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ORE ,97( COMP GROSSFNBACNE# BROS; IN(" 1166 NE31ST AVE PORILAND OR 97232 Community chips in to start Wood house working to build a for the Wood family the footings Tuesday assist from Miles of Rick and Paula 331 East Julian Road area was destroyed ruary 22 fire that life of their young- 4-year-old Ivy. work for and live Fire District 5 to help the family home. Paula Wood firefighter for 5, and Rick Wood is a lieutenant. of District 5 's need about to rebuild the house. doesn't include the volunteer labor or ility that local busi- contribute a roof and 7stem. rE'RE LOOKING at We really have, what donated and what Knight said. Works are a dinner to be held in May garage sale planned for 8 at the former Na- rd Armory in down- Kni said that pretty close to d be enough to we finish the house," not we'll have more School raised $950 Project at a rummage goods sale held last and another $250 sell- beer floats. Employees Timber Compa- over the week- PEOPLE helped Ld spread concrete for provided by Miles is putting togeth- nteers to per- tasks. He can be at 275-6159 or 275- lation can also by calling Sandi 10. said the volunteers house will be finished begins. meantime, the Wood MARK MOTTET of Fire District 5 shovels concrete from a wheelbtrrow held by a worker from contrac- tor K.C. Ellison this week as the foundation is laid for a new house for Rick and Paula Wood. Their Agate home was destroyed by fire last month, and their community is helping them rebuild. In the background is Strider Klussman of District 5. family is living on Harstine Is- land as the guests of a Seattle attorney and awaiting the re- turn of Melanie. Their 19-year- old daughter is in Seattle's Har- borview Medical Center recover- ing from third-degree burns suf- fered while trying to rescue Ivy from the blaze. Their 16-year-old daughter, Melissa, and Melanie's 4- month-old son, Gabriel, escaped without any serious injuries. Their parents were on the way to work when the fire broke out around 6:30 a.m. Fire Marshal Dave Salzer has concluded that the fire was probably started by the wood- stove. ,es to restore Northwest runs undetermined l°Unty residents and waiting for the im- of several in- men species on the list. lesignation de- 16 for Puget and Hood Canal is "threatened" Langered." No lin- ens will apply to activities in the Species are listed as said U.S. Department Marine Fisheries an Brian Gor- remain to be and state en- to make their salmon protection of the federal lg the next few Marine Fisheries West Coast Puget Sound, the Columbia and rivers and Lake and the Upper Columbia as endangered. Endangered said, a spe- e extinct is A spe- endangered future is action is essen- a valuable natural of income and a is so special ;," said Commerce Secre- Daley in an- has direct- al Oceanic and At- to in- devoted to the Northwest and asked Congress for $100 million to go directly to state and local governments and Indian tribes. The funds, he said, will help defray "the costs of de- veloping and implementing plans to restore the fish to sustainable populations and to protect and re- store healthy streams and the clean water upon which they - and all of us - depend." LISTINGS WILL become ef- fective 60 days from March 16. The endangered Upper Colum- bia River chinook will receive au- tomatic protections under the En- dangered Species Act, and some federal rules affecting activities on federal lands or projects re- quiring federal permits will go into effect for the threatened spe- cies. On nonfederal lands, so-called "4(d) rules," protective regula- tions to be proposed later, will be tailored to mesh with existing conservation measures in the rel- evant areas, according to federal sources. Tribal, state and local entities will be involved in determining those restrictions. WHILE NOBODY was pre- dicting what measures would be imposed on landowners, agricul- ture, municipalities, utilities and other entities involved with the lands and activities adjacent to waters designated as affected by the declarations, numerous enti- ties were gearing up to deal with the mandates to plan for protec- tive measures. Don Haring, regional technical coordinator for the Washington Conservation Commission, said his agency will work with the fed- eral fisheries department and other state and local government entities "at what rules or other protective measures will get im- posed. "We have met with some of the watershed experts throughout the area," Haring said. The conserva- tion commission will also work with available studies and litera- ture. PRELIMINARY information, he said, indicates that restoration of fish runs will involve dealing with: • Fish-passage barriers such as dams. • In-stream alterations. "One thing we lack in many streams," he instanced, "is a good comple- ment of downed pieces of large wood, typically a root ball with trunk and associated log jams that form much of the stability and diversity needed in channels if they're to produce salmon." • Riparian habitat. "Large sec- tions of streams have had ripar- ian-zone vegetation removed," he said, citing effects that include a lack of downed woody debris, lack of cover for fish, increased water temperature and