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City commission roundup:
Port is pining for
_ street under
Shelton city commissioners at
their workshop meeting Monday
afternoon heard a request from
the Port of Shelton regarding the
Shelton marina project.
The port wants to add the Pine
Street right-of-way to its lease of
Spruce and Laurel streets rights-
of-way that run south of State
Route 3 and through and under
the port's marina property just
east of Shelton.
The port plans to add a boat
ramp and access from State Route
3 onto the marina property. The
marina docks are already located
over some of the submerged Pine
Street right-of-way, city commis-
sioners were told.
Commissioner Dick Taylor said
he would just as soon cede the Pine
Street right-of-way to the port and
let it do with it what it wants. The
commission will further discuss
the proposed 20-year agreement
at next Monday night's meeting.
In city business on January 22
the commission:
• Approved a contract
& Carr, Incorporated of
for transportation planning
engineering services to
city in developing citywide
impact fee and sidewalk
ment fee programs. The total
tract fee is not to exceed $147
Among other things, the
the consultant will include
ing the transportation
the city's Capital Facili
preparing a sidewalk
(Please turn to
• CAMERAS -
• LAPTOPS
CHECKING OUT THE NEW Johns Prairie Substation ofPUD 3 are: Com-
missioner Linda Gott, third from left, and General Manager Wyla Wood,
second from right. On the far right is Commissioner John Whalen, who
represents the public utility district on the governing board of Energy
Northwest. Also pictured are three representatives of the company that
built the substation.
Whoops! t)ower people looking
ahead aft(00':r 50 shocking years
By SEAN HANLON
PUD 3 has gotten a jump start
on the next 50 years of power gen-
eration from Energy Northwest,
an electricity consortium formerly
known as "Whoops2
That's how mst people pro-
nounce WPPSS, which is short
for the Washington Public Power
Supply System. Rich Trimble,
who is manager of marketing and
member services at Energy North-
Science expo
to raise funds
for field trip
Southside School fifth-graders
are hosting an evening of "Spa-
ghetti and Science" starting at
6 p.m. on Friday, February 9, in
the school gym at 161 SE Collier
Road.
The event will raise funds for
the students' trip in March to Port-
land, Oregon, to visit the Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry
and an overnight camp-in at the
facility.
Admission to the spaghetti
dinner and science expo is $5, for
adults and $3 for children ages 12
and younger. The meal includes
spaghetti, French bread, salad,
beverage and dessert.
The science expo follows the
dinner and includes a slide show, a
presentation on successful science
fair projects and booths where sci-
ence fair material will be avail-
able.
Those with questions may call
Mary Hovind at 426-8070, or
Kathy Fuller at 426-1360.
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west, recently paid a call on the
PUD 3 Commission to talk about
the agency in advance of a celebra-
tion of its 50th anniversary.
His presentation touched on the
generation of electricity by means
of wind, gas and bovine biomass.
Energy Northwest works with
public utility districts to develop
supplements and alternatives
to the hydroelectric dams that
provide almost all of the electric-
ity used by people in the Pacific
Northwest.
King County has been a hotbed
of bovine biomass for those who
think cow pies can be used for
fuel, and in 2005 it awarded En-
ergy Northwest a contract to help
develop the proposed Enumclaw
Plateau BioEnergy Project. The
goal was "to better manage dairy
farm manure, protect the environ-
ment and create new renewable
energy options," but Trimble told
the PUD 3 Commission that En-
ergy Northwest is "shifting down
our interest in biomass."
AT THE SAME time it is
plunging ahead with permitting of
the Pacific Mountain Energy Cen-
ter. This project is all about turn-
ing coal or petroleum coke into gas
at the Port of Kalama and then
burning the gas to generate elec-
tricity. Energy Northwest hopes to
begin construction in 2008 and be-
gin operation in 2012, generating
upwards of 80 jobs and 300 mega-
watts of public power.
"There are those in the environ-
mental community who are argu-
ing that this shouldn't be built be-
cause it produces CO2: greenhouse
gases," Trimble said. "They are are
against any thermal power."
This brought a barb directed
at environmentalists from John
Whalen, the senior member of the
PUD 3 Commission and a board
member of Energy Northwest
as well. "They don't really know
what's going on," he said. "They
only know they don't want a coal
plant."
Energy Northwest has a 2007
budget of $718.5 million that in-
cludes funding of the Nine Canyon
Wind Project, the coal gasification
system and Columbia Generating
Station, a nuclear power plant that
went on line in 1972 and spent $100
million on fuel last year. With the
Bonneville Power Administration
expected in the future to generate
a large but shrinking piece of the
electric pie, PUD 3 will be looking
to buy more of its power from the
consortium.
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Armin Baumgartel
Dan Baumgartel
Investment Representatives
821 West Railroad Avenue,
Suite A, Shelton
426-0982 • 1-800-441-0982
Armin Baumgartel Dan Baumgartel
www, edwardjones.com
Member SIP(:
City commission roundup:
Port is pining for
_ street under
Shelton city commissioners at
their workshop meeting Monday
afternoon heard a request from
the Port of Shelton regarding the
Shelton marina project.
The port wants to add the Pine
Street right-of-way to its lease of
Spruce and Laurel streets rights-
of-way that run south of State
Route 3 and through and under
the port's marina property just
east of Shelton.
The port plans to add a boat
ramp and access from State Route
3 onto the marina property. The
marina docks are already located
over some of the submerged Pine
Street right-of-way, city commis-
sioners were told.
