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Age.old
n
ry till resid in McLan ' Cove
Grapeview's serene McLane's Cove located off Pickering
Passage bears the name of a logger whose first name is now
long lbrgotten.
As the area's original settler, he was the first to begin
clearing off the shoreline with an oxen team during the late
1800 's.
Amongst local oldtimers, the cove is best remembered
for the small schoolhouse that once overlooked its southwes
s/tore. The school remained open from 1911 to 1918.
Children from the far shore were treated to a peacelid
ride to school in a rowboat maintained by the school.
In 1923 the first bridge was built across the cove, long
after the school shut down. Eventually, the wooden
structure was replaced by its modern counterpart.
Nowadays cars whizz right over the bridge, seldom
taking notice of McLane's Cove, but its beauty persists.
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fir reflects off McLane Cove's water where its
e Once logged the ancestors of such trees.
Dock in the distance marks where McLane Cove's first bridge, built in
1.923, once crossed.
Turn-of-the-century schoolhouse once graced the shore of the cove. Now
the school kids have grown, but the local scenery remains.
Thursday, February 2, 1978
Section of the Shelton-Mason County Journal
yerhaeuser proposes 27-acre
sortJng yard outside BelfaJr
Son County's Regional scheduled for completion by the woodwaste.
ag Office has given a
spring of 1979. Completion date Few objections are expected
d declaration of for the sorting yard is set tbr by the planning office
for a proposed this March. concerning land use and noise
purchase and sorting Two major questions were pollution because the proposal
approximately raised by the Department of site is set back from the highway
miles due north of Ecology in their responding and only one residential home is
Ong the Burlington letter, located within a quarter-mile
One concerned the disposal radius.
nent of the sorting of waste bark and log ends Resideotial homes are
r Company, accumulated on the site; the located, however, across the
proposed declaration other dealt with the dispersal of railroad tracks along the Newkirk
16. Comments are storm water run-off from the Road which runs through a small
collected from the yard's proposed 10 acres, valley west of the site.
state agencies and asphalt.paved sorting and storage Operating hours for the yard
ents before the final area. will be only on weekdays from
can beissued. To handle the storm 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Peak
to the yard will be drainage, Weyerhaeuser plans to traffic hours will be 9 a.m. and 3
intersecting with construct a .7-acre settling pond. p.m.
3, apProximately The DOE says it will review Adjacent landowners include
mile 'north of the design of the storm water Jessie Snyder,. the State of
OUtside Belfair. disposal system to assure it can Washington and Overton Logging
official comment handle removal of the machinery Company, which sold the land to
n received from the fuel oils washed off the asphalt Weyerhaeuser.
of Ecology, area. Under the section of the
P a r t m e n t o f As for the remainder of the proposal outlining the proposal's
is expected to site, 14 acres will be benefits, Weyerhaeuser said it
OVer the yard's rough-graded for log storage with would help its operations by
lnd the resulting one-and-a.half acres for the "insuring a small log supply."
traffic on the settling pond and on-site As for the county, the
dispersal area. Two acres are proposal would "increase the tax
e Scribed by allotted for access roadsand the base" and grant "job
in its proposal, the
lect logs, primarily railroad tracks, opportunities for a minimum of
Equipment on the site will five people."
an area covering include a 40-ton log stacker and Although no definite closing
n°rthofShelton; an electrically operated trailer date has been set for the
south of Poulsbo; loader. Fuel for the equipment reception of comments, the
west of the will come from an on-site, planning officeencourages local
2,000-gallon, berm-enclosed oil residents to send their written
logs will then be tank. comments to the planning
by the adjacent Construction of an 18-car council as soon as possible, so
day.
railroad loading spur is also they can be considered before
I n g t o t h e planned, any final declaration is issued,
r ;port, logging To dispose of the waste
ay 3 now material accumulated,
Stirnated 15 to 20 Weyerhaeuser proposes to either CORFIECTION
per daS,. With the
Will increase by burn the refuse weekly or No meeting of the North
30 logging trucks transport the bark and log ends Mason Comprehensive Plan
to a Belfair "industrial site," Citizens' Advisory Committee
additional trucks which the county planning office has been scheduled tbr February
in either assumes to be the Belfair 7, as reported in last week's
the highway, solid-waste transfer station, issue.
proposes to In its letter, the DOE wanted Instead, a meeting was
lane on the to know if the proposed site for conducted on January 31. Next
he highway at the waste was an approved meeting of the advisory
e. "
on of a slow-lane woodwaste disposal site." At comnillee will be Tuesday,
' • present, the county's transfer February 14, 7:30 p.m., in
Seof Highway 3 stations
hellair has been are not equipped to R,,om 2 at North Mason Iligb
handle large amounts of School.
Comment or request for
information should be directed
to:
Timothy Koss, Assistant
Planner, Mason Regional
Planning Council, P.O. Box 186,
Shelton, Washington 98584.
Phone 426-5593.
