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LOCALS SIGN UP for their hand-held electronic response devices at
the Olympic Natural Resources Center Town Hall Meeting in the
SUB at Shelton High School Tuesday evening.
Locals signal dislike
of wolf reintroduction
(Continued from page 1.)
tion or wipe out deer and elk, 38
percent of the responders said the
wolves would help while 62 per-
cent said they'd wipe out the
game. Sixty-one percent strongly
feared a reduction in hunting
chances if wolves are nearby
while 19 percent disagreed
strongly with that contention.
A 52-percent majority strongly
agreed with the concern that wolf
introduction might create obsta-
cles to COmmercial management
of forests around the park, while
35 percent strongly disagreed.
Two percent agreed somewhat
and 10 percent disagreed some-
what.
Some 54 percent of those pres-
ent said wolves would discourage
families with children from visit-
ing the park, while 23 percent
thou h
.g t they d encourage more
ramuy tourism. Forty-two percent
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strongly agreed with a concern
about threat of wolves to human
safety, while 34 percent strongly
disagreed.
PEOPLE WHO turned out ap-
peared to be there to express
strong feelings. Sometimes the
hand-held monitors with their
ranks of numbers weren't enough.
They laughed long and loud at a
suggestion that wolves would
drive cougars out of the area. And
they simply vetoed a question
suggesting that the matter would
impact relations between Indian
tribes and the non-native commu-
nity.
"Why is that a relevant
question?" one member of the au-
dience challenged Peterson. He
was quick to drop it.
Jim Park, natural resources di-
rector for the Skokomish Tribe,
pointed out that his tribe was
making no recommendations un-
til it received information that
would indicate the impact on
game. "We're waiting to see
numbers," he said.
Another audience member
challenged the whole concept of
reintroduction. "Wolves still exist
in the Olympic National Park," he
insisted.
RESULTS OF Tuesday's
meeting will be combined with
that from subsequent meetings in
Hoquiam and Forks on January
20 and 21. In the meantime, Pe-
terson urged participants to con-
tact Congressman Norm Dicks, a
Washington Democrat who has
taken the lead in promoting con-
sideration of the reintroduction,
or Senator Slade Gorton.
The government decision ex-
pected in 1999 will be for funding
for additional development, in-
cluding a possible environmental-
impact statement, or choosing not
to fund further study of the idea.
A compilation of the responses
from Olympic Peninsula residents
in Mason, Grays Harbor, Clallam
and Jefferson counties is expected
to be ready in about eight weeks,
the researchers said Tuesday.
Port commission roundup:
Commissioners describe
their 'guides to serve by'
The Shelton Port Commission 3) Promote uncompromising promised him a copy of the port's
Voted on January 13 to post a list
of 10 "guides to serve by" pro-
posed by Chairman Henry Trus-
ler.
The guides were presented to
the public following a retreat
commissioners held the weekend
of January 9-10.
"We had an opportunity to
present ray thoughts on how the
commission should act," Trusler
said. "I think these are the guides
that we should live by as a com-
mission."
THE GUIDES are supposed to
help a commission long plagued
by management woes and dis-
agreements. "If it's the right
thing to do, do the right thing,"
Trusler said. "I think in the past
we may have strayed."
Commissioner George Radich
moved to "recogume" the value" of
the, guides, which will be posted
,- me commission's meeting room
in the Sanderson Field Industrial
Park. "Let's go by the postings be-
cause I don't want to get demer-
Its," Radich said.
The measure was passed by a
Vote of 2-0. Commissioner Rose
Nye abstained.
ThTh:gu!des are as follows: 1)
- nrst of the public interest.
2) Consider how your actions will
affect all others. Act unselfishly.
truth. Share all pertinent infor-
mation. 4) Set the good example.
5) Take pride in helping others
grow. 6) Give credit where it is
due. 7) Give everyone the benefit
of the doubt. 8) Be receptive to
new ideas. 9) Commit yourself to
the port's growth. 10) Take per-
sonal risks for the port's sake.
IN OTHER business:
• The commission voted 3-0 to
approve pay raises of up to 3 per-
cent for port employees. Half of
the raises will be given on the ba-
sis of merit and half as part of ef-
forts to keep pace with the cost of
living.
• Radich reported on efforts to
update the signage at the port.
Interim Port Director Norm Eve-
leth is gathering information for
map signs and building signs, Ra-
dich said.
• Nye talked about plans to
paint the port's headquarters.
She thinks port workers should
fix up the interior first and then
paint the building when the
weather improves. "I think we
can do a lot of the work in-house,"
she said.
• MARY FAUGHENDER
asked the commission a number
of questions about financial mat-
ters. He said that Radich had
financial control policy but that
he had not received one yet. "If
we have it we will get it to you,
Trusler said.
• Administrative Assistant
San-Dee Stewart said that she
has met with Ed Binder to talk
about setting up a port home page
on the WorldWideWeb. She said
the port needs to acquire an im-
age scanner and more computer
software before the project can
proceed.
• The commission voted 3-0 in
favor of a new tax ceiling on the
property tax that helps pay for
operation of the port. The new
limit is 6 percent higher than the
highest rate in effect between
1985 and 1998.
"If we don't have this we're
frozen," Nye said. "We can't get
more if we need it."
Subway is a
Choice!
County commission roundup:
Property owners riled over
county's work on river dike
By MARY DUNCAN
The Mason County Board of
Commissioners considered an
after-the-fact permit Tuesday for
its own emergency work done on
a dike on the Skokomish River
last year.
The permit was approved, but
not before the commissioners
heard some displeasure from the
affected property owners about
the condition in which the work
left their land.
At Tuesday's meeting com-
missioners John Bolender, Mary
Jo Cady and Cindy Olsen lis-
tened to testimony from Alan
Pickard and a contingent of
Tozier family members claim-
ing the dike repair work done by
the public works department
from October 1998 to January had
not been mitigated.
PLANNER PAM Bennett-
Cumming explained in the staff
report that the public works de-
partment was acting as agent for
the Skokomish River Flood Con-
trol District. The project at 3650
West Skokomish Valley Road
was originally approved under
an emergency shoreline exemp-
tion due to river channel shift-
ing, a dike blow-out and a risk of
avulsion at the site, she reported.
The property is owned by the
county as a result of the federal
buy-out program in the valley,
and was owned by the Sigman
and Foltz families.
Pickard, who owns property at
3642 West Skokomish Valley
Road, told the board that a fence
which had been removed to pro-
vide access during the dike work
had not been replaced: He noted
that several large cottonwoods
had been removed from the dike
to reinforce it and he said he
wants top soil and trees replaced
there to strengthen the dike.
A lake is now forming on his
property where there never was
standing water as a result of
overflow from the dike work on
the former Sigman-Foltz proper-
ty, Pickard stated. He expressed
concern about water standing be-
hind the dike and possibly satu-
rating it.
In the case of Arthur and Betty
Tozier's property, the board was
told by the Toziers' son-in-law
and former county commission-
er Ed Johnston that "the over-
zealous actions" of Randy Neff,
a county planner, and Gary
Yando, community development
director, have resulted in "a
cloud" being placed on the title to
the land.
JOHNSTON TOLD the board
that one of the Toziers' cedar
trees had been damaged by a ca-
ble used for the repair work and
that the other four trees were re-
moved because PUD 1 had re-
quested that for several years.
He said his father-in-law fig-
ured that while the repair work
was being done it would be a good
time to take out the other trees.
The five trees had been re-
moved without a proper Depart-
ment of Natural Resources
(DNR) permit, Neff explained to
the board. The county received a
notice of harvesting without a
permit from DNR and is obligat-
ed by state law to place a six-year
moratorium on subdivision of
the property, Neff added.
The commissioners and Yah-
do explained that there is a waiv-
er process for overcoming the
moratorium but the process does
not pertain to the shoreline sub-
stantial development condition-
al-use permit under considera-
tion.
The couple's son Evan Tozier,
who is a member of the county
shoreline advisory board which
reviewed the emergency permit,
reminded the board that at the
time all county staff present
agreed that after the work was
completed, there would be 100
percent compliance with the
landowners in terms of mitiga-
tion for the work.
