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By ARLA SHEPHARD Planners for the Be[fair sewer project urged businesses to pro- vide them with water usage data and asked Be[fair citizens wheth- er they had an interest in par- ticipating in a county-sponsored side sewer hookup program, at. this week's county commissioners meeting in North Mason. Construction on the the sewer conveyance lines is 95 percent complete, while construction for the wastewater facility and the pump stations are 70 and 90 per- cent complete, respectively. "Those are good numbers for all of us to be seeing," said project spokesperson Erin Taylor. If all continues according to plan, residents and businesses in Phase One of the sewer proj- ect, in the main core of downtown Belfair, will have completed con- struction on their own side sewers to the main line this summer, to be ready to hook into the new sys- tem this winter. Costs for residents to connect will be $3,000, not including the cost to construct a side sewer (any- where between $3,000 and $8,000, depending on whether one hires a contractor, pays the county to Photo courtesy of 8elfair Wastewater & Water Reclamation Facilities Construction crews lay the last of the pipe connecting the wastewater reclamation facility to pump station 3 in Belfair, this month do the work or does the job them- taurant in Be[fair has six ERUs, selves) or the monthly rate of $96 planners said, the business owner once they're hooked in. would pay $18,000 to connect and Businesses will need to pay $576 a month in sewage bills. more based on their number of According to the data they've Equivalent Residential Units collected so far, planners estimate (ERUs), or the amount of water or that the highest usage in Be[fair sewage they use comparable to a is a business that uses 45 ERUs, residential single-family home. which translates to a monthly bill For example, if Jimmy D's Res- of $4,320. For businesses, ERUs are typi- cally calculated based on water us- age data, but sewer project plan- ners said they could not get those figures from the Be[fair Water District. "They were unable to provide it in a timely enough matter [for us] to use for this meeting," said con- struction manager Tom Moore. Instead, the planners used rough estimates and industry standards to approximate how much water or sewage a business- es used and asked business own- ers to step up and provide records of their own water usage. "If we don't get better water data, this is what we'll have to do," said Emmett Dobey, director of the county's wastewater facilities. Planners also encouraged resi- dents to express whether they had an interest in allowing the county to do their side sewer work, which could bring down those construc- tion costs overall. Audience members commented that the project adversely affects older, poorer residents in Phase Two of the project, who live in more remote areas of Be[fair. "Phase Two has a generational gap here of our older people. They can't afford this kind of stuff," said Danielle Skeeters-Lindsey, a resident of Allyn. "What if this is a person that's 90 years old and doesn't have 30 years to pay offthe $30,000 it's going to cost them to hook into the sewer system?" Dobey corrected Skeeters-Lind- sey on the connection costs and assured her that project planners were willing to work with resi- dents to help them obtain federal and state grants and loans. "We recognize that there are problems, we know that," he said. "V~e've tried to make accomoda- tions through grants, loans ... we know this is an economically de- pressed area." The project planners will know by April 15 whether they've re- ceived a federal community devel- opment block grant to assist low- income property owners with side sewer connections. "It's not easy, and it's been a long road to get to where we are," said Commissioner Tim Sheldon. For more information on the Be[fair sewer project, visit masoncountywastewater. corn, and e-mail info@ masoncountywastewator:com or call 801-2482 to express interest in participating the county side sewer hookup program. ouse in ason screen,ng By KEVAN MOORE other restricted items ininside. According to the U.S. Mar- The weapons screening pro- said Mason County Sheriff, items which may be lawful Two screening officers willcon- shals, there were 500 threats gram is the first in a series of Casey Salisbury. "Until now to possess but nevertheless After years of discussion duct the weapons screening to federal judges and prosecu- initiatives criminal justice of- the money has just not been pose an unacceptable security among Mason County's crimi- using a state of the art, walk- tors in 2003, and that number ficials want to implement to available. We hope to add ad- risk with a courthouse loca- nal justice officials and Mason through metal detector along rose to 1~278 in 2008, with an- bring the security of the Ma- ditional security measures as