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Fireworks injure
14-year-old boy
By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie@masoncoun com
Dozens of reports of fre-
works, brushfires and inju-
ries, including a firework ac-
cident that seriously injured
a 14-year-old boy, kept law
enforcement and emergency
see POLICE, page A-28
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A BARRAGE OF BUBBLES
Journal photo by Emily Hanson
Oakley Johnson, 2, shoots bubbles at his family Saturday at the street fair during the 29th annual Celebrate Hoodsport.
For more photos, see page A-9.
Public hearing for Franklin Street
proposal scheduled for July 21
gordon@masoncounty, corn
The city of Shelton is considering
changing two blocks of Franklin Street to
a one-way street to improve traffic flow at
Safeway and the soon-to-be-opened Ma-
son Transit Authority Transit-Communi-
ty Center.
The Shelton City Commission is sched-
uled to discuss the proposal at its regular
meeting at 6 p.m. July 21 at the Shelton
Civic Center.
The proposal would designate two
lanes of traffic to flow east on Franklin
Street from Fifth to Seventh streets, said
Mike Michael, the city's engineer.
The change would improve traffic flow
and the increased pedestrian traffic that
will come with the opening of the center
early next year, he said.
"The problem now is Safeway has de-
livery trucks, so we have large vehicles
going in different directions," Michael
said.
Aside from a couple one-way alleys,
this would be the first one-way street in
downtown Shelton, Michael said.
Under the preliminary proposal,
drivers would be alerted by six signs
that would be added to the intersection
of Fifth and Franklin, including signs
Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
The Sheiton City Commission is scheduled to discuss at its regular meeting a
proposal to make two blocks of Franklin Street a one-way street to improve
traffic flow at Safeway and the soon-to-be-opened Mason Transit Authority
Transit-Community Center.
that say stop, do not enter, no left turn, transit center project together four or five
no right turn and one way. Signs that years ago, Michael said.
say one way also would be installed at The city is talking to the owners of
Fourth and Franklin, and Seventh and businesses in the area, including Safe-
Franklin. way, Shelton Cinemas, Neil's Pharmacy
Mason Transit Authority officials and Bank of America, Michael said.
started talking to the city about the one-
way street proposal while putting the see STREET, page A-12