ART TOZIER, another son of
the couple, commented on the
easement agreement which his
parents signed for the work to be
done. He noted the document
states the county agrees to repair
or restore the land to as close to
original conditions as possible.
His parents had damage to a
fence too, he said.
The rock which was placed on
the property so equipment could
pass was "hunky gravel, not
good for farmland," Betty Tozier
told the board. She wanted it re-
placed with smaller gravel, like
that which was there before the
work.
Rich Geiger, county engineer-
ing services manager, noted
mitigation concerns should go
through the flood control district
advisory board. That board
wants to be careful how money is
spent, he continued, and wants to
be afforded the opportunity to use
volunteers to do some of the work
rather than flood district tax dol-
lars.
Cady insisted that the condi-
tions of the permit be strictly ad-
hered to, especially in terms of
restoring property. She com-
mented that what the board was
hearing is that landowners are
not happy with the way things
have been handled. "We don't
want this is be a bunch of' ver-
biage that goes on here today,"
she said.
IN OTHER business Tuesday,
the commissioners:
• Authorized the selection by
the public works department of a
geotechnical firm from the cur-
rent roster for site reconnais-
sance and evaluation of a slide
at 5130 Pickering Road. Jerry
Hauth, public works director,
told the board he had a meeting
with property owners, their attor-
ney and a geotechnical engineer
hired by the owners. "At this
point, it is prudent to determine
our level of involvement and the
available alternatives," he said
Hauth described the slide,
which is located about a half mile
to a mile south of the bridge, as
localized and relatively small,
involving a total of about 20
yards of debris. A briefing with
commissioners, Hauth and the
prosecutor's office was scheduled
for 4:45 Tuesday afternoon.
• Scheduled a public hearing
for 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, Febru-
ary 16, to consider a request from
A. R. and Barbara Bye for re-
moval of the utility and drainage
easement between lots 38 and 39
in Division 16 at Lake Cushman
for the purpose of building over
the two lots.
• Authorized Harris Haertel,
juvenile court administrator
and district court probation serv-
ices director, to recruit, advertise
and hire a juvenile probation of-
ricer to fill a vacancy created by
an officer leaving at the end of
this month.
Norling arrested on charges
of armed robbery and assault
A 23-year-old Lilliwaup man
faces the prospect of life in prison
after he was arrested Tuesday in
connection with two separate felo-
ny complaints.
Leonard Luigi Norling of North
110 Ayock Beach Drive, Lilliwaup
has been convicted of more than a
dozen crimes since he was first
convicted as a juvenile at the age
of 12, officials in Mason County
Superior Court said Wednesday.
Now he faces felony allegations of
armed robbery and assault in the
second degree. He will be ar-
raigned on January 28, the next
step towards a possible double
conviction.
"If that happens the outcome
for you would be the judge would
have no discretion in sentencing
and the sentence for you would be
life in prison with no possibility of
parole," Judge James Sawyer said
at Norling's identification
Wednesday.
IF HE IS convicted, the latest
charges would be strikes two and
three according to a state law
that requires life in prison with-
out parole for offenders who com-
mit three violent crimes.
Norling also faces charges of
exhibiting a deadly weapon. Saw-
yer set bail at $50,000.
The judge indicated that one of
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that Norling used a knife to steal
another person's coat.
The assault allegations are de-
tailed in papers filed in Mason
County Superior Court including
an account of a January 13 inci-
dent at 8201 West Shelton-Mat-
lock Road.
THE ARRESTING agency's
report says Norling got permis-
sion to stay with C.V. Woodworth
and Amber Lap,c, but that after a
bout of drinking with Woodworth,
the two men got into a dispute,
apparently over the young wom-
an. Woodworth told deputies that
Norling became angry and hit
him with a bottle of Black Velvet
whiskey when he tried to calm
the guest down.
Woodworth, according to the
report, said he was knocked un-
conscious to the floor and was
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Thursday, January 21, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 9
LOCALS SIGN UP for their hand-held electronic response devices at
the Olympic Natural Resources Center Town Hall Meeting in the
SUB at Shelton High School Tuesday evening.
