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ORE 970 COMP GROSSENBACHER BROS INC 1166 NE 31ST AVE PORTLAND OR 97232 LOCAL RESIDENTS PROTESTING the degradation of the Skokomish River by the Cushmman Hydroelectric Project wave signs at the powerhouse in Potlatch on Sunday. nstrators decry ' effect on Skok de, it was a day for and action against "rivers, waters to activists for on the eve of federal several species of to local waters as d, demonstrators fo- impact of the Cush- on salmon Sunday as mgns at passing over the out- Potlatch power- the organizers, Skoko- resident Guy Par- International Riv- Day of Action dem- powerhouse was public of the degra-i Skokomish by the Light dams on the North Fork. IN THE day, the re Parsons, and Mary Ann Jose Vigil. Renee Vigil also had been Parsons said. course of Sunday, me 25 people took demonstration. end," Parsons said, from the Skoko- Church showed up and took part with bells and prayers." The roar of passing traf- fic and the steady rumble of the three Allis-Chalmers generators in the powerhouse were joined by the sound of their bells and na- tive chant. Parsons says the Skokomish River has been interfered with at every turn. The two Cushman dams have reduced habitat, inter- fered with the river's channel ca- pacity, and exacerbated flooding problems, he said. On Sunday, he handed out a song sheet with his revision of the '60s protest song, "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" In Par- sons' take, it was "Where Have All the Salmon Gone?" and the answer rings, "This dam stops them from getting home." AND THE IMPACT is on more than salmon, Parsons said. "I'm tired of this affecting all our lives. I'm tired of the taxpayers paying for it." For Parsons, concern about the dwindling salmon resources is a generational thing. "My grandfa- ther protested the same way," he said, referring to the late Red Parsons, whose letters to The Journal were legendary. "He used to say commercial fishing in the canal was allowing fishing in a bathtub. He talked about the old days when the canal was full of salmon. Now we never see any- thing." Parsons said Jean Smith, one of the women, made reference to his efforts on behalf of the river as "Red's blood come back to help the tribe." Clearly moved, Par- sons said Tuesday that the wom- en's "ringing the big bells and chanting for 45 minutes was defi- nitely the highlight of the day. It was an incredible scene." Reflecting on the factors that impel him to action, Parsons said, 'Tou've got three' factors: science, policy and economics all playing into decisions that are made. "WE'VE BEEN turning our backs on the best available sci- ence and making decisions for the short term," he said, calling the local, state and national regula- tory agencies "useless. "They've got analysis paraly- sis," he contended. "They've got agency protectionism. And mean- while, the fish don't have a place to live." He's concerned that a flood plan for the Skokomish has been shelved. "Before they do any dredging, they've got to figure out how to keep the river opened and moving." Besieged county seeks profession00 help IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|lllllllllllllllllIIIIl! The Mason County commis- sioners, beleaguered by plan- ning issues, have decided to hire outside, professional help to as- sist them move toward com- pliance with the state Growth Management Act requirements. The board on Tuesday author- ized Gary Yando, community development director, to solicit telephone bids from the small works roster for the services of a GMA policy advisor and a plan- ning consultant. The consul- tants will assist Yando and Bob Fink, county planner, in resolv- ing specific comprehensive plan and development regulations is- sues identified by the Western Washington Growth Manage- ment Hearings Board as non- compliant or invalid according to the GMA. ON JANUARY 14, the hear- ings board issued findings of in- validity, partial compliance, continued noncompliance and continued invalidity in the county's revised plan and land- use regulations, Yando reported. The county has 180 days from the date of the order to respond to those findings on the amended plan adopted last August. "In order for us to move for- ward in the effort to fix the cur- rent problems, as they are identi- fied in the growth board's deci- sions, the department of commu- nity development feels that we need to seek consultant assis- tance," Yando stated. "This is due to the fact that we are cur- rently in the process of working on