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Terri Thompson's
painting, "Purdy
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is one of the Shelton
Arts Commission's 17
recommendations.
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.
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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
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of the civic center between
the entrance and the Shelton
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ists and their work at the civ-
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Page A-2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal -Thursday, February 6,
2012
Senior center gets PUD 3 purchase extension
By NATALIE JOHNSON
natalie@masoncounty.com
The Mason County Senior Activi-
ties Association (MCSAA) now has
until October 31, 2012 to purchase
two Mason County PUD 3 buildings
in downtown Shelton.
The PUD 3 commission approved
an extension of the MCSAA's pur-
chase option on the two buildings
-- the main PUD 3 building at 307
W. Cota Street as well as the build-
ing behind it, a historical creamery
building now used as PUD 3 office
space -- on Tuesday.
The PUD plans to be out of the
buildings and completely moved into
its new Johns Prairie operations cen-
ter by April 2.
Originally, the PUD agreed to
grant the MCSAA an option to pur-
chase by April 2012. 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.
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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.
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