Theler committee begins work
Playfield expansion planned
Someday Belfair will boast a
full-fledged recreational area
containing multiple playfields
and a gynmasium for year-round
sports.
Someday. And it's the aim of
the Theler Recreational Advisory
.C.tmmktee to ring that
"someday" a little closer.
Created several months ago by
the North Mason School Board,
the recreational advisory
committee will help draw up
both short- and long.range goals
for use of the Sam Theler estate
administered by the school
district.
Since its formation the
committee has been meeting
twice monthly at the high school
to consider not only the
immediate expansion of the
existing playfield across from the
Belfair Elementary School, but
.also the future development of a
complex including the present
field and surrounding trust lands.
Two parcels of land are
included in the Theler estate and
are designated tbr recreational
use. The existing playfield sits on
the upland five acres section and
extends away from Highway 3
towards the tidelands. Another
70 acres extends further into the
tidelands and to the immediate
north. Part of this land would
also be available for recreational'
use after extensive filing and
leveling.
According to Buz Sawyer,
chairman of the commiffee, its
first goal will be the addition of
a second playfield adjacent to
the existing field. Plans now call
for this new field to be
constructed in the southwest
corner of the original five-acre
parcel.
Once finished, the new field
when combined with the existing
one will allow for multiple use
Construction on the new Thriftway Shopping Center in Belfair got down
to serious business on Monday with the help of a crane. Next week's issue
examines the parking problems resulting from Belfair's current building
boom.
of the recreation area for
softball, hardball, football and
soccer.
Participants on the
committee have ranged in
numbers from 10 to 20 local
residents including
representatives from the North
Mason Pee Wees, Junior Soccer
Club and Girls Softball
Association.
Sawyer's work with the
committee has also been assisted
by Bill Byerly as vice.chairman
and Ramona Olson, secretary.
To go along with the
creation of the second playfield,
plans have already been drawn
up for construction of a
permanent building to house a
concession stand, equipment
storage rooms and restrooms.
Further work on the building
has been postponed, however,
until a general plan for the entire
recreational area has been
formed.
] As specified by Sam Theler
in his bequest, a gymnasium
must eventually be built on the
site and committee members
must allow space for its future
construction when placing any
other permanent buildings.
Although the school board
has been charged wtih
administering the Theler estate
for many years, consideration of
any further work on the Belfair
playfield area came only after
school board member Jerry Reid
persistently met last spring with
trust officers of the bank holding
the estate funds. Finally, for the
first time, the officers agreed to
free some of the trust funds.
Although no precise figure
was given, Reid said they
indicated they would release
close to $15,000.
At first the school board
contemplated building the
restroom facility with the
available funds, but reconsidered
when it realized that
construction of the permanent
structure might interfere with
the primary expressed intent in
the Theler will for a gymnasium.
After realizing that both
general goals and a long-range
plan would have to be drafted
before work on the recreational
area could proceed, the board
created the committee.
Sawyer says that the
committee is now seeking
professional help in drafting a
site plan for the placement of
playfields and supporting
buildings. If possible, some of
the $15,000 may go towards tidelands, then someday BelfaiCs
hiring an architect to help design going to have four, maybe even
the recreation area. five, playfields.
For the past month the "And, as anyone who ha
committee has also been meeting ever coached kids around here
with Scott Ballentine, Of Mason can tell you, we need them."
County Parks and Recreation,to
gain assistance in the procedures
that must be followed for
expansion of the existing field.
Much of the Theler estate
left for the recreation area fronts
on tidelands, so a shoreline
permit and U.S. Army Corps
approval will probably have to
be secured before work can
begin.
"To construct the second
playfield," says Sawyer, "quite a
bit of leveling has to be done
just below the existing field.
"Fortunately, the Navy CB's
have indicated they will donate
labor and the heavy equipmelt
to get the job done. So all we
have to do is finish all the
governmental procedures and get
the necessary approvals, then we
can start work."
Sawyer doesn't think the
committee will have too much
trouble gaining such approval.
"According to the county's
comprehensive plan, that area
has been designated as a natural
preserve. So as long as we're
only talking about recreational
use, I don't think anybody will
voice any objections."
In the meantime, Sawyer
says the committee will begin
preparation of the site for the
new playfield by sponsoring a
work party to fall trees.
"We haven't made any
definite plans yet, but we'll
probably have a deal where
people 6an come in to get
firewood for a nominal price
while helping to clean up tile
site." '
Sawyer says the work party
will probably be staged within
the next two months.
Once work is underway on
the second playfield, Sawyer says
the committee will begin
consideration of third and fourth
fields.
Although much of the
70-acre parcel cannot I
considered for use because it's
washed by the tides, Sawyer says
certain areas show promise.
One of these places fronts an
existing dike, so some of the
land is already above high
Access to the fields would be
the county road that comes:
Highway 3 by th dentist's
and down to the tidelands.
Sawyer says that additional
fill would have to be brought
into the area before it could be
used;:
,If we can fill and'level
those areas down by the