issues that affect our resource ordinance." The Interim Resource Ordi- nance is designed to protect criti- cal areas such as agricultural resource lands, aquifer recharge areas, frequently flooded lands, forestlands and fish and wild- life habitat during the growth planning process. For the advisor position, the county is looking for a firm or individual with "extensive ex- pertise" in growth-management issues and hearings board deci- sions who can help assess what actions are required to bring the county plan into compliance with the GMA and make recom- mendations on various courses of actions which the county could pursue, Yando noted. FOR THE PLANNER posi- tion, Yando continued, the coun- ty is seeking a firm or individu- al with previous GMA experience who "can quickly collaborate to define work products and move to produce them." Hiring from the small works roster is acceptable when the costs are between $2,500 and $25,000, Yando said. After con- tacting three or four firms by telephone, he added, "I'll come back to the board and see where we're going." Thursday, March 18, 1999 113th Year - Number 11 5 Sections - 42 Pages SO Cents Kneeland land reported bought for $7.7 million The sale of the Kneeland prop- erty located west .f I!ghway 101 and south of theort $," Shelton was completed on Monday, ac- cording to the owner's family, but details were sketchy at press time Wednesday. Don Kneeland of Olympia, nephew of John Kneeland who is the general partner of Goose Lake Enterprises, a family limited partnership, confirmed that the property consisting of some 722- plus acres sold for $7.75-million. The new owner of the property is Shelton 101 Limited Liability Corporation, Kneeland said. Rumors of the sale had been swirling about Shelton for months. More details about it will appear in The Journal next week. Another By JEFF GREEN Who said things couldn't get worse along rain-soaked Highway 101? Now a mudslide four miles north of the large slide blocking Highway 101 near Lilliwaup is becoming active and moving to- ward the highway near Jorsted Creek, according to a spokesman for the Washington State Depart- ment of Transportation. An earlier slide at Milepost 322 slide threatens 101 just south of Jorsted Creek has reduced traffic to one lane for lo- cal access only. But last weekend a large mass of material started oozing toward the highway at the rate of five feet a day and has the potential to be as big as the slide at Milepost 326 a mile north of Lilliwaup, said Don Whitehouse, assistant regional administrator for operations for the DOT. "I was up there on Monday and you can still hear the trees breaking," Whitehouse told The Journal about the slide area near Jorsted Creek. Tuesday a contrac- tor began removing downed trees there via a helicopter. WHITEHOUSE SAID the contractor would try Wednesday to begin removing "danger trees" from the large slide just nbrth of Lilliwaup. So-called danger trees are ary that have been disturbed (Please turn to page 2.) ay for Life lets Hupp Man hurt in clash at shelter wctory over cancer Five people are being investi- never has been an authorized res- and broke the door down, police gated for assault in the first de- ident of the Mason County Shel- said. The five defendants then gree after they were arrested in ter," Adamson told the court, punched and kicked Jones before Hupp heads out of Relay for Life be marking the of her bout with says, "I can use motivate, prom- SOmething we need Hupp maintains, off some of the accompany the "It's not so scary deal with it." Her ou deal with it in chronicling her the disease. STEP was diag- of a lump in way back in not a real surprise; of fibrocystic dis- ady undergone There about it. iopsy June 13, Her husband, his mother in the her son-in- took her to Hospital where the' wait for a call," "we had a deal on Thursday, the conver- U the office, and he good news and bad was that a cyst he tested was okay. The bad news was that the lump in my breast was malignant. "I knew," she reflected, "that he to give me the news on the phone. But I had told him, 'I want to know everything right up front.' So the question was what were we going to do, and he outlined the options." THE HARDEST thing she had to cope with, she said, was telling Jay and their two daugh- ters. She had an hour before Jay picked her up. The first thing she did, she says, was pray. "I said, 'Okay, Blessed Mother, if I've ever needed your help, I need it now.' And the peace I received was incredible." Her husband's reaction? "Frustration