tion are also prohibited. Some County Commissioners, addi- with an x-my machine capable other increase in 2009. son County Courthouse in line time passes and funding be- examples of other prohibited tional security measures will of scanning backpacks, pack- "By reviewing the incident with the Washington State comes available." items include sharp instru- be installed and implemented ages, purses and briefcases, reports submitted in our state, CourthousePublicSafety The new weapons screening ments such as knives, box cut- at the Mason County Court- The screening measures are it becomes apparent that the Standards. procedures will create some ters, utility knives, knitting house in the next few days. similar to those used in air- numbers of threats received Mason County commission- small delays in entering the needles; clubs, martial arts The program will be admin- ports around the natiorL Ac- by Washington judges also al> ers are also engaged in plan- courthouse especially at peak weapons and sling shots; tools istered by the Mason County cess to the courthouse will be pears to be on the rise," noted ning with department direc- times. Visitors to the court- such as hammers screwdriv- Sheriff's Office after commis- restricted to the one entrance. Mason County Sheriff's Office tots to assess county campus house are advised to allow ers or chains; chemicals such sioners approved a $108,000 The increased security is Chief Deputy Dean Byvd. safety and implement addi- extra time for the screening as mace, popper spray, tear supplemental budget earlier being implemented because of Local ~ are concerned tional staff and public safety process. They can help them- gas or flammable liquids; and this year. concerns aboutincidentsofvio- that with so many facing eco- policies, selves considerably by leaving miscellaneous items such as The additional security fence in and adjacent to courts nomic struggles and verylittle "It has been a goal for a weapons and other question- Skateboards, baseballbats, etc. measures will include a weal> throughout the nation. In this relief in sight, judges, clerks, very long time to provide safe, able items at home or secured "We expect to be able ons screening station at the state alone, 109 incidents were attorneys and others associ- effective and efficient weapons .in their vehicle, to implement the new Fourth Street entrance to the reported by various courts to ated with the court may easily screening to prevent, detect, Firearms and other Weal>weapons screening mea- courthouse to screen people the Washington Courts Court become targets of fix~ation, and deter the introduction of ons are prohibited from the sures on or about April 1," from bringing weapons and Security Committee in 2009. Byrd added, weapons to the courthouse," courthouse by law. OtherByrd noted. In honor of Doctor's Day - March 30 Artist's rendering of the new Mason General Hospital Main Entrance when construction is completed. The Hospital has more than 100 physicians in 19 specialties. ;:1 Timothy J. ~Vebef, M.D. Kevin J. Roscoe, M.D. Dean E. Gushee, M.D. Roy G. Belville, M.D. MGH Medical MGH Medical MGH Medical MGH Medical Chief-of-Staff Asst Chief-of-Staff Secretary Past Chief-of-Staff OUr Family, Caring for Your Fami|y. Where caring counts. ~UI | ~ the alfJ~orencc2 901 Mountain View Drive, Shelton, WA Shelton: (360)426-1611 Allyn: (360) 275-8614 TI'Y/TDD: (360) 427-9593 • Equal Opportunity Provider • Translation Services Provided • Se habla espaSol Free Physician's Referral Line: (360) 427-9551 LEVEL4 TRAUMA DESIGNATION we'd like to publicly thank Anesthesiology General Surgery ¢" Robert Anderson, CRNA @ Eldie L. Cruz, M.D. Daniel K. DeVelde, CRNA David M. Deitz, M.D. • > Deborah A. Hartley, CRNA William D. Neal, M.D. @ Greg Snyder, CRNA David F. Tollefson, M.D. Todd Woltman, M.D. Cardiology Philip W. Berger, D.O. @ William P. Brennan, M.D. James F. Clifton, M.D. William A. Gavin, M.D. J. Gregg Julin, M.D. Richard P. Kennedy, M.D. Qiang Li, M.D. Harton S. Smith, M.D. John W. Waggoner, M.D. Robert S. Wark, M.D. @ Craig J. Wehrli, M.D. Christopher L. Wolfe, M.D. Emergency Medicine Roy G. Belville, M.D. @ Carola E. Bonfante, M.D. @ Dean E. Gushee, M.D. John W. Hautala, M.D. @ Joseph R. Hoffman, M.D. Robert L. Huck, M.D. Austin C. Lampert, M.D. Richard Redman, M.D. Radiology @ Lawrence N. Bennett, M.D. James G. Bonifield, M.D. Alireza Bozorgmanesh, M.D. °.~ Gordon G. S. Dhanda, M.D. Mihai F. lancu, M.D. @ Virgil E. Knackstedt, M.D. Steven J. Lengle, M.D. @ Thomas J. Luetkehans, M.D. @ Rodney S. Matsubara, M.D. David B. Mitchell, M.D. @ Tremont V. Parrino, M.D. @ Kevin J. Reed, M.D. • > Kevin Roscoe, M.D. @ Charles Hao Shen, M.D. @ Navneet K. Singha, M.D. David Stagnone, M.D. Andrew R. Taylor, M.D. @ lan D. Timms, M.D. @ Evert-Jan Verschuyl, M.D. @ With office hours in Shelton Effective March 1, 2011 Shelton-Mason County Journal-Thursday, March 31,2011 - Page A-3