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Kitchen fire empties out casino Monday evening By JEFF GREEN No injuries were report- ed, but a kitchen fire at the Little Creek Casino Resort Monday evening forced an evacuation of the casino area of the facility. Fire District 4 Chief Bob Burbridge said the fire was reported at 7:15 p.m. Thirty-five firefighters from Mason County fire districts 4, 5 and 13 and Thurston County fire districts 9 and 13 responded. The crews found fire about the stove system in the resort's buffet kitchen. The fire had spread up- wards through the vent sys- tem to the roof. Security at the resort or- dered the casino area evac- uated while two crews of firefighters fought the fire, which was brought under control within 20 minutes. The hotel towers at the re- sort were not affected and no one was forced to evacu- ate from them, Burbridge said. Burbridge said fire dam- age was confined to the vent system and kitchen. He said damage could amount to several thousand dollars. Squaixn Island police offi- cers, Mason County sheriffs deputies, Washington State Patrol troopers and Mason County Medic One person- nel assisted with crowd and traffic control. Employees were allowed back into the resort after two hours. An hour after that, members of the public were cleared to return to it. Burbridge said the kitch- en and vent system were under repair and he expect- ed the buffet to reopen soon. "Everyone maintained their discipline," Burbridge said, adding nine separate agencies responded to the incident. "It all worked out very well. Yea for Mason Coun- ty." Curt Cousins puts his Hughes 500 helicopter through its paces near a BPA tower• Air around Shelton's abuzz with helicopter traffic near powerlines ValLey roads, the helicopter swoops The work is necessary to in- The current line, with a capacity An Olympic Air helicopter pilot- ed by local resident Curt Cousins this week did some work helping to thread pilot lines on Bonneville Power Administration transmission towers near Shelton. In the photo above, taken by Ter- ri Oberg ofPUD 3 near the intersec- tion of Shelton-Matlock and Shelton close by a Bonneville electric trans- mission tower. Bonneville, which owns and op- erates more than 15,000 miles of transmission lines in the North- west, is removing most of its current Olympia-Shelton line to upgrade 14 miles of line leading into the Shel- ton substation. crease voltage stability during peak electric loads in the winter, when heating creates a heavy demand. Bonneville said when the system's capacity is exceeded, voltage on transmission lines can drop and be- come unstable, causing brownouts or blackouts, which could affect the entire Olympic Peninsula. of 115 kilovolts, is being replaced with a double-circuit line that has a capacity of 230 kilovolts. Most of the work is being done on existing right-of-way. The line serves Bonneville cus- tomers on the Olympic Peninsula, including Mason County PUDs 1 and 3, and Puget Sound Energy. Rotary Web Offset PRINTING • Advertising Tabloids • Newspapers • Magazines • Posters • Newsletters Just about anything except U.S. currency/ 426-4412 Shelton-Mason County J~ IF LOW INTEREST RATES ARE • GETTING YOU DOWN, LET'S TALK. NArmin Baumgartel Financial Advisor 821 West Railroad Suite A, P.O. Box 1908 Shelton, WA 98584 360-426-0982 www.edwardjones.com Member SIPC SPOONER FARMS is back in SHELTON! EdwardJones Corner of Olympic Hwy. North & F St. Next to Viking Floors & Interiors Mason County Foster Parents Wanted This Weekend! We will be there -- Stop by and say "Hi" g 221 W. Railroad 432-1026 Room Mo Upcoming Foster / Adopt Parent Training Orientation: Thursday, July 9 • 5:30-8:30pm Pre-Service Training: July 10, 1 I, 17 & 18 ° 9am-5pm Location: Shelton DCFS Office ° 2505 Olympic Hwy N. Ste 440 Pre-register for the classes: towi300@dshs.wa.gov or call (360) 565-2296 Division of Children & Family Services For more information about Faster or Adoptive Paren~lg call: 1 888 KD~414 STRAWBERRIES HERE NOW! For more information call Olympia 456-4554 Send press releases to pr@masoncounty.com by 5 p.m. Fridays (360) 459;~700 : g 50 Make House Calls", i,~ gNU ||||[Igglmlgml| | [|~ TIME FOR A NEW ROOF? = I $0 DOWN, 6 MONTHS SAME AS CASHI OeA.C. • Commercial flat roofs • FREE ESTIMATES • Year-round re-roofing . Skylights . • 24-hour emergency service • One-day service (in most cases) • Top-quality roofing products • Professional clean-up (,6o) 427-8611 \~;) $HELTON 1131 W. Kamilche Lane Just off Highway 101 BBB Licensed and Bonded ROOFDI*I68NT , ......................... ' ................ ~ ......................... ~ ...................................... ' .......................... ~ ..................... ~ ........................... ~ ........................ ' ................ ~ ........................................... ':: mmm mm m m m mm mm mm m mm mm m ms Thursday, June 18, 2009, Shelton-Mason County Journal - Page A-3