increased ero- sion along streambeds. • Runoff problems. "Obviously," Haring explained, "in some of the systems we have a very large increase in the amount of water coming in (during storm events) due to runoff from devel- opment." • Marine water changes such as bulkheads and constriction of estuaries. • Water quality. In Puget Sound, Haring indicated, water- quality issues are mainly asso- ciated with nonpoint pollution from agricultural animal access, failed septic systems and road runoff. (A discussion of the local decision-making process is on page 2.) SHS fumes over vandals' damage to several lawns By JEFF GREEN A case of vandalism that re- sulted in deep ruts and tire tracks on several lawns at Shelton High School last Friday night has school officials and students fum- ing. "I came in this (Monday) morn- ing and I was angry," said vice principal Pat Ena. "We've worked so hard the last four years to make this a nice place for kids. It's very upsetting." A high-school custodian phoned police at 10:29 p.m. Fri- day to report a vehicle was driv- ing on the lawns around the SHS library. Minutes later, a Shelton officer stopped a gray 1987 Nis- san Pathfinder on Olympic High-. way North at I Street because it matched the description of the ve- hicle seen at the high school, said Shelton Police Lieutenant Ken Dobie. There was dirt and sod on the sport utility vehicle, he added. The driver, 17, and a passeng- er, 16, both Shelton males, were taken into custody, then released to their parents. Dobie said the matter has been referred to juve- nile authorities and the driver faces possible charges of reckless driving and malicious mischief in connection with the incident. "IT'S GOING TO be a very expensive proposition to have somebody pay for it," Ena said. The school district will pay an in- dependent contractor to come in and assess the damage, then fix it, he added. Don Szolomayer, Shelton School District's maintenance di- rector, said the damage would amount to at least $2,000 to $3,000 because the area must be filled in and re-sodded. "That's real labor-intensive," Szolomayer said. "A lot of people worked really hard to make that campus look nicer." "I think a lot of students are very upset," Ena said. "Unnec- essary. For what? This kind of thing - there's just no reqson for it." CAMPUS LEADERS were also outraged by the vandalism. "First of all, I felt kind of hurt," said Aime Pierce, a senior and president of the SHS Associated Student Body. "Our ASB has worked hard to make things nice around the school. It's kind of like a slap in the face, knowing that not everybody is taking what other people feel into considera- tion. And that's really rude." "I think that it's really disgust- ing," said Gigi Van Aagten, a se- nior and ASB secretary. "We walk through this campus every day. It's disgusting. We take pride in it and they don't take it seriously," she said of the vandals. Nobody is allowed even to walk on the grass, Van Aagten said. "we yell at them," she said of stu- dents who notice other kids and even faculty members crossing the lawns. "We want it to look nice. It's pretty old as it is. They're making it worse," said sophomore class president Ryan Burleson. "I was pretty mad." "IT REALLY kind of dis- turbed me," said junior class sec- retary Nick Cronquist. "The cam- pus has become beautiful. That someone would destroy it, it really kind of hurts. We are work- ing hard to make this beautiful." "This campus is right on the verge of perfection," said Shelton Police Officer Harry Heldreth, who for the past two school years has worked on the SHS campus. "It's probably one of the safest schools in the state," he added. "We're pro-active, making sure the kids in the community are safe," Ena said. "It could have been a lot worse," said SHS Principal Mello- dy Matthes. "Grass can be re- placed. No buildings were dam- aged; no one was hurt." THE INCIDENT, the first major case of vandalism at SHS this school year, has made Matthes realize the students have a lot of pride in the campus, she said. "A lesson was learned by all of us. We care about Shelton High School. I'm glad the kids care. They're expressing that quite vo- cally all over campus." The ASB has spent $6,000 on trash cans to alleviate a littering problem at the school. Matthes said that situation is improving as a result. "I actually sense a lot of pride in the school," she said. LAWNS AT SHELTON HIGH SCHOOL were torn up by a vehicle that plowed through the campus Friday night. Two youngsters were de- tained as a result of the incident. Thursday, March 25, 1999 113th Year - Number 12 4 Sections - 34 Pages 50 Cents State begins to clear one mudslide on 101 By JEFF GREEN State highway workers began trying to clear one lane of High- way 101 on Tuesday afternoon at the site of the huge mudslide a mile north of Lilliwaup. Geologists determined earlier this week that the slide at Mile- post 326, which has closed the highway at that point since Feb- ruary 24, had stabilized enough to allow workers to begin remov- ing debris. "we're hoping one lane will be open by the end of the week for local access only," said Ann Briggs, a spokeswoman with the Washington State Department of Transportation. That should come as welcome news to