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Fact-finding to start in fire merger By JEFF GREEN Shelton city commissioners Monday afternoon approved a $25,000 contract with a Federal Way consulting firm to study the feasibility of consolidating Shel- ton Fire and Fire District 5 into one emergency services agency. The commission voted 3-0 to approve the contract with Fire Service Consulting, Incorpo- rated, with the cost to be evenly split between the city and fire district. Reimbursable expenses would be in addition to the con- tract. Mayor John Tarrant said the consultant's report should be completed by June 14 and that Literacy agency seeks volunteers Mason County Literacy will have an information night for per- sons who would like to help adults improve their reading, writing, math, computer or language skills. Prospective volunteers are invited to gather at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 21, in the office at 113 West Railroad Av- enue. For more intbrmation, call 426-9733. issues addressed by the consult- ing firm may include not just consolidation but annexation too. The consultants, city commis- sioners and Fire District 5 com- missioners held a joint meeting on Thursday, February 8, to discuss the consolidation study. The consulting firm is composed of two people, Steve Marstrom and Dave Crossen, retired fire chiefs who between them have more than 60 years of experi- ence in fire service. CROSSEN SAID the first part of the study's process in- volves information gathering and will take four weeks. The consultants will look at the two departments' financial records, incident response times, current :facilities, growth projections and other data. Crossen said his firm will set up offices in Shelton and begin talking with various stakehold- ers. He said the firm is interest- ed in obtaining comments and recommendations from people and will do presentations to service clubs and homeowner groups. Next, they will analyze infor- mation, comparing operations of the two departments with state and national fire standards. Group wants to sell alcohol A new ownership group of a lim- ited liability company has applied for a state license to sell beer and wine at NE 24131 State Route 3 in Belfair. Doing business as Lil' Moe's are Caren Marie Rich, Roy D. Ward, Robin Lee Ward, Joseph Henry Ga- gnon and Diane Kristine Gagnon. They want to acquire a license is- sued to H.D.'s Pub. Persons wishing to support or op- pose the application should contact the Regulatory Services Division, Washington State Liquor Control Board, 3000 Pacific Avenue SE, P.O. Box 43098, Olympia, 98504- 3098. The phone is 664-1600. ! 00ides  Hood Canal at Union Thursday, February 15 High .................. 4:37 a.m ........... 11.9 ft. Low ................... 9:56 a.m .............. 8.4 ft. High .................. 2:15 p.m ........... 10.8 if. Low ................... 9:33 p.m ........... -1.6 ft. Friday, February 16 High .................. 4:59 a.m ........... 12.2 ft. Low ................. 10:27 a.m ............. 7.5 ft. High ..,. ............... 3:09 p.m ........... 11.2 ft. Low ................. 10:16 p.m ........... -1.8 ft. Saturday, February 17 High .................. 5:22 a.m ........... 12.5 ft. Low ................. 11:03 a.m ............. 6.3 ft. High .................. 4:03 p,m ........... 11.4 ft. Low ................. 10:58 p.m ........... -1.6 ft. Sunday, February 18 High .................. 5:47 a.m ........... 12.8 ft. Low ................. 11:42 a.m ............. 4.9 ft. High .................. 4:58 p.m ........... 11,5 ft. Low ................. 11:40 p,m ........... -0.8 ft. Monday, February 19 High .................. 6:14 a.m .....  ..... 13.2 ft. Low ................. 12:24 p,m ............. 3.6 ft. High .................. 5:55 p.m ........... 11.3 ft. Tuesday, February 20 Low ................. 12:22 a.m ............. 0.5 ft. High .................. 6:43 a.m ........... 13.3 ft. Low ................... 1:09 p.m ............. 2.1 ft. High .................. 6:55 p,m ........... 11.0 ft. Wednesday, February 21 Low ................... 1:05 a.m ............. 2.2 ft, High ,: ................ 7:15 a.m ........... 13.3 ft. Low ................... 1:56 p.m ............. 1,0 ft. i High .................. 8:02 p.m ........... 10,6 ft; Thursday, February 22 Low ................... 1:50 a.m ............. 4.2 ft. High .................. 7:49 a,m ........... 13.0 ft. Low ................... 2:47 p.m ............. 0.2 ft. High .................. 