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GFIOSSENBACHER BROS INC 1166 NE 31ST AVE PORTLAND OR 97232 Thursday, May 20, 1999 113th Year - Number 20 4 Sections - 36 Pages 50 Cents 5th blowout set this weekend m County will celebrate )nomy heritage and WOOded environment this with a host of activities ntown Shelton during the Festival. annual festivities will in- COmmunity street dance and profes- ack demonstrations a four-day carnival and and entertainment. In to an old tradition, the School drama and ts will perform two nights of the musi- Side Story Friday and nights, and Olympic 3 first annual conference Saturday is i, "Write in the Woods." Weather Service that the sun even plans weekend. lights and twirling of carnival start up with rides for kids -at-heart. a talented trio of who perform their own on rock music, com- Rutledge, Mikey Les r and Michael Allegri. re contributing their ser- entertainment spokes- Thornbrue. ;urday, activities start sunup. Runners will -Streets early for the seven- re-mile races of the Lgh Creek Run. still register if they a.m. at Post Office will "take runners at the Sev- Church on Road. the day of the race a commemora- aany, Forest Festival Parade. The annual with its second- theme begins at followed at 11 Bunyan Pa- ck Parrett, pa- says will be and better Kiwanis. This year's court will ride on a facsimile logging truck fashioned after an early-days model. Forest Festival Queen Hannah Kuhnau and Paul Bunyan Jake Geist will ride atop a facsimile load of logs in the parade. Sharing in the festivities will be the Princess of Cedar Gina Russo, Princess of Spruce Jessica Mabey, Princess of Doug- las Fir Jane'L Giles and Princess of Hemlock Jennifer Sewell. Steve Brown is this year's Smokey Bear. Parrett says there are more bands and more floats in this year's pa- rade than in years past. "We have three high-school and four mid- dle-school bands," he exulted. "There's an award-winning band coming all the wa, from Ferndale, north of Belling- ham." Ten floats will roll through the parade route. "That's more than we've had in recent history," Parrett add- ed. "We have a total of 91 units. Among them will be half a dozen modnted groups, a horse- and-buggy en- try Ridge Creek (Please turn to page 2.) for the crowd ,he new estival Downtown apartment house closed as unsafe By SEAN HANLON City and state officials closed down a Shelton apartment building Friday after deciding it wasn't safe. The American Red Cross set up an emergency shelter af- ter the 24 occupants of the Parkview Manor Apartments were told they had to move out of the building because the fire alarm didn't work and the electrical wiring was dangerous. Kathy Geist, the city's code enforcement officer, said she was responding to complaints from tenants of the apartment building. "They were all of a sud- den having real problems with their wiring," she said. SHE CALLED IN Shelton Fire Marshal Jim Ghiglione and Brian Erickson, a state electi- cal inspector. Erickson found "unapproved wlring throughout the building." One apart- ment had been crosswired so that. a light switch in the kitchen would automatically turn on the oven. Erickson suggested that the city cut off electrical power to the building. Ghiglione said the building wasn't safe and should not be occupied. Of- ricer Jeff Rhoades of the Shelton Po- lice Department delivered the bad news to some of the tenants. "The building has been marked for condemnation. You're not supposed to be in it after dark," he said. Johnny Michaels and Irene Johnson and their three children were among those looking for a place to stay on Fri- day night. "I guess we'll go to the home- less shelter or something," their 11 year-old daughter Melis- sa said. BUT THE shelter was full up on Friday "There Is going to be 25- 30 people who are going to be homeless," Irene Johnson said. The authorities posted the building with signs that read, "Danger. This building unsafe for human occupancy." Ghi- glione called PUD 3 and asked officials there to shut off the elec- tric power. The lights went out at 1 p.m. "That's when we began scrambling and saying, 'We've got to get the Red Cross involved. We've got to get the shelter involved.' We've got to get these people places to stay. We can't throw them out on the street," Ghiglione said. The Community Action Coun- cil provided the suddenly home- less people with money to help them find new places to live. One family made plans to move into an apartment owned by the Ma- son County Shelter while a hand- ful spent Friday night at an emergency shelter set up in Shel- ton Middle School by the Thur- ston-Mason Chapter of the Amer- ican Red Cross. "THIS WAS A disaster in a sense," said Vance Aeschleman, who coordinates disaster relief for the local chapter of the Red Cross. "It was not the kind of thing that we get traditionally get involved in like floods and fires but we were glad to help." A local restaurant sent dozens of burgers and milkshakes to the people who stayed at the middle school. Among their number was David Bond, who recently moved to Shelton in the hope of finding work. "I'm out on the street now," he said on Saturday, after the emer- gency shelter was closed. (Please turn to page 3.) ,llllllllllllllllllllllllllUll|llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll On the inside Births .......................................... 