and anger," she said, but he knew that wasn't helpful. So he matched my responses; all the way through, he went with my reactions." Telling daughters Tammy Put- vin and Kelley Hupp was tough, but at least they were together, in Nevada at a reunion of Adak, Alaska, schoolmates. It was a happy circumstance that Tammy, newly married, and Kelley, at- tending school in Hawaii, were in the same place. "It would .have been worse," she said, "if Kelley were in Hawaii by herself." On June 17, Dr. Ogle intro- duced Diana to Dr. Ann Murphy, a Bremerton oncologist. Surgery was set for the following Wednes- day. Plans were set as firmly as they could be without knowing turn to 9.) connection with an incident in which a man was allegedly kicked down the stairs of the Mason County Shelter and hit in the face with a two-by-four. Jayson Jones, 16, was taken to Mason General Hospital with bro- ken bones in his face. He was treated there and released to the custody of his parents, according to the Shelton Police Department. Five people are scheduled for arraignment on March 25 in con- nection with the events of last Saturday. Two of them were ap- parently living at the homeless shelter without the knowledge of the management. Judge James Sawyer found probable cause for the arrest of: • Daniel Lee Andrews, 21, of 415 South 14th Street, Shelton. Sawyer appointed Ron Sergi to be his attorney and set bail at $25,000. Andrews also faces alle- gations that he violated the condi- tions of his release in a drug pos- session case. * Jessi Mason, 20, of 208 North First Street, Shelton. She has been living at the shelter since 1996. Attorney Rich Adam- son has been asked to begin evic- tion proceedings against her. Sawyer appointed Jeanette Boothe to be her attorney and set bail at $10,000 cash or bond. * Duane Arthur Brennan, 18, of Shelton. He says he has been living at the shelter. "He Sawyer appointed Ann Stenberg to be his attorney and set bail at $25,000. • Clifton Allen Parker, 18, of 1014 Wilson Street, Olympia. Deputy Prosecutor Reinhold Schuetz told the court he has several prior convictions. Sawyer appointed Richard Woodrow to be his attorney and set a cash-only bail of $25,000. • Meliasa A. Rodgers, 20, of Shelton. She too gave the shelter as her home address but Adam- son said she's not authorized to live there either. "That's where I was staying. That's where I was living with Jessi," Rodgers said. Sawyer appointed Charles Lane to be her attorney and set bail at $15,000. "All five subjects involved were underage and had been drinking," Schuetz said. Judge Sawyer, how- ever, did not find probable cause for their arrest on charges of be- ing minors in possession of alco- hol. The trouble happened last Sat- urday night at a party in Mason's apartment at the shelter, accord- ing to the report of Detective Jer- ry Lingle of the Shelton Police Department. Jones went into the bathroom with a female and locked the door, according to the statement of probable cause. The others mistakenly thought the female was being attacked the three men dragged him out into the hall and threw him down the stairs, court papers allege. Po- lice are investigating allegations that he was hit in the face with an eight-foot two-by-four. Supervisors of the shelter are now trying to have Mason evict- ed. The incident occurred in a wing set aside for developmental- ly disabled people. "It is a view of the shelter that this action placed those developmentally disabled tenants in great jeopardy," Adam- son said. Judge Sawyer told four of the defendants to stay away from the shelter, as well as from each other. He can't tell Mason to stay away because she currently has a lease for her apartment there. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 On the inside Births .................................. 14 Clauifleds ......................... 27 Community Calendar ....... 7 Crosaword ......................... 32 Entertainment, Dining... 26 Journal of Health ............ 14 Journal of Record ........... 16 Obituaries ................... 17, 18 Opinions, Letters ............... 4 Sports ................................. 20 Tides ................................... 19 Weather .............................. 19 IMHilIHIMIHHIHIHHIIHIIHIIHIIHIIIHIIIIIHIIHIH Court rules in favor of state board Mason County has challenged the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board rulings on its 1996 Comprehen- sive Plan all the way to the Washington State Court of Ap- peals, but without success. In a ruling issued March 5 the Court of Appeals upheld the find- ings of the hearings board against each of the county's ar- guments. The appellate court ruled that (Please turn to page 12.) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIilIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlUlIIIIIIIII Dick Taylor Taylor to head chamber Shelton resident Dick Taylor has been named the new execu- tive director of the Shelton-Mason County Chamber of Commerce. Taylor, 57, a former U.S. Navy commander, was hired last Fri- day from among three finalists for the job. He started working half days at the chamber on Monday. He currently is executive officer of the Home Builders Association of Mason County, a half-time po- sition, and will start working full time at the chamber on April 1. He said his main objective at the chamber is to create an at- mosphere to attract business and industry to the local community. He'll also work to attract mem- bers to the chamber and retain their membership. "I want to build a rapport with all the other agencies, like the Economic Development Council of Mason County and Olde Towne Shelton Association, that have a common goal," Taylor told The Journal. 'rhe goals are similar, "You've got to have a synergy between the organizations that are working together to improve our community." Taylor is a former head of se- curity at Bangor Submarine Base in Kitsap County. In addition to his work with the Home Builders Association, Taylor also serves as a study skills paraprofessional at Shelton High School, working with young people. A native of Martinez, Califor- nia, he retired from the Navy in 1993 after spending several years in Turkey as the U.S. national representative with NATO. He also served two years as the com- manding officer at the Pacific Beach naval facility in Grays Harbor County. Taylor is past president of the Shelton Lions Club and a member of both the Washington State Vet- erans of Foreign Wars and Ameri- can Legion Post 31, Shelton. He and his wife, Marlene, have four grown children and five grand- children. He's familiar to thousands of locals as the Republican who wore out lots of shoe leather while running unsuccessfully for the Washington State Senate in 1997 and for the House in 1998. He lost to Tim Sheldon the first time and Bill Eickmeyer the second. ORE 970 COMP GROSSENBACHER BROS INC 1166 NE 31ST AVE PORTLAND OR 97232 LOCAL RESIDENTS PROTESTING the degradation of the Skokomish River by the Cushmman Hydroelectric Project wave signs at the powerhouse in Potlatch on Sunday. nstrators decry ' effect on Skok de, it was a day for and action against "rivers, waters to activists for on the eve of federal several species of to local waters as d, demonstrators fo- impact of the Cush- on salmon Sunday as mgns at passing over the out- Potlatch power- the organizers, Skoko- resident Guy Par- International Riv- Day of Action dem- powerhouse was public of the degra-i Skokomish by the Light dams on the North Fork. IN THE day, the re Parsons, and Mary Ann Jose Vigil. Renee Vigil also had been Parsons said. course of Sunday, me 25 people took demonstration. end," Parsons said, from the Skoko- Church showed up and took part with bells and prayers." The roar of passing traf- fic and the steady rumble of the three Allis-Chalmers generators in the powerhouse were joined by the sound of their bells and na- tive chant. Parsons says the Skokomish River has been interfered with at every turn. The two Cushman dams have reduced habitat, inter- fered with the river's channel ca- pacity, and exacerbated flooding problems, he said. On Sunday, he handed out a song sheet with his revision of the '60s protest song, "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" In Par- sons' take, it was "Where Have All the Salmon Gone?" and the answer rings, "This dam stops them from getting home." AND THE IMPACT is on more than salmon, Parsons said. "I'm tired of this affecting all our lives. I'm tired of the taxpayers paying for it." For Parsons, concern about the dwindling salmon resources is a generational thing. "My grandfa- ther protested the same way," he said, referring to the late Red Parsons, whose letters to The Journal were legendary. "He used to say commercial fishing in the canal was allowing fishing in a bathtub. He talked about the old days when the canal was full of salmon. Now we never see any- thing." Parsons said Jean Smith, one of the women, made reference to his efforts on behalf of the river as "Red's blood come back to help the tribe." Clearly moved, Par- sons said Tuesday