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Dragon Steps, a fire dancing group, performed at the Mason Area Fair last year. They will
perform at Dragonfest from April 20-22 at the fairgrounds.
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Event will be first help encourage people to support a
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she said.
management
By NATALIE JOHNSON
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scarce at previous fairs, local resi:
3 ~ onAp~i~22 : dents are coming in droves to Mason
Area Fair Board meetings now, Han-
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Dragonfest 2012, scheduled for Na~i~iAd~!~$~ ch~!~6~ she said. ,
April 20-22, will be the first event at fr~ What we re hoping to do is get
the fairgrounds since the port leased ,! people involved in the fair earlier,"
it to Northwest Event Organizers in she said.
February. and they need a lot of work, Rachel Some people have offered to help
John and Rachel Hanson of North-Hanson said. "It's also exhilarating spruce up the fairgrounds in creative
west Event Organizers took over in away." ways. Community groups and local
the lease of the Port of Shelton's In particular, volunteers have citizens have offered to sponsor flow-
fairgrounds in February, and have worked to repaint the interi6~of ~erbedsa{ the facility in 2012.
scheduled the event to kick off spring Building 17 and revamp bat~oms "The rodeo was going to do a carrot
at the fairgrounds, all over the fairgrounds, garden for the horses," Hanson said.
The Dragonfest 2012 event is a Northwest Event Organizers also "The fairgrounds need somebody to
festival drawing inspiration from a plans on re-roofing the building as care."
number of avenues, most prominent- soon as the weather clears up. Also, alpacas belonging to fair
ly Earth Day, St. George's Day and "A lot of people have donated board members are currently mow-
the year of the Dragon. time," she said. ing lawns and clearing out weeds at
Fire dancing group Dragon Steps Performers with the Dragon Stepsthe facility, Hanson said.
will also perform at the event, along group have made a point to help with Northwest Event Organizers is do-
with several local bands including the projects, Hanson said. ing everything they can to encourage
High Ceiling. "Every weekend they've had four people to use the land and the build-
The event will include spring fair or five people come out," she said. ings, she said.
and rodeo events, wine and beer "It's one of those things that really Now rather than renting the on-
from the Grove Street Brewery, lan- energizes you." tire facility, groups can rent individ-
tern making workshops and vendorWhile a Federal Aviation Admin- ual buildings at the fair. "
space, istration (FAA) ruling has declared "I want to have things happen-
Since the Hansens took over the that the port needs to revert the fair- ing here all the time," she said. "It's
lease, they've been working hardgrounds property back to airport use about having a place for the commu-
along with volunteers from all over by 2014, many people involved with nity."
the community to get the fairgrounds the Mason Area Fair still want to im- The Mason Area Fair Board is also
ready for 2012 events, prove the buildings for the next two preparing for its annual A Fair Af-
"We've kind of bitten off a lot ... years. If the fair becomes a success fair fundraiser at 6 p.m. on April 19
[the buildings are] very neglected or breaks even, Hanson said it might at the fairgrounds. Tickets cost $10.
Port looks for more input on forest plan
By NATALIE JOHNSON
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After a public hearing on
the subject Tuesday after-
noon, the Port of Shelton
commission agreed to take
public comment on an updat-
ed draft of its forest manage-
ment plan until April 11.
Port staff presented the
first version of the updated
plan at the last port meet-
ing on March 20, but the port
commissioners had some
questions about the plan.
In particular, commission
chair Dick Taylor wanted
areas of the draft clarified,
particularly related to defini-
tions of the site class of the
land.
The port's land is classified
as High Site V. Forest land is
organized into five different
site classes based on the pos-
sible productivity of the site.
Site V means the trees on
the port's land will grow be-
tween one and 75 feet every
50 years.
The forest management
plan was last updated in
2002.
Journal photos by Natalie Johnson
Port of Shelton Commissioner Dick Taylor
reviews a draft of the port's forest management
plan on Tuesday during a port commission
meeting. The port is updating the plan before it
considers a timber sale.
The port commission is naturally. The trees on the
considering harvesting 100 property are approximately
acres of its forestland on 60 years old, port Executive
Johns Prairie. The land in Director John Dobson said.
question was logged in the "This is nature doing it's
1850s and reestablished itself own work," he said.
Commissioner Tom Wal-
litner said the port is consid-
ering selling the timber to
raise money for the port to
connect to a city water line on
Johns Prairie.
"Timber... is at an all time
high," he said. "It's about put-
ting a sizeable amount of
money into our coffers that
we're going to need to build a
pipeline."
Commissioner Jay Hupp
wanted to allow for public
comment until the end of the
business day on April 11. The
commission agreed to extend
the comment period.
Taylor reminded citizens
in attendance that the public
comment period pertained to
the updated forest manage-
ment plan, not the possible
timber sale.
"Once again we're talking
about a forest management
plan. We're not talking about
cutting and selling timber
today," he said. "It has to be
done correctly and we want
to make sure it's done cor-
rectly."
After the update is complete,
the port can consider making
plans to sell the timber.
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