14 Classifieds ................................. 26 Community Calendar ............. 7 Crossword ............................. 31 Entertainment, Dining ..... 25 Health Journal .................. 14 Journal of Record ........... 24 ....................... 10 Opinions, Letters .......... 4 Sports ........................... 18 Tides ........................... 24 Weather ..................... 9 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII won't seek Warner will become election as mayor IREEN Scott Hilburn announced will not seek a second four- In office. from a prepared statement at Shelton City Commission ilburn said that after reassess- career and weighing his po- Omises and accomplishments time he spends away from his and family, he has decided reelection. shocked most of those room and caught Commis- Thornbrue com' by sur- prise. "I'm stunned," she said after Hilburn fin- ished making his announcement. "I'm sorry to hear this. I think we've turned into quite an effective team. Of course, change is al- ways inevitable." BILLIE HOWARD, director of the Ma- son County Historical Society, who was in the audience, later said of Hilburn's an- nouncement, "That was a bombshell." Commissioner John Tarrant was also moved by the mayor's announcement, although Hilburn had earlier told him of (Please turn to page 11.) Evergreen principal Steve Warner, currently vice principal at Shelton Middle School, has been named in- terim principal at Evergreen Elementary School for the 1999-2000 school year. Warner replaces Tom River, who has guided Evergreen during the past 17 years and is retiring at the end of June. The posi- tion will be evaluated at the end of next school year. "The (school) board is quite pleased with the decision to place Dr. Warner at Ever- green, and I'm especially delighted to be able to utilize our own talented, committed staff who are willing and capable of taking on such said District Superintendent Bill Hundley. A FIRST ORDER of business will be for Warner to begin the process of engaging the staff, students and community regard- ing a vision for the future of Evergreen, Hundley said. That process will be initiated as early as next week by Warner and Mark Weston, the district's executive director for educational services. "I am honored to be entrusted with the leadership of Evergreen Elementary School," Warner said. "I will do my best to provide the quality of leadership of which the entire Shelton community will be proud. 11.) GFIOSSENBACHER BROS INC 1166 NE 31ST AVE PORTLAND OR 97232 Thursday, May 20, 1999 113th Year - Number 20 4 Sections - 36 Pages 50 Cents 5th blowout set this weekend m County will celebrate )nomy heritage and WOOded environment this with a host of activities ntown Shelton during the Festival. annual festivities will in- COmmunity street dance and profes- ack demonstrations a four-day carnival and and entertainment. In to an old tradition, the School drama and ts will perform two nights of the musi- Side Story Friday and nights, and Olympic 3 first annual conference Saturday is i, "Write in the Woods." Weather Service that the sun even plans weekend. lights and twirling of carnival start up with rides for kids -at-heart. a talented trio of who perform their own on rock music, com- Rutledge, Mikey Les r and Michael Allegri. re contributing their ser- entertainment spokes- Thornbrue. ;urday, activities start sunup. Runners will -Streets early for the seven- re-mile races of the Lgh Creek Run. still register if they a.m. at Post Office will "take runners at the Sev- Church on Road. the day of the race a commemora- aany, Forest Festival Parade. The annual with its second- theme begins at followed at 11 Bunyan Pa- ck Parrett, pa- says will be and better Kiwanis. This year's court will ride on a facsimile logging truck fashioned after an early-days model. Forest Festival Queen Hannah Kuhnau and Paul Bunyan Jake Geist will ride atop a facsimile load of logs in the parade. Sharing in the festivities will be the Princess of Cedar Gina Russo, Princess of Spruce Jessica Mabey, Princess of Doug- las Fir Jane'L Giles and Princess of Hemlock Jennifer Sewell. Steve Brown is this year's Smokey Bear. Parrett says there are more bands and more floats in this year's pa- rade than in years past. "We have three high-school and four mid- dle-school bands," he exulted. "There's an award-winning band coming all the wa, from Ferndale, north of Belling- ham." Ten floats will roll through the parade route. "That's more than we've had in recent history," Parrett add- ed. "We have a total of 91 units. Among them will be half a dozen modnted groups, a horse- and-buggy en- try Ridge Creek (Please turn to page 2.) for the crowd ,he new estival Downtown apartment house closed as unsafe By SEAN HANLON City and state officials closed down a Shelton apartment building Friday after deciding it wasn't safe. The American Red Cross set up an emergency shelter af- ter the 24 occupants of the Parkview Manor Apartments were told they had to move out of the building because the fire alarm didn't