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By NATALIE JOHNSON City and Mason Coun- ty Fire District 5 officials came together with mem- bers of the community Sat- urday to dedicate the new- ly renovated and expanded Shelton Fire Station. Fire District 5 Assistant Chief and City Fire Mar- shal Dave Salzer spoke about not only the heroes that inhabit the new build- ing, but also the heroes who made the renovation of the fire station possible. "My comments today are about heroes," he said. "I want you to meet two people that I considered heroes during the con- struction of this glorious new building - many of you probably don't know either of them." First, Salzer spoke about Curt Johnson, the city's facilities mainte- nance manager. "Curt worked tirelessly with the architects, engi- Journal photo by Natalie Johnson City Fire Marshal and Mason County Fire District 5 Assistant Chief Dave Salzer speaks at the dedication ceremony for the city of Shelton's renovated public safety building on Saturday. ricers, contractors and the fire department staff to be sure that all of the appro- priate infrastructure was installed in the building ... this building works for us because of his efforts," he said. The second hero Salzer saluted was Gene Pinard, who was the construction manager for the project with Jones and Roberts Construction. Salzer said that Pinard was responsible for al- lowing fire station opera- tions to continue smoothly throughout the renovatiom "He was often the first to arrive each day and the last to leave," Salzer said. Early in the expansion project, the city mandated that the original portion of the building, built in 1932 and designed by Jo- seph W. Wohleb, be saved as much as possible. "We thought long and hard ... but what we re- ally wanted to do is pere- serve a functional part of history," Mayor John Tar- rant said. The project, completed with a new parking lot this spring, included a new apparatus bay and a 12,572-square foot addi- tion to the original build- ing which includes and Emergency Operations Center and conference fa- cility; officer, volunteer, training and watch offices; workshop, decontamina- tion and storage rooms; kitchen and day room and dining area; physical training area; and sleep- ing quarters with 19 beds. Library Continued from page A-1 across the nation are seeing." According to Ross' report, in just the first three months of this year the library had circulated 80,716 books, admitted 66,164 people and collected $6,005.12 in fines. "That's 15 cents at a time," Ross said. That equates to 150 carts shelved per month and about 907 visits per day. Ross also said that internet/PC use amounted to 5,589 hours, mean- ing that all available computers are in use 62 percent of the time. Also, the library's Facebook page received 251 "likes." The library also employs 21 staff members, she said. "We are one of the top 50 employ- ers in Mason County and that's very exciting for us," Ross said. Despite drops in funding, the li- brary is getting more and more tech- nologically advanced, particularly through the library's e-book pro- gram. This is an area where all libraries are seeing increased usage ... We of- fer both audio and PDF books," she said. E-book checkouts started in Janu- ary 2010, at 3,200 and this month reached more than 6,000. Ross also discussed TRL (Timber- land Regional Library) Initiatives, including Adult Winter Reading, and Family Road Aloud, which en- courage§ families to read together in qO every room of their house. The read II' aloud program had 337 participants. The library is also expanding community programs, which drew 797 participants in the first three months of 2011. Ongoing classes include computer classes, PageTurners, outreach ac- tivities, Junior PageTurners, Wii Rock Wednesdays for teens and Sto- rytime. Ross said that efforts to secure funds for a new carpet for library are also in motion. "I have secured $44,000 for the purchase of the carpet," Ross said. The project should cost about $51,000 overall. The Friends of the Shelton Tim- berland Library have helped raise $10,000 toward that goal, and also raise funds to help other library pro- grams endatigered bybudget cuts: Rezone Continued from page A-1 airport operations. The city and Hall Equities commis- sioned a noise study from BRC Acoustics. Representatives from the sound consulting company recently gave a presenta- tion to the commission ar- guing that according to FAA guidelines, noise levels on the Shelton Hills property would be consistent with normal neighborhoods, and • would be compatible for neighborhood residential zoning. In the following week, the port and its supporters argued that BRC Acoustics' findings and FAA criteria were not valid or accurate, and that sound levels would be too high for residential development. City staff took the oppor- tunity to respond to com- ments from last week's pub- lic hearing during Monday night's meeting. "We received a fairly sub- stantial amount of input primarily from aviation in- terests," City Planner Jason Dose said. Dose said that some of the comments stated that compatibility involved more than noise. He responded saying that the growth board instructed the city to look specifically at noise compatibility. He also said that some comments suggested that the airport would see take otis and landings from Boe- ing 737s in the future, and that the sound data did not account for that. Dose pre- sented written testimony from experts saying that the airport's runway could not handle the operational weight of such a plane, and that the port's comprehen- sive plan did not provide for such upgrades in the fore- seeable future. The BRC Acoustics study relied heavily on the idea that 65 DNL, a measure- ment of sound, is the thresh- old at which ambient noise becomes annoying. Some comments from port sup- porters questioned whether this was the appropriate • measure. "The port itself relies on this metric for determining compatibility," Dose said. The city also receiced a letter from the port encour- aging the city to join them in asking the Growth Man- agement Hearings Noard to extend the deadline for a de- cision on the project to April 25 in order to give more time for consultation with the port and aviation inter- ests, which the port argued was inadequate. "The city staff engaged in extensive consultation with the port ... before the Growth Board the port ar- gued that the city's consul- tation was not meaningful and the growth board re- jected that argument," city attorney Kathleen Haggard said. "I see no reason to ex- cept the port's attorney's recommendation." Commissioners Mike By- rue and Dawn Pannell voted 2-0 to rezone the land from commercial/industrial to neighborhood residential. Mayor John Tarrant was absent for Monday's meet- ing. "I believe that Sanderson Field will be just fine if the Hall project moves forward. 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