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6reen Diamond
Resource Co.
among plaintiffs
By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie@masoncoun com
Requiring the public to
purchase access permits for
private timberland is a grow-
ing trend among Washington
timber companies.
see SUIT, page A-15
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MORNING TRAIN
Journal photo by Gordon Weeks
A train pierces the sunrise fog Tuesday on Simpson Lumber Co. property on the downtown Shelton waterfront.
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Fifth finalist bows out of dty
competition; interviews yesterday
gordon@masoncoun com
Then there were four.
A quartet of law-enforcement veterans
competing to replace Shelton Police Chief
Dave Ecklund were interviewed behind closed
doors yesterday by city officials. The previous
evening, the finalists hobnobbed with city em-
ployees and other residents during an infor-
mal meet-and-greet gathering at the historic
Colonial House in downtown Shelton.
Charles LeBlanc, Darrin Moody, Kenneth
Weaver and Rich Wilkinson are vying to re-
place Ecklund, who retired in May. Lt. Les
Watson is acting as interim police chief. A
fifth finalist, Jefferson County Sheriff Tony
Hernandez, dropped out of the race to take
another post, the city announced.
LeBlanc is a captain with the Washington
State Patrol; he has served with the agency
since 1989. He is the commander of the Dis-
trict 1 Field Operations Bureau, which covers
Pierce and Thurston counties.
Moody has been with the Fairfield Police
Department in California for 25 years and
has been police captain since 2010.
Weaver -- who is from Vacaville, Califor-
nia -- has 29 years of experience in law en-
forcement.
see POLICE, page A-28
Journal photo by Natalie Johnson
Shelton Harbor, in Oakland Bay south of the Port of Shelton Marina, is
less-than-ideal habitat for salmon and other fish species migrating into
saltwater from Goldsborough and Shelton Creeks. A proposed habitat
restoration project will add tens of thousands of cubic yards of fill, log
jams and native plants to create a more natural shoreline.
to restore
$5M project
Agencies apply for '31.9M grant
By NATAUE JOHNSON
natalie@masoncoun com
A multimillion dollar plan to create
a more natural shoreline and restore
habitat in Shelton Harbor is gaining
momentum.
Project partners finished a
30 percent design of the project
and submitted an application for a
$1.9 million grant from the state
Recreation and Conservation Office
this month.
"This would take care of one-third
of the total project," said Brandon
Palmer, engineering manager at the
Port of Shelton. "Our thought was if
we take this on in more bite-size piec-
es, we're more likely to get funded."
see HARBOR, pageA-28