residents living on the north side of the Lilliwaup slide who have been forced to drive on a lengthy U.S. Forest Service road from Hamma Hamma to Lake Cushman to bypass the mudslide. BUT FOUR MILES north of the Lilliwaup slide, at Milepost 322 just south of Eldon, the news was not as good. Briggs said a large slide there, which has blocked both lanes of Highway i01, is still moving. The Depart- ment of Transportation is work- ing with a contractor to install some drainage pipes into the hill- side in order to lower the water level and reduce slide movement, Briggs said. And despite the re- cent drier weather, water content in the hillside has remained high, causing continued movement. Permanent repairs are esti- mated at $8 to $10 million at each of the two slide areas. Repair work is expected to be done this summer. The Department of Transportation has started the process for obtaining federal emergency repair funds. At the local level, the Mason County Department of Emergen- cy Management has moved its communications trailer and Mass Care Unit truck into place at the Hoodsport Fire Hall to convert the community meeting room there into an emergency shelter if needed. The truck contains a kitchen unit, medical and other supplies, a generator and other things needed to establish a re- mote-type of shelter, said Joe Murray, director of the emergen- cy management department. In addition, Murray said his department has contracted with Mason County Medic One to pro- vide a Sprint (single paramedic, rapid intervention, non-transport) unit at the Hamma Hamma fire station located on the north side of the Lilliwaup mudslide. Since :i last Friday, a paramedic has been i on duty there 24 hours a day and in case of a medical emergency, will treat sick or injured people until a medical helicopter or am- i:':i bulance arrives. "WHILE WE appreciate the efforts of the DOT and crews to open the slide to one lane of traf- fic and opening the bypass, that does not meet the needs of all the :: populace," Murray said. "A large population of senior citizens : (north of the Lilliwaup slide) have i relied on Mason County Transit * to get down to Shelton for shop- ping and doctor's appointments:"  On Monday, the emergency management department con- tracted with Evergreen Transpor- i! tation, a Shelton taxi company, to ii pick up a woman north of the slide and take her to a medical (Please turn to page 12.) Altercation not at shelter The altercation that resulted in charges against several individu- als in Mason County Superior Court wasn't at the Mason Coun- ty Shelter, as was reported in last week's Journal. Shelter executive director Jack Nevins noted that the incident oc- curred at an apartment facility next to, and owned by, Mason County Shelter. Jessi Mason, one of the defendants in the assault case, was a tenant of the low-in- come apartments the shelter op- erates, Nevins said, but she was already under a notice of violation that had been served in early February. "The eviction process had been initiated," Nevins said Friday. Representatives of the shelter were concerned that news of an altercation at the shelter would reflect poorly on their agency and were quick to correct some of the information in last week's story. Officials in court proceedings last week, which identified Ma- son, Duane A. Brennan, Melissa A. Rodgers, Clifton A. Parker and Daniel L. Andrews as partici- pants in a fracas in which 16- year-old Jayson Jones was knocked downstairs, indicated that Mason, Brennan and Rodg- ers lived at the shelter. Not so, Nevins said last week. He ex- plained that the shelter operates a six-unit apartment building, Shelton Creek Apartments, adja- cent to the shelter facility. "It's low-income housing and we pro- vide case management," he said. And while Mason was a tenant, Nevins noted that she had been sent a letter February 2 notifying her that unless she rectified the situation of other people living in her apartment in violation of the terms of her rental agreement, it would be terminated. The others weren't living there "without knowledge of the man- agement," as last week's story stated, Nevins said. In fact, he said, Brennan and Rodgers had been seen on the premises multi- ple times and it was on that ac- count that eviction proceedings had been initiated. Although Richard Adamson, attorney for the shelter, indicated that the facility where Mason lived was a wing for developmen- tally disabled people, that isn't quite the case, stated Nevins and one of the other tenants of the building. Many of the tenants are developmentally disabled, Nevins said. One who wasn't took irate issue with the statement as well. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII On the inside Births .................................. 16 Classifieds ......................... 25 Community Calendar ....... 7 Crossword ............. , ........... 29 Entertainment, Dining... 24 Health Journal ................. l& Journal of Record ........... 16 Obituaries ......................... 14 Opinions, Letters ............... 4 Sports ................................. 18 Tides ................................... 30 Weather .............................. 