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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 : the time." ~i~ pubi~ ~ing ~ ~ ~ ~se~ i~d ae~:~: ~:: ~: However, Hahn said the ~t~i~on~stin~::i~iandi : : '::: :;:i~:::~/:' 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." 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