that the wom- en's "ringing the big bells and chanting for 45 minutes was defi- nitely the highlight of the day. It was an incredible scene." Reflecting on the factors that impel him to action, Parsons said, 'Tou've got three' factors: science, policy and economics all playing into decisions that are made. "WE'VE BEEN turning our backs on the best available sci- ence and making decisions for the short term," he said, calling the local, state and national regula- tory agencies "useless. "They've got analysis paraly- sis," he contended. "They've got agency protectionism. And mean- while, the fish don't have a place to live." He's concerned that a flood plan for the Skokomish has been shelved. "Before they do any dredging, they've got to figure out how to keep the river opened and moving." Besieged county seeks profession00 help IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll|lllllllllllllllllIIIIl! The Mason County commis- sioners, beleaguered by plan- ning issues, have decided to hire outside, professional help to as- sist them move toward com- pliance with the state Growth Management Act requirements. The board on Tuesday author- ized Gary Yando, community development director, to solicit telephone bids from the small works roster for the services of a GMA policy advisor and a plan- ning consultant. The consul- tants will assist Yando and Bob Fink, county planner, in resolv- ing specific comprehensive plan and development regulations is- sues identified by the Western Washington Growth Manage- ment Hearings Board as non- compliant or invalid according to the GMA. ON JANUARY 14, the hear- ings board issued findings of in- validity, partial compliance, continued noncompliance and continued invalidity in the county's revised plan and land- use regulations, Yando reported. The county has 180 days from the date of the order to respond to those findings on the amended plan adopted last August. "In order for us to move for- ward in the effort to fix the cur- rent problems, as they are identi- fied in the growth board's deci- sions, the department of commu- nity development feels that we need to seek consultant assis- tance," Yando stated. "This is due to the fact that we are cur- rently in the process of working on issues that affect our resource ordinance." The Interim Resource Ordi- nance is designed to protect criti- cal areas such as agricultural resource lands, aquifer recharge areas, frequently flooded lands, forestlands and fish and wild- life habitat during the growth planning process. For the advisor position, the county is looking for a firm or individual with "extensive ex- pertise" in growth-management issues and hearings board deci- sions who can help assess what actions are required to bring the county plan into compliance with the GMA and make recom- mendations on various courses of actions which the county could pursue, Yando noted. FOR THE PLANNER posi- tion, Yando continued, the coun- ty is seeking a firm or individu- al with previous GMA experience who "can quickly collaborate to define work products and move to produce them." Hiring from the small works roster is acceptable when the costs are between $2,500 and $25,000, Yando said. After con- tacting three or four firms by telephone, he added, "I'll come back to the board and see where we're going." Thursday, March 18, 1999 113th Year - Number 11 5 Sections - 42 Pages SO Cents Kneeland land reported bought for $7.7 million The sale of the Kneeland prop- erty located west .f I!ghway 101 and south of theort $," Shelton was completed on Monday, ac- cording to the owner's family, but details were sketchy at press time Wednesday. Don Kneeland of Olympia, nephew of John Kneeland who is the general partner of Goose Lake Enterprises, a family limited partnership, confirmed that the property consisting of some 722- plus acres sold for $7.75-million. The new owner of the property is Shelton 101 Limited Liability Corporation, Kneeland said. Rumors of the sale had been swirling about Shelton for months. More details about it will appear in The Journal next week. Another By JEFF GREEN Who said things couldn't get worse along rain-soaked Highway 101? Now a mudslide four miles north of the large slide blocking Highway 101 near Lilliwaup is becoming active and moving to- ward the highway near Jorsted Creek, according to a spokesman for the Washington State Depart- ment of Transportation. An earlier slide at Milepost 322 slide threatens 101 just south of Jorsted Creek has reduced traffic to one lane for lo- cal access