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continued from A-1 home,” Stein wrote. He wrote that the county would need a “robust increase in testing, continued rapid contact tracing and focused , quarantine and isolation strategies.” On Tuesday, Gov. Jay In-_ slee laid out his vision for a safe return to public life amid the coronavirus. In- slee said it’s unlikely that the state’s “stay home, stay health” order _will be modi- fied before May 4, when it could be lifted. “It will look more like a turn of the dial than a flip of the switch,” Inslee said in an address. “We’re going to take steps and then monitor to see whether they work or if we Thursday, April 23, 2020 - Shelton-Mason County Journal Page A-13 Cases: County must increase testing, health Officer says must continue to adapt.” Stein wrote that restric- tions would be lifted gradu- ally, and recommended resi- dents continue to work from home if possible, practice social distancing, wear cloth face masks and wash their hands. . Stein wrote that many residents have asked about where residents who have tested positive live in Mason County. The county has not released location data for 10- cal confirmed coronavirus cases. “Confirmed positive cases live in communities across Mason County,” Stein wrote, adding no more details. “There may also be many uncon- firmed cases who do not know they are sick because they do not have symptoms. Limiting the places you go because you think someone who is infected has been there can give you~ a false sense of security from the virus.” For more information about the coronavirus, call the coun- ty Public Health hotline at 360-427-9670, ext. 599, or go to www.doh.wa.gov or www. cdc.gov. w 1.1..“ . (was \“ Part lyn - Res‘tornt ltistorir Sargent oyster, House ;; “ for more information mice! ., the Part mum at 360731 .\.. The Sargent Oyster House, built in 1947 and used until 1993 on North Bay, is being restored on Port of Allyn property to create a museum. The top half has been secured, while the bottom 4 feet of the structure and the floor‘are being replaced. Hera/d photo by Gordon Weeks Oyster house: Workers rebuilding bottom half of building. continued from page A-1 remove the old launch ramp, and pay for the design and construction of a new platform, Coppola wrote. Workers have secured the top half of the building and are rebuilding the bottom half of the structure, including the 12-by—12-foot beams it sits upon, and the 4-by—12-foot floors, which will have concrete poured over them, Cop- pola wrote. ' “Oyster processing requires a sig- nificant amount of running water, which is why concrete is poured over the flooring of the building and the wooden foundational structure it sits on,” Coppola wrote. “Supporting the weight of that concrete is also why the wooden structure has to be so substantial. To qualify for the histori- cal grant .money, the building has to be restored to be as authentic as pos- sible.” ‘ ' i For the past decade, the Port of Al- lyn has worked with the North Bay Historical Society to try to save the oyster house. The state Department of Archaeology and Historic Preserva- tion declared that the building is one of the few remaining oyster houses of its kind on Puget Sound. Property owner Humphrey Nelson began farming oysters in 1927 at 940 E. North Bay Road. Clem and Dee Sargent bought the land in 1947 and constructed the building, which re— mained in operation until 1993, when the state Department of Fish and Wildlife bought the land for future shoreline mitigation. The .department had planned to demolish the building while improv- ing the shoreline of North Bay at the head of Case Inlet. The department declared the building was an impedi- ment to healthy fish and wildlife hab- itat, with the risk of the crumbling floor collapsing into the bay. In October 2013, the Port of Allyn ‘ bought the building from thestate and had it moved it to the port prop- erty at 18560 state Route 3. Coppola wrote that the port is waiting on a geotechnical report to be completed so the platform project can move forward. The report will de- termine the type, size, number and depth of the pilings that will be need- ed to support the platform, he wrote. Once that’s completed, permits from the Army Corps of Engineers will be obtained, Coppola wrote. All other required reports are completed, he added. Coppola wrote that the, port hopes to receive the geotechnical report as soon as possible “because we are up against a fish window to work with- in so we can remove the old launch ramp. The actual work will only take a couple of days, but we need all the stars to align so we can get it done, and drive the pilings. Otherwise,‘we have to Wait for the next (fish win- dow), which is about six months away.” Coppola praised the efforts of state Rep. Dan Griffey, R-Allyn, and lob- byist Gordon Thomas Honeywell in helping secure the money to move the project forward. “We know there has been some op- position from some members of the public about the port hiring the lobby- ists, but in our view, getting $218,000 with no matching requirements for a Now Accepting Reservations Office Hours: Mon—Sat 9am 5pm 0 Sun 10am - 2pm .- Gate Hours: 6am 9pm ' 23270 NE State Rt. 3 0 Belfair, WA 98528 (360) 275—2257 www.BelfairSelfStorage.com $25,000 investment is a pretty good return on investment,” Coppola wrote. “They were the ones doing all the leg work and knocking on legislators’ doors at the Capitol. Their contacts ' on both sides of the aisle ‘in Olympia made a huge difference and they are already at work to secure the balance of what we need for the completion of the project, as well as working on funding for some future projects.”