Seahawks. The couple’s names were in a lottery of season ticket holders, giving them the opportunity to purchase two Super Bowl tickets for $950 each.
    “I read it to my wife, and she said, ‘Quit teasing!’ ” Jarvis said.
    The couple snapped the tickets up and will be in the stands Sunday at the University of Phoenix Field in Glendale, Arizona. He’ll be wearing his No. 24 Marshawn Lynch jersey, and she’ll be bedecked in quarterback Russell Wilson’s No. 3.
    The couple bought their season tickets from their son and daughter-in-law in the late 1990s. They sit in row M in the upper deck on the 25-yard line.

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County’s largest fire districts talk consolidation

By Natalie Johnson
natalie@masoncounty.com

  If a house catches fire in Allyn, residents can be sure of a swift response from the two largest public fire and EMS providers in the county.
    In fact, Allyn residents can be sure of a response with two of “just about everything,” said Beau Bakken, North Mason Regional Fire Authority (NMRFA) chief.
    Allyn sits on the border between the newly created NMRFA and Central Mason Fire & EMS, which have a mutual-aid agreement.
    While additional fire trucks, personnel and water can always be put to use, redundant administrative costs might not put the fire districts’ money to its best use, Bakken said.
    “At the end of the day, it’s about serving the public better,” he said.
The two agencies are now considering combining their resources into what Chief Tim McKern of Central Mason described as a regional approach.

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Vikings slay Bulldogs

By Emily Hanson
emily@masoncounty.com

   Steve Hackett had a plan Friday night.
    For a victory against North Kitsap in Belfair, the North Mason boys basketball team would have to shut down North Kitsap junior Cole Rabedeaux.
    The North Mason head coach turned to senior Hunter Hohmann.
    “I thought Hunter did a great job on Rabedeaux,” Hackett said. “His average is 17 points per game and Hunter held him to three.”
    The plan could have worked, but North Kitsap senior Ethan Graebner stepped up, scoring 31 points in the Vikings’ 89-75 victory.
    “North Kitsap is the best team in the league and we took them to the wire,” Hackett said. “We ran every defense we had in the book.  They really just outscored us. We didn’t get enough going on the defensive end.”
    The Vikings worked the outside, putting up 10 3-point shots throughout the game.
    Still, North Mason stayed in it, scoring nine 3-pointers — seven by junior Daulton Geyer.
    Geyer led the Bulldogs with 21 points, while junior Matt Becker had 15 points and eight assists.
    Senior Daniel Burggraaf added 12 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, while freshman     Trey Fisher contributed nine points.
    “I’m really very proud of their effort,” Hackett said.
    The loss came three days after North Mason lost 54-50 at Port Angeles.

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Journal photo by Emily Hanson
North Mason senior Hunter Hohmann attempts a steal Friday night during the Bulldogs’ home game against North Kitsap.