9:17 p.m ........... 10.1 ft. Oakland Bay at Shelton Thursday, February 15 High .................. 6:24 a.m ........... 14.4 ft. Low ................. 11:51 a.m ............. 7.3 ft. High .................. 3:40 p.m ........... 13.1 ft. Low ................. 11:28 p.m ........... -1.9 ft. Friday, February 16 High .................. 6:24 a,m ........... 14.8 ft. Low ................. 12:22 p.m ............. 6.5 ft. High .................. 4:34 p.m ........... 13.6 ft. Saturday, February 17 Low ................. 12:11 a.m ........... -2.1 ft. High .................. 6:47 a.m ........... 15.2 ft. Low ................. 12:58 p.m ............. 5.5 ft. High .................. 5:28 p.m ........... 13.8 ft. Sunday, February 18 Low ................. 12:53 a.m ........... -1.7 ft. High .................. 7:12 a.m ........... 15.6 ft. Low ................... 1:37 p.m ............. 4.3 ft. High .................. 6:23 p.rn ........... 13.9 ft, Monday, February 19 Low ................... 1:35 a.m ........... -0.9 ft. High .................. 7:39 a.m ........... 16.0 ft. Low ................... 2:19 p.m ............. 3.1 ft. High .................. 7:20 p.m ........... 13,7 ft. Tuesday, February 20 Low ................... 2:17 a.m ............. 0.4 ft. High .................. 8:08 a.m ........... 16.1 ft. Low ................... 3:04 p.m ............. 1.8 ft. High .................. 8:20 p.m ........... 13.3 ft. Wednesday, February 21 Low ................... 3:00 a.m ............. 1.9 ft. High .................. 8:40 a.m ........... 16.1 ft. Low ................... 3:51 p.m ............. 0.9 ft. High .................. 9:27 p.m ........... 12.8 ft. Thursday, February 22 Low ................... 3:45 a.m ............. 3.6 ft, High .................. 9:14 a.m ........... 15.7 ft. Low ................... 4:42 p.m ............. 0.1 ft. High ................ 10:42 p.m ........... 12.3 ft. FREE Bread 555 & Brownies Add Some Sides screens welcome. Amazin' Greens Doubles (360) 426-2267 Page 30 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, February 15, 2007 They will develop a matrix list- ing the advantages and disad- vantages of annexing the City of Shelton into Fire District 5 for fire coverage. A final recommen- dation will be published and made available to anyone who wants it. The consultants have helped in four annexations of cities into fire districts, Crossen said. They have also worked on other types of consolidations. THE CONTRACT calls for the work to be done in four months, but Crossen said if they can beat that time frame, they would like to do that. Consolidation won't mean that taxes will go down, he not- ed, adding consolidation will pro- vide a higher level of service for the same amount of tax money. Shelton Fire Chief Jim Ghi- glione said his department  work on creating links to consultants on the city and District 5 Web sites. Open, way communication is Tarrant said. done out in the open, promised. Fire District 5 ers were expected to the contract at their mee ti Wednesday. McCowan to be sentenced in copper caper (Continued from page 28.) father to McCowan and Long, and asked Campbell if he would con- sent to a search of the vehicle be- cause it was impounded. Heldreth identified two docu- ments he found in the vehicle. One was a receipt from a scrap yard in Tumwater dated 4:50 p.m. Novem- ber 8, 2006, for different types of metal which were weighed in. He said the name on the ticket was Richard Thomas Long and $210.20 was the value of the scrap metals brought at that time. "The other document is from South Sound Steel and Recycling, Incorporated, for $228," Heldreth said. The sec- ond receipt did not have a date. Testimony resumed on Janu- ary 31 with David Kamin, who said he and Gale Ashby purchased the building in the fall of 1999. He said there had been several in- cidents of theft in October which continued into November. He said on November 9 he told Detective Paul Campbell of the Shelton Po- lice Department that he noted ad- ditional damage and requested ad- ditional patrols. "A few days after that it seems they were up on the roof dismantling copper wire," he said. KAMIN DESCRIBED the 55,000-square-foot building as "completely torn apart, inside and out. All the wiring had been taken Crime Watch helps police patrol homes Volunteers with the Shelton Police Department do routine pa- trols in a marked vehicle, checking on homes while owners are away. Vacationers and others who will be away can contact the police de- partment at 426-4441. out as well as all the brass fittings, lights, phones, electrical panels apart, all the hinges and brass handles from the doors - the list is a mile long and it's very over- whelming to go in there," he said. "We'll have to gut the whole build- ing." Kamin said the owners boarded it up last summer to try to keep the thieves out. "They were disas- sembling our building." Detective Paul Campbell said he had contact with Kamin on November 9 and Kamin told him he had checked the building and found someone had entered in through some plywood. "He had some concerns. Things had come up missing and he wanted that noted. Extra patrols were added," he said. The state ended its case by play- ing tape-recorded excerpts of Mc- Cowan's statement to Heldreth. Members of the jury were Lar- ry Swihart, Wayne Hibbs, Myra Hills, Lee Swoboda, Nanci Cande- lin, Matthew Davis, Richard Me- deiros, Linda Szymarek, Elizabeth Biser, Donna Baze, Robert and Jonathan Michaels. Summit was the alternate. FULL AUTO Specializing in brakes, exhaust and custom work FREE E & FLUID "Quality and Trust " That's Hometowne Service" We are the Leading Post Frame Builders in the N. W. with over of Experience, offering clUalit You name it, we've builf J Plans & Engineering included in all pricing Offering: • Permit Administration • Steel, Wood or HardI-Plank Siding • Steel or 5 Tab Roofing • Lifetime WarcanW on Steel Avail. • Free Building Design €€// a iqE ¢€u/mtt ¢m ue m lmU clm't bW a Blcnm 3 Medium 1-Topping Pizzas and an Order of 10 Oven Baked Brownie Squares Buy Any Bread Item & Get The 2" Item FREE!  lrlm, i Of¢ -1 Medium 2-Toppin. Pizza & an Amaziff Greens '* Salad Umlltm¢ lrlww oww, Your Choice of Buffalo vaoh lo:3oam-3pm & Wings OR Domino's Pizza 1 Hedium 2-Topping Buffalo Chicken Kickers , 2 Cans of Coca-Cota * 1 Bread Side & a 2-Uter of Coos.Cola" $1049 s7,, Add Any 2 = Hedium 1 x 2-Tocng plaza & 1 Large ---- rr _m;'TonOilrll- Your Choice of Hot Or 1-Topping Pizza Pizza & a 2-Liter ¢" BBQ Buffak) Wings Coca-Cola * '5 '19"" '10" Buy an Amazln' Greens* Salad & Get Your Choice of Breadsticks, Cinna Sttx" or Cheesy Bread FREE! 2 Hedium 2-Topping Pizzas Cheesy Garlic Bread Choice of Buffalo wings Domino's Pizza Buffalo Kickers', Any Bread Ite a 2-Liter of Coos.Cola '19"' Llmlml¢l Tm Oe Fact-finding to start in fire merger By JEFF GREEN Shelton city commissioners Monday afternoon approved a $25,000 contract with a Federal Way consulting firm to study the feasibility of consolidating Shel- ton Fire and Fire District 5 into one emergency services agency. The commission voted 3-0 to approve the contract with Fire Service Consulting, Incorpo- rated, with the cost to be evenly split between the city and fire district. Reimbursable expenses would be in addition to the con- tract. Mayor John Tarrant said the consultant's report should be completed by June 14 and that Literacy agency seeks volunteers Mason County Literacy will have an information night for per- sons who would like to help adults improve their reading, writing, math, computer or language skills. Prospective volunteers are invited to gather at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 21, in the office at 113 West Railroad Av- enue. For more intbrmation, call 426-9733. issues addressed by the consult- ing firm may include not just consolidation but annexation too. The consultants, city commis- sioners and Fire District 5 com- missioners held a joint meeting on Thursday, February 8, to discuss the consolidation study. The consulting firm is composed of two people, Steve Marstrom and Dave Crossen, retired fire chiefs who between them have more than 60 years of experi- ence in fire service. CROSSEN SAID the first part of the study's process in- volves information gathering and will take four weeks. The consultants will look at the two departments' financial records, incident response times, current :facilities, growth projections and other data. Crossen said his firm will set up offices in Shelton and begin talking with various stakehold- ers. He said the firm is interest- ed in obtaining comments and recommendations from people and will do presentations to service clubs and homeowner groups. Next, they will analyze infor- mation, comparing operations of the two departments with state and national fire standards. Group wants to sell alcohol A new ownership group of a lim- ited liability company has applied for a state license to sell beer and wine at NE 24131 State Route 3 in Belfair. Doing business as Lil' Moe's are Caren Marie Rich, Roy D. Ward, Robin Lee Ward, Joseph Henry Ga- gnon and Diane Kristine Gagnon. They want to acquire a license is- sued to H.D.'s Pub. Persons wishing to support or op- pose the application should contact the Regulatory Services Division, Washington State Liquor Control Board, 3000 Pacific Avenue SE, P.O. Box 43098, Olympia, 98504- 3098. The phone is 664-1600. ! 