work and the electrical wiring was dangerous. Kathy Geist, the city's code enforcement officer, said she was responding to complaints from tenants of the apartment building. "They were all of a sud- den having real problems with their wiring," she said. SHE CALLED IN Shelton Fire Marshal Jim Ghiglione and Brian Erickson, a state electi- cal inspector. Erickson found "unapproved wlring throughout the building." One apart- ment had been crosswired so that. a light switch in the kitchen would automatically turn on the oven. Erickson suggested that the city cut off electrical power to the building. Ghiglione said the building wasn't safe and should not be occupied. Of- ricer Jeff Rhoades of the Shelton Po- lice Department delivered the bad news to some of the tenants. "The building has been marked for condemnation. You're not supposed to be in it after dark," he said. Johnny Michaels and Irene Johnson and their three children were among those looking for a place to stay on Fri- day night. "I guess we'll go to the home- less shelter or something," their 11 year-old daughter Melis- sa said. BUT THE shelter was full up on Friday "There Is going to be 25- 30 people who are going to be homeless," Irene Johnson said. The authorities posted the building with signs that read, "Danger. This building unsafe for human occupancy." Ghi- glione called PUD 3 and asked officials there to shut off the elec- tric power. The lights went out at 1 p.m. "That's when we began scrambling and saying, 'We've got to get the Red Cross involved. We've got to get the shelter involved.' We've got to get these people places to stay. We can't throw them out on the street," Ghiglione said. The Community Action Coun- cil provided the suddenly home- less people with money to help them find new places to live. One family made plans to move into an apartment owned by the Ma- son County Shelter while a hand- ful spent Friday night at an emergency shelter set up in Shel- ton Middle School by the Thur- ston-Mason Chapter of the Amer- ican Red Cross. "THIS WAS A disaster in a sense," said Vance Aeschleman, who coordinates disaster relief for the local chapter of the Red Cross. "It was not the kind of thing that we get traditionally get involved in like floods and fires but we were glad to help." A local restaurant sent dozens of burgers and milkshakes to the people who stayed at the middle school. Among their number was David Bond, who recently moved to Shelton in the hope of finding work. "I'm out on the street now," he said on Saturday, after the emer- gency shelter was closed. (Please turn to page 3.) ,llllllllllllllllllllllllllUll|llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll On the inside Births .......................................... 14 Classifieds ................................. 26 Community Calendar ............. 7 Crossword ............................. 31 Entertainment, Dining ..... 25 Health Journal .................. 14 Journal of Record ........... 24 ....................... 10 Opinions, Letters .......... 4 Sports ........................... 18 Tides ........................... 24 Weather ..................... 9 IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII won't seek Warner will become election as mayor IREEN Scott Hilburn announced will not seek a second four- In office. from a prepared statement at Shelton City Commission ilburn said that after reassess- career and weighing his po- Omises and accomplishments time he spends away from his and family, he has decided reelection. shocked most of those room and caught Commis- Thornbrue com' by sur- prise. "I'm stunned," she said after Hilburn fin- ished making his announcement. "I'm sorry to hear this. I think we've turned into quite an effective team. Of course, change is al- ways inevitable." BILLIE HOWARD, director of the Ma- son County Historical Society, who was in the audience, later said of Hilburn's an- nouncement, "That was a bombshell." Commissioner John Tarrant was also moved by the mayor's announcement, although Hilburn had earlier told him of (Please turn to page 11.) Evergreen principal Steve Warner, currently vice principal at Shelton Middle School, has been named in- terim principal at Evergreen Elementary School for the 1999-2000 school year. Warner replaces Tom River, who has guided Evergreen during the past 17 years and is retiring at the end of June. The posi- tion will be evaluated at the end of next school year. "The (school) board is quite pleased with the decision to place Dr. Warner at Ever- green, and I'm especially delighted to be able to utilize our own talented, committed staff who are willing and capable of taking on such said District Superintendent Bill Hundley. A FIRST ORDER of business will be for Warner to begin the process of engaging the staff, students and community regard- ing a vision for the future of Evergreen, Hundley said. That process will be initiated as early as next week by Warner and Mark Weston, the district's executive director for educational services. "I am honored to be entrusted with the leadership of Evergreen Elementary School," Warner said. "I will do my best to provide the quality of leadership of which the entire Shelton community will be proud. 11.)