Locals signal dislike
of wolf reintroduction
(Continued from page 1.)
tion or wipe out deer and elk, 38
percent of the responders said the
wolves would help while 62 per-
cent said they'd wipe out the
game. Sixty-one percent strongly
feared a reduction in hunting
chances if wolves are nearby
while 19 percent disagreed
strongly with that contention.
A 52-percent majority strongly
agreed with the concern that wolf
introduction might create obsta-
cles to COmmercial management
of forests around the park, while
35 percent strongly disagreed.
Two percent agreed somewhat
and 10 percent disagreed some-
what.
Some 54 percent of those pres-
ent said wolves would discourage
families with children from visit-
ing the park, while 23 percent
thou h
.g t they d encourage more
ramuy tourism. Forty-two percent
:!i
strongly agreed with a concern
about threat of wolves to human
safety, while 34 percent strongly
disagreed.
PEOPLE WHO turned out ap-
peared to be there to express
strong feelings. Sometimes the
hand-held monitors with their
ranks of numbers weren't enough.
They laughed long and loud at a
suggestion that wolves would
drive cougars out of the area. And
they simply vetoed a question
suggesting that the matter would
impact relations between Indian
tribes and the non-native commu-
nity.
"Why is that a relevant
question?" one member of the au-
dience challenged Peterson. He
was quick to drop it.
Jim Park, natural resources di-
rector for the Skokomish Tribe,
pointed out that his tribe was
making no recommendations un-
til it received information that
would indicate the impact on
game. "We're waiting to see
numbers," he said.
Another audience member
challenged the whole concept of
reintroduction. "Wolves still exist
in the Olympic National Park," he
insisted.
RESULTS OF Tuesday's
meeting will be combined with
that from subsequent meetings in
Hoquiam and Forks on January
20 and 21. In the meantime, Pe-
terson urged participants to con-
tact Congressman Norm Dicks, a
Washington Democrat who has
taken the lead in promoting con-
sideration of the reintroduction,
or Senator Slade Gorton.
The government decision ex-
pected in 1999 will be for funding
for additional development, in-
cluding a possible environmental-
impact statement, or choosing not
to fund further study of the idea.
A compilation of the responses
from Olympic Peninsula residents
in Mason, Grays Harbor, Clallam
and Jefferson counties is expected
to be ready in about eight weeks,
the researchers said Tuesday.
Port commission roundup:
Commissioners describe
their 'guides to serve by'
The Shelton Port Commission 3) Promote uncompromising promised him a copy of the port's
Voted on January 13 to post a list
of 10 "guides to serve by" pro-
posed by Chairman Henry Trus-
ler.
The guides were presented to
the public following a retreat
commissioners held the weekend
of January 9-10.
"We had an opportunity to
present ray thoughts on how the
commission should act," Trusler
said. "I think these are the guides
that we should live by as a com-
mission."
THE GUIDES are supposed to
help a commission long plagued
by management woes and dis-
agreements. "If it's the right
thing to do, do the right thing,"
Trusler said. "I think in the past
we may have strayed."
Commissioner George Radich
moved to "recogume" the value" of
the, guides, which will be posted
,- me commission's meeting room
in the Sanderson Field Industrial
Park. "Let's go by the postings be-
cause I don't want to get demer-
Its," Radich said.
The measure was passed by a
Vote of 2-0. Commissioner Rose
Nye abstained.
ThTh:gu!des are as follows: 1)
- nrst of the public interest.
2) Consider how your actions will
affect all others. Act unselfishly.
truth. Share all pertinent infor-
mation. 4) Set the good example.
5) Take pride in helping others
grow. 6) Give credit where it is
due. 7) Give everyone the benefit
of the doubt. 8) Be receptive to
new ideas. 9) Commit yourself to
the port's growth. 10) Take per-
sonal risks for the port's sake.
IN OTHER business:
• The commission voted 3-0 to
approve pay raises of up to 3 per-
cent for port employees. Half of
the raises will be given on the ba-
sis of merit and half as part of ef-
forts to keep pace with the cost of
living.
• Radich reported on efforts to
update the signage at the port.
Interim Port Director Norm Eve-
leth is gathering information for
map signs and building signs, Ra-
dich said.
