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PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS BRIAN AUSTIN serves
aboard the USS Cowpens.
Navy cryptologist
A us tin vis its g ulf
When the USS Cowpens re-
turned from operations in the
Arabian Gulf recently, it brought
a 17-year Navy veteran with
Shelton connections back from an
international adventure.
Petty Officer First Class Brian
(;. Austin and other members of
the USS Cowpens crew had
spent six months "at the tip of the
spear" protecting American inter-
ests abroad, according to J.L.
C, hirrick of the Navy Public Af
fhirs Center in San Diego.
While deployed abroad, the 36-
yoar-()ld son of Robert Austin of
Shelton and fellow seamen
Flores completes
basic training in
the Marine Corps
Marine Private First Class
Bryan S. Flores, the son of Rami-
re and Patricia Flores of Shelton,
rec,ntly competed basic training
at. the Marine Corps Recruit De-
pot in San Diego.
lie successfully completed the
12-week course designed to chal-
hinge new Marine recruits physi-
cally and mentally, according to
Fleet Home Town News Center.
Training included rising daily
at:. 5 a.m. to run three miles and
pcrtbrm calisthenics, tblh)wed by
classroom and field assignments
including tirst-aid training, com-
bat c'ourses, water survival, close-
m'der drill, marksmanship and
weapons training.
Flores and fellow recruits end-
cd the training phase of their ser-
vice with "The Crucible," a 54-
hour team effort in problem-solv-
ing which culminated with the
c*remonial presentation of their
Marine Corps emblems. They
were addressed as Marines for
the first time since boot camp be-
gan.
Flores joins 41,000 men and
women who will enter the Marine
('.orps this year from all over the
country. He is a 1997 graduate of
Shelton High School.
aboard the Cowpens participated
in several operations in the gulf.
Sailors from the San Diego-based
ship took time to support various
community-relations projects dur-
ing liberty port calls. They left
Austin "with memories he will
not soon fbrget," Chirrick report-
ed.
He quoted Austin as observing,
"The most interesting part of the
deployment was visiting different
countries." A cryptologist, Austin
uses high-tech equipment to col-
lect and transmit sensitive data.
"I like knowing what's going to
happen before the ship's crew
knows," Austin commented.
"His expertise, combined with
the diverse capabilities of other
sailors, led to the success of oper-
ations abroad," Chirrick said.
The Cowpens, a 9,000-ton Ti-
conderoga-class cruiser, sailed
from San Diego in June and re-
turned from deployment in De-
cember, "Deploying our forces
overseas can provide stability to a
particular region and support
U.N. sanctions throughout the
world," Austin reported.
Sergi takes course
in landing support
Marine Private First Class
Vincent J. Sergi, the son of
Stephanie Sergi of Shelton, re-
cently graduated from a basic
landing support course.
During the course at Marine
Corps Engineer School at the Ma-
rine Corps Base at Camp Le-
jeune, North Carolina, he re-
ceived formal instruction and
practical application in the engi-
neering field at the basic,.jour-
neyman and supervisory levels.
His course also included land-
ing support fundamentals, cam-
ouflage, field fortification, mine
warfare, amphibious operations
and air operations.
Sergi is a 1995 graduate of
North Mason High School in Bel-
fair.
COG meeting today
The Lewis-Mason-Thurston
Council of Governments will hold
its next regular meeting at 10
a.m. Thursday, February 18, in
Olympia.
The council, which deals with
senior issues, meets at the Lewis-
Mason-Thurston Area Agency on
Aging office at 919 Lakeridge
Way SW, Suite A, in Olympia.
Additional information on the
group is available from Area
Agency on Aging Director Dennis
Mahar at 360-664-2168.
HONDA ACCORD hatchback, 1984.
$2,000 firm. 426-9852. C2/18
TURTLE RED-EARED Slider complete
with 50 gallon aquarium and filter, $40.
