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OFF-ROAD RIDERS rallied in Olympia as part of efforts to kill a bill
enacting penalties for noisy vehicles. The measure is now doomed and
sitting in the X-file of the Senate Rules Committee.
X-files get their fill of bills
As the 2006 session of the
Washington Legislature winds
down, some bills are attracting
more local attention than others
and some are sitting in the X files,
the destiny of bills that have died
and may or may not rise again in
sessions yet to come.
There's a bill about the hair of
the bar dogs that bit the dust and
a bill that puts pressure on dirt
bike riders to tone things down,
a bill about establishing a four-
year college in the area and a bill
about sex education in the public
schools.
The session is now in its 88th
day and could last 105, which
Wheels falling off
racetrack project
Car race moguls who've been
trying to get public money to build
a private track just a few miles
north of Belfair have given notice
to the effect that the irresistable
force of speed racing has run into
an immovable object in the Wash-
ington Legislature.
Officials of the Internahional
Speedway Corporation said Mon-
day that plans to build a racetrack
in Kitsap County at an estimated
cost of $380 million are now off
the drawing board. The announce-
ment was made by Grant Lynch
of Great Western Sports, the local
arm of the Florida-based compa-
ny that owns and runs NASCAR,
the National Association for Stock
Car Auto Racing.
Hopes for the project were
pinned on Senate Bill 6040, which
was introduced by State Senator
Brian Hatfield at the request of
Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen,
a Shelton resident. The proposal
was to establish a public sped-
way authority with seven mem-
bers, two of which would be ap-
pointed by the governor. It would
float bonds used to build the track
and have the authority to impose
a sales tax, using the revenue
from this tax to pay off $180 mil-
lion in bonds backed by the state.
One element of the bill puts a
financial burden on the state by
stipulating that the Washington
State Department of Revenue
would have to deduct the amount
of revenue generated by the speed-
way tax from its own cash flow.
The bill had a hearing before
the Senate Agriculture and Ru-
ral Development Committee, was
amended and then was referred
to the Senate Ways and Means
Committee. That panel held a
hearing on March 26 and the plan
fell through once it became clear
that the company would have to
agree to a new round of amend-
ments.
"Unfortunately, it has recently
become apparent that despite
the significant revisions we have
already made to the legislation,
various constituents were propos-
ing several additional modifica-
tions to the bill in order for it to
proceed," Lynch said. "These ad-
ditional changes to the legislation
were unacceptable, and would
have had a significant negative
impact on our financial model for
the speedway development."
means that, barring a special ses-
sion, business will wrap up tbr the
year by April 22. Lawmakers have
been working on a number of bills
of local import, including funding
for improvements to Belfair State
Park, a shelter for victims of do-
mestic violence and a new roof at
the Washington Corrections Cen-
ter.
{Please turn to page 6.)
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'lb learn more about the benefits of an Edward Jones
IRA, call or visit by April 17.
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within an IRA may have rates. Based on corporate bond yields to maturity effective 4/3/07.
subject to availability and price change. Yield and market value may fluctuate if sold prior to
maturity, and the amount received from the sale of these securities may be less than the
amount originally invested. Some of the available issues are callable. Bond values may decline
in a rising interest rate environment. Your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor can provide
more information about maturity dates and applicable call provisions. Any bonds called prior
to maturity would result in reinvestment risk for the bond owner.
Attain Baumgartel
Dan Baumgartel
Financht! Advlst
821 West Railroad Avenue,
Suite A, Shelton
426-0982 * 1-100-4,11-0982
Armtn Ilaumliagt Dan Bsumlilartel
www.edwardjones.com M.,b,, sJr, c
Page
2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, April 5, 2007
Port commission roundup:
Salmon-safe grant
okayed for marina
By JEFF GREEN
The Mason Conservation Dis-
trict and Port of She]ton are com-
bining to make the port's Shelton
Marina a salmon-safe facility.
Shannon Kirby of the conserva-
tion district told port commission-
ers Tuesday that the project will
make the local marina the first
salmon-safe marina in the state.
The conservation district has
received approval of a $50,000
grant from the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation in Washing-
ton, D.C., to create a demonstra-
tion pilot program to use best
management practices that will
protect Oakland Bay and restore
critical salmon habitat.
The project at the marina will
occur in three phases and has sev-
eral components including remov-
ing non-native plants and replac-
ing them with native species in
landscaped areas, installing per-
meable pavement in the marina
parking lot, removing creosote pil-
ings and several other elements,
such as installing signs, issuing
a quarterly newsletter, hosting a
cleanup day and tour and more.
In other port business, the com-
missioners:
• Heard Rahn Redman, direc-
tor of the Shelton Drag Strip As-
sociation, ask that the associa-
tion's lease with the port for two
weekends of racing this summer
at Sanderson Field be transferred
to a company owned by drag rac-
ing enthusiast Walt Austin.
Redman explained such a trans-
fer would enable the port to have
a tenant with consistent financial
backing and help the association
pay for the rental of concrete bar-
riers and upgrades to the track.
Redman told The Journal the
estimated cost for the barriers::
and upgrades is between $60,000
and $100,000. "That's a little deep:
for our pockets," he said. "If we
had one rainout we would lose out
and the people of this community
would lose out, too." "
The commissioners took no ac.
tion on the request, but
Redman to have Austin submit
letter requesting the lease
fer. ::
• Heard a report by Jack Krause
of the Association of Sanderson
Pilots about the Sanderson Field :
airport. The association's goal,
he said, is to increase knowledge
about the airport.
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OFF-ROAD RIDERS rallied in Olympia as part of efforts to kill a bill
enacting penalties for noisy vehicles. The measure is now doomed and
sitting in the X-file of the Senate Rules Committee.
X-files get their fill of bills
As the 2006 session of the
Washington Legislature winds
down, some bills are attracting
more local attention than others
and some are sitting in the X files,
the destiny of bills that have died
and may or may not rise again in
sessions yet to come.
There's a bill about the hair of
the bar dogs that bit the dust and
a bill that puts pressure on dirt
bike riders to tone things down,
a bill about establishing a four-
year college in the area and a bill
about sex education in the public
schools.
The session is now in its 88th
day and could last 105, which
Wheels falling off
racetrack project
Car race moguls who've been
trying to get public money to build
a private track just a few miles
north of Belfair have given notice
to the effect that the irresistable
force of speed racing has run into
an immovable object in the Wash-
ington Legislature.
Officials of the Internahional
Speedway Corporation said Mon-
day that plans to build a racetrack
in Kitsap County at an estimated
cost of $380 million are now off
the drawing board. The announce-
ment was made by Grant Lynch
of Great Western Sports, the local
arm of the Florida-based compa-
ny that owns and runs NASCAR,
the National Association for Stock
Car Auto Racing.
Hopes for the project were
pinned on Senate Bill 6040, which
was introduced by State Senator
Brian Hatfield at the request of
Lieutenant Governor Brad Owen,
a Shelton resident. The proposal
was to establish a public sped-
way authority with seven mem-
bers, two of which would be ap-
pointed by the governor. It would
float bonds used to build the track
and have the authority to impose
a sales tax, using the revenue
from this tax to pay off $180 mil-
lion in bonds backed by the state.
One element of the bill puts a
financial burden on the state by
stipulating that the Washington
State Department of Revenue
would have to deduct the amount
of revenue generated by the speed-
way tax from its own cash flow.
The bill had a hearing before
the Senate Agriculture and Ru-
ral Development Committee, was
amended and then was referred
to the Senate Ways and Means
Committee. That panel held a
hearing on March 26 and the plan
fell through once it became clear
that the company would have to
agree to a new round of amend-
ments.
"Unfortunately, it has recently
become apparent that despite
the significant revisions we have
already made to the legislation,
various constituents were propos-
ing several additional modifica-
tions to the bill in order for it to
proceed," Lynch said. "These ad-
ditional changes to the legislation
were unacceptable, and would
have had a significant negative
impact on our financial model for
the speedway development."
means that, barring a special ses-
sion, business will wrap up tbr the
year by April 22. Lawmakers have
been working on a number of bills
of local import, including funding
for improvements to Belfair State
Park, a shelter for victims of do-
mestic violence and a new roof at
the Washington Corrections Cen-
ter.
{Please turn to page 6.)
THE RIGHT INVESTMENTS
IN YOUR IRA CAN MAKE
ALL THE DIFFERENCE.
By opening an Edward .Iones
IRA, you'll haw. access
to investments that t:ould 5.10% to 6.09%
provide a higher return
than you currently earn.
If you haw an IRA elsewhere, it's easy to transfer
to Edward .Ioncs and begin receiving the fat:c-to-farce
advice you descrw.
'lb learn more about the benefits of an Edward Jones
IRA, call or visit by April 17.
* IRAs are tax-deferred accounts. IRAs do not have rates. Only the underlying investments
within an IRA may have rates. Based on corporate bond yields to maturity effective 4/3/07.
subject to availability and price change. Yield and market value may fluctuate if sold prior to
maturity, and the amount received from the sale of these securities may be less than the
amount originally invested. Some of the available issues are callable. Bond values may decline
in a rising interest rate environment. Your local Edward Jones Financial Advisor can provide
more information about maturity dates and applicable call provisions. Any bonds called prior
to maturity would result in reinvestment risk for the bond owner.
Attain Baumgartel
Dan Baumgartel
Financht! Advlst
821 West Railroad Avenue,
Suite A, Shelton
426-0982 * 1-100-4,11-0982
Armtn Ilaumliagt Dan Bsumlilartel
www.edwardjones.com M.,b,, sJr, c
Page
2 - Shelton-Mason County Journal - Thursday, April 5, 2007
Port commission roundup:
Salmon-safe grant
okayed for marina
By JEFF GREEN
The Mason Conservation Dis-
trict and Port of She]ton are com-
bining to make the port's Shelton
Marina a salmon-safe facility.
Shannon Kirby of the conserva-
tion district told port commission-
ers Tuesday that the project will
make the local marina the first
salmon-safe marina in the state.
The conservation district has
received approval of a $50,000
grant from the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation in Washing-
ton, D.C., to create a demonstra-
tion pilot program to use best
management practices that will
protect Oakland Bay and restore
critical salmon habitat.
The project at the marina will
occur in three phases and has sev-
eral components including remov-
ing non-native plants and replac-
ing them with native species in
landscaped areas, installing per-
meable pavement in the marina
parking lot, removing creosote pil-
ings and several other elements,
such as installing signs, issuing
a quarterly newsletter, hosting a
cleanup day and tour and more.
In other port business, the com-
missioners:
• Heard Rahn Redman, direc-
tor of the Shelton Drag Strip As-
sociation, ask that the associa-
tion's lease with the port for two
weekends of racing this summer
at Sanderson Field be transferred
to a company owned by drag rac-
ing enthusiast Walt Austin.
Redman explained such a trans-
fer would enable the port to have
a tenant with consistent financial
backing and help the association
pay for the rental of concrete bar-
riers and upgrades to the track.
Redman told The Journal the
estimated cost for the barriers::
and upgrades is between $60,000
and $100,000. "That's a little deep:
for our pockets," he said. "If we
had one rainout we would lose out
and the people of this community
would lose out, too." "
The commissioners took no ac.
tion on the request, but
Redman to have Austin submit
letter requesting the lease
fer. ::
• Heard a report by Jack Krause
of the Association of Sanderson
Pilots about the Sanderson Field :
airport. The association's goal,
he said, is to increase knowledge
about the airport.
• Apple * Dell
• Sony • IBM
• Gateway
• Compaq. lip
& MORE
BatteriesPlus.
Once A Year
Wide selection
of
estate jewelry good 4/13/07
Don't forget
April's birthstone
is a DIAMOND
426-5811
I st & Railroad, Suite 108
* Free Gift Wrapping * One year Interest FREE
w/Pequired Minimum Purcliase O.A .C.
Monday-Friday 10:00-5:30 Saturday 10:00-2:00
In store professional jewelry repair I ;I