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FOREST FESTIVAL COURT members pose at the close of coronation
ceremonies last week at the high school. From left in front are Queen
Hannah Kuhnau and "Paul Bunyan" Jacob Geist. In back are princess-
es Jane'L Giles, Jessica Mabey, Gina Russo and Jennifer Sewell and
"Smokey Bear" Steve Brown.
Hannah reigns
u, a Shelton High School ju-
County Forest Festival's Queen of
shares the spotlight with another
Jake Geist, who was named Paul
at Saturday evening's coronation festivi-
also shared best-interview honors at
10 affair in the Shelton High School
I1 reign over the Paul Bunyan Parade
queen's float and the giant truckload of
it the Forest Festival event in
Shelton May 22, and they'll represent
at festivals during the year.
ueen is currently in Nicaragua,
1 she'll be on a mission trip to
a church destroyed by Hurricane
sh-dancing enthusiast, Kuhnau won
at recent Pacific Northwest High-
She's also a member of the Shelton
dance team, executive representa-
CA, a marketing club, and current
governor for the Shelton-
Division 38.
the recipient of SHS's outstanding-
award and enjoys wakeboarding and jazz
lh will receive the $1,000 Duane and
scholarship, as well as a host of
ling her queen's portrait, roses, gift
, Jewelry and hair styling.
daughter of Keith and Patty Kuh-
who scored a perfect "10" on
the competition, is active at Shelton
in basketball, where he was team
and is involved with a host of volunteer
COached kids in school and city basket-
is a hike leader for Cub Scouts,
With Shelton and Skookum Rotary
;h activities of the Mason County
Shelter for the homeless, and has worked with
the Washington State Department of Ecology
during the summer for the past two years.
He enjoys hiking and fishing and currently
works with Wilson Construction.
Jake will wear the official Forest Festival sus-
penders handed down through generations of
Paul Bunyans. He'll receive his own engraved
hatchet, the first Paul Bunyan scholarship of
$500 provided by Shelton Rotary, and several
gift certificates.
Jake's parents are Lee and Kathy Geist.
THE COURT includes:
• Gina Russo, first attendant, "Princess of
Cedar." A Shelton High School 11th-grader, Gina
also received a trophy for the best heritage act.
She enjoys singing and is part of the All-North-
west Choir. She's active with Honor Society and
Leo Club.
• Jessica Mabey, second attendant, "Princess
of Spruce." A senior at SHS, Jessica is tennis
team captain and is active with Girl Scouts, Key
Club, 4-H and Mason County Youth Task Force.
She is organist for the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints.
• Jane'L Giles, third attendant, "Princess of
Douglas Fir." Jane'L is an Americorps volunteer
and is active in DARE, Key Club, Leo Club, Hon-
or Society and the Native American button blan-
ket project. A senior at SHS, she is vice president
of the Class of 1999.
• Jennifer Sewell, fourth attendant and
"Princess of Hemlock." Jennifer lettered in
drama and received the school choir's "most in-
spirational" award. She is active in Key Club,
Thespian Club and 4-H and has turned out for
track, swimming and weightlifting.
• Steve Brown, this year's "Smokey Bear." An
SHS junior, Steve is involved in county-level
baseball and soccer, volunteers at Skookum Ro-
tary's OysterFest and the DARE skating pro-
gram and loves the outdoors, including hunting,
woodcutting and snowboarding.
Road lab found:
al°f the Mason County
,. ooking for a local man
-:o With an alle ed do-
"earl g
1. It and a clandestine
sought in meth case
Gary Crane said
discovered a lab
raethamphetamine
a report of a
This followed a
e at 2:33 a.m. on
caller said an in-
Was at the home of
"The deputies learned from the
injured woman that her boyfriend
assaulted her while driving down
the Cole Road," Crane wrote in a
prepared statement. "She escaped
from the car and found refuge at
the Fawn Lake location."
Deputies went to 2402 Cole
Road, Shelton, in an attempt to
contact the woman's boyfriend.
There they found a laboratory
they suspect was used to manu-
facture methamphetamine, an il-
legal drug, according to Crane.
That's the same address depu-
ties went to on March 21 after
fire struck a trailer that con-
tained a suspected meth lab.
The injured woman's boyfriend
is wanted for questioning in con-
nection with allegations of as-
sault and the manufacture of an
illegal drug.
"The investigation is continu-
ing and no arrests have been
made at this time," Crane wrote.
There was no additional informa-
tion available by press time
Wednesday.
Park project vandalized
before it's even finished
Vandalism visited Kneeland
Park last week. Some person or
persons smashed several glass
block windows on the new rest-
room building that's nearing com-
pletion at the popular Shelton
park.
No damage estimate was given
by Development Services Manag-
er Gary Rhoades, but he told The
Journal it will cost several thou-
sand dollars to repair the dam-
age.
Rhoades, who reported on the
incident to Shelton city commis-
sioners at their meeting on Mon-
day, was angry about the vandal-
ism. "I have no tolerance for it
whatsoever," he said. "Absolutely
none."
A few years ago, there was
quite a community movement to
improve the park, he said. A
major volunteer effort was
mounted to add a large play
structure that would last for
many years. Following that in-
stallation, the city secured a
grant from the Washington State
Interagency Committee for Out-
door Recreation to pay for a face-
lift at the park, including the
restroom building, picnic shelter,
irrigation and other improve-
ments.
"To see that (project) almost
finished," Rhoades said. "It makes
you wonder, is this what's going
to take place down there?"
THE OLD restroom building,
which was earlier torn down to
make way for the new structure,
suffered its share of vandalism,
too. Rhoades said vandals ripped
sinks off the wall and kicked
doors in, among other things.
The new building was designed
to deter such acts of vandalism,
but now Rhoades said city staff
members are reassessing whether
they're going to replace the glass
blocks, which were added to let
natural light into the building.
"Nothing is vandal-proof," he
said. "They're going to find a
way."
Rhoades called on community
members to help by phoning the
Shelton Police Department if they
notice someone in the park after
hours. Also, they should call the
police if they know anything
about the latest vandalism there.
COMMISSIONER Janet
Thornbrue expressed her disap-
pointment with the window-
breaking spree during Monday's
meeting, and Commissioner John
VANDALS SMASHED the glass in several block win-
dows in the new Kneeland Park restrooms last week,
causing thousands of dollars worth of damage to a
feature designed to let in natural light.
Tarrant echoed her dismay.
"It kind of took a little wind out
of a beautiful project," he said. "It
bothers me a lot because it really
is a showpiece. It really did upset
me."
Tarrant called the park a
"community-owned piece of prop-
erty." The city commission and
staff members are trying to pro-
vide people with a very usable
facility and safe place, he added.
Bid to
annex
vetoed
Thursday, April 15, lg,
113th Year- Number 15
5 Sections - 46 Pages
50 Cents
Val VanCleave has dispatched
plenty of 911 emergency calls in
her years at Shelton Communica-
tions, but nothing prepares a per-
son for hearing her own address.
When a neighbor called 911
early Tuesday evening to report
that Valerie and AI VanCleave's
house was fully involved in
flames, it was Valerie who an-
swered the call.
Val's husband got on the line,
but because his voice was elevat-
ed by the stress of the situation
she didn't recognize him at first,
said Mike Akin, Shelton's director
of communications and Val's boss.
"Hen, our house is on fire and
it's going to be a total loss," AI
VanCleave said, Akin told The
Journal. And, despite the enormi-
ty of the moment, Val maintained
her professional composure and
dispatched Fire District 4 to her
own home. "She did it and she did
it exceptionally well," Akin said.
"I'M REALLY MOVED," he
added. "I'm so proud of the caliber
of the people we've got here - and
she typifies it."
VanCleave's husband and their
son Nathan, soon to be 7, escaped
from the burning house barefoot
and with the clothes on their
backs, said a neighbor, Rob Aar-
on.
The VanCleaves' double-wide
mobile home on Harmony Lane
was a total loss, Aaron said Tues-
day evening. Firefighters from
Fire District 4 were joined by vol-
unteers from Fire District 13 in
the Cloquallum area, who re-
sponded to a call for mutual aid.
Mason County Fire Marshal
Dave Salzer said the mobile home
was fully engulfed by flames
when firefighters arrived on the
scene. The cause is under investi-
gation, but Salzer said the fire
was not a suspicious one. It is be-
lieved to have started on a porch
outside the home.
VANCLEAVE, A veteran
emergency dispatcher, dispatched
Fire District 4 at 7:35 p.m. She
stayed at her post for another 10
minutes until she was relieved.
"We essentially had to push her
out the door. She didn't want to
leave the other dispatcher alone,"
Akin said.
"She was going to stick around
until her relief walked in through
the door," Akin added. "She did
not want to just arbitrarily leave
her work station. That's very
commendable."
Aaron said the VanCleaves
were able to go to the home of her
parents, Frank and Marie Rains.
Mr. Rains is a retired Shelton po-
lice chief who preceded the cur-
rent chief, S.R. "Johnny" John-
ston.
Folks who want to assist with
clothing can contact Marilyn Aar-
on at 426-4246 for sizes.
Akin said incidents such as
Tuesday evening's are a night-
mare for public safety employees
throughout the country. Ironical-
ly, this is National Telecommuni-
cations Week, which is designated
to honor the workers behind the
scenes who handle 911 emergency
calls.
Residents overwhelmingly
pan idea of wolves in park
By CAROLYN MADDUX
Little Red Riding Hood ap-
pears to have outvoted Kevin
Costner.
Olympic Peninsula residents
who expressed their opinions in a
recent Battelle study didn't want
to dance with wolves, or walk
with wolves, or howl with wolves
in the woods whose wildlife many
of them complained was already
too depleted of shootable game.
Wolf reintroduction got
whomped by 66 percent of Mason
County residents who showed up
to vote with hand-held instru-
ments at an electronic town meet-
ing in January, according to the
results publicized recently by the
researchers who conducted the
study. Elsewhere, the wolves
made a worse showing: 71 per-
cent of Hoquiam's respondents
voted against reintroduction of
wolves to the Olympic National
Park, and 91 percent of those who
showed up in Forks voted "no."
"THE RESULTS of the inter-
views and the town meetings
make it clear that the wolf is a
lightning rod for questions and
fears about who makes political
decisions and who has to live with
them," wrote a quartet of re-
searchers from Battelle Seattle
Research Center, Elway Re-
search, Incorporated of Seattle
and Olympic Natural Resources
Center.
"What was most interesting
about the study was not the out-
come, but the way people feel
about the way government deci-
sions about natural resources are
made," said John Calhoun of
Olympic Natural Resources Cen-
ter, a University of Washington
facility in Forks.
Calhoun worked with Todd Pe-
terson and Brian Boyle of Battelle
and Stuart Elway of Elway Re-
search on the Olympic Peninsula
public-opinion study.
Last year, Congress allocated
$350,000 to study the biological
and ecological feasibility of rein-
troducing the gray wolf (canis lu-
te Olympic National Park. It
appropriated $50,000 to the
Olympic Natural Resources Cen-
ter at the behest of Congressman
Norm Dicks and Senator Slade
Gorton to conduct studies of the
impact of wolf reintroduction, in-
cluding a public-involvement pro-
tess.
REINTRODUCING wolves a
year earlier at Yellowstone Na-
tional Park brought Congress' at-
tention to the fact that the Olym-
pic Peninsula once had an abun-
dant native population of wolves,
according to a summary of the re-
cent review process, until the ear-
ly 1930s. Then, aided by a bounty
system that continued to 1929,
the predators were determined to
be extinct on the peninsula.
An environmental organiza-
tion, Defenders of Wildlife, ap-
proached U.S. Representative
Dicks with a request to consider
reintroduction of wolves to the
Olympic National Park. Congress
charged Olympic Natural Re-
sources Center (ONRC), a facility
(Please turn to page 12.)
Births .................................. 16
Classifieds .......................... 28
Community Calendar ........ 7
Crossword .......................... 32
Entertainment, Dining ... 26
Journal of Record ............ 19
Obituaries .......................... 16
Opinions, Letters ............... 4
Sports .................................. 20
Tides .................................... 16
Weather ............................... 17
On the inside
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homes, Planning Director Paul
Rogerson told The Journal.
Concerns raised by Mayor
Scott Hilburn about the effect of
development on nearby Northcliff
Road, which he said was in very
poor shape, and an island of unin-
corporated land that would be
created by the proposed annexa-
tion, prompted commissioners to
vote unanimously to reject the no-
tice.
HILBURN SAID he was
bothered by the idea of an island
of unincorporated land surround-
ed by the city. He cited a house
fire a year or so ago in a similar
unincorporated area on Mountain
View. City firefighters responded,
but because the area was not in
the city, city fire hydrants had
not been extended into the area
and the house burned to the
ground.
Asking the petitioners to in-
clude the unincorporated island
in the annexation proposal would
take care of both of those con-
cerns, Hilburn said.
That notice was just the open-
ing round involving the proposed
annexation. Proponents of the an-
nexation, LANN Limited Liability
Corporation, can come back and
reapply for an annexation that in-
cludes the unincorporated land,
which includes some 80 acres and
several property owners, Roger-
son said. That would entail get-
ting approval of 60 percent of the
property owners based on the as-
sessed value of the whole annexa-
tion.
If the parcel ultimately is an-
nexed to the city, there is a poten-
tial for 1,000 housing units if it is
zoned "neighborhood residential,"
Rogerson told The Journal. If it is
(Please turn to page 12.)
Shelton city commissioners
thisweekrejectedanoticeofin-Dispatcher takes c.all
tention to commence annexation
proceedings for a 280-acre parcel
located cut of Olympic College
on her home burning
Hill neighborFiood.
The parcel, currently timber-
land, has the development poten-
tial for between 1,000 and 3,000
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FOREST FESTIVAL COURT members pose at the close of coronation
ceremonies last week at the high school. From left in front are Queen
Hannah Kuhnau and "Paul Bunyan" Jacob Geist. In back are princess-
es Jane'L Giles, Jessica Mabey, Gina Russo and Jennifer Sewell and
"Smokey Bear" Steve Brown.
Hannah reigns
u, a Shelton High School ju-
County Forest Festival's Queen of
shares the spotlight with another
Jake Geist, who was named Paul
at Saturday evening's coronation festivi-
also shared best-interview honors at
10 affair in the Shelton High School
I1 reign over the Paul Bunyan Parade
queen's float and the giant truckload of
it the Forest Festival event in
Shelton May 22, and they'll represent
at festivals during the year.
ueen is currently in Nicaragua,
1 she'll be on a mission trip to
a church destroyed by Hurricane
sh-dancing enthusiast, Kuhnau won
at recent Pacific Northwest High-
She's also a member of the Shelton
dance team, executive representa-
CA, a marketing club, and current
governor for the Shelton-
Division 38.
the recipient of SHS's outstanding-
award and enjoys wakeboarding and jazz
lh will receive the $1,000 Duane and
scholarship, as well as a host of
ling her queen's portrait, roses, gift
, Jewelry and hair styling.
daughter of Keith and Patty Kuh-
who scored a perfect "10" on
the competition, is active at Shelton
in basketball, where he was team
and is involved with a host of volunteer
COached kids in school and city basket-
is a hike leader for Cub Scouts,
With Shelton and Skookum Rotary
;h activities of the Mason County
Shelter for the homeless, and has worked with
the Washington State Department of Ecology
during the summer for the past two years.
He enjoys hiking and fishing and currently
works with Wilson Construction.
Jake will wear the official Forest Festival sus-
penders handed down through generations of
Paul Bunyans. He'll receive his own engraved
hatchet, the first Paul Bunyan scholarship of
$500 provided by Shelton Rotary, and several
gift certificates.
Jake's parents are Lee and Kathy Geist.
THE COURT includes:
• Gina Russo, first attendant, "Princess of
Cedar." A Shelton High School 11th-grader, Gina
also received a trophy for the best heritage act.
She enjoys singing and is part of the All-North-
west Choir. She's active with Honor Society and
Leo Club.
• Jessica Mabey, second attendant, "Princess
of Spruce." A senior at SHS, Jessica is tennis
team captain and is active with Girl Scouts, Key
Club, 4-H and Mason County Youth Task Force.
She is organist for the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints.
• Jane'L Giles, third attendant, "Princess of
Douglas Fir." Jane'L is an Americorps volunteer
and is active in DARE, Key Club, Leo Club, Hon-
or Society and the Native American button blan-
ket project. A senior at SHS, she is vice president
of the Class of 1999.
• Jennifer Sewell, fourth attendant and
"Princess of Hemlock." Jennifer lettered in
drama and received the school choir's "most in-
spirational" award. She is active in Key Club,
Thespian Club and 4-H and has turned out for
track, swimming and weightlifting.
• Steve Brown, this year's "Smokey Bear." An
SHS junior, Steve is involved in county-level
baseball and soccer, volunteers at Skookum Ro-
tary's OysterFest and the DARE skating pro-
gram and loves the outdoors, including hunting,
woodcutting and snowboarding.
Road lab found:
al°f the Mason County
,. ooking for a local man
-:o With an alle ed do-
"earl g
1. It and a clandestine
sought in meth case
Gary Crane said
discovered a lab
raethamphetamine
a report of a
This followed a
e at 2:33 a.m. on
caller said an in-
Was at the home of
"The deputies learned from the
injured woman that her boyfriend
assaulted her while driving down
the Cole Road," Crane wrote in a
prepared statement. "She escaped
from the car and found refuge at
the Fawn Lake location."
Deputies went to 2402 Cole
Road, Shelton, in an attempt to
contact the woman's boyfriend.
There they found a laboratory
they suspect was used to manu-
facture methamphetamine, an il-
legal drug, according to Crane.
That's the same address depu-
ties went to on March 21 after
fire struck a trailer that con-
tained a suspected meth lab.
The injured woman's boyfriend
is wanted for questioning in con-
nection with allegations of as-
sault and the manufacture of an
illegal drug.
"The investigation is continu-
ing and no arrests have been
made at this time," Crane wrote.
There was no additional informa-
tion available by press time
Wednesday.
Park project vandalized
before it's even finished
Vandalism visited Kneeland
Park last week. Some person or
persons smashed several glass
block windows on the new rest-
room building that's nearing com-
pletion at the popular Shelton
park.
No damage estimate was given
by Development Services Manag-
er Gary Rhoades, but he told The
Journal it will cost several thou-
sand dollars to repair the dam-
age.
Rhoades, who reported on the
incident to Shelton city commis-
sioners at their meeting on Mon-
day, was angry about the vandal-
ism. "I have no tolerance for it
whatsoever," he said. "Absolutely
none."
A few years ago, there was
quite a community movement to
improve the park, he said. A
major volunteer effort was
mounted to add a large play
structure that would last for
many years. Following that in-
stallation, the city secured a
grant from the Washington State
Interagency Committee for Out-
door Recreation to pay for a face-
lift at the park, including the
restroom building, picnic shelter,
irrigation and other improve-
ments.
"To see that (project) almost
finished," Rhoades said. "It makes
you wonder, is this what's going
to take place down there?"
THE OLD restroom building,
which was earlier torn down to
make way for the new structure,
suffered its share of vandalism,
too. Rhoades said vandals ripped
sinks off the wall and kicked
doors in, among other things.
The new building was designed
to deter such acts of vandalism,
but now Rhoades said city staff
members are reassessing whether
they're going to replace the glass
blocks, which were added to let
natural light into the building.
"Nothing is vandal-proof," he
said. "They're going to find a
way."
Rhoades called on community
members to help by phoning the
Shelton Police Department if they
notice someone in the park after
hours. Also, they should call the
police if they know anything
about the latest vandalism there.
COMMISSIONER Janet
Thornbrue expressed her disap-
pointment with the window-
breaking spree during Monday's
meeting, and Commissioner John
VANDALS SMASHED the glass in several block win-
dows in the new Kneeland Park restrooms last week,
causing thousands of dollars worth of damage to a
feature designed to let in natural light.
Tarrant echoed her dismay.
"It kind of took a little wind out
of a beautiful project," he said. "It
bothers me a lot because it really
is a showpiece. It really did upset
me."
Tarrant called the park a
"community-owned piece of prop-
erty." The city commission and
staff members are trying to pro-
vide people with a very usable
facility and safe place, he added.
Bid to
annex
vetoed
Thursday, April 15, lg,
113th Year- Number 15
5 Sections - 46 Pages
50 Cents
Val VanCleave has dispatched
plenty of 911 emergency calls in
her years at Shelton Communica-
tions, but nothing prepares a per-
son for hearing her own address.
When a neighbor called 911
early Tuesday evening to report
that Valerie and AI VanCleave's
house was fully involved in
flames, it was Valerie who an-
swered the call.
Val's husband got on the line,
but because his voice was elevat-
ed by the stress of the situation
she didn't recognize him at first,
said Mike Akin, Shelton's director
of communications and Val's boss.
"Hen, our house is on fire and
it's going to be a total loss," AI
VanCleave said, Akin told The
Journal. And, despite the enormi-
ty of the moment, Val maintained
her professional composure and
dispatched Fire District 4 to her
own home. "She did it and she did
it exceptionally well," Akin said.
"I'M REALLY MOVED," he
added. "I'm so proud of the caliber
of the people we've got here - and
she typifies it."
VanCleave's husband and their
son Nathan, soon to be 7, escaped
from the burning house barefoot
and with the clothes on their
backs, said a neighbor, Rob Aar-
on.
The VanCleaves' double-wide
mobile home on Harmony Lane
was a total loss, Aaron said Tues-
day evening. Firefighters from
Fire District 4 were joined by vol-
unteers from Fire District 13 in
the Cloquallum area, who re-
sponded to a call for mutual aid.
Mason County Fire Marshal
Dave Salzer said the mobile home
was fully engulfed by flames
when firefighters arrived on the
scene. The cause is under investi-
gation, but Salzer said the fire
was not a suspicious one. It is be-
lieved to have started on a porch
outside the home.
VANCLEAVE, A veteran
emergency dispatcher, dispatched
Fire District 4 at 7:35 p.m. She
stayed at her post for another 10
minutes until she was relieved.
"We essentially had to push her
out the door. She didn't want to
leave the other dispatcher alone,"
Akin said.
"She was going to stick around
until her relief walked in through
the door," Akin added. "She did
not want to just arbitrarily leave
her work station. That's very
commendable."
Aaron said the VanCleaves
were able to go to the home of her
parents, Frank and Marie Rains.
Mr. Rains is a retired Shelton po-
lice chief who preceded the cur-
rent chief, S.R. "Johnny" John-
ston.
Folks who want to assist with
clothing can contact Marilyn Aar-
on at 426-4246 for sizes.
Akin said incidents such as
Tuesday evening's are a night-
mare for public safety employees
throughout the country. Ironical-
ly, this is National Telecommuni-
cations Week, which is designated
to honor the workers behind the
scenes who handle 911 emergency
calls.
Residents overwhelmingly
pan idea of wolves in park
By CAROLYN MADDUX
Little Red Riding Hood ap-
pears to have outvoted Kevin
Costner.
Olympic Peninsula residents
who expressed their opinions in a
recent Battelle study didn't want
to dance with wolves, or walk
with wolves, or howl with wolves
in the woods whose wildlife many
of them complained was already
too depleted of shootable game.
Wolf reintroduction got
whomped by 66 percent of Mason
County residents who showed up
to vote with hand-held instru-
ments at an electronic town meet-
ing in January, according to the
results publicized recently by the
researchers who conducted the
study. Elsewhere, the wolves
made a worse showing: 71 per-
cent of Hoquiam's respondents
voted against reintroduction of
wolves to the Olympic National
Park, and 91 percent of those who
showed up in Forks voted "no."
"THE RESULTS of the inter-
views and the town meetings
make it clear that the wolf is a
lightning rod for questions and
fears about who makes political
decisions and who has to live with
them," wrote a quartet of re-
searchers from Battelle Seattle
Research Center, Elway Re-
search, Incorporated of Seattle
and Olympic Natural Resources
Center.
"What was most interesting
about the study was not the out-
come, but the way people feel
about the way government deci-
sions about natural resources are
made," said John Calhoun of
Olympic Natural Resources Cen-
ter, a University of Washington
facility in Forks.
Calhoun worked with Todd Pe-
terson and Brian Boyle of Battelle
and Stuart Elway of Elway Re-
search on the Olympic Peninsula
public-opinion study.
Last year, Congress allocated
$350,000 to study the biological
and ecological feasibility of rein-
troducing the gray wolf (canis lu-
te Olympic National Park. It
appropriated $50,000 to the
Olympic Natural Resources Cen-
ter at the behest of Congressman
Norm Dicks and Senator Slade
Gorton to conduct studies of the
impact of wolf reintroduction, in-
cluding a public-involvement pro-
tess.
REINTRODUCING wolves a
year earlier at Yellowstone Na-
tional Park brought Congress' at-
tention to the fact that the Olym-
pic Peninsula once had an abun-
dant native population of wolves,
according to a summary of the re-
cent review process, until the ear-
ly 1930s. Then, aided by a bounty
system that continued to 1929,
the predators were determined to
be extinct on the peninsula.
An environmental organiza-
tion, Defenders of Wildlife, ap-
proached U.S. Representative
Dicks with a request to consider
reintroduction of wolves to the
Olympic National Park. Congress
charged Olympic Natural Re-
sources Center (ONRC), a facility
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homes, Planning Director Paul
Rogerson told The Journal.
Concerns raised by Mayor
Scott Hilburn about the effect of
development on nearby Northcliff
Road, which he said was in very
poor shape, and an island of unin-
corporated land that would be
created by the proposed annexa-
tion, prompted commissioners to
vote unanimously to reject the no-
tice.
HILBURN SAID he was
bothered by the idea of an island
of unincorporated land surround-
ed by the city. He cited a house
fire a year or so ago in a similar
unincorporated area on Mountain
View. City firefighters responded,
but because the area was not in
the city, city fire hydrants had
not been extended into the area
and the house burned to the
ground.
Asking the petitioners to in-
clude the unincorporated island
in the annexation proposal would
take care of both of those con-
cerns, Hilburn said.
That notice was just the open-
ing round involving the proposed
annexation. Proponents of the an-
nexation, LANN Limited Liability
Corporation, can come back and
reapply for an annexation that in-
cludes the unincorporated land,
which includes some 80 acres and
several property owners, Roger-
son said. That would entail get-
ting approval of 60 percent of the
property owners based on the as-
sessed value of the whole annexa-
tion.
If the parcel ultimately is an-
nexed to the city, there is a poten-
tial for 1,000 housing units if it is
zoned "neighborhood residential,"
Rogerson told The Journal. If it is
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Shelton city commissioners
thisweekrejectedanoticeofin-Dispatcher takes c.all
tention to commence annexation
proceedings for a 280-acre parcel
located cut of Olympic College
on her home burning
Hill neighborFiood.
The parcel, currently timber-
land, has the development poten-
tial for between 1,000 and 3,000