only. But last weekend a large mass of material started oozing toward the highway at the rate of five feet a day and has the potential to be as big as the slide at Milepost 326 a mile north of Lilliwaup, said Don Whitehouse, assistant regional administrator for operations for the DOT. "I was up there on Monday and you can still hear the trees breaking," Whitehouse told The Journal about the slide area near Jorsted Creek. Tuesday a contrac- tor began removing downed trees there via a helicopter. WHITEHOUSE SAID the contractor would try Wednesday to begin removing "danger trees" from the large slide just nbrth of Lilliwaup. So-called danger trees are ary that have been disturbed (Please turn to page 2.) ay for Life lets Hupp Man hurt in clash at shelter wctory over cancer Five people are being investi- never has been an authorized res- and broke the door down, police gated for assault in the first de- ident of the Mason County Shel- said. The five defendants then gree after they were arrested in ter," Adamson told the court, punched and kicked Jones before Hupp heads out of Relay for Life be marking the of her bout with says, "I can use motivate, prom- SOmething we need Hupp maintains, off some of the accompany the "It's not so scary deal with it." Her ou deal with it in chronicling her the disease. STEP was diag- of a lump in way back in not a real surprise; of fibrocystic dis- ady undergone There about it. iopsy June 13, Her husband, his mother in the her son-in- took her to Hospital where the' wait for a call," "we had a deal on Thursday, the conver- U the office, and he good news and bad was that a cyst he tested was okay. The bad news was that the lump in my breast was malignant. "I knew," she reflected, "that he to give me the news on the phone. But I had told him, 'I want to know everything right up front.' So the question was what were we going to do, and he outlined the options." THE HARDEST thing she had to cope with, she said, was telling Jay and their two daugh- ters. She had an hour before Jay picked her up. The first thing she did, she says, was pray. "I said, 'Okay, Blessed Mother, if I've ever needed your help, I need it now.' And the peace I received was incredible." Her husband's reaction? "Frustration and anger," she said, but he knew that wasn't helpful. So he matched my responses; all the way through, he went with my reactions." Telling daughters Tammy Put- vin and Kelley Hupp was tough, but at least they were together, in Nevada at a reunion of Adak, Alaska, schoolmates. It was a happy circumstance that Tammy, newly married, and Kelley, at- tending school in Hawaii, were in the same place. "It would .have been worse," she said, "if Kelley were in Hawaii by herself." On June 17, Dr. Ogle intro- duced Diana to Dr. Ann Murphy, a Bremerton oncologist. Surgery was set for the following Wednes- day. Plans were set as firmly as they could be without knowing turn to 9.) connection with an incident in which a man was allegedly kicked down the stairs of the Mason County Shelter and hit in the face with a two-by-four. Jayson Jones, 16, was taken to Mason General Hospital with bro- ken bones in his face. He was treated there and released to the custody of his parents, according to the Shelton Police Department. Five people are scheduled for arraignment on March 25 in con- nection with the events of last Saturday. Two of them were ap- parently living at the homeless shelter without the knowledge of the management. Judge James Sawyer found probable cause for the arrest of: • Daniel Lee Andrews, 21, of 415 South 14th Street, Shelton. Sawyer appointed Ron Sergi to be his attorney and set bail at $25,000. Andrews also faces alle- gations that he violated the condi- tions of his release in a drug pos- session case. * Jessi Mason, 20, of 208 North First Street, Shelton. She has been living at the shelter since 1996. Attorney Rich Adam- son has been asked to begin evic- tion proceedings against her. Sawyer appointed Jeanette Boothe to be her attorney and set bail at $10,000 cash or bond. * Duane Arthur Brennan, 18, of Shelton. He says he has been living at the shelter. "He Sawyer appointed Ann Stenberg to be his attorney and set bail at $25,000. • Clifton Allen Parker, 18, of 1014 Wilson Street, Olympia. Deputy Prosecutor Reinhold Schuetz told the court he has several prior convictions. Sawyer appointed Richard Woodrow to be his attorney and set a cash-only bail of $25,000. • Meliasa A. Rodgers, 20, of Shelton. She too gave the shelter as her home address but Adam- son said she's