426-8832. W2/18
OMITTED LAST week, have a special
Happy Birthday Debbie, on Valentine's
Day. Love, Morn L. L2/t8
1970 SINGLEWIDE trailer, 2 bedroom,
1 bath, you move, $1,000 OBO, 426-
0003, 426-0002. K2/18tfn
OFFICE SUPPLIES
at the
I County grants landowner's appeal
in Lost Lake water-rights dilemma
rights exist, he noted. Storage
would mitigate the DOH require-
ments, a solution he said the port
currently is trying to work
through.
PETE HIEBERT, who man-
ages the water, attended last
Thursday's hearing. He told the
board the usage was not even
close to the total yearly quantity.
Although the original permit to
DOE in 1975 was for 150 gallons
per minute, somehow the permit
for the system was set at 75 gal-
lons per minute.
"No one paid attention to what
was requested and what was
granted," Hiebert testified.
Although the board of directors at
Lost Lake has applied for addi-
tional water rights, Hiebert ex-
plained, the application is stalled
in a backlog at DOE. He said
there was no way to predict when
the application would be re-
viewed. "It may be two years or
10/' he noted. Almost all of the
The Mason County Board of
Health granted an appeal last
Thursday by Mark Fenske, who
is planning to purchase property
at Lost Lake and was denied a
building permit due to insuffi-
cient water rights for instanta-
neous demand in the water sys-
tem serving the area.
The hearing, in which the
board acts as a quasi-judicial
panel, was continued from the
January 7 meeting, when Health
Director Brad Banner told the
board the situation with the Lost
Lake water system is similar to
the "dilemma" facing the Port of
Shelton and involves both the
Washington Department of
Health (DOH) and the Depart-
ment of Ecology (DOE).
He said the system was "red
tagged" by DOH not because of
any public health threat but due to
inadequacy of flows during peak
demand periods. However, suf-
ficient annual withdrawal
lots have water to them now, Hie-
bert added.
Hiebert also addressed the is-
sue of putting in storage tanks.
He contended that the three
pumps now in place are more
than adequate inasmuch as peak
demand periods occur predomi-
nately during summer holiday
weekends. If storage tanks are
not properly sized, he said, there
is a possibility of stagnant water
creating slime in the tanks and
causing a health problem.
Tanks also would cost several
thousand dollars, and property
owners would have to pay for
them. "It's ridiculous to spend
money on tanks and pumps
which are unnecessary," Hiebert
said. "We're not even using half
of the annual amount and sel-
dom exceed the 75-gallon-per-
minute draw."
MARK KOSKI, a Seattle resi-
dent who also owns property at
Lost Lake and is applying for a
Cady sponsors meeting
building permit, told the board he
was having problems with the
logic of the situation. Because
there is water to his lot, he said,
he could run a garden hose 24
hours a day but he cannot build a
house on the parcel. His family
has owned property at Lost Lake
since 1966, he added, and he
hopes to build a cabin there.
Should the building permits be
denied, said Koski, owners may
panic and start sinking wells on
their lots. "That's not in any-
body's best interest," he observed.
According to Koski, the prob-
lem with water exists only on pa-
per, because there is plenty of wa-
ter available. He too noted the
water system is nowhere near the
annual usage granted on the
original permit.
Denise Lahmann, DOH re-
gional engineer in the drink-
ing-water division, noted the
state health department must
look at both instantaneous de-
mand and annual capacity in
reviewing permits. She said
DOH must wait for DOE to act on
the water-rights issue.
LAHMANN EXPRESSED
concern that if all three pumps
are coming on during peak de-
mand periods, even for only a
few days per year, that "speaks to
the need for storage." From a
health standpoint, she noted,
"We want to make sure the water
system is designed for that peak
use." She suggested changing the
configuration of the pumps might
be one alternative while await-
ing the DOE decision.
Banner said five or six other
building permit applications are
"in the works" at Lost Lake, so
the issues of water rights and
water adequacy will surface
again.