22 tfllIfllIHIflIIIIIIIIilIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIII t ORE ,97( COMP GROSSFNBACNE# BROS; IN(" 1166 NE31ST AVE PORILAND OR 97232 Community chips in to start Wood house working to build a for the Wood family the footings Tuesday assist from Miles of Rick and Paula 331 East Julian Road area was destroyed ruary 22 fire that life of their young- 4-year-old Ivy. work for and live Fire District 5 to help the family home. Paula Wood firefighter for 5, and Rick Wood is a lieutenant. of District 5 's need about to rebuild the house. doesn't include the volunteer labor or ility that local busi- contribute a roof and 7stem. rE'RE LOOKING at We really have, what donated and what Knight said. Works are a dinner to be held in May garage sale planned for 8 at the former Na- rd Armory in down- Kni said that pretty close to d be enough to we finish the house," not we'll have more School raised $950 Project at a rummage goods sale held last and another $250 sell- beer floats. Employees Timber Compa- over the week- PEOPLE helped Ld spread concrete for provided by Miles is putting togeth- nteers to per- tasks. He can be at 275-6159 or 275- lation can also by calling Sandi 10. said the volunteers house will be finished begins. meantime, the Wood MARK MOTTET of Fire District 5 shovels concrete from a wheelbtrrow held by a worker from contrac- tor K.C. Ellison this week as the foundation is laid for a new house for Rick and Paula Wood. Their Agate home was destroyed by fire last month, and their community is helping them rebuild. In the background is Strider Klussman of District 5. family is living on Harstine Is- land as the guests of a Seattle attorney and awaiting the re- turn of Melanie. Their 19-year- old daughter is in Seattle's Har- borview Medical Center recover- ing from third-degree burns suf- fered while trying to rescue Ivy from the blaze. Their 16-year-old daughter, Melissa, and Melanie's 4- month-old son, Gabriel, escaped without any serious injuries. Their parents were on the way to work when the fire broke out around 6:30 a.m. Fire Marshal Dave Salzer has concluded that the fire was probably started by the wood- stove. ,es to restore Northwest runs undetermined l°Unty residents and waiting for the im- of several in- men species on the list. lesignation de- 16 for Puget and Hood Canal is "threatened" Langered." No lin- ens will apply to activities in the Species are listed as said U.S. Department Marine Fisheries an Brian Gor- remain to be and state en- to make their salmon protection of the federal lg the next few Marine Fisheries West Coast Puget Sound, the Columbia and rivers and Lake and the Upper Columbia as endangered. Endangered said, a spe- e extinct is A spe- endangered future is action is essen- a valuable natural of income and a is so special ;," said Commerce Secre- Daley in an- has direct- al Oceanic and At- to in- devoted to the Northwest and asked Congress for $100 million to go directly to state and local governments and Indian tribes. The funds, he said, will help defray "the costs of de- veloping and implementing plans to restore the fish to sustainable populations and to protect and re- store healthy streams and the clean water upon which they - and all of us - depend." LISTINGS WILL become ef- fective 60 days from March 16. The endangered Upper Colum- bia River chinook will receive au- tomatic protections under the En- dangered Species Act, and some federal rules affecting activities on federal lands or projects re- quiring federal permits will go into effect for the threatened spe- cies. On nonfederal lands, so-called "4(d) rules," protective regula- tions to be proposed later, will be tailored to mesh with existing conservation measures in the rel- evant areas, according to federal sources. Tribal, state and local entities will be involved in determining those restrictions. WHILE NOBODY was pre- dicting what measures would be imposed on landowners, agricul- ture, municipalities, utilities and other entities involved with the lands and activities adjacent to waters designated as affected by the declarations, numerous enti- ties were gearing up to deal with the mandates to plan for protec- tive measures. Don Haring, regional technical coordinator for the Washington Conservation Commission, said his agency will work with the fed- eral fisheries department and other state and local government entities "at what rules or other protective measures will get im- posed. "We have met with some of the watershed experts throughout the area," Haring said. The conserva- tion commission will also work with available studies and litera- ture. PRELIMINARY information, he said, indicates that restoration of fish runs will involve dealing with: • Fish-passage barriers such as dams. • In-stream alterations. "One thing we lack in many streams," he instanced, "is a good comple- ment of downed pieces of large wood, typically a root ball with trunk and associated log jams that form much of the stability and diversity needed in channels if they're to produce salmon." • Riparian habitat. "Large sec- tions of streams have had ripar- ian-zone vegetation removed," he said, citing effects that include a lack of downed woody debris, lack of cover for fish, increased water temperature and increased ero- sion along