00ides  Hood Canal at Union Thursday, February 15 High .................. 4:37 a.m ........... 11.9 ft. Low ................... 9:56 a.m .............. 8.4 ft. High .................. 2:15 p.m ........... 10.8 if. Low ................... 9:33 p.m ........... -1.6 ft. Friday, February 16 High .................. 4:59 a.m ........... 12.2 ft. Low ................. 10:27 a.m ............. 7.5 ft. High ..,. ............... 3:09 p.m ........... 11.2 ft. Low ................. 10:16 p.m ........... -1.8 ft. Saturday, February 17 High .................. 5:22 a.m ........... 12.5 ft. Low ................. 11:03 a.m ............. 6.3 ft. High .................. 4:03 p,m ........... 11.4 ft. Low ................. 10:58 p.m ........... -1.6 ft. Sunday, February 18 High .................. 5:47 a.m ........... 12.8 ft. Low ................. 11:42 a.m ............. 4.9 ft. High .................. 4:58 p.m ........... 11,5 ft. Low ................. 11:40 p,m ........... -0.8 ft. Monday, February 19 High .................. 6:14 a.m .....  ..... 13.2 ft. Low ................. 12:24 p,m ............. 3.6 ft. High .................. 5:55 p.m ........... 11.3 ft. Tuesday, February 20 Low ................. 12:22 a.m ............. 0.5 ft. High .................. 6:43 a.m ........... 13.3 ft. Low ................... 1:09 p.m ............. 2.1 ft. High .................. 6:55 p,m ........... 11.0 ft. Wednesday, February 21 Low ................... 1:05 a.m ............. 2.2 ft, High ,: ................ 7:15 a.m ........... 13.3 ft. Low ................... 1:56 p.m ............. 1,0 ft. i High .................. 8:02 p.m ........... 10,6 ft; Thursday, February 22 Low ................... 1:50 a.m ............. 4.2 ft. High .................. 7:49 a,m ........... 13.0 ft. Low ................... 2:47 p.m ............. 0.2 ft. High .................. 9:17 p.m ........... 10.1 ft. Oakland Bay at Shelton Thursday, February 15 High .................. 6:24 a.m ........... 14.4 ft. Low ................. 11:51 a.m ............. 7.3 ft. High .................. 3:40 p.m ........... 13.1 ft. Low ................. 11:28 p.m ........... -1.9 ft. Friday, February 16 High .................. 6:24 a,m ........... 14.8 ft. Low ................. 12:22 p.m ............. 6.5 ft. High .................. 4:34 p.m ........... 13.6 ft. Saturday, February 17 Low ................. 12:11 a.m ........... -2.1 ft. High .................. 6:47 a.m ........... 15.2 ft. Low ................. 12:58 p.m ............. 5.5 ft. High .................. 5:28 p.m ........... 13.8 ft. Sunday, February 18 Low ................. 12:53 a.m ........... -1.7 ft. High .................. 7:12 a.m ........... 15.6 ft. Low ................... 1:37 p.m ............. 4.3 ft. High .................. 6:23 p.rn ........... 13.9 ft, Monday, February 19 Low ................... 1:35 a.m ........... -0.9 ft. High .................. 7:39 a.m ........... 16.0 ft. Low ................... 2:19 p.m ............. 3.1 ft. High .................. 7:20 p.m ........... 13,7 ft. Tuesday, February 20 Low ................... 2:17 a.m ............. 0.4 ft. High .................. 8:08 a.m ........... 16.1 ft. Low ................... 3:04 p.m ............. 1.8 ft. High .................. 8:20 p.m ........... 13.3 ft. Wednesday, February 21 Low ................... 3:00 a.m ............. 1.9 ft. High .................. 8:40 a.m ........... 16.1 ft. Low ................... 3:51 p.m ............. 0.9 ft. High .................. 9:27 p.m ........... 12.8 ft. Thursday, February 22 Low ................... 3:45 a.m ............. 3.6 ft, High .................. 9:14 a.m ........... 15.7 ft. Low ................... 4:42 p.m ............. 0.1 ft. High ................ 10:42 p.m ........... 