The health board attached a
condition to its finding for Fens-
ke, a Puyallup resident. The Lost
Lake homeowners' association
must provide a written agree-
ment stating that when DOE fi-
nally deals with the application
for water rights, should the state
deny the 150-gallon-per-minute
request, then storage tanks will
be installed to meet instantane-
ous demand.
on disaster prel)aration
aM;7:caC3;n::d "tClTcm?;;ier hhe;etarh;;?ndar turns over to Those who attend will receive
M booklets from emergency man-
partment of emergency manage- Scheduled to run from 7 to 9 agement staff on how to prepare
ment will sponsor a public meet- p.m. Friday, February 26, at the in the home and in the commu-
ing on personal and community Southside School Gym, the meet- nity for emergency situations.
disaster preparedness next ing will be to provide informa- Cady said the session will be
week. tion for community members the first of several such meetings
The session will include the who may not be aware of how to she intends to hold for her dis-
impending Y2K computer prob- prepare for natural and man- trict.
lems expected to provide trouble made disasters, Cady explained.
Southside raised
$7,000 at event
Southside School raised more
than $7,000 at its annual dinner,
auction and carnival February 6.
The Southside Booster Club
event, which is the primary fund-
raiser for extra programs at the
school, featured a spaghetti din-
ner served by volunteers includ-
ing the Southside School Board to
162 guests.
A silent auction followed by a
live auction with a professional
auctioneer saw 140 items contrib-
uted by local businesses and
members of the community go up
for bid.
While many enjoyed the dinner
and auction, children participated
in carnival games in the class-
rooms, supervised "by many won-
derful parent volunteers enabling
the teachers to enjoy dinner,"
noted Kathy Fuller, spokesperson
for the fund-raiser.
Money raised at the event will
be used for school improvement
projects, a reading mentor pro-
gram, scholarships and a year-
end student field trip, Fuller said.
®
LEE STILLWELL
Friendly hometown service
Located in Downtown Shelton at
601 Railroad #200
426=2685
• Home • Auto * Life • Commercial
ii iii i i
Committed To Our Community
We've been on the same corner for over 70 years serving
the new and used car needs of Mason County'. The personal,
small town atmosphere of dealing with friends who know
each other makes it easy to buy a new vehicle.
• No hassles • No pressure • No kidding!
Yesterday -- today --- tomorrow -- We're here for you...
Office Supply Store KEVIN
• Cards • Gifts
• Furniture and More
409 West Railroad Avenue, Shelton
Phone 426-6102, Fax 426-6195
Your Complete Office Product Dealer
Page 16. Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, February 18, 1999
LARRY
Over 70
years
of servlng
Mason County
i-d00. ......
BOB
!
JEFF
JOHN TOM
It's All About
Left to right are: Sandy Geilenfeldt, Marketing Director; Wendy Wheatley,
Administrator; Teresa Stevens, Rehabilitation Assistant and Vivian Currie,
Eden Alternative Regional Coordinator.
Living
Our
Vision
Of
Ed
Fir Lane Health and Rehabilitation Center, an Eden Alter-
native facility, received our Eden Tree last week. There are approxi-
mately 16,000 nursing homes in the United States, and over 300 which
have become Eden Altemative facilities. Fir Lane is honored to be one
of the two registered in the State of Washington to be in the process
of a remarkable culture change.
Removing the institutional, sterile environment and adding a much
more homelike atmosphere is one of the many goals of this culture
change.
The Eden Alternative is committed to improving the quality of life
for the residents of the nursing home. Plants, animals and children
interact with our residents and provide a more homelike environment.
There are 10 principles to the Eden Alternative, and as a registered
facility we have been recognized by Dr. Bill Thomas, the founder of
the Eden Alternative. The Eden Tree has 10 areas that will be honored
and decorated with a gold star as each principle is implemented and
in place. The first principle is to remove loneliness, helplessness and
boredom from the lives of our residents.
Our goals bring comfort and happiness. It's all about Eden.
&
REHABILITATION
CENTER
2430 North 13th Street
Shelton, WA 98584
3601426-1651
FAX 3601426-2140
SLUc. NH735
PETTY OFFICER FIRST CLASS BRIAN AUSTIN serves
aboard the USS Cowpens.
