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arlili 832,000 grant lets ,county hire help for litter pickups Mason County commission- ers took action Tuesday to ap- prove adding a $32,000 anti-lit- ter grant to its 1999 program. The agreement with the Washington Department of Ecology enables the county to deal with littering on public rights-of-way and illegal dumps on public property. The major part of the grant will in- volve the continuation of large- scale roadside cleanup opera- tions by inmates from a nearby correctional institution. The funds will come from the state Waste Reduction, Re- cycling and Model Litter Con- trol Fund, reported Gary Yan- do, director of community de- velopment. Toni Clement, recy- cling coordinator for the county and the city of Shelton, will be involved in administration of the grant. The agreement is broken down into four parts, Yando said Tuesday. The city of Shel- ton will receive $4,352 for cleanup of public spaces. The Skokomish Tribe will receive $2,176 to clean up litter and dump sites along the two state highways, Highway 101 and State Route 106, on the reser- vation. The county will receive two chunks of the grant: $21,847 to clean up over 1,200 miles of road, 200 acres of public land and about 30 illegal dump sites using crews from Cedar Creek Corrections Center and $3,625 to clean up the roadsides in the Tahuya State Forest and to assist the Washington Depart- ment of Natural Resources with cleanup on other public lands in the county. A COUNTYWIDE CAMPAIGN to clean up public lands and illegal dumps will continue this year, thanks to a $32,000 state grant. Last fall crews from Clallam Correction Center, shown above, participated in the effort. i Three are arrested in a potential meth case Three Shelton area residents face drug charges after a police officer stopped their van because it had a dirty license plate. The three residents of 261 East Willow Blue Lane are to be ar- raigned next Thursday on charg- es of conspiracy to sell the drug and possession of drug parapher- nalia. They are Fred Lee Camp- bell, 47, James Michael Kinred, 39, and Cheryl Kay Ryland, 43. Judge James Sawyer on Tues- day found probable cause for the arrests. He set bail at $5,000 for ampbell, $2,500 for Ryland and : i00 for Kinred. ACCORDI, NG TO court pa- pers, the trio s home was being watched by Mason County sher- iffs deputies as a possible drug house. They were arrested and jailed last Saturday evening by Officer Scott Brown of the Shel- ton Police Department. Brown's account of the bust appeared in papers filed in a Mason County Superior Court file. Brown was on patrol shortly after 10:30 p.m. Saturday when he spotted a van headed north on North 13th Street. He saw that the license number on the rear plate was obscured by dirt and grease and stopped the van by Christmas village. Campbell was at the wheel, with Kinred and Ry- land his passengers. With the assistance of Shelton Communications, the emergency dispatch center in the Shelton Po- lice Station, Brown learned that Campbell's driver's license had been suspended. He put Campbell in the patrol car and discovered that the motorist was carrying a portable scale that had some white residue. Brown then ordered Kinread and Ryland out of the van while he searched the vehicle. He smelled a strong chemical odor and found three smoking devices on the front console. There was a black pouch with two syringes near Ryland's seat in the back of the van, the officer added in his report. HE ALSO FOUND a store- bought antihistamine, coffee fil- ters, a camp stove and other things needed for "a clandestine laboratory for the manufacture of methamphetamine," Brown indi- cated in his report. He sealed the van as evidence and arrested its three occupants. Brown later learned from the Mason County Sheriffs Office that Deputy Frank O'Brien had been conducting an investigation of alleged drug-related activities in the house on Willow Blue Lane. According to court papers, O'Brien got a signed statement in which Campbell said he had pur- chased the antihistamine and cof- fee filters with the intention of using them to make the illegal drug with his housemates. 2 FOR 220 2 loads ANY SIZE crushed rock delivered into Shelton. 3" Minus at s3 75 Ton Call for details! 