Commissioner Dick Taylor said
he would just as soon cede the Pine
Street right-of-way to the port and
let it do with it what it wants. The
commission will further discuss
the proposed 20-year agreement
at next Monday night's meeting.
In city business on January 22
the commission:
• Approved a contract
& Carr, Incorporated of
for transportation planning
engineering services to
city in developing citywide
impact fee and sidewalk
ment fee programs. The total
tract fee is not to exceed $147
Among other things, the
the consultant will include
ing the transportation
the city's Capital Facili
preparing a sidewalk
(Please turn to
• CAMERAS -
• LAPTOPS
CHECKING OUT THE NEW Johns Prairie Substation ofPUD 3 are: Com-
missioner Linda Gott, third from left, and General Manager Wyla Wood,
second from right. On the far right is Commissioner John Whalen, who
represents the public utility district on the governing board of Energy
Northwest. Also pictured are three representatives of the company that
built the substation.
Whoops! t)ower people looking
ahead aft(00':r 50 shocking years
By SEAN HANLON
PUD 3 has gotten a jump start
on the next 50 years of power gen-
eration from Energy Northwest,
an electricity consortium formerly
known as "Whoops2
That's how mst people pro-
nounce WPPSS, which is short
for the Washington Public Power
Supply System. Rich Trimble,
who is manager of marketing and
member services at Energy North-
Science expo
to raise funds
for field trip
Southside School fifth-graders
are hosting an evening of "Spa-
ghetti and Science" starting at
6 p.m. on Friday, February 9, in
the school gym at 161 SE Collier
Road.
The event will raise funds for
the students' trip in March to Port-
land, Oregon, to visit the Oregon
Museum of Science and Industry
and an overnight camp-in at the
facility.
Admission to the spaghetti
dinner and science expo is $5, for
adults and $3 for children ages 12
and younger. The meal includes
spaghetti, French bread, salad,
beverage and dessert.
The science expo follows the
dinner and includes a slide show, a
presentation on successful science
fair projects and booths where sci-
ence fair material will be avail-
able.
Those with questions may call
Mary Hovind at 426-8070, or
Kathy Fuller at 426-1360.
FULL SERVICE
AUTO REPAIR
Specializing in
brakes, exhaust
and custom work
FREE ESTIMATES
& FLUID CHECKS
west, recently paid a call on the
PUD 3 Commission to talk about
the agency in advance of a celebra-
tion of its 50th anniversary.
His presentation touched on the
generation of electricity by means
of wind, gas and bovine biomass.
Energy Northwest works with
public utility districts to develop
supplements and alternatives
to the hydroelectric dams that
provide almost all of the electric-
ity used by people in the Pacific
Northwest.
King County has been a hotbed
of bovine biomass for those who
think cow pies can be used for
fuel, and in 2005 it awarded En-
ergy Northwest a contract to help
develop the proposed Enumclaw
Plateau BioEnergy Project. The
goal was "to better manage dairy
farm manure, protect the environ-
ment and create new renewable
energy options," but Trimble told
the PUD 3 Commission that En-
ergy Northwest is "shifting down
our interest in biomass."
AT THE SAME time it is
plunging ahead with permitting of
the Pacific Mountain Energy Cen-
ter. This project is all about turn-
ing coal or petroleum coke into gas
at the Port of Kalama and then
burning the gas to generate elec-
tricity. Energy Northwest hopes to
begin construction in 2008 and be-
gin operation in 2012, generating
upwards of 80 jobs and 300 mega-
watts of public power.
"There are those in the environ-
mental community who are argu-
ing that this shouldn't be built be-
cause it produces CO2: greenhouse
gases," Trimble said. "They are are
against any thermal power."
This brought a barb directed
at environmentalists from John
Whalen, the senior member of the
PUD 3 Commission and a board
member of Energy Northwest
as well. "They don't really know
what's going on," he said. "They
only know they don't want a coal
plant."
Energy Northwest has a 2007
budget of $718.5 million that in-
cludes funding of the Nine Canyon
Wind Project, the coal gasification
system and Columbia Generating
Station, a nuclear power plant that
went on line in 1972 and spent $100
million on fuel last year. With the
Bonneville Power Administration
expected in the future to generate
a large but shrinking piece of the
electric pie, PUD 3 will be looking
to buy more of its power from the
consortium.
(Please turn to page 8.)
TAX-FREE
INCOME IS THE BEST GIFT
YOU CAN GIVE YOURSELF AT RETIREMENT.
With an Edward Jones lioth IliA, any earnings arc lax-
free, and distributions can be lakcn l'rec o1' lwnallics or
g¢ •
taxes. YOu may even benefit from conv'rii|ig a Iradiliona]
IRA to a Roth IRA.
At Edward Jones, we spend time getting to know your
goals so we can help you reach them. 'Ib learn more
about why an Edward Jones IRA can make sense for you,
call or visit your local investment representative u)day.
"Quality and Trust --
That's Hometowne
Service"
i
Page 2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, February 1,2007
*Distributions of earnings from a Roth IRA could be subject to taxes and a 10% penalty if
the account is less than five years old and the owner is under age 59 %.
Armin Baumgartel
Dan Baumgartel
Investment Representatives
821 West Railroad Avenue,
Suite A, Shelton
426-0982 • 1-800-441-0982
Armin Baumgartel Dan Baumgartel
www, edwardjones.com
Member SIP(: