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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 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