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EDITORIAL City commissioners made the right decision this week to rezone 160 acres of land just south of Sanderson Field. The change in zoning from commercial/industrial to neighborhood/residential use opens the door to much-needed development here in Shelton. The California based Hall Equities Group now has an opportunity to build a new neighborhood which in turn will allow them to develop commercial, retail and recreational spaces along the west side of Highway 101. This rezone has been a long time coming and was met with stiff opposition by the Port of Shelton, local pilots and others. The main objection to allowing t the development of a neighbor- hood so close to the airport had to do with concerns about noise. The port succesfully ap- pealed an initial rezone be-fore the Western Washing-ton Growth Management Hearings Board due to those concerns and sent the city back to the drawing board. Extensive studys have now shown that the port's concerns about noise are unwarranted. ARer years of doubt, de- bate, dilly-dallying and de- liberation, we hope that the next thing we hear won't be a 747 landing at Sanderson Field, but rather a back-hoe turning some dirt just to the south. ..... TO EDITOR" Walk in o .c.oo, o d, w c. is a best uncivil, at worst their shoes malicious. They have years of research, professional Editor, the Journal opinions and data to support their claims, as As the Supreme well as the best interest Court reiterated in the of our community in their ~:ase against protestershearts. How do you support aL funerals of fallen your claims, Mr. Diehl? :~ervicemen, we are When have you actually guaranteed the right to free walked through the school? ~peech. We can espouse Have you spoken with ,erson view without regard students who yearn for a tu the validity of our claims, modern, healthy place to In regard to Mr. Diehl'slearn? Are you one of the recent letter, I have any on--site professionals noticed that whenever a and volunteers who know bond proposal submitted first-hand what is actually to voters to rebuild needed? the decrepit Pioneer Deborah L. Allen intermediate/middle School Harstine Island he is quick to condemn the : : request. He has been doing so for many years. That is his prerogative, but I take claims.eXcepti°n to his inaccurate against The original Pioneer School building was virtually - not built to last. It has a V shaped roof, which pools water and causes deterioration of the come out structure. No longer should money be wasted repairing of the cave this roof. Many windows in the additions are Plexiglas, Editor, the Journal without insulation. Indoor air quality has been I am writing in response scientifically determined to the letter last week from to be poor because of the Katherine Price about the inadequate venting and airport. Having worked air circulation designs, at the airport for the last not to mention the years three years. I am in a of mold, fungus and position to give a much rodent excrement that are more accurate description well contained, but why of airport activities than would anyone want to Price. house children in such an Two years ago when the unhealthy environment? main runway at Olympia Another writer states was down for maintenance, that she does not doubt the Governor's aircraft, that a new building is along with others belonging needed and asks why build to various state agencies it all now? Postponing were staged at our airport. the inevitable is why we The Governor and DNR now have K-3 Primary made several flights from School, instead of a K-5 here during that time. Elementary. The majority The Washington State of voters did not want to Patrol and Department spend the money necessary of Corrections also use to do the job right the the airport. Local fire first time, so we are left districts use the airport to • with this task to correct transport accident victims the issues caused by via Life Flight helicopters shortsightedness, to trauma centers. The Mr. Diehl also aligns military uses both the runway and landing zone to train pilots and paratroopers on a regular basis. The main contractor for the Shelton sewer project flew in several times a month to check progress. Comedian Dennis Miller arrived by jet several weeks ago for his appearance at the Little Creek Casino. In 2008 the Port of Shelton hosted the Sanderson Expo. Admission was free and more than 2,000 people attended. Pilots volunteered their time, money and airplanes to give more than 200 local kids a free flight. All commercial airline pilots start their training in small airplanes. Pilots from Seattle and the surrounding area come here to fly GPS approaches and practice landings. There are also two aviation businesses that use the airport on a daily basis and provide numerous local jobs. And yes there are the local pilots who Price describes as "old white men" in her article on the Shelton Blog. After reading her article on the blog and the comments at the end from Tom Davis and other, you will begin to see the true nature of Price and her band of CAVE people (Citizens Against Virtually Everything). Dennis E. Frost Union Legislature is trying to impose a tax on seniors Editor, the Journal As the former director of nursing for a skilled nursing facility, I know first-hand that sere'ors are in long term care for a P01 that reason. Skilled nursing care care. different this time around. is already so tmaifordable The legislature is trying If this proposed tax takes that people wait until the to impose this tax on seniors effect, who will care for our last moment to move in. in private nursing homesmost vulnerable members Adding an additional bed with the premise that the of society when they can no tax of up to $21 per day on federal government will longer afford the skilled care private pay nursing home match the funds to improve they desperately need? Our residents puts our seniors the quality of care, butlegislators need to take a in great danger. Seniors we've heard this from them hard look at the implications are rapidly spending down before. If they couldn'tof this tax on our most their savings that they have keep their promise to the vulnerable population. worked so hard for all their hospitals, I don't see why Mary Ann Southworth life -just to pay for skilled we should expect anything Shelton Sheiton-Mason County USPS 492 800 Shelton-Mason County Journal is a, member of Rick Kennedy, publisher Advertis,ng: Composing room: - Washington Newspaper Publishers Association. Dave Pierik, advertising manager William Adams, graphics po Newsroom" Harvey Morris, ad representative Gaylene Wiseman, paginator STMASTER: Send address changes to Shelton-Mason SHBSPDIO'rlt"tlu n^~-=o......... Mat Tav'-r .a r~nr=c==nf~=f u= .......................... unlr, ,v,, n~ =o. ,Jesse Mu.en emtor • ...... ~" ............ Koleen Wood, classifieds/legals L, ounty ooumal, Ku. ~ox a;.~u, l~rlel~on, wP, ~t~Ot~. ,~ ............. 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