not authorized to live there either. "That's where I was staying. That's where I was living with Jessi," Rodgers said. Sawyer appointed Charles Lane to be her attorney and set bail at $15,000. "All five subjects involved were underage and had been drinking," Schuetz said. Judge Sawyer, how- ever, did not find probable cause for their arrest on charges of be- ing minors in possession of alco- hol. The trouble happened last Sat- urday night at a party in Mason's apartment at the shelter, accord- ing to the report of Detective Jer- ry Lingle of the Shelton Police Department. Jones went into the bathroom with a female and locked the door, according to the statement of probable cause. The others mistakenly thought the female was being attacked the three men dragged him out into the hall and threw him down the stairs, court papers allege. Po- lice are investigating allegations that he was hit in the face with an eight-foot two-by-four. Supervisors of the shelter are now trying to have Mason evict- ed. The incident occurred in a wing set aside for developmental- ly disabled people. "It is a view of the shelter that this action placed those developmentally disabled tenants in great jeopardy," Adam- son said. Judge Sawyer told four of the defendants to stay away from the shelter, as well as from each other. He can't tell Mason to stay away because she currently has a lease for her apartment there. 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 On the inside Births .................................. 14 Clauifleds ......................... 27 Community Calendar ....... 7 Crosaword ......................... 32 Entertainment, Dining... 26 Journal of Health ............ 14 Journal of Record ........... 16 Obituaries ................... 17, 18 Opinions, Letters ............... 4 Sports ................................. 20 Tides ................................... 19 Weather .............................. 19 IHHHHIMIHHIHIHHIIHIIHIIHIIHIIIHIIIIIHIIHIH Court rules in favor of state board Mason County has challenged the Western Washington Growth Management Hearings Board rulings on its 1996 Comprehen- sive Plan all the way to the Washington State Court of Ap- peals, but without success. In a ruling issued March 5 the Court of Appeals upheld the find- ings of the hearings board against each of the county's ar- guments. The appellate court ruled that (Please turn to page 12.) IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIilIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlUlIIIIIIIII Dick Taylor Taylor to head chamber Shelton resident Dick Taylor has been named the new execu- tive director of the Shelton-Mason County Chamber of Commerce. Taylor, 57, a former U.S. Navy commander, was hired last Fri- day from among three finalists for the job. He started working half days at the chamber on Monday. He currently is executive officer of the Home Builders Association of Mason County, a half-time po- sition, and will start working full time at the chamber on April 1. He said his main objective at the chamber is to create an at- mosphere to attract business and industry to the local community. He'll also work to attract mem- bers to the chamber and retain their membership. "I want to build a rapport with all the other agencies, like the Economic Development Council of Mason County and Olde Towne Shelton Association, that have a common goal," Taylor told The Journal. 'rhe goals are similar, "You've got to have a synergy between the organizations that are working together to improve our community." Taylor is a former head of se- curity at Bangor Submarine Base in Kitsap County. In addition to his work with the Home Builders Association, Taylor also serves as a study skills paraprofessional at Shelton High School, working with young people. A native of Martinez, Califor- nia, he retired from the Navy in 1993 after spending several years in Turkey as the U.S. national representative with NATO. He also served two years as the com- manding officer at the Pacific Beach naval facility in Grays Harbor County. Taylor is past president of the Shelton Lions Club and a member of both the Washington State Vet- erans of Foreign Wars and Ameri- can Legion Post 31, Shelton. He and his wife, Marlene, have four grown children and five grand- children. He's familiar to thousands of locals as the Republican who wore out lots of shoe leather while running unsuccessfully for the Washington State Senate in 1997 and for the House in 1998. He lost to Tim Sheldon the first time and Bill Eickmeyer the second.