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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.)
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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.)