426-4743 Located on Highway 101 Special savings to outlying areas We deliver ) Kennedy Creek Quarry Census bureau has lots of jobs Approaching along with the turn of the century and the new millenium and Y2K is another decade-ending federal census. The turn of the calendar at decade's end always brings with it a major effort by the U.S. Bu- reau of the Census, which is now hiring for temporary jobs. "The bureau is gearing up for Census 2000, hiring and training thousands of individuals to carry on the enormous task of counting every person living in the United States as mandated by the Con- stitution," said Renee Timothy, assistant manager of recruiting for the Tacoma office of the bu- reau. Census information, Timothy said, determines congressional representation and the allocation of federal funds for roads, hospi- tals, schools and other facilities. "HUNDREDS OF temporary jobs are available in your neigh- borhood," Timothy said. "Most jobs are in the field, checking ad- dresses and interviewing resi- dents." Census takers, she said, will work for three to five weeks be- ginning in February, and another wave of hiring will come in April. Workers are paid a competitive wage, she said. The job includes training and reimbursement for mileage costs. "These positions," Timothy ob- served, "are ideal for people who want to work around their cur- rent employment, as well as re- tirees, people in government pro- grams, and people who are not currently employed." Waivers are available, she ad- ded, to help recipients of govern- ment benefits to work on Census 2000 without reducing their bene- fits. APPLICANTS should be 18 years or older and must hold U.S. citizenship. They must have no convictions other than minor traffic violations since the age of 18. Additionally, each applicant must take a written basic skills test and pass a security and em- ployment reference check. Additional information is avail- able from the local office of the U.S. Bureau of the Census at (253) 593-6607. A toll-free number, 1-888-806-5878, is also available. Briefing session slated Monday l:'or 101 Connec tor corridor study Next Monday afternoon at 3 report on the 101 Connector Cor- ed, will attend the session, ments with the report, Hauth not° o'clock the Mason County com- missioners will review and re- ceive a briefing about a draft of a ridor Study. Lyle Renz, consultant with Skillings-Connolly, Incorporat- Garden classes start off series Mason County Master Garden- ers will kick off the winter 1999 series of Country Living classes with a series of classes for home gardeners and landscapers. Tips from Master Gardeners Adelheid Krohne and Debi Cote for designing the foul-weather landscape will help local resi- dents plan gardens that look great even in the rain and snow. The two will lead the class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Janu- ary 28, in the meeting room at Reed Library at Seventh and Al- der in Shelton. A $5 fee will be assessed at the door for the session. Registration can be prearranged by calling 427-9670, Extension 396, or 275- 4467, Extension 396. Master Gardener Steve Ed- mondson will share vegetable- gardening expertise in a session on growing fresh and delicious veggies from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fe- bruary 4 in the Reed Library. This session, too, will involve a $5 fee, and telephone numbers for registration are the same as for the above offering. Vegetable gardening year- round, pruning fruit trees, gar- dening for bees and butterflies, using herb plantings creatively in the landscape: it's all part of the Country Living series. A brochure on the entire list of offerings is available by calling the telephone numbers listed above. However, the document is not yet read for public comments, cautioned Jerry Hauth, county engineer. What the board will review is a draft of the phase 2 analysis in which the viability of a middle route was examined. What the report does not include are responses to the draft which came from internal review of the report. In fact, at Tuesday's board meeting the commissioners ap- proved an extension of the con- tract with Skillings-Connolly to February 18. The additional time will allow the consulting firm to coordinate those corn- ed. No additional cost is antici- pated from the four-week exten- sion, he added. Still ahead in the process is preparation of a draft environ- mental impact statement (EIS) which will review alternatives to construction of a connector route as well as identify impacts from the various alternatives if the road is built, Hauth added. It is not appropriate to send out this phase 2 report for public com- ments, he said. Briefing sessions are open to the public for observation and are held in the commissioners' chambers at 411 North Fifth Street. II I I I III I I II I I Thursday, January 21, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 