• Nye talked about plans to
paint the port's headquarters.
She thinks port workers should
fix up the interior first and then
paint the building when the
weather improves. "I think we
can do a lot of the work in-house,"
she said.
• MARY FAUGHENDER
asked the commission a number
of questions about financial mat-
ters. He said that Radich had
financial control policy but that
he had not received one yet. "If
we have it we will get it to you,
Trusler said.
• Administrative Assistant
San-Dee Stewart said that she
has met with Ed Binder to talk
about setting up a port home page
on the WorldWideWeb. She said
the port needs to acquire an im-
age scanner and more computer
software before the project can
proceed.
• The commission voted 3-0 in
favor of a new tax ceiling on the
property tax that helps pay for
operation of the port. The new
limit is 6 percent higher than the
highest rate in effect between
1985 and 1998.
"If we don't have this we're
frozen," Nye said. "We can't get
more if we need it."
Subway is a
Choice!
County commission roundup:
Property owners riled over
county's work on river dike
By MARY DUNCAN
The Mason County Board of
Commissioners considered an
after-the-fact permit Tuesday for
its own emergency work done on
a dike on the Skokomish River
last year.
The permit was approved, but
not before the commissioners
heard some displeasure from the
affected property owners about
the condition in which the work
left their land.
At Tuesday's meeting com-
missioners John Bolender, Mary
Jo Cady and Cindy Olsen lis-
tened to testimony from Alan
Pickard and a contingent of
Tozier family members claim-
ing the dike repair work done by
the public works department
from October 1998 to January had
not been mitigated.
PLANNER PAM Bennett-
Cumming explained in the staff
report that the public works de-
partment was acting as agent for
the Skokomish River Flood Con-
trol District. The project at 3650
West Skokomish Valley Road
was originally approved under
an emergency shoreline exemp-
tion due to river channel shift-
ing, a dike blow-out and a risk of
avulsion at the site, she reported.
The property is owned by the
county as a result of the federal
buy-out program in the valley,
and was owned by the Sigman
and Foltz families.
Pickard, who owns property at
3642 West Skokomish Valley
Road, told the board that a fence
which had been removed to pro-
vide access during the dike work
had not been replaced: He noted
that several large cottonwoods
had been removed from the dike
to reinforce it and he said he
wants top soil and trees replaced
there to strengthen the dike.
A lake is now forming on his
property where there never was
standing water as a result of
overflow from the dike work on
the former Sigman-Foltz proper-
ty, Pickard stated. He expressed
concern about water standing be-
hind the dike and possibly satu-
rating it.
In the case of Arthur and Betty
Tozier's property, the board was
told by the Toziers' son-in-law
and former county commission-
er Ed Johnston that "the over-
zealous actions" of Randy Neff,
a county planner, and Gary
Yando, community development
director, have resulted in "a
cloud" being placed on the title to
the land.
JOHNSTON TOLD the board
that one of the Toziers' cedar
trees had been damaged by a ca-
ble used for the repair work and
that the other four trees were re-
moved because PUD 1 had re-
quested that for several years.
He said his father-in-law fig-
ured that while the repair work
was being done it would be a good
time to take out the other trees.
The five trees had been re-
moved without a proper Depart-
ment of Natural Resources
(DNR) permit, Neff explained to
the board. The county received a
notice of harvesting without a
permit from DNR and is obligat-
ed by state law to place a six-year
moratorium on subdivision of
the property, Neff added.
The commissioners and Yah-
do explained that there is a waiv-
er process for overcoming the
moratorium but the process does
not pertain to the shoreline sub-
stantial development condition-
al-use permit under considera-
tion.
The couple's son Evan Tozier,
who is a member of the county
shoreline advisory board which
reviewed the emergency permit,
reminded the board that at the
time all county staff present
agreed that after the work was
completed, there would be 100
percent compliance with the
landowners in terms of mitiga-
tion for the work.
ART TOZIER, another son of
the couple, commented on the
easement agreement which his
parents signed for the work to be
done. He noted the document
states the county agrees to repair
or restore the land to as close to
original conditions as possible.