streambeds. • Runoff problems. "Obviously," Haring explained, "in some of the systems we have a very large increase in the amount of water coming in (during storm events) due to runoff from devel- opment." • Marine water changes such as bulkheads and constriction of estuaries. • Water quality. In Puget Sound, Haring indicated, water- quality issues are mainly asso- ciated with nonpoint pollution from agricultural animal access, failed septic systems and road runoff. (A discussion of the local decision-making process is on page 2.) SHS fumes over vandals' damage to several lawns By JEFF GREEN A case of vandalism that re- sulted in deep ruts and tire tracks on several lawns at Shelton High School last Friday night has school officials and students fum- ing. "I came in this (Monday) morn- ing and I was angry," said vice principal Pat Ena. "We've worked so hard the last four years to make this a nice place for kids. It's very upsetting." A high-school custodian phoned police at 10:29 p.m. Fri- day to report a vehicle was driv- ing on the lawns around the SHS library. Minutes later, a Shelton officer stopped a gray 1987 Nis- san Pathfinder on Olympic High-. way North at I Street because it matched the description of the ve- hicle seen at the high school, said Shelton Police Lieutenant Ken Dobie. There was dirt and sod on the sport utility vehicle, he added. The driver, 17, and a passeng- er, 16, both Shelton males, were taken into custody, then released to their parents. Dobie said the matter has been referred to juve- nile authorities and the driver faces possible charges of reckless driving and malicious mischief in connection with the incident. "IT'S GOING TO be a very expensive proposition to have somebody pay for it," Ena said. The school district will pay an in- dependent contractor to come in and assess the damage, then fix it, he added. Don Szolomayer, Shelton School District's maintenance di- rector, said the damage would amount to at least $2,000 to $3,000 because the area must be filled in and re-sodded. "That's real labor-intensive," Szolomayer said. "A lot of people worked really hard to make that campus look nicer." "I think a lot of students are very upset," Ena said. "Unnec- essary. For what? This kind of thing - there's just no reqson for it." CAMPUS LEADERS were also outraged by the vandalism. "First of all, I felt kind of hurt," said Aime Pierce, a senior and president of the SHS Associated Student Body. "Our ASB has worked hard to make things nice around the school. It's kind of like a slap in the face, knowing that not everybody is taking what other people feel into considera- tion. And that's really rude." "I think that it's really disgust- ing," said Gigi Van Aagten, a se- nior and ASB secretary. "We walk through this campus every day. It's disgusting. We take pride in it and they don't take it seriously," she said of the vandals. Nobody is allowed even to walk on the grass, Van Aagten said. "we yell at them," she said of stu- dents who notice other kids and even faculty members crossing the lawns. "We want it to look nice. It's pretty old as it is. They're making it worse," said sophomore class president Ryan Burleson. "I was pretty mad." "IT REALLY kind of dis- turbed me," said junior class sec- retary Nick Cronquist. "The cam- pus has become beautiful. That someone would destroy it, it really kind of hurts. We are work- ing hard to make this beautiful." "This campus is right on the verge of perfection," said Shelton Police Officer Harry Heldreth, who for the past two school years has worked on the SHS campus. "It's probably one of the safest schools in the state," he added. "We're pro-active, making sure the kids in the community are safe," Ena said. "It could have been a lot worse," said SHS Principal Mello- dy Matthes. "Grass can be re- placed. No buildings were dam- aged; no one was hurt." THE INCIDENT, the first major case of vandalism at SHS this school year, has made Matthes realize the students have a lot of pride in the campus, she said. "A lesson was learned by all of us. We care about Shelton High School. I'm glad the kids care. They're expressing that quite vo- cally all over campus." The ASB has spent $6,000 on trash cans to alleviate a littering problem at the school. Matthes said that situation is improving as a result. "I actually sense a lot of pride in the school," she said. LAWNS AT SHELTON HIGH SCHOOL were torn up by a vehicle that plowed through the campus Friday night. Two youngsters were de- tained as a result of the incident. Thursday, March 25, 1999 113th Year - Number 12 4 Sections - 34 Pages 50 Cents State begins to clear one mudslide on 101 By JEFF GREEN State highway workers began trying to clear one lane of High- way 101 on Tuesday afternoon at the site of the huge mudslide a mile north of Lilliwaup. Geologists determined earlier this week that the slide at Mile- post 326, which has closed the highway at that point since Feb- ruary 24, had stabilized enough to allow workers to begin remov- ing debris. "we're hoping one lane will be open by the end of the week for local access only," said Ann Briggs, a spokeswoman with the Washington State Department of Transportation. That should come as welcome news to residents living on the