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City approves money l:q) re ace failed, culvert
Emergency project on IVorthdiff
Road estimated at $363K
By GORDON WEEKS
gordon@masoncounty, com
The Shelton City Commission
on Monday preliminarily approved
$363,478 to replace a culvert under
Northcliff Road that failed during
heavy rains.
The project could get final approval
as part of the consent agenda at the
commission's meeting at 2 p.m. Mon-
day in the Shelton Civic Center.
During a torrential rainstorm
on March 8, the culvert that allows
Canton Creek to flow under North-
cliff Road failed, said Greg Clark, the
city's public works director.
The failure created a sinkhole be-
hind the sidewalk on the west side of
the road that is about 12 feet deep,
Clark told the commissioners.
The city had already been monitor:
ing the deterioration on the culvert,
he said.
To get the project budgeted, the
city staff initiated an "emergency dec-
laration" that pays for engineering to
get the project moving.
"It appears we concur that this
thing has to be done," said Mayor
Gary Cronce.
The other two commissioners,
Mike Olsen and Tracy Moore, did not
comment on the project.
During replacement, the city will
close the road for 48 hours, and then
reopen it while it is covered in crushed
rock, Clark said. The project includes
temporarily diverting Canyon Creek.
Northcliff Road is an important ar-
tery because it one of the new north-
south corridors through Shelton,
Clark said.
Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
The failure of this culvert under Northcliff Road during a March 8 rainstorm
created a sinkhole behind the sidewalk on the west side of the road that is
about 12 feet deep. The Shelton City Commission on Monday preliminarily
approved $363,478 to replace the culvert.
NONPROFIT BRIEFS
Art sale benefits
Historical Society
Peggie Boiler Lindberg and Robert
Chamberlain, local artists and mem-
bers of the Mason County Historical
Society, are selling their artwork to
raise money for the Society from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Shelton
Civic Center.
Lindberg taught art at Shelton
Junior High School during the 1940s,
and created and sold ceramic pieces at
gift shops.
She started painting watercolors
when she moved to Christmas Village
in 1996. S.hQ lives . lleAlpine Way .r
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Retirement Apartments.
Chamberlain has painted many
of the murals that grace buildings in
downtown Shelton.
He lives on Wildcat Cove at Ka-
milche Point.
Groups invited to
workshops and environmentally fo-
cused events to protect the health
and beauty of Hood Canal and Puget
Sound. Possible activities include
beach cleanups, lectures, trash clean-
ups, rain garden installations and
invasive weed removal.
For more information, call Erica
Bates at Washington State University
Extension at 427-9670, ext. 682.
United Way seeks
Day of Caring
volunteers
"United Way of Mason County will .....
host its sixth annual Day of Caring
June 17.
Day of Caring is a countywide event
that provides the opportunity for busi-
ness employees, churches, families
and civic groups to volunteer for a
day-long project benefitting health and
human services.
The projects are hosted by,nonprofit
join Hood Canal agencieS'government.Sch°°lsand citY and c°unty
cleanup efforts
The Hood Canal ECO Net -- a net-
work of people involved in public edu-
cation, communication and outreach
about Puget Sound issues -- invites
local organizations to develop events
to "Do Some Good for the Hood" and
celebrate Puget Sound Starts Here
months in May and June.
Residents and visitors are invited
to participate in efforts to protect
the scenery, wildlife and water qual-
ity of Hood Canal and Puget Sound.
Community groups are encouraged to
develop and stage volunteer events,
The volunteer time allows those
agencies to spend more of their money
furthering their missions.
During last year's event, about
260 volunteers worked on 25 projects
in Mason County.
They included gardening with the
Washington State University Master
Gardeners, cleaning up at the Wild
Felid Advocacy Center of Washing-
ton, clearing invasive weeds from
neighborhood creeks, planting at
The Farm at Water's Edge, clearing
trails at the Theler Wetlands and
cleaning and organizing at the Hood
Canal Food Bank.
One-page applications for projects
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