Navy cryptologist
A us tin vis its g ulf
When the USS Cowpens re-
turned from operations in the
Arabian Gulf recently, it brought
a 17-year Navy veteran with
Shelton connections back from an
international adventure.
Petty Officer First Class Brian
(;. Austin and other members of
the USS Cowpens crew had
spent six months "at the tip of the
spear" protecting American inter-
ests abroad, according to J.L.
C, hirrick of the Navy Public Af
fhirs Center in San Diego.
While deployed abroad, the 36-
yoar-()ld son of Robert Austin of
Shelton and fellow seamen
Flores completes
basic training in
the Marine Corps
Marine Private First Class
Bryan S. Flores, the son of Rami-
re and Patricia Flores of Shelton,
rec,ntly competed basic training
at. the Marine Corps Recruit De-
pot in San Diego.
lie successfully completed the
12-week course designed to chal-
hinge new Marine recruits physi-
cally and mentally, according to
Fleet Home Town News Center.
Training included rising daily
at:. 5 a.m. to run three miles and
pcrtbrm calisthenics, tblh)wed by
classroom and field assignments
including tirst-aid training, com-
bat c'ourses, water survival, close-
m'der drill, marksmanship and
weapons training.
Flores and fellow recruits end-
cd the training phase of their ser-
vice with "The Crucible," a 54-
hour team effort in problem-solv-
ing which culminated with the
c*remonial presentation of their
Marine Corps emblems. They
were addressed as Marines for
the first time since boot camp be-
gan.
Flores joins 41,000 men and
women who will enter the Marine
('.orps this year from all over the
country. He is a 1997 graduate of
Shelton High School.
aboard the Cowpens participated
in several operations in the gulf.
Sailors from the San Diego-based
ship took time to support various
community-relations projects dur-
ing liberty port calls. They left
Austin "with memories he will
not soon fbrget," Chirrick report-
ed.
He quoted Austin as observing,
"The most interesting part of the
deployment was visiting different
countries." A cryptologist, Austin
uses high-tech equipment to col-
lect and transmit sensitive data.
"I like knowing what's going to
happen before the ship's crew
knows," Austin commented.
"His expertise, combined with
the diverse capabilities of other
sailors, led to the success of oper-
ations abroad," Chirrick said.
The Cowpens, a 9,000-ton Ti-
conderoga-class cruiser, sailed
from San Diego in June and re-
turned from deployment in De-
cember, "Deploying our forces
overseas can provide stability to a
particular region and support
U.N. sanctions throughout the
world," Austin reported.
Sergi takes course
in landing support
Marine Private First Class
Vincent J. Sergi, the son of
Stephanie Sergi of Shelton, re-
cently graduated from a basic
landing support course.
During the course at Marine
Corps Engineer School at the Ma-
rine Corps Base at Camp Le-
jeune, North Carolina, he re-
ceived formal instruction and
practical application in the engi-
neering field at the basic,.jour-
neyman and supervisory levels.
His course also included land-
ing support fundamentals, cam-
ouflage, field fortification, mine
warfare, amphibious operations
and air operations.
Sergi is a 1995 graduate of
North Mason High School in Bel-
fair.
COG meeting today
The Lewis-Mason-Thurston
Council of Governments will hold
its next regular meeting at 10
a.m. Thursday, February 18, in
Olympia.
The council, which deals with
senior issues, meets at the Lewis-
Mason-Thurston Area Agency on
Aging office at 919 Lakeridge
Way SW, Suite A, in Olympia.
Additional information on the
group is available from Area
Agency on Aging Director Dennis
Mahar at 360-664-2168.
HONDA ACCORD hatchback, 1984.
$2,000 firm. 426-9852. C2/18
TURTLE RED-EARED Slider complete
with 50 gallon aquarium and filter, $40.