12.3 ft. FREE Bread 555 & Brownies Add Some Sides screens welcome. Amazin' Greens Doubles (360) 426-2267 Page 30 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, February 15, 2007 They will develop a matrix list- ing the advantages and disad- vantages of annexing the City of Shelton into Fire District 5 for fire coverage. A final recommen- dation will be published and made available to anyone who wants it. The consultants have helped in four annexations of cities into fire districts, Crossen said. They have also worked on other types of consolidations. THE CONTRACT calls for the work to be done in four months, but Crossen said if they can beat that time frame, they would like to do that. Consolidation won't mean that taxes will go down, he not- ed, adding consolidation will pro- vide a higher level of service for the same amount of tax money. Shelton Fire Chief Jim Ghi- glione said his department  work on creating links to consultants on the city and District 5 Web sites. Open, way communication is Tarrant said. done out in the open, promised. Fire District 5 ers were expected to the contract at their mee ti Wednesday. McCowan to be sentenced in copper caper (Continued from page 28.) father to McCowan and Long, and asked Campbell if he would con- sent to a search of the vehicle be- cause it was impounded. Heldreth identified two docu- ments he found in the vehicle. One was a receipt from a scrap yard in Tumwater dated 4:50 p.m. Novem- ber 8, 2006, for different types of metal which were weighed in. He said the name on the ticket was Richard Thomas Long and $210.20 was the value of the scrap metals brought at that time. "The other document is from South Sound Steel and Recycling, Incorporated, for $228," Heldreth said. The sec- ond receipt did not have a date. Testimony resumed on Janu- ary 31 with David Kamin, who said he and Gale Ashby purchased the building in the fall of 1999. He said there had been several in- cidents of theft in October which continued into November. He said on November 9 he told Detective Paul Campbell of the Shelton Po- lice Department that he noted ad- ditional damage and requested ad- ditional patrols. "A few days after that it seems they were up on the roof dismantling copper wire," he said. KAMIN DESCRIBED the 55,000-square-foot building as "completely torn apart, inside and out. All the wiring had been taken Crime Watch helps police patrol homes Volunteers with the Shelton Police Department do routine pa- trols in a marked vehicle, checking on homes while owners are away. Vacationers and others who will be away can contact the police de- partment at 426-4441. out as well as all the brass fittings, lights, phones, electrical panels apart, all the hinges and brass handles from the doors - the list is a mile long and it's very over- whelming to go in there," he said. "We'll have to gut the whole build- ing." Kamin said the owners boarded it up last summer to try to keep the thieves out. "They were disas- sembling our building." Detective Paul Campbell said he had contact with Kamin on November 9 and Kamin told him he had checked the building and found someone had entered in through some plywood. "He had some concerns. Things had come up missing and he wanted that noted. Extra patrols were added," he said. The state ended its case by play- ing tape-recorded excerpts of Mc- Cowan's statement to Heldreth. Members of the jury were Lar- ry Swihart, Wayne Hibbs, Myra Hills, Lee Swoboda, Nanci Cande- lin, Matthew Davis, Richard Me- deiros, Linda Szymarek, Elizabeth Biser, Donna Baze, Robert and Jonathan Michaels. Summit was the alternate. FULL AUTO Specializing in brakes, exhaust and custom work FREE E & FLUID "Quality and Trust " That's Hometowne Service" We are the Leading Post Frame Builders in the N. W. with over of Experience, offering clUalit You name it, we've builf J Plans & Engineering included in all pricing Offering: • Permit Administration • Steel, Wood or HardI-Plank Siding • Steel or 5 Tab Roofing • Lifetime WarcanW on Steel Avail. • Free Building Design €€// a iqE ¢€u/mtt ¢m ue m lmU clm't bW a Blcnm 3 Medium 1-Topping Pizzas and an Order of 10 Oven Baked Brownie Squares Buy Any Bread Item & Get The 2" Item FREE!  lrlm, i Of¢ -1 Medium 2-Toppin. Pizza & an Amaziff Greens '* Salad Umlltm¢ lrlww oww, Your Choice of Buffalo vaoh lo:3oam-3pm & Wings OR Domino's Pizza 1 Hedium 2-Topping Buffalo Chicken Kickers , 2 Cans of Coca-Cota * 1 Bread Side & a 2-Uter of Coos.Cola" $1049 s7,, Add Any 2 = Hedium 1 x 2-Tocng plaza & 1 Large ---- rr _m;'TonOilrll- Your Choice of Hot Or 1-Topping Pizza Pizza & a 2-Liter ¢" BBQ Buffak) Wings Coca-Cola * '5 '19"" '10" Buy an Amazln' Greens* Salad & Get Your Choice of Breadsticks, Cinna Sttx" or Cheesy Bread FREE! 2 Hedium 2-Topping Pizzas Cheesy Garlic Bread Choice of Buffalo wings Domino's Pizza Buffalo Kickers', Any Bread Ite a 2-Liter of Coos.Cola '19"' Llmlml¢l Tm Oe