Local man inducted into
R.A. Long hall of fame
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Mason County resident Bill Kendrick
was recognized this week by his high
school alma mater for "outstanding life-
long accomplishments."
Kendrick, a 1953 graduate of R.A. Long
High School in Longview, was inducted into
the school's Hall of Fame under the Life-
time Achievement category on March 21.
According to a letter from the R,.
Long High School Hall of Fame Com-
mittee, Kendrick was chosen for the Hall
of Fame because of his "commitment to
success throughout his high school, col-
lege and professional career as an educa-
tor and an administrator in the field of
education for twenty-five plus year ex-
emplify what the Lifetiem Achievement
Category stands for."
As a student at R.A. Long, Kendrick
was president of Quill and Scroll, was a
journalist, was in the scholastic club, was
the sports editor for the school's annual
his senior year and was the assistant edi-
tor of the Lumberjack Log newspaper.
He participated in football and track,
and was a member of the 1952 champi-
onship football team.
He went to college at Western Wash-
ington University, where he earned his
bachelor's degree in 1957. He also earned a
maste£s degree from California State Uni-
versity at Los Angeles in 1959 and has a
doctorate from Portland State University.
Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
Thirty-three downtown Shelton business owners, building owners and
employees signed a petition opposing four concrete planters with trees
being placed by the city on Railroad Avenue. The signatures were gathered
last week by Cooper Studios owner Forrest Cooper, who presented the
petition to the Shelton City Commission on Monday.
Planters: Petition signatures
collected downtown last week
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The decision was made to start with
four new trees -- conifers -- to see how
they look, and find hear how the pub-
lic accepts them, according to meeting
minutes.
The Shelton City Commission re-
ceived a public review at its meeting on
Monday: a petition signed by 33 resi-
dents -- most of them business own,
ers, building owners and downtown
employees -- who oppose the concrete
planters and noble firs being placed on
Railroad Avenue by the city's Public
Works department.
The petition was presented by For-
rest Cooper, who, with wife Amy, owns
Cooper Studios at 409 Railroad Ave.
Cooper also spoke about his concerns
about the planter boxes during the
public comment period at the commis-
sion's March 31 meeting.
Cooper pointed out the girth of the
concrete tree boxes: 5-foot by 5-foot by
3-foot, 1-inch, and 4-feet deep.
He said he and his wife measured
the sight lines with the tree box in
place at Fifth and Railroad, and they:
conclude a car traveling westbound on
Railroad now has to travel about 38
feet further before seeing a pedestrian
in the crosswalk on Fifth Street. And
for a driver on Fifth Street waiting to
pull onto Railroad• Avenue, a driver
traveling westbound on Railroad must
travel an additional 26 feet to be seen
by that driver, he said.
The petition signatures were col-
lected last week in downtown Shelton.
'Throughout the short process of
collecting signatures, I was shocked
by the overwhelming opposition to
the tree boxes for reasons from -- and
you'll see listed -- public safety, visual
aesthetics, budget impacts and impacts
to businesses,' Cooper said. "There was.
not one person I spoke to who support-
ed the tree boxes and the city's decision
to take On a project such as this."
He added, "As one of many con-
cerned building and business owners
on Railroad Avenue, I am requesting
the concrete boxes with trees be re-
moved from Railroad Avenue and re-
located somewhere else where the im-
pacts are reduced and the surrounding
community supports their placement."
During the second public comment
period at Monday's meeting, Sally Kes-
selman, who owns a building at Sev-
enth Street and Railroad Avenue, said
she opposes the large planter boxes.
She told the commission she's seen
near :collisions in front of her building
because of poor visibility.
Kesselman said she likes the hang-
ing baskets the city places in the
spring, but wants to see the new tree
boxes removed.
• In an interview with the Journal,
Clark said the city is trying to add color
on:itS main street, an d deal with tree
robtd that are "blowing" up curbs and
sidewalksi Cooper "is the only one to
raise a flag of concern," he said.
The city's Public Works department
will continue to follow the recommen-
dations of the commission, which will
talk about trees at its work session at 2
p.m. Monday, Clark said.
The city staff made the containers,
and the four trees were purchased from
local tree farms, Clark said.
"We're trying to have the Christ-
mastown theme, having the nobles," he
said.
The planter container at Fifth and
Railroad is the only one at an intersec-
tion without a traffic light, Clark said.
The city could place a half-size con-
tainer at that site, and plant an aza-
lea or a shrub in it instead of a tree,
he 00aJd'. ......................
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