His parents had damage to a
fence too, he said.
The rock which was placed on
the property so equipment could
pass was "hunky gravel, not
good for farmland," Betty Tozier
told the board. She wanted it re-
placed with smaller gravel, like
that which was there before the
work.
Rich Geiger, county engineer-
ing services manager, noted
mitigation concerns should go
through the flood control district
advisory board. That board
wants to be careful how money is
spent, he continued, and wants to
be afforded the opportunity to use
volunteers to do some of the work
rather than flood district tax dol-
lars.
Cady insisted that the condi-
tions of the permit be strictly ad-
hered to, especially in terms of
restoring property. She com-
mented that what the board was
hearing is that landowners are
not happy with the way things
have been handled. "We don't
want this is be a bunch of' ver-
biage that goes on here today,"
she said.
IN OTHER business Tuesday,
the commissioners:
• Authorized the selection by
the public works department of a
geotechnical firm from the cur-
rent roster for site reconnais-
sance and evaluation of a slide
at 5130 Pickering Road. Jerry
Hauth, public works director,
told the board he had a meeting
with property owners, their attor-
ney and a geotechnical engineer
hired by the owners. "At this
point, it is prudent to determine
our level of involvement and the
available alternatives," he said
Hauth described the slide,
which is located about a half mile
to a mile south of the bridge, as
localized and relatively small,
involving a total of about 20
yards of debris. A briefing with
commissioners, Hauth and the
prosecutor's office was scheduled
for 4:45 Tuesday afternoon.
• Scheduled a public hearing
for 10:15 a.m. Tuesday, Febru-
ary 16, to consider a request from
A. R. and Barbara Bye for re-
moval of the utility and drainage
easement between lots 38 and 39
in Division 16 at Lake Cushman
for the purpose of building over
the two lots.
• Authorized Harris Haertel,
juvenile court administrator
and district court probation serv-
ices director, to recruit, advertise
and hire a juvenile probation of-
ricer to fill a vacancy created by
an officer leaving at the end of
this month.
Norling arrested on charges
of armed robbery and assault
A 23-year-old Lilliwaup man
faces the prospect of life in prison
after he was arrested Tuesday in
connection with two separate felo-
ny complaints.
Leonard Luigi Norling of North
110 Ayock Beach Drive, Lilliwaup
has been convicted of more than a
dozen crimes since he was first
convicted as a juvenile at the age
of 12, officials in Mason County
Superior Court said Wednesday.
Now he faces felony allegations of
armed robbery and assault in the
second degree. He will be ar-
raigned on January 28, the next
step towards a possible double
conviction.
"If that happens the outcome
for you would be the judge would
have no discretion in sentencing
and the sentence for you would be
life in prison with no possibility of
parole," Judge James Sawyer said
at Norling's identification
Wednesday.
IF HE IS convicted, the latest
charges would be strikes two and
three according to a state law
that requires life in prison with-
out parole for offenders who com-
mit three violent crimes.
Norling also faces charges of
exhibiting a deadly weapon. Saw-
yer set bail at $50,000.
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the charges concerns allegations
that Norling used a knife to steal
another person's coat.
The assault allegations are de-
tailed in papers filed in Mason
County Superior Court including
an account of a January 13 inci-
dent at 8201 West Shelton-Mat-
lock Road.
THE ARRESTING agency's
report says Norling got permis-
sion to stay with C.V. Woodworth
and Amber Lap,c, but that after a
bout of drinking with Woodworth,
the two men got into a dispute,
apparently over the young wom-
an. Woodworth told deputies that
Norling became angry and hit
him with a bottle of Black Velvet
whiskey when he tried to calm
the guest down.
Woodworth, according to the
report, said he was knocked un-
conscious to the floor and was
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awakened by Lapic. He reported-
ly said he tried to call 911 but
that Norling had hidden the tele-
phone. Woodworth reportedly told
deputies Norling helped him
clean up his face but blocked his
path when he tried to leave the
house.
The next day Woodworth filed
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Adams of the Mason County
Sheriff's Office. Adams indicated
in his report that he went to the
house on Shelton-Matlock Road
and collected shards of the broken
whiskey bottle.
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