north side of the Lilliwaup slide who have been forced to drive on a lengthy U.S. Forest Service road from Hamma Hamma to Lake Cushman to bypass the mudslide. BUT FOUR MILES north of the Lilliwaup slide, at Milepost 322 just south of Eldon, the news was not as good. Briggs said a large slide there, which has blocked both lanes of Highway i01, is still moving. The Depart- ment of Transportation is work- ing with a contractor to install some drainage pipes into the hill- side in order to lower the water level and reduce slide movement, Briggs said. And despite the re- cent drier weather, water content in the hillside has remained high, causing continued movement. Permanent repairs are esti- mated at $8 to $10 million at each of the two slide areas. Repair work is expected to be done this summer. The Department of Transportation has started the process for obtaining federal emergency repair funds. At the local level, the Mason County Department of Emergen- cy Management has moved its communications trailer and Mass Care Unit truck into place at the Hoodsport Fire Hall to convert the community meeting room there into an emergency shelter if needed. The truck contains a kitchen unit, medical and other supplies, a generator and other things needed to establish a re- mote-type of shelter, said Joe Murray, director of the emergen- cy management department. In addition, Murray said his department has contracted with Mason County Medic One to pro- vide a Sprint (single paramedic, rapid intervention, non-transport) unit at the Hamma Hamma fire station located on the north side of the Lilliwaup mudslide. Since :i last Friday, a paramedic has been i on duty there 24 hours a day and in case of a medical emergency, will treat sick or injured people until a medical helicopter or am- i:':i bulance arrives. "WHILE WE appreciate the efforts of the DOT and crews to open the slide to one lane of traf- fic and opening the bypass, that does not meet the needs of all the :: populace," Murray said. "A large population of senior citizens : (north of the Lilliwaup slide) have i relied on Mason County Transit * to get down to Shelton for shop- ping and doctor's appointments:"  On Monday, the emergency management department con- tracted with Evergreen Transpor- i! tation, a Shelton taxi company, to ii pick up a woman north of the slide and take her to a medical (Please turn to page 12.) Altercation not at shelter The altercation that resulted in charges against several individu- als in Mason County Superior Court wasn't at the Mason Coun- ty Shelter, as was reported in last week's Journal. Shelter executive director Jack Nevins noted that the incident oc- curred at an apartment facility next to, and owned by, Mason County Shelter. Jessi Mason, one of the defendants in the assault case, was a tenant of the low-in- come apartments the shelter op- erates, Nevins said, but she was already under a notice of violation that had been served in early February. "The eviction process had been initiated," Nevins said Friday. Representatives of the shelter were concerned that news of an altercation at the shelter would reflect poorly on their agency and were quick to correct some of the information in last week's story. Officials in court proceedings last week, which identified Ma- son, Duane A. Brennan, Melissa A. Rodgers, Clifton A. Parker and Daniel L. Andrews as partici- pants in a fracas in which 16- year-old Jayson Jones was knocked downstairs, indicated that Mason, Brennan and Rodg- ers lived at the shelter. Not so, Nevins said last week. He ex- plained that the shelter operates a six-unit apartment building, Shelton Creek Apartments, adja- cent to the shelter facility. "It's low-income housing and we pro- vide case management," he said. And while Mason was a tenant, Nevins noted that she had been sent a letter February 2 notifying her that unless she rectified the situation of other people living in her apartment in violation of the terms of her rental agreement, it would be terminated. The others weren't living there "without knowledge of the man- agement," as last week's story stated, Nevins said. In fact, he said, Brennan and Rodgers had been seen on the premises multi- ple times and it was on that ac- count that eviction proceedings had been initiated. Although Richard Adamson, attorney for the shelter, indicated that the facility where Mason lived was a wing for developmen- tally disabled people, that isn't quite the case, stated Nevins and one of the other tenants of the building. Many of the tenants are developmentally disabled, Nevins said. One who wasn't took irate issue with the statement as well. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII On the inside Births .................................. 16 Classifieds ......................... 25 Community Calendar ....... 7 Crossword ............. , ........... 29 Entertainment, Dining... 24 Health Journal ................. l& Journal of Record ........... 16 Obituaries ......................... 14 Opinions, Letters ............... 4 Sports ................................. 18 Tides ................................... 30 Weather .............................. 22 tfllIfllIHIflIIIIIIIIilIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIII t