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Commission reviews rotating art submissions By NATALIE JOHNSON The Shelton City Com- mission reviewed the latest batch of submissions for the Civic Center Rotating Art Gallery Monday. For this rotation, a dozen artists submitted 60 separate pieces of art. "That was pretty signifi- cant. This is the largest I can remember in the last year," said Mark Ziegler, Parks and Recreation director for the City of Shelton. The city commissmn plans to approve the 17 pieces dur- ing its Tuesday, Feb. 21, meeting in the city's consent agenda. The artists whose work the art commission has rec- ommended include Gary Bushnell with two pieces in pastel and watercolor, Dixie Higby with one painting in oil, Gaylene Wiseman with one painting in acrylic. Terri Thompson with five pieces in watercolor and acrylic. Xue- fang Snyder with two paint- rags in oil and James Talbott with four photos. "I continue to be amazed on the variety we get in the art itself and the artists who submit their work," said City of Shelton' Commissioner Dawn Pannell. Ever since the city com- mmsion voted to approve the Shelton Arts commission in 1990. the city has displayed local works of art. Every three months, the arts com- mission approves new works of art to hang along the wall of the civic center between the entrance and the Shelton Police Department. The city has scheduled a public reception for the art- ists and their work at the civ- ic center on Friday, Feb. 24. --FamUyOwned--!~-~ ~!il ~~ Serving all of Mason~ ~jCounty ~ (360) 275-0405 18271 E State Route 3 Ron BrennanDnitra Mark DowntownAII n ~,, ..... Whatever Car You Drive... 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However, the se- nior center's efforts to raise the more than $2 million it expects the build- ings will cost have been delayed. The MCSAA wants to purchase the PUD buildings in order to ex- pand its servxces to seniors in Mason County. The association plans on keeping its building on Railroad Av- enue to house its Nifty Thrifty shop, which funds the senior center, said MCSAA Executive Director Terri Shaw. Joel Myer, PUD 3 public informa- tion and government relations man- ager said the PUD has not yet set a price for the buildings. "It's based on fair market value. Once they (the MCSAA) have money in hand then we go through the ap- praisal process," Myer said. Last year, the PUD 3 commission extended the option to purchase un- til July 2012 in order to allow the as- sociation to apply for a U.S. Depart- ment of Housing and Urban Devel- opment (HUD) Community Develop- ment Block Grant (CDBG). On Tuesday, Shaw asked the PUD 3 commission for a second extension, saying the senior association wanted to make sure it had time to receive any funds awarded by the grant. Last year, the senior association asked the City of Shelton to apply on the center's behalf for a $1 million CDBG grant to finance the purchase Journa photo Dy Natalie Jonnson Terri Shaw, Mason County Senior Activities Association executive director, asked the Mason County PUD 3 Commission on Tuesday for an extension on its purchase agreement of two PUD-owned buildings in downtown Shelton. of the two PUD buildings, plans for two new buildings, McDon- The city hopes to present that ap- ald said. plication to the U.S. Department of If the senior association received Commerce, which oversees HUD. by its requested $1 million grant, it Wednesday, Feb. 29, a day before the wouldn't take nearly as long to re- March 1 deadline, said city Regional ceive the money, he said. Project Manager Dennis McDonald. "All they're doing with the CDBG The city is currently working with money is purchasing the buildings the senior association to prepare a so therefore it's a one-time deal," he draft of the application, he said. said. "I'm hoping with the experl- McDonald said the Shelton City ence we've gotten by doing the shel- Commission plans to review the ap- ter one, it'll be this fall." plication at its Tuesday, Feb. 21 The MCSAA is also working on meeting at 6 p.m. several other fundraising efforts to The city could hear back as early secure money to buy the PUD build- as June 2012 about the CDBG grant ings. award. By asking for the extension Shaw said the Green Diamond on the option to purchase, the se- Resource Company recently donat- nior center hopes to have the CDBG ed $50,000 to the project, and the money in hand by the new October association plans to submit five to deadline, six grant applications in the next In June 2011, the city received no- month. tification that its last CDBG grant Shaw and association board presi- application, on behalf of the Mason dent John Wyatt addressed the Ma- County Shelter for $825,000, had son County Commission on Tues- been approved, day to ask for letters of support to However, as of this week, the shel- include in future grant applications ter had not yet received the money, as well. pending a National Environmen- The association is also accepting tal Policy Act (NEPA) review on its donations from the public. House recognizes PUD 3 for storm response By NATALIE JOHNSON nata/ie@masoncounty.com Mason County PUD 3 received many thanks from the community after January's week-long win- ter storm, which knocked out power to more than 3,000 PUD 3 customers over the week. Now the Washington state House Technology, Energy and Commerce Committee has invited representatives from PUD 3, Lewis County PUD, Puget Sound Energy and Washington State Emer- gency Management to talk about how utilities dealt with the severe storm. Joel Myer, public infor- mation and government relations manager and Bob Smith, PUD 3 opera- tions manager, plan to attend the meeting with the House committee next Tuesday, Feb. 21, in Olympia. "We have made some major changes to how we respond to outages," PUD 3 Manager Wyla Wood said. :iiiiiii Joel Myer Myer said sev- eral fac- tors im- proved t h e PUD's re- sponse to the snow and ice storms. For exam- ple, the PUD's "vegetation man- agement" helps clear trees from lines before they have a chance to fall dur- ing wind or ice storms. Each year the PUD spends $750,000 to $800,000 to clear 125 miles of lines. Also, early warning from the National Weath- er Service helped the PUD prepare for the storm at least a few days in ad- vance, Myer said. Adequate training for their crews also led to a fast response to the out- ages, he said. "Our crews know the system. When our guys go out to work on a system they know what's there," he said. service office, that could The PUD also conduct- all be used to respond to ed a survey of all its pow- an outage. er poles last summer, to The utility's outage know which poles affected system also places outage certain customers, information on an online "Our pole inventory map, which can provide really helped us out," he real-time information to said. crews dealing with the A lot of little things outage. also helped during the "It looks like we're into storm, Myer said. In re- the 21st century," said cent years, the PUD began PUD 3 Commissioner installing a kind of power Tom Farmer. line called "tree wire," PUD 3 sent eight crews which is more resistant to out to deal with the after- falling branches, math of the winter storm, "It's a little bit more ex- totaling 50 employees. pensive and a little harder Three crews also worked to work with but it pays to clear trees from lines, off," he said. bringing in an additional PUD 3 staff said better 12 people. communication also im- Okanogan County provedthe response to the PUD, Douglas County storm's power outages. PUD and Mason County The PUD's outage cen- PUD i also sent a total ter has five stations, but of 14 people to help with any PUD employee can PUD 3 line work during log into the system from the storm. their desk. On Tuesday, the PUD When the utility 3 commission also voted moves to its new loca- to declare the storm an tion on Johns Prairie in emergency. April, it will have a total "This makes us eligible of 66 phone lines, includ- to apply for some FEMA ing those remaining at funding," said Commis- the downtown customer sion Chair Lynda Gott. ] ] 1 ( ,< J t 1 1 I I J ]