426-8832. W2/18
OMITTED LAST week, have a special
Happy Birthday Debbie, on Valentine's
Day. Love, Morn L. L2/t8
1970 SINGLEWIDE trailer, 2 bedroom,
1 bath, you move, $1,000 OBO, 426-
0003, 426-0002. K2/18tfn
OFFICE SUPPLIES
at the
I County grants landowner's appeal
in Lost Lake water-rights dilemma
rights exist, he noted. Storage
would mitigate the DOH require-
ments, a solution he said the port
currently is trying to work
through.
PETE HIEBERT, who man-
ages the water, attended last
Thursday's hearing. He told the
board the usage was not even
close to the total yearly quantity.
Although the original permit to
DOE in 1975 was for 150 gallons
per minute, somehow the permit
for the system was set at 75 gal-
lons per minute.
"No one paid attention to what
was requested and what was
granted," Hiebert testified.
Although the board of directors at
Lost Lake has applied for addi-
tional water rights, Hiebert ex-
plained, the application is stalled
in a backlog at DOE. He said
there was no way to predict when
the application would be re-
viewed. "It may be two years or
10/' he noted. Almost all of the
The Mason County Board of
Health granted an appeal last
Thursday by Mark Fenske, who
is planning to purchase property
at Lost Lake and was denied a
building permit due to insuffi-
cient water rights for instanta-
neous demand in the water sys-
tem serving the area.
The hearing, in which the
board acts as a quasi-judicial
panel, was continued from the
January 7 meeting, when Health
Director Brad Banner told the
board the situation with the Lost
Lake water system is similar to
the "dilemma" facing the Port of
Shelton and involves both the
Washington Department of
Health (DOH) and the Depart-
ment of Ecology (DOE).
He said the system was "red
tagged" by DOH not because of
any public health threat but due to
inadequacy of flows during peak
demand periods. However, suf-
ficient annual withdrawal
lots have water to them now, Hie-
bert added.
Hiebert also addressed the is-
sue of putting in storage tanks.
He contended that the three
pumps now in place are more
than adequate inasmuch as peak
demand periods occur predomi-
nately during summer holiday
weekends. If storage tanks are
not properly sized, he said, there
is a possibility of stagnant water
creating slime in the tanks and
causing a health problem.
Tanks also would cost several
thousand dollars, and property
owners would have to pay for
them. "It's ridiculous to spend
money on tanks and pumps
which are unnecessary," Hiebert
said. "We're not even using half
of the annual amount and sel-
dom exceed the 75-gallon-per-
minute draw."
MARK KOSKI, a Seattle resi-
dent who also owns property at
Lost Lake and is applying for a
Cady sponsors meeting
building permit, told the board he
was having problems with the
logic of the situation. Because
there is water to his lot, he said,
he could run a garden hose 24
hours a day but he cannot build a
house on the parcel. His family
has owned property at Lost Lake
since 1966, he added, and he
hopes to build a cabin there.
Should the building permits be
denied, said Koski, owners may
panic and start sinking wells on
their lots. "That's not in any-
body's best interest," he observed.
According to Koski, the prob-
lem with water exists only on pa-
per, because there is plenty of wa-
ter available. He too noted the
water system is nowhere near the
annual usage granted on the
original permit.
Denise Lahmann, DOH re-
gional engineer in the drink-
ing-water division, noted the
state health department must
look at both instantaneous de-
mand and annual capacity in
reviewing permits. She said
DOH must wait for DOE to act on
the water-rights issue.
LAHMANN EXPRESSED
concern that if all three pumps
are coming on during peak de-
mand periods, even for only a
few days per year, that "speaks to
the need for storage." From a
health standpoint, she noted,
"We want to make sure the water
system is designed for that peak
use." She suggested changing the
configuration of the pumps might
be one alternative while await-
ing the DOE decision.
Banner said five or six other
building permit applications are
"in the works" at Lost Lake, so
the issues of water rights and
water adequacy will surface
again.