13 arlili 832,000 grant lets ,county hire help for litter pickups Mason County commission- ers took action Tuesday to ap- prove adding a $32,000 anti-lit- ter grant to its 1999 program. The agreement with the Washington Department of Ecology enables the county to deal with littering on public rights-of-way and illegal dumps on public property. The major part of the grant will in- volve the continuation of large- scale roadside cleanup opera- tions by inmates from a nearby correctional institution. The funds will come from the state Waste Reduction, Re- cycling and Model Litter Con- trol Fund, reported Gary Yan- do, director of community de- velopment. Toni Clement, recy- cling coordinator for the county and the city of Shelton, will be involved in administration of the grant. The agreement is broken down into four parts, Yando said Tuesday. The city of Shel- ton will receive $4,352 for cleanup of public spaces. The Skokomish Tribe will receive $2,176 to clean up litter and dump sites along the two state highways, Highway 101 and State Route 106, on the reser- vation. The county will receive two chunks of the grant: $21,847 to clean up over 1,200 miles of road, 200 acres of public land and about 30 illegal dump sites using crews from Cedar Creek Corrections Center and $3,625 to clean up the roadsides in the Tahuya State Forest and to assist the Washington Depart- ment of Natural Resources with cleanup on other public lands in the county. A COUNTYWIDE CAMPAIGN to clean up public lands and illegal dumps will continue this year, thanks to a $32,000 state grant. Last fall crews from Clallam Correction Center, shown above, participated in the effort. i Three are arrested in a potential meth case Three Shelton area residents face drug charges after a police officer stopped their van because it had a dirty license plate. The three residents of 261 East Willow Blue Lane are to be ar- raigned next Thursday on charg- es of conspiracy to sell the drug and possession of drug parapher- nalia. They are Fred Lee Camp- bell, 47, James Michael Kinred, 39, and Cheryl Kay Ryland, 43. Judge James Sawyer on Tues- day found probable cause for the arrests. He set bail at $5,000 for ampbell, $2,500 for Ryland and : i00 for Kinred. ACCORDI, NG TO court pa- pers, the trio s home was being watched by Mason County sher- iffs deputies as a possible drug house. They were arrested and jailed last Saturday evening by Officer Scott Brown of the Shel- ton Police Department. Brown's account of the bust appeared in papers filed in a Mason County Superior Court file. Brown was on patrol shortly after 10:30 p.m. Saturday when he spotted a van headed north on North 13th Street. He saw that the license number on the rear plate was obscured by dirt and grease and stopped the van by Christmas village. Campbell was at the wheel, with Kinred and Ry- land his passengers. With the assistance of Shelton Communications, the emergency dispatch center in the Shelton Po- lice Station, Brown learned that Campbell's driver's license had been suspended. He put Campbell in the patrol car and discovered that the motorist was carrying a portable scale that had some white residue. Brown then ordered Kinread and Ryland out of the van while he searched the vehicle. He smelled a strong chemical odor and found three smoking devices on the front console. There was a black pouch with two syringes near Ryland's seat in the back of the van, the officer added in his report. HE ALSO FOUND a store- bought antihistamine, coffee fil- ters, a camp stove and other things needed for "a clandestine laboratory for the manufacture of methamphetamine," Brown indi- cated in his report. He sealed the van as evidence and arrested its three occupants. Brown later learned from the Mason County Sheriffs Office that Deputy Frank O'Brien had been conducting an investigation of alleged drug-related activities in the house on Willow Blue Lane. According to court papers, O'Brien got a signed statement in which Campbell said he had pur- chased the antihistamine and cof- fee filters with the intention of using them to make the illegal drug with his housemates. 2 FOR 220 2 loads ANY SIZE crushed rock delivered into Shelton. 3" Minus at s3 75 Ton Call for details! 