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Gabby Houston is helped to safety by two firefighters after getting stuck
in a 30-foot tree while skydiving on Saturday.
Houston, we have a problem
Fire crew rescues skydiver from tree
By NATALIE JOHNSON
n(lga/ie(?~'rnasoncounty.(:(m~
Central Mason Fire and
EMS, otherwise known as
Mason County Fire Protec-
tion District No. 5, respond-
ed to an emergency call at 2
p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 25.
to a woman reportedly stuck
up in a tree.
When crews arrived at
the scene, they discovered
that a skydiver, Gabby
Houston. 28, had landed 30
feet high in a tree between
Brockdale Road and Johns
Prairie Road.
Houston and her hus-
band are visiting family in
Seattle while spending time
at Skydive Kapowsin in
Shelton.
She said heavy winds
pulled her away from the
Sanderson Field airport.
where she was supposed to
land.
"I'm new to skydiving,
she said. "I fly way slower
and a little bit more con-
servative ... maybe if I had
a little more experience l
would have done something
else."
Along with Central Ma-
son Fire and EMS, Mason
County Fire Protection Dis-
tricts Nos. 6 and 11, Mason
County Medic One, Mason
County Sheriffs deputies
and City of Shelton police
officers responded. Arnold's
Tree Service also assisted.
Mason County Sheriffs
Deputy Trevor Severance
scaled the ~ree to help re-
cover Houston.
"He was really, really
brave. He climbed up the
tree with just some ropes
and some harnesses," Hous-
ton said.
Central Mason Fire used
an engine with a top mount
to help Houston to safety.
"It was wonderful, they
made me feel so safe," she
said. "They were there so
fast."
Mike Patti, Central Ma-
son Fire and EMS assistant
fire chief, said Houston was
unharmed and undaunted
by the experienhe.
"This was her second
dive." Patti wrote in an
email to the Shelton-Mason
County Journal. "In discus-
sions, this has not dimin-
ished her love of the sport."
In fact, Houston said she
has skydived twice since the
incident.
State parks looks to acquire
200 acres of Fudge Point land
By NATALI~ JOHNSON
natalie@masoncounty.corn
The Washington State
Parks and Recreation Com-
mission hopes to acquire 200
acres of land at Fudge Point
on Harstine Island.
Steve Hahn. real estate
manager for Washington
State Parks and Recreation,
plans to host a public hear-
ing on the island at 5 p.m.
on Tuesday, March 6, at the
Harstine Island Community
Hall to discuss the proposal.
The parks commission
hopes to gather input from
the public on a plan to ac-
quire those 200 acres in a.
"land-swap" with 200 acres
of land in Harstine Island
State Park.
Courtesy photo
The Trust for Public Land (TPL) acquired 55
acres of land at Fudge Point on Harstine Island
last fall from a private landowner. The
Washington State Parks and Recreation
Hahn said the commission Commission hopes to purchase another 200
first learned of 255 acres for acres of the parcel to create a larger state park,
sale on Fudge Point on the and will host a public hearing on the proposal
island in September 2011. at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 6, at the Harstine
"There was a piece of
property located near Fudge Island Community Hall.
Point owned by a private en- .............................................................................................................
tity and it was coming on the ~ ~ ~~
market," he said. "We look
at little pieces of property all :
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commission was particularly
interested in this land, which ~eni ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~i: ~}~ ~ :. ili: : i::i :: ::
includes a beach.
"We consider it to be a
prime example of a Puget
Sound beach," he said.
"When we compared that
ward several options for par-
chasing the land at Tuesday's
meeting.
"My public hearing on
March 6 now is to evaluate
those choices to see if we
have community support for
any of them," he said.
Three additional propos-
als include exchanging 100
acres of Harstine Island
State Park land for a smaller
parcel of the Fudge Point
property, finding grants or
other funding sources to buy
the Fudge Point land out-
right, or not buying the land
at all.
'"All those options have
pros and cons to them," Hahn
said.
While the hearing takes
place on Harstine Island,
Hahn said anyone interested
is invited to attend.
property to all other state
park properties in the region
... this property, we believe
is superior to everything else
we have in the Harstine Is-
land area."
The land is currently va-
cant, and has been used for
forestry and private recre-
ation.
The Trust for Public Land
(TPL), a national, non-profit
land conservation organiza-
tion that preserves land for
public use, bought 55 acres of
the land, including the beach
and tidelands at Fudge Point.
"We're going to work with
TPL to make that state park
in the future," Hahn said.
Now the parks commis-
sion hopes to acquire the oth-
er 200 acres of the property,
which are privately owned.
'~e were thinking about
things like a larger camp-
ground, day-use facilities,
picnic shelters," Hahn said.
'q?Ce felt we needed a little
bigger footprint than 55
acres."
The parks commission's
idea to acquire the 200 acres
at Fudge Point through a
land swap for 200 acres of
the 300-acre Harstine Island
State Park has proven to be
controversial, he said.
Hahn said the land at
Fudge Point was far superior
to that at Harstine Island
State Park.
"I've heard all kinds of
rumors and interesting com-
ments," he said. "As the com-
munity learned about the
transaction, all kinds of con-
cerns arose."
In response to public con-
cern, Hahn plans to put for-
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