The health board attached a
condition to its finding for Fens-
ke, a Puyallup resident. The Lost
Lake homeowners' association
must provide a written agree-
ment stating that when DOE fi-
nally deals with the application
for water rights, should the state
deny the 150-gallon-per-minute
request, then storage tanks will
be installed to meet instantane-
ous demand.
on disaster prel)aration
aM;7:caC3;n::d "tClTcm?;;ier hhe;etarh;;?ndar turns over to Those who attend will receive
M booklets from emergency man-
partment of emergency manage- Scheduled to run from 7 to 9 agement staff on how to prepare
ment will sponsor a public meet- p.m. Friday, February 26, at the in the home and in the commu-
ing on personal and community Southside School Gym, the meet- nity for emergency situations.
disaster preparedness next ing will be to provide informa- Cady said the session will be
week. tion for community members the first of several such meetings
The session will include the who may not be aware of how to she intends to hold for her dis-
impending Y2K computer prob- prepare for natural and man- trict.
lems expected to provide trouble made disasters, Cady explained.
Southside raised
$7,000 at event
Southside School raised more
than $7,000 at its annual dinner,
auction and carnival February 6.
The Southside Booster Club
event, which is the primary fund-
raiser for extra programs at the
school, featured a spaghetti din-
ner served by volunteers includ-
ing the Southside School Board to
162 guests.
A silent auction followed by a
live auction with a professional
auctioneer saw 140 items contrib-
uted by local businesses and
members of the community go up
for bid.
While many enjoyed the dinner
and auction, children participated
in carnival games in the class-
rooms, supervised "by many won-
derful parent volunteers enabling
the teachers to enjoy dinner,"
noted Kathy Fuller, spokesperson
for the fund-raiser.
Money raised at the event will
be used for school improvement
projects, a reading mentor pro-
gram, scholarships and a year-
end student field trip, Fuller said.
®
LEE STILLWELL
Friendly hometown service
Located in Downtown Shelton at
601 Railroad #200
426=2685
• Home • Auto * Life • Commercial
ii iii i i
Committed To Our Community
We've been on the same corner for over 70 years serving
the new and used car needs of Mason County'. The personal,
small town atmosphere of dealing with friends who know
each other makes it easy to buy a new vehicle.
• No hassles • No pressure • No kidding!
Yesterday -- today --- tomorrow -- We're here for you...
Office Supply Store KEVIN
• Cards • Gifts
• Furniture and More
409 West Railroad Avenue, Shelton
Phone 426-6102, Fax 426-6195
Your Complete Office Product Dealer
Page 16. Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, February 18, 1999
LARRY
Over 70
years
of servlng
Mason County
i-d00. ......
BOB
!
JEFF
JOHN TOM
It's All About
Left to right are: Sandy Geilenfeldt, Marketing Director; Wendy Wheatley,
Administrator; Teresa Stevens, Rehabilitation Assistant and Vivian Currie,
Eden Alternative Regional Coordinator.
Living
Our
Vision
Of
Ed
Fir Lane Health and Rehabilitation Center, an Eden Alter-
native facility, received our Eden Tree last week. There are approxi-
mately 16,000 nursing homes in the United States, and over 300 which
have become Eden Altemative facilities. Fir Lane is honored to be one
of the two registered in the State of Washington to be in the process
of a remarkable culture change.
Removing the institutional, sterile environment and adding a much
more homelike atmosphere is one of the many goals of this culture
change.
The Eden Alternative is committed to improving the quality of life
for the residents of the nursing home. Plants, animals and children
interact with our residents and provide a more homelike environment.
There are 10 principles to the Eden Alternative, and as a registered
facility we have been recognized by Dr. Bill Thomas, the founder of
the Eden Alternative. The Eden Tree has 10 areas that will be honored
and decorated with a gold star as each principle is implemented and
in place. The first principle is to remove loneliness, helplessness and
boredom from the lives of our residents.
Our goals bring comfort and happiness. It's all about Eden.
&
REHABILITATION
CENTER
2430 North 13th Street
Shelton, WA 98584
3601426-1651
FAX 3601426-2140
SLUc. NH735