426-4743 Located on Highway 101 Special savings to outlying areas We deliver ) Kennedy Creek Quarry Census bureau has lots of jobs Approaching along with the turn of the century and the new millenium and Y2K is another decade-ending federal census. The turn of the calendar at decade's end always brings with it a major effort by the U.S. Bu- reau of the Census, which is now hiring for temporary jobs. "The bureau is gearing up for Census 2000, hiring and training thousands of individuals to carry on the enormous task of counting every person living in the United States as mandated by the Con- stitution," said Renee Timothy, assistant manager of recruiting for the Tacoma office of the bu- reau. Census information, Timothy said, determines congressional representation and the allocation of federal funds for roads, hospi- tals, schools and other facilities. "HUNDREDS OF temporary jobs are available in your neigh- borhood," Timothy said. "Most jobs are in the field, checking ad- dresses and interviewing resi- dents." Census takers, she said, will work for three to five weeks be- ginning in February, and another wave of hiring will come in April. Workers are paid a competitive wage, she said. The job includes training and reimbursement for mileage costs. "These positions," Timothy ob- served, "are ideal for people who want to work around their cur- rent employment, as well as re- tirees, people in government pro- grams, and people who are not currently employed." Waivers are available, she ad- ded, to help recipients of govern- ment benefits to work on Census 2000 without reducing their bene- fits. APPLICANTS should be 18 years or older and must hold U.S. citizenship. They must have no convictions other than minor traffic violations since the age of 18. Additionally, each applicant must take a written basic skills test and pass a security and em- ployment reference check. Additional information is avail- able from the local office of the U.S. Bureau of the Census at (253) 593-6607. A toll-free number, 1-888-806-5878, is also available. Briefing session slated Monday l:'or 101 Connec tor corridor study Next Monday afternoon at 3 report on the 101 Connector Cor- ed, will attend the session, ments with the report, Hauth not° o'clock the Mason County com- missioners will review and re- ceive a briefing about a draft of a ridor Study. Lyle Renz, consultant with Skillings-Connolly, Incorporat- Garden classes start off series Mason County Master Garden- ers will kick off the winter 1999 series of Country Living classes with a series of classes for home gardeners and landscapers. Tips from Master Gardeners Adelheid Krohne and Debi Cote for designing the foul-weather landscape will help local resi- dents plan gardens that look great even in the rain and snow. The two will lead the class from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Janu- ary 28, in the meeting room at Reed Library at Seventh and Al- der in Shelton. A $5 fee will be assessed at the door for the session. Registration can be prearranged by calling 427-9670, Extension 396, or 275- 4467, Extension 396. Master Gardener Steve Ed- mondson will share vegetable- gardening expertise in a session on growing fresh and delicious veggies from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Fe- bruary 4 in the Reed Library. This session, too, will involve a $5 fee, and telephone numbers for registration are the same as for the above offering. Vegetable gardening year- round, pruning fruit trees, gar- dening for bees and butterflies, using herb plantings creatively in the landscape: it's all part of the Country Living series. A brochure on the entire list of offerings is available by calling the telephone numbers listed above. However, the document is not yet read for public comments, cautioned Jerry Hauth, county engineer. What the board will review is a draft of the phase 2 analysis in which the viability of a middle route was examined. What the report does not include are responses to the draft which came from internal review of the report. In fact, at Tuesday's board meeting the commissioners ap- proved an extension of the con- tract with Skillings-Connolly to February 18. The additional time will allow the consulting firm to coordinate those corn- ed. No additional cost is antici- pated from the four-week exten- sion, he added. Still ahead in the process is preparation of a draft environ- mental impact statement (EIS) which will review alternatives to construction of a connector route as well as identify impacts from the various alternatives if the road is built, Hauth added. It is not appropriate to send out this phase 2 report for public com- ments, he said. Briefing sessions are open to the public for observation and are held in the commissioners' chambers at 411 North Fifth Street. II I I